Joshua Coburn is a nationally-recognized motivational speaker, author, podcaster, and YouTube artist. He speaks at schools and other organizations with his Manners & Motivation tour, aimed at students and adults. He reaches out to people who may suffer from depression, self-esteem issues, eating disorders, bullying, and thoughts of suicide. Joshua lives in Iowa with his wife and two children, and has a background in body modification, as you can see from his photos. In today’s episode, Joshua shares about his journey to becoming a motivational speaker and talks about his rescued cats, Willie (aka Sir William or One-Eyed Willie) and Peanut. Website http://www.joshuacoburn.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorjoshuacoburn/ Podcast http://www.joshuacoburn.com/wellraisers-society/#wellraiser-radio YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ8D3lS46hc_m4oziMih8LA His latest book is entitled, Inspiration on Demand Amazon Joshua’s Five Points of Empowerment Vulnerability Taking Chances Fail Forward Overcoming Challenges Communication Find more here about the Five Points of Empowerment http://www.joshuacoburn.com/relief/#resource  Thanks to Aaron ‘Static’ Render, host of the Uncontained podcast, for connecting me with Joshua. Aaron’s Podcast https://soundcloud.com/uncontained-23113766 Aaron's interview with Joshua Soundcloud If you want the two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is a musician based in Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com