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Awakening to find people’s Superpower - Guest Mary Beth Robinson
March 17, 2026

Awakening to find people’s Superpower - Guest Mary Beth Robinson

Awakening to use her intuition to find people’s Superpower - Guest Mary Beth Robinson

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Awakening after the loss of his son to help others who are grieving - Guest Stephen Panus
March 10, 2026

Awakening after the loss of his son to help others who are grieving -…

Awakening after the loss of his son to help others who are grieving - Guest Stephen Panus

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Awakening - transforming adversity and poverty into purpose - Guest Jan Allen Ackley
March 3, 2026

Awakening - transforming adversity and poverty into purpose - Guest J…

Awakening - transforming adversity and poverty into purpose - Guest Jan Allen Ackley

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Iran: Inside the IRGC — How One American’s Defiance in the 1990s Echoes Amid Today’s Iran Tensions - with Sherman Niamehr
March 3, 2026

Iran: Inside the IRGC — How One American’s Defiance in the 1990s Echo…

Iran: Inside the IRGC — How One American’s Defiance in the 1990s Echoes Amid Today’s Iran Tensions. Awakening when he refused to stomp on the American and Israeli flags in Iran- with Sherman Niamehr.

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Awakening to save sister with down syndrome - Guest Franke James
Feb. 24, 2026

Awakening to save sister with down syndrome - Guest Franke James

Franke James' latest book, which represents her biggest awakening, is Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me. The memoir is about choosing her sister’s freedom over her family. Franke helped her younger sister with Down syndrome get out of a nursing home after being improperly admitted…

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Artist’s Awakening to battle the Smithsonian over his First Amendment rights - With Juilan Raven
Feb. 17, 2026

Artist’s Awakening to battle the Smithsonian over his First Amendment…

Artist fights for his First Amendment rights when the Smithsonian refuses to display his painting of President Trump.

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Father’s Awakening when he connects with his son with Autism - Guest John Goralski
Feb. 10, 2026

Father’s Awakening when he connects with his son with Autism - Guest …

Father’s Awakening when he connects with his son with Autism - Guest John Goralski

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Awakening from trauma - Guest Koya Bakare
Feb. 3, 2026

Awakening from trauma - Guest Koya Bakare

Awakening from trauma - Guest Koya Bakare

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Awakening to discover that his mother was a Schindler’s List Holocaust Survivor - with Robert Don.
Jan. 27, 2026

Awakening to discover that his mother was a Schindler’s List Holocaus…

Robert Don’s memoir explores what he knows of his mother’s teenage life as a Schindler’s List survivor. The book also confronts Intergenerational Trauma (“Second Generation) and holocaust survivor trauma, manifested in hatred...

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Awakening after working with adults with disabilities - Guest Glenn Nicholson
Jan. 20, 2026

Awakening after working with adults with disabilities - Guest Glenn N…

Glenn Nicholson has had the pleasure of working with adults with disabilities for 12 years and from them, he has learned gratitude and immeasurable resilience and what it means to be authentically happy despite personal chall...

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Awakening from Dementia
Jan. 13, 2026

Awakening from Dementia

Podcast Host Dan Cohen and his brother Dr. Ken Cohen discuss their Dad Herbie’s Awakening from late stage Dementia to closely resemble the man he was. He went from barely recognizing his family to being lucid and sharing the ...

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Awakening after being bullied
Jan. 13, 2026

Awakening after being bullied

Bryan Lee, known worldwide as Bullseye The Clown, has transformed his personal trauma of being bullied into a global mission of compassion. At age 47, he saw the movie Patch Adams and decided to join the real Patch Adams on a...

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Awakening to find evidence of an afterlife - With Liz Entin
Jan. 13, 2026

Awakening to find evidence of an afterlife - With Liz Entin

After the passing of her father in 2015, Liz Entin delved in to see if there was science based evidence of an afterlife, something as an atheist she never thought possible. She was stunned to discover there is a large amount...

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Holocaust survivor awakens to educate about the holocaust
Dec. 4, 2025

Holocaust survivor awakens to educate about the holocaust

Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann's awakening to educate about the holocaust. Sami Steigmann awakened later in life, after being inspired by a 6th grader, to make his life’s mission to educate children and society about the horrors of the holocaust and the dangers of Jew hatred today. Sami's life s…

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Get to know Awakenings In Real Life -Episodes Drop January 13, 2026
Sept. 29, 2025

Get to know Awakenings In Real Life -Episodes Drop January 13, 2026

Get to know the “Awakenings In Real Life” podcast which tells inspiring stories of transformation, meaning and hope.  The premiere episode features his Dad’s awakening from his dementia and the message he sends that he still appreciates and lives life.  While we typically think of an Awakening as a…

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