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A show about ordinary people achieving extraordinary success.

Meet People who overcAme adversity and reached their goals.

"Positively" Pam Barberio

Pam Barberio started out with challenges, including teen pregnancy, losing her Dad unexpectedly, and substance abuse. How did she graduate with honors, earn a degree, succeed in recovery, raise a daughter, and now host a podcast and show, The Positive Place? BONUS: Part 4 - Goal Planning System, "Tracking"

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Barbara Rich "AgeLESS"*

Barbara Rich - an extremely active 91-years-old yoga instructor, child advocate, and poet refuses to buy into ageism. Learn how she rejects being told by society how to act, look, and behave because of her age. Barbara states only 25% of our decline is DNA. The rest is up to us! 
BONUS: Part 2 of Goal Planning System, "Goal Identification"

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Marc Stipo "Bring It On!" *

Jim Desrosiers interviews a guitarist who discovers he has Parkinson's Disease. How does he deal with the news mentally? Will it stop him from playing? Is there any chance it helps his craft? What about all the other adversity he's faced? Watch how he has maintained a "Bring It On" attitude! 

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Kathryn Costello "Picture This" *

Kathryn Costello turned her passion into a career, She even became the official photographer for gold medalist skater Scott Hamilton! And then she got THE NEWS that threatened her career and her life! How did she face such adversity and what is she doing now?

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Jen's Story...Part 1

Watch Jen's Story...a powerful one about how she used goal setting to prevent her own suicide.

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Scott Neely "Turning Pain Into Purpose"*

How did Scott Neely and his brother, Boston Bruin Cam Neely, turn grief into purpose by creating the Cam Neely Foundation and Neely House, while being so young and establishing their careers! And learn how Scott is now helping other nonprofits survive and thrive. BONUS: Part 3 of Goal Planning System, "Goal Setting"

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Zach Loverin "Back on Track"*

Meet Zachary Loverin. In middle school, he was a failing student with outside challenges, too. How did Zach get on track and take control of his life? What tools did he learn then that he still uses today to succeed in school, the military, and now his career? 
BONUS: Part 1 of Goal Planning System, "Attitude"

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Josh & Amy Degen "Upstanders" *

Josh and Amy Degen are "up-standers". They saw a cemetery in Poland unmaintained, littered with vodka bottles, & headstones either smashed or stolen. In a foreign land, without knowing anyone, or even how to speak the language, they took action, and are  having a remarkable impact.

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Pete Brock & Marc DiGeronimo

Jim Desrosiers hosts a radio interview with former New England Patriot Pete Brock and entrepreneur Marc DiGeronimo. Did you know Pete never played football until high school? And Marc left everything that was familiar to him in order to find his true authenticity.

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Jen's Story...Part 2 (seven years later)

Jen...seven years later. No longer surviving life, she's alive and thriving! Watch this exciting update!

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Videos with an * were produced by The Groton Channel.
A special thank you to Noah Paulajka & Ashley Doucette.
Contact GROWTHco below if you or someone you know may be interested in sharing their own story on GoalTime.

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