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Al Carraway is the author of the best-selling books, “Wildly Optimistic,” “More Than the Tattooed Mormon,” and “Cheers to Eternity!” She has spent the last 10 years traveling worldwide, inspiring others to love life, even through difficult times. Her passion is to tell everyone that happiness exists, and it comes from loving yourself and keeping faith in a Higher Power, through the hard, in the unwanted, and the unexpected times. Because through it all, we have every reason to be wildly optimistic. 2016 — Woman + Biz Award. 2014 — Donald C. Sloan Speech Award. Al is authentic, vulnerable and inspiring. We hope you enjoy this episode! Please rate, review and share with a friend! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/backseatdriver/message

DO NOT MISS THIS!! Al Carraway has changed the world and has made a positive dent in it forever. She is a multi-award-winning international speaker, and author of several best-selling books, including: "Wildly Optimistic", "More Than the Tattooed Mormon", and "Cheers to Eternity!" She has spent the last 10 years traveling Worldwide, inspiring others with experiences. She won the 2016 Woman + Biz Award, and the 2014 Donald C. Sloan Speech Award.

Episode Notes Hi there! Thanks for tuning into this episode with us. We were very thrilled when Al Carraway agreed to join us for an episode on dating. She has an incredible story of not only her life and conversion, but also her dating and relationship experiences! You will want to sit down and focus in on this one! Al Carraway is a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ, writer, multi-award-winning _international _speaker, and author of the best-selling books, “Wildly Optimistic,” “More Than the Tattooed Mormon,” and “Cheers to Eternity!” After a decade spent in Arizona & Utah, she is now living with her husband, Ben, and her three kids, Gracie, Christian, and Mercie back where she was raised, in New York. She has spent the last 10 years traveling Worldwide inspiring others of her conversion and faith through difficult times. Her passion is to tell everyone that happiness exists, and it comes from the gospel of Jesus Christ. That He’s real. And how to find and love Him in the hard, in the unwanted, and the unexpected. Because through it all, with God, we have every reason to be wildly optimistic. 2016 — Woman + Biz Award. 2014 — Donald C. Sloan Speech Award. How to Contact Al Carraway: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-carraway/ Website: https://alcarraway.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alcarraway/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlFoxCarraway Mentioned Items in Podcast: Book referenced by Briahnna muliple times is "Cheers to Eternity" by Al & Ben Carraway Make sure to favorite, subscribe, and leave us a five star review if you are enjoying the content! You can find and connect with us on Facebook and Instagram at @singletosealed. See you next time! -Briahnna & Jerry Scott Support Single to Sealed by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/single-to-sealed This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Al Carraway is an LDS convert, writer, multi-award-winning speaker, and author to best-selling book, "More Than the Tattooed Mormon," and "Cheers to Eternity!".  Originally from New York, she now lives in Utah with her husband, Ben, and her two kids, Gracie and Christian.  Her passion it is to tell everyone that happiness exists, and it comes from the gospel of Jesus Christ.  She has won multiple awards for her work including the 2016 — Woman + Biz Award and the 2014 — Donald C. Sloan Speech Award.  On today's Episode, Nate and Drew chat with Al (once again from a closet) about her recent disastrous trip to the chiropractor (3:30), her day job working for the LDS church (10:00) and her backstory as a very rambunctious child (13:30).  They start to get into her conversion story before Al calls Nate out for asking the most obvious question about meeting the missionaries (16:30).  They talk about Al's life-changing moment and how she initially took the missionaries commitments as a challenge to prove them wrong (24:00).  Her move to Utah proves to be harder than she initially thought (27:00) but through adversity found her calling.  Al discusses the concept of "re-occuring thoughts" (32:00) and how they help her with decision making, and they discuss the role of faith and how it requires action and sometimes patience (38:00).  They toss around the logic of outcome vs the logic of appropriateness and how it can ease the stress of making important life choices, and how Al has become relevant through her gift to crystalize the feelings we all go through with her writing and speeches (43:00).  in our 7 seconds or less segment we learn a TON more about Al (52:00) including her take on the weirdness of Mormon culture (57:00) before finishing with our favorite hot seat question (01:00:00).