From public officials to people on the street, Season 1 of Belly of the Beast Life Stories reveals treasured lessons and learnings from getting knocked down in life. These stories are both healing and inspiring. If you would like to share your story, visit inourbelly.com or email david@inourbelly.com.

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Martha Sternbach was a teenager in 1944 when she was forced to enter and work in the Nazi’s largest extermination camp, Auschwitz-Berkhana. But shockingly it was after the Holocaust that her nightmare began — when she first learned that her entire family had been killed. Now at 93, Martha looks back with a broken heart and a deep burden of guilt for surviving the Holocaust but grateful to be alive and to have survived.&nbsp; Martha’s Birthday was on November 17 — marking 75 years since the Holocaust had ended for her. With reverence, we honor Martha by starting our podcast with her story, forever the candle to light the darkness ahead EPISODE SUMMARY  Martha was at Auschwitz-Berkhana from June-October 1944 She had no idea the camp was a death camp; would later learn her entire family had been killed there Surviving the Holocaust was a different kind of nightmare for Martha and led to a deep sense of ‘Survivors Guilt’ For more than four decades, Martha hid her experience from her husband and family Everyone must be kind to one another  QUOTABLES “Hallelujah, I’m alive. Hallelujah, I’ve survived. "But Dear God I’m broken hearted and very very sad because evil men murdered my whole family and my friends, But I know that their soul is up with you in heaven. "So please Dear God take good care of them,  And the day will come when my soul will be together with them, "Then I’m going to sing Hallelujah again.” GUEST RESOURCES  Martha’s recent testimony to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust  https://youtu.be/L5-XR1leg8k  Martha’s 1994 testimony - her first time sharing the story  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxQks_SWSMU FIND US Website: http://inourbelly.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/inourbelly

A Holocaust Survivor’s Broken Heart with Martha Sternbach

A 30-year physician and two-time mayor of Beverly Hills, Dr. Julian Gold gained empathy and gratitude for community through his trial with cancer. &nbsp; Dr. Julian Gold was 56-years-old when he was diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer, Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Then a 30-year physician, Dr. Gold was a member of the board of directors for Cedars-Sinai Hospital and one of the most respected medical professionals in Los Angeles. He had to learn quickly to ‘behave like a patient, not a doctor’ and focus on treatment. Dr. Gold established rules of recovery to stay positive and focused on getting better. A stem cell transplant procedure helped him survive -- but as you’ll learn being a ‘survivor’ is a tricky word when so many others don’t make it. &nbsp; EPISODE SUMMARY - Dr. Julian Gold discusses how he discovered the pain which led to a diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Dr. Gold talks about efficacy of searching for answers on the internet and ultimately tells patients not to do it&nbsp; - Discusses chemotherapy treatment, staying in hospital, good days and bad days - Stem Cell Transplant - urges everyone to get swabbed via ‘Be the Match’ program - Talks about important role of caregiver, family and community - Daily Rules of Recovery to stay positive and focused on getting better  No matter how bad you feel, get up and out of bed&nbsp; Take a shower and change clothes&nbsp; Exercise as much as possible Stay engaged and relevant in your life outside hospital - routine is important  - Life after - returning to normalcy, sweating the small stuff and loving it because the big stuff went away - Survivor is a ‘loaded word’&nbsp; &nbsp; QUOTABLES - “Avoid the internet” if diagnosed. - “I had to behave like a patient, not a doctor.” - “This was like getting struck by lightning, I was fine one day and sick the next.” - “You have to take care of the caregiver.” - “Don’t sweat the small stuff unless it’s an indication of normalcy.” - “Recovery is not a straight line, expect good and bad days.” - “I got stronger for it.” Changed perspective on the world, greater appreciation for family and community, and greater sense of gratitude.&nbsp; &nbsp; TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE https://inourbelly.com/season-1/episode-2-dr-julian-gold/ &nbsp; RESOURCES Dr. Julian Gold on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/goldjmd/ &nbsp; Be the Match https://bethematch.org/ &nbsp; City of Hope Cancer Treatment and Research https://www.cityofhope.org/

A Doctor Becomes the Cancer Patient with Dr. Julian Gold

Let me introduce you to Ryan Chen. This year Ryan was on stage at the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneurship event for the company he co-founded, Neuro. But a decade ago, at the age of 19, Ryan was being rushed to the hospital from a snowboarding accident that would ultimately paralyze him from the waist down. Ryan was forced to open his eyes to this new reality, learn to not blame himself and become comfortable with the uncomfortable. He learned to adapt, rekindle his love for athletics and ultimately build a successful business. &nbsp; EPISODE SUMMARY - Ryan describes the snowboarding accident which instantly paralyzed him. - The complete shock he felt in the ambulance - and pain but fueled by adrenaline and a racing mind. - At the hospital, Ryan didn’t want anyone to know about the accident - didn’t want folks to worry. - Imagine the doctor telling you that you will never walk again. Ryan didn’t believe it. - Ironically, pain returning was a welcome sign but reality was setting in. - The very long and dark process included 2-3 years of opioid pain pills which Ryan gave up cold turkey but also a climb out by rekindling his love for athletics and racing in the LA Marathon. - Ryan would go on to race in seven marathons and met with the US Paralympic team; ultimately deciding he wanted to pursue other passions, like entrepreneurship. - Ryan co-founded Neuro with his longtime friend, Kent Yoshimura. - He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list as a top entrepreneur. (Kent was 30 already so received an honorable mention.) &nbsp; QUOTABLES - “It is a rollercoaster. I mean, you're still trying to figure yourself out and then you throw this in and it feels like your whole world stops. And for me, I think it took me two years of like really trying to figure out, well, not only like who I was, what I wanted to do, but like what was my purpose of living? Why did I survive this?” - “I never told anybody. I told friends not to tell anybody.“ - “Life is constantly changing, it's about adapting to that change.“ - “I think it's about being comfortable with being uncomfortable as kind of like something I always think about. There's always situations where you're like, you know, you're doing something for the first time, It's uncomfortable. And then you do it again and it feels a little bit more familiar. And then by the third time, you're like, I'm pretty comfortable with this.” - “You know, you're doing the best you can and be patient with yourself, because then you're going to come out on the other side and realize that that's part of your story. And that's that's going to shape who you are.“ &nbsp; TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE https://inourbelly.com/season-1/episode-3-ryan-chen/ &nbsp; RESOURCES Support Ryan’s company, Neuro https://neurogum.com/ &nbsp; Forbes 30 Under 30 Profiles  https://www.forbes.com/profile/ryan-chen/#7afd0cb441d0 &nbsp; @ryan.ryc on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ryan.ryc/ &nbsp; Loma Linda University Medical Center - Level I Trauma Center  https://lluh.org/locations/loma-linda-university-medical-center &nbsp; Casa Colina for Rehab https://www.casacolina.org/ &nbsp; SHOW RESOURCES Subscribe, rate and review this podcast ♥️ Thanks for listening! http://inourbelly.com to preview all episodes coming up and future seasons Become a Patron https://www.patreon.com/bellyofthebeast @inourbelly on Instagram http://instagram.com/inourbelly @inourbelly on Twitter&nbsp; http://twitter.com/inourbelly @davidall on instagram (host) http://instagram.com/davidall # # #

Paralyzed at 19 to Forbes 30 Under 30 with Ryan Chen

Let me introduce you to Marcus Segal. The "dot com" bubble was a period of time when the Internet was booming and companies offering everything from pet supplies to streaming music went down the drain almost overnight. Marcus was an executive at eMusic, one of those startups. Marcus's story is one of becoming aware of the inner critic in our life that blames us for failing and limits our beliefs in what's possible in ourselves. He would later serve as chief operating officer for Zynga, helping take the gaming company from dozens of employees to thousands. Marcus Segal, welcome to Belly of the Beast Life Stories. &nbsp; EPISODE SUMMARY - Marcus Segal had a successful career as a producer for TV shows on the History Channel and A&amp;E when his estranged father’s death made him change gears - In 1998, Marcus was lured to Silicon Valley during the first ‘dot com bubble’&nbsp; - He found a job and ultimately a path to career growth at eMusic.com which was the first legal streaming music platform - The company went public and when the VP of Human Resources left, Marcus was tapped; he had made it&nbsp; - Napster, the pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing website that focused on music downloads, emerged and eroded eMusic.com’s value and relevance - Shares dropped to $0.99 but Marcus was promoted to Chief Operating Officer - Two acquisitions left the company on life support and Marcus was literally the last employee out of more than 400 and had to beg to be fired so he could move on - Finally the road ended and Marcus’ inner critic took over the wheel - Marcus had to get out of town to change his mindset and went to the Sahara Desert - A calm night after a sandstorm with a nomadic family triggered gratitude and purpose - Marcus returned to San Francisco with a renewed perspective, started a new startup, and began giving back to startups as a mentor &nbsp; QUOTABLES “At the time this is 1998 and the dot com boom Web 1.0 was really kicking off. You were reading about Internet millionaires and these, you know, women and men changing the world. And I decided that I wanted to be a part of what was next, that I didn't want to continue to spend my life telling the stories of what other courageous people had done in the past in these documentaries that I wanted to be a part of what was next.” &nbsp; “The company (eMusic.com) went public. A V.P. of human resources left and I was tapped to take on that role. So now, boom, I'm a tech executive, which is really incredible because I majored in English literature in college. I had never written a line of code and I was just hungry and I just worked all the time and I was just thrilled.” &nbsp; “So at that moment, eMusic was selling lemonade and Napster was giving away beer.” &nbsp; “My great job of being the COO of this tech company became a job of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.” &nbsp; “I had something to prove. I needed adoration and love and respect. And the way that you got something like that in my family. My family is just loaded with overachievers is to achieve.” &nbsp; “The idea of work life balance work was my life, and in work I found my balance.” &nbsp; “C.O.O. of a fifty thousand square foot empty building.” &nbsp; “But the stink of dot.com failure was on me and the whole of the Internet all of the tech companies were starting to hit the wall.” &nbsp; “It felt like my inner critic and karma got together and just decided to fuck with me.” &nbsp; “Then the story I had told myself: Once you have the money, you'll figure it out. Then I had the money but I had no idea how to figure it out.” &nbsp; “I felt like a failure. A clown. A fuck up.” &nbsp; “Something clicked and I realized that this whole thing, this whole being alive thing is so special and miraculous. That I could have just as easily been born to this family. It's you know, we're just energy. I realized that I had an attitude problem. That I need to climb out...

I Felt Like a Failure with Marcus Segal

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