Relentlessly Resilient Podcast

Relentlessly Resilient Podcast

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Relentlessly Resilient Podcast episodes

  • 9/11: We are resilient because ‘We Remember’

    In this special episode of the Relentlessly Resilient podcast, the team marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the War on Terror, and discusses the lessons of resilience they offer us. While these events are tragic, we cannot push them aside. We must remember the past because it teaches us resilience, Host Jennie Taylor spent the milestone weekend back East helping to rededicate the Global War on Terror Memorial with The National Infantry Museum. As a Gold Star Widow, she helped honor the fallen from 9/11 until now, speaking at the rededication dinner. Back home in Utah, the Major Brent Taylor Foundation produced WEber Remembers: The 9/11 Project with a unique memorial exhibit, ceremonies, and public events. Producer KellieAnn discusses the exhibit experience with Program Manager Kiersten Cragen, and they offer a unique perspective of the generation molded by the repercussions of 9/11. Finally, hosts Jennie Taylor and Michele Scharff reflect on the memories and lessons surrounding the milestone event. 

    Even though we live in challenging times we can become Relentlessly Resilient as we lean on and learn from one another’s experiences. Hosts Jennie Taylor and Michelle Scharf are no strangers to overcoming adversity; Michelle lost her husband to cancer, while Jennie’s husband Major Brent Taylor was killed in the service of our country. Their stories bond them together and now listeners can join them weekly as they visit with others enduring challenges and who teach us how they are exercising resiliency, finding value in their grief, and purpose in moving forward. 

    Listen to the Relentlessly Resilient Podcast regularly on your favorite platform, at kslpodcasts.com, kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL App. Join the Resiliences conversation on Facebook at @RelentlesslyResilient and Instagram @RelentlesslyResilientPodcast. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

    1 hr 23 min
  • Author, speaker, and podcaster Julie Lee on how connecting to others with compassion can save lives

    Author, speaker, and podcaster Julie Lee grew up in a family impacted by mental illness and believed that ordeal was in her past when as a young married 21-year-old she had her first mental breakdown. While she still struggles with her mental health she has sought out therapy, medication, and importantly an interconnected network of trustworthy people to support her in both the dark and light times of her life. She is now using her story to help empower her podcast listeners, educators, and families to model mental and emotional wellness by living an authentic life. In her book “I See You; How Compassion and Connection Save Lives” and her I See You podcast, which Relentlessly Resilient cohost Jennie Taylor has guested on, she shares individual’s stories of personal trials and triumphs in the hopes of helping her audiences find purpose and meaning to their own lives. She joins Jennie in this episode to share her own personal story of psychological battles, the importance of Compassion Across Generations and all backgrounds, as well as showing compassion to your own self. (Co-host Michelle Scharf was unable to participate in the recording of this episode.) 

    Even though we live in challenging times we can become Relentlessly Resilient as we lean on and learn from one another’s experiences. Hosts Jennie Taylor and Michelle Scharf are no strangers to overcoming adversity; Michelle lost her husband to cancer, while Jennie’s husband Major Brent Taylor was killed in the service of our country. Their stories bond them together and now listeners can join them weekly as they visit with others enduring challenges and who teach us how they are exercising resiliency, finding value in their grief, and purpose in moving forward. 

    Listen to the Relentlessly Resilient Podcast regularly on your favorite platform, at kslpodcasts.com, kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL App. Join the Resiliences conversation on Facebook at @RelentlesslyResilient and Instagram @RelentlesslyResilientPodcast. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

    43 min
  • Entrepreneur Mary Crafts on summiting success through love-based living

    From catering business to multi-million dollar empire and living inspiration, Mary Crafts has invested blood, sweat, and countless tears into building up her dreams and now is helping others do the same through her public speaking, hosting her podcast “Crafting a meaningful life”, and more. Today she joins Relentlessly Resilient host Michelle Scharf to discuss her philosophy on love-based living, hard work, and climbing through adversity. (Co-host Jennie Taylor was unable to participate in the recording of this episode.) 

    Even though we live in challenging times we can become Relentlessly Resilient as we lean on and learn from one another’s experiences. Hosts Jennie Taylor and Michelle Scharf are no strangers to overcoming adversity; Michelle lost her husband to cancer, while Jennie’s husband Major Brent Taylor was killed in the service of our country. Their stories bond them together and now listeners can join them weekly as they visit with others enduring challenges and who teach us how they are exercising resiliency, finding value in their grief, and purpose in moving forward. 

    Listen to the Relentlessly Resilient Podcast regularly on your favorite platform, at kslpodcasts.com, kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL App. Join the Resiliences conversation on Facebook at @RelentlesslyResilient and Instagram @RelentlesslyResilientPodcast. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Holly Richardson on the lessons of gratitude and resilience with her disabled children
    Activist, politician, writer, and more, Holly Richardson has taken on a lot of titles over her life, but the one she is most fond of is mother. Through birth and adoption, she and her husband are parents to 25 children, a number of whom have disabilities. Holly has learned a lot from her children about different abilities, resilience, flexibility, and appreciation of what is important. She joins Relentlisly Resilence host Michelle Scharf for this episode to discuss facing adversity and grief while being grateful for the blessings you still have. (Co-host Jennie Taylor was unable to participate in the recording of this episode.)
    42 min
  • Linda Scharf on going from a young widow to a newly married stepmother and more
    In the second part of a two-part series featuring host Michelle Scharf’s sister-in-law, Linda, she talks about going from a young widow to a newly, and quickly, married stepmother then birth mother. She expands on her previously learned lessons of finding joy amid trials, giving herself permission to discover who she is, to giving herself permission to let others discover who they are as well. While she might not be able to control every circumstance she greets, she has been able to find peace in letting God and the universe led her one step at a time.
    49 min
  • Linda Scharf on young widowhood and being okay with your version of grief
    Host Michelle Scharf’s sister-in-law, Linda, talks about losing her first husband less than six months into their marriage without a known cause. As a newlywed widow, she had to break free of unrealistic expectations of life and learn to grieve in her own way. Which for her was learning to let others help her, acknowledging the humor in life, and giving herself permission to not feel guilt over being the survivor. Linda joins the Relentlessly Resilient podcast in the first part of a two-part surprisingly joyful series about accepting tragedy and using it to figure out who you really are.
    44 min
  • Mother Laura Ward on trusting her intuition and learning to advocate for her sick infant sons
    Laura and Trevor Ward knew something was wrong with their firstborn son early in his life, but doctors thought it was first-time parent jitters. They learned to advocate for their child and themselves, finally receiving a diagnosis and treatment for a rare genetic disorder, Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency or GAMPT. Because they had learned to advocate for their older child’s health, when their second son fell ill and knowing it was not GAMPT due to newly imposed newborn screenings, they fought for his own diagnosis of Infant Botulism. Laura Ward joins this episode of Relentlessly Resilient to share her story of how she learned to trust her mother’s instinct through her sons’ illness, stay at Primary Children’s Hospital, diagnosis, and treatment.
    44 min
  • Widow Tabitha Farmer on perseverance after her Green Beret husband was killed in action
    Army Chief Warrant Officer Jonathan Farmer was killed by a suicide bomber in Syria on January 16, 2019, while the Green Beret served during Operation Inherent Resolve. He left behind his wife, Tabitha, and four small children. In this episode of Relentlessly Resilient, Tabitha discusses their love story, how the Special Forces shaped Johnathan’s life, and how she continues to persevere after loss declaring, “If I find a closed door, I'm going to go around the corner; I'm going to find the open door. I'm going to keep moving forward and keep going forward.”
    47 min
  • Janel Taylor on grieving and living after miscarriage and postpartum depression
    Hosts Jennie Taylor and Michelle Sharf are joined by a very special guest on this episode of the Relentlistly Resilient podcast. Jennie’s sister-in-law, Janel Taylor, shares her story of love and loss as a mother of three living children, as well as three children who passed before their births. While postpartum depression had occurred with the pregnancies of her surviving children, Janel’s miscarriages amplified those dark feelings as she found herself struggling with societal pressures, undeserved guilt, loss of faith, and increased anger. Over the years she was able to process her grief and learn to live again by focusing on the love of her family, the strengths in her faith, and the ever-uplifting power of serving others. She shares her experience and the lessons of resilience she hopes can help others suffering through similar struggles today,
    47 min
  • Cultivate perspective amid the disasters of life with Sonja Nordstrom: Former FBI agent and SAR K9 handler
    Former FBI agent Sonja Nordstrom has faced many challenging situations in her 24-year career, and even more as a search and rescue K9 handler. She and her canine companions have traveled the nation from assisting in body recovery at 9/11 ground zero to extensive field experiences in the collection of forensic evidence. Now in retirement, she works as a dog trainer of all ages, breeds, and temperaments. Amid the many heartbreaking and harrowing experiences, over the years she has developed a unique insight into resiliency in the face of disappointment, and shares today on our podcast, tips to cultivate perspective amid the disasters of life.
    43 min

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