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
145. Murder to Millions – How to Succeed in Six Months Through Choosing a Few Key Ingredients in Goal Setting with Nelson Tressler the Author of “The Unlucky Sperm Club”
Nelson Tressler is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 145 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast.
Nelson Tressler’s life was sent into a tailspin when in a fit of rage his grandfather murdered a police officer. This was among many adverse life events which devastated Nelson’s personal, professional, and business life.
He talks to Dr. Brad about hitting the bottom in his life and then choosing to make a series of life-altering decisions that transformed his life and led to success in his personal life with a successful marriage and to achieve profound professional success in the world of Real Estate.
His process of choosing not to be defeated by circumstances and instead become a product of your choices.
He outlined his story in his book “The Unlucky Sperm Club: You are Not a Victim of Your Circumstances but a Product of Your Choices.”
He reveals to Dr. Brad the decisions and the process that he now teaches in his process “6 Months 2 Success.” The 6 Months 2 Success Program instills the belief that most people are only a few key ingredients away from being able to fulfill their goals and live the life of their dreams. The I.G.O.T.S.M.A.R.T.E.R.™ Goal Achievement Program gives goal-setters those missing ingredients – making ALL THE DIFFERENCE. The I.G.O.T.S.M.A.R.T.E.R.™ Program not only allows you to know what you truly want, but it gives you the tools, knowledge, and support to actually achieve your goals.
Furthermore, Nelson has created a mobile phone app “The I Got Smarter” app
https://igotsmarter.com/ which implements the goal elevation process taught in the “6 Months 2 Success” program https://www.6months2success.com/
This is a fascinating story of one of many who was able to navigate personal adversity and achieve success who now offers his experience and teaching to help others achieve their goals in life.
It’s all about taking consistent positive action and seek to persistently make progress. Don’t ever give up. Nelson shared this quote with Dr. Brad “Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.”
The Beyond Adversity Podcast is Published weekly by Dr. Brad Miller at DrBradMiller.com for the purpose of helping people navigate adverse life events (death, disease, divorce, depression, debt) and emerge to a life of peace prosperity, and purpose.
Dr. Brad Miller
April 2021
144. The Power of One Question and Pajamas. The Incredible Transformation Story of Genevieve Piturro Author of “Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection, and Lead with Meaning”
Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 144 of Beyond Adversity is Genevieve Piturro Author of “Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection, and Lead with Meaning”
Genevieve shares with Brad her incredible transformation story. Genevieve Piturro was a successful television marketing executive in New York City for twenty years when a little girl’s question changed the course of her life forever – and she jumped off the corporate ladder. She began delivering pajamas and books to children in shelters and in 2001 founded Pajama Program, a non-profit which has been recognized nationwide for both its success and Genevieve’s story.
Brad and Genevieve talk about her transformative experience in working with children who lived in difficult conditions in shelters and prompted the question in her heart of “is this enough?”
This is the story of answering the transformative question in your life and then taking action to live out that transformation. In the case of Genevieve Piturro, the unexpectantly powerful symbol of her transformation was simply providing pajamas to children through the creation of the Pajama Project.
This a fascinating and poignant story of personal transformation with great leadership lessons and a process to impact the world with simple powerful acts of human connection.
Information about Genevieve Piturro, The Pajama Program, and her book “Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection, and Lead with Meaning“ can be found at her blog.
https://www.genevievepiturro.com/
The Beyond Adversity Podcast is published weekly by Dr. Brad Miller at drbradmiller.com on Apple Podcasts and wherever podcasts are published. The purpose is to help people to navigate adverse life events (depression, debt, divorce, disease, death) and energy to a life of peace, prosperity, and purpose.
Dr. Brad Miller