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Mary McCorvey | Memoirist • Veteran • Podcaster

Mary McCorvey is a veteran of the Gulf War, founder of 7 companies, TV producer, author, radio host, and playwright whose life reads like a memoir—because it is one. From being implicated in a murder at 17 to surviving sarin gas exposure in Kuwait, Mary’s story is defined by resilience, reinvention, and one core question: What do you do… when life keeps rewriting the script?

After being diagnosed with terminal pulmonary fibrosis and told she had two years to live, Mary defied the odds. She rebuilt her life after betrayal, launched a mission to send students’ work to the Moon, and most recently, opened a locked box she’d carried for 35 years—unleashing a memoir-in-motion about Love, memory, and healing.

Now the host of the podcast and author of the book, Experience Over Expectation, Mary brings wit, warmth, and depth to conversations about identity, Aging, forgiveness, and second chances. She’s equally at home discussing Trauma and tenacity as she is laughing through the absurdities of life.

Mary lives—and thrives—in Pennsylvania, with a story to tell and a mic in hand.

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Starting And Exiting A Business After 50: Goldstein On Building Value, Wealth, And Your Next Chapter &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Starting and Exiting a Business After 50: Goldstein on Building Value, Wealth, and Your Next Chapter

Mary McCorvey welcomes entrepreneur, investor, IPO expert, and author Peter Goldstein for an insightful discussion about entrepreneurship, business ownership, and one of the most overlooked aspects of…

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Mary McCorvey welcomes entrepreneur, investor, IPO expert, and author Peter Goldstein for an insightful discussion about entrepreneurship, business ownership, and one of the most overlooked aspects of building a company: planning your exit. Peter has spent nearly four decades starting, growing, advising, and exiting businesses. In this episode, he explains why every founder should think about the end from the beginning and how entrepreneurs can build companies that create lasting value beyond themselves. The conversation also explores the massive wealth transfer currently taking place as mil…

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Legacy Living: Cindy Wollman On Home, Transition, And Creating The Next Chapter With Intention &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Legacy Living: Cindy Wollman on Home, Transition, and Creating the Next Chapter with Intention

In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, Mary McCorvey welcomes Cindy Wollman, founder of Legacy Living, for a thoughtful conversation about the emotional and practical realities of major life …

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In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, Mary McCorvey welcomes Cindy Wollman, founder of Legacy Living, for a thoughtful conversation about the emotional and practical realities of major life transitions. Cindy's work goes far beyond traditional Real Estate. Through her Legacy Living approach, she helps individuals and families navigate pivotal moments when decisions about home intersect with identity, responsibility, community, and legacy. Together, Mary and Cindy discuss Downsizing, empty nesting, widowhood, 55+ communities, selling a Family home, and how to create a living situati…

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Don’t Say Crazy To Me: Marion Hoffman Koenig On Empathy, Mental Health Advocacy, And Turning Loss Into Kindness &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Don’t Say Crazy to Me: Marion Hoffman Koenig on Empathy, Mental Health Advocacy, and Turning Loss into Kindness

In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, Mary McCorvey sits down with memoirist and Mental Health advocate Marion Hoffman Koenig, author of Don’t Say Crazy to Me.Marion’s story moves throug…

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In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, Mary McCorvey sits down with memoirist and mental Health advocate Marion Hoffman Koenig, author of Don’t Say Crazy to Me.Marion’s story moves through Grief, creativity, 1980s New York energy, and the strange, tender places where humor and death sit at the same table. We talk about what it means to be an empath, how empathy can help and how it can misfire, and why “crazy” is often just a lazy label for what someone does not understand.You will also hear practical grounding tools Marion uses in real life, including square breathing, plus a …

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Don’t Say Crazy To Me: M. Koenig On Empathy, Mental Health Advocacy, And Turning Loss Into Kindness &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Don’t Say Crazy to Me: M. Koenig on Empathy, Mental Health Advocacy, and Turning Loss into Kindness

Mary McCorvey welcomes Marion Hoffman Koenig, author of Don’t Say Crazy to Me, for a conversation that is equal parts brave, funny, and deeply human. Marion shares how early experiences with loss s…

Mary McCorvey welcom…

Mary McCorvey welcomes Marion Hoffman Koenig, author of Don’t Say Crazy to Me, for a conversation that is equal parts brave, funny, and deeply human. Marion shares how early experiences with loss shaped her empathy, her creativity, and her life’s work as a mental health advocate. We talk about what it means to be an empath, how empathy can be both a gift and a risk, and why the word “crazy” is often used when people do not understand someone else’s reality. Marion also offers a simple grounding practice, square breathing, for the moments when your nervous system needs a handrail. I…

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Eternity In Mind: Rev. Dr. Frank Selden On Chronic Illness, Faith, And Choosing To Stay &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Eternity in Mind: Rev. Dr. Frank Selden on Chronic Illness, Faith, and Choosing to Stay

Frank Selden came to a cemetery ready to end his life and walked away with one question: “What if my actions in this life affect what comes next?”In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, I …

Frank Selden came to…

Frank Selden came to a cemetery ready to end his life and walked away with one question: “What if my actions in this life affect what comes next?”In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, I sit down with Rev. Dr. Frank Selden, a former Army National Guard officer and JAG detachment veteran, and a respected tax and Estate attorney who helped thousands of entrepreneurs build with calm, Clarity, and care.Then chronic, late stage Epstein Barr and related complications changed everything. Frank went from high performance and a full life to being in bed most of the day with no clear medica…

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Eternity In Mind: Rev. Dr. Frank Selden On Chronic Illness, Faith, And Choosing To Stay &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Eternity in Mind: Rev. Dr. Frank Selden on Chronic Illness, Faith, and Choosing to Stay

Frank Selden came to a cemetery ready to end his life and walked away with one question: “What if my actions in this life affect what comes next?” In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, …

Frank Selden came to…

Frank Selden came to a cemetery ready to end his life and walked away with one question: “What if my actions in this life affect what comes next?” In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, I’m joined by Rev. Dr. Frank Selden, former Army National Guard officer and JAG detachment veteran, and a highly respected tax and estate attorney who once lived a full, successful life, until chronic, late-stage Epstein-Barr and related complications brought everything to a halt. Frank shares the story of the night at Tahoma National Cemetery that changed him, the spiritual questions that foll…

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Harmony, Suffering, And Sovereignty: Robin H. Clare On The Frequency Of True Success &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Harmony, Suffering, and Sovereignty: Robin H. Clare on The Frequency of True Success

What if success is not another achievement, it is a frequency you learn to live inIn this conversation, I sit down with Robin H. Clare, best selling author, creator of The Harmony Method, and a spirit…

What if success is n…

What if success is not another achievement, it is a frequency you learn to live inIn this conversation, I sit down with Robin H. Clare, best selling author, creator of The Harmony Method, and a spiritual recovery guide whose work is grounded in her own forty year journey through obsessive compulsive food disorder and bulimia.Her new book, Harmony, The Frequency of True Success, offers a path for aligning your inner life with your outer purpose so that success stops being a scoreboard and becomes something quieter and more powerful, ease, authenticity, and sovereignty.We talk about messages fro…

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Detours, Money, And Meaning: Gal Ezra On Ethical Millionaires And Real Prosperity &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Detours, Money, and Meaning: Gal Ezra on Ethical Millionaires and Real Prosperity

What if the biggest no of your life became the turning point for everything that followedIn this conversation, Gal Ezra, a South African-born entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Guaranteed Prosperi…

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What if the biggest no of your life became the turning point for everything that followedIn this conversation, Gal Ezra, a South African-born entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Guaranteed Prosperity, shares how being stranded in Cape Town at 19 after a visa rejection with no Money and no plan forced him to rebuild from the inside out.By 25, Gal had built his first million-dollar business. By 30, he had sold four more. Yet his mission is not just about wealth. It is about creating 10,000 ethical millionaires who understand money as a tool for service, not status.We talk about detours, havin…

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Harmony, Suffering, And Sovereignty: Robin H. Clare On The Frequency Of True Success &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Harmony, Suffering, and Sovereignty: Robin H. Clare on The Frequency of True Success

What if success is not about more, it is about alignment In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, I sit down with Robin H. Clare, best selling author and creator of The Harmony Method, to talk…

What if success is n…

What if success is not about more, it is about alignment In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, I sit down with Robin H. Clare, best selling author and creator of The Harmony Method, to talk about what she calls the frequency of true success. Robin’s work is grounded in her own forty year struggle with obsessive compulsive food disorder and bulimia, and her sustained recovery that followed. From that lived experience, she received a spiritual framework for living in harmony, awareness, commitment, mastery, service, leadership, and freedom. We dive into messages from the divine, t…

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Detours, Money, And Meaning: Gal Ezra On Ethical Millionaires And Real Prosperity &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Detours, Money, and Meaning: Gal Ezra on Ethical Millionaires and Real Prosperity

What if the biggest no of your life became the start of everything you were meant to build At 19, Gal Ezra was stranded in South Africa after a visa rejection. No money, no plan, no way out. His fath…

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What if the biggest no of your life became the start of everything you were meant to build At 19, Gal Ezra was stranded in South Africa after a visa rejection. No money, no plan, no way out. His father, a successful businessman, refused to send a rescue transfer. Instead, he gave Gal something far less comfortable and far more powerful, a way to become the source of his own knowledge and success. From that detour, Gal went on to build his first million dollar business by 25 and sell four more by 30. Today he runs Guaranteed Prosperity and is on a mission to create 10,000 ethical millionaires…

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Prepare To Live: Navigating Your Health Like A ‘Thinking Patient’ With Dana Sherwin &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
Prepare to Live: Navigating Your Health Like a ‘Thinking Patient’ with Dana Sherwin

What happens when the person who used to run health systems suddenly becomes the one lying in the hospital bed? In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, host Mary McCorvey talks with Dana Sher…

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What happens when the person who used to run health systems suddenly becomes the one lying in the hospital bed? In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, host Mary McCorvey talks with Dana Sherwin—a seasoned health system executive, stem cell transplant survivor, and patient advocate—about how to become a “thinking patient” in a system that often feels overwhelming. For 35+ years, Dana helped hospitals, managed care organizations, and consulting firms improve patient–physician communication. Then a chronic blood Cancer progressed, and she needed a stem cell transplant. That s…

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From Medevac To Merrill: Jeffrey George On Service, Trust, And Wealth That Outlasts You &Raquo; Podcast Pfpcover 1400 X 1400 Px
From Medevac to Merrill: Jeffrey George on Service, Trust, and Wealth That Outlasts You

Disclaimer: This video is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or tax advice. Host Mary McCorvey sits down with Jeffrey George (Managing Director & Wealth Man…

Disclaimer: This vid…

Disclaimer: This video is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or tax advice. Host Mary McCorvey sits down with Jeffrey George (Managing Director & Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch; Bronze Star; former 101st Airborne medevac commander) to explore service-driven leadership, building living financial plans, and the simple trust loop that underpins great Relationships: “you said—I heard / I said—I did.” We cover risk, markets, legacy, and how discipline paired with empathy changes everything. Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Experience Over Expe…

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