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021: Pushing Past the Limits to Become Limitless with Dr. Linda Travelute

021: Pushing Past the Limits to Become Limitless with Dr. Linda Travelute

By Arwen Becker | December 22, 2020


While pregnant with her firstborn son, lifelong workaholic Dr. Linda Travelute was diagnosed with preeclampsia – a life-threatening condition caused by high blood pressure that can lead to the death of both mother and child. Even as she was about […]

022: Babies Bounce Back, So Will You!

022: Babies Bounce Back, So Will You!

By Arwen Becker | January 5, 2021


48 hours after coming home with her newborn, Arwen thought she nearly killed him. As sleep deprivation was increasing, and in her weary-eyed stupor, she accidentally left the space heater on at maximum heat in the baby’s room. By the […]

023: Leadership Has No Age with Kelsey Erickson

023: Leadership Has No Age with Kelsey Erickson

By Arwen Becker | January 12, 2021


Coming down from her first panic attack, Kelsey Erickson knew something was wrong. She thought she’d landed her dream job, but the physical feelings of discomfort she was ignoring proved correct. Her whole body was telling her that something wasn’t […]

024: Shattered by Abuse, but Unbroken In Faith with Kristal Klear

024: Shattered by Abuse, but Unbroken In Faith with Kristal Klear

By Arwen Becker | January 19, 2021


Kristal Klear never asked for the severe abuse she suffered at the hands of multiple people growing up, people she looked to for love and protection. That gave way to domestic abuse as an adult. After breaking free from all […]

025: Caregivers Need Not Sacrifice It All with Cathy Sikorski

025: Caregivers Need Not Sacrifice It All with Cathy Sikorski

By Arwen Becker | January 26, 2021


When Cathy Sikorski became caregiver for both her two-year-old daughter and her 92-year-old grandmother, she felt like she’d become trapped in an alternate universe. If her daughter took a snack from the dog’s dish one morning, her grandmother would do […]

026: Autism and Insomnia – To the Edge and Back with Arwen Becker

026: Autism and Insomnia – To the Edge and Back with Arwen Becker

By Arwen Becker | February 2, 2021


When Arwen realized she wasn’t able to fix her son’s ADD and Autism diagnosis with proper food, therapy, effort, time, pity or accommodations she felt like a failure. Realizing she had no real control over the situation, she broke down […]

027: God is Awesomer than Cancer with Kara Jones

027: God is Awesomer than Cancer with Kara Jones

By Arwen Becker | February 9, 2021


When Kara Jones’ daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, she sat curled up in the fetal position the entire night, cried and prayed. They had no money to pay for treatment, limited knowledge of what might work, […]

028: Lyme Disease Wasn’t Stronger than Her Will with Molly Dare Hillenbrand

028: Lyme Disease Wasn’t Stronger than Her Will with Molly Dare Hillenbrand

By Arwen Becker | February 16, 2021


Tick bites at summer camp led 12-year-old Molly Dare Hillenbrand’s entire body to be ravaged with a severe case of Lyme Disease. She lived in debilitating pain for a year, barely able to speak at times, and trying several medications […]

029: Hard Work and Belief Defeated Ulcerative Colitis with Kelly Haney

029: Hard Work and Belief Defeated Ulcerative Colitis with Kelly Haney

By Arwen Becker | February 23, 2021


As she weighed in at 84 pounds, new mother and wife, Kelly Haney was too sick for life-saving ulcerative colitis surgery. After being in the hospital for weeks at a time, fighting for her life, the large doses of immunosuppressant […]

030: Miracle within Life and Death with Arwen Becker

030: Miracle within Life and Death with Arwen Becker

By Arwen Becker | March 2, 2021


One Sunday morning while travelling to church, Arwen’s path crossed with another that desperately needed help. She noticed a tiny animal in the middle of the road and immediately knew what she had to do. With her love for animals, […]