Life On Your Terms
The Life on Your Terms podcast is where you’ll hear real stories of individuals who’ve had the courage to look inward, listen to what called and take the steps toward the life they desired. In the process they discovered their joy and realized their own definition of success.
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Recent Episodes
Aug. 6, 2025
26 ~ Undevoured: Embracing the Path to Inner Peace
In this episode, I speak with Rick. He asked me not to reveal his last name because some of the content is sensitive, including childhood trauma. If this is uncomfortable for you, you may not want to listen to this episode. Rick's story is about a quest for peace, which was taken from him when he was just 7 years old. It wasn't until he was 60 and encountered a health crisis that he started linking his health, thought patterns, and behaviors back to a violent event from decades ago when he genu
July 24, 2023
025 ~ Deanna Hansen: Finding Purpose Inside Yourself...Literally!
In this episode I talk with Deanna Hansen, Founder of Block Therapy and Fluid Isometrics. Deanna’s journey toward living life on her terms began over 20 years ago. Although she was an athletic therapist she herself was struggling. Deanna was doing “all the right things” but was 50 pounds overweight, felt like a failure and suffered from anxiety. She believes it was divine intervention when during a panic attack, where she actually felt like she was going to die, she intuitively dove her hands i
May 24, 2023
024 ~ Sam Conaway: Laundry to Leadership & Finding Your Purpose
In this episode of Life on Your Terms, I interview the inspiring Sam Conaway. He is President of US Cardiology Sales for Boston Scientific and chairs the company's health equity program. Sam grew up in a tough neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. Many of his friends went down a troubled path mired in gangs, drugs and violence. He shared being a high school baseball star is the only thing that kept him safe and "untouchable" in his neighborhood. However, his dream of going pro was dashed by an
June 17, 2019
023 ~ Sabine K. Franco: Surrender to What Calls You
In this episode of Life on Your Terms, I interview Sabine K. Franco, the CEO and Principal Attorney at FRANCO LAW FIRM, P.C. Established in 2012. She stuns me in this interview by sharing that in the past she has felt a desire to retreat from what called her, experienced bouts of shyness and fear of success. I would have never guessed! Sabine shares how she learned from missed opportunities and has stopped fighting against the things that are scary. Her message to others is to stop resisting w
Jan. 4, 2019
022 ~ Jessica Koch: Are You Experiencing a Jonah and the Whale Moment Like She Did?
In this episode, Dr. Schiada interviews Jessica Koch, a passionate speaker, sales & marketing trainer and linkedIn consultant who is transforming lives globally using social media. She helps entrepreneurs identify who desperately need their solutions. And helps find them. You would never guess that prior to launching her business, Jessica was literally hiding from social media, determined to never put herself out there in the business world again. She was fearfully denying her passion and her p
Nov. 7, 2018
021 ~ Loronda Giddens: Follow the Bread Crumbs
Dr. Schiada talks with Loronda Giddens in this compelling interview. Loronda is an Army veteran who has worked in corporate America, state government, the juvenile justice system and more! She has a masters degree in forensic psychology and is a published author. But, Loronda only discovered her true purpose after a breast cancer diagnosis inspired her to slow down and re-evaluate her life. Through this process, she became still, listened to what called her and tapped into her gifts of speaking