Welcome to the Season One Finale of the School of Self Reinvention! We are closing out this first season with something a little different. I’ve invited back a recent guest that many of you know as Dan Wade, my husband!

Today we are doing a bit of a twist on a reinvention and today’s show is HOW to reinvent. We are talking about relationships and your marriage. This is how to reinvent your relationship. If you’re in a good marriage, this is reinforcement. If you are looking for a relationship, this is an excellent foundation to help you when you find that special someone.

Dan and I have been married for 21 years, happily married I may add. But both of us have been married before and I think that we’ve learned a lot about our- selves, about relationships, and about marriage.

So, today we are going to talk together about getting a strong marriage and how to keep your marriage strong.

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Today’s guest is a returning guest from Episode #2, Mary Kominska.

Mary’s story in episode #2 is one of our most listened to episodes because her story of how Jesus saved her from a 10-year long drug addiction is a powerful one! She’s now 21 years sober & a successful business owner. If you haven’t heard Mary’s story, I encourage you to go back and listen to podcast episode 2!

She previously shared her story of overcoming the wreckage of having teenage parents, and a dad who leaves her with an abusive mom addicted to drugs and alcohol.

Mary shared how finding her faith saved her life and the power of forgiveness.

I wanted to bring Mary back to the show so she could share more of her story.

What we didn’t have time to share the last time is that Mary also had to find a way to live with the fact that she gave a baby girl up for adoption shortly after she graduated high school in 1987. Mary also wanted to come back to talk about a difficult and sensitive topic, and that is living with regrets of having an abortion.

To find out more Mary, Avon and PAL (Parents of Addicted Loved Ones), visit Mary’s website at https://bestandbeautifulyou.com/

You can reach out directly to Mary at: bestandbeautifulyou@gmail.com

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If you have a story of your own reinvention you'd like to tell us about, contact us through our website. https://sandywade.net/

Today’s guest is a special guest because this guest is my very own husband and best friend – Dan Wade.

Dan was a senior executive at a major financial institution helping wealthy people become wealthier. He was extremely successful but his life was unfulfilled and he knew something was missing.

How does a financial advisor and power lifter end up living a life of service all for the glory of God?

It starts when God wakes you up in the middle of the night to have a conversation with you, that’s how.

Dan shares his journey of reinvention with his career, his power lifting and most of all with his heart.

If you’re struggling with what feels like a bad day, or facing an uphill battle in your life right now, you must hear what this amazing incredible woman has to say!

April 24, 2018 is a birthday today’s guest will NEVER forget and a day that changed her life forever. It was the day Kathy was ran over by a car and nearly killed. She was at a math conference with her coworkers in downtown Washington D.C. It’s a miracle she survived and a miracle she is still alive. A group of bystanders had to lift the car off of her to save her life!

Kathy’s reinvention is a physical reinvention from a horrific accident and also an amazing mindset reinvention when everything you know to be true about your life changes in a heartbeat.

To connect directly with Kathy and to find out more about It Works, you can find Kathy online here:

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Meet Roderick Lofton.

He is proof that with your faith you can make it through ANYTHING! And I mean ANYTHING!

If you are dealing with grief and struggling with your faith in getting through this, you need to hear Roderick’s story.

Imagine meeting and marrying your best friend, the love of your life. You are a faithful God loving family. Suddenly you’re your life changes on a dime when your wife dies unexpectantly and you are left a single father of five children under the age of 11!

Two years ago, Roderick was in a horrible fall at home which landed him in a wheelchair for over a year. The doctors didn’t think he’d be able to walk again.

Roderick is one of those people who radiates God’s love. His light shines bright and his story inspires! You will be touched in your soul when you hear of how Roderick got himself and his five children through all of this.

Born & raised in Hungary, today’s guest had a passion for running & sports and wanted to become a PE teacher. But life had different plans. In 1994, at the young age of just 14 she started to experience severe joint pain and was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. The prognosis given to her meant a wheelchair by the age of 30.

But in 2002 Viktoria started to reinvent herself by asking bigger questions about who she is, her purpose and what is life all about. When the student is ready, the teacher appears. Viktoria’s incredible journey is proof that a reinvention can happen no matter what your circumstances!

Viktoria believes we have the power to shift our perception & live the life we long for, regardless of our current circumstances.

She says her illness is one of the million obstacles that people experience every day. One can learn to perceive obstacles as transformational tools that enable us to find our light and connect with the God.

Viktoria also believes we came here with a purpose but not without guidance; we all were given a map imprinted in our hearts. Our job is to reveal and follow it in partnership with God. And as we do so, miracles happen.

Viktoria is now a heart-centered transformation life coach and holistic healing coach. She empowers others to build a life they love living.

Through her own healing journey & life path from Hungary to now living in the U.S., she is committed to the quest to fall in love with life repeatedly. She started a spiritual counseling practice to now grow her wellness enterprise worldwide.

Viktoria’s passion is sharing her experience & journey to help others connect more deeply with their intuition and imagination to heal themselves from the inside out as they are discovering their truths – becoming fulfilled and experiencing greater freedom.

I couldn’t wait to sit down with Viktoria and talk about her journey. How she was able to turn this crippling diagnosis around and reinvent her life in such an incredible way!

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Meet Alan Hardwick. Former cop and counter-terror expert turned writer!

Today’s guest is a multi-career, love and life reinvention story of a recently retired police sergeant, who served as a member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force living in Edmonds, Washington. He went from single dad raising 5 young kids, with a mentally unstable ex-wife to now a happily married husband, father and grandfather. He’s also a musician and a member of the group One Love Bridge. On top of all of that, Alan is also a writer and published his first novel in 2019. It’s called “Never Been This Close To Crazy,” which he describes as “a love story with a whole lot of crazy going on.” Alan’s novel is fiction but he draws from some of his own life experience.

I wanted to talk to Alan to find out more about his own life story and how he was able to make it through everything he went through, keep his family together and still be able to follow his passions.

You can purchase Alan's book at - https://www.alanhardwick.com/

Anne Lamott said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including YOU!”

Covid caused many of us to hit a pause button, including today’s guest.

When life slowed down, she finally admitted she was in a sexually abusive relationship for three years and realized she deserved better. This pause button was a reset button for her and she reinvented her career and more importantly, her mental health!

Her message is that healing never stops. Survivors are not alone and we are fighting to make the world a better place.

Meet Lisa Rae Bowman. Lisa is from Brooklyn, NY and a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design for film. Lisa has worked in the film industry and has worked on various TV shows and movies. Then COVID hit! The pandemic has been the catalyst for Lisa’s own self reinvention. When the world stopped turning and life slowed down, Lisa was left alone with her own thoughts and was forced to look within to address her own mental health. It was through this healing process from sexual and emotional abuse that Lisa left the movie industry and transitioned her career to communications. She’s now the advocacy coordinator for an online community of survivors, running campaigns to empower conversations between survivors and allies.

Lisa’s reinvention is a mental health reinvention!