Also known as “Connor's Mom”, you’ll recognize my guest today from the wildly popular Netflix show "Love on the Spectrum", where her and her family share their lives, primarily her son Connor's, as he navigates life on the spectrum.

Lise Smith opens up about parenting a child on the spectrum, what that was like when he was young and what it’s like now that he’s a young man. She shares all the signs that were there and how her husband and doctor dismissed her concerns at the time, saying that she was over-reacting.

How has the Netflix show changed their lives? And she shares how Connor has dealt with the introduction of dating into his life.

You can watch Lise & Connor's story on Netflix's "Love on the Spectrum" Season 2

Follow Lise on Instagram: @smithinson8

Follow Connor on Instagram: @connortomlinson5

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If you’re listening to this podcast, I'm pretty sure you will remember exactly where you were and what you were doing on September 11, 2001. 9/11 - The day that not just the United States, but the entire world was changed forever.

Brian Clark had as close as an encounter as one could have on the historical day of September 11, 2001. He was on the 84th floor of the South tower of the World Trade Center when it was hit by an airplane in what would be known as the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.

He was one of the lucky ones that day, one of only 18 people to escape from within or above where the plane struck.

Brian is here to share his experience from that day, 23 years later. He walks us through the events on the day leading up to the attack, what he thought when the first tower was hit and when he knew that this was an act of terror and not an accident.

Brian shares the choices and decisions he had to make that followed his tower being hit that led him safely down 84 flights of stairs and also the mysterious new found friend he would find along the way

What an honor and privilege it was to sit down with Brian and hear his story and be able to now share will all of you.

Canadian born, Nashville living country artist MacKenzie Porter is my guest today and she's here to share all about her new album AND her new baby but she’s also got a pretty amazing story of how she got where she is today.

From a cattle ranch in Alberta, Canada to Nashville, TN, MacKenzie always had a love for music, but had to balance that with another love of she had, acting MacKenzie shares what made her move to Nashville and what it was like to uproot her entire life and move to a city on her own. How did she landed a record deal with Big Machine Records? And what's her advice for someone else trying to pursue the same sort dream?

MacKenzie also shares the story of how her chart topping duet with Dustin Lynch came to be and how a “follow back’ on instagram was the first clue it was happening.

Life looks different these days since becoming a Mom and MacKenzie shares what it's been like being a musician and a Mom.

She has a new 19 song album she's currently touring, check out her website for all the details: https://mackenzieporter.com

New Album "Nobody's Born With A Broken Heart":
https://mackenzieporter.lnk.to/NBWABH

Follow MacKenzie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mackenziepmusic