Against All Odds Podcast, The Less than 1% Chance with Maria Aponte
Maria highlights stories of people that have been the "less than 1% chance" and have come out of their situations thriving and seeing life as happening FOR them and not TO them! Inspiring and empowering stories that will show you that against all odds you can make it through anything!
Episodes
86 episodes
From Kidney Failure To Finish Line with Mark Maselli
A red kidney bean in the palm of a hand changed everything. That small birthday gesture revealed a living donor, set a life-saving transplant in motion, and became the spark for a comeback that defies every expectation. We sit with author and l...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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How A Near-Death Wake-Up Call Turned Hustle Into Harmony with Shelley Meche'tte
What if the badge of hustle is actually the burden blocking your purpose? We sit down with speaker, strategist, and best-selling author Shelley Meche'tte for a powerful update on her journey—surviving three strokes in one day, finding her voice...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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51:18
How A Second Chance In Real Estate Built Legacy, Community, And Freedom with Armando Roman
Start before it’s perfect. That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with real estate broker, investor, and developer Armando Roman, whose journey stretches from low-income housing to leading a growing brokerage while flipping and holding proper...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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42:56
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From Trauma To Trust: Embodiment, Gene Keys, And A Life Reclaimed with Shauna Hawkes
Some stories don’t just inspire—they recalibrate what you believe is possible. Today we sit down with Shauna, a women’s embodiment mentor, yoga teacher, and Gene Keys guide who rebuilt her life after profound childhood trauma. She walks us thro...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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46:55
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Resilience Is Built, Not Found—What Do You Anchor To When The World Crumbles with Shaina Hargens
The ground can give way without warning. When Shaina Hargens’ first child, Lee, was stillborn, the loss was a one-in-a-million event that shattered assumptions and rewired daily life. From that grief came a quiet question that shaped everything...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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36:00
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What Happens When You Treat Your Body As A Teacher with Mia Dins
What if your body isn’t fighting you, but guiding you? That single shift turns breakdowns into intel and healing into a teachable skill. I sit down with soul-led entrepreneur and former elite boxer, Mia Dins, to trace a life that moved from an ...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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59:09
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Overcoming Water Anxiety Starts With One Present Breath With Cori Myka
What if fear isn’t a stop sign but a signal to build better safety? We sit down with adult swim educator Cori Myka to unpack how confidence in water starts in the mind. From the moment you step onto the pool deck—pulse quickening, breath tighte...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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41:51
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Rewriting A Life: Trauma, Schizoaffective Disorder, And Fierce Hope with Maddie Andrews
What if the diagnosis you feared became the doorway to your purpose? That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with mental health advocate and nonprofit founder, Maddie Andrews—whose story stretches from early childhood trauma to a life-altering...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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Choose Your Family: Healing By Creating The Community You Needed with Catalina Popoveniuc
What if the “normal” you were taught to accept was actually the harm you had to heal? Maria sits down with Catalina, a psychotherapist and survivor of narcissistic abuse, for a candid conversation about recognizing toxic patterns, choosing safe...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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25:05
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Healing Self-Worth And Attracting Healthy Love With Coach Navi Bliss
What if the love you want begins with the way you speak to yourself in the mirror, the glass of water you drink at sunrise, and the boundaries you keep when others won’t? Our guest, certified love and relationship coach Navi Bliss, takes us fro...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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58:33
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Guardian Angels On Two Wheels with Token Squid
A loud motorcycle, a quiet plaque, and a promise: we will remember. Maria sits down with Token Squid—executive director, veteran, storyteller—to unpack a mission that’s as simple as it is hard: show up for Gold Star families in person and keep ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:23:17
She Survived Hopelessness And Chose Purpose with Angie Hawkins
What if the story you inherited—be perfect, earn love, never be too much—was the very thing keeping you from feeling worthy? We sit down with inner glow coach and author Angie Hawkins to trace a breathtaking arc: childhood emotional neglect see...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:00:33
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He Nearly Gave Up, Then A Hug to His Newborn Changed Everything with Mike Smith
A promising career, a growing business, and a baby on the way—then everything crashed. Mike shares how dehydration led to a severe concussion, relentless stress triggered chest pain from pneumomediastinum, and sleepless nights pushed him to the...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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A Children's Therapist On Grief, Boundaries, And Becoming Who You Needed with Stacy Schaffer
When survival becomes your whole identity, integration can feel impossible. We invited children’s therapist and author Stacy Schaffer to share how she moved from early trauma and institutional harm to a practice built on safety, consent, and re...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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40:23
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I Took Off The Thorny Blanket And My Ego Had A Meltdown with Terri Kozlowski
What if the real shift isn’t “why me” but “now what”? We sit down with author and coach Terri Kozlowski to unpack how a childhood marked by sexual trauma and abandonment transformed into a life of awareness, courage, and purpose. Terri shares t...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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58:17
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When Life Extends Your Deadline, What Will You Do With It with Dwayne Morton
A bullet hit the truck. A doctor set a countdown. For years, Dwayne Morton lived like time was running out—until a seventh oncologist connected the dots and uncovered severe sleep apnea, not blood cancer. The whiplash between relief and regret ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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53:22
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Finding Inner Belonging After Adoption with Jhorna Hochstedler
What if belonging isn’t something you find out there, but a home you build inside your body? Maria sits down with Jhorna—a mother, wife, and embodiment healer—whose journey spans transracial adoption across countries, a late diagnosed neurologi...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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39:44
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From Near-Death To New Life: Sarah Shoulak’s Journey Through Trauma, Sobriety, And Self-Discovery
Some lives seem to collect plot twists, and Sarah’s has a few you won’t see coming. From sudden near-death moments and a long wrestle with addiction to deep grief and a full-bodied reinvention, Sarah opens up about how she stopped performing fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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57:19
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Training For The Unknown with Morgan Rich
What if the moments you fear most are the ones that can set you free? Maria sits down with transformational coach and author Morgan Rich to unpack how we move from victimhood to agency, not by pretending pain isn’t real, but by training our bod...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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What If The Real Flex Is Feeling Safe With Money? With Guest Sarah Dumas
What if the real leap isn’t to more, but to enough—enough safety to hold money, enough clarity to work fewer hours, and enough courage to choose your family first without shrinking your ambition? That’s the heart of our conversation with strate...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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How Listening To Your Heart Can Rewrite Your Life with Vinaya
What if your mind is brilliant at solving problems but terrible at steering your life? We sit down with Vinaya, a traveler-turned-guide who left rigid expectations in his early 20s and learned to trust the quiet authority of intuition. His path...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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53:25
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What If Caring For Yourself Is The Most Generous Thing You Do with Karolina Ross
Burnout doesn’t arrive with sirens. It shows up as heavy mornings, wet cheeks you didn’t notice, and a calendar that rewards you for disappearing. With Karolina, a burnout recovery strategist who has overcame two burnouts and spent 20 years sup...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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52:45
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So I Wore A Hoodie To Church And Waited For Someone To Say Something with Yoel ben Yisrael
A quiet hoodie, a crowded hall, and a long wait for words that never came. That’s the moment Yoel realized his soul needed something his community wouldn’t name. From a childhood inside the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society to a basement pr...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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Risk, Resilience, And The Art Of Reinvention with Tom LeNoble
What would you do after hearing “six months to live” not once, but three times? Our guest, executive leader and resilience coach Tom Lenoble, shares how he navigated life‑threatening illness while climbing through Palm, Walmart, and Facebook—an...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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Long Hair, New Job, Same Purpose...Season 3 Returns
The mic is back on, and the purpose is louder than ever. After nearly a year off, Maria returns with an honest check-in about grief, midlife health, identity shifts, and why season three will weave together unreleased conversations with brand-n...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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