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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #84 with Addison LaBonte.

Addison LaBonte never planned on becoming an entrepreneur. She was a D1 soccer player, a math major, and working in finance when unexpected health issues pushed her to completely rethink the way she was eating. Going gluten-free helped her feel like herself again and eventually inspired her to start sharing recipes through Organically Addison.

What began as a passion project in a 700-square-foot apartment kitchen quickly turned into something much bigger. After her cookie recipes started going viral and followers began asking if they could buy them, Addison spent months testing recipes, shipping cookies across the country, and building what would become Sweet Addison’s.

In this episode, Evonne and Addison talk about leaving the safety of corporate America, surviving the exhausting early days of entrepreneurship, dealing with doubt and naysayers, building confidence, listening to your customers, and learning to keep going even when the path makes no sense to anyone else. Addison also opens up about the sacrifices it took to grow the business and how entrepreneurship completely changed her as a person.

Today, Sweet Addison’s has grown into a million-dollar better-for-you dessert brand, with retail expansion on the horizon. Addison’s story is a reminder that the path you planned is not always the one you are meant to follow, and sometimes the biggest opportunity begins when you are willing to bet on yourself.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Trailer + Intro

[03:06] From Baking Hobby to Business

[03:55] D1 Soccer, Math, and Finance

[06:14] The Health Scare That Changed Everything

[07:57] How Sweet Addison’s Started

[12:27] Getting Laid Off and Going All In

[15:35] The Reality of Entrepreneurship

[18:48] Ignoring the Naysayers

[21:52] How Entrepreneurship Changed Her

[24:53] The Lowest Point of Building the Business

[27:35] Getting Featured in Forbes

[29:35] Growing From Online Sales to Retail

[33:05] Finding Balance With Food and Self-Care

[42:39] Stop Letting Fear Hold You Back

Key Takeaways:  

• “You almost have to be a little bit delusional to be an entrepreneur.” ~ Addison LaBonte

• “You just have to keep going, even when it’s hard, even when you want to quit.” ~ Addison LaBonte

• “Do not have that Plan B because you’re always going to be thinking you have that Plan B behind there, and you don’t focus on the Plan A.” ~ Evonne Varady

• “You can’t listen to what other people think.” ~ Addison LaBonte

• “Entrepreneurship is like a crash course in learning about yourself.” ~ Addison LaBonte

• “Good things take a while to build and there’s going to be a bumpy road along the way, but you just can never give up.” ~ Addison LaBonte

• “We only get one shot at this life. This is not a dress rehearsal.” ~ Addison LaBonte

Keep In Touch with Addison LaBonte: 

Website: https://sweetaddisons.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organicallyaddison

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@organicallyaddison

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #83 with Bethany Spencer

At 38, Bethany Spencer became a widow with five kids under the age of 11 after her husband died just 11 months after a cancer diagnosis. In an instant, the life she thought she was building changed completely.

In this episode, Evonne and Bethany talk about grief, motherhood, raising kids through loss, accepting help, and what it actually looks like to rebuild a life when everything familiar is gone. Bethany also shares why healthy grieving mattered so much to her, especially because she wanted her children to see that grief is something you process, not something you bury.

Bethany also opens up about finding love again, why becoming Keith’s wife does not make her any less of Eric’s widow, and how her family keeps Eric’s memory alive while still making room for a new chapter.

Today, Bethany lives in Costa Rica, coaches people through grief, and is preparing to release her book in March. Her story is a reminder that moving forward does not mean forgetting what came before. Sometimes rebuilding means learning how to hold both.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Trailer + Intro

[02:01] Becoming a Widow at 38

[04:19] Rebuilding a Life After Loss

[06:41] Letting Go of the “What Ifs”

[10:45] How to Actually Support Someone Grieving

[14:27] The Overwhelm After Losing a Spouse

[17:46] Becoming a Grief Coach

[23:24] Modeling Healthy Grief for Your Kids

[24:47] Moving to Costa Rica to Heal

[29:38] Finding Love Again

[31:56] Loving Again Without Replacing the Past

[33:19] Keeping Eric’s Memory Alive

[36:56] Look Up When Life Gets Hard

Key Takeaways:  

• “I don’t like to dwell in the what-if space too much because the what-ifs just give way to frustration.” ~ Bethany Spencer

• “Jump in. Don’t ask, just jump in.” ~ Evonne Varady

• “Sometimes we just need people to hold the light for us because it’s just so dark.” ~ Bethany Spencer

• “I had to model healthy grieving for my kids. I didn’t want my kids to stuff it and ignore it and sweep it under the rug.” ~ Bethany Spencer

• “You have to take care of you first.” ~ Evonne Varady

• “Being Keith’s wife does not make me any less of Eric’s widow. I will always be his widow.” ~ Bethany Spencer

• “Make sure that you take time to look up… a lot of times the joy and the good is in the peripheral.” ~ Bethany Spencer

Keep In Touch with Bethany Spencer: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethany.ann.spencer/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bashabraner/

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Pre-order Living Inside Loss: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Inside-Loss-Practical-Companion-ebook/dp/B0H71PW1QL?ref_=ast_author_mpb

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #82 with Holly Lennon.

Holly Lennon built a career in healthcare, raised a blended family of five, and made the life-changing decision to donate a kidney to her husband. But the transplant became far more traumatic than she ever expected, leading to complications, organ rejection, panic attacks, and years of emotional fallout.

In this episode, Evonne and Holly talk about organ donation, caregiving, divorce, faith, trauma, motherhood, and what happens when you spend so long taking care of everyone else that you lose yourself in the process.

Holly also opens up about starting over in midlife, rebuilding her identity, learning to choose herself without apologizing, and entering a new chapter where she finally has room for her own needs, relationships, and happiness.

Her message is simple: hard things can change you, but they do not have to define you.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Trailer

[02:31] Why Holly Wanted to Share Her Story

[04:23] Losing Her Dad and Choosing Organ Donation

[07:06] Reconnecting With Her College Sweetheart

[10:24] The Living Kidney Donor Process

[13:51] Finding Out She Was a Match

[20:12] When the Transplant Went Wrong

[24:49] Organ Rejection, Trauma, and Panic Attacks

[27:12] Divorce and Life After the Transplant

[31:01] Losing Herself and Starting Over

[33:38] EMDR, Faith, and Rebuilding Her Life

[38:29] Choosing Herself in Midlife

[42:19] From Caretaker to True Partnership

[46:53] Love, Marriage, and What Comes Next

Key Takeaways:  

• “I feel like God has built us to do great things, powerful things, and survive hard things.” ~ Holly Lennon

• Sometimes the person who is always taking care of everyone else reaches a point where there simply isn’t another version of them to give. ~ Holly Lennon

• “I gave him this kidney. It was supposed to save his life. Now they've put my organ in his body, he's shutting down, it's killing him. He's rejecting it.” ~ Holly Lennon

• After years of being a wife, mother, caretaker, and provider, Holly realized she had given so much of herself that she no longer knew who she was.

• “Learning when to say no, or learning when to say enough is enough. Choosing me, not apologizing for that.” ~ Holly Lennon

• “We get to put ourselves, our needs, our wants first.” ~ Evonne Varady

• “You have two choices in life. You can be a victim, or you can be a survivor. I tried them both on for size. One looked a whole lot better on me than the other.” ~ Holly Lennon

Keep In Touch with Holly Lennon: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lennonhollym/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holly.lennon.2025

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #81 with Jenn Drummond.

What happens when “someday” almost never comes?

Jenn Drummond was a mom of seven doing everything she thought she was supposed to do, while quietly putting herself last. Then a near-fatal car crash changed everything. After surviving an accident she was told she should not have survived, Jenn began questioning the life she was living, the dreams she kept postponing, and why other people’s opinions mattered more than her own.

That shift eventually took her from never sleeping in a tent to climbing some of the highest mountains on Earth and becoming a Guinness World Record-setting mountaineer. Her journey also forced her to rediscover who she was outside of motherhood, trust her intuition again, and show her kids what it looks like to do hard things.

Evonne and Jenn also talk about infertility, raising seven kids, reinvention, identity, motherhood, and why accomplishing something extraordinary does not mean you have to keep chasing the next mountain. Today, Jenn is taking that lesson into her next chapter through her Somedays project, helping people stop postponing the experiences, relationships, and moments that make them feel alive.

You don’t have to climb Everest to change your life. Sometimes the first step is simply deciding that “someday” is no longer good enough.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[01:48] Losing Yourself in Motherhood

[03:35] The Near-Fatal Car Crash

[06:14] Putting Yourself Last Until “Someday”

[08:58] Rediscovering Who You Are

[11:23] From a 40th Birthday Goal to Everest

[17:25] Becoming a Guinness World Record Mountaineer

[21:36] The Hardest Parts of Climbing

[23:00] Infertility, Embryos, and Seven Kids

[26:41] Reinventing After the Mountains

[29:04] The Somedays Movement

[34:33] What Is “Someday” Costing You?

[41:28] Making Your 90-Year-Old Self Proud

Key Takeaways:  

• “I remember negotiating with death. I'm like, ‘Please let me live, and I promise I'll do something significant. Like, I'm not ready to go.’” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “Why do I care so much what they think, and why is their opinion more important than my opinion?” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “If I'm happy, they have permission to be happy.” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “We get to reinvent ourselves at any time.” ~ Jenn Drummond

• “I think it costs us so much more than we think because someday sounds responsible.” ~ Jenn Drummond

• Don’t save your Somedays for a day that might not ever come. ~ Jenn Drummond

• “Are you on track to make the ninety-year-old self you proud?” ~ Evonne Varady

Keep In Touch with Jenn Drummond: 

Website: https://jenndrummond.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejenndrummond/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejenndrummond

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenndrummondutah/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@seekyoursummit

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #80 with Alice Sounthala

What if perfectionism isn’t helping you succeed, but keeping you stuck?

In this episode, Evonne sits down with licensed clinical social worker Alice Sounthala to talk about perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, self-worth, and the stories we create in our own heads.

Alice explains why perfectionism often comes from fear of making mistakes or being judged, how it creates indecision, and why sometimes the best thing you can do is “fail your way forward.”

They also break down the four attachment styles, why anxious and avoidant people often find each other, and how overthinking a text message can quickly turn into a story that may not be true.

The conversation also explores the difference between changing yourself and trying to “fix” yourself, and why growth should come from what you actually want for your life.

If you’ve ever waited for the perfect moment, struggled to disappoint people, or overthought yourself into doing nothing, this one is for you.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[04:12] From Filmmaking to Social Work

[06:40] Growing Up as the Eldest Daughter of Immigrants

[10:58] Anxiety, OCD, and Perfectionism

[17:07] How to Overcome Perfectionism

[22:44] Understanding the Four Attachment Styles

[26:56] Why Anxious and Avoidant People Find Each Other

[29:45] Can You Change Your Attachment Style?

[32:55] The Stories We Create in Our Heads

[35:29] Changing vs. Fixing Yourself

[39:08] Compassion, Accountability, and Therapy

[44:47] Quickfire + Final Thoughts

Key Takeaways:  

• Growing up fast can feel heavy while you’re living it, but those experiences can also shape strengths you recognize later. ~ Alice Sounthala

• “With perfectionism comes a lot of indecision.” ~ Alice Sounthala

• “I always say fail your way forward in life and lean into uncertainty.” ~ Alice Sounthala

• Your attachment style is not permanent. It can change through awareness, relationships, and working through what triggers you. ~ Alice Sounthala

• “We create our own stories in our head.” ~ Evonne Varady

• Growth is about asking what you want to change, not assuming something about you needs to be fixed. ~ Alice Sounthala

• “You can offer compassion and still call people out on their bullshit.” ~ Alice Sounthala

• Perfectionism and people-pleasing are often closely intertwined. ~ Alice Sounthala

Connect with Evonne Varady: 

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #79 with Jennifer Matthews.

Jennifer Matthews didn’t start The Old Farm Shed with a perfect business plan. She started with an idea, a small space, a willingness to take a risk, and one question: “What if you succeed?”

At 38, Jennifer stepped into entrepreneurship and began building what would become a destination boutique in Burgaw, North Carolina. More than a decade later, The Old Farm Shed has grown far beyond its original 600-square-foot space and earned recognition as 2026 Business of the Year.

In this episode, Evonne and Jennifer talk about starting a business later in life, trusting your instincts, standing out instead of fitting in, building loyal customers, motherhood and entrepreneurship, and why collaboration beats competition.

Jennifer also opens up about the years of work behind the success, taking big risks, navigating difficult seasons, and entering a new chapter as her only son heads off to college.

For any woman in midlife wondering, “Is it too late for me to start something new?” Jennifer’s message is simple: go for it. Stop second-guessing yourself. Crawl before you walk, keep learning, and don’t let age decide what you can do.

Sometimes the biggest risk isn’t failing.

It’s never finding out what would have happened if you succeeded.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[01:32] Jennifer Before The Old Farm Shed

[03:49] Fashion, Charleston, and Finding Her Style

[05:35] Why She Chose Burgaw

[07:46] Taking the Risk to Start The Old Farm Shed

[13:12] Why Customer Service Comes First

[16:36] Building a Business in a Small Town

[19:23] Collaboration Over Competition

[22:18] Winning 2026 Business of the Year

[24:33] Hard Business Decisions and Bigger Risks

[27:42] Motherhood, Business, and Starting at 38

[31:43] Empty Nesting and Her Next Chapter

[37:04] Just Wear It + Final Advice

Key Takeaways:  

• “What if you succeed?” ~ Jennifer Matthews

• “Customer service, customer service, customer service is number one.” ~ Jennifer Matthews

• “Collaboration is the best thing that you can do. Competition will kill your business.” ~ Jennifer Matthews

• Business owners don’t always get that validation or that pat on the back. ~ Evonne Varady

• “Go for it. Put it into place and make it happen. Never second-guess yourself.” ~ Jennifer Matthews

• We still keep growing after our forties. ~ Evonne Varady

• “Just wear it. Don’t let it wear you. You wear it.” ~ Jennifer Matthews

Keep In Touch with Jennifer Matthews:

Website: https://theoldfarmshed.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoldfarmshed/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOldFarmShed/ 

ReyaGel: https://www.reyagel.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielle.fette/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-fette/

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #78 with Danielle Fette.

Danielle Fette was pregnant, raising a family, and deeply invested in a regenerative medicine company she believed in when everything fell apart.

After speaking up about decisions she believed put patients at risk, Danielle and her husband were fired. Soon after giving birth, she was postpartum, overwhelmed, and interviewing for jobs while trying to figure out what came next.

Instead of walking away, they decided to build something better.

In this episode, Evonne and Danielle talk about starting over, building an FDA-cleared regenerative medicine company, working with your spouse, motherhood, leadership, imposter syndrome, and why waiting for the perfect plan can keep you stuck.

Danielle’s message is simple: start before you feel ready, stop comparing yourself to everyone who looks perfect online, and keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Sometimes starting over looks messy.

Sometimes it looks like building something better.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[01:57] From Nurse to Regenerative Medicine

[03:18] Getting Fired and Starting Over

[05:01] Postpartum and Out of Work

[06:49] Funding FDA Clearance

[11:38] Building a Business With Your Husband

[12:57] What Is Regenerative Medicine?

[16:13] Patients Over Profit

[20:12] The FDA Clearance Process

[25:16] Imposter Syndrome and Self-Belief

[33:19] Business Mistakes and Lessons

[40:33] Just Start

Key Takeaways:  

• “You can make money and do the right thing simultaneously.” ~ Danielle Fette

• Getting fired became the catalyst for Danielle and her husband to build a company around the kind of patient-first care they believed in. ~ Danielle Fette

• “If you do something, it’s better than doing nothing.” ~ Danielle Fette

• “You just have to believe in something bigger than yourself and go for it. There’s never a right time.” ~ Danielle Fette

• People often wait for certainty before taking the next step, but there is always risk. ~ Evonne Varady

• “I believe I’m supposed to be in every room.” ~ Danielle Fette

• You do not have to be perfect at motherhood, leadership, marriage, or life. You can make mistakes, own them, and keep getting better. ~ Danielle Fette

• Moms and leaders do not have to feel guilty about building a better future for their families while also pursuing something meaningful for themselves. ~ Evonne Varady

Keep In Touch with Danielle Fette:

Website: https://www.fettech.com/

ReyaGel: https://www.reyagel.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielle.fette/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-fette/

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #77 with Alex Richardson.

After giving birth to her first child, Alex Richardson entered one of the loneliest seasons of her life. She was struggling with undiagnosed postpartum anxiety, feeling isolated at home, and realizing that while everyone focused on the baby, very little support existed for the mother.

When the same gaps appeared after her second child, Alex turned her experience into 4th Trimester Mission, a nonprofit helping new moms feel cared for, connected, and supported during the first 12 weeks after birth.

In this episode, Evonne and Alex talk about what the fourth trimester really is, why new moms struggle to ask for help, and the subtle signs of postpartum anxiety and other perinatal mood disorders. Alex also shares practical ways to support a new mom, including meals, household help, pelvic floor therapy, lactation support, postpartum doulas, mental health care, and community.

They also discuss maternal intuition, feeding choices, mom guilt, and why a new mother may need someone to do the dishes more than she needs someone to hold the baby.

This conversation is for new moms, expecting parents, partners, grandparents, friends, and anyone who wants to better support a woman after birth.

Because bringing home a baby should never mean a mother has to disappear.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[01:51] Alex’s Postpartum Story

[04:04] Postpartum Anxiety and Isolation

[06:45] What Is the Fourth Trimester?

[09:11] Turning Pain Into a Mission

[10:31] Starting a Nonprofit

[12:54] Fundraising and Growth

[14:34] Supporting New Moms

[17:41] Why Moms Struggle to Ask for Help

[19:00] Signs of Postpartum Anxiety

[22:07] Support From Partners and Family

[24:10] A Powerful Home Visit

[27:12] Building Community for Moms

[29:58] How to Start a Mom Community

[32:05] Postpartum Care Resources

[36:32] Breastfeeding, Formula, and Mom Guilt

[37:04] Trusting Your Intuition

[38:09] What New Moms Actually Need

[40:21] Every Mom Deserves Peace

[40:57] From Loneliness to Impact

Key Takeaways:  

• “A lot of times our darkest days can be a catalyst into something huge that we are supposed to do in order to help other people.” ~ Alex Richardson

• Expecting women to care for their children, work full-time, and never need help is an impossible standard. ~ Alex Richardson

• Intrusive thoughts, constant checking, withdrawal, and difficulty connecting can be signs that a new parent needs support. With the right help, perinatal mood disorders can get better. ~ Alex Richardson

• Everyone wants to meet the baby, but we often forget to ask how we can support the parents adjusting to an entirely new life. ~ Evonne Varady

• “It takes consistency and it takes time to build a community.” ~ Alex Richardson

• Breastfeeding can be wonderful, but the best feeding choice is the one that also protects the mother’s mental health. ~ Alex Richardson

• A new mom may not need someone to hold the baby. She may need someone to wash dishes, prepare a meal, switch the laundry, or clean the bathroom. ~ Alex Richardson

• “Every mom deserves peace.” ~ Alex Richardson

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #76 with Jamie Lynn House.

Jamie Lynn House is a published author, health advocate, and devoted mother who transformed her family's lifestyle after her son developed unexplained health symptoms. What began as a search for answers became a journey into functional health, healing, and learning to trust her intuition when conventional medicine fell short.

In this episode, Evonne Varady sits down with Jamie to talk about advocating for your children, questioning the status quo, balancing motherhood with your own identity, and why healing often starts long before a diagnosis. Jamie shares how becoming a health coach helped her better understand her son's health, why she believes small lifestyle changes matter, and how writing became a creative outlet during one of the hardest seasons of her life.

Evonne and Jamie also explore food, functional health, AI's growing role in medicine, raising children with dietary restrictions, and the courage to keep searching for answers when something inside tells you there is more to the story.

This conversation is for the woman who has ever felt dismissed, questioned her intuition, or wondered if there was another path forward. Sometimes the most rebellious thing you can do is trust yourself.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[02:50] Meet Jamie Lynn House

[06:20] Designing Life Around Family

[08:34] Motherhood and Identity

[10:43] Becoming a Published Author

[13:53] Writing Through Anxiety

[18:54] Her Son’s Unexplained Symptoms

[21:54] Trusting Her Instincts

[25:50] Becoming a Health Coach

[28:12] AI and the Future of Medicine

[31:52] Making Healthier Choices

[34:30] The Problem With Food Dyes

[36:52] How Her Son Is Doing Today

[38:48] Children With Food Restrictions

[41:03] The Rise of Sober Living

[43:55] Healing Starts With Noticing

[45:46] Fighting for Her Son

Key Takeaways:  

• “When you have your mind set on something, break the mold and do it differently.” ~ Jamie Lynn House

• “You don't have to do it all at once. Just eliminate the things you know you can improve.” ~ Jamie Lynn House

• “Even if you can't always buy the best, you can stop buying the worst.” ~ Jamie Lynn House

• Do your own research before the appointment so you can ask better questions. ~ Evonne Varady

• “Healing starts with noticing that something's wrong.” ~ Jamie Lynn House

• “Being a good mom does not mean sacrificing yourself.” ~ Jamie Lynn House

• “We all need to find our people in life and align with them.” ~ Jamie Lynn House

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Website: https://jamielynnhouse.com/

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Rebel Rootz Show Episode #75 with Robyn Godfrey.

Robyn Godfrey is a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, keynote speaker, seven-time marathoner, and author of Running the World. After leaving a successful corporate career, Robyn built a new life around a powerful lesson she learned on a treadmill: you do not need more motivation, you need to take action.

In this episode, Evonne Varady sits down with Robyn to talk about leaving corporate America, rebuilding identity, running marathons around the world, caregiving for a spouse with chronic pain, and learning how to move forward before you feel ready.

Robyn shares how one 30-second treadmill run changed the direction of her life, why motivation can become a trap, and how small steps create real momentum. Evonne and Robyn also talk about the hidden emotional weight of caregiving, the power of community, and why success does not have to fit inside anyone else’s box.

This conversation is for the woman entering a new chapter who feels overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to begin. Sometimes the first step is not a full reinvention. Sometimes it is just 30 seconds.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Trailer + Intro

[01:26] Meet Robyn Godfrey

[03:47] Robyn’s Adventurous Spirit

[04:47] Life in Corporate Sales

[06:14] Leaving Corporate America

[07:42] Hearing The Word “Free”

[11:54] How Running Changed Her Life

[16:49] The 30 Second Shift

[19:02] Caregiving and Chronic Pain

[22:50] Remembering The Caregiver

[25:55] Writing Running the World

[31:22] Why Motivation Is A Liar

[35:28] Redefining Success

[41:41] Keeping Promises To Yourself

[42:48] Start With 30 Seconds

Key Takeaways:  

• “I am free to choose what I want to do next.” ~ Robyn Godfrey

• “I don’t have to go back to that sales job if I don’t want to.” ~ Robyn Godfrey

• “That thirty seconds on the treadmill really changed the trajectory of my entire life.” ~ Robyn Godfrey

• “When you break it down into small steps, into small cycles, then you can do anything you set your mind to.” ~ Robyn Godfrey

• Caregivers need support too, not just the person they are caring for. ~ Evonne Varady

• “If you are waiting for motivation, you’re gonna be waiting for a long time.” ~ Robyn Godfrey

• “Success doesn’t fit in everybody’s box.” ~ Evonne Varady

• “Take the tiniest step you can.” ~ Robyn Godfrey

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