Anna Jinja Mather was adopted from Seoul, Korea, and grew up in Iowa. Her heart is filled with love for people and their stories. By sharing her adoption story and all that she is learning to help her navigate through personal and professional challenges, she hopes that this will lead us to believe, accept, and value the inherent worthiness of all people. She has dedicated her life to a number of nonprofit organizations and causes as a volunteer or employee, which has led to a myriad of unexpected opportunities and adventures – including stepping into the role of a radio producer and host at KHOI 89.1 FM.

Anna recently relocated to Athens, Ohio, from Ames, Iowa, where she served as the executive director of Able Up Iowa, a non-profit helping people of all abilities become independent. Her previous employment includes working for several nonprofit organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and Able Up Iowa. Thanks to Hope (a wise mutual friend), Anna met and fell in love with Pete while he was traveling in the Pacific Northwest during his car-top tent adventure. In 2022, Pete surprised Anna with a marriage proposal at their favorite local hangout on April 12. The next week, they were married at the Ames Public Library. She now lives happily with her husband, Pete, and their dog, Floyd, in the little blue house of happiness.

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Appreciating my loved ones and cats :)

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“Nobody really knows what life will throw at them. And how they’ll change as a result,” says Franke James. She is an activist, artist and author of four books on disability rights, climate change, government censorship, and ethics. She’s fought City Hall to build a green driveway (and won). Been blacklisted by the Canadian Government for her climate change art—and turned the government’s silencing into international news. Her latest book, Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me, is about choosing her sister’s freedom over her family. Franke helped her younger sister get out of a nursing home. Then all hell broke loose. The two sisters had to stand together—against their siblings, the medical system, and the police—to defend the right to be free.

Franke and her husband, Billiam James, helped Teresa regain her decision-making rights and get a public apology from the Ontario Minister of Health. The memoir has won eighteen book awards in the categories of Nonfiction Audiobook, True Story, Social/Political, Inspiration, Family Challenges, Special Needs, and Leadership. Franke lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and her sister, Teresa.

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Audible Link to Freeing Teresa: https://www.audible.com/pd/Freeing-Teresa-Audiobook/B0DCZZRX25 Freeing Teresa site: https://freeingteresa.com/

Social Media: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/frankejames.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franke.james/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankejames/ Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@frankejames

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Visiting family and making soup for friends

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Helen Sernett, founder and host of the Sleep Lists podcast, was a non-profit fundraiser at the end of her rope, struggling with a long list of medical issues. Underlying all of it was the fact that she could no longer get herself to sleep. With Sleep Lists she serves up bedtime dreams every episode by reciting a lulling list of similar items. Lately, she’s more well rested and less on edge. She records voice over work and speaks at events about her experience with resilience and the power of neuroplasticity. Helen enjoys family time, cooking from scratch, and cozying up with a good book or movie.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SleepLists/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfMvDMHSELtQyGWfYIkmwQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sleeplists

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sleep-lists/

Website: https://www.sleeplists.com/

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Laughing with your whole heart feels good within your soul

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Wendy is an Interview and Career Coach who helps people look so good that hiring managers can’t ignore them. She was stuck once, not knowing how to get out of a financial and emotional mess after a relationship break-up left her a broke single mum drowning in debt. But things changed when she changed – she invested in herself and found mentors and a supportive community to turn her mess into her success. And there's been plenty of hiccups along the way. From growing up a woman of color in apartheid South Africa to being held up at gunpoint in her first job in Australia and more than her fair share of health challenges - she's beat them all. Now she runs her company on her terms and helps professional people fearlessly get the job they want, negotiate the income they want, and ultimately the lifestyle they want.

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Website: https://happycareerhub.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyaalexander/

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Continuation and keeping the connections you create

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