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Poppy is an author of 9 books,  Blogs on abuse, anxiety and encouragement, life coach and international speaker.
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Poppy's father was in the Royal Air Force, she lived in many parts of Britain and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Kenya.

In Nairobi she  met and married her American husband. Six weeks later, at. the age of 22, she arrived in the United States. She thought her new life would be a wonderful adventure.  Instead, she found the loneliness of being in a foreign culture and married to someone who vanished into the hospital for his surgical training, only coming home to study and sleep, catapulted her into anger, bitterness, and depression. Having two delightful little children was a joy but with no family for support or guidance only added to her sense of hopelessness.

But ... 
she found that obstacles can turn into blessings.

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Jane Pena, who lives with her husband in Seaside, Oregon
has been a Coast Guard pilot going on rescue missions throughout the U.S.

She loves her job and can't think of a job that would suit her better.

Listen to her journey and hear about an exciting rescue.

YouTube Channel: Lisa Hice https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-068bxrpNSBGPbWJgdxlcg

Instagram : lisa.d.hice https://www.instagram.com/lisa.d.hice/

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Lisa Hice lives in Portland where she works at a local hospital.
She is a lifestyle and financial coach.

 Topics include: 

• Needs vs Wants
• Health and Wellness
• Cleaning and Organizing
• Meal Planning
• Shopping Tips
• Decorate on a Budget
• Take time to Rest
• Digital Detox
• Beauty and confidence

She's from Nine Miles Falls, Washington, will share about her journey through breast cancer and betrayal trauma, both of which have had huge impacts on her life. 

Betrayal Trauma includes lies, porn use, infidelity, sexual coercion, emotional abuse and narcissism. 

She is the administrator for a nonprofit called Community Minded Enterprises, which provides foundational community support. 

And… she loves Labradors! 

Lilly Lee is loves to garden.

She shares about growing up Chinese and living in a multi-cultural neighborhood.

She joined the Peace Corps and spent time in Botswana.

Her first degree was in electrical engineering.

Her chosen degree was Physical Therapy. She worked at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Oregon until she

required extensive back surgery for ankylosing spondylitis.

Susan Peterson is an avid birder. Some might even say she has bird Tourettes!  

She is also the administrator of KMUN, Coast Radio, our local nonprofit, volunteer operated radio station. 

 Here are some links to birding information from the podcast. Merlin app 

Pacific Northwest Birders 

Portland Audubon  

Also links to articles on extraordinary living. 

5 Ways Successful People take Control of their Life 

How to Live an Extraordinary LIfe

Julia Akilimali grew up in Maryland with her three brothers and seven sisters. Her dad was Ruwandan and emigrated to America from the Congo during the war. 

She attended Job Corps in Astoria and received a degree in IT and continued on to study at Clatsop Community College. Her next step is to pursue a psychology degree where she can marry IT with it to create adaptive technology.

She works at a memory care in Warrenton.

When she was 17 she was in a severe car accident which left her paralyzed from the neck down.

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She

• is the executive director of North Coast Food Web
• grew up in Tennessee
• a class she took on viticulture and enology led her to an interest in fresh produce
• volunteered on a farm in Washington and eventually moved to Ilwaco, Washington
• tells all the wonderful benefits of the North Coast Food Web 

Iris Smith  lives in Tulalip, Washington. 

I met her at the Northwest Christian writers meeting and was fascinated by her story. 

She is originally from Boston where her parents and grandparents emigrated, both from Italy and Russia.  And that's kind of a fun story that we get to hear about. 

This family history involves 

• a ruptured appendix and subsequent coma for a month
• the Bolshevik Revolution
• imprisonment,
• a trip to Ellis Island
•  work in a clothing factory
•  a fire
• Mafia Mobs
•  POW in the Korean War,
• Leonard Nimoy
• Senator Kennedy
• Italian recipes
• Joni and Friends
• a tv series
• and more!

LINKS: Celiac Recipes, Polcari's, Ellis Island, Joni and Friends

Cara grew up in Knappa, Oregon and lived there for 30 years. She married her high school sweetheart, Kyle Jacobson and their family grew to 4 birth kids and one adopted from Haiti.

She learned to navigate the world of homeschooling and as busy as life was, it got busier when at the age of 32, her husband was diagnosed with Huntington's disease, a neurological condition which atrophies and shrinks the brain, causing motor, speaking and communication difficulties.

Kyle  passed away at the age of 40.

Then, when things couldn't get worse, three of her children were diagnosed with the same genetic disease.

Her son Marshall died last August at the age of 16.

Bodean, age  21 is in hospice.

Daisha, age 26 is navigating the progression.

YET- Cara is able to find joy in spite of what life has thrown at her.

And her most recent joy is her new husband, Ariel.

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Melissa is

•  a 4th grade teacher at Lewis and Clark school in Astoria, Oregon
•  president of the Astoria Regatta, 
• is passionate about National Parks
• serves as president of North Oregon Regional Council,
• president of the teacher's union
• is on the Oregon Education Committee
•  just attended a conference on Women in Minority.

Links: Every Kid Outdoors

astoriaregattaassociation@gmail.com

You can watch on youtube here: https://youtu.be/E_KiitI2QME

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Lauri Serafin  is the author of Life in the Big Old House featured monthly in the Daily Astorian Coast Weekend. 

Laurie spent many years sailing- in fact that's how she met her husband. 

She's a genealogist and restores historic houses which has led to a love of creating historic needlework, crocheting lace and finding just the right historic decor.

 She volunteers at the Flavel House as a docent, is on the board of the Cascadia Chamber Opera and is creating an avenue for her Pint Size Opera. 

One of her greatest joys was being a roller derby ref. 

To take a tour of the Forsstrom House with Lauri and Jan find us on youtube:https://youtu.be/qaff6vjZzMA

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· Author of When I Am Ashes 

· She worked in the first Montessori School. 

· Worked with Bruno Bettelheim and became a social worker, 

· wrote songs that touched people's heart singing with Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, 

· Worked with the United Farmworkers and Cesar Chavez 

· made a record and wrote a song that was nominated for two Grammy Awards. 

· Became an acupuncturist and worked with Bee Therapy.

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My guest today is Katie George. Katie is an avid backpacker and has hiked in Yasuni National Park in Ecuador, Denali, North Cascades, Alpine lakes and Crater Lake among others. She has just finished her degree and works at Columbia Memorial Hospital as a physician’s assistant. She did research in Ecuador and Panama, worked in Alaska and is an amazing artist. In high school she entered the Lucerne Cow Art contest and still has her full sized cow project. Her current passion is pyography, woodburning, but also does watercolors, oils, pen and ink and charcoal.

katiegeorgegallery.com

@katiegeorgegallery

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Today I have the world's BEST guests - my very own favorite two youngest daughters Em & Sid. There has NEVER been a better child in all the earth than Sidney Claire (plus she's cute to boot!) Please buy these girls some mochas - they deserve them ;T

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 Constance Waisanen is a very creative and inspirational woman. Her hobbies include gardening, quilting, music, and her current passion is Fiber Arts, specifically fabric dyeing. She has been to a number of countries working with Habitat for Humanity. Her degree in Chemistry Engineering led her to a job with the Wauna Mill for 27 years. Seeking a career change, she became a financial advisor where she enjoys counseling people on quality of life and legacy planning. She is very involved with the Astoria Community and recently purchased the Charlene Larsen Performing Arts Center.

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Today’s guest is Jody Morrill, owner of Jody Rae Photography , and Astoria Boudoir Photography in Astoria, Oregon, and Black Swan Boudoir in Seattle, Washington. Jody has a learning disability which, she shares, has strengthened her capabilities as a business owner. She is the mother of four, including twin boys and two girls, and is a photographer extraordinaire!  Our featured author today is Melissa Eskue Ousley,  Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Fantasy category of the 2021 International Book Awards.

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Founder of Astoria Birth Center and Family Medicine, Rebeckah Orton tells her story of what led her down this path, and the ups and downs she encountered.

 She is committed to focusing on things that help women. "When we fully support women and families, we all win."

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Amelia grew up in Astoria, the daughter of foresters. Through experiences working at Ft. Clatsop, going on a wilderness camp and her U of O education, she's taken on a passion for research in forest ecosystems leading to a Phd in Vermont.

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