Stand Up & Speak Up With Debby Montgomery Johnson

"The Call" came from David Medansky's doctor.  "You have a 95% chance of having a heart attack. You must lose 50 pounds or you will die.  You have two choices now.  Either lose the weight or get another doctor." OMG.  What's a guy to do? Fortunately David did what he "should do" and he lost the 50 pounds.  My late husband didn't heed the call and he passed away from a massive heart attack at age 55.   Have you lost 50 pounds only to have "found" them again the next year?  What does drinking water have to do with a lifestyle change?  Anyone in your family die of a heart attack due to diabetes or excessive weight.   Have you tried and failed at every diet and weight loss program you've attempted?  David says the average person has tried 126 diets over his lifetime and we've lost the same 10 pounds over and over.  If diets and weight loss programs REALLY worked, then all the companies making $$ would be out of business.   It's time to STOP DIETING, and START THINNING.  It's an attitude change and one we can all make - join Debby Montgomery Johnson and David Medansky review the 9 golden rules of weight-loss for people who live to eat and for those who eat to live.   Quick review of the RULES from our Anti-Diet Advocate, David Medansky. 1.  Drink Water (Find out how much and when) 2.  Avoid fake foods 3.  Eat Wholesome foods (the ones on the outside aisles of the grocery stores.) 4.  Eat slowly 5.  Eat smaller portions (plate size does matter and did you know BLUE plates are the best for appetite suppression?) 6.  Sleep more 7.  Rest to digest - intermittent fasting isn't difficult if you sleep enough. 8. Think positive.  Just a declarative rather than an affirmative.  I don't is stronger than I can't...can't can be negotiated! 9.  Walk every day Simple but time tested rules and it's a cup of water away.  KISS this one into your life...it's simple and effective. You can hear more from David Medansky at www.https://iamthinning.com/ or breakthedietchains.com Debby Montgomery Johnson is President of BenfoComplete.com and founder of The Woman Behind The Smile, www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com  #Health #Wellness #Diet #Thinning #Heart Attack 0:05 David’s story of how he started on his journey of thinning not losing weight. 3:15 What do you mean by “anti-diet”?  7:10 Where did the family accountability partners come from? 14:38 What is the problem with processed and manufactured foods? 17:37When you start looking at food in a different way, then you have to look at the ingredients. 23:25 The scale is just a number - 29:33 The importance of changing the mindset of your clients. 33:41 The number of calories and grams of sugar per day for men and women. 40:39 It's a mindset, not a choice.  45:10 Losing the weight or die. 49:21 Why you need an attitude adjustment. 54:38 Keep track of your water intake. 59:31 David’s story resonates with your story, and he shares it.

15 Women Entrepreneurs, all "sisters" in Women's Prosperity Network have come together with Suzy Prudden Publishing to share the 'highlights" of their business stories.   Your Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book  showcases 15 BIG messages in an little package and today's show brings PeggyLee Hanson, Courageous Women Publications, and Anna M. Brooks, Seek Wise Counsel, share with Debby Montgomery Johnson, www.BenfoComplete.com, about WHY they wrote their Itty Bitty™ chapter and what's next.  Each of us pivots and changes direction multiple times in our lives and our stories matter.  Be THE ONE for someone thinking they are alone in the world.  Be THE ONE to encourage others to write their stories.  Be THE ONE to provide guidance in streamlining your business day.  Be THE ONE to raise awareness that Alzheimer's is considered by researchers to be Type 3 Diabetes and there may be a supplement available that might slow the progression of the disease.  Your Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book  launches on Amazon on Dec 8, 2023 and we want you to Be Aware!  Thanks to Suzy Prudden Publishing and Women's Prosperity Network for bring these authors together in an Amazing Itty Bitty International Best Seller (yes, the Secret is to Believing!)

Stand Up & Speak Up with host Debby Montgomery Johnson and special guest, Flavia Powell, from Norwich, UK. Flavia grew up in Romania with outhouses and sunflower toilet "paper" - smooth as a babies' behind! She flittered about "carefree" while living in a home filled with stress and abuse. She was taken away from communism to a promised life in the UK where university and living expenses were to be taken care of by her "guardian angel." That "angel" groomed her to take care of HIS "needs" and when she realized her ideal life was less than ideal and wanted to leave, she was cut off and put out. Flavia's story wasn't told until she was grown and the trauma came out again when she wrote her story in Notes To My Younger Self, Vol 2, in the Pay It Forward Series. She and Debby are "book sisters" and both live with knowing their "stories" were meant to be told to help one "sister" in the world and they have. This show is about Abuse, Self-destructing behaviors, Negative Emotions, and RESILIENCY! Our pain can become our purpose and our passion. #Sexual Abuse #Verbal Abuse #Living Under Communist Rule #SMILES #Healthy Relationships To contact Flavia Powell: www.flaviapowell.co.uk/

Laugh, learn and leave with practical ways to refuel your LIFE is what Stand Up & Speak Up special guest, Kim McIntyre, shared with Debby Montgomery Johnson today.  Joke of the Day:  "My wife got stung by a  bee on the cheek last night.  She's still in the ER today.  Her face is all swollen and bruised, she almost died. Luck for her I was close enough to hit the bee with my shovel!"  OMG, I can hear my dad cracking up up as he tells that joke, especially with mom sitting nearby with her face bruised up because of falling over a concrete parking block...Sorry mom - it was a funny joke! When did we all get so SERIOUS?  When our moms said "shhhh - be quiet and settle down."   Well, it's time to give yourself PERMISSION to have fun and to laugh and to have JOY.  Joy and laughter are not frivolous - they're energy for your soul.   Take a minute and download Kim's 10 Powerful Questions to Rediscover Your Joyful Self - they'll get you singing to ABBA, Take a Chance on Me! Kim can be contacted at www.JoyfulBeing.com and Debby is at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com Enjoy a belly laugh on us! #TheWomanBehindTheSmile #DebbyMontgomeryJohnson #KimMcIntyre #StandUp&SpeakUp

What do Bees and Ballet, The Yankees vs the Mets, and Ballet and Pickleball have to do with finding the dreams of your heart? This week's Stand Up & Speak Up with special guest Debby Kruszewski and host Debby Montgomery Johnson is all about surviving the Dream Crushers and living your best life.  Feel like your corporate "success" job is holding you down - in spite of the $$$?  Are you unhappy, numb, exhausted, and feeling "dead" but still breathing?   It's time for a change. It's time to #DREAMBIG.  It's time to buzz like a bee and pollinate the world with your positivity.  A smile can change the grocery line.  A "Thank you" can change the trajectory of someone's life and may impact generations to come.  Don't feel out of place or in the land of Misfits - it's time to LEAD from the heart.   #StandUp&SpeakUp #DreamBig #Money #TheDreamPollinator #DebbyMontgomeryJohnson #DebbyKrusz

Jennifer Lee was held up at gun point in a busy shopping mall.  "Give me your money" he said - "Give me your money." The story began there and continues today as she Stands Up & Speaks Up as a survivor/advocate and host of "I Need Blue" podcast.   Rescued by law enforcement, Jen was immediately grateful for the 911 assistance and the officers who responded to the robbery.  However, like many victims of crime she put up the mask and became a Woman Behind the Smile - until years later when she recounted her story.  Now her pain would become her passion and her purpose and she wanted other victims to know they weren't alone.  Her determination is stronger than her fear.  Trauma changes your life - Tell your story. Stand Up & Speak is hosted by Debby Montgomery Johnson, a Survivor/Victim Advocate and together with Jennifer, they encourage victims to share their stories. #Robbery #Gun Point #Trauma #TheWomanBehindTheSmile

Legacy! 93 years of experience - the good, the bad and the "You've got to be kidding!"  This's week's Stand Up & Speak Up is a Happy Birthday tribute to Dr. Jack Butz , affectionately knows as "Dr. Jack" to BenfoComplete.com clients and "Dad" to me and the rest of the family.  As a follow-on conversation to "An Hour With Dad," which aired on Father's Day 2022, Dr. Jack talks about finances, investing, family and living a LONG, prosperous life.  What's the KEY?  Humor, Respect, and Good Genes!     #Family #Finances #Military #Marriage

Renee Reisch literally lost her voice in 2013 to a virus which not only robbed her of speaking but took away most of her spirit.  Isolated by doctors, family and friends for 4 months she dreaded waking up to the pain.  "Unzip this body and set me free" she thought. Doctors didn’t know if it was permanent damage. and she didn't know if she would ever speak again - a scary thought.  The "gift" of time and healing slowly brought her back and therapists helped her regain her life, but with more meaning and purpose.  Today Renee works with those who feel they are suffocating in silence and helps them find their voice and speak with confidence.  Sisters by other misters, Renee speaks with Debby Montgomery Johnson on Stand Up & Speak Up. They join together in encouraging YOU to Find Your Voice, if not for yourself, then to be the ONE for someone needing to know they aren't alone. Additional Stand Up & Speak Up shows are available at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com

Clutter - stuff in your closet, garage and even between your ears!  The Clutter Expert, Mel Mason, joins Debby today for Part 2, It's All About The Clutter and the Outside is a mirror to the inside.  Take 5 minutes in the morning to Allow The Now (ATN) and give yourself the gift of your PRESENCE.  You can't change the past but your can rewrite your childhood story and make it HAPPY!  Like the Marie Kondo method, or the OHIO (Only Hold It Once), then you'll LOVE Mel's 7 easy steps to  DECLUTTER.  Enjoy and take one square foot at a time! www.freegiftfromMel.com www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com #Clutter #Onlinedatingscam #MelMason

Bankruptcy is that “B” word that we hide from…"DON’T DO IT because you’ll be considered a financial failure."  Wrong – Bankruptcy is a tool in your financial toolbox and it could help you from paying for your past for the rest of your life.  Bankruptcy isn’t a get out of jail free card for frequent flyers so don’t be a part of it by trying to game the system – financial fraud is FRAUD. Bankruptcy is a tool and Kathryn A. Hathaway shows us how to R.I.S.E Like a Phoenix out of the ashes of financial ruin.  Take RESPONSIBLITY for your decisions. IMAGINE your future without debt and $ in the bank.  SERVE others better than anyone else and EXPRESS gratitude for EVERYTHING on a daily basis. Kathryn Hathaway is board-certified in consumer bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification serving clients in Tallahassee, FL and is available for consultation for those living outside of Florida. www.HathawayLaw.Net www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com for all replays of Stand Up & Speak Up

Life happens - expect CHANGE and expect to EVOLVE!  Don't think that a shy, quiet child could turn into a Vibrant Speaker Coach?  Think again and join us in a lively conversation about taking your pain and finding its purpose and then turning it into your passion.  My special guest, Kathryn Yarborough, shows how being alone is important to some and is not the same as being lonely.  Understanding how to communicate is more effective than how much you speak and to whom you are speaking. We all transform over a lifetime - ask Kathryn how James Bond and his "girls" changed since the early 1960s!  It's time to express ourselves more fully, more vibrantly, and not necessarily with incivility - it's time to open up dialogue with those we may not agree with because the more you get to know someone, the more you'll see the things you have in common.    Connect with Kathryn Yarborough at https://www.manifestingclientsacademy.com/ Connect with Debby at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com and watch replays of Stand Up & Speak Up.

What do your parents do when you're diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis?  Bethany Bryan's parents took a deep breath and then prepared for the worse but always told their daughter that she wasn't CF and she could do whatever she wanted to do.  Good advice for the 15-plus years the CF didn't present a problem and then...Bethany was truly a woman behind the smile and never told her friends that she was struggling to breathe.  Her parents battled their own mental health issues and her "problems" were small compared to theirs.  She believed her FEARS were bigger than her sickness and she just had to conquer the fears, so she did until she couldn't.  Her solution?  Stop the traditional medications for CF and LET GOD.  Soon she realized that dying wasn't part of THE PLAN for her life and she let GOD bring new medications into her life. Today she is thriving and telling her story through her new book, My Story Continues.  This is one Stand Up & Speak Up story that needs to be heard.   According to the Mayo Clinic, Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system and other organs in the body. Cystic fibrosis affects the cells that produce mucus, sweat and digestive juices. These secreted fluids are normally thin and slippery. But in people with CF, a defective gene causes the secretions to become sticky and thick. Instead of acting as lubricants, the secretions plug up tubes, ducts and passageways, especially in the lungs and pancreas. Although cystic fibrosis is progressive and requires daily care, people with CF are usually able to attend school and work. They often have a better quality of life than people with CF had in previous decades. Improvements in screening and treatments mean that people with CF now may live into their mid- to late 30s or 40s, and some are living into their 50s. Bethany Bryan is well on her way to living a LONG, fulfilling life and I'm grateful I had a listening ear.  Join us. Bethany Bryan can be reached at www.BethanyBryan.com Debby Montgomery Johnson is Founder, The Woman Behind The Smile, Inc,  and replays of Stand Up & Speak Up are at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com

Stand Up & Speak Up was started by Debby Montgomery Johnson,  almost 3 years ago as a platform for encouraging survivors of Online Relationship Fraud//Scams to feel safe in telling their stories to other victims/survivors as part of their recovering from the trauma of deception and manipulation.    This is the second special edition of Stand Up & Speak Up with Debby Montgomery Johnson and Dr. Tim McGuinness, Directors of SCARS, guest host. This episode features three international SURVIVORS and we thank them. for sharing their stories of RECOVERY. No one should feel blamed for being taken advantage of - EVERYONE will be taken by someone during their lifetime - usually it's family members or close friends who deceive and most victims don't tell.  The criminals count on no one speaking up as they laugh their way to the bank. This show helps friends and family, and other survivors of fraud, to understand the psychology of the scam and the recovery process needed to move forward with respect and control.  We aim to educate and to show others how to BEWARE and BE AWARE.    Visit www.RomanceScamsNow.com for a complete resource for online relationship fraud.  Report scams to www.Anyscam.com