In today's episode I interview Lissa Ramsepaul, an incredible woman who has literally dedicated her life to helping people in underserved communities and specifically people experiencing homelessness. Lissa’s journey began when she herself was

When Survival Ends and Hope Begins.

Oct 15th, 2020 56m 24s

In today’s episode, I speak with an incredibly strong soul, who for the majority of her childhood, was labor trafficked across many states with her younger sister. Hope Lloyd opens up about her experience being forced to work grueling hours an

Finding the Strength to Leave a Marriage of Abuse and Exploitation.

Sep 30th, 2020 40m 55s

On todays episode I interview a woman who has preferred to stay anonymous due to the fact that her family and children still don’t know the things she underwent at the hands of their father- who was her husband at the time. For the sake of thi

A Life of Struggle But a Love For Life.

Sep 18th, 2020 26m 1s

Today’s story and incredibly grounding conversation come from a special man by the name of Ron Dudley. Ron lives in Washington DC and is a musician, poet and also.. an author. I was able to meet Ron through Street Sense media, a nonprofit that

Rep. Jake Johnson ON: The Battle Against Human Trafficking in North Carolina.

Sep 3rd, 2020 29m 19s

Human trafficking has gained a lot of attention as of late through the media and among society as people make an active effort to join forces in order to end this multi-billion dollar industry, and save the lives of millions of people. I spoke

MARK HORVATH ON: BUILDING SELF-LOVE, 5 MINUTES AT A TIME.

Aug 20th, 2020 36m 20s

For many years Mark Horvath struggled with his sense of confidence and self esteem in silence. Heightened by his grueling career in the film and music industry, ultimately Mark went down an unforgiving path of drugs, alcohol and homelessness.

Marianne Duquette Cuozzo ON: Learning to Love Yourself After Breast Cancer.

Aug 6th, 2020 56m 12s

On today’s episode I interview Marianne Duquette Cuozzo on her personal experience battling cancer not once but 3 times as she was diagnosed twice with hodgekins lymphoma in 1994 and 1997 and then with breast cancer in 2014. She talks about her

Nancy Herz ON: Creating Our Own Identities in the Face of a Shame Culture and Negative Social Control.

Jul 23rd, 2020 57m 1s

#Purposefulseries For today’s episode I chat with Nancy Herz, a human rights activist and the co-author of the book “shameless” which is a collection of stories from girls who have personally experienced negative social control. Through her Act

Justin Constantine: Survivor of a Near Fatal Gunshot Wound who Believes in the Power of Resilience.

Jul 2nd, 2020 44m 55s

In this episode on Relentless Minds I Interview Justin Constantine, a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps and a former attorney. Justin joined the Marine Corps during his 2nd year of law school, and went on to practice

An Intimate Interview with Creators of the Documentary “Standing With Bears”. A Candid Look at Human Trafficking.

Jun 22nd, 2020 46m 48s

Relentless Minds collaborated with the Ursus Institute to create this interview in an effort to discuss an upcoming documentary called “Standing with Bears”. “Standing with Bears” serves to highlight the industry of sex trafficking and it’s pre

Tammy Harris ON: The Realities Behind Sex Trafficking and How it Seeps Into Our Communities.

Jun 18th, 2020 49m 36s

On this episode on Relentless Minds I interview Tammy Harris who is the founder of the Ursus institute, A non-profit that works to combat human and sex trafficking. Her organization uses research, data and community engagement to disrupt human

Jamie Margolin ON: Climate Justice and How She Mobilizes the Masses to Create Change.

Jun 3rd, 2020 30m 5s

For this episode I interviewed Jamie Margolin, activist and founder of Zero Hour, an organization that unites youth activists that are concerned about the lack of action being done by officials around the world regarding climate change. There i

Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi ON: The Caste System in India: Slavery in Modern Times.

May 22nd, 2020 36m 52s

#PurposefulSeries Episode For this interview on Relentless Minds I traveled (virtually) to India, and interviewed long-time activist and change maker Lenin Raghuvanshi. Lenin is the cofounder of PVCHR (People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Righ

Jeanne Celestine Lakin ON: How to Heal and Regain Control of Your Life By Learning to Forgive.

May 7th, 2020 1h 21m

This is episode 4/4 in the Genocide Series that began in April in honor of April being Genocide Awareness month. This Interview covers another survivor or the genocide against the tustsis in Rwanda in 1994, but this interview is quite unique b

Liliane Pari Umuhoza ON: Personal Resilience, Mental Health and World Change.

Apr 23rd, 2020 50m 38s

#Purposefulseries This is episode 3 of a 4 episode series covering the stories of genocide survivors in honor of April being genocide awareness month, as well as it being the 26th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. In today’s episode I sit

Shining a Light on Genocide and the Dangers of Intolerance and Discrimination- With Jacqueline Murekatete.

Apr 10th, 2020 1h 2m

#PurposefulSeries This is episode 2/4 in the Genocide Series in honor of April being Genocide Awareness month. This April is also the 26th anniversary of the Genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994 where nearly 1 million tutsis were murdered.

Consolee Nishimwe: Learning to Heal Through Vulnerability & Breaking the Stigma of Shame After Rape.

Mar 26th, 2020 48m 7s

#PURPOSEFULSERIES Today's guest on Relentless Minds is Consolee Nishimwe, who was raped and tortured at the age of 14 during the Genocide in Rwanda against the tutsis and due to this contracted HIV, which had plagued her for years until she

Roella Lieveld: Finding Her Strength and Purpose After Facing Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Mar 5th, 2020 26m 29s

Roella Lieveld had her first encounter with sexual abuse as a child at the tender age of 5 years old. This abuse continued for 4 years, unknown to her mother or anyone else in her family. Roella shares that her early experience with sexual ab

Sonya Keshwani : Battling Breast Cancer at 29 Led This Young Survivor to Finding Her Purpose in Life.

Feb 19th, 2020 51m 2s

#UNBROKENSERIES Welcome back to the Relentless Minds podcast, for this episode I had the opportunity to interview Sonya Keshwani, a young survivor of breast cancer who was inspired to start a purposeful company called StyleEsteem while she was

He Refused to Allow Trauma to Control His Life: The Story of a Survivor of The Rwandan Genocide.

Feb 6th, 2020 1h 3m

#UnbrokenSeries Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000-1,000,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days. Most of the dead were Tutsis - and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. As the BBC said, even for a cou

Empowering Women to Find Their Voices in a Male-Dominated Society.

Jan 22nd, 2020 39m 56s

In this week's episode on Relentless Minds Carolyne Sunte, an activist for women's rights and female mentor in Kenya, Africa, speaks about the struggles that women face in her community. The limitation that her and other women in her Masaai com

Meet the Refugees Who Started a New Life in America and Overcame the Odds to Entrepreneurship.

Jan 6th, 2020 34m 54s

In this episode I visit the West Side Bazaar, a community of small businesses run by mainly refugee and immigrant owners in Buffalo, NY. The West Side Bazaar is an Initiative created by WEDI (Westminster Economic Development Initiative) that ac

Determined And Committed to Following Their Dreams While Living in a Place Where Most People Do Not Dream- Lepilali and Meleji’s Story.

Dec 20th, 2019 1h

In this episode I interview Lepilali Ngoilenya as we travel to the East African country of Tanzania where he was born and raised and currently resides. Lepilali shares with us the life he was expected to live as a member of the Maasai tribe, a

Determined And Committed to Following Their Dreams While Living in a Place Where Most People Do Not Dream- Lepilali and Meleji’s Story.

Dec 20th, 2019 1h

Khadija Siddiqi; A Survivor Whose Fight For Justice Has Paved the Way For Ending Violence Against Women.

Dec 4th, 2019 55m 6s

As seen on The New York Times, BBC, NPR, The Guardian, Agence France Presse, Al Jazeera and several other Arabic language news outlets, Khadija Siddiqi's story has been widely covered around the world due to its moving revelation of current soc