Resilience Talk Network

Fentanyl poisoning kills over 100,000+ people every year in this country. Listen to this podcast and help us raise awareness on this ongoing epidemic.

Diane Urban is the Founder/Director of APALD. Diane’s son Jordan Garmatter passed away on April 6, 2019 from Fentanyl and Norfentanyl poisoning unknowingly. In the United States, each day 275+ lives are lost to synthetic opioids. According to the CDC’s July 14th, 2021, report: Drug related deaths, primarily from Fentanyl, soared from 72,000 in 2019, to a record 93,000 in 2020. In March 2022, the CDC released 12-month provisional data and there were 105,000+ drug related deaths reported for the 12month period ending October 2021. The final statistics for 2021 are expected to show an exponential increase over previous years. Although opioids accounted for around 75 percent of all overdose deaths during the early months of the pandemic, approximately 87 percent of those included synthetic opioids. These synthetic poisonings demonstrate a paradigm shift in comparison to the so-called drug overdoses we have seen over the years. These deaths are in fact not overdoses; they are synthetic poisonings from ingestion of a drug that is fatal. In most cases, the lethal drug ingestion is unbeknownst to the victim, resulting in drug induced homicide. APALD encourages awareness of the issue, and legislative changes related to drug trafficking and drug induced deaths which have resulted from lethal poisoning from synthetics such as Fentanyl and Carfentanil.

On this episode of "Resilience Talk" with Brad Neufeld, Brad speaks with Sylvia Fisk about recent statements in certain media circles to "Burn Down Our Schools and Start Over". We say, "Stop this rhetoric!" Brad and Sylvia ask the question, "What can we do to improve our Schools?" Let the discussion begin! This podcast is the first of many to come where we invite you, Our Listeners, to add your suggestions.

In this Episode of Resilience Talk with Brad Neufeld, Brad interviews Vincent Todd Tolman. At the age of 25, Vincent Tolman was pronounced dead and put in a body bag. Nearly an hour later, he miraculously came back to life. This book is about Vincent’s experience: what he saw, what he was taught, and the message of hope and joy he brought back with him to earth. Find this Awesome Book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/9MMOpex

We never know where our shows are going to take us. This one was a great ride! Come see what happens when our guest, fireman/engineer, artist, and stroke survivor Johnny Olivas was, well . . . you'll see. If you're interested in purchasing any of Johnny's works during the month of November, contact www.tulsacenter.org/holiday-mart The Center is a non-profit organization for individuals with Physical Challenges. Because their budget is limited, they are not able to pay for shipping your purchase to you if you live out of town. However, Johnny has offered to pick up and ship your items if you send him the cost for shipping.

On Today's Episode, Brad interviews Award-Winning Author and stroke survivor, Jo Ann Glim. They discuss her experiences of overcoming a traumatic stroke that ended life as she know it. Very Inspirational. Glim was born in Chicago, Illinois to a military family and raised in Anacortes, Washington in the far reaches of the Pacific Northwest. It was an ideal place to raise a precocious child, especially one that’s inquisitive and daring. Tragically, her mother passed away from a stroke when Glim was fourteen. This was the beginning of a life-path plotted with many dark events. In her own words, “Instead of consuming me, they made me stronger, and I’m here to tell you, darkness can be replaced with light.” Glim’s three-pronged career of broadcast and print media, freelance writing, and business management formed her into the award-winning indie author she is today. Her books, the award-winning “Begotten With Love,” and her newest release “Trapped Within,” are both non-fiction, life-stories filled with challenges, hope, and humor. Glim now lives in Florida with her husband Bill and their Scottish terrier, Lucy. Her passions are writing, photography, and travel, handbells, hiking, and—just life itself!.