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Conversations on finding beauty amidst life’s transitions, challenges and shifts. Listening, learning & growing together. We are Lindsay and Shantil—two friends that love good conversation, connection and expanding our view of the human experience. Through life’s inevitable transitions we began recognizing the extraordinary shifts in others’ seemingly ordinary lives. In awe of people’s ability to find beauty amidst challenge and change, we created this space to share and to learn from their ...
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Karen Cushenberry: Heartbreak, resilience and hope - Early passing of husband, daughter’s accidental overdose, and MS diagnosis, continuing on with gratitude and hope
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Today we get to hear from Karen, a mother of four and life-long educator, who has lived a life full of service, love, friendship and family. Karen shares with us many life transitions that unexpectedly came into her life, including her husband's health declining at a young age, becoming a caretaker and the breadwinner for her family with young chil…
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Kim Christenson: Living with intention - Lifelong writer and stay-at-home mom on becoming an entrepreneur, pursuing a master’s, journaling and travel, writing on evolving faith, and intentional living
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Kim joins us today to share about many life transitions and valuable perspectives! We talk about her moving to Australia as a teenager, going from being a stay-at-home mom to founding Loom Journals and merging with Promptly Journals, recently beginning a master's in creative writing, and the process of becoming an author. She shares thoughts on the…
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Kattia Garn: Colombian-American on marrying an American and combining cultures, moving through grief, and cultivating love for life
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Kattia shares her story of moving to the U.S. from Colombia, marrying her American husband, and the joys, challenges, and humor of combining cultures. She tells about growing up in Colombia and the amazing examples of service her parents were. She recently went through the transition of her father's passing and shares how she has moved through grie…
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Marci Briggs: Health and wellness seasons, how mindfulness can help us in parenting, and going toward the little sparks in our lives
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Marci shares her story of choosing to focus on her health after many years of being a busy mom of three. She tells how she went from thinking goals were lame to being motivated to dive into health and weight loss goals so she could get back to hiking and doing outdoor activities she loved, and then achieving those goals. During the difficult times …
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Brandie Paterakis: Therapist’s perspective on overcoming self-doubt, navigating life transitions, and mindsets for the New Year
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Brandie's knowledge of mental health, wisdom on her own life transitions, and advice on adding humor into our lives is a great way to start the New Year! Both of us have seen Brandie for therapy and love her and her perspectives. Today Brandie shares her story of overcoming self-doubt to tackle eight years of school leading to her dream of becoming…
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Carla Swensen-Haslam: Law graduate advocates for asylum seekers at the US/Mexican border, and simple ways we can help the vulnerable in our communities
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Carla, a dual citizen of Columbia and the U.S., shares how after playing college soccer at BYU and for the U20 Columbian National team, she had to discover her identity beyond soccer. She shares about being a professional soccer announcer for REAL Salt Lake and deciding to go to Law School to further her passion of learning about public policy and …
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Emily Nelson: High Fitness Co-Creator/Owner on starting a group fitness phenomenon, and her passion for encouraging self love and body positvity
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Emily shares her story of starting High Fitness with her Co-Creator Amber, igniting a group fitness phenomenon that has over a million participants annually through in person and online classes, and 4000 instructors. Emily's love for teaching fitness classes and dance choreography is what started her path to High Fitness, and her passion for her pa…
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Lindsey Munns: Parenting adopted twins with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and gaining understanding for others with nuerological conditions
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Lindsey shares her story of seeing signs of neurological and developmental differences in her adopted twin boys from a young age, which led to their diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Lindsey shares her experience of acceptance, adaptation, and tools she has learned as we discuss the challenges of parenting children with neurologi…
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Whitney Garn: First year college student trains for and runs the New York City Marathon
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Whitney shares how she previously had no experience or interest in long distance running, but when the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run the New York City Marathon with her dad came about she decided to go for it. She shares the challenges of training while moving away to college, combating self doubt, and the mindsets she learned and perspecti…
With Thanksgiving around the corner we discuss some thoughts on gratitude, including the benefits of gratitude, the importance of it when life is hard, and what some of our favorite authors have said about it. Speaking of gratitude, we're so grateful for our guests that have been on the podcast so far! We give a short highlight of each and hope new…
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Richard Ostler: Embracing LGBTQ individuals while serving as a LDS bishop and creating more understanding, inclusion and love
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Richard shares how when serving as a LDS bishop in a YSA (young single adult) congregation with LGBTQ members he had a strong spiritual experience leading him to set aside past assumptions and do better. He committed to listening, learning from, and loving these individuals and others with unique roads. Richard discusses creating safe spaces in our…
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Jessica Chase: Female entrepreneur and mom of three shares on starting her business and keeping a healthy mindset through life shifts
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Jessica shares some challenging involuntary shifts that happened earlier in her life leading to the recent voluntary shift of starting her own business. As a female entrepreneur and mom of three she bravely went out on her own around the time Covid hit. Jessica radiates positivity and passion, sharing thoughts on keeping a productive and healthy mi…
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Carrie Butler: Surviving and overcoming a deep addiction to prescription drugs - a life of ashes restored to beauty, even better than before
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Carrie shares her story of surviving and overcoming a deep addiction to prescription drugs. While her story is one of great loss it is also one of incredible strength and resilience. Carrie exemplifies turning weaknesses into strengths, accepting that we aren’t meant to be perfect, and that through our flaws we can connect and heal together. As a s…
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Jackie Culley: A mother’s story of supporting her son through battling cancer, and the Christmas charity for cancer families she organized in his memory
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Jackie shares how her son Riley, at age 17, was diagnosed with cancer, and the years following where he fought the illness with Jackie loving and supporting him each step of the way. Jackie's story is touching and powerful as she shares with us lessons she has learned through her experiences. Six years ago Jackie, with Riley's help and natural eage…
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Kami Banks: Nutrition and triathlon coach on grief, healing and carrying on a legacy - How the bittersweet passing of her mom led to helping others reach beyond their comfort zone
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Kami shares the experience of learning her mom, the healthiest person she knew, was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Loosing her mom was bittersweet as it led Kami to focus on carrying on her memory and the things she had taught her. Kami began to share her voice with others in a way her mom no longer could. Kami…
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Ryan Smart: The Other Side of Fear - Leaving career in corporate America to start an interior design firm, and other life lessons
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Ryan shares his story of leaving corporate America to start his own interior design firm, Smart Studio Designs, even when he felt it was risky and too late. Ryan has lived in a variety of places introducing him to people and cultures that have shaped who he has become today. His story is sprinkled with interesting and important life lessons he has …
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Kari Montgomery: Think Twice - A survivor, birth mother, entrepreneur, and advocate’s story of healing and hope
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Kari shares her story as a survivor of a suicide attempt as a teen, and the transition, healing and hope that has come as she has learned mental health tools and grown into adulthood. Kari is Shantil's sister, so she is an extra special guest to kick off the podcast with! As teen suicide rates continue to be on the rise, Kari shares that if she can…
We are Lindsay and Shantil - two friends that love good conversation, connection, and expanding our view of the human experience. In this episode we will explain the idea behind the podcast and how we will be exploring the extraordinary transitions of those we have the opportunity to talk with. We hope you will join us on this journey exploring lif…
