PEP Talks: People Empowering People

Kasey Crawford Kellem is a school counselor, author, yoga instructor, motivational speaker, former business owner and special ed teacher, and now, podcaster. She is a beacon of resiliency as she continues through her journey dodging hurdles but still dancing all along the way! The creator and author of Mind Over Matter Books, Kellem’s first five books, “Believe,” “Love,” “Laugh,” “Relax,” and “Dream” teach children the resiliency tools necessary to overcome obstacles. After her husband died from cancer, Kellem wrote, “Bella-Eve the Bounce-Back Dog” a book she has shared with thousands of children helping them cope with their challenges in life. Her adult memoir, “Don’t Stop Believing: Our Journey with Cancer” was written to help encourage others coping with a terminally ill family member or widowhood believe they can overcome the grief. She has spent her thirty-plus year career in education helping others overcome their hardships so they can live longer, happier quality lives.

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PEP Talks: People Empowering People

Jessica: This, Too, Shall Pass

July 20, 2020 • Kasey Kellem and Greta Fechter • Season 1 • Episode 21

Jessica is a 29-year-old single mother, Ohio State University graduate, former special education instructor, and now podcaster who is always striving to better herself and her life. Over the last five years, Jessica has certainly faced her share of adversity after losing her father to prostate cancer. Jessica is sharing with us today her seemingly long journey of grief, abuse, and being a single parent. She, like her father, certainly lives with the mantra, “This, Too, Shall Pass”!

We learned from Jessica:

*Live every day like it is your last

*A “why me” or “what next” attitude does not serve us.

*Sometimes you have to ask yourself: Why am I attracting all of this crap in my life?

*The biggest thing is to get out of our own way.

*Fear can really hold you back, but fear has less power when you acknowledge it!
*It is all part of the journey you just have to believe!

Jessica can be found on the podcast “Glow Up Gals”

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