Overcoming Obstacles by Listening to God’s Plan, with Tracie Burress

With Gratitude, Matt

With Gratitude, Matt
Overcoming Obstacles by Listening to God’s Plan, with Tracie Burress
Feb 02, 2026 Season 2 Episode 82
Matt Moran

Tracie Burress is an entrepreneur, sales executive, and author whose life story is a powerful testament to resilience, faith, and reinvention. Rising from humble beginnings on Chicago’s South Side to become a top-performing pharmaceutical sales leader and multiple President’s Club award winner, her life took a dramatic turn at age 43 when she survived a life-threatening brain aneurysm. Guided by an unshakable faith, she chose to rebuild, push forward, and pursue the vision placed on her heart—ultimately stepping into entrepreneurship and creating SockTABs, an innovative solution that took her to ABC’s Shark Tank (see socktabs.com to learn more or check out Episode 709 on Hulu, 11/20/15). After national exposure and business success, Tracie faced another profound personal challenge: the end of her 25-year marriage. While adversity tempted her to go downhill, she stayed above the fray, leaning into her faith and continuing to move forward with purpose. In her book, Survive and Succeed: From Brain Aneurysm to Shark Tank, Tracie weaves together lessons on overcoming serious health challenges, trusting God’s plan, achieving corporate success, navigating entrepreneurship, and enduring personal loss with grace and strength. A mother of two adult children, she has also developed a transformative curriculum, Ready To Be Loved, designed to help others heal, grow, and thrive in relationships and life. Her book is available at TracieBurress.com and on Amazon. Bill and Tracie dig deeper into all these topics in this moving episode. You can listen HERE or watch HERE

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