“I’m getting my self-esteem from looking in . . . I have worth in my trying.” Although Mallory Wahlstrom Wright was an accomplished musician, dancer, and athlete, she suffered immensely from perfectionism-bred low self esteem. As a way to cope…
Laura Dugovic: How to Birth Like a Rockstar || Managing Your Thoughts So Birth Can Be Transformative, Regardless of Method
“My only approach is to love and strengthen all women, no matter what kind of birth they want to have.” Laura Dugovic had prepared for a meditative birth with her first child, but what she experienced was gritty, loud, sweaty…
Mandie Sherman: Staying Strong through Terminal Illness
“It doesn’t get easier, but it gets lighter. It gets lighter because we get stronger . . . Your strength is going to help somebody else when they are weak.” When we are facing especially hard times, we’ve all heard…
How to Revolutionize Your Goals by Defining Your WHY || with Tiffany Webster
“When we attach anything to our goals–our happiness, worth, value, success–our goals are no longer out becoming . . .[they’re] just about needing to achieve to feel something.” Sick of never meeting your goals? Too overwhelmed to even make some in the first place? It’s…
Dina Alexander: How to Empower Kids to Use Technology for Good
“Just like you and I lived at the mall or lived at the football game on Friday night, a lot of our kids are living on social media . . . I want my kids to make their mistakes while…
Each of Us Is Extraordinary, All of Us Are Ordinary
This podcast is in response to an email I received from a listener who was frustrated that all my guests on the show are too “extraordinary.” While thoughts swirled about me, I interviewed Melinda Peterson from Melinda Joy Writes to chat…
Tiffany Webster: Discovering Greater Strength by Embracing the Broken
“It is that moment of complete 100% surrender that we step into that power we never had before.” Tiffany Webster knows a thing or two about surrender. As a lifelong perfectionist, life had a way of showing up and forcing…
Tamarynn Bennett: Racing Toward What Matters Most
“Comparison is evil . . . Any time you look at someone else’s strengths that might be your weaknesses, you’ll always come up short.” 10 years ago, Tamarynn Bennett was 25 years old and had barely run more than a…
State of the Podcast Address
Friends, family, About Progress community! We passed our year anniversary of this podcast dream of mine becoming a reality. And what a year it’s been! In this short–and unedited–episode, I share about what I’ve learned the past year, what have…
Lisa Funk: Developing Our Creativity, and Using it as a Tool to Fight Depression
“I meet a ton of people who say, ‘Oh I can’t do that, I’m not creative . . .’ Maybe they will never find that painting or drawing fulfills them, but they ARE creative in the way that they solve problems,…
