He's turning BLUE...Emergency rooms...his sweet COOs are really indications of fluid on his lungs.  Can you imagine anything worse than seeing and hearing a surgeon say "Your two month old needs open heart surgery NOW?" Samuel was diagnosed with Super-Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT) AND severe mitral valve regurgitation- DOUBLE WHAMMY. R.L. Shawver speaks to Debby Montgomery Johnson on this episode of Stand Up & Speak Up about his family experiences with his son, Samuel..."For This Child I Have Prayed" powerfully speaks to the strength, tenacity, and faith of a father and his unconditional love for his child.  R.L's words to himself gave him power over his adversities.  His struggle to be a "people pleaser" came to a head when the hospital parking attendant told him to move his car - "Say WHAT?" Personal "failures" throughout his life (relationships, weight challenges, and even his allegiance to his faith) haunted him UNTIL his courage got him to STAND UP & SPEAK UP.  There really are NICE guys out there and R.L. Shawver is one of them.  Join us now for his life story which guides parents through a child's major medical experiences.
Thanks to Beyond Publishing and Michael D. Butler for assistance in publishing "For This Child I Have Prayed, 6 Heart Surgeries, 18 Months by R.L. Shawver and A Gift Called Fearless by Debby Montgomery Johnson.

For This Child I Have Prayed!  Stand Up & Speak Up with Debby Montgomery Johnson and R.L. Shawver

Stand Up & Speak Up special guest, Denise Garrett, doesn't like LABELS.  Labels make you smaller and you live "up" to them, so if you're worried that people are talking about you, STOP!  They are, and there's nothing you can do about them, but you CAN take your power and play to your strengths.  Dissatisfied with her corporate position, Denise wanted change and put it out to the UNIVERSE!  A friend suggested the Fire Department and Denise said "You can die from that!"  Well, yes, you can, but you can also die walking across the street!  Denise soon became her town's first female fire fighter and with 100% commitment and determination, she got past the hazing and became the fire house's diamond - strong under pressure, able to get in smaller places, and the Courage Whisperer! 
"Have you ever been scared?"  ABSOLUTELY, but do it anyway.  Find out what the lesson is in your adversities and you might be EMPOWERED to NOT make the same mistake again.  

#Firefighter #PersonalDevelopmentCoach #Rescuer #HappilyEverAfterDivorce #CourageousLeadershipAcademy #DebbyMontgomeryJohnson

Drama Triangle 🔼Victim - Persecutor - Rescuer⛑️

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

Dream Crushers ⚾Yankees Vs Mets 🩰Ballet and Pickleball with the Debbys

Ever feel like "Creepy Guy" is watching you?  Have you ever been "Phished" online and lost control of your social media accounts?  What a hassle those can be.  It's time to BEWARE and Be Aware about your Situation Awareness, personal security and online presence.  My guest, Mike Dandridge, Founder of CD Risk Consulting, is our own personal protection guru and with 20-plus years of security training and experience, he's got the tips and strategies to keep you "off the X" and safe in your home or on the road. Our conversations takes us from encountering "Creepy Guy" to reporting to law enforcement to traveling security tips.  Enjoy and stay safe.
Listen to your Gut; Have a dating/security buddy; Posture Up and be confident; Get off the X and have an exit plan.
Contact Mike Dandridge at www.CDRiskConsulting.com
Contact Debby@TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com

Creepy  Guy 👻Situational Awareness on Stand Up & Speak Up with Mike Dandridge

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

How Joy and Laughter🤣 Are The Best Medicine To Claim Your Power💪

Veterans - We THANK YOU - and in this Stand Up & Speak Up show, Debby talks to Jane Babcock, Veterans Service Officer (VSO) about the benefits available to those of US who have served in the military.  Veterans may not know what benefits are available to them or their families.  Transitioning out of the uniform into the civilian world can be difficult.,  Find the local Veterans Service Officer NOW!

What's a VSO and how can they assist veterans? VA Benefits include education, housing/property tax, medical, retirement, disability and more.  Register your DD 214 with the county?  Burial honors available at National Cemeteries and local cemeteries. Benefits may be available to families/widows/children...Contact your local VSO and learn more
Contact Jane Babcock at LinkedIn and Email talk.veteran@gmail.com

Veterans Day Thanks🎖️VSO 🚢VA Benefits with Jane Babcock and Debby Montgomery Johnson

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 up yet 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: https://www.flaviapowell.co.uk/

Make Today Ridiculously Amazing!

Are you a VICTIM? SURVIVOR? or THRIVER?  
How do you move on with your life after the sudden loss of your husband, and then being scammed/taken in an online relationship scam?  Life could end and it has, literally for many victims, with the suicide rate skyrocketing over the last few years.  You could crawl under a rock and hide.  You could isolate and watch Hallmark movies and eat M&Ms or you can STAND UP & SPEAK UP!  Debby Montgomery Johnson did a little of the first two options but then decided to make a difference in the lives of others and this is her story of THRIVING after several of life's curve balls.  April 8, 2010, Louis Montgomery walked out of the house and within 24 hours died of a massive heart attack.  Two years later Debby had suffered a financial blow and a loss of over $1M in an online dating relationship gone BAD (see her story at www.TheWomanBehindTheSmile.com.)  It's been 10 years since the scam reveal and Debby, now a Director of The Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams (SCARS), is making a PIVOT to speak up for her company, www.BenfoComplete.com, a woman-Veteran owned small vitamin supplement business, providing an alternative solution for those suffering from neuropathy.  "What happened to me, I believe, had a reason and I'm here to help just one woman/man not get scammed (Beware and Be Aware) or recover from the emotional TRAUMA and financial fraud perpetrated by CRIMINALS." 
Debby is interviewed by Dr. Tim McGuinness, Founding Director of SCARS.  If you or someone you know is a victim of an online relationship fraud, check out www.RomanceScamsNow.com for additional information and support.  You are NOT alone.

Thriving in Life After Tragedy

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!)

Itty Bitty™ Is A Big Thing! Your Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book

What do Women's Prosperity Network (WPN) and Itty Bitty™ Publishing have in common?  15 Expert women entrepreneurs Standing Up & Speaking Up and telling the stories of their businesses!  Many for the first time are telling the world about their health and wellness, business development, or publishing companies and today they launch on Amazon, The Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book.  We welcome Nancy Matthews, Founding Sister of WPN, and Suzy Prudden, CEO Itty Bitty Publishers (surprise guest!)  Debby Montgomery Johnson, Founder of The Woman Behind The Smile and podcast host of Stand Up & Speak Up is one of the 15 authors and although it's not her first book, it is the FIRST time she speaks about BenfoComplete.com, her vitamin supplement company.  Check out www.BenfoComplete.com for Benfotiamine (Vit B-1) supplements that reduce/alleviate the pins and needles of neuropathy.  
This is a fun conversation by three women entrepreneurs who inspire, encourage, and advocate for other women to become CEOs of their own companies.  For a copy of the Amazing Itty Bitty™ WPN Experts Compilation Book, check www.womensprosperitynetwork/itty.  
#WomenEntrepreneurs #StandUp&SpeakUp #IttyBittyPublishers #WPN

Itty Bitty™ Is A BIG Thing!

"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.

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