Posts by Brad Miller
151. Change Your Negative Self Talk of Discouragement, Doubt and Fear by Focusing on Biblical Truths with the Author of “Dwell on These Things” John Stange
The author of “Dwell on These Things” John Stange is Dr. Brad Miller guest on Episode 151 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.
John Stange is a follower of Jesus, husband to Andrea, and father to four great kids. He holds degrees in Bible, Education, and Counseling, is a certified speaker, trainer, and coach with the John Maxwell Team, and serves as the Lead Pastor of Core Creek Community Church in Langhorne, PA. John is an adjunct professor at Cairn University, where he teaches courses on church planting, theology, and counseling. He also serves as the Director of the National Mission Board which is a ministry that is focused on church planting and church health.
John hosts three podcasts, “The Chapter-A-Day Audio Bible,” “Daily Devotions with Pastor John,” and “Dwell on These Things.” At present, his shows have been downloaded nearly 5 million times by listeners throughout the world. All three podcasts can be freely accessed via your favorite podcast app or DesireJesus.com. John’s books are focused on spiritual growth, leadership, marriage, and the practical and applicational aspects of following Jesus.
In his discussion with Dr. Brad, he focuses on the overarching message of his latest book “Dwell on These Things.”
John believes you can change your life by changing the messages that enter your mind! Learn to see yourself through God’s eyes by spending thirty-one days feeding your heart a new, biblical message of encouragement in his book “Dwell on These Things.”
Every day, our hearts and minds fill with messages—about ourselves, the world, and God—that we replay again and again. Some of these messages are accurate and helpful. Others run counter to truths that God wants us to understand and embrace.
Thankfully, you don’t have to live at the mercy of whatever thought pops into your mind. In fact, you can choose exactly which messages you wish to repeat and believe.
- Replace feelings of discouragement with a sense of God’s goodness.
- Practice seeing yourself in the loving way God sees you.
- Exchange negative self-talk for positive biblical messages.
- Learn to face the day with hope in your heart.
Episode 151 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is a great and entertaining listen to the person of faith and the person exploring faith as a vital piece of facing and navigating through adversity to achieve a promised life. In Episode 151 you will learn that there’s no need to remain stuck thinking unhelpful thoughts. Learn how you can fill your mind with encouraging, life-enriching truths through a gospel-saturated, thirty-one-day challenge that can help you replace a destructive mindset with a positive, empowering, and godly one.
The Beyond Adversity Podcast is published weekly by Dr. Brad Miller at DrBradMiller.com and on all the major podcast directories. The purpose of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is to help people to navigate adverse life events and to emerge to a promised life of peace, prosperity, and purpose.
150. How to Get Over Yourself and Play for Something Big with Tripp Lanier the author of “This Book Will Make You Dangerous”
On Episode 150 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast, Dr. Brad Miller goes deep with author and coach Tripp Lanier about his book “This Book Will Make You Dangerous”
As a Professional Coach, Tripp Lanier has spent thousands of hours coaching people all around the world to get out of the rat race, become an authority in their field, and make a great living doing the work they were put on this earth to do. Over the years he’s designed several businesses to support a simple lifestyle focused on freedom, ease, meaning, and fun.
As Host of The New Man Podcast Tripp Lanier has conducted hundreds of interviews with experts and authors from all walks of life including:
Tim Ferriss (The 4 Hour Workweek, The 4 Hour Body, The 4 Hour Chef)
Laird Hamilton (Big wave surfing legend)
Ryan Holiday (The Obstacle is the Way, The Ego is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic)
As a Human Guinea Pig Tripp has thrown himself into everything from 10 day silent meditation retreats to plant medicine journeys to men’s groups in the Costa Rican jungle to somatic sex intensives in his bedroom to drinks with Zen masters — He even learned some life lessons by hanging out backstage with David Lee Roth.
In this in-depth conversation with Dr. Brad Miller Tripp discusses the importance of identifying and overcoming resistance in order to get out of your own way as a process of challenging our fears and achieve personal potential.
The Beyond Adversity Podcast is published weekly by Dr. Brad Miller for the purpose of helping people to navigate personal adversity and achieve a life of peace, prosperity, and purpose.
149. Living Well is the Best Revenge with Susan Omilian JD, – The Author of “Living in the Thriver Zone”
Susan Omilian JD is a nationally recognized expert who has worked extensively as an advocate to end violence against women. An attorney, author, trainer and motivational speaker, Susan has spent over forty years helping women reclaim their lives after violence, abuse and trauma.
In the 1970s, she founded a rape crisis center and represented battered women in divorce proceedings in the early 1980s. She also litigated sex discrimination cases including helping to articulate the legal concept that made sexual harassment illegal in the 1990s.
With the death of her nineteen-year-old niece Maggie who was shot and killed in October, 1999 by her ex-boyfriend on a college campus, Susan’s work on behalf of women became more personal and immediate. She vowed to help other women move on after abuse and create a new life for themselves and their children as Maggie could not.
To that end, Susan originated and now facilitates My Avenging Angel WorkshopsTM based on the idea that “living well is the best revenge.” Since 2001, her workshops have helped hundreds of women take the journey beyond abuse from victim to survivor to thriver. The motivational guidance Susan has successfully used in her unique, innovative work is contained in The Thriver Zone SeriesTM of non-fiction books. With easy-to-use worksheets, interactive exercises and thriver success stories, the books include Entering the Thriver Zone published in 2016, Staying in the Thriver Zone in 2018 and Living in the Thriver Zone released in October, 2020. The story of her fictional The Best Revenge SeriesTM was inspired by the true events of her niece’s murder. Those books include Awaken published in 2017, Emerge in 2018 and Thrive to come in 2021.
Susan is the author of several legal books on sex discrimination law and her articles have regularly appeared in newspapers and journals such as The Voice: The Journal of the Battered Women’s Movement of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). She speaks frequently to women survivors of abuse and to those who work with them such as victim advocates with the National Organization for Victims Assistance (NOVA) as well as Indian tribes and male and female inmate populations.
Susan holds a law degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and a BA in journalism from the University of Michigan. She currently resides in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Susan’s Personal Mission Statement
“I am a woman of power whose mission in life is to be a catalyst for change for victims
of violence against women. Today I celebrate my life by building a community
of strong, independent, productive women who have survived abuse
and are thriving in well-being, love and joy.”
148.Facing Cancer Empowered with Dr. Paul S. Anderson the author of “Cancer… The Journey from Diagnosis to Empowerment.”
148. Facing Cancer Empowered with Dr. Paul S Anderson the author of “Cancer… The Journey from Diagnosis to Empowerment.”
Episode 148 of the “Beyond Adversity Podcast” with Dr. Brad Miller features a conversation with the author of “Cancer…The Journey from Diagnosis to Empowerment” Dr. Paul S. Anderson.
Dr. Anderson is a recognized educator and clinician in integrative and naturopathic medicine with a focus on complex infectious, chronic, and oncologic illnesses. In addition to three decades of clinical experience, he also was head of the interventional arm of a US-NIH-funded human research trial using IV and integrative therapies in cancer patients. He founded Advanced Medical Therapies in Seattle, Washington, a clinic focusing on cancer and chronic diseases, and now focuses his time in collaboration with clinics and hospitals in the US and other countries.
In this in-depth conversation, Dr. Anderson speaks with Dr. Miller about the debilitating situation that a cancer diagnosis often brings to the patient into families and how to respond to it. Dr. Anderson talks about the process, or journey, one has to go through in order to overcome the adversity of facing a cancer diagnosis. The key to Dr. Anderson’s process is taking the necessary actions to move from a state of debilitation, at the point of a cancer diagnosis, to a state of empowerment which is ultimately healthier and more encouraging for the patient their family and loved ones.
Episode 148 of “The Beyond Adversity Podcast” is a must-listen for any person who is facing a diagnosis of cancer, or any other debilitating disease, and for their family and loved ones. This is especially true for those who are actively seeking practical steps and a process in order to journey from state of chronic illness both physically and emotionally into a state of empowerment.
“The Beyond Adversity Podcast” with Dr. Brad Miller has the purpose of empowering people who are facing life’s adversities (including disease) in order to emerge to a place of peace, prosperity, and purpose and indeed empowerment. “The Beyond Adversity Podcast” is published weekly by Dr. Brad Miller.
146. The Choice to Reinvent Yourself with the author of “Katherine’s Quest: One Woman Journey to Elation” Pat Alva-Kraker
Author Pat Alva-Kraker is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 146 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.
Pat Alva-Kraker (formerly Alva-Green) has experienced many ups and downs during her life. Instead of giving up, she fought. She was her own catalyst for change and was determined to create the life she envisioned—and deserved.
She talks to Brad about her success in the corporate world which instead of fulfilling her left her drained and unhappy. Beyond that, she faced great adversity in a diagnosis of cancer, a layoff from her job, and the grief of the untimely death of her husband.
In this, in-depth conversation, she tells of the decisions she made to reinvent her life and choose elation as she celebrates living an empowered life through the healing power of new beginnings.
The result was writing the book “Katherine’s Quest – One Woman’s Journey to Elation” and launching Majestic Coaching Group <https://www.majesticcoachinggroup.com> designed
to mentor female entrepreneurs to make a positive, joyful impact in the world.
Reinvention and choosing elation are the focus of Dr. Brad Miller’s conversation with Author Pat Alva-Kraker on Episode 146 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.
The Beyond Adversity Podcast exists to help people to navigate adverse life events (depression, divorce, disease, debt, death) and emerge to a life of peace, prosperity, and purpose and is published weekly by Dr. Brad Miller at drbradmiller.com