Being Unstoppable Through Change, Creativity, and Lifelong Learning with Mary Dunn and Natalie Belin

Описание: What happens when creativity, disability, and determination collide across two generations? In this conversation, I sit down with Natalie Belin and her mother Mary Dunn to explore what it really means to live with an unstoppable mindset. From navigating attention deficit disorder, anxiety, and health challenges to building creative careers through art, education, and entrepreneurship, Natalie and Mary share how resilience is shaped over time. We talk about bullying, sexual harassment in the workplace, accessibility, lifelong learning, and why creative expression can become a powerful path forward. This episode is about persistence, adaptability, and choosing growth even when the path is not linear.


About the Guest:

Mary Dunn:

Mary is a Pittsburgh native whose life reflects quiet strength, adaptability, and lifelong creativity. Drawn to art from a young age, she balanced her passion with the realities of family, education, and a demanding professional career that included leadership roles in energy, transportation planning, marketing, human resources, and public management, often in male-dominated environments where she faced challenges that shaped her resilience. While raising her children and advancing her education, earning both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree with distinction, Mary continued to lead, innovate, and advocate for change across multiple organizations. Later in life, she returned fully to her artistic roots, earning recognition for her pastel and acrylic work, teaching others, and illustrating books for her daughters. Now retired, Mary continues to create at her own pace, grounded in faith, gratitude, and a deep appreciation for the gifts she has been given.

Natalie Belin:

Natalie is a Pittsburgh-based creator who has spent her life coloring outside the lines, using creativity, resilience, and ambition to navigate both challenge and opportunity. Diagnosed early with high eye pressure and later with attention deficit disorder, she learned to adapt, focus, and advocate for herself with the steady support of her mother, Mary. From becoming a class president at the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute and working as a pastry chef, to earning a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh, receiving Emmy recognition, and now pursuing a graduate certification in Sports, Entertainment, and Arts Law, Natalie’s path has never been linear. Along the way, she has expressed herself through poetry, blogging, acting, music, mixed media art, and entrepreneurship, including placing a piece in the Woodstock Museum and co-running an Etsy shop with her mother. Grounded in creativity and shaped by lived experience with disability, Natalie continues to move forward with adaptability, purpose, and a deep commitment to the arts, advocacy, and lifelong growth.

Ways to connect with Natalie & Mary:

Blog website: Home - The Many Colors of Natalie

Personal website: Home | natalie-sebula-belin

Book of poetry: The Many Colors of Natalie: Written by: Natalie Belin - Kindle edition by Dunn, Mary, Leckenby, Nicole, Merlin, Grace, Palmieri, David. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Facebook: (1) Facebook
Instagram: Natalie Sebula (@themanycolorsofnatalie) • Instagram photos and videos

Etsy: MakersCollabStudio - Etsy


About the Host:

Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.

Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children’s Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association’s 2012 Hero Dog Awards.

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