3 years ago I started this journey of storytelling. To be honest, story sharing, is probably more accurate. This journey was started on the heels of the most intense thing I have endured as a person and as a parent, and so I decided to share "Our Story" in Episode 1. My daughters diagnosis of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) and the 97 day hospital stay to follow shaped our future more than we would know at the time. Coming home from the hospital didn't take away the problems, and it made me want to know how to move forward in life. I wanted to talk with people who had endured all that life could throw at them and who walked away with their heads held high. Those who had looked life in the eye and decided to fight back. Those who were TRULY - Focused on Forward. And for 3 years you have joined me on this journey. You have heard these amazing stories from truly inspirational people who are choosing to be Focused on Forward. These people are the stars of this show and I am forever thankful that they entrusted me, just a guy Michigan who had been through some stuff to help them share that story. I am deeply honored.

Today though, we close out the show. This is the series finale. And I say WE for a reason - today I am joined by my daughter Kendall and we talk about Our Story Part 2. How we got from there to here ...

And again ... from my family to yours, THANK YOU!

This week's guest has chosen to remain anonymous, and we will only call him Sam. Sam is a recovering Alcoholic with years of sobriety, still attending his AA classes. He tells us about his small town, religious upbringing. He talks about how that affected his outlook on life, his relationship with his parents and resulted in his being sent to boarding school. He tells us about how he started drinking, how it sent him to rock bottom. He also tells us about his struggles with his own mental health, the need for counseling and why the stigma around mental health hospitals needs to go away. There is a lot here to unpack and there are parts of this story that you have to hear to understand. Please share Sam's story with those you know who either need to enter recovery, or who are fighting for their sobriety.

For more information - Alcoholics Anonymous - www.aa.org Narcotics Anonymous - www.na.org Suicide Hotline - suicidepreventionlifeline.org or call 800-273-8255

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We talk with serial entrepreneur Tal Zlotnitsky about moving past heartache and looking to love and wellness. Tal tells us about moving from Israel with his family at a young age to America. He moved from his home country and experiencing some level of fame on Israeli TV to the UNited States and being an unknown. He talks about feeling like an outcast, being the new kid and treated unkind by his schoolmates. He talks about falling in and out of love and being a single parent at an young adult age. But most importantly, he tells us how he has moved past these things to be successful in his life, his businesses and why he feels that love is needed more now than ever before. Please check out his company, which specializes in love and wellness - Our.Love

For more on Tal Zlotnitsky, please check out the following - www.talzlotnitsky.com our.love on your app store Instagram - @taljzlotnitsky Twitter - @tjsmind

Find us on Social Media - Instagram - @focusedonforward Twitter - @podcastfof

buy us a Coffee here - https://ko-fi.com/focusedonforward

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