This week I welcome Barry Adkins, a speaker and advocate whose heartbreaking story has become a life-saving message for hundreds of thousands across the country.
After losing his 18-year-old son Kevin to alcohol poisoning on what should have been the beginning of his adult life, Barry made it his mission to educate others about the dangers of binge drinking and the devastating consequences that can come from just one night of bad choices.
In 2007, carrying Kevin’s ashes in his backpack, Barry began an extraordinary 1,400-mile walk from Arizona to Montana — sharing his son’s story in schools, churches, treatment centers, and communities along the way.
Today, Barry joins us to talk about that life-changing knock on the door, the journey that followed, and how he turned grief into purpose, hope, and a powerful mission to help others.
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Sharing faith, nature, and love of animals, and as a veteran living with PTSD, Kim is passionate about spreading and sharing nuggets of Hope through all of her endeavors.
Kim uses her experience of 25+ years in the corporate world as a part of the foundation for building her dream; of writing, podcasting, hosting a radio show and sharing her story and others. Building platforms that help others to share their story and to spread Hope. The About Face Radio show, Let Fear Bounce, Tossing Nuggets of Hope, is the newest to her platforms.
She hosts the podcast Let Fear Bounce and a radio show with the same name. In addition, she hosts the TV Show, The Write Stuff, The Author's Voice with the Believe In Your Dreams TV Network. She is also a co-host of a weekly radio show, Voices4Vets, in her local area.
You can regularly find Kim walking with her rescue dog, Dexter, reading, drinking coffee, and jotting down story ideas about her Realm. In addition to writing and being the Queen of her Realm, she is a 25+ year advocate for veterans providing support through monthly care packages for over 22 years.
