Podcasts about staying strong

In a world that often feels hostile to faith, how do we stay strong and stand out? In this episode of The Going Somewhere Podcast, Stephen and Megan unpack 1 Peter 4 and explore what it means to live with courage, conviction, and compassion in the face of pressure. This powerful chapter gives us a framework for following Jesus boldly—no matter the cost. Whether you're navigating cultural tension or personal struggle, these 9 qualities will equip you to live with purpose, love deeply, and endure faithfully.9 Keys to Staying Strong in an Age of Hostility:Adopt the Attitude of ChristObey God's WillReject Your Old Way of LifeLive with an Eternal PerspectiveBe Disciplined in PrayerShow Deep LovePractice Cheerful HospitalityServe Faithfully with Your GiftsBe Willing to Suffer for ChristEnjoy this episode! Follow Going Somewhere Podcast on InstagramAsk a Question or Suggest a Guest | goingsomewherepod.comSubscribe to us on YoutubePodcast Music: Electric Ten by Broke in SummerGoing Somewhere is a resource of Northview ChurchStephen's Instagram & Website

Welcome to Sylvan Way and thanks for joining us as we worship Jesus! Staying Strong Under Fire Where we seek to Love God, Love Others, and Live on Mission. We are a church that strives to live fully for Jesus, while sharing His story with others. To learn more: sylvanway.com Send us your prayer requests & comments: sylvanway.com/connect To partner with us through giving: sylvanway.

In his sermon, Pastor Jeff Wickwire discusses the characteristics of perilous times and the emergence of false followers in the last days, emphasizing that these conditions existed even in Paul's time. He highlights the traits of "phony Christians," who exhibit self-love, pride, and a lack of genuine faith, thereby corrupting the church and leading others astray. Pastor Wickwire warns listeners to be discerning and to avoid such individuals, as they prey on vulnerable believers and propagate false teachings. Ultimately, he reassures that while these deceivers may thrive for a time, their true nature will be revealed, urging the faithful to remain steadfast in their commitment to God's Word. 05.14.2025 | Staying Strong in Stormy Times | Part 1: Perilous Times and Perilous Men | Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Send us a textWhat do you do when life feels uncertain, your faith is tested, and the answers just haven't come yet? In this heartfelt episode, Pastor Gabe sits down with Greg and Amy Lang to explore what it looks like to stay faithful through unemployment, financial hardship, and the emotional toll of a long season of waiting.Discover:How Greg and Amy have held onto hope during over two years of underemploymentThe emotional and spiritual challenges men face when identity is tied to workThe power of community, vulnerability, and showing up faithfully even in hard timesEncouragement for marriages under stress and how to grow closer in the stormHow faith, giving, and persistence opened unexpected doors

On episode 689 of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, we're joined by Sarah Cripps, the inspiring author of "Cancer Isn't All About Chemo." Sarah shares her personal journey after her young son, Teddy, was diagnosed with leukemia. Through her extensive research and determination, Sarah created a guide she wishes she had when facing this challenge—a book that offers insight into maintaining strength and health during cancer treatment. Sarah discusses the importance of nutrition, including supplements like IP6, and strategies such as intermittent fasting to complement traditional cancer therapies. She also emphasizes the need for individuals to be proactive and informed advocates in their healthcare decisions. Time Stamps: 06:18 Parental Advocacy in Medical Care 08:58 "Food as Essential Fuel" 11:54 Dietitian Disagreement: Mother's Perspective 16:44 "Miraculous Recovery: A Grateful Mother's Story" 19:54 Fasting Strategy for Health Benefits 21:58 Miscommunication in Health Recommendations 26:20 Husband Shields Wife from Burden 30:30 "Underrated Healing: Sleep and Phones" 31:35 Digital Detox for Health Benefits https://cancerisntallaboutchemo.com 

In this episode of the Vanderbloemen Leadership Podcast, Will Klotz and Jared tackle burnout prevention in ministry leadership. They share candid insights, practical strategies, and personal anecdotes on recognizing burnout, nurturing healthy relationships, and balancing ministry demands with rest and recreation. Key discussion points include: Recognizing Burnout: How to differentiate between natural fatigue and the deeper signs of burnout that can derail your ministry.  The Power of Relationships: The essential role of having a coach, counselor, and friend to provide guidance, accountability, and honest feedback.  Rhythms of Rest and Recreation: The importance of integrating Sabbath practices, regular breaks, and hobbies to rejuvenate your mind and body.  Aligning with Your Strengths: Strategies for ensuring that your work leverages your unique gifts, preventing the misalignment that often leads to burnout.  The Ministry Marathon: Practical insights on sustaining long-term passion and energy in a demanding leadership role. Whether you're leading a church, nonprofit, or any team-driven organization, this episode provides actionable strategies to help you thrive while avoiding burnout.

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Show Notes:Limor and Dan kick off with their signature banter and set the stage for a deeply personal yet relatable episode.St. Patrick's Day Fun: The history behind Chicago's green river and their own holiday traditions.Pittsburgh Then & Now: Dan's trip back home, the evolving restaurant scene (hello, Grand Concourse!), and reflections on changeWhen Life Tests You Again: Eden's health setback, how it triggered past PTSD, and why their approach is different this tiThe Power of Communication in Marriage: How to navigate fear and crisis together without blame, guilt, or shutting down.Wrapping Up: Growth, love, and why the hard moments make the best stories. #MarriageGoals #ParentingLife #Relationships #MarriageCommunication #ParentingTeens #ChronicIllness #MentalHealth #MarriagePodcast #PodcastCouple #ParentingPodcast #RomComLife #LifeLessons #GrowthMindset #PTSD #ParentingThroughCrisis #PodcastRecommendations

Join us for an in-depth conversation on the CUTS Podcast featuring Hijo the Shooter, a renowned photographer, content creator, and producer. In Episode 151, Hijo shares his experiences and insights, from his work capturing iconic moments with celebrities to his thoughts on the state of the media and photography industry. Hijo reveals his strategies for success, including the importance of being strategic, the impact of technology in content creation, and the value of networking and collaboration. He also touches on his background in music and hospitality, shedding light on the evolution of these industries. This episode is packed with valuable lessons for aspiring content creators, photographers, and anyone interested in the dynamic world of media. Don't miss out on this engaging and informative discussion!00:00 Introduction and Podcast Announcement00:40 Guest Introduction and Background02:04 Photography Insights and Strategies04:54 Technology and Content Creation08:27 Red Carpet vs. Concert Pit09:53 Memorable Moments and Celebrity Encounters13:21 Challenges in Media and Photography21:09 Reinventing in the Media Industry27:12 Journey to America and Embracing Opportunities28:13 What is stopping New Jersey in the culture?28:36 Unity Among Jersey Artists32:45 NBA All-Star Weekend Highlights and Lows41:08 The Future of Hospitality and Content Creation48:20 Staying Strong and Dedicated49:27 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Building your life on the solid foundation of God's Word prepares you to stand firm through life's storms, emerging stronger and more grounded in faith.

"The Story Of Joseph" sermon series by Pastor Peter Kek. Genesis 39:19-23

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If you are looking for VBAC inspiration, Kelsey's episode is a MUST-LISTEN.Kelsey is a VBA2C mom and speech-language pathologist living in Erie, Pennsylvania. You will feel literal full-body chills as she tells her birth stories on the podcast today. As a first-time mom, Kelsey chose a Cesarean over physiological birth thinking it was the safer, easier route. But after experiencing the reality of two C-sections, she went from fearing vaginal birth to trusting in the labor process even more than her providers did. With her VBA2C, Kelsey got just about every type of pushback in the books. She was coerced, persuaded, questioned, and fear-mongered by multiple providers. Yet Kelsey was able to ground herself by listening to VBAC stories on The VBAC Link Podcast, seeking refuge in her doula and Webster-certified chiropractor, and connecting with other VBAC moms. Kelsey knew her body could do it. She just wanted a chance. Going up against a hospital practice that was saturated with skepticism, Kelsey's labor was beautifully textbook. Her labor progressed quickly, and her biggest baby yet came out in two pushes– “like butter” as described by her doula!VBAC-Certified Doula, Tara Van Dyke's WebsiteHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsFull Transcript under Episode Details Meagan: Hello, Women of Strength. We have another amazing story for you today. And actually, it's stories. We have a VBA2C mama coming your way. And as you know, this is a hot topic because lots of people want to know if vaginal birth after two Cesareans is possible. So Kelsey will be sharing her stories with us today. But guess what, you guys, I have a co-host today and it's Tara. Hello, Tara Van Dyke.Tara: Hello. Hello.Meagan: She is one of our VBAC link doulas. As you probably heard back in 2024, we are going to randomly be having co-hosts from our VBAC Link doulas. I think it's so awesome to have them on. I love hearing the topics and things that they want to suggest to talk to you guys about because again, just like we talked about years ago, we just in Salt Lake City, Utah, can't share enough. And so we want other doulas from all over the world to share as well. So Tara, tell us more about where you're from and then your topic on partners and being prepared.Tara: Yes. So thank you for having me here with you. This is so fun to hear a story live. I'm a doula working in the Chicagoland suburbs. I've been doing that for 20 years and now moving to more of childbirth education as well as like a lower caseload of doula work partly because I just welcomed my first grandchild this week, so I want to be available in a different way in my life. Meagan: Congrats. Very valid. Tara: So I do a lot of childbirth education. But along the way, what's always been really important to me and I feel really passionate about is the partner connection with the person giving birth and their preparation. The research supports it too, that a prepared partner makes a really big difference in outcomes too. I know we talk a lot about doulas and increasing the positive outcomes of birth, and that's been shown over and over in studies, but the actual dream team is a doula and a prepared partner.Meagan: Yeah. I love that.Kelsey: I tell the dads who come to my classes that the doula is important, but we are replaceable in this situation. The partner is so important because of that connection because they bring the oxytocin. They bring the safety. They have that history with you already. And what even bumps that up to being really helpful in the birth room is their preparation and their understanding of what to expect and being completely on board. So theres lots of ways for partners to get prepared, but they get left out a lot. So I feel really strongly that partners are so much better in the birth room when they're not feeling anxious about what's going on, when they know what to expect and they have a few good tools in their pocket for how to help.Meagan: Oh yes, I could not agree more. I always talk about, I make things up, and I call it the doula sandwich. So it's just what I call it in my practice of my doula work. One bun has all the oxytocin and all the knowledge of who you are, and then the other side is the doula who has the education in birth work and the ideas of how to help navigate through the birth space, but also can then support the partner in doing that and educating the partner. So then, we've got two really great sides and then we sandwich the doula. We have great buns. We have really great buns. And we sandwich that mom together and with love and support and education and oxytocin. Like you said, it really creates that dream team. I love that so much. My husband didn't educate himself. He was just, "Okay fine, if you want a VBAC, go do it. You do the research." I did HypnoBirthing with my cousin who luckily was pregnant around the same time, but we did that together, and he just really didn't know. When I told him, "Hey, I want to VBAC after two caesareans out of the hospital," he was like, "Yo, what?" because he was uneducated. I truly feel that it is so powerful. That's why I encourage partners to take the VBAC course with, the mom or an education course in childbirth. Really understand what the mom is going through, but also know how you can help because I do feel like a lot of those dads kind of get shoved aside. They want to help, but they don't know how to help, and they don't really know what's going on. Is that noise good or is that noise bad?Tara: Yes. Yeah. And they're going through the birth, too. This is the birth of their child. So they can also feel, as far as traumatized, hopefully not trauma, but they can feel a lot more dissatisfied or upset by a birth if they didn't know that what was happening was normal. So it's good for them, too, to learn how to take care of themselves as well as their partner.Meagan: Love it so, so much. Everybody, get your partners educated. It is so, so important. Thank you so much for that tip. Meagan: Okay, Ms. Kelsey, it is your turn, my love.Kelsey: Okay, so as you know, I had a VBAC after two C sections which I didn't even know was a thing. You played such a huge part in giving me education and the motivation to pursue this. My story starts in October 2018. My husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first. It was really special because it was actually our two-year wedding anniversary. It was that morning that we found out and we had a special trip plans to Niagara Falls, just up in Canada. It's a special place for us. It was where he proposed to me. It was just a really special time. It was also kind of crazy because up until that point, up until just prior to that, we had been together eight years, and we didn't think we were interested in having kids. I'm so grateful that our mindset had shifted, but it was just kind of a lot at once. We had agreed that we did want to start a family, but it happened really quickly, and it was just a lot to process. I didn't educate myself at all about birth. My husband and I took a class in the hospital, but it was pretty much just how do you take care of a baby. It wasn't how to bring a baby into the world.Meagan: Yeah, yeah. Sometimes those can be a little more what to expect after than really what to expect during.Kelsey: Exactly. And, I don't know what it was. I don't know if I just couldn't really picture myself giving birth just because we had just kind of come into this or if I just was not believing in my body, but I just felt the opposite of a lot of people on this podcast. They say, "I never thought I would have a C section. I never expected that for myself." For me, I just went into it thinking I'm intimidated by all of this. A C-section sounds easier and I cringe saying that now. But, I just thought not having to go through labor and not having to push a baby out, I just always had that in my head. That comes into play with how my first ended up. I was told throughout my pregnancy that my baby was big and specifically it was driven home, "The head is big. The shoulders are big." They were telling me about shoulder dystocia, and I didn't know anything. So I'm thinking, oh my gosh, not only am I already intimidated by the idea of birth. I know nothing about birth, but now you're telling me I have this big baby. My OB was really telling me maybe a C-section should be considered. And then she threw it out there. "Well, we could induce 39 weeks and see how things go." And again, I was just trusting her. She had been my gynecologist since I was a teenager. To me, I thought, okay, that makes sense. Baby's big. And again, I hadn't done any research on my own. So we did what I referred to as a half-hearted induction. I feel like it was just done to humor everyone. Like, "Oh, we tried." But I went in the night before at 39 weeks on the dot. Nothing was going on with my cervix. Surprise, surprise at 39 weeks. They did Cervadil and I just lay in the bed. My husband and I watched the fireworks out the window. It was the fourth of July. We were just completely not prepared for anything. Just going along with this and thinking, oh, we'll just have a C-section tomorrow if this doesn't happen. They came in the morning and nothing had happened. So they were like, "Oh, well, we could start Pitocin. We could do this." I just wasn't interested in any of that. I wasn't motivated to have a vaginal birth. I guess that's okay. That's just where my head was at the time. I've accepted that's just where I was at. So we had the C-section. It was a surgery. Just being there and as baby comes out, just hearing everybody in the OR talk about, "Oh, look at her cheeks and look at the hair." It was minutes before I'm ever able to get a quick flash of her around the curtain before they swoop her off. It was just a weird experience, but it was all I knew. I was grateful that it went okay, but it just makes recovery so hard, so painful. When I think back to it, just think about just crying while my husband's trying to do my abdominal binder, not being able to get in and out of bed, struggling to breastfeed, even getting in a position of breastfeed with that searing surgical pain. We struggled, and I ended up exclusively pumping. So it was tough as a first-time mom just dealing with all of that. But again, I didn't know any different. I think that was a blessing that I didn't know what I was potentially missing. For my second birth, we knew he wanted more than one child. You just never know how things are going to happen. We just weren't trying to not get pregnant, and it happened right away. The babies were 16 months apart, so when I showed up to my appointment, my OB, the same one who had said, "You have this big baby, and you should have a C-section or induce at 39 weeks." Oh, the ARRIVE study was hot off the press at that point too. So he was excited to show me the ARRIVE study back.Meagan: Oh, yeah, but you're not even a first-time. I mean, you were a first-time vaginal mom. So the ARRIVE trial, you know. You've been with us. Hashtag eyeball.Tara: Yeah, yeah, it changes. It's changed everything.Meagan: It really has. And I don't know if it really has changed for the better in my opinion.Kelsey: So sorry, that was for my first birth. I forgot to mention.Meagan: Oh, oh, oh, sorry. Yes, that would make sense. Yes.Kelsey: So with the second, it was the same OB, and she's like, "Okay, since your births are so close together, you'll just be a repeat C-section. You can make appointments with me, and I'll do your surgery. Easy peasy." I'm thinking, oh, okay. That makes sense because she's talking about uterine rupture, and they're so close together and I didn't research on my own. Is there another option? How risky really is this compared to a repeat C-section? I just trusted her so much. I had been with her for so long. I figured she must have my best interests at heart.Meagan: Yeah.Kelsey: I didn't even think to myself, my own mother had a VBAC with a 13-month age gap. I was a C-section, and my brother was a VBAC at 13 months 30 years ago. Meagan: Uh-huh.Kelsey: You only know what you know at the time. And so even though I didn't look into it in the ways that I should have, I did know that I wanted the experience to be a little different. So I found out about gentle C-section which I think is a funny term. Meagan: I was happy to see that you could request a clear drape, and you could request not to be tied down to the table. We did implement a few of those things. I had the clear drape. It was nice to see her coming out just for a quick flash before they swooped her away. It was nice not to be completely-- I had one arm free which is funny these things that we consider luxuries when you're having a C-section. So it was a little bit better in that way, but there were things that were also worse. They couldn't get the needle in, and they had a resident doing things. I was having trouble. I was starting to pass out during. They were having to adjust. It was stressful in its own way. I had some things that were a little better. But also, it's just's a C-section. Also, during, my OB made a comment as she has me completely open, all seven layers of me. She said, "Yeah, who was it the did your last C-section?",I told her and she made no comment. I said, "Why are you asking me this as you're inside my uterus?" She said, "There's just more scar tissue than I would have expected." She said, "Hey, you can have another baby if you want, but just wait more time in between. Just not so close together." So that was something that got in my head too. Anyway, we thought there was no way we would ever have a third. It was really hard having two under two recovering from another C-section. It was November 2020, so it was the first COVID winter. It was cold. It was dark. Everything was closed down. Everybody was in masks. It was so depressing. It's like, postpartum isn't hard enough. As if two under two isn't hard enough, then adding COVID.Meagan: Yeah, adding zero support and zero resources. Yeah.Kelsey: Nowhere to get out and do anything. It was a bummer. So anyway, it was a lot, and we thought, no way are we ever going to have three. It was just a hard season. So I donated everything. I put all my carriers and all my stuff out on the porch and said, "Come get it," to the local moms group. I just couldn't see myself having a third. Well, then the years pass, and things get easier. You come into an easier season. All of a sudden, we're not dealing with diapers and bottles. It's like, we could leave the house. Things are opening back up. My husband and I had talked about a third and toyed around with the thought of it, but it's just hard to pull the trigger once you've come into this easy season. The thought of hitting the reset button is intimidating. But all it really took was watching him take down my youngest's crib with her. And it was like, okay, this is something that we want to do. It was a funny conversation that night. I said, "If we were to get pregnant this cycle, we would have a June baby, and that would be really nice." So that's what happened. I was playing it with my third. That's when I realized. I mean, I had thought about it, obviously, but I realized, oh, my gosh, I have to have another C-section, a third C-section. Talk about being years away from it and thinking about how you're all healed. It's been a few years, and to think about them cutting open again and just knowing what that entails, I was just in a whole different headspace. I was thinking, how is there a way that I can avoid this?Before my first appointments, I did a quick Google search, "vaginal birth after two C-sections" just to see if this was something anybody had done or was doing or was even possible. I was so excited to see that people were doing this. It looked like it was actually potentially a good possibility. So I was thinking, I've got to be the right candidate. I didn't even need those first C-sections. I knew this now, reflecting back. Yeah, I had my first screening where they do your intake, and they were asking a bunch of questions. And I had said at the RN, I said, "Would I be able to maybe have a vaginal delivery after two C sections?" And she was like, "Oh, they consider it after one, but once you've had two, you're a C-section for life."Meagan: Oh, jeez.Kelsey: Something about her saying that and the way that she said it, I went from being a little bit curious and oh, this might be good, to no, this is something I'm going to pursue. It just didn't feel right. She didn't know my history. She didn't know why I have my C-sections. So to tell me, "Oh, no. You need to have a third major surgery for sure. No option." Tara: It was this moment when it brings a fight out in you. Like, I am gonna do this now.Kelsey: I'll never forget how I felt at that moment. So I started to have my appointments with the OBs, and I would bring it up. Everything was perfect. It was going really smoothly. So the appointments would be like two minutes, and then at the end they'd say, "Do you have any questions or concerns?" And I'd say, "Yeah, I wanted to see what my options are for delivery." They were like, "Well, we decided as a practice to support VBAC after one C-section, but we actually have a policy against VBAC after two C sections."Meagan: How did I know that was coming? The policy, I swear, every time it's like, "We decided as a practice or as a practice, we--". It's always like, they created this stupid policy that actually is against evidence based care. But okay.Kelsey: I'm thinking to myself, so then what do you do? Anyway, I was just mind blown by that. I went to a couple of more appointments there. You'd go every month and they'd say, "Any questions?" I'd say, "Yes. I'm just really not feeling good about the idea of a third C-section." I said, "The risks of a third Cesarean intimidate me much more than doing a trial of labor." I've never given my body a chance. It's not like I've been through this before and things went wrong. I've never been given a fair chance. They were very nice, but they just look at me and smile and nod and say, "Well, it's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay," and not even entertain the idea for a second. So I'm thinking to myself, okay. I've gotta figure something out. So at that point, when I had talked to a couple of providers, and they were all very consistent about, "Nope. Nope, not even going to entertain it," I knew something had to change. I'm reaching out. I'm searching in the local moms group about C-sections. Has anybody had a VBAC after two? It was crickets. Nobody was responding. I was looking back years trying to find anybody who had done this, in the area. Wat I was finding is, "No, it's not going to happen in Erie. You need to go to Pittsburgh or try a home birth." And I'm just really not comfortable with the home birth even though I know that's a perfect option for plenty of people.Meagan: It didn't feel right for you.Kelsey: Yeah. It just wasn't what I was feeling like I wanted to do. So I reached out, and I had not known anything about doulas until your podcast. I hardly even knew what they did before listening. I just searched "doulas in Erie." I called the first one I saw. I left a message that was probably pretty unhinged just like, "Help! What do I do? Is this something I can do?" She called back, and it was the first time that I had any validation at all. Up until then, it was just people telling me no, people telling me policies and not safe. It was the first time that I was heard. I was heard. She said, "There's really no reason why you can't have a chance. We'll figure this out." I kept doing my research. I dug really deep, and I found a few people who had referred to providers being supportive. I was reaching out. I was sending people DMs saying, "Hey, sorry to be huge creep, but can you tell me more about your experience?: I found out that at the other practice there were providers who would consider this. So it wasn't looking super promising, but it was better than where I was at. So I kind of took a chance. I switched practices at 28 weeks. Prior to that, I had an amazing appointment at 24 weeks. I had one last appointment at that office with the policy. He was amazing. If you could have just copied and pasted him, he was just like a midwife. I mean, he was very upset about the policy. He said, "How do you even enforce that?" He said, "What are we going to do? What are we going to do, strap you down and take you to the OR?" I wish that he had a podcast episode because he took so much time. He explained to me  the history of C-sections and how, in his words, the pendulum has swung so far from only doing C-sections when they were needed to they're safe now. Let's do them whenever we can. He talked about the whole policy thing and how they met as a group. He said, "Some of these younger JOBs have only been practicing now that C-sections are so common. They haven't seen the success." He said, "You have just as much of a chance of success as a 20-year-old walking off of the elevator because our C-section rate is so high. You have just as much of a chance." He laughed at the fact that macrosomia was in my chart, which I forgot to mention with my first. She was 9 pounds, 1 ounce. She was big.Meagan: Okay. I wanted to ask you though because they had said, "Oh, big baby, 16 months apart." I wanted to ask, but 9 pounds, 1 ounce is actually not macrosomia. It's a bigger baby, but it's not a huge baby.Kelsey: Exactly. It's not 12 pounds, which also, people have done. But anyway, he put so much wind into my sails, and he fully supported me switching. He said, "Honestly, I think this is great. I think this is the best option for you. You need to go for it." He said, "But if you were to stay here, you would face nothing but doubt and bullying and scary." He said, "If you were my wife, I would tell you to switch over to this other practice." So that's what I did. I also forgot to mention in my anatomy scan, the sonographer is going about doing it and she said, "Were your other babies big?" I'm like, no, we're not gonna start this. It was already with the big baby comments. So they had me do a growth scan to switch practices. It was refreshing to be in a place where they entertained the idea. They said that they decided as a practice to follow what ACOG says, but it was also very clear the difference between support versus tolerance. So although I was grateful that they were entertaining the idea, I still had, "Oh, 90th percentile. Oh, you've never labored before. You don't have a proven pelvis."Meagan: Proven pelvis. Tara: Yeah, proven pelvis.Meagan: There's a lot of eye rolls in this.Kelsey: Thank goodness, again, if it weren't for this podcast, all of those little comments would have swayed me. I would have said, "What am I doing? Listen to all these things they're saying. This isn't right for me." Once you know, it's just so hard to listen to the VBAC calculator. "Oh, let's just type your stuff in and see." I think it gave me, like 50% chance. Like, I don't know. So anyway, I'll get back on track. My low point was at 32 weeks. It was with my provider who was convincing me that a C-section or induction was right, and then telling me, "Oh, you'll just be a repeat. We'll schedule it." I was dreading my appointment with her. I knew that I needed to meet with her because she could possibly be the provider who was on call. I wanted to tell her what my plan was, and assess her thoughts. I thought that I was invincible because now I knew all of these things, and I wasn't going to let anybody bring me down. That appointment was pretty terrible. She came in hot. She said, "You're 32 weeks. Baby is 5 pounds, 4 ounces, and he's off the charts." She actually referred to him as massive. She said, "He's massive. He's huge." She said, "Put him in a room with 100 babies, and he is enormous."Meagan: Enormous. Tara: She's comparing him to other babies already. Meagan: And he's not even born. Tara: Can I just add a little tidbit here because there's so much talk in your story about the fear of big babies, and the research has shown that what leads to more problems or interventions in a birth with a big baby is not the actual size of the baby, but the provider's fear of the big baby. They're already getting themselves stirred up, and nothing has even happened. Kelsey: I was really discouraged by that because I had come across those facts too. And looking at the research and looking at what are the real risks of a big baby, that's actually just the providers. Yeah, se was just disgusted with my plan. She said, "Are you sure?" I said, "Yeah." I really stood my ground. I was so proud of how I stuck to my guns. She pulled out all the stops. She just kind of sighed and she said, "Okay." And then she pulled it out of me as I was  trying to justify. I said, "We're not sure how much we want to grow our family." I said, "If I have three C-sections, I'm not going to want a fourth." I said, "I just think it's worth a try." So she took that and she ran with it. She said, "Well, for what it's worth, I would rather do two more planned C-sections. I would do two more planned C-sections on you, and I wouldn't bat an eye. I'd rather do that than have you TOLAC." I thought, oh, my gosh. So again, I stood my ground. She went out. She was visibly upset. I was so proud of myself. But then I spiraled that whole day. It just chipped away at me all day. I came home.  I had been doing nightly walks religiously. That's when I would listen to The VBAC Link. That night, I didn't do my walk. I cried in my bed. I was just so upset. I spent the night then going through the groups I was in for VBAC after multiple Cesareans and The VBAC Link searching "big baby, big head circumference" and screen-shooting all of the success and all of the comments to fuel back my motivation. That was definitely the low point, but I did have some great meetings with providers. I was grateful that where I was living, I was able to find enough support where they would let me go for it. Once I got toward the end, there kept being the comments about "big baby". I had an OB do my final measurement and not tell me what it was. I said, "How is baby measuring? There is a lot of drama about baby being big." She was like, "Well, how big were your other two?" I said, "They were 9,1 and 8,4". My second was almost a full pound smaller. She said, "Oh, if you pushed those out, no problem. You don't have anything to worry about." I said, "That's where the drama was. I didn't push them out. I had C-sections." It was like she saw a ghost. She was like, "Oh, well that is drama." She was just beside herself. I say that story specifically because spoiler alert, she was the one who ended up delivering my baby.Meagan: Oh, really?Kelsey: To give a preface to that. She actually said, "Well, it is what it is." She just was very nervous and very upset. I said, "Have you never seen a VBAC after two C-sections? Have you seen that?" She said, "Well, yeah, but it's usually with people who have birthed vaginally before, and not with a big baby." That's what she said. Meagan: Oh my gosh. Kelsey: I just wanted to talk about that because she was the one who delivered Anyway, time went on. As I got to 39 weeks, I started to stand my ground a little bit more because they wanted to do cervical checks. They'd say, "Okay, undress for the provider." I just was like, "No, thank you. I'm good." I would have been really discouraged if they had come in and checked me. I know that got in my head with previous appointments with things that I didn't think would affect me. At 39 weeks, one of the providers who had been trying to talk about how big my baby was and persuade me to have an induction, she said, "What if we did a growth scan at 40 weeks, and you were measuring 10 pounds. Would that change your mind?" I was like, "No. I'm not doing a growth scan at 40 weeks. I've already done too many scans." So just right up until the end, they were trying to get me. They were talking about the size. Meagan: They were really trying to get you to cave. Kelsey: Yes. So after that appointment, because of my BMI, after 37 weeks and beyond, you have to have an NST and a BPP (biophysical profile) every week. Meagan: After 37 weeks?Kelsey: Starting at 37 weeks, you have to have both of those tests every week. It was just a new thing. I didn't do it with my last. Again, I'm worried about this. I know how the testing goes. Sure enough, I go. This is 39 weeks. I go for the biophysical profile, and they were like, "There is a lot of fluid. You have too much fluid." They were talking about all of the fluid. "Look, here are little flakes." They were talking about the fluid. I thought, I've made it this far. This is something that is going to make it a C-section.Baby wasn't also taking enough practice breaths for her which was frustrating. She even said, "I think he's sleeping, but I want to be on the safe side." I said, "I just had an appointment. She could hardly get his heart rate because he was moving so much." I had driven to Cleveland an hour and a half away the night before to go to a Noah Con concert. I felt him moving the whole time. I was like, "I'm pretty confident that he's okay. I was just checked by my OB five minutes ago." She wanted to send me. I wasn't going to mess around this far on, so I went to triage. They hooked me up to an NST. They wouldn't just let me do it in the office. I'm sitting there. Everything is perfect. The nurse comes in and said, "They're just going to place an IV." I stopped and said, "What did you say?" She said, "They're just going to place an IV." I said, "Why would they place an IV? Everything is looking good. I have grocery pickup in an hour. I'm not trying to be here for long." She said, "Just for access." I said, "No, thank you. Please let me out." That was weird.She said, "Okay. We're just going to watch you a little longer." Then this OB who I'd never seen before who was apparently just newer to the practice comes in. I'm like, "How are things going?" At this point, it had been 45 minutes. I'm trying to get out. He said, "Things are looking really good." I could see his wheels turning. He said, "But, since you are 39 weeks and you've had two C-sections, we can do a C-section for you today." Meagan: Oh my Santa. Tara: Here you go. How did you manage all of this pressure, Kelsey? It's extraordinary. Meagan: It is. Kelsey: I should mention that I had an amazing doula, so after these appointments, I would text her a paragraph. She was constantly lifting me back up. I was going to Webster chiropractic care. The chiropractor I saw, shout out to Tori, she's amazing. She's a doula also. She was pregnant going for her VBAC, so we would have these appointments, and it was a mini VBAC therapy session. We would talk about what we were up against, and just the different providers because she was going to the same practice as me. It was just so nice to have her. I was doing all of the things. The chiropractic care. I was eating the dates and drinking the tea because I wanted to know that if I was doing this, I was going to try everything and then I couldn't look back and say, "What if I would have done chiropractic?" Anyway, I basically tell him, "Get out of my room. I'm going." He just was awful. He did all of the scare tactics and all of the risks but none of the risks of a third C-section of course. Only the risks of the very low uterine rupture that he was hyping up. Anyway, that was bizarre, but again, I stood my ground. I was so proud, but then I got home, and I spiraled. I was packing my hospital bag. I was crying. I said to my husband, "I let them get in my head. I shouldn't even bother packing any of this stuff." I had the little fairy lights and things to labor. I was like, "I shouldn't even bother packing any of this VBAC stuff. They're just going to find some reason to do a C-section. Look at this. This whole time, they wanted to do the C-section." Again, another night of spiraling. As he left, he said, "They're going to want to see you tomorrow and repeat all of this testing." Meagan: For what? If everything was okay, what was the actual medical reason? Kelsey: Exactly. It was just out of spite because I shut him down. They were like, "They're going to want you to come back tomorrow." I'm like, "Okay. If it gets me out of here and gets you out of access to an IV and a C-section, fine." Meagan: Seriously. Kelsey: The next morning, I'm on my way to my appointment. I was on the phone with my mom and I told her, "I'm having these weird feelings I've never felt before. I don't know if maybe they're contractions." It was very strange. It was something I never felt. I never had a contraction and had never gone into labor. So I go to my appointment and passed the BPP with flying colors. I'm like, "Well, what about the fluid?" She's like, "Yeah, there's a lot of it, but it's fine." I got an 8 out of 8 score.  I go for the NST. Well now, baby's moving too much, so his heart rate, they can't keep it on because he's moving, and she kept having to move it. So again, I'm just very frustrated that I'm even there. I'm so close to the end. This is now 39 weeks and 4 days. And so the tech says, "I'm going to bring this to him. He might not like the drop offs, but I'll explain to him that the baby's moving a lot."I said, "Who's he? What OB is this?" She said the OB who was in triage the day before who tried to have me do the C-section and I was just like, "Oh my god. He's going to see my name and have any reason to send me back." Sure enough, he comes sauntering in the room and he says, "We meet again," as if I'm this problem child, as if I wasn't just having all these normal tests. He says, "I can't be confident that these aren't decals. You need to go back to triage." I was just again, so frustrated. It's like just a constant of all of these things coming up and none of it being real. It'd be different if it was like, oh, this was actually a risky thing. But again, I'm so close to the end. I know what I know. I knew that the OB that I had seen the day before in the office, I wanted to talk to her about the fluid because I had searched, and I saw that the polyhydramnios could actually be a thing. If your water breaks, there's the risk of cord prolapse. So I knew that that wasn't something that was completely to be ignored, so I wanted to talk to her more about that. I humored him, and I went in. Well, all the while, I'm feeling these sensations more and more consistently. They get me hooked up, and I explain the situation. I said that I was just here yesterday not really for a reason, but I'm back now also not really for a reason. They hook me up. Of course, everything looks good. But she's like, "Are you feeling these contractions?" I'm like, "Is that what they are?" I was excited. They were just cracking up because she's like, "These are pretty consistent and big contractions." I just couldn't believe it. I was just so excited my body was doing it. I'd only ever, at 39 weeks, been cut off and then never been given a chance. All I needed, I guess, was a few extra days. I'm just so excited that I'm having contractions. The nurses are laughing. "We've never seen somebody so excited to have contractions." Anyway, at that point, my OB comes in, the one who had been trying to get me to be induced. She's plenty nice, but the one who said about if we did a scan of 40 weeks and 10 pounds, would you reconsider? So she said, "Kelsey, do you know what I'm going to say? This is the second day you've been in here in two days." I'm like, "Yeah, but for nothing."Meagan: And because you asked me to come in here.Kelsey: Yeah, trying to humor everyone and see that yep, everything's fine. See? But again, I was having these contractions, and as I was there, picking up. She wanted to check me. I said, "Okay, I'll let you check me," because I'm having contractions I never have before, and I want to see what's going on. I went to the bathroom, and I had bloody show, which again, I had never had. So things are really happening. I come out and I told her, "There's blood and I'm having contractions." She's like, "Yay, let's check you," and I was 1 centimeter. She was one of the OBs who was comfortable with a balloon. So she said, "I'll tell you what. You've got a lot of fluid. Things are happening. Let's work on moving things along."Meagan: So she induced you?Kelsey: She wanted to.Meagan: She wanted to. Okay.Kelsey: So she's like, "Let's get you in. I'll do the balloon. We can get things going because you've got a lot of fluid. It's time, Kelsey." I'm like, "Okay." I said, "Well, I'm gonna go home."Meagan: Good for you, girl.Kelsey: Get my kids off with my mom and get my dog off. She sunk when I said that. I said, "I promise I'll come back. I'm not gonna run it. I'll come back just in a little while. Like, maybe this evening." But she said, "Okay, I'm here till 4:00, and then it's another OB coming on who won't want to do the balloon." So just come in before then. Of course, I wait until exactly 4:00. But as I was home, it just kept picking up, and I started timing. The app is like, "Go to the hospital. Go to the hospital." But I've also know from listening to this podcast that that happens. My husband's freaking out because he would see me stop and pause, and he's like, "Let's go. Let's get out of here." I was grateful that everything maintained through the car ride. I got there, and contractions were still happening. My doula met us there because I hear about people going too early and the contractions stop, and then there are problems there. Yeah, things just kept happening. We got in a room. My doula was amazing. We were just hanging out and just laughing. I couldn't believe just how happy I felt to feel my body doing it after all these years of just, "Your babies are too big, and you can't do this," and then all of this pregnancy saying that. It was just amazing.  I definitely had my guard up. The nurse was talking about the IV and the monitors, and especially with being overweight, I was worried about a wireless monitor. That happens. They can't get a good reading, and then they think baby's heart rate's dropping. I was just so worried about any reason, because I knew that they would. They would take it and run, so I was so grateful that the wireless monitoring worked perfectly. I was on my feet. Things just kept getting more intense, but I'm just laughing and smiling through it all. My doula was amazing. It was just such a great vibe in the room. My nurses were amazing. Every little thing that went right, I just embraced. I was so happy that this was happening. My water broke while I was on a video call with my friend. Again, it just like, "Oh, my gosh, my water broke. That's never happened." There was meconium in the water. So again, I'm like, oh, no. You know, any little thing. I was quickly reassured. It was very light. It wasn't anything to be worried about. I labored and stayed on my feet. My doula was amazing with suggesting things I never would have thought or never would have thought that I would enjoy. I was in the shower at one point on a ball. They had this little wooden thing with a hole in it so that it keeps the ball from slipping out and keeps the drain from plugging. I'm just listening to my guilty pleasure music while my husband's outside the shower eating a Poptart laughing. It was just such a funny thing. I was just so, so excited about it all. Things were really picking up. My water just kept breaking and breaking. I mean, it was true. I had so much fluid. It just was just coming out and coming out. I couldn't believe how much there was. I got into the bed on my side, my doula said, "Try to take a break," and then I felt a water balloon in me. I could feel it burst. Just when I thought surely I was out of fluid, it just gushed out. And then immediately it was like, "Oh, my gosh, this is really intense." I handled that for a while. I was squeezing the comb. I was working through contractions, but I tapped out at about 1:00 AM I'd say. So we got into the hospital around 4:00, and the time just flew. They came to do the epidural, and he put it in. I just kept waiting for relief because I felt like I just didn't have a break. They were kind of on top of each other. It was one of those things that if I knew I was only going to have to do that for a short amount of time, but just not knowing how long, I just felt like I was suffering through them at that point. I wasn't trying to be a hero. I was just trying to avoid what I know sometimes happens and just trying to avoid interventions as much as I could. I kept waiting for this relief because I'm like, "I think I just need to rest. I feel like I'm close." The last I've been checked, I was 5 centimeters, but that was before the water broke and before struggling through contractions for a while. I had no idea how dilated I was. The relief never came. I was hoping to be able to relax and maybe take a nap like sometimes I hear. I could still feel my legs. I could have walked around the room if I wanted. I kept pushing the button. I don't know if it was in the wrong spot or what happened. I don't know if maybe there was something that was working because instead of feeling crushing and just defeated through the contractions, I was feeling like I can survive that. I can get through them. There was just no resting, it was just still having to work through contractions. And then my doula at one point said, "Maybe we should call him in and have him redo it." But then I was in my head, "Well, what if he redoes it, and then I'm too numb and I can't push?" So I just went through it. I'm so glad that I did, because it wasn't long after that that I was checked, and I was 8 centimeters. My  nurse kept checking and there was a lot going on down there and a lot coming out. Eventually she checked me and she said, "Hi. Hi, buddy. I just couldn't believe it." She said, "Do you want to feel him?" I got to reach down and feel his head. It was just also surreal. She had me do a practice push once I was dilated enough, and she's like, "O, oh, okay, okay, okay." She said, "I'm gonna go make a phone call."Tara: Wow, that's impressive.Kelsey: And the OB came in. I forgot to say that when I got to the hospital, the OB who was gonna do the Foley balloon, I totally left this out. She checked me, and I was already 2 centimeters. She said, "Your body is doing it on its own. We're just going to let you go."Tara: That was my question, Kelsey. I was wondering this whole time if they did anything to augment. There was no Pitocin. This was all you? Kelsey: Yes. Yes. I can't believe it.Tara: That's amazing.Kelsey: I got there, and I got the monitor placed. She came in. She checked, and she said, "You're 2 centimeters. We're just going to let you go. We're going to let you do your thing." That was just music to my ears just knowing how things sometimes go. Also, the OB coming on, I had told you, was really nervous about my plan. My husband and I joked that she did something to calm herself down before she walked in because she was just like, "You know what? I'm going to do something crazy. I'm just going to channel my inner midwife and do something crazy and just let you go and leave you alone." My doula is like, "Good. Please let us go." Yeah, I forgot to mention that is not only did I not need the induction, but then I had the OB surrendering and saying, "Go ahead, just let's do it. It's fine." So she literally did not come in. I think was as far away as she could pretending it wasn't happening, I guess. When the nurse called her, she came in and she got her gloves on. I just kept waiting for something to happen still. I'd been so, so scared by providers this whole time. So I'm like, okay. She instructed me on how to push. We did it through one contraction, and his head came out. I was like, "Oh, my gosh. This is crazy," and then, during the second contraction, I did it again, and the rest of him came out. It was unbelievable. It was five minutes from start to finish. My doula described it like butter. He was 9 pounds, 3 ounces.Meagan: So biggest baby. OkayKelsey: Biggest baby, enormous head. I didn't have any tears. I had what the OB described as grazes, like little spots that were bleeding. She put one or two stitches on the walls from where there were these grazes and I can't even describe it. I was sobbing. I was like, "We did it. We did it." He came right to my chest and to get to see him, it was unbelievable. It all happened so fast. Going from not believing in my body and just going for these C-sections, I'm so glad I didn't know what I was missing because in that moment, I probably could have done this before. Again, I didn't know what I didn't know and who knows would have gone? But it was just unbelievable to be in a normal room to have him come out and just right to me where he belongs and getting to see him with his cord still attached and he's crying. It just was such a beautiful moment and I just couldn't believe that had after all of that, here he was. It was beautiful. They asked about cutting the cord, and we hadn't even discussed that. I was like, "Can I do it? I really want to do it." I wanted all the experiences that I could never have gotten in the OR. I cut his cord. My doula got an awesome picture of that. I was considering having that be my picture for the podcast. It was just unbelievable, and I was just so happy, too, that that OB was the one who was there because seeing how nervous she was, I'm so glad that she got to experience. Look what you almost deterred me from doing just seeing how perfect it was. Now I'm hoping that if somebody comes to her in the future, she'll remember and say, "Hey, we had this baby, and it was just such a great experience." I was just so grateful for every second. I couldn't believe how things ended up.Meagan: I am so happy for you. Like Tara was saying, I'm so impressed. Standing your ground the way that you stood your ground after just constant-- I'm gonna call it nagging. They were just nagging on you and trying so hard to use the power of their knowledge that we know that they hold. We as beings, and it's not even just in the birth world, just as humans, we have this thing where we have providers, and we know that they've gone through extensive amount of schooling and trainings, so it's sometimes easy as you said, you spiraled when you got back to spiral and be like, wow, they're just all pushing this really hard. Maybe I should listen. Tara, have you experienced this within supporting your clients or just your own personal experience?Tara: You mean the pushback from the providers?Meagan: Yeah, the pushback, and then for us, should we doubt our intuition? Should we doubt what we're feeling and go with what they're saying because they know more?Tara: Yeah, I mean, that's the hardest thing, because you hire them. Like you said with your first provider, you trusted her. You'd known her since you were young. You've built this trust. She's gone to school. It's so hard to stand up against that as just a consumer and as a person who cares about the health of your baby and your family. But then the multiple times that you had to stand up for yourself even in small things like not getting the IV, not getting the cervical exam, those are not small things. You were protecting yourself from having more of that pushback. I am amazed. We struggle with that as doulas too, because we're helping advocate for our clients. It sounds like your doula was a rock for you and a place to feel validated and heard. I'm so glad you had her.Kelsey: Me too. I say to my husband, "No offense, you're great, but what would be done without our doula?" I mean, she was unbelievable just bringing the positive energy. My husband and I were so nervous and we were so worked up. We were third-time parents, but it was our first time doing any of this. My husband wouldn't have really known. He's never seen it before. My doula, she's done this so many times. She was right in there with the massaging and the side-lying. She did the, she called it shaking the apples.Tara: Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. But Kelsey, it's against all odds. I just think it's amazing because we talk about the power of oxytocin and feeling safe and not having stress hormones going on, and you had all of that. You should be so proud of your body coming in in the nick of time and just proving against all of this. I'm just gonna go ahead and birth this baby, and a bigger baby than your other two which is such a triumphant moment.Meagan: Seriously.Kelsey: His head was 15 inches. That was another thing because they had talked about his head circumference being off the chart. That was another thing I had been searching is people who've had the big head circumference. Those groups, this podcast and just groups and having access to so many stories and people overcoming all of these obstacles because every time I came up against something, I had heard it before. I said, "Oh, this is something that I've heard time and time again with these stories. They make you feel like you're the only one with the big baby and, oh, this is a problem. But it's like, no. They're saying this to so many people. It was just amazing going into this being so informed and motivated and having that confidence that I never would have had. I just so grateful for this podcast and for all the information.Meagan: Well, thank you so much. It's one of the coolest things, I think, not only just the VBAC, but to see where you came from at the beginning of, "We're not having kids. Okay. We're having kids. Okay. This is what I'm thinking. I'm kind of scared of this. Let's do this. Okay. Doctor said this. Let's do this." to this. I mean, you came so talking about the pendulum, right? And what that provider was talking about. You came from one side over here to not even wanting kids or wanting a vaginal birth to swinging so far to the other side and advocating so hard for yourself and standing your ground. When we say that you should be proud, I am shouting it. Be proud of yourself. Girl, you are incredible. You are such a great example. Women of Strength, if you are listening right now, I want you to know that you can be just like Kelsey. You do not have to be bullied. You do not have to be nagged on every single time. Know what's right. Know your gut. Know your heart. Do what you need to do, and you can do it. You can do it. It is hard. I know it's hard. It is not easy, but it is possible. Girl, you're amazing. I thank you so much for sharing your story today and empowering all the Women of Strength who are coming after you and needing the same encouragement that you needed not even years ago. How old was your baby?Kelsey: So he is four months old.Meagan: Four months. Yeah, so a year ago when you were listening. I mean, really, so so amazing. Thank you so much. And Tara, it's always a pleasure. Thank you so much for being here. I couldn't agree more with your advice. Get your partners educated. Create that true dream team.Kelsey: Thank you.Tara: Congratulations, Kelsey.ClosingWould you like to be a guest on the podcast? Tell us about your experience at thevbaclink.com/share. For more information on all things VBAC including online and in-person VBAC classes, The VBAC Link blog, and Meagan's bio, head over to thevbaclink.com. Congratulations on starting your journey of learning and discovery with The VBAC Link.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vbac-link/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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All of God’s promises are yes and amen. But between the promise and the fulfillment is the waiting - and waiting and waiting. In the waiting we can find ourselves questioning why, getting angry at God, questioning ourselves, losing heart or even giving up. How can we wait well and stand strong, with hope and joy intact until we actually see the promise fulfilled? Join me as I unpack and pray over you with this comforting, encouraging, and empowering message! Please rate, review, share, and subscribe - - a little thing that makes a big difference!! Thank you! "Marked by Love, Revised & Expanded Edition" is here: #1 Best Seller & #1 New Release in our category! Find out more here! https://bit.ly/3UGeJBI Nab your copy: https://amzn.to/3K2J9ZV CONNECT WITH CATHERINE: ► Website: https://catherinetoon.com/ ► Facebook: / catherinetoonmd ► Instagram: / catherinetoon ► Twitter: / catherinetoonmd ► Pinterest: https://pin.it/4lHhOll FREE RESOURCES: ► Podcast: https://catherinetoon.com/perspective... ► Free eBooks: https://catherinetoon.com/free-downlo... ► Sign up for weekly prophetic emails: https://catherinetoon.com/ ► Blog: https://catherinetoon.com/blog/ ► Free chapter of Marked by Love: https://markedbylovebook.com/free-cha... ABOUT CATHERINE: Encouraging you to experience God and discover who you truly are! Catherine has been in the business of changing lives for decades as an author, speaker, and prophetic coach. She is incredibly gifted at calling forth personal destiny and has helped thousands of individuals who are on that journey.

About this episode: In this episode, I sit down with Jordan Smith (20 year game design veteran) to talk about what it takes to keep pushing forward as a game developer when the industry feels like it's falling apart. We share stories about staying passionate, dealing with uncertainty, and finding strength in tough times—things I know we've all faced at some point in our careers. (1) Jordan (Altura) Smith | LinkedIn ArtStation - Jordan Smith Connect with us: •

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The final Run it Red of 2024 is here!  Full tracklist below and hit the charity links if you can as well as supporting the labels and artists wherever you can. Charity Link: fanlink.tv/Charities Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY Upcoming tour dates: bit.ly/BenSimsBIT BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 117. NOV 2024 (PT2) (SC) 1. Vera Logdanidi - Euphoria. Semantica 2. Simoncino - Dub Theory IV. Quintessentials 3. JR Disc - Thrust. Detroit Basics 4. Carlos Nilmmns - IRL (Lo). Distangled 5. Francesco Mami - Stilgar (Reboot Remix). Rhythm Cult 6. Sound Stream - Off The Rack. Sound Stream  7. Sound Stream - El Acetato '94. Sound Stream  8. DJ Sneak - A Taste Of The 90s. Heist 9. The Oliverwho Factory - Feel. Faith Beat 10. Scan 7 - VII. Tresor 11. Flabaire - Life Flow. Bass Culture 12. Nathan Kofi - Wekū. De Lichting 13. Fred P - Vibe To The Rhythm. Synchrophone 14. Taelue - Deviancy. Synchrophone 15. Sound Stream - Make It Right. Sound Stream  16. Carlos Nilmmns - Cabana. Distangled 17. Stroef - Lost Hallways. Boomstraat 1818 18. Mark Williams - Oh Boy (Dub). Hardgroove 19. Uncertain - Feel. RSPX 20. Adlas - Open Question. Hayes 21. Oruam Zior - Torrente. Illegal Alien 22. Stephen Brown - Replika. Synchrophone 23. Scan 7 - Planet Energy. Tresor 24. Operator - Up, Then Down. Mord 25. Fhase 87 - Minimalism 04. Unreleased 26. Massimo Logli - Open Wide. Superbra 27. Stephen Brown - Compare. Synchrophone 28. Mark Williams - Take My Love. Hardgroove 29. Linkan Ray - Flight To Tokyo. Be As One 30. Mella Dee - Fiedel Played A Big One. Warehouse Music 31. PAB165 - Domination. Planet Rhythm 32. Operator - Running From The Man. Mord  33. A Thousand Details - Queimadela. Ear To Ground 34. Mike Dehnert - Berlin Rush. Matter+ 35. G-Man - Throw. Synchrophone 36. Mark Williams - Your Eyes. Hardgroove 37. Rethe - Momentum Shift. Inner Tension 38. KiNK & Raredub - Time To Change (Marcel Dettmann Universal Raw Mix). Mutual Rytm 39. Private Press - Very Cosmic. Hardgroove 40. Kaiser - Ozono (Kriz Remix). KSR 41. Fhase 87 - Minimalism 05. Unreleased  42. DHÆÜR - Chapter 03 (Deluka Remix). Supercinema 43. Dynamic Forces - Holding Out. Pleistocene Future 44. Dold - Slate. The Third Room 45. Sarf -  Orden Disruptivo (Lidvall Remix). Analog Section 46. Kaan Pirecioglu - Magnet. Float 47. Dimi Angelis - Intergalactic (Decka Remix). ANGLS 48. Lidvall - Too Serious!. Symbolism 49. Mal Hombre - Titan Eclipse. Reverse 50. Taken - Ice Truck. TH Tar Hallow 51. Vertical Spectrum - Jej Fizymatenta. Edit Select 52. Møntero - Staying Strong. Liberta 53. A4 - Four Rays. Edit Select 54. Stanislav Lavskyy - LTA-1. Corpus Black 55. Border One - Gazing Eye. Border One 56. Stroef - Widow's Lair. Boomstraat 1818 57. Dimi Angelis - Chrysalis. ANGLS 58. DJ Lily - Succumb To The Algorithm. Lilies 59. JØHRN - Morning Has Broken. Faut Section 60. Pyramidal Decode - Freshwater Use. Warm Up 61. Lidvall - He Scares Me. Symbolism  62. Milo Radd - Memory Quest. Edit Select 63. Detroit In Effect - Tear The Roof Off. M.A.P. 64. Usurp - There Is Someone Else. Headset (Edit) 65. Neil Landstrumm - Before AMS. Unknown 66. Techmarine Bottom Feeders - We Cannot Help You (The Exaltics Remix). EPM 67. Peverelist - Pulse XIV. Livity 68. Shadow Child & DJ Haus - Magic Waves. Unknown To The Unknown 69. Forest On Stasys - Magnetismo. Aura Sonora 70. Synkro & DYL - Last Chance. Relation Reset 71. Finalversion3 - Todos Los Siempres (Oscar Mulero Remix). Gordo Trax 72. Forest On Stasys - Domo.  Aura Sonora 73. Brendon Moeller - Radiation. Samurai Music 74. Ruff Cherry - Exonda. Midgar 75. Etch - Clockwork Romance. Ilian Tape 76. Galaxian - Sterile Vision. Herrensauna 77. Crossing X - Back. Avion 78. Vril - Habit Forming. 1800 Haight Street 79. Dialog - Better Way (Vocal & Version). DOT 80. Uun - Never For The Ever. Mord

Save 20% on all Nuzest Products WORLDWIDE with the code MIKKIPEDIA at www.nuzest.co.nz, www.nuzest.com.au or www.nuzest.comCurranz Supplement: Use code MIKKIPEDIA to get 20% off your first order - go to www.curranz.co.nz  or www.curranz.co.uk to order yours This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to returning guest Michelle Matangi about navigating food, exercise and relationships around the festive time of year. While it should be all about celebrating, many people experience a lower mood and have difficulty getting through with anxiety around food and or the people they spend time with. They discuss strategies to help move beyond some common sticking points in diet, exercise and mindset which will be helpful well beyond the festive season. Enjoy!Michelle is a health and life coach in Taranaki who has helped hundreds of people redefine their relationship with food and themselves using strategies that she has perfected over two decades of understanding this for herself. She coaches both 1:1 and in a group setting and you can find details about these through her website below.https://www.michellematangi.com/https://www.instagram.com/michellematangi/ Contact Mikki:https://mikkiwilliden.com/https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutritionhttps://www.instagram.com/mikkiwilliden/https://linktr.ee/mikkiwilliden

WHERE TO FIND BRYAN:Email: bryandowie@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryandowie/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bryandowieWebsite & Top 10 Exercises Article: https://www.bryandowie.com/all-posts/blogpost-048-top-ten-exercises-for-beginnersFIT40 LINKSThe FIT40 Family FB Group: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fit40familyFIT40 Coaching: https://www.fit40coaching.com/DESCRIPTIONIn this episode, I'm joined by Bryan Dowie, the owner of Resilient Fitness in Hong Kong. Bryan specializes in helping people over 40 get into the best shape of their lives through smart training, nutrition, and mindset work. We dive into Bryan's top exercise recommendations, the importance of mobility and core strength, and how to develop a sustainable, enjoyable fitness routine - even if you're short on time. Bryan also shares insights on managing stress, cultivating self-compassion, and projecting the "future you" to stay motivated. Whether you're new to fitness or a seasoned athlete, this episode is packed with practical, actionable tips to help you get and stay fit for life.AFFILIATE LINKS:Try Tonal for 30 Days Risk Free: https://tonal.sjv.io/FIT40CONNECT WITH ME ONLINEFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/bryan.fitzsimmonsInstagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/coach_fitzz/⁠⁠⁠⁠Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@coach_fitzz?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@bryan_fit40 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bryanfitzsimmon.substack.com

3 Episodes into Skeleton Crew and the series is staying strong. Tonight on Chatooine we review Episode 3 and react to all the revelations about Jod and At Attin. Become a Member of the Chatooine show! You member? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwOnK_mz0A0yoGKIkFDalow/join Join our new discord server! https://discord.gg/CmTzNN84Dv Chatooine Show Socials: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thechatooineshow/ Twitter https://x.com/ChatooineShow?s=20 Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@chatooine.show Discord https://discord.gg/CmTzNN84Dv StarWarsOnly https://www.youtube.com/@UC6U40nfcdhjW9Z-RCqBLw5Q Lunga https://www.youtube.com/@councilof6 Palpamemes https://www.youtube.com/@PalpamemesYT --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chatooine/support

The holidays can feel like a juggling act—so many traditions, so many temptations, and sometimes, so little time for you. In this episode, I'm sharing how I handle the season without letting it derail my health or sanity. We're talking real strategies for managing cheat meals, navigating tricky family dynamics, and keeping those holiday pounds at bay—all while staying true to what matters most. Plus, I'll let you in on how gratitude and connection can transform the holidays into something far more meaningful than just food and stress.   Let's get real—this time of year isn't about perfection; it's about balance and enjoying the things (and people!) that truly light you up. I'll share how small, sustainable changes can make a big difference, and why mindful eating doesn't have to feel like a chore. You'll also hear how to handle setbacks with compassion instead of guilt because, hey, we all have our moments. This isn't about surviving the holidays—it's about thriving through them!   And speaking of thriving, I've got something to make perimenopause a little smoother: Estro Balance Mastery. It's my personal go-to for tackling hot flashes, brain fog, and those rollercoaster mood swings. You can check it out at metabolicblueprint.com/pod10. And if hormones are throwing you off track, you'll love what Menrva offers—personalized treatments designed to meet your unique needs. Head over to gethormonesnow.com to learn more. Let's make this holiday season your healthiest one yet!     Key Timestamps: [04:28] Tips for staying balanced during the holiday season. [07:31] How to break free from unhealthy eating cycles. [11:53] Align your goals to avoid holiday self-sabotage. [15:06] Why morning exercise boosts consistency. [17:02] The surprising power of gratitude on decision-making. [22:51] Self-care tips for easing back into routine post-holidays. [24:53] Embracing imperfection and moving forward with grace. [28:29] How to tell hormonal hunger from true hunger. [33:03] Moderation tips: enjoy one indulgence without guilt. [34:14] Balance holiday treats with nourishing choices.     Memorable Quotes: "Just because you're related to somebody genetically and biochemically, it does not mean that you have to spend time with them, especially if they are no longer supporting you in a way that's helpful, meaningful and loving." — Betty Murray "Self-care is not getting a massage. It is, right? But self-care, what we're talking about here is something that you do on a more daily basis. It's the things that you do to support your body, your health, and your wellbeing." — Betty Murray     Links Mentioned: Estro Balance Mastery (Get 10% off): http://metabolicblueprint.com/pod10 Menrva Telemedicine: https://gethormonesnow.com/   Connect with Betty Murray: Living Well Dallas Website: https://www.livingwelldallas.com/ Hormone Reset Website: https://hormonereset.net/ Betty Murray Website: https://www.bettymurray.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BettyAMurrayCN/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bettymurray_phd/   Produced by Evolved Podcasting: www.evolvedpodcasting.com

In this episode of the Iron Sights Podcast, the whole crew comes together to talk about injuries and discomfort.We dive into recognizing and understanding these challenges and how to approach them. From self-assessment tips to strategies for working through discomfort; we share insights we use daily in the gym.This is a practical and honest conversation that might give you a new perspective on managing your training.We hope you find it helpful!25% OFF! Red Dot Fitness Programs: rdfprograms.comRed Dot Fitness Training Programs:rdfprograms.comOnline Membership (Full Access To All Programs & Virtual Coaching):https://www.reddotfitness.net/online-membershipVirtual Coaching:https://www.reddotfitness.net/virtual-coachingSelf-Guided Programs:https://www.reddotfitness.net/Self-Guided-Programs1Timestamps:00:00 Intro05:08 Managing Through Injury Or Discomfort14:15 Mechanism Of Injury18:10 Working Through An Injury25:08 Identifying What's Causing The Pain31:36 Your Body Isn't Fragile40:32 Injury Questions Professionals Ask49:53 Your Solution May Take Some TimeConnect With Us:Website - https://ironsightspodcast.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ironsightspodcast/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/

Join Michael and Ashlee (Mom) as they talk with LaShae Rolle, AKA Strong After Cancer. She shares her story of how she went from elite college basketball athlete to pursuing her PHD in Public Health, all the while continuing her athletic side as a power lifter. While in the middle of her studies, she felt a lump and quickly was diagnosed with breast cancer, a total shock. Ironically, she was doing research about cancer prevention at the time of her diagnosis. But LaShae has managed to take her experiences and inspire others to stay Strong after cancer.... physically AND mentally.....even during treatment. Her story is one of knowledge, inspiration, motivation! Follow LaShae on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strongaftercancer/

When Lizi Jackson-Barrett started a business community for Jewish business owners she found herself on the receiving end of criticism and anti-semitic abuse. In this interview, Lizi shares why she decided to start the Jewish Business Network - and how she's stayed positive - despite the negativity she has experienced. And what it's like to be a British Jew in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. Key Moments00:04:00 What it's like to be a British Jew in November 2024 00:14:24 The moment Lizi realised a Jewish business community was needed00:19:27 Upsetting messages Lizi received after she announced the Jewish Business Network 00:28:28 The Build-A-Bear Hanukkah bear- and how it led to anti-Semitic abuse 00:34:21 Authenticity in business and why it's risky for Jews 2025 Courageous Business Planner Bundle - Apply PODCAST10 at checkout and save 10%.Janet Murray's website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Lizi Jackson-Barrett's Website Lizi Jackson-Barrett's LinkedInLizi Jackson-Barrett's Facebook

    All right, my friend. Don't even try to deny it—you know the feeling I'm talking about. You start out with the best intentions, maybe after a particularly rough night or an emotional moment of clarity, and you tell yourself, This is it. I'm going to stop drinking, and everything will fall into place. But then, reality sets in. The road feels harder than you imagined. You're not seeing the changes as quickly as you'd hoped, and before you know it, you're wondering if you're even doing it right. You're not alone. These struggles are incredibly common, and they often stem from three big pitfalls: unrealistic expectations, a lack of direction or plan, and that deep desire to escape uncomfortable feelings. These challenges are not a reflection of your strength or your willpower—they're just part of the journey. In today's episode, I'm going to walk you through each of these pitfalls, step by step.

Tracy answers questions about how she has tackled challenges during chemotherapy and how she kept going. Subscribe, Rate, and Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn Radio, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify. Follow Tracy on Twitter and Like Forking Around Town on Instagram The post Staying Strong During Difficult Times appeared first on Radio Influence.

Tracy answers questions about how she has tackled challenges during chemotherapy and how she kept going. Subscribe, Rate, and Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn Radio, the iHeartRadio app, and now on Spotify. Follow Tracy on Twitter and Like Forking Around Town on Instagram The post Staying Strong During Difficult Times appeared first on Radio Influence.

Wives and mothers have a valuable role within the family unit. Our spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional health are of utmost importance. As we focus on staying strong for our families, let's also consider how we manage our time, talents, purpose, and God's promises to us. Product of the Day: Amazon Cloth Pads   Read more on this topic: https://toddlermomdiaries.com/blogs/larissaj/posts/7488084/staying-strong-for-our-families-stewardship-of-time-talents-purpose-and-god-s-promises    

Discover how to stay active and strong at any age in Fitness and Aging: Staying Strong at Every Stage of Life. Listen as I debunk myths about fitness and aging, explore the benefits of exercise for seniors, and share practical workout tips tailored to your stage of life. Whether you're 40, 80, or somewhere in between, it's never too late to start moving and improve your health, strength, and independence. Tune in and take a step toward lifelong wellness! Key Takeaways: It's Never Too Late: Exercise at any age, even if starting later in life, can drastically improve physical and mental health. Tailored Fitness: Workouts should adapt to your age and abilities, but strength, balance, and cardio are valuable at every stage. Aging and Independence: Staying active helps maintain independence, reduce fall risks, and support brain health as you age. Things Learned: Debunking Myths: Older adults aren't limited to light exercises; strength and high-intensity training can be beneficial with proper precautions. Age-Specific Needs: Each life stage—from your 40s to your 80s—requires a specific focus, like muscle preservation, balance, or flexibility. Mental and Cognitive Benefits: Regular exercise boosts mood, reduces anxiety, and may even help prevent cognitive decline in seniors. Age is just a number! To find out more about Supreme Holistic Fitness go to https://supremeholisticfitness.com/ Subscribe and get a free 7 day workout program: Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeontaylor/  

Energetic Health Institute Radio with Jolene Goring, CHN – As winter approaches, so do shorter days, cooler temperatures, and the challenges of staying healthy during flu season. But what if you could arm yourself with natural, science-backed strategies to keep your immune system strong and your energy high? In this episode, we explore some powerful tips to help you stay resilient and vibrant all season long...

Energetic Health Institute Radio with Jolene Goring, CHN – As winter approaches, so do shorter days, cooler temperatures, and the challenges of staying healthy during flu season. But what if you could arm yourself with natural, science-backed strategies to keep your immune system strong and your energy high? In this episode, we explore some powerful tips to help you stay resilient and vibrant all season long...

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  The Holiday Season is in full swing and much too often our workshops begin to slump.  The students' minds are on everything but school.  Teachers […] The post #218 Staying Strong During the Fall Season appeared first on Craft & Draft.

It's the time of year when we are “catching bugs” that are going around, ranging from a mild and annoying cold, to more serious cases of influenza, Covid, or a virus called RSV. It is completely normal and natural for your body to get occasionally sick. Even with a healthy immune system, you may get catch something one to two times per year. But are you someone who tends to catch whatever is going around? Are you susceptible to illness and getting sick every month? If so, that can be a sign of a weakened immune system, and you can take steps to build up and protect yourself with the right nutrition and supplements.

You are Susie's guest today, as she shares from her book “Strong in Battle: Why the Humble Will Prevail“. She talks about why it's important to be aware of our battles, stay focused on God in the midst of them, and ask yourself processing questions after the battle is done.   Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: click here 

Send us a textHave you ever wondered how to maintain stability and continue thriving even when your company faces unexpected changes? This episode promises to guide you through the critical steps of establishing a personal brand that transcends the products you sell. This episode is your roadmap to building a brand that withstands the test of time, offering freedom and longevity beyond traditional sales methods.Hang out with me more! Send me the message PODCAST over on Instagram at @rachelaperry and I'll send you my "Parties-Optional Profit Plan!"For Additional Resources for Direct Sellers:www.rachelaperry.com

Episode 91 - Reclaim Your Youth! The Secret to Staying Strong and Active as You Age. Wolfgang Sonnenburg chats with lifelong athlete and Age Up Well founder, Arlette Godges. Disclaimer: Please note that all information and content on the UK Health Radio Network, all its radio broadcasts and podcasts are provided by the authors, producers, presenters and companies themselves and is only intended as additional information to your general knowledge. As a service to our listeners/readers our programs/content are for general information and entertainment only.  The UK Health Radio Network does not recommend, endorse, or object to the views, products or topics expressed or discussed by show hosts or their guests, authors and interviewees.  We suggest you always consult with your own professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advisor. So please do not delay or disregard any professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advice received due to something you have heard or read on the UK Health Radio Network.

In this episode, James and Gene discuss how top performers maintain motivation and discipline as the year winds down. They explore the habits that keep energy high, the importance of setting boundaries during the holiday season, and how self-discipline helps push through distractions. They also dive into the debate between company culture and strategic planning, exploring which has a bigger impact on success, and sharing real-world examples of companies that thrive through both. Tune in for practical insights on finishing 2024 strong and staying ahead for 2025!

In times of illness, it's typical to experience low motivation and neglect self-care. Community Leader Ashley shares essential steps to guide us in nurturing ourselves while being mindful of nutrition.

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In this episode of the Live Out Loud Show, Brooke Thomas tackles the power of resilient faith and overcoming unbelief in challenging times. She shares the importance of consistency, authenticity, and surrounding yourself with the right people. that will elevate your business, life, and faith to the next level. Show Notes: 00:00 - The Power of Persistence 04:44 - The Impact of Hope and Kindness on Those Around You 09:09 - Building a Positive Circle 11:24 - Belief in Miracles: How God Responds to Our Faith 13:51 - Staying Faithful: Avoiding Negativity and Trusting God's Plan 16:34 - Growing Through God's Love: Lessons in Faith and Learning 19:50 - The Importance of Showing Up: Giving Back with Purpose 23:04 - A Prayer for Blessings and Divine Protection in Jesus' Name   Resources Join the Live Out Loud Tour! Activate your vision and transform your business, life, and faith in half a day! Experience a powerful, intimate workshop-style accelerator where you'll gain clarity, build deep connections with high-achieving women, and be activated in your business, life, and faith! Get your tickets to Orange County, CA / Nashville, TN / Palm Beach, FL today! CLICK HERE Free 90-Min Masterclass: Multiply Your Business by Expanding Your Capacity in 2024 with My Proven Live Out Loud Activation System! Enrollment for The Elite Mastermind 2025 is now open! Imagine what's possible in just one year when you surround yourself with powerhouse women who are ready to elevate their business, life, and faith. If you're a high-acheiving business leader and you're ready for transformation, this is for you. Apply here! It's time to activate your impact! Receive daily encouragement, biblical business principles, and a monthly group coaching call with Brooke Thomas! Enroll in The Live Out Loud Ignite Membership Unlock your potential with The LOL Ignite Membership's daily faith activations and exclusive mentorship. Be part of a community that empowers you to achieve your business and personal goals. Discover your true potential with Ignite! Join Brooke's Mental Wellness Team Discover the keys to mental wellness, including confidence, stress resilience, and overall well-being. Join us and start thriving in every area of your life! Follow Brooke on Social Media www.brookethomas.com Facebook Instagram LinkedIn  

Welcome to the latest edition of Talking Data. Our Talking Data series seeks to offer timely insights into macro market themes along with macro data and its impact on the economy and markets. I am your host Kristen Radosh of Arbor Research and Trading. Our commentator is Jim Bianco of Bianco Research. Today Jim discusses consumer spending and consumption strength. •What is going on with Consumption & Retail Sales? •Why is this happening? •How long will this last? Thank you for joining us today. We are client driven, if you have any questions or feedback on future topics, please let us know. For further information on Arbor Research, Bianco Research and Arbor Data Science, please contact Gus Handler at gus.handler@arborresearch.com.

Continuing in the series Advancing through Adversity, Pastor Jack Graham looks to the story of Joseph and how the providence of God was working in response to his obedience. In all the seasons of Joseph's life in the good and bad days and when his dreams turned to nightmares God was with him. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/395/29

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Send us a Text Message.Today we have a classic rewind episode - this episode originally aired back in August of 2021, and we've gained a ton of new listeners since then. If you're at all interested in being strong, fit, and capable as you age, stick around, you're in for a treat! My guest today is Andy Baker.  Andy has over 17 years of experience as a personal trainer and strength coach and is one of the most sought-after strength and fitness experts in the industry.  Andy coaches high level elite athletes as well as “athletes of aging” and is the co-author of “Practical Programming for Strength Training” with Mark Rippatoe.  Andy is also the co-author of “The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life after 40” with Dr. Jonathon Sullivan.  In this episode Andy shares exactly what we should do to get strong, as well as how we should do it.   We cover optimum exercise selection, set and reps, programming and progressions – for everyone from the very basic beginner to the advanced athlete looking to compete in the sport of powerlifting.  In this episode we also discuss: Health outcomes between older people who weight train vs those who don'tThe roll of CrossFit in putting barbells into older people's handsThe importance of coaching and self-educationHow to get started with strength trainingHow to break through training plateausHow to train for first powerlifting meetAnd much, much more! You can connect with Andy on Instagram @bakerbarbell We discussed the following resources in this episode:Andy's Website – www.andybaker.comAndy's Training Programs - www.andybaker.com/training-programsStarting Strength Website – www.startingstrengthSearch for a Starting Strength Certified Coach – www.startingstrength.org/site/coachesBook – Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training by Mark RippetoeBook – Practical Programming for Strength Training by Andy Baker & Mark RippetoeBook - The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40 by Andy Baker & Dr. Jonathon SullivanWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://calendly.com/thesilveredge/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

This is the episode for anyone (all of us?!) who have struggled with staying strong in the final miles of a race, as Carrie does. And for runners, like Claire, who want to set themselves up to run a sub-4:00 marathon. Also, this episode deserves a listen by parents, like Claire again, who dream about getting their kids to run with them.    Before serving up Q+As, Sarah shares a story about introducing her son to pickleball. (At his request!) Find all our marathon training programs here. Please record your question by calling 470-BADASS1 (470-223-2771).    When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR. We appreciate your—and their—support!   Stories worth sharing: Save $10 on  your first purchase at StoryWorth.com/AMR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices