WV Uncommon Place

Lisa Chen is a therapist-coach who focuses on burnout among high-achieving people and uses her platform to share practical tools for balance, recovery, and emotional well-being. She explains that burnout often builds slowly through chronic stress, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and a scarcity mindset, even when someone appears successful on the outside. In her view, burnou...

About This Episode

Host JR Sparrow sits down with Anna Ciboro, founder of Marketing the Unmarketable, a consultancy that helps professionals and organizations in taboo industries — funeral directors, grief counselors, domestic violence advocates, social workers, addiction recovery professionals, and hospice workers — find their voice an...

Vesna of Six Creek Farms brings a deeply rooted, fourth-generation farming background to everything she does, shaped by years of hard work, family lessons, and a lifelong connection to the land. Her journey from chores in the woods and agricultural studies to farming full-time shows a practical, teachable path built on curiosity, perseverance, and a willingness to adapt. At S...

Sara Gibson’s life story is shaped by a loving childhood, hard work, and a devastating experience with domestic violence that changed everything. She describes losing her sense of identity, enduring profound physical and emotional pain, and feeling at times that she had nothing left to live for after the trauma and loss of her children. Even so, Sara refuses to be defined by ...