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Some people stop the moment life gets heavy, but others choose to rise. This episode is a raw and powerful look at what happens when pain becomes purpose and faith becomes fuel. If you have ever felt held back by your own doubts or wondered how to keep moving when your body hurts and your mind wants to quit, this conversation will speak directly to your season. It is an invitation to rethink resilience, redefine discipline, and remember that your next step might be the one that changes everything. Today’s guest, Chris Avery, is a husband, father, and endurance athlete who has transformed struggle into a mission. His journey includes a running streak of more than fourteen hundred days and a bold plan to run the entire perimeter of the United States with his family beside him. 🔹 Key Takeaways 🔹 How a single mile became the beginning of a multi year calling rooted in faith and identity 🔹 The think, say, act framework Chris uses to break mental barriers and stay in motion 🔹 Why drive, determination, and dedication must come before discipline 🔹 How running became a spiritual practice that shaped prayer, trust, and emotional resilience 🔹 Why suffering and setbacks can become fuel for purpose instead of proof of failure If this episode inspires you, share it with someone who needs a reminder that growth often begins in the hardest seasons. Make sure to subscribe, leave a review, and help us spread conversations that support mental health, personal growth, and holistic wellness. 🔗 Guest Instagram: @chrisaverycoaching

Some journeys begin with a whisper, but others start with a breaking point, the moment you realize the pain you’ve been carrying is no longer sustainable. In this powerful conversation, we explore what it looks like to rise from addiction, abuse, shame, and survival mode and step into a life built on worth, healing, and conscious transformation. This episode is an invitation to anyone who has ever felt stuck, small, or disconnected from their own value. It’s a reminder that even the most imperfect step forward can become the beginning of a completely new chapter. Today’s guest, Deborah Yager, is a transformational coach and trainer who rebuilt her life from the ground up. Her work blends personal development, conscious language, belief systems, and spiritual intuition to help people reclaim their identity and step into emotional resilience.🔹 Key Takeaways 🔹 How hitting a crisis point can become the catalyst for healing, clarity, and self-worth🔹 Why doing things imperfectly is often the most powerful way to begin personal growth🔹 How shame, old patterns, and fear can be released through conscious language and belief work🔹 The role of spirituality, intuition, and compassion across different faiths in emotional healing🔹 Why protecting your mental and emotional consumption is essential for long-term wellness If this episode speaks to you, share it with someone who needs encouragement today. Make sure to subscribe, leave a review, and help us spread conversations that support mental health, personal growth, and emotional resilience. 🔗 Guest Instagram: @deborahyager 🔗 Guest Business Instagram: @yourtruealchemy🔗 Guest YouTube: @yourtruealchemy

Your mindset, language, and self-talk may be the hidden ceiling keeping you from more money, better relationships, and real freedom. Brandon Yager reveals how he went from watching his father lose job security to building a life around entrepreneurship, NLP, and the kind of emotional resilience most people never learn. Brandon’s story is a wake-up call for anyone who feels stuck repeating the same year over and over. He shares how early lessons from his grandfather, hours of daily cassettes and business articles, and a brutal real estate setback shaped the way he thinks about success, discipline, and identity. But this conversation goes far beyond motivation—it gets into the exact mental patterns that keep people working harder without getting ahead. You'll discover: 🔹 Why “away from” motivation keeps people trapped in fear, and how “toward” motivation changes everything 🔹 The difference between making money and actually keeping it 🔹 How limiting beliefs create a glass ceiling in business, health, and relationships 🔹 Why your self-talk may be sabotaging your results before your strategy ever gets a chance 🔹 How NLP, hypnosis, and breathwork can help rewire the subconscious patterns running your life Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Connect with Brandon: Instagram: @brandon.yager Brandon's YouTube Channel: ⁠@yourtruealchemy

What happens when the identity you spent your entire lifebuilding suddenly disappears? And what if the next version of you can only emerge when you stop running from the things you have been avoiding? Former professional footballer Matt Young knows what itfeels like to lose the identity that once defined him. When his football career ended, Matt found himself confronting anxiety, fear, uncertainty, and the difficult question of who he was without the game. That season eventually became the catalyst for rebuilding his mindset, understanding his emotionalpatterns, and discovering a deeper sense of purpose.  Today, Matt helps people break through limiting beliefs andemotional barriers that keep them stuck. His own pursuit of growth has taken him from professional football to completing 18 marathons and 17 ultramarathons, including five races of 100 miles or more. But as Matt explains, the real transformation was never about the miles. It was about learning to stop running from something and start running toward something.  In this episode, we unpack identity, mental health, emotional resilience, personal growth, and what it really takes to reclaimownership of your life. 🔹 How limiting beliefs gain power and howto stop feeding them 🔹Why the meaning you give adversity can shape your life 🔹How to separate your identity from your achievements🔹Why radical transparency can unlock real change 🔹How one small action can become the beginning of your breakthrough If you have ever felt stuck, lost after a major life transition, or unsure of who you are becoming, this conversation is for you. Share this episode with someone who needs to hearit, and leave a review to help us continue spreading the Mentally Shredded message. Connect with Matt: 🔗 Instagram and social: @MattYoungLC🔗Website: MattYoungLC 🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

What if the thing you hated most about yourself became theplatform for your greatest purpose? Elyse Tilley spent years battling anorexia, addiction, and deep emotional pain until she found freedom through faith. This episode is a raw and redemptive look at what it means to heal from the inside out and finally become who you were created to be. 👤 Meet the Guest:Elyse Tilley is a recovery coach and founder of Freed by Faith, afaith-based program that helps others overcome eating disorders and emotional struggles with spiritual and practical tools. Her story is one of resilience, restoration, and radical honesty. 🔹 Key Takeaways:🔹 An eating disorder is not about food. It’s a cry for control, safety, and identity🔹 True recovery began when Elyse stopped trying to change for others and chose to heal for herself🔹 Her faith journey transformed her relationship with her body, emotions, and past pain🔹 Community and connection were the keys to breaking shame and isolation🔹 Her new program Nourished by Faith helps others rebuild their lives with God at the center 📢 Call to Action + Guest LinksIf you were impacted by this episode, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone on their healing journey. 🔗 Email Elyse - [email protected] 🗓 Weekly Drop Note🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

What if the pain you've carried could become your greatest source of power?   In this raw and deeply inspiring episode, we sit down with veteran, entrepreneur, and business coach Jim Shields, a man who transformed childhood trauma and military discipline into a mission of impact, purpose, and human-centered leadership. From food stamps to Fortune 500, Jim’s journey is one of resilience, forgiveness, and the belief that who you are matters more than what you do.   Jim shares how embracing faith, fatherhood, and emotional healing led him to build a life and business rooted in integrity. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur or someone on a personal growth journey, this conversation will shift your perspective and challenge you to show up fully, scars and all.   Guest Spotlight: Jim Shields is a multi-branch military veteran, business owner, and coach helping leaders build sustainable companies with values that last. His core message? Lead with humanity or don’t lead at all.   🔹 Jim’s 3-part recipe for growth: Grit, gratitude, and great people   🔹 How trauma shaped his mindset and business philosophy 🔹 Why forgiveness is the most powerful form of freedom 🔹 The myth of military discipline and what veterans really learn 🔹 Building a business that thrives without you   If this episode sparked something in you, please share it with someone who needs it. Subscribe, leave a review, and keep the movement going.   🔗 Jim’s Website – jimshieldscoach.com   🔗 Instagram – @coachjimshields   🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

Before the ball drops, before the resolutions rush in, pause.This episode is your space to reflect, release, and realign. It’s a gentle, soul-centered meditation designed to help you honor everything this year held…and powerfully choose what you're calling in next. The people. The energy. The doors. The you that’s ready to rise. In this special solo episode, your host guides you through a7-minute meditation to help you close out the year with peace and step into the new one with grounded clarity and fresh intention. 🔹 Key Takeaways: 🔹 Reflect on what this year taught you, and what you're ready to release🔹 Get clear on the people, energy, and environments you want in your next chapter🔹 Set heart-centered intentions without pressure or perfection🔹 Use your breath to anchor into possibility and peace🔹 Start the new year from a place of presence, not hustle 📢 Call to Action + Guest Links: If this meditation moved you, share it with a friend whoneeds a moment of stillness.Be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and come back to this practice anytime you need a reset. 🔗 Instagram: @wearementallyshredded🔗Website: mentallyshredded.org   🗓 Weekly Drop Note: 🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

What if the pivot you’re resisting is the exact path to your purposeIn this transformative Growth Accelerator episode, Christopher Weedon welcomes back the ever-authentic Keesha Starr for a raw, faith-filled conversation on surrender, identity, and navigating the unknown. Whether you’re facing a career shift, a relational crossroads, or just questioning your next step, this episode meets you where you are. Keesha shares powerful stories from her upbringing on a farm, where riding horses became a sacred space of trust andcommunion with God. Christopher opens up about letting go of his dream to be a professional soccer player and how releasing that vision made space for a deeper calling. Together, they remind us that you don’t need all the answers to move forward. You just need to trust the pivot. 👤 About Keesha StarrCoach, speaker, and spiritual mentor, Keesha helps others walk through transitions with courage, clarity, and purpose. 🔹 Key Takeaways🔹Letting go is not failure it’s faith in action🔹Contentment is power not passivity🔹The dream isn’t the destination it’s the vehicle🔹Storms shape strength not identity🔹Praising the pivot honors your growth journey   📢 If this episode spoke to youSubscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs encouragement to shift. Connect with Keesha Starr: 🔗Website: kstarrcoaching.com 🗓 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

"I took a life in the line of duty and almost lost mine in the aftermath." This isn’t just a story. It is a raw, unfiltered journey through trauma, silence, and redemption. In this powerful episode, we sit down with Adam A. Meyers, a 23-year law enforcement veteran and former U.S. Army MP, who opens up about the 2016 critical incident that shattered his world and how he fought his way back to purpose. Adam’s courage to relive his darkest days, abusing alcohol, masking pain with casual sex, lying to avoid work, and spiraling into self-harm, will leave you breathless. But his recovery through therapy, faith, vulnerability, and honesty will leave you inspired. 👤 About the Guest Adam Meyers is a certified peer specialist and mental health advocate on a mission to stop the threat and stop the stigma. After surviving the weight of silence, he now speaks up so others don’t have to suffer alone. 🔹 Key Takeaways 🔹 Trauma doesn’t end when the crisis does. Adam reveals the emotional toll of a justified shooting and how it haunted him for years 🔹 Poor coping is still coping. He breaks down the destructive ways he numbed pain and why they only deepened his suffering 🔹 Silence is heavy. You’ll learn how the burden of hiding his struggle nearly cost him everything 🔹 Healing is possible. From therapy and medication to deep conversations with his daughters, Adam shows what growth looks like in real time 🔹 You are not alone. His message to fellow police officers and anyone in pain is clear. There is life beyond the breakdown 📢 If this episode moved you, don’t keep it to yourself. Share it with someone who needs to hear it. Subscribe, leave a review, and help us break the silence around mental health 🔗Connect with Adam: 🔗 ⁠StopTheThreatStopTheStigma.org⁠ 🔗 ⁠988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline⁠ 🗓 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

The holidays can be beautiful but also emotionallyoverwhelming. Between family dynamics, perfectionism, and pressure toplease everyone, it’s easy to lose yourself in the chaos. This week on Mentally Shredded, we’re joined by therapist Maria Dimova to help you reset the narrative and reclaim peace during the season. 👤 Meet Maria Dimova Licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of The Ridge Therapy in North Carolina. Maria specializes in helping people navigate stress, family tension, and relational patterns, especially during high-pressure seasons like the holidays. 🔹 Key Takeaways 🔹 Why the holidays resurface old roles and emotional triggers 🔹 How perfectionism and people pleasing lead to burnout 🔹The truth about boundaries and how they build connection 🔹How group therapy fosters growth, clarity, and community 📢 Group Now in Progress: Surviving & Thriving the HolidaysMaria’s six week virtual therapy group just launched and there’s still time to join. If you're in North Carolina and feeling the weight of the season, this is a space to regroup, reflect, and build practical tools for peace. 🗓 Remaining Sessions: Tuesdays — Nov. 18, 25 and Dec. 2, 9, 16🕠 Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (Virtual)💵 $55 per session 👥 Adults 18 and up, limited spots available 🔗 theridgetherapy.com 🔗 Email Maria 💬 Know someone who needs this? Share it. One session can shift a season. 🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

Before the holiday chaos begins… pause. 🧘🏽‍♂️ This 7-minute meditation will help you reset your energy, reclaim your peace, and remember what actually matters this season. You don’t have to run on empty to show love. You don’t have to please everyone to feel worthy. You get to choose how you show up, grounded, full, andpresent. ✨ Start your month with clarity. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and stay connected.

What if your pain was invisible and no one believed it was real? This powerful episode dives deep into the lived experience of Shannon La Douce, a veteran, CrossFit coach, single mother, and licensed psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Her journey from being the only girl on all-boys hockey teams to becoming a voice for trauma-informed care is one of grit, heart, and undeniable purpose. Raised in male-dominated spaces and shaped by high-pressure environments like collegiate athletics and active-duty military, Shannon learned early how to fight for belonging. But it wasn’t until a wounded soldier wished he had “lost a limb” instead of sustaining a traumatic brain injury that her calling became clear. The mission: to change the way we see mental health especially the parts we can’t see. 👤 Meet Shannon La DouceShannon is a former NCAA athlete, Army nurse, and now a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner at Upwell Psychiatry. She specializes in trauma-informed care and holistic healing, particularly for veterans, healthcare workers, and first responders.   🔹 Key Takeaways 🔹 Invisible wounds matterThe story of a soldier with TBI changed Shannon’s career and revealed how damaging mental health stigma truly is. 🔹 Your brain is an organMental health should be treated like any other system in the body without shame. 🔹 Healing is a team sportFrom CrossFit gyms to virtual communities, Shannon emphasizes the power of connection in recovery. 🔹 Motherhood and mission can coexistAs a single mom, Shannon leads by example, showing her kids the power of purpose and self-care. 🔹 Burnout prevention starts with the basicsSleep, movement, hydration, and community are non negotiables in Shannon’s toolkit.   📢 Love this episode? Subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help more people discover stories like Shannon’s. 🔗 Upwell Psychiatry - Website 🔗 Connect with Shannon - Website 🗓 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

What if the very thing you thought was holding you back…was actually your greatest strength? In this eye-opening episode, we break the stigma around ADHD and discover how it can fuel success, not failure. Whether you're a student, entrepreneur, or parent, this conversation will shift how you view neurodivergence and personal growth. 👤 Meet Hannah Bookbinder — academic coach, ADHD advocate, and founder of Academic Ally. She is also the visionary behind the MyTOAD App, a revolutionary platform that builds executive functioning skills for students and professionals alike. 🔹 Key Takeaways 🔹ADHD isn't a flaw. It can be a superpower when harnessed with the right tools 🔹The “coach in your corner” approach that creates lasting behavioral change 🔹How hyperfocus, creativity, and resilience make ADHD minds thrive in sports, business, and life 🔹The MyTOAD App and its unique blend of accountability, time management, and motivation boosters 🔹The importance of building buy-in with neurodivergent learners, not control 📢 If this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear it. Leave a review and help spread the Mentally Shredded message! 🔗 ⁠https://www.mytoadapp.com⁠ 🔗⁠Connect with Hannah on LinkedIn⁠ 🗓 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

What if the very thing you thought was holding you back…was actually your greatest strength? In this eye-opening episode, we break the stigma around ADHD and discover how it can fuel success, not failure. Whether you're a student, entrepreneur, or parent, this conversation will shifthow you view neurodivergence and personal growth. 👤 Meet Hannah Bookbinder — academic coach, ADHD advocate, and founder of Academic Ally. She is also the visionary behind the MyTOAD App, a revolutionary platform that builds executive functioning skills for students and professionals alike. 🔹 Key Takeaways🔹ADHD isn't a flaw. It can be a superpower when harnessed with the right tools 🔹The “coach in your corner” approach that creates lasting behavioral change🔹How hyperfocus, creativity, and resilience make ADHD minds thrive in sports, business, and life🔹The MyTOAD App and its unique blend of accountability, time management, and motivation boosters🔹The importance of building buy-in with neurodivergent learners, not control 📢 If this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear it. Leave a review and help spread the Mentally Shredded message! 🔗 https://www.mytoadapp.com🔗Connect with Hannah on LinkedIn 🗓 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.

We’ve all been there. You show up to a networking event,exchange business cards, make small talk, and leave feeling... disconnected. In this powerful Growth Accelerator episode, Christopher andleadership coach Keesha Starr unpack why authentic connection always wins over transactional networking. They dive into the three grounding principles of Growth Accelerator: no selling, no pressure, no long-term commitment. Thesesimple expectations are redefining how professionals build real trust and collaboration. You’ll hear real stories, honest lessons, and a look insidehow this monthly mastermind creates safe space for personal and professional growth. Whether you're a business owner, creative, or leader, this episode will challenge how you think about community and purpose.   👤 About Keesha Starr: Keesha is a leadership coach and founder of GrowthAccelerator, a monthly mastermind where entrepreneurs and professionals connect, reflect, and grow without the pressure to perform or impress.   🔹 Key Takeaways: 🔹 Connection > Networking: Why shared vulnerability builds trust that lasts 🔹 The 3 Rules of Growth Accelerator: No selling, no pressure, no commitment equals real relationships 🔹 Growth as a Shared Journey: Transformation happens when you show up for others, not just yourself 🔹 Letting Go to Level Up: Growth often means surrendering control and making space 🔹 It’s Not a Box Jump: Big change starts with one small step 📢 Call to Action: If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend,leave a review, and hit subscribe. Your support helps us grow and reach more listeners like you.   🔗 More information: 🔗 Website – kstarrcoaching.com 🗓 Weekly Drop Note: 🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe and stay connected.