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Traveling with Gumption: Frankfurt, Hamburg, and the Power of Being an Author

September 24, 2026

What are you still waiting to feel ready for?The book you haven't written. The stage you haven't stepped onto. The bold move you keep postponing. Waiting feels safe, but it's costing you more than you think.I know, because I waited too. Until one sentence on a Hamburg sidewalk changed everything: "What a shame, Sabine. You are so talented." Within a week, I had auditioned for acting school.In this solo episode, I share that moment and what it can teach you about the cost of waiting. I also ta...

From Broadway to the Pulpit: Sandra Bargman on Finding Your Sacred Voice

September 18, 2026

Sandra Bargman popped out of the womb singing, dancing, and acting — and never stopped. But underneath three decades on Broadway, national tours, cruise ships, and cabaret rooms, she carried a quieter question: how could she be of service in a bigger way? One day, scrolling a life-coaching website, she saw two words stacked in the corner — life coach and interfaith minister — and a light bulb went off that changed everything.In this conversation, Sandra takes us from Carnegie Mellon conservat...

Throw Away Your Bucket List: Teri M. Brown on Adventure, Love & Finding Yourself Again

September 10, 2026

What do you do when life falls apart at 54 and you're convinced there's nothing left for you? If you're Teri M. Brown, you climb onto a tandem bicycle and ride 3,102 miles across America.In this episode of Become Empowered, author and speaker Teri M. Brown joins Sabine to trace an extraordinary arc — from an emotionally abusive marriage that left her doubting her own worth, to a cross-country tandem ride from Astoria, Oregon to Washington, DC with her husband Bruce, to the grief of losing him...