Never Ever Give Up Hope
Episodes
How Do You Recreate Your Life After Setbacks and Become More Successful?
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Before the COVID‑19 pandemic, Julie Marty‑Pearson spent nearly 20 years working in higher education. While she built a successful career, the dem...
How Do You Recreate Your Life After Setbacks and Become More Successful?
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Before the COVID‑19 pandemic, Julie Marty‑Pearson spent nearly 20 years working in higher education. While she built a successful career, the dem...
How Would You Handle 5 Years in Prison Knowing You Are Innocent
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ronald 'Zion' Roseboro's life was upended when he was falsely accused of assault, resulting in five years of incarceration despite his efforts to prov...
How Would You Handle 5 Years in Prison Knowing You Are Innocent
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ronald 'Zion' Roseboro's life was upended when he was falsely accused of assault, resulting in five years of incarceration despite his efforts to prov...
From Doubt to Drive: How to Fight Fear and Spark Your Creative Fire
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After several years spent working for the federal government, Amy L. Bernstein's soul was completely crushed by the lack of creativity in the work. S...
There are Good Days and Bad Days and Many In Between When Fighting Cancer
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cancer is a club you never want to belong to, but you find the most amazing people when you do. Erica Campbell has a group of women who bonded over t...
How to Turn Your Disability to Ability and Soar Above Circumstances
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Jenna Udenberg was fifteen, she had a suicide plan due to tough medical issues and severe physical pain from her arthritis. She lived in bed. Bu...
Are You Seeking Help After Being Abused by a Family Member?
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The average person can keep a secret for forty-seven hours. Babs Walters held the worst kind of secret for nearly seventy years. Beginning at the ag...
How Could Anyone Survive a Brain Aneurysm and Hemorrhage and Succeed in Life?
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, Andrew Davie survived a ruptured brain aneurysm and hemorrhage. Now…he recently graduated with a clinical mental health counseling degre...
Do You Know How to Get Free from Narcissistic Abuse?
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Hanks had a rude awakening when she realized something was 'not normal' in her marriage. The worst part was that she could not see a way out. Narc...
Is the Lie You Are Telling Other People, the Lie You Believe?
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One day, Troy Karnes drank too much and missed his wife's birthday dinner (that he had planned). To show her he could change, he put $10k into their ...
Could Your Struggles be Your Access to Wisdom and a Better Life?
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lori Pappas plodded with a slow, heavy pace against resistance in her youth. Her parents had her committed when she was 16 years old because they coul...
How Do You Produce on Purpose to Experience a Full Life?
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Randy Adkins, Jr suffered the tragic loss of his 19-year-old younger brother over 20 years ago. Although that was devastating and a time of feeling he...
Stranger than Truth Story You Will Never Forget or Believe
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 13 years old Sandra Schnakenburg was hit by a car traveling 100 mph while riding her bike. In addition to having her face reconstructed, she suffe...
What are the 10 Publishing Myths You Need to Know and Understand
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To all aspiring authors and those who have already been published, you will gain valuable knowledge about publishing from Terry Whalin. Terry Whalin i...
How Do You Grapple with Emotional or Social Issues That Haunt You?
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Graham graduated from college with no real training, no direction, and no one to help him. As a result, he went through eight career detours, mov...
How Do You Grapple with Emotional or Social Issues That Haunt You?
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Graham graduated from college with no real training, no direction, and no one to help him. As a result, he went through eight career detours, mov...
The Secret How to Maintain Your Mindset in the Middle of a Challenge
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenn Todling had a mental breakdown after caring for her chronically ill spouse for five years. She felt trapped and hopeless, assuming she would neve...
The Secret How to Maintain Your Mindset in the Middle of a Challenge
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenn Todling had a mental breakdown after caring for her chronically ill spouse for five years. She felt trapped and hopeless, assuming she would neve...
How to Face Your Journey with Certainty Instead of Pain
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her humble beginning as a bartender to the sacred halls of the convent and through the trials of tumultuous relationships and alcoholism, Gina ...
How to Face Your Journey with Certainty Instead of Pain
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her humble beginning as a bartender to the sacred halls of the convent and through the trials of tumultuous relationships and alcoholism, Gina ...
How to Face Your Journey with Certainty Instead of Pain
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her humble beginning as a bartender to the sacred halls of the convent and through the trials of tumultuous relationships and alcoholism, Gina ...
How Would You Respond if You Had 1% Chance of Survival from Disease?
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2004, Madelaine Weiss had a flesh-eating disease, which started as strep throat and extended into her arm. She had a 1% chance of survival. The do...
How Would You Respond if You Had 1% Chance of Survival from Disease?
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2004, Madelaine Weiss had a flesh-eating disease, which started as strep throat and extended into her arm. She had a 1% chance of survival. The do...
How To Bring Joy Back To the Workplace
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Danny Brassell is a highly sought-after speaker, trainer, and coach known as "Jim Carrey with a PH.D." Dr Danny went to 18 schools before he was 1...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
How to Survive the Trauma and Find Hope to Endure the Hidden Pain
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Beverly J. Armento was 23, in her first year of teaching, and after 17 years of physical and emotional abuse, she was at her darkest hour and...
You Can Break Through Severe Generational Trauma Including Holocaust Survival
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Willie Handler is a child of two Holocaust survivors and has inherited not only their trauma but also their resilience. That resilience helped him b...
Your Step-to-Step Process on Unlocking Your Power Through Forgiveness
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the eighth grade, Katherine Giovanni almost committed suicide, and she tried again when her mother died. But this was the flashpoint in her life th...
It's About Time - A Saga For Those Who Want to Understand Men
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anch...
It's About Time - A Saga For Those Who Want to Understand Men
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anch...
It's About Time - A Saga For Those Who Want to Understand Men
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anch...
It's About Time - A Saga For Those Who Want to Understand Men
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anch...
It's About Time - A Saga For Those Who Want to Understand Men
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anch...
It's About Time - A Saga For Those Who Want to Understand Men
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anch...
Each Step - Big or Small - Makes A Big Difference
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, Dave Mowry had a total breakdown. He was driving down the freeway. under a lot of stress, and his mind was racing. And then, his mind snapped...
Each Step - Big or Small - Makes A Big Difference
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, Dave Mowry had a total breakdown. He was driving down the freeway. under a lot of stress, and his mind was racing. And then, his mind snapped...
You Have Cancer - What Do I Do to Win the Battle?
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Ray Hartjen was diagnosed with multiple myeloma - cancer, it was the first thing he thought about when he woke up, and pretty much the last thing...
Severe Disability and Paralyzed from the Neck Down - Did NOT Stop Ken
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paralyzed from the neck down while playing college football in 1970, Ken Kunken was led to believe the best he could hope for was a career selling mag...
No Obstacle Too Great Not to Overcome and Be Successful
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Fidele Sebahizi's powerful story of courage and perseverance will inspire you to create your own life from the ashes, no matter what giants are ...
How Do You Overcome Mental Health Stigmas, with Balance and Peace?
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Fred Moss felt disillusioned with the conventional approaches to mental health, particularly the over-reliance on medication. This sense of hopele...
Do You Know What to Do if You Are the Victim of Narcissistic Abuse?
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martina Gruppo was horrified to realize how this had happened to her. She felt numb at the deceit and the stolen time out of her life. Her goal was...
How to See Children with Eyes of Compassion
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"I wasn't adopted, but I remember hugging my mother at the age of four and never seeing her again for decades. When she held me in her arms once a...
Every Day Holds a Gift—Find it, Embrace it, and Let it Inspire Your Purpose
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On August 26, 2020, Christopher Cochran's son received a terminal diagnosis, and on September 1, 2021, his son, Christian, died. Christopher's i...
How Do You Change Adverse Childhood Experiences to Empower You
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There were times in Courtney Koh's life when she could have given up. One time in particular was when her father left the country because her mother ...
What Dance Techniques Can Be Used to Teach Children with Severe Disabilities?
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When the pediatrician placed the measuring tape around her infant's head and noted, "His head is a little small," Joanne De Simone knew that motherhoo...
How 15 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Life and Your Health
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Kim Rehir was in the hospital, paralyzed from the hips downwards, she felt like she had lost her power, dignity, and humanity. This totally shift...
Trust Your Feelings - They Are There For A Reason
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For much of Janet Sherlund's young life, she felt helpless. She thought it possible to discover who she really was or find a way to fill the big, b...
Do You Know How to Survive by Laughing in the Face of Trauma?
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Aug. 23, 1987, 26-year-old Selonia Reed was found dead in the parking lot of a gas station in Hammond, Louisiana. Nearly forty years after her de...
Have You Borrowed Trouble When You Dwelt on What Did Not Happen?
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At twenty-two, Jennifer Cramer-Miller was thrilled with her new job, charming boyfriend, and Seattle apartment. After she received a devastating autoi...
Did You Realize Your Body Is a Machine Capable of Healing Itself?
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Allan had hit rock bottom after eight years of trying and failing. He had never felt more miserable. But a phone conversation with my daughter got me ...
How Do You Deal with Grief that Can Lift Your Skin Off the Bone?
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Several times throughout Carrie Pierce's life especially the last three years – there were moments of despair. Without any warning, as she and her...
What is the Best Way to Maximize Your Potential and Change Your Mindset?
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At two years old, Alan Lazarus lost his father in a car accident. Twenty-four years later Alan was in a near-fatal car accident and questioned his lif...
God Knows How to Get Out of You What He Put in You
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The year 2018 marked a pivotal year in Steven Foster's life amid despair and loss. He watched as his marriage dissolved, his thriving church slipped ...
How You Can Misuse Anything Externally to Fill a Void Internally
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After more than a decade on a merry-go-round, nine long-term treatment visits wondering if he would ever get it right, Bill Nielsen realized that we c...
Would You Have the Courage to Search For Your Adopted Child?
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julie McLaughlin was 18 and pregnant - labeled as a 'good Catholic girl' from a good family. She sang in a group at church and was president of the C...
How to Change from Being a Worrier to a Light Warrior of Influence
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia Encinas-Concordia's abusive husband of 23 years died of a massive cardiac arrest just four months after his second restraining order. The wo...
How Can Cancer Have Humorous Moments?
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During Ann Bancroft's first cancer treatment, which consisted of two surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation, she reached the point of being too weak ...
How to Find Joy in All Seasons of Life
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yvette Walker left a failed marriage to a man with bipolar disorder but emerged to find joy greater than she had hoped for. She is an author, speaker...
You Can't Change Your Past But Did You Know How It Can Have a Strong Affect On Your Future
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Narcissists are masters at creating a perception of perfection to the outside world so no one believes the victims. Dana Diaz was a victim who often ...
Do You Worry About How Your Child Will Survive School? Or Life?
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you feeling panicked about your child's future? How will your child survive school with low literacy? Do you question: How will they survive schoo...
You Can Overcome Insurmountable Odds and Create A Life You Love
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Being the target of an organized crime hit, narrowly escaping an abusive cult, and battling breast cancer has caused Kendra Petty to wonder, "How much...
You Can Rise Out of the Deep Pit of Depression
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Tyler Wittkofsky was 19, he left home and fell into a dark pit of depression. He had been diagnosed with mental illnesses and turned to drugs and...
You're Sober After Years of Addiction -- Now What Happens?
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With more than four years of hard-won sobriety, Ryan Penley has transformed his life's adversities into valuable lessons for those still struggling ...
Do You Need Inspiration to Create New Habits and Stay the Course?
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rose Ann Forte was a successful C-Suite executive and leader in the church, a working mom of four, and a social drinker. Over the years, life's stress...
What is The Secret to Loving Those Who Abuse You?
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What qualifies Paul Zolman to talk about love? His childhood experiences were the opposite of love. The author of love is God. In His wisdom, He pla...
Resilience Will Help You Push Through the Tough Stuff
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Phebe Trotman is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur and accomplished soccer player. She has achieved many accolades as an athlete, including being induct...
How to Boost Your Immune System and Conquer Pain Forever
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Rob Rene was hit by a truck, he should have died that day. He didn't but his lifelong dream of being a professional runner did. He felt helpless ...
Has Your Faith Been Tested to the Limit?
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Monserrate believed she had to be perfect in every way. This included keeping the secret of her abuse. One night, as her two small daughters...
Do You Know Anyone Who is Depressed or Has Thoughts of Suicide?
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every single day, Kevin Quinn lived with depression. Thoughts of suicide plagued him. Yet, deep inside he knew he had a bigger purpose in life, and h...
How Do You Respond to Your Kids in Every Situation?
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Goldstrom is a successful business entrepreneur and owner of a real estate company that became an Inc. 500 company. But, when his daughter start...
You Can Be the Change You Wish to See in Your Relationships
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeanell Greene's experience with tragedy, and emotional and sexual abuse as a child made her passionate about bringing love and healing to couples a...
How to Stop the Anti-Christian Agenda Swooping Into Our Schools
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you noticed an anti-Christian agenda swooping into our schools, libraries, media, and government institutions? When even the Muppets and Kellogg...
Do You Want To Know How to Channel Your Inner Awesome?
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cam F Awesome has experienced the kind of devastation few of us ever will—he was suspended from the U.S. Olympic boxing team months before the Lo...
Did You Know that When You Create Your Habits - Your Habits Create Your Life?
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Lucero was stabbed in the throat, arms, and chest by a stranger in a movie theatre. He survived but was living off tubes. If you unplugged the...
How to Recreate the Journey You Never Took and Stop Going the Wrong Way
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With his trusty Moto Guzzi Le Mans as his companion, Chris Donaldson set out to explore the world, leaving behind a city torn apart by sectarian viole...
How to Go From Adversity to Victory
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Charleau's story is one that many of us can relate to because of adversity and disappointments. Bryan transferred schools to pursue his athle...
Decide That You Want To Be More Than What You Are Now and Watch What Happens!
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Richman was overweight, a smoker, married to an abusive alcoholic, and stressed out unbelievably. At his lowest point, he heard the words from ...
Do You Want To Accomplish Against All Odds?
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Pike was drowning in a cesspool in South Korea -- at night -- alone. He was a soldier against all odds. Lieutenant Colonel Jason Pike is a decor...
How Would You Cope With Your Life Ending as You Know It?
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At 28, Dan McQueen was leading a healthy, active life. Then an optometrist appointment to identify the cause of his persistent headaches turned into e...
Do You Know How to Deal with Your Kids Substance Abuse?
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marsha Vanwynsberghe has experienced many moments feeling hopeless including almost losing her children. She experienced financial, business, and seri...
You Can Live Your Best Life and Then Give it all Away
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmard Vital was 'living the American dream" when his world fell apart. Even when he made mistakes he turned it around and realized what a blessing it...
Focus on What You Can Control instead of Fear of What is Coming
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most of Guy Morris' childhood felt helpless and hopeless. As an adult, while successful in his career, he hid chronic depression, complex PTSD, hypera...
How to Start, Launch, and Run a Successful Podcast
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is NEVER too late It is NEVER too soon When Erik Allen, who came from a broken home, was thirteen he beat his mom's boyfriend with a cast iron pa...
Do You Struggle with Thoughts of Self-doubt or Feel Unworthy?
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shana Francesca often struggled with thoughts of self-doubt and feelings of being unworthy or unlovable. This led to suicidal thoughts, body dysmor...
Has your Faith Been Challenged Due to the Loss of a Child?
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clint Hatton's world was turned upside down on September 23, 2019. The entire world was turned upside down in 2020. Clint Hatton had to rise from t...
Are You Stuck in Shame or Do You Want to Live in Freedom?
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Tess Scott's third husband left her, she spent weeks with her face buried in the green shag carpet begging God to make him stay. He didn't. T...
Do You Know How to Overcome Fear or Challenges
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Melony Brown was two years old, she had a significant stroke. She did not choose an overcome attitude as a child but her parents instilled it in ...
Something Greater Than You Has Something Greater FOR You
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you tired of being miserable and broken? Maurice Martin has been through his fair share of trauma - from masking the private pain of his childho...
Never Allow Meager Beginnings Stop You from Reaching Your Ultimate Goals
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Salvatore Forcina survived against all odds. His story is one of tenacity and perseverance. Dr. Forcina was born in Italy in 1941. This was the ti...
How to Respond to a Cancer Diagnosis of your Child and Survive
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does any parent cope when the doctors tell you that your daughter has an eight percent chance of surviving more than five years? HOPE is a Way to ...
How Do You Move Past the Pain of Life's Curve Balls?
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When your life is thrown a curve ball and you lose your husband at 47 years old -- what then? What about your future? How do you cope? Kim met tall, d...
Do You Know One of Medical Profession's Most Horrific Dirty Little Secrets?
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ATTENTION: Anyone with back issues in need of surgery MUST read this first. Dr. Ardavan Aslie is a board-certified spine surgeon who received...