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Embrace Your Vision with Judy Redlich

Judy Redlich has been leading the way for people with disabilities for more than 30 years. Her talent and determination earned her the “Woman of the Year” in Media Relations Award in 2009 from The National Association of Professional and Executive Women.

A seasoned broadcaster Judy produced and hosted “The Christian Connection” a weekly television show, for twenty years, for which she won a bronze Telly award. During this time she honed her skills as a reporter and helped linked the Christian community with understanding and knowledge of current events locally and on the global scale. She also hosted and produced (Cry Justice) a radio show discussing issues other media were afraid to touch. Currently, as Manager of Joni and Friends Gateway, she is responsible for administrating and implementing the programs of the international disability organization, Joni and Friends. Her office serves Missouri and Southern Illinois. Judy also travels internationally with Joni and Friends’ Wheels for the World program.

As advocate for people with disabilities, Judy can speak from authority. Born blind, she has overcome incredible challenges, emerged with confidence and is now sharing her stories and inspiration with radio audiences around the world on Embrace Your Vision.

Judith and her husband, Raymond are elders at Trinity Assembly of God Church; their family leads worship there regularly. In her spare time, Judith enjoys spending time with family, writing, traveling, and public speaking.
Mrs. Redlich and her husband have two children, David and Melody, and they live in St. Louis, MO. Her Seeing Eye dog, Velda is her constant companion.

Archived Shows

• Embrace Your Vision – Employing the Blind

  Even with all of today’s technological advancements, only about 12 percent of blind persons in the U.S. are employed. On today’s Embrace Your Vision Host, Judy Redlich introduces you to a blind couple who both work for large companies. Find out how they got their jobs, what resources they use to do their job efficiently. If you are looking for work, they also offer tips that could open new doors for you. And of course, enjoy another adventure, this time with two four-footed friends.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Beat asthma before it beats you and your dreams

  Are you one of 34 million Americans who suffer from asthma—more than 300 million around the world! Click this link… on Embrace Your Vision… learn how to Breathe Easy with Seven Simple Principles. Dr. Stephen Apaliski offers tips that can save your life. Friends of asthma sufferers… learn early signs of an asthma attack and what you can do. Join host, Judy Redlich on this Embrace Your Vision on www.webtalkradio.net
  Velda’s friend, Griffin takes his master to Washington D.C. to help advocate—this week’s adventure with the four footed friend…. Hear about and stop proposed legislation depriving persons with disabilities of their ADA rights!
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• Embrace Your Vision – Tired of your hopes and dreams lying dormant?

  Author of many of the books in the popular Left Behind children’s series, radio talk show host Chris Fabry www.chrisfabry.com joins Embrace Your Vision host, Judy Redlich www.judyredlich.com to discuss his newest book; how he got into broadcasting; and more.. Get his take on pursuing your life-long hopes and dreams. Be encouraged! And don’t miss the Adventure With The Four-Footed Friend–Melita saves her master from falling 300 feet into a lake!

  
• Embrace Your Vision – The Only Way To Fail Is To Give Up

  After his medical residency, Dr. Scott Morris moved to a city where he knew no one, to start building his dream health center. Despite hardships, his dream door opened! Yours can too!

  http://www.healthcareyoucanlivewith.com/40DaysSeries

  Tune in for answers on the following questions:

  How much does our work affect our total sense of well-being?

  What role do laughter and fun play in total wellness?

  Beginnings are always difficult. What counsel would you give to someone who has tried and failed repeatedly to “live better” and is overwhelmed with the prospects of trying again?

  What are the seven elements that each of us needs to address for ultimate health?

  We all would prefer our hopes and dreams to be realized quickly; instant healing and reward without effort. Why doesn’t it happen that way?

  We round out the show with another adventure with the four-footed friend. This one includes a skunk!

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Accidental Bride? What does that have to do with writing a book?

  Award-winning author, Denise Hunter, http://www.denisehunterbooks.com shares her secrets for being a successful writer. Great tips for could-be authors.
  Legislation on making prescription labels accessible for blind… and another adventure with host, Judy www.judyredlich.com and her seeing eye dog, Velda.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – More than just Valentine's Day!

  Did a man lay down his life for his Valentine? The origin of Valentine’s Day might surprise you! Learn more on this Embrace Your Vision. Host, Judy Redlich, also lets you in on some stories of her own and another adventure with her four-footed friend, Velda.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Dad! don't give up on me

  One father puts his own hopes and dreams on hold as he discovers ways to be the best Dad he can be to his daughter with special needs. If you’re a dad of a child with special needs, The tips Rick shares might change the way you see your child and your importance in his/her life.

  Host Judy Redlich also brings you another adventure with her Four Footed Friend.

  It’s all on Embrace Your Vision on www.webtalkradio.net

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Stop Stress from snuffing out your life!

  We can learn to live with a certain amount of stress–but when do you say “enough is enough?

  On today’s Embrace Your Vision on www.webtalkradio.net host Judy Redlich explores this topic with psychologist and author, Dr. Steven Haymon.

  Not until dramatic effects take charge of our lives such as simple inappropriate behaviors towards ourselves or one another or we experience mood disorders, addictions or physical illnesses do we ever consider the toll stress takes on us.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Don't let the Grinch steal your Christmas

  Are you thinking that you can’t enjoy another Christmas without a loved one you lost? Are you wondering how you will survive the holidays since a child or friend moved away?

  Tune in to Embrace Your Vision with you host, Judy Redlich and her husband, Ray bring you some reasons to celebrate anyway.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Don’t let that bully try and steal your hopes and dreams!

  Bullying is becoming one of the major challenges that schools are facing. How can a bully shatter one’s hopes and dreams?

  Derek Randel, a former math teacher shares helpful insights for teachers and parents about helping their children in situations of bullying, and school violence.

  Great tips for teens, too.

  If YOU’RE a bully and want to get out of its grip—listen in, too.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – A Passport Through Darkness with Guest Kimberly Smith

  When Kimberly needed a void filled in her life, she never dreamed she’d be helping to save vulnerable women and children from slave raiders and genocide! Each one of us longs to know we matter. We hunger to know that we have purpose, our life has meaning, and God dreams great dreams for us. In Passport Through Darkness: A True Story of Danger and Second Chances, Judy Redlich’s guest, Kimberly Smith invites us into her own struggles as an ordinary woman who feels those aches, asks those questions, and stumbles through a quest to find her place in a broken world.
  Meet Kimberly: are you also stumbling through a quest to find your place? In that broken place Kimberly’s self-centered life was transformed into an international effort to save thousands from modern-day slavery, persecution, disease, and genocide.
  Judy will also fill you in on her own recent transitions and introduce you to a new sponsor. And as always, another adventure with the
  four-footed friend.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Break through your barriers

  Often we face impossible odds.
  Jonathan Mosen, vice president of blindness hardware for Freedom Scientific www.freedomscientific.com discusses with host, Judy Redlich www.judyredlich.com how important it is to accomplish all you can with your life. Jonathan, who lives in New Zealand, talks about his homeland, and shares some intriguing stories of his life’s adventures. Looking for tips on how to be an overcomer? Tune in to Embrace Your Vision on www.webtalkradio.net.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – All things are Possible

  In August, who would have thought the St. Louis Cardinals would have even had a chance at playing in the World Series?

  Can the example from the World Series offer you hope in going after your dreams?

  Training a service dog could change your life and the life of a person with a disability..

  Tune in to Embrace your Vision with Judy Redlich at www.judyredlich.com or on http://www.webtalkradio.net to learn more.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Why put your passion on pause?

  Feeling burned out, wiped out, buried under the burden of work? Feeling defeated by deadlines or worry even before you get out of bed?

  Someday… waiting for the weekend… retirement…If you’ve said “yes” to any of the above, Show host Judy Redlich invites you to meet her guest John Busacker. John offers tips on how to become consumed pursuing something vital, lasting, valuable, and unique.

  Judy also shares another compelling adventure with her seeing-eye dog. See how many friends you can invite to listen to this week’s Embrace Your Vision on Web Talk Radio.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Hope remains even when your life seems like it's falling apart

  How do you keep from falling into despair when pain and suffering weighs so heavily upon you? How can you put your life together again after a disappointment or shattered relationship? Author Margaret Wills has been there.

  Today on Embrace Your Vision, Judy Redlich introduces you to Margaret, author of “Pressing into thin Places” information in today’s show could change the way you look at the disappointments you’ve had in life. Maybe Margaret’s insights will help you “move out of your stuck place”.

  Judy also shares another adventure with her seeing eye dog, and talks about challenges she’s faced recently that were enough to try and dampen her hopes. After listening to the show, send her an email with your insights on questions she asks you.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Moving Beyond a tragedy

  Many people’s hopes and dreams were shattered because of the 9-11-2001 tragedy. How did the clips shown repeatedly by the media affect Your children who watched them? Are you reliving a tragedy that’s happened to you over and over again? Do you suffer from post traumatic syndrome? Tune to Embrace Your Vision www.webtalkradio.net as host Judy Redlich explores with her guests how to get through a tragedy and “go forward” in their lives. After you listen to the show, add your thoughts to Judy’s blog at www.judyredlich.com

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Ever-changing technology opens doors for people with special needs!

  The number of apps available for the android http://market.android.com/or the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch grow daily. But did you ever stop to consider how many families with a special needs child depend on many of those apps to help their children learn and communicate?

  “Embrace Your Vision” show host, Judy Redlich interviews Cristen Reat, co-founder of Snapps 4 kids www.snapps4kids.com. She and her husband have a son with Down Syndrome. Snapps 4 Kids was formed so parents of special needs kids can discuss apps they’ve found that make a difference in their kids’ learning and communicating.
  If you have a friend or loved one with a special need, the information in today’s show could change the way you look at this person’s abilities… his hopes and dreams.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Tornado destroys, but hope remains part two

  Is your life broken? Are you having trouble letting go of past hurts or circumstances? In a split second Joplin, Missouri was hit by a killer tornado that took out more than 2,000 homes and businesses and claimed more than 150 lives. Hear stories of devastation, heroism, and incredible miracles. Stories of hope and encouragement in the midst of a storm. Are storms in your life overwhelming you? Tune in for tips for rebuilding your life. Rebuilding, or living in the past—it’s your choice.

  On this week’s Adventure with the four-footed friend hear about Judy’s recent family vacation, of course, including Velda, her constant companion.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Tornado destroys, but hope remains

  Is your life broken? Are you having trouble letting go of past hurts or circumstances? In a split second Joplin, Missouri was hit by a killer tornado that took out more than 2,000 homes and businesses and claimed more than 150 lives. Hear stories of devastation, heroism, and incredible miracles. Stories of hope and encouragement in the midst of a storm. Are storms in your life overwhelming you? Tune in for tips for rebuilding your life. Rebuilding, or living in the past—it’s your choice.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Daydreamer: Lazy… Or Genius?

  Do you have trouble focusing because your mind is so cluttered? Do you wonder why your spouse or children zone off when you’re trying to get a simple point across? Could it be that you, or they, are suffering from complex thinking? Or are they just disrespectful and lazy?

  Or.. maybe you or someone in your family is a genius! What is a genius? What does it mean to be profoundly gifted?

  Host Judy Redlich explores this topic on today’s Embrace Your Vision with Author Rebecca Hein, blogger at Case Of Brilliance and Music of Writing Learn about the struggles she and her husband, faced as they embarked on the quest to find out why their children were different!

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Disabled persons in Mexico receive more than just mobility!

  Judy Redlich spends a week in Mexico with teams from Joni and Friends fitting persons with wheelchairs, offering physical therapy, eye care, and more. Listen to stories of lives changed and rekindled hope. This is part two of a two-part series. It’s often better to go after small dreams and get satisfaction than get discouraged by a huge dream never coming to pass. This is part two of a two-part series. And as always, another adventure with the four-footed friend.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Disabled persons in Mexico receive more than just mobility!

  Judy Redlich spends a week in Mexico with teams from Joni and Friends fitting persons with wheelchairs, offering physical therapy, eye care, and more. Hear about insurmountable challenges that tried to hold the teams back… listen to stories of lives changed and rekindled hope. This is part one of a two-part series. Larry Lake from Vision Cue demonstrates a new labeling device for blind and those losing their sight; and of course, another adventure with the four-footed friend.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Changing your career can be exciting and change your life forever!

  Sherrill was a school teacher whose hope was to make a difference in those she taught. Through a series of unexpected events, she is now helping others to go after their passions. This school teacher/now life coach may have some insights for you

  
• Embrace Your Vision – When your life seems to fall apart all at one time, changing its course CAN be an adventure instead of a downer

  Bev was a home maker and mom–when her husband died suddenly, she had to establish a career, while juggling things at home. She had been losing her sight gradually, but just prior to her husband’s death she lost the rest of it. She chose to look at her new challenge as a new adventure in her life. You can, too. Next, we have Dr. Richard Amerling who shares his perspective on how healthcare reform could affect persons with disabilities.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Developing your God-given talents can change your life--ignoring them can devistate you!

  *Becka dreamed of becoming a great musician; but for 5 years she put her music down. Today Becka is in two bands and has her first CD out.—www.beckadehaan.com
  Your dormant callent can be resurrected, too!

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Learning how to change a past full of Lemons into a Future of Lemonade can Revolutionize your Life

  Wanda’s dream as a child only consisted of survival with the hope her mom wouldn’t get drunk and beat her that day. Becoming a victor even though her mom tried to kill herself…Sean felt inferior–like he couldn’t amount to much — http://groundwire.net// offers hope. Wanda’s book, ‘Please Don’t Jump’ can be found on http://www.winepress.com/. Both guests today living lives full of victory and so can you.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Using products that make you more independent can change your life

  They had a dream to fill a niche—to provide items to help persons with vision loss live
  more independently. Unique items offered might also assist you. Check out another 4
  footed friend adventure, this time about ice.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – Debbie offers hope for the broken hearted

  Even though her hopes were shattered through various incidents which forced her to start over, Debbie’s hopes and dreams are still a vital part of her life. She’s even instilled in her autistic son, Ryan the importance of reaching for goals. If you’re a single mom, or parents of a special needs child, Debbie’s hope for the broken hearted will encourage you.

  
• Embrace Your Vision – A mom raised in foster homes learns how to love through special needs

  Colleen lived in 37 foster homes growing up; later she took in 827 foster children; then adopted 4 special needs kids. Hear her incredible story of determination and her desire to help children have the family and childhood she never had.

  
• Embrace Your Vision - Week 1103

  This week’s Embrace your Vision features a tribute to trail blazer and national disability leader Max Starkloff; latest legislation concerning hybrid cars and the visually impaired; and tidbits of people who are conquering impossible odds to go after their dreams.
  Join Judy Redlich–be inspired and encouraged.