Conversations With Colie
Season 1
Conversations With Colie Ep.4: "Wendy Babcock"
Conversations with Colie Ep.3 : Evander Beatty
Conversations With Colie Ep.2: "Wendy Babcock"
by Nicole Miller
You are newly married, you turn 40 and as a person in the medical field, you know what comes with it. Mammogram time. No problem you think, until you are laying there, and you realize that there is cause for concern. You try to remain calm, having transcribed countless results you know this often happens. But not to you. Pretty scary right? That was exactly how Wendy felt at that moment. But at that moment she could not have prepared herself for every woman's fear, and how that result would affect her life, the lives of those closest to her, and how it would change her forever. Wendy always the humorist, was facing something so big that she had a hard time finding comfort in making light and cracking jokes. Cancer was looming over her family and was threatening not only her life but the lives of close family members. This episode highlights Wendy’s journey and the life-saving decisions she had to make at 40 years old. It changed life as she knew it forever; in fact, it changed everything forever.
You are 18, you are in college, this is supposed to be the best years of your life. You host a party in your home, the usual college stuff. Someone gets sick and you discover the result in your bathroom. Seems innocent enough so far. However, this sets off a chain reaction in your brain that will put you on a path that you will have to endure for longer than even you can fathom. That is Evander's story, this event created a response that put him in the grasp of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This disorder is often downplayed but for the people dealing with it, it is very real and bigger than society allows us to believe. Evander shares a piece of his story with me. His journey set him on a path of self-reflection, therapy, and new realizations to take his life back. I hope this episode reaches someone who is dealing or has a loved one who is dealing with this very real Illness. Evander is the author of Danger Life: A Dark Voyage Thru OCD you can check out his full story on Amazon. Links are made available in the podcast.
You are an entrepreneur who has created a business solely online. What you do every day is network to bring more people to your business and them to others. These people rely on you to work your magic. Your business has networking in the name so it is necessary for you to be present right? You notice, however, that you are attached to your phone. You cannot leave the room without making sure you have it. Leaving the house you must know it is with you. You see this as a problem so you decide you're going to do something you never thought would be possible. You take a 30-day sabbatical from social media. Wow, what does that look like? Can you do it? Does it make you feel better or worse? Find out how Wendy cut herself from social media and maintained her business. What things did she learn about herself and the world around her? How did it affect her business? Could you step out of the social media world for 30 days? Check out this bonus episode and see what Wendy took from this experience.
You are a single mom living out her dream. Then that dream turns into a nightmare. You meet some friends and you hit it off. The whole group is your kind of group. You hang out and one girl asks for your help making something so you go back to her home. She gives you a glass of water and suddenly everything changes. You don't feel right and you gather yourself to get out of her house. The girl makes a phone call and you hear her say “ You better hurry I have something for you” It's at that moment you realize you are the something. What do you do? Tune in to hear what this brave woman did to survive being a statistic.