I Choose Grit.
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA space to share our heavy burdens and honor the courage it takes to carry them. •
Interviews of ordinary people sharing the experiences that have taught them to choose courage, resolve, and strength of character (I.e; grit). AND...regular minisodes from your host on the many ways she strives to do so herself while in the midst of dealing with #potssyndrome & #chronicmigraine
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Episodes
RW: I Can be Weak, Because I’m Loved.
September 22, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.9 MBCarrie introduces us to her first internet friend and fellow podcaster, Rachel Wong. Rachel shares openly about struggles related to her mental health that began for her in middle school and how therapy, community, & her relationship with God have played (and continue to play) into her healing. We chat about how she is applying what she’s learned in the midst of 2020, and hear some of her perspective on issues of race unique to her experiences as a Chinese-Canadian at this time. I promise you...
RW: Depression + Anxiety.
September 22, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.9 MBCarrie introduces us to her first internet friend and fellow podcaster, Rachel Wong. Rachel shares openly about struggles related to her mental health that began for her in middle school and how therapy, community, & her relationship with God have played (and continue to play) into her healing. We chat about how she is applying what she’s learned in the midst of 2020, and hear some of her perspective on issues of race unique to her experiences as a Chinese-Canadian at this time. I promise you...
Grit for the Whole World.
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBCarrie opens Season TWO of the podcast by sharing about her experience of 2020 thus far, and some practices & mindsets getting her through that closely parallel her life with a chronic illness. Episode ends with highlights of what this season’s phenomenal guests have said is getting them through this year so far—a year that is calling for a lot of grit....from all of us.
Minisode: the power of validation.
June 15, 2020 21:04 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBCarrie reflects on the fact that she’s been referred to as a social justice advocate, and what about her life has led her to have a heart that breaks at witnessing the issues of division & racial inequality being brought to the surface these days. (hint: other people’s’ reactions to her own suffering) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
Minisode: accidentally becoming a social justice advocate // the power of validation.
June 15, 2020 21:04 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBCarrie reflects on the fact that she’s been referred to as a social justice advocate, and what about her life has led her to have a heart that breaks at witnessing the issues of division & racial inequality being brought to the surface these days. (hint: other people’s’ reactions to her own suffering) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
minisode: an accidental social justice advocate // the power of validation.
June 15, 2020 21:04 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBCarrie reflects on the fact that she’s been referred to as a social justice advocate, and what about her life has led her to have a heart that breaks at witnessing the issues of division & racial inequality being brought to the surface these days. (hint: other people’s’ reactions to her own suffering) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Minisode: how I accidentally became a social justice advocate.
June 15, 2020 21:04 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBCarrie reflects on the fact that she’s been referred to as a social justice advocate, and what about her life has led her to have a heart that breaks at witnessing the issues of division & inequality being brought to the surface these days. (hint: her own suffering) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
minisode: how I accidentally became a social justice advocate
June 15, 2020 21:04 - 10 minutes - 9.74 MBCarrie reflects on the fact that she’s been referred to as a social justice advocate, and what about her life has led her to have a heart that breaks at witnessing the issues of division & racial inequality being brought to the surface these days. (hint: other people’s’ reactions to her own suffering)
AR: Thought This Was Right...But It Wasn’t.
May 18, 2020 14:21 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBA few more weeks of a Stay at Home Order means Carrie has begun to interview her roommates. Anna Romportl shares a time she was sure of what she was meant to do with her life, and she turned out to be wrong (she chose grit by deciding to do something about it). Hint: it involves a convent. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
I Thought This Was Right...But It Wasn’t.
May 18, 2020 14:21 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBA few more weeks of a Stay at Home Order means Carrie has begun to interview her roommates. Anna Romportl shares a time she was sure of what she was meant to do with her life, and she turned out to be wrong (she chose grit by deciding to do something about it). Hint: it involves a convent. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
Anna: I Left a Convent.
May 18, 2020 14:21 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBA few more weeks of a Stay at Home Order means Carrie has begun to interview her roommates. Anna Romportl shares a time she was sure of what she was meant to do with her life, and she turned out to be wrong. She chose grit by deciding to do something about it. Hint: a convent is involved.
AR: I Left a Convent.
May 18, 2020 14:21 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBA few more weeks of a Stay at Home Order means Carrie has begun to interview her roommates. Anna Romportl shares a time she was sure of what she was meant to do with her life, and she turned out to be wrong. She chose grit by deciding to do something about it. Hint: a convent is involved. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
AR: I Thought This Was Right...But It Wasn’t.
May 18, 2020 14:21 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBA few more weeks of a Stay at Home Order means Carrie has begun to interview her roommates. Anna Romportl shares a time she was sure of what she was meant to do with her life, and she turned out to be wrong. She chose grit by deciding to do something about it. Hint: a convent is involved. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
AR: I Thought This Was Right...but it Wasn’t.
May 18, 2020 14:21 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBA few more weeks of a Stay at Home Order means Carrie has begun to interview her roommates. Anna Romportl shares a time she was sure of what she was meant to do with her life, and she turned out to be wrong. She chose grit by deciding to do something about it. Hint: a convent is involved. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
Quarantine Sanity Check: The Funk Has Come.
May 01, 2020 17:00 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBEpisode 3 of crummy social-distanced audio & quality conversation. This simple weekly check- in gets deep this week. #coronavirus
Quarantine Sanity Check: Episode #2.
April 25, 2020 17:13 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBWeek two of sanity checks between Carrie and her two friends, Monica Murphy and Jacinta Van Hecke. This week we share progress on projects we’re working on, how we’re doing overall, and end by challenging ourselves (and you) to do something for the other while being ordered to stay home during Covid-19. Milwaukee artist fund: https://www.imaginemke.org/mke-artist-relief-fund/donate.php?fbclid=IwAR2o_EpB1xVIqvImkMoeMKa73Ho6lW6HN792spkdNIodEqZQt-9yfjupPI0
Quarantine Sanity Check: Episode #1.
April 18, 2020 03:26 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBCarrie and two of her particularly creative friends (future guest Monica Murphy & former guest Jacinta Van Hecke) chat about their daily routines, what’s scary, what’s keeping them sane, and what’s just plain weird about their lives one month into being ordered to stay home due to Covid-19. They end by sharing challenges for listeners and one another to make the most of this time and share their progress on in future episodes.
Quarantine Sanity Check: Episode #1
April 18, 2020 03:26 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBCarrie and two of her particularly creative friends (future guest Monica Murphy & former guest Jacinta Van Hecke) chat about their daily routines, what’s scary, what’s keeping them sane, and what’s just plain weird about their quarantined lives thus far. They end by sharing challenges for listeners and each other to share and update one another on in next week’s episode. #alonetogether #gritwhilequarantined --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ht...
Minisode: Corona life. Have I done this before?
April 08, 2020 12:48 - 10 minutes - 9.88 MBNo. But the whole putting your life on hold for an unprecedented amount of time for the sake of taking care of yourself? Feels oddly familiar to me. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
Minisode: Corona land. Have I done this before?
April 08, 2020 12:48 - 10 minutes - 9.88 MBNo. But the whole putting your life on hold for an unprecedented amount of time for the sake of taking care of yourself? Feels oddly familiar to me. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
Danielle: Williams Syndrome.
March 20, 2020 14:34 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBA short and sweet conversation between Carrie and her friend Danielle Noth, who was born with one less chromosome than many of us. D talks about her favorite movies and love for music and Carrie shares a few specific ways Danielle’s grit & sensitivity has lightened the load of her own suffering.
DN: Williams Syndrome.
March 20, 2020 14:34 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBA short and sweet conversation between Carrie and her friend Danielle Noth, who was born with one less chromosome than many of us. D talks about her favorite movies and love for music and Carrie shares a few specific ways Danielle’s grit & sensitivity has lightened the load of her own suffering. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
M+K: I Look Different Than Everybody Else...and Couldn’t Care Less.
March 20, 2020 14:34 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBMatt Endres shares his story of how he learned to choose grit as someone born with a slightly different physique than many of us. His fiancé, Katie Boehm, tunes in to share her perspective on the topic. {aka- another fun love story included} Note from the host: apologies for the technical difficulties that led to some recording blips.
M+K: I Look Different Than Everybody Else...and Could Care Less.
March 20, 2020 14:34 - 39 minutes - 37.1 MBMatt Endres shares his story of how he learned to choose grit as someone born with a slightly different physique than many of us. His fiancé, Katie Boehm, tunes in to share her perspective on the topic. {aka- another fun love story included} Note from the host: apologies for the technical difficulties that led to some recording blips. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schues...
JVH: I Have to Love You Differently.
March 20, 2020 14:29 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBOh shoot...I’m codependent. The eloquent, Jacinta Van Hecke, discusses a unique encounter with heartbreak she experienced in the form of the loss of an intensely close friendship. Jacinta shares how this experience shaped her into so much of who she is today. It taught her how to love, and it taught her to choose grit. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Jacinta: I Have to Love You Differently.
March 20, 2020 14:29 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBOh shoot...I’m codependent. The eloquent, Jacinta Van Hecke, discusses a unique encounter with heartbreak she experienced in the form of the loss of an intensely close friendship. Jacinta shares how this experience shaped her into so much of who she is today. It taught her how to love, and it taught her to choose grit.
B + B: Should I Marry You?
March 20, 2020 14:29 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBSometimes dating gets gritty, and bringing the question of marriage into the picture can cause a whole lot of feelings to arise. Carrie introduces two of her biggest supporters, her sis and bro-in law, Bridget and Brett Hutchison. Hear how these two chose grit by facing hard things together and how, eventually, taking a leap into the unknown became an enormous blessing to many.
B + B: Should I marry you?
March 20, 2020 14:29 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBSometimes dating gets gritty, and bringing the question of marriage into the picture can cause a whole lot of feelings to arise. Carrie introduces two of her biggest supporters, her sis and bro-in law, Bridget and Brett Hutchison. Hear how these two chose grit by facing hard things together and how, eventually, taking a leap into the unknown became a huge blessing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: ...
B + B: Who should I MARRY??
March 20, 2020 14:29 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBSometimes dating gets gritty, and bringing the question of marriage into the picture can cause a whole lot of feelings to arise. Carrie introduces two of her biggest supporters, her sis and bro-in law, Bridget and Brett Hutchison. Hear how these two chose grit by facing hard things together and how, eventually, taking a leap into the unknown became a huge blessing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: ...
Minisode: courage.
January 18, 2020 04:10 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBBrief thoughts from your host on the beginning of this project thus far while she finishes prepping the next lovely interview (possibly recorded from her pillow while in a fairly medicated state). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrie-schuessler/support
minisode: courage.
January 18, 2020 04:10 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBBrief thoughts from your host on the beginning of this project thus far while she finishes prepping the next lovely interview (possibly recorded from her pillow while in a fairly medicated state).
Minisode: Meet Carrie.
December 21, 2019 19:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBYour host (Carrie) shares some of her firsthand experiences of suffering that inspired this space and podcast to come to life.
Minisode: The Story of Carrie.
December 21, 2019 19:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBYour host (Carrie) shares some of her firsthand experiences of suffering that inspired this space and podcast to come to life.