For the first time publicly, Michelle shares her cancer story in full. You’ll get to hear the series of events leading up to her diagnosis, details of what the cancer removal entailed and what life with one eye looks like (no pun intended). Being different in a world full of criticism isn’t easy but we want to encourage you to tell your story and tell it loud!

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a firefighter / paramedic looks like? On today’s episode Shane walks us through what goes on in the fire department and what he does to prepare for shift.

We’ve been spoiled with our garage gym, everything we needed at our fingertips! We started at our gym about 10 months ago and have had to get used to packing a bag when we workout there verses at home. In today’s episode we share everything that comes to the gym with us!

We believe that strong, consistent and purposeful communication around scheduling your lives is key. In this episode we share why we are so passionate about scheduling as well as a few tips to get you started.

We are passionate about a healthy lifestyle and a key factor to that is sleep. We talk about the different stages of sleep, what can be preventing you from getting quality sleep and we share the 5 sleep habits we’ve adopted since getting our whoop bands.

*Disclaimer we start our bedtime at 9pm not 8pm (LOL) not sure why we kept saying 8pm.

If you’ve been wondering how it all began, here ya go! We share all the juicy engagement details from how Shane asked my parents for my hand in marriage and picked a ring to how he planned the day and.. plot twist.. whether or not I said “Yes”!

We dive into the different stages of our fitness journey and how we each fell in love with CrossFit. Michelle talks about when she finally decided to really give CrossFit a try and Shane talks all about how we merged Michelle’s love for running with his love for the sport of fitness. Shane also explains what CrossFit is and why we stick to it. Whatever fitness journey you’re on or whatever type of fitness you enjoy we hope this episode motivates you to get out there and get after it day in and day out!

Michelle asks Shane a few common questions about the fire life.. What schooling and testing is like to get into the fire department, what his schedule is like and more. Michelle shares her favorite thing about being a fire wife and what it was like when Shane responded to his first fire.

We are sharing all about what lead us to becoming the Ladd’s, when we knew each other was “the one” and a few tips we learned along the way that we believe will strengthen your relationship.

Get to know The Ladd’s! We are so excited to start this podcast journey with you! You will learn all about who we are and what you can expect from The Ladd Life Podcast. We open up about our marriage, our health and fitness journey as well as the fire department life. We hope that we can share our story and encourage you though what life has handed us.