Suzanne Rust

In addition to finding new voices and fresh stories for the Moth stage, Suzanne creates playlists and helps curate special storytelling events.

This episode of the Moth Podcast was produced by Sarah Austin Janess, Sarah Jane Johnson, and me, Mark Sollinger.

The rest of the Moth's leadership team includes Sarah Haberman, Christina Norman, Marina Cloutier, Jennifer Hickson, Jordan Cardinale, Caledonia Cairns, Kate Tellers, Suzanne Rust, and Patricia Ureña.

The Moth Podcast is presented by Odyssey.

Special thanks to their executive producer, Leah Reese Dennis.

All Moth stories are true, as remembered by their storytellers.

For more about our podcast, information on pitching your own story, and everything else, go to our website, themoth.org.

This is the Moth Radio Hour, and I'm Suzanne Rust.

This hour features stories about gumption.

Gumption.

I love that word.

It is variously defined as the intelligence needed to know what to do and courage and strength of mind.

And that is what our stories today all have in common.

We'll be hearing from a woman who learns that the only person she needs to please is herself, a young man standing up for who he is, a dad conquering his fears, and a mother learning a little magical thinking from her daughter.

Let's start our tales of fortitude with Pamela Mitchell, who shared this chapter of her life back in 2003 in New York City.

Here's Pamela, live at the Moth.

That was Pamela Mitchell.

Pamela is a former entertainment executive turned coach and the founder and CEO of the Reinvention Institute, where she teaches strategies to navigate change.

I recently had a chance to talk with Pamela, and I asked her a few questions.

I love that your coaching business focuses on reinvention.