The Inspire Cafe

Thank you for visiting The Inspire Cafe podcast! This is where people share their inspirational and motivational stories of overcoming adversity or setbacks, yet coming out of it with a positive outcome or perspective. People are incredibly resilient, and we need to hear more of their stories. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and share. Thanks for spreading good news!

005: Xavier Horan: "I Couldn't Let My Parents Lose Another Child"

Nov 30, 2017

Today's guest is Xavier Horan, a former sound mixer & editor who's worked on over 39 movies. His career also included working with the sound editing team that won an Academy Award for the major motion picture, The Bourne Ultimatum. However, before that happened, Xavier talks about a major tragedy he and his family...

004: Jacob Leyba: "I Never Once Felt Sorry for Myself"

Nov 23, 2017

Jacob Leyba, a 23-year-old college graduate, describes the story of when he was a 16-year-old driving home from a football practice and got in a terrible car accident. He suffered multiple injuries, including the need to have his right arm amputated. We talk about Jacob's quick recovery, what went through his mind...

003: Karen Williams; When the Bear Attacked, "I Didn't Take it Personally"

Nov 16, 2017

Today's guest is Karen Williams, an ER nurse and former military intelligence analyst. I met Karen at her home where she recounts the story of how in June 2016, she survived a bear attack while running a marathon in northern New Mexico. Here, Karen walks us through what lead up to the attack, what she did to survive,...

002: Lorenzo Hernandez: Get up, Never Give Up

Nov 3, 2017

Today's guest is Lorenzo Hernandez, a 37-year-old head coach at Undisputed Fitness gym in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Here Lorenzo chronicles how he started out as a high school drop-out, got into selling drugs, and how he got inspired to become a CrossFit coach while incarcerated serving a 60-month prison term.

He also...

001: Carl Carter Jr: How He's Dealt With his Mother's Murder

Nov 3, 2017

Hello and welcome to The Inspire Café Podcast.

Today’s guest is Carl Carter, Jr., Founder of the Beverly Carter Foundation, a nonprofit named after his mother, a real estate agent who was kidnapped and murdered by a couple posing as buyers in 2014. Carl talks about how he’s been able to cope with the loss of his...