John David Graham on Second Chance Careers

🎙️Podcast Episode Description

Episode Title: Second Chance Careers
Guest: John David Graham | Host: Vicki Noethling
Podcast: Find Your Leadership Confidence Podcast

Description:
What happens when a man with a fireman’s grit, a minister’s heart, and a journalist’s eye turns his life experience into hope for others? Meet John David Graham, founder of Good Samaritan Home, a transformative housing and mentoring program for formerly incarcerated individuals seeking a second chance. With a past that spans everything from door-to-door sales to fire rescue, John brings a rare depth of empathy and resilience to his work.

In this heartfelt and inspiring episode, host Vicki Noethling explores John’s journey and the birth of his award-winning novel, Running As Fast As I Can—a powerful story hailed as “everyone’s story” for its universal message of redemption, struggle, and hope. Discover how John overcame societal resistance, founded his own publishing company, and continues to help others restart their lives—one story at a time.

💡 This episode highlights the power of second chances and the strength in vulnerability.

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John’s life experiences, although fictionalized, are summed up in this novel. If your audience found our talk intriguing, they will be interested in this book.

https://www.amazon.com/Running-As-Fast-Can-ebook/dp/B0CKK418FB/

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John David Graham is the founder of Good Samaritan Home, a housing / mentoring program helping men and women restart their lives after prison. Prior to that, he was a door-to-door salesman, children’s home counselor, substitute schoolteacher, truck driver, fireman, building contractor, minister and journalist. As you can see, he has a lot of life experience. Sometimes the road home takes many twists and turns to develop what John calls “calloused hands and a tender heart” which he used to write his award-winning debut novel RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN. Readers Favorite hailed his book as “truly a masterpiece.” It has won 22 awards, including an American Fiction Award, Independent Author Award and Firebird Book Award.