What does it mean to have IronWill? IronWill is defined as: A burning determination that cannot be stopped or hindered by anything; Willing to do anything to get a desired out come; Extremely resilient. We will be talking to every day people, who have had their lives changed by a traumatic event, Brain Injury, divorce, loss of a loved one, anything where having an IronWill was the only choice they had. We will learn from their struggles and how they overcame the hard times. We will learn how having an IronWill has changed them and molded them into who they are today. This podcast is about growth, and always being willing to learn, and to grow as a human being.
Ethan Schmidt grew up as a small town kid in Maryland. Because of an injury he suffered while playing in the woods near his home, he was prescribed Percocet which led to an opiate addiction. We talk to Ethan about living in his truck in Baltimore, going to friends funerals, going to rehab and finally finding the IronWill to turn his life around. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks for listening
IronWill interviews John Bush. He is a father, a friend and just a real down to earth man. We talk to him about the trials he has faced in his life as well as his greatest accomplishments. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform thank you all for listening.
IronWill podcast sits down with Todd Nielsen of Nielsen Training And Consulting. Todd talks about his time on the police force where he was involved with numerous human trafficking cases and the challenges he had to deal with as a result. This was a really good episode that I feel a lot of people can learn from and gain new respect for what these officers go through on a day to day basis. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
Keith McCoy and his wife Keri have been together 25 years. After having their eighth child, Keri suffered a stroke. Keith tells their story and how they learned that they could not control everything and how to shift their focus onto only what they can control. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
This week on The IronWill podcast, Dr. Owen Johnston shares some of his life experiences, both good and bad and how he has, and continues to find ways to grow from those events, mentally and physically. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Be good to yourself
Ethan Schmidt grew up as a small town kid in Maryland. Because of an injury he suffered while playing in the woods near his home, he was prescribed Percocet which led to an opiate addiction. We talk to Ethan about living in his truck in Baltimore, going to friends funerals, going to rehab and finally finding the IronWill to turn his life around. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks for listening
On this episode of the IronWill podcast Jon Chase and I are able to speak with Teresa Valenzuela. Teresa is a 57 year old woman who has been in a wheelchair for 30 years. She has been taking her life back the past 5 years, after being addicted to drugs. She now has a job at a Tech nonprofit in San Diego California and is doing great. It was an honor to hear how she turned her life around. She is on Facebook and encourages any one to contact her if they are struggling. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. #TeamIronWill
On this episode of the IronWill podcast Jon Chase and I are able to speak with Teresa Valenzuela. Teresa is a 57 year old woman who has been in a wheelchair for 30 years. She has been taking her life back the past 5 years, after being addicted to heroin. She now has a job at a Tech nonprofit in San Diego California and is doing great. It was an honor to hear how she turned her life around. She is on Facebook and encourages any one to contact her if they are struggling. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. #TeamIronWill
Jon Chase and I had a podcast scheduled but something happened at her work and she ended up there all night. As we were talking I just decided to press record. This was a very fun episode to do, so if it's something that you guys like, we would love to do some more like this. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
This episode of the IronWill podcast we talked to Talisha Bryan, she talks to us about her struggles with addiction, being locked up and all about her recovery. The video version of this podcast will be on Talisha's YouTube channel (Diamond Cutting Queen) also you can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast we have the opportunity to speak with Jessica Scantling. She tells us about her battle with diverticulitis, resulting in ptsd and her gaining 140lbs. She also tells us her why behind her weight loss journey. Check this podcast out on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
Jon Chase and I got to sit down and hear Grace Miller's story. Grace has seen a lot of challenges in her life, but hasn't let the hard times define her, she keeps pushing on everyday and keeps a positive outlook on life. So join us and listen to her incredible story. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast we interviewed Heath White. We talked about every thing from being a second string bullpen catcher in college, to where he was on 9-11-01. We had a really great conversation and want to thank Heath for all he does for those around him. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks for listening.
Shane Warner and Jon Chase had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Heath White on the IronWill podcast. They talked to him about joining the Air Force after going to college. They talked to him about his kids and the challenge of being the parent of down syndrome child. Heath is a marathon runner, and has pushed Paisley in a cart in multiple marathons. Heath is an inspirational person who excels in all that he does and he motivates everyone around him to get after it. Follow Heath on Facebook, Heath White. Or crazy sisters cattle Company Listen on www.ironwill.us or your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast, Jon Chase and I interview Sydney Savage. She is a personal trainer at Chase Movement gym. We talk to Sydney about what made her want to become a personal trainer, her weight loss journey and how she stays motivated in the gym. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast. My Dad, Keith Warner makes an appearance to talk with Jon Chase and me about my upcoming brain surgery. I honestly didn't think we would ever get him on the podcast. He explains why I need the surgery and a little bit about the details of it. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Thank you all for listening.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast, we speak to Jammie Merritt about her brother Daniel. Daniel was run over by a car while leaving a San Diego Chargers game, resulting a Traumatic Brain Injury. During parts of this podcast we were experiencing static noise so I apologize for that. We are planning to have Jamie on the podcast again soon to revisit the parts that were hard to hear. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Thank you.
Joe Kent is running for Congress in Washington state. He also was a Green Beret, and is a gold star husband. I apologize for the distortion on this episode, we home to have Joe on again in the future. Thank you Joe for what you are doing for our country.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast, Jon Chase finishes his story about losing his Sister to cancer and his Dad to a stroke. We discuss the ways that you can make losing a loved one easier to deal with. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.com or on your favorite podcast platform. Thank you.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast Jon Chase and I sit down and expand on his story. You will hear more about his childhood and his lack of leadership growing up. It is amazing to me that Jon is such a motivated person and that he is as successful as he is. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
Jon Chase is my personal trainer and cohost, he had a rough childhood that made him develop an IronWill.This was actually the first podcast we ever made, we ran into some audio problems that needed fixing. He is @chase_movement on Instagram go follow him for work out ideas.
Today on the IronWill podcast we interview John Bush. He is a father, a friend and just a real down to earth man. We talk to him about the trials he has faced in his life as well as his greatest accomplishments. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform thank you all for listening.
Josh Fifita is our guest for today’s podcast. Josh is the co-owner of the Fit Club gym in Salem Utah. He tells us what growing up in his family was like, along with how his mindset was formed. Josh is the man and I hope everyone gets the chance to listen to this podcast. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Thank you.
Today we interview Tyler Miner, to find out more about his accident that he suffered in his high school days . Tyler tells us about his recovery, and his struggles and his greatest accomplishments. This is a very motivational story and I am happy to be able to share it with y’all. Listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. Thank you.
Today on the IronWill podcast we sit down with Todd Nielsen of Nielsen Training And Consulting. Todd talks about his time on the police force where he was involved with numerous human trafficking cases and the challenges he had to deal with as a result. This was a really good episode that I feel a lot of people can learn from and gain new respect for what these officers go through on a day to day basis. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
Today on the IronWill podcast we are able to reconnect with, Kevin Hooker. He tells us about his new podcast, keep punching. We learn that his daughter Megan Long is moving back to Louisiana, and he is super excited about that. Check this podcast out on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast Jon Chase and I sit down with Kevin Hooker and talk to him about what it’s like growing up with Exstrophy of the bladder, caused by agent orange. Kevin’s Dad served our country in Vietnam where he was consistently exposed to agent orange. Kevin was born on June 25th 1970, and since the day he was born he has been battling this disease. 70 surgeries later, he is still getting after it and helping others to overcome their struggles. It was an honor to talk to Kevin and find out what gives him strength. He is a example of IronWill that everyone can learn from.
Tanner McFarland joined us on the IronWill podcast this week. Who is Tanner? He is the author of the book “College Made Easy”. We talk with him about his book along with some of his trials and hard times he has overcome. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
We sit down with London Simonsen on this episode of the IronWill podcast and talk to him about him about playing basketball for Snow College, his LDS mission to Japan and buying and running the gym FITCLUB. It was a great conversation and we learned a lot from London about accountability and so much more. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode we have an intense conversation with Sophie Spataro. Sophie is an Army Vet with an inspiring story. It would be very easy for Sophie to be a bitter unmotivated person, but she it not. With all the hard things that she has been through in her life, she stays very positive and motivated. Thank you Sophie for being such a badass! Listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
Today we welcome Doug Myers back to the IronWill podcast. We talk with Doug about suicide prevention and the importance of checking on your friends and family to make sure that they are in a good mental space and about how to reach out and what questions to ask. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast, we talk with Doug Myers a 20 year Army vet. We discuss, his deployment to Iraq where he suffered multiple concussions, we talk about his divorce, and becoming a drill sergeant. We also talk with him about getting married this time to the right person, and his deployment to Afghanistan, where he served as a platoon sergeant. So come on and listen as he discusses his highs and lows of serving the United States Army.
Sadie & Corbin Raymond tell the story of Corbin’s brain injury. It is an amazing story and so many things had to go just right for Corbin to even survive. Sadie has written a book about the experience called “121 Days” that outlines the entire story and the many miracles that happened along the way. After you listen to this podcast consider picking it up from Amazon. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast we talk with Travis Hall of Second Chance K9. Travis is a Green Beret who is still serving through the Tennessee National Guard. He also runs the nonprofit Second Chance K9. We talk with him about what it takes to run a nonprofit and about his dogs. It was a really great conversation and I hope you guys enjoy. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast Jon and I interview my sister Emily Nate. We get her perspective on my brain injury and we talk with her about her divorce. We also just have a fun talk about life. I love my sister and know you guys will too. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
Tim Douglas is our guest on today’s podcast. Tim is the host of the inspired way podcast. I talk to him about his time living in the Pacific Northwest and working his way up in his job and realizing that he wanted to do more with his life. Tim is a super motivational person and I just want to thank him more coming on IronWill and sharing his story. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.ironwill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast, Sean Costello joins us again so we can see what he is up to now. And he has some really excited stuff coming up, including hopefully jumping out of a plane with Dakota Meyer. We look forward to seeing Sean continuously accomplished his dreams. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform. #KeepPunching.
Sean is a spinal cord injury survivor, but he is so much more. Listen to this motivational story and let him inspire you. @costello513 on instagram Sean Costello on Facebook Listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast we speak to Cristabelle Braden, she is an award winning singer/songwriter, keynote speaker, writer, and podcast host. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, she began to write music. Since then, she has surpassed medical expectations and thrived in her newfound gift of music; she has come from re-learning daily life tasks in brain injury rehabilitation to setting her feet firmly on the ground as a songwriter, speaker, and artist with a message of hope. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this episode of the IronWill podcast we reconnect with Seth Howland and talk about his 100 mile race. It was so good to talk him again. We found out about his plans to become a firefighter in Carbondale Colorado among other things. This was a really fun conversation and hopefully he comes back on the podcast again. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
Brady Bell is the founder and CEO of Pure Spectrum CBD. We talk to him about how he got started on his marijuana journey, the amazing people he surrounds himself with and just life in general. Brady is a super smart man and also is very genuine. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on you favorite podcast platform. www.purespectrumcbd.com use code ironwill to save some money.
Chris Schmidt is the dean of students at Lindsay Wilson college. Among other things, he has completed 12 Ironman races, we talk to him about his accomplishments, along with his hard times in life and just have a really fun conversation with Chris. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
This is our first Ask IronWill Podcast. If y’all would like more podcasts like this one, you can send your questions to askironwill@gmail.com. We got some really good questions and I think this episode was one of my favorites of this year. We are all looking forward to 2021 to see where this journey takes us. Thank you to all that have been listening. God bless you all. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or your favorite podcast platform.
Today we have on the IronWill podcast, Jeff Forrester the author of the book, Unleashed Potential. I’m glad we got this chance to learn from Jeff through his life lessons. I just want to thank Jeff for giving us this opportunity to talk and get to know him. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
So today we have a really awesome person on the podcast with us. Her name is Nicole Beach and she was my contact with Origin Maine for the IronWill virtual 5k. Since that time I started following her on instagram @nicole_origin. We had a really good talk about jiu jitsu, business and just life in general. Thank you for the fun conversation Nicole. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or your favorite podcast platform.
Ethan Sisser found out he had brain cancer when he suffered a stroke while flying. He is a very positive person and we can learn a lot from his attitude about life. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.com or on your favorite podcast platform.
On this podcast we talk to Samantha Marshall about growing up in Leadville Colorado, about her self destructive childhood and going to Mexico by herself to scuba dive. This is where her story gets interesting, on her last dive she noticed that something was wrong she had a massive headache and couldn’t do any more dives that day, she was suffering from brain injury symptoms. She talks with us about how she overcame this and more. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
On today’s IronWill podcast we have our first Australian guest, Paul McMahon. Paul is a traumatic brain injury survivor who fell 3 stories while celebrating his own birthday. He broke several bones and was put into a medically induced coma to help his bones heal. In the hospital he found out he also suffered a traumatic brain injury that he received very little treatment for. We go into how that affected him and the struggles he had to overcome. You can listen to this podcast on our website www.IronWill.us or on your favorite podcast platform.
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