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Creativity with Purpose is a podcast that celebrates the stories behind the art. Hosted by Ann M. Mracek, the show invites musicians, authors, craft artisans, and creative thinkers from all walks of life to share how their passions were born, what inspires their work, and how…
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My Wife Died of ALS While I Fought Cancer (opens the original)
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My wife Nancy died of ALS while I was fighting my own cancer. Here's what that taught me about finding real joy every day. I met my wife Nancy in 2001. She was a deeply spiritual person who practiced yoga, meditated daily, and listened with her heart to every challenge the people around her faced. We married in 2010. On the evening of May 15, 2025, after two years of fighting ALS, she died in my arms. Around that same time, I was also facing my own terminal cancer diagnosis. Both of those experi
When Your Life Plan Falls Apart (opens the original)
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What happens when your carefully crafted life plan shatters? My guest today, Fiona Bayliss, found out at 23, and she's spent the years since rebuilding, again and again. In How to Thrive When Life Doesn't Go As Planned, Fiona shares her deeply personal journey through chronic illness, career upheaval, single parenthood, trauma, and resilience. Diagnosed with epilepsy at 23, her life quickly diverged from the future she imagined, forcing her to rewrite her story again and again. From internationa
Connection Comes Before Guidance (opens the original)
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What does it actually take to reach a student who refuses to open up?Nancy Regas spent 22 years as a school counselor, working with teenagers who were struggling, shut down, or invisible to everyone around them. She learned that connection comes before guidance — and that without trust, nothing else works.In this conversation, Nancy shares what she learned across two decades in public education: how she protected her time without losing her students, why every counselor needs to hear the phrase
White Noise: Rethink It (opens the original)
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Can a white noise machine impact baby hearing loss? We examine the potential risks of using white noise for babies after a personal experience.White noise machines are in millions of nurseries right now. Pediatricians mention them. Baby product sites recommend them. Exhausted parents buy them without a second thought.But what does the science actually say?Beverly Hansen, R.N., M.B.A. — registered nurse with 40 years of clinical experience and founder of Clinical Brainiacs — joins Ann Mracek for
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