Pathway To Promise Podcast W/ Dr. Brad Miller

He is a life coach, music producer, and podcaster that aims to help people in changing their circumstances in life using the power of the imagination framework.  As a music producer, he uses the stage name GAKO, where he releases various music that aims to help uplift the mood of its listeners. Growing up, Patrick was raised in a messy and abusive environment. He was born to a college dropout father and a mother who is currently a student and is suffering from Schizophrenia. His mother’s mental illness was something that was hidden from his father, and after a few years of marriage, his parents split up and his father left. When his mother had a massive nervous breakdown, he was taken into foster care where they tried to find his dad. Once he was found, his dad took him to Cameroon under the supervision of his grandmother. Episode 219 of the Beyond Adversity Podcast is for those people who are having anxieties and problems in life. This episode will help them motivate and encourage the things they can do

She is an author, an inspirational speaker, and a coach with a focus on self-healing and self-improvement. It aims to help people with their lives and overcome the adversity they may encounter.  Look, Lush is a book by Sara Webb that is a collection of poems. The book focuses on two meanings. For the first one, look refers to how Sara stood up and overcame her challenges in life. Meanwhile, lush refers to a lot of things, including addiction, nature, etc.  Sara has experienced a traumatic event in her life which led to her becoming an alcoholic. Drinking alcohol was her way to forget and cope with what happened to her.  There was even a time where she revoked her faith in God, but she eventually realized the importance and role of God in one’s life.  Episode 218 of the Beyond Adversity Podcast is for those people who are trying their best to stand up despite the challenges they encounter in life.  All of the traumatic events that happened to her resulted in who she is today.  Sar

He is a veteran of the US Army, as well as an author, mental health advocate, speaker, and survivor. He has survived various adverse life events in his life and is now trying to help people overcome their own adversity. Dylan wrote a book entitled "Defy the Darkness: A Story of Suicide, Mental Health, and Overcoming Your Hardest Battles," which mainly tackles the things he had to go through in life and how he was able to survive them. Aside from a book, he also has a podcast and a TikTok account.  At such a young age, Dylan had a traumatic event with his dad, who passed away by suicide. That event left him filled with guilt and regret. Growing up, he experienced physical and emotional trauma at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend. He suffered silently, bearing all the pain on his own. When his mother found out about how he got hit, they immediately left the house. Aside from that, he also suffered from bullying in school.  Episode 217 of the Beyond Adversity Podcast is for those people who are in ne

He is a teaching pastor, author, and conference speaker. Katie, his wife, is the love of his life, together with their children. The eldest child is fourteen years old, and their youngest was born in September. Scott has written various books about marriage, parenting, and family. As a senior pastor, author, and father, he has been balancing things in their lives, all of which can add to a lot of responsibility, making him stressed and hank shoes. He has grown up to be an only child. Although, he used to have a brother who died from a drug overdose. One of the adversities that Scott has to go through is the passing of his father last year. It happened suddenly, which was difficult for the family. His mother felt lonely, so he suggested that she should live with them instead.  Episode 216 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is for those people who want to strengthen their relationship with their family through building their relationship with Christ. This is for those people who want to make their lives Chris

Michael T. Brown is Dr. Brad Miller's guest on Episode 215 of "The Beyond Adversity Podcast." He is a registered professional counselor, a leader, and a speaker who has the goal to support, motivate, educate, and mobilize people. He has worked for over 17 years as a school counselor on all levels: elementary, middle school, high school, and college. He has a belief that everyone will go through challenges. No matter who you are, no matter where you are.  When Michael was thinking of taking his career to the next level, he thought about leaving his job as a school counselor to transfer to private practice. He was thankful for the experience and saw the role of a counselor in the education sector as a blessing. However, he has this desire for more, to go through the next level.  Episode 215 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is for those who are going through challenges in life that need guidance and motivation to push through. The episode aims to inspire and help people overcome obstacles in life for th

Dr. Donna Chacko is Dr. Brad Miller's guest on Episode 214 of "The Beyond Adversity Podcast." She is a medical doctor and an author who overcame several obstacles in her life, both professionally and personally. She focuses on strengthening health in these three aspects – the mind, body, and spirit. She also established the Serenity and Health Ministry, which focuses on the pursuit of attaining an abundant state of health. In addition to that, she is the author of the book "Pilgrimage: A Doctor's Healing Journey." The challenges that Dr. Donna had to overcome in her life were something that no one could have predicted. People thought of her as an excellent doctor with a great family. In reality, she has had quite a long and difficult marriage. At the time, her faith was lost and inactive. She eventually realized that she wouldn't be able to fix it herself. She didn't know what to do and worried that the situation would significantly affect her children. She surrendered herself to God and let him lead. She rem

Aaron Walker was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, and he identifies himself as a native Nashvillian. He is a businessman, life coach, and author that helps others. He has written the book “View from the Top: Living a Life of Significance” and established a program called “Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind.” He had dedicated to helping others and motivated people via his leadership, mentoring, and guidance.  He believes in the power of experience on how it can affect and influence your life. He personally experienced this when an accident impacted his life, eventually leading to the path he has today. On August 1, 2001, Aaron experienced what changed his life. It was a great morning in Nashville. He was on his way to the office when a man suddenly ran in front of his car to cross the road to reach the opposite lane. It was an accident that no one wanted to happen, but it had a significant impact on his life that he couldn’t easily move on from. Episode 213 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is for those

D. Neil Elliott was a well-educated man who ran a thriving consulting firm and had a wonderful wife and family. But things were not as they looked. Neil was confronted with numerous difficulties. In a phrase, he was in a dark place. Neil discovered the Higher Road just by chance. Along the way, he found the key to changing his life. In this episode, Neil shared how we can open our minds and look at new perspectives about life. As a corporate employee, his state gradually deteriorated into a severe, despondent depression.  As a means of seeking assistance, Neil eventually turned to scientific, spiritual, and self-help books.  Neil spent the next year cultivating feelings of love, serenity, joy, and richness within himself. His outlook on life shifted drastically, and his hardships served as the push for him to unlock the door to a life of radical change. "The Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller is published weekly with the mission of helping people "Grow Through What They Go Through" as the

He is an advocate for the liberal arts and a philosopher who aids aspirants in their self-taught education by providing them with the necessary guidance. Besides his bachelor's degree in Philosophy, he also has a minor in Biology. Dr. Travis had a realization of how hard it is to teach and help someone due to the fact that people are often emotionally involved with everything in their lives.  Despite being an expert, Dr. Travis had a hard time connecting with his family with regard to the information he was sharing. They don't see him as an expert. This is why he tried to teach them the 'Trivium' without them knowing. This is to avoid engaging in arguments and debates with them. Eventually, years after, his family finally looked at him as someone they trusted in the field. Dr. Travis is also an author of the book entitled "Restoring Reason: Using the Ancient Liberal Arts to Defend Against Modern Manipulation." This book aims to share knowledge on how liberal arts can help make decisions that will lead to

Jared Easley is a genuine entrepreneur. He is a noticer, motivator, friend, and power content creator. He has found a way to do all this and still keep his family first. He is also the co-founder of Podcast Movement, and from The Starve the doubts podcast. For the past 8 years, the goal of the Podcast Movement has been to bring together and educate active and aspiring podcasters and industry professionals, to grow the podcast community and industry as a whole. In 2022, they once again have the chance to do that twice, as they welcome thousands worldwide to the world's largest gatherings of podcasters. With over 10,000 podcasters joining them over the last 8 years from over 35 different countries (and growing), they are excited to continue the mission of the Podcast Movement for years to come! It will be on August 23-26, 2022.  The “Starve the doubts podcast” features personal and professional development conversations. This show includes a guest on the "hot seat" that illuminates the path for listeners b

Melissa talks about the struggles and difficult circumstances that she went through during the real, adverse event that impacted all of us, the COVID crisis, and how she was able to work through all of it and eventually turned her life around through the power of social media. Dr. Miller and Melissa will also talk about many other things such as family, faith, and about being a mother. Melissa lost her job after the pandemic started. Her family just moved into their new home from living overseas and she needed a job to get the house. Fortunately, there was one job that was available for her, and it was working in childcare. She was very grateful for that job because she was able to buy the house with her husband with its help. However, during that time she realized that she didn’t really have a plan. And as much as she loved children, she didn’t really want to work in childcare since she’d rather be home with her own two children.  She tried to figure out what to do with her life in a completely new dire

Aaron talks about his unique life experiences and how it has all led him to a place of wisdom that is far and wide. He is all about communicating and exploring the human condition and sharing it with everyone. He does this all through Catalyst Coaching Australia, his Business and Life Coaching program. Aaron grew up in a very chaotic, dysfunctional, and terrifying environment. His mother was an addict and to this day suffers from a myriad of mental illnesses which in turn led to him suffering a serious amount of neglect. At the age of five, he was abducted by a local and he suffered through a molestation attempt. He spent a day thinking he was going to die because of this experience. However, this experience shaped the rest of his life. He spent a lot of time overseas and did a lot of different jobs for the US and the UK military. Eventually he fell in love and left everything behind and ran of with his loved one to South Africa and ended up getting married there. He spent a lot of time with wildlife because

Danielle Bernock is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 207 of “The Beyond Adversity Podcast.” Danielle talks about childhood trauma and how you can get through it. In her personal experience, she is a survivor of multiple childhood traumas. She dismissed these traumas because she thought they were not bad enough because she was not sexually molested, hadn’t been through a natural disaster, or had a major traumatic event in her childhood. She compared all the trauma she has been through to things that are massive in scale, which is why she dismissed them as nothing. She grew up in a very authoritarian home. Whenever she had emotions, all she did was keep them inside her. Her parents did not help with this which is why she concluded that this form of the trauma she had is called childhood emotional neglect.  Bullying was also one of the traumas she went through. She was not born Danielle Bernock. She legally changed her name in 1988. Her trauma was associated with her old name. One of the events that affec

Chris Odegard is Dr. Brad Miller’s guest on Episode 206 of “The Beyond Adversity Podcast.” Chris grew up in a family of employees like most people. All he knew was that you went to school, you go to college, you get a job and then work and hopefully you get a pension by the end. That’s all he did in his life until he went through a divorce with a 19-year marriage and lost 55% of his assets because of it. He changed the way he invested his money and moved away from conventional investments like stocks, bonds and mutual funds to investments that are not publicly traded. Nine years later, he made back the assets he lost and multiplied it many times over. Because of this, he never had to work for anybody ever again. Chris believes that yes, money can’t buy you happiness but neither can poverty. Having money makes a lot of things easier for you. That life is so much easier with it than without it. It’s not the money itself that is loved but the things it can do for yourself, your family, and your community. He als

Stephanie is the CEO of Heart and Sole Fitness & Wellness. She is also a speaker, personal trainer, fitness nutrition specialist, and the author of Break Free to Health and Vitality. Heart and Sole Fitness aims to empower you to break down barriers in achieving fitness, wellness, and accountability goals, no matter the starting point. Because every single person on earth is unique, and a healthy and whole person cares for their body physically, emotionally, and spiritually in different ways. In this episode, Stephanie shares about her earlier life struggle with her physical and emotional health. As well as, telling us her story of how she eventually overcame these hardships. Stephanie has been overweight her entire life and she has tried every single diet under the sun and none of them seemed to work for her. She knew in her heart that dieting is not the answer to any of her problems and at the same time, something wasn’t right even though things looked great from the outside. Even though she was a pastor

She is a speaker, empowerment coach, and author. She is a passionate promoter of life purpose, mental health survival and mindset mastery. She also facilitates and hosts the Ignite Your Life BC Workshops. Charlene has suffered from a dysfunctional family since childhood. Her father was a violent alcoholic and as a result, her mother left them, leaving Charlene and her sister behind. Eventually, they were taken in by her maternal grandparents. Her grandmother inspired her to be independent and educated. Unfortunately, they were both secretly sexually abused by their grandfather and when her sister suffered a nervous breakdown in school because of it, her grandfather was arrested and was divorced by their grandmother.  Charlene never received any proper counseling after what happened and when she was in high school, she was having depression and was cutting herself. She eventually learned how to cope with it through writing. However, her writing style was noticed by her teacher, and she had to go through a

She is a speaker and an author of the book entitled ‘Preyed Upon: Breaking Free From Therapist Abuse.’ Preyed Upon is a book that was written for three groups. The first one is for the victims of abuse, in hopes to let them know that they are not alone. The second one is for the people who can’t relate to abuse, those who judge people and their stories. This is to let them know how hard the experience is, and how hard it is to come forward with what happened. Lastly is for everyone, especially those people who are currently struggling to connect with God. Amy wants the people to know that these problems may have occurred, but it does not mean that God left us to suffer in pain. It wasn’t God that did this to you.   Amy Nordhues was a victim of abuse. She approached a therapist in hopes to recover from the abuse, depression, and issues with parenting and marriage. However, her therapist took advantage of her weaknesses and manipulated her to fit into his narrative.  She didn’t know what to do at

She is a professional coach that established Sky View Coaching and an author of the book called “The Gift of Shift: Discover the Key Within to Unlock Your Best Life” Sky View Coaching aims to help people survive and go through the hardships in life. With her personal experience, she is able to help people in the adversity they are confronting. Papayoti has experienced and is still experiencing adversity in her life. She first had to deal with the betrayal of her best friend and her past relationship. She also had to endure being in an abusive and unhealthy marriage with a narcissistic husband. Not only that, but she also lost a son she had with her first husband. Now, her son in his current husband has the condition of epilepsy and high functioning Asperger's which resulted to the son’s social and academic challenges. Papayoti also discusses in this episode all about her book. In this book, it aims to enlighten you into having your best life despite the challenges that you are facing. Everyone has its own cha

Jan Edwards is the founder, president, and chair of the board of a non-profit organization named Paving the Way Foundation. Edwards used to work in the corporate world when all of the sudden she experienced a change of flow in her path. She had the opportunity to attend various conferences that lead to her changing her thoughts and path. Paving the Way Foundation aims to help inform people about human trafficking especially to children and parents. It helps in enlightening them about the topic so it could be prevented in the future. She personally saw how human trafficking is happening during a mission she went into after she left her job. Human trafficking has been a huge problem especially to those who are misinformed on what it is. Parents are most often don’t have any idea that it was already happening in the lives of their kids. The kids sometimes do not tell their parents on what’s happening.  Orphans are also victims. Edwards mentioned that they were the number one source of human trafficking. Chi

Dr. Brad Miller was interviewed by Larry Roberts in the Spark Media Conference at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a retired pastor and has been in the podcast industry for over ten years. As a Christian, he believes that healing can be made through Jesus Christ.  He has a Christian-themed podcast entitled 'Beyond Adversity’. In the Beyond Adversity Podcast, Dr. Brad aims to help people overcome challenges in their lives and achieve a life of peace, prosperity, and purpose. In hopes of inspiring people to overcome adversity, various guests like people who have written books and people who were able to overcome their adverse life events are catered to in the podcast.  These life events are shared with us so we can learn from them and perhaps be able to do better in our lives. The idea for the podcast came from the eagerness of the people to heal physically or spiritually. He wants to connect with people through the podcast to help and inspire them.  Beyond Adversity has bee