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The Resilience and Grit Podcast
Resilience and Grit is a weekly podcast for anyone who has navigated and endured hard things and is ready for a life with more ease, connection, and joy. Through real stories and inspiring conversations, the podcast explores how life’s hardest moments can lead to growth, healing and lasting happiness. If you’re ready to move beyond the endless life cycle of facing challenges head on and into a more meaningful life, this show is for you.
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36. Don't Let Anyone Steal Your Joy (or Your Remote Control!)
Have you ever let someone's hurtful comment, criticism, or disapproval steal the joy from something beautiful in your life? I sure have! In this episode, I'm…
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35. One Step at a Time: How the impossible becomes possible
What if the impossible isn't nearly as far away as you think? Inspired by a powerful quote attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, today I share lessons from my…
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34. Guest Episode with Mary DuBois: From heartbreak, to growth, to happily ever after
What happens when love isn't enough--at least not yet? In this heartfelt guest episode, my amazing niece (in law) Mary DuBois shares her remarkable journey of…
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33: Envision yourself as healed, then do the work
What if resilience isn’t just about getting through hard times, but actively participating in our own healing? In this episode, I share an unexpected, recent…
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32. Confront it to conquer it
“What you cannot confront, you can never conquer.” That bit of wisdom from my neighbor Greg’s front-porch whiteboard stopped me in my tracks. Because…
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31. The amount of beautiful things in your life depends on your ability to notice them
How much beauty are we missing simply because we aren't looking for it? In this episode, I share a simple thought from my friend Greg that stopped me in my…
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30. From flat broke and deep in debt to Financial Freedom: The hardest comeback of my life
In today's episode, I share one of the hardest chapters of my life: going from financial abundance to flat broke and deep in debt, and then the hard journey I…
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29. Who are you hanging around? Who are your five people?
The people we surround ourself with matters! In this episode, I reflect on how ordinary time spent with positive, uplifting people can leave us feeling…
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28. Learning New Things is Hard and Rewarding
In today's episode, I share what learning to play golf is teaching me about being a beginner, embracing discomfort, and letting other people see me while I’m…
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27. Be the Light. Bring the Energy.
Two simple ideas completely changed the way I think about the impact we have on others. In this episode, I explore the difference between battery people and…
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26. Handling Adversity with Grace
Adversity is something we all have in common. In this episode, I share why I believe resilience isn't built when life is easy. It's forged in the moments when…
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25. The Stories We Tell Ourselves
What if one of the biggest factors shaping your future isn't your circumstances, but the conversations happening inside your own mind. In this episode, I'm…
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24. My Greatest Lifequake: From Grief to Grace
A couple of weeks ago, I learned a new word that immediately stopped me in my tracks: Lifequake, a term coined by Dr. Bruce Feiler to describe a season that…
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23. Caregiving: The gifts and hardships
Caregiving for a loved one is one of the most loving, and most difficult, roles many of us will ever experience. I know this personally from when my six…
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22. "Vault Three" Communication: Where Authentic Relationships Flourish
In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of an extraordinary week I spent at MEA Retreat Center outside of Santa Fe, studying with Arthur Brooks and his…
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21. Flourish: Stop Playing Small and Start Living Fully
In this episode of The Resilience and Grit Podcast, I share the simple practice that has helped guide my life with greater clarity and intention: choosing one…
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20. A Guest Episode with Bernadette Pohl: Pregnancy Loss, Motherhood and Meaning
In this heartfelt episode of The Resilience and Grit Podcast, I welcome fellow podcaster and my niece, Bernadette Pohl, to share her deeply personal story…
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19. Gratitude and Grit: Fuel for Hard Times
In this episode, I’m reflecting on something that has become absolutely essential in my own life: gratitude. I share three powerful reasons why gratitude…
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18. Courage, Grit and the Day I Became Spider Woman
In this episode of The Resilience and Grit Podcast, I share the story of attending a personal development seminar years ago with my friend Laura and several…
The Resilience and Grit Podcast17. Hiking the Inca Trail in Peru: Mountains, Meaning and Machu Picchu
What started as a hiking adventure in Peru became something much deeper. In this episode (and that's Percy and Edson on today's podcast cover), I share the…
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16. Pressing Through Being Stuck
Oof! This episode took me four hours to record. Not because it was long… but because I kept stopping. Starting. Stopping again. Distracting myself. Chicken…
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15. Decluttering Your Life: Where Grit Sparks Joy!
In today’s episode, I reflect on the power of decluttering and how it reaches far beyond simply organizing your home. Inspired by the work of Marie Kondo, I…
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14. Chilly Alaska and Heartwarming Relationships
Just a week ago, I returned home from 11 days in Alaska visiting my family there. I also had the gift of traveling from the East Coast to Anchorage with my…
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13. The Power of Persistence
In this episode, I reflect on the power of persistence and what it takes to not give up on the life we truly want. Lately, I’ve been leaning into persistence…
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12. Why Meaning Matters in our Life (And How to Find More of It)
In this episode, I explore two important questions we can ask ourselves (these will shake up your brain cells!): 1) Do I feel my life has meaning? 2) Would I…
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11. Dealing with Difficult People with Grit and Grace
In this episode, I share a couple of real-life experiences that got me thinking about how we navigate people who aren’t showing up at their best—from a snippy…
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10. Digital Untethering: Breaking Free from my Phone
Hello everyone! I thought social media was my problem. So for Lent, I deleted it all. But what I discovered surprised me… social media wasn’t the problem. My…
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9. When Life Pushes your Buttons: The inner work of handling hard moments
Life will always bring challenges. Some are everyday frustrations. Others are truly heartbreaking. What often shapes our lives most is not the challenge…
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8. Finding a Rosary, Starting a Hiking Club, and Making Friends
In this episode, I share a personal story about starting over, rebuilding connection, and the unexpected ways community can begin. Here's what I cover: •…
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7. Grit and Grown-Up Ballet
In this episode, I share my experience from signing up for an adult beginner ballet class six months ago (and I've stuck with it!). What started as a simple…
The Resilience and Grit Podcast6. Resilience, Leadership and Alcohol-Free Living with Beth Walker
In today’s episode, I am joined by a very special guest, my dear friend Beth Walker, who recently retired after nine years as an elected official on West…
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5. I Quit Drinking for 90 Days. Eight Years Later, I’m Still Alcohol-Free
Today is a big day for me. I am exactly eight years alcohol-free. What started as a 90-day challenge during Lent turned into one of the most life-changing…
The Resilience and Grit Podcast4. The Art of Navigating Hard Things
Life does not come with a roadmap. Getting through hard things is a skill we build that serves us throughout our entire lives In this episode of The Resilience…
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3. Adventures of a Talker Who Went Silent for Three Days (and What I Learned)
Hello there everyone! I am a talker. Always have been. So choosing to spend three days in complete silence at a monastery felt equal parts intriguing and…
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2. Four Habits That Build Happiness (and Carry You Through Hard Times)
Arthur Brooks' Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/office-hours-with-arthur-brooks/id1832119842
The Resilience and Grit Podcast1. The Summit I Didn’t Reach: Lasting Lessons from Kilimanjaro
In this inaugural episode of Resilience and Grit, Kathleen DuBois shares the deeply personal story of preparing for and trekking Mount Kilimanjaro, and the…
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Welcome to The Resilience and Grit Podcast
Hello and welcome to The Resilience and Grit Podcast! This weekly show is all about navigating through hard--and sometimes excruciatingly painful-- things and…