Stories that Empower

About Stories that Empower

Listen to inspiring and empowering life stories from guests that have overcome challenges and share 'nuggets of life wisdom'. There is hope and light for you, as well. You are not alone. You are loved.

Publisher

Sean

Category

education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Sept 2017

Latest episode

7 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 498 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Sept 2026

   479 Brooke Deanne

   Brooke is a trauma-informed practitioner specializing in nervous system regulation and identity restoration for women healing from narcissistic abuse and high-control religion. She is a survivor of a cult. Today, Brooke helps others to recover from PTSD and into a space they can be empowered again after surviving abuse. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: sometimes we need to hit rock bottom, before we make a change find community where others can meet you at where you are with no judgement be open to everything we're all humans on this journey and we are all learning together let go of control surrender to the process strive not to be judgmental we can separate our thoughts from who we really are https://brookedeanne.com tags: Brooke Deanne, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

2. 

   3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   478 Tim McDonald

   Host Sean Delaney interviews Tim McDonald, a stage 4 cancer survivor and advocate, who shares wisdom on controlling reactions and inspiring others through shared experiences.

3. 

   20 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   477 Shauna Britenham Reiter

Inside a recent episode

478 Tim McDonald

Published 3 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And it doesn't mean that I can do whatever I want and forgo paying my rent and doing all that stuff or quitting my job. But it does mean that sometimes you think, oh, we want to move here. And you figure out a way to make it happen and do it if that's what you really want. You want to go visit this place. […]

Who has been a guest on Stories that Empower

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tim McDonald
• Tyler Kania
• Ali Horriyat
• Kelly James Clark
• Anne Heinrich

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

81 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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