Today Trista is joined by an old friend and pro kayaker, Brad Ludden. Founder of the charity First Descents, Brad offers free adventure therapy for young adults with cancer and multiple sclerosis, their caregivers, and, this year, introduced programs for frontline workers. Trista and Brad discuss his upbringing in Montana as a professional kayaker (since the age of 13!), the genesis of his organization, and the remarkable benefits of adventure therapy. This episode highlights the positive impact that nature and community can have on your spirit. Anyone can experience the healing benefits of outdoor adventure, and in this episode, Brad teaches us all not to be afraid of a challenge. 

Learn more and connect with Brad on Instagram @bradludden and First Descents @first_descents. To sponsor or apply to First Descents, visit firstdescents.org. You can also follow your host Trista on her Instagram at @tristasutter.

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This week’s episode means so much to us, as Trista is joined by her friend Celynn McClarrinon, a certified grief recovery method specialist and social worker. They chat about the details of grief...what exactly it is, the various types of grief and loss, the myths, the ways to work through it, and because it’s been such a source of loss for nearly everyone this year, they also discuss COVID and its effects. Celynn shares tips on how to cope, including patting ourselves on the back for managing what we can control, and finding and venting to our trusted support system. While the pain of loss never truly leaves us, they discuss moving through grief and finding meaning in it all. Whether you have experienced significant loss in your life, want to be prepared for when the time comes, or are hoping to be able to help the loved ones in your life who are experiencing grief, this episode offers great nuggets of wisdom for all of us.   

Learn more and connect with Celynn via her website celynnmcclarrinoncgrs.com, on her Facebook page Celynn McClarrinon, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, and her Instagram @agingernut. You can also follow your host Trista on her Instagram at @tristasutter.

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Calling all love addicts! You’re not going to want to miss today’s fast-paced episode as Trista is joined by the dynamic Patti Stanger. Among her many accomplishments, she’s a third-generation matchmaker, best-selling author, actress, and owner and CEO of MillionairesClub123.com! As the leading relationship expert in the world, Patti is the former VP of marketing at Great Expectations, and the executive producer and star of the hit Bravo show The Millionaire Matchmaker. On today's episode, she talks about how and where to find love, red flags, keeping the fire alive, all those dating apps, plus, dating in a pandemic! She also shares her connection to the Bachelor franchise that she’s never shared before. It’s all about relationships this week, as we learn tips on finding true love from the very best.  

Learn more and connect with Patti via her website MillionairesClub123.com. Follow her across all social media platforms @pattistanger and follow your host Trista on her Instagram at @tristasutter.

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Today on the podcast, Trista speaks with best-selling author, speaker, and one of the stars of MTV’s The Buried Life, Ben Nemtin, whose guidance helps people everywhere live their lives without holding back. Ben opens up about his personal experience with anxiety and depression and how his struggles eventually led him to find a support system and change his life for the better. Trista and Ben dive into the value of asking for help and guidance, unburying your dreams, and living the life you really want. Ben shares the story of how The Buried Life came to be, starting with that one time they casually crashed the VMAs and pitched it as a pilot to MTV (spoiler alert: it worked and they got the TV show of their dreams)! The two also cover bucket lists, regret, accountability, and so much more, with the ultimate goal of becoming their better selves.

Learn more about Ben by visiting bennemtin.com. To connect with Ben or send him your bucket list, you can find him on Instagram @bennemtin, and you can follow your host Trista on her Instagram at @tristasutter.

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Today on the podcast, life coach extraordinaire Kelley Wolf joins Trista to speak about how we can use her incredible happiness map, FLOW, to move from a place of stress and worry to a place of love and action. Her mission is to help us change our lives and our mindsets from “good” to “great” so that we can ultimately become helpers for the movements and causes that are particularly meaningful to us as individuals. Kelley shares with Trista how she pairs magic with science through life coaching, how we can train ourselves to form “spiritual” abs, and how to identify our nonnegotiable daily needs in order to get to a place of stability and build a strong foundation. Trista and Kelley work through examples of FLOW using a common trigger (do any other moms feel this way about dinnertime!?) and discuss ways they are continuously working to better themselves.

Learn more about Kelley by visiting her website FLOWbyKelleyWolf.com and checking out her Instagram @kelleywolf, and follow your host Trista on her Instagram at @tristasutter.

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In her second episode, Trista sits down with longtime friend, Catt Sadler, for a much-needed chat! You likely know Catt from her incredible hosting career, from her own podcast called NAKED, and from her blog, theCATTWALK. Catt has not only created a name for herself in entertainment but also by fighting for equal pay for women everywhere after ending her longtime career with E!. She discusses what it was like working toward pay parity prior to the Time’s Up movement and how she made the final decision to bet on herself during the negotiation process. In addition to her professional breakup with E!, Catt opens up about her personal romantic breakups and lessons she’s learned from them. We also find out how Catt first got started in her career in entertainment, how she remains friendly with her exes, and how she continues to work on herself through therapy and beyond.

Learn more about Catt by visiting her blog, listening to her podcast, and checking out her Instagram, and make sure to follow your host Trista on her Instagram at @tristasutter.

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Welcome to the first episode of Better Etc. where Trista Sutter shines a light on the ways we can all be better! Her first guest is none other than her husband and final rose recipient, Ryan Sutter, who shares how he strives to be better when it comes to his career and family. A LOT has happened since they met on the first season of The Bachelorette all those years ago, including a major career change for Ryan. Trista and Ryan discuss why everyone should go about life as a philosopher, why self-help books might not give you all the help you need, and why Ryan just absolutely loves pulling people out of ditches! Ryan also explains the meaning behind his motto “no rush, no pause” and how this mindset has improved his life and helped him to find purpose. They also chat the woes of pushing yourself to the limits and how their kids have taught them to enjoy the small things in life.

You can find Ryan on Instagram at @ryansutter and follow your host Trista on her Instagram at @tristasutter.

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Host Trista Sutter is a mother, wife, and author… oh and she’s also known as the fairy godmother of a little reality dating show you might have heard of… you know, the one with the roses and the right reasons. Each week Trista chats with experts and everyday people about how we can all be better versions of ourselves.  Whether it’s figuring out how to talk to our kids about sex, mastering a batch of cookies that your friends and family will drool over, guiding us down a path of being a more compassionate human, or shining a light on how to improve the important relationships in our lives, no topic is off the table. If we can get better at it, we’ll talk about it. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, we’ll open some eyes and hopefully even change some lives…for the better!! 

You can connect with Trista on Instagram @tristasutter

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