Made to Thrive
88 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMade to Thrive is a podcast that encourages, equips, and empowers people to live more fully in seven areas: relationships, health, career, finances, identity, faith, and purpose. Each Monday we interview someone who is thriving in one of those areas or do a deep-dive into a topic, unpacking what it means to thrive and how you can do it, too. Fridays are a review of Monday's episode with questions from listeners and recommendations for how to grow more in all areas of your life. M2T is hosted by Sam Feeney, a certified life coach who doesn't have all the answers either, but who knows they're out there!
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Creating Your Relationship Basecamp: An interview with Warren Peterson from SignificantMan.com
August 23, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MB#036 - Basecamp is commonly known as the place where food and supplies are kept in preparation for a mountain ascent and a place to return once you've reached the summit. Climbers know how important basecamp is to helping them reach new heights. In today's episode, Warren Peterson from SignificantMan.com discusses the importance of having a relational basecamp, a group of people who offer support to each other through the peaks and valleys of life's journey. His near-death story of disco...
Who You Are Is How You Are: An interview with Allen Arnold from Wild at Heart
August 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB#035 - How would you respond if a trusted mentor told you that how you're doing everything you're doing is alienating those closest to you? Put another way, what should you do if you realize that how you see yourself is limiting how much you're able to impact those around you? Today's guest, Allen Arnold, shares his transformation from hard-charging corporate executive to thoughtful author, speaker, and consultant. But his own journey needed to start with a look inward at what was shaping...
You Get Married Every Year?: An interview with Evan Money from EvanLovesSusan.com
August 09, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB#034 - If you wanted to learn about marriage from those around you, today's guest says you'd likely put people into one of three categories: Married and miserable, Single and cynical, or Divorced and desperate. No matter what your experience with or perception of marriage, today's conversation with Evan Money is going to both challenge and inspire you... and it might even make you a little bit mad. Evan's decades-long pursuit of his bride Susan has them getting married in a different s...
How to Workout From Wherever: An interview with Jim Gromer about healthy living no matter how busy you are
August 02, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB#033 - What's the biggest challenge you face in your health? Is it a lack of motivation? Perhaps not knowing how to eat right? How about just being too busy to work out regularly? Today's guest, Jim Gromer, from MyWhereverWorkout.com, shares his story of being on the road too often for work and how he solved the problem of working out without having a gym nearby. Jim also gives us some inspiration, revealing statistics about how little effort it actually takes to extend your life expect...
The Career That Finds You: An interview with Paul Edwards from The Ghost and The Machine
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB#032 - What does it take to find a great career, one that's fulfilling, that's financially rewarding, and that uses your skills and talents? If you're today's guest, Paul Edwards, you just keep bouncing around from job to job, continually dissatisfied and frustrated, until one day you realize that you're the reason your career isn't what it could be. And then you finally do something about it. Paul's company, The Ghost and the Machine, was born out of a deep, quiet urging about his care...
Sitting with God: An interview with Rich Lewis about centering prayer
July 19, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MB#031 - In all the years I've believed in God, I've practiced many of the typical spiritual disciplines: reading the Bible, going to church, tithing, and praying (especially when a loved one was sick or I really needed something). But today's guest suggests that I've missed a very important practice in my faith: sitting. Rich Lewis, the author of Sitting with God, shares his experience of discovering centering prayer, his gradual formation of the regular practice, and how it has changed h...
Live the Life You Choose: An interview with Russ Hedge about his book Befuddled?
July 12, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB#030 - Are you confused by life? Do you often find yourself clueless about what's going on rather than clear and confident? Today's guest, Russ Hedge, provides refreshingly simple advice for those of us who can sometimes be confused and consternated by life. His book, Befuddled? Live the Life You Choose, draws from his wide array of experiences to offer wisdom that you can immediately apply, creating a mission-driven life that makes your experience and that of those around you more full a...
Educating, Planning, and Investing: An interview with David Littlejohn on thriving financially
July 05, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB#029 - What's the first step to thriving in your finances? Is it investing in the right stocks? How about finding the right advisor to make decisions for you? Those are nice, but what really makes a difference is a person who wants to learn and who takes the time to find the right sources of information. Today's guest, David Littlejohn, presents his simple, straightforward approach to reaching your financial goals that involves a lot more than terms like rate of return and fee-for-ser...
Rescued From Victim Mentality: An interview with Joel Cochran about what holds us back
June 28, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB#028 - What's easier for you: to think of all the reasons you can't do something or to think of all the reasons you can? Whether or not you realize it, victim mentality - the mindset that blames others for our problems - is rampant in society and maybe even in your own life. It's a subtle way of thinking that focuses on all the reasons we can't create the life we want, and it keeps us stuck in unhappiness for years on end. Today's guest, Joel Cochran from Proclivity.co, tackles this diff...
The Challenge of Legacy: An interview with Blake Brewer from the Legacy Letter Challenge
June 21, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB#027 - Happy Father's Day! Now get back to work! We just celebrated Father's Day, and I'm blessed to have a wife and children who want to honor me on that day, but it's the other 364 days each year that make the biggest impact on my children's future because that's where the legacy I leave them is lived out. Today's guest is Blake Brewer, founder of The Legacy Letter Challenge. Blake experienced a tragedy in his late teens that forever changed his relationship with his father and his de...
How to Thrive in Your Health: An interview with Nathan Simmers from Practical Nutrition and Fitness
June 14, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB#026 - What's your definition of health? Is it inches on your waistline? Maybe your BMI? A certain amount of weight you can bench press? Today's guest, Nathan Simmers from Practical Nutrition and Fitness, offers a refreshingly attainable definition of health and shares his own journey to health and to a life of helping others reach their fitness goals. If physical health has always been a mystery to you, our interview with Nathan might be a breath of fresh air, inspiring you to star...
Why Aren't Men Thriving? The beginning of our journey to answer that question
June 07, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB#025 - While most of our episodes begin with a rhetorical question, today we're going to ask one we won't answer by the end of the show: "Why aren't men thriving?" Of course, you could ask the same for women, so this question isn't to their exclusion, but as a man who's raising four boys, I've had difficulty providing them examples of men who are thriving in the 7 Core Areas. In fact, I've begun to wonder whether it's even possible to thrive - to be fully alive - in all areas of your life....
Parenting as an Act of Faith: An interview with Meg Glesener from Letters from Home
May 31, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MB#024 - As boxer Mike Tyson famously said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." I can think of few descriptions more appropriate for our today's topic: parenting. From managing the unpredictable emotions of your child, the unwritten expectations of your spouse, and the nagging fear that you're doing it all wrong, parenting is one of the biggest challenges you'll face... and one of life's great rewards. In this episode, Meg Glesener, host of the Letters from Home podca...
Keeping the Faith in College: An interview with Chris Render from MyCollegeSuccessCoach.com
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB#023 - How important should your child's faith be when they're choosing which college to attend? Put another way, how much do you want faith to be part of your child's college experience? Today's guest, Chris Render from MyCollegeSuccessCoach.com, discusses his new coaching program, "Keeping the Faith". Drawn from his work with high school students for the past two decades, this one-month group dynamic helps students define what they want from their college experience and even provides a...
Why Should I Forgive? An interview with Derek Stone
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB#022 - What if the one thing holding you back from all that you want in life is the hardest thing of all? In today's episode, we interview Derek Stone, author of Why Should I Forgive?. His book details the difficult circumstances of his childhood and the victory he found in forgiveness - not only for the people who hurt him, but for the one person who should have been there to protect him. If you're resisting forgiving someone, Derek shares how it might be the one thing that will free ...
Living a Purpose-Driven Life: A review of Rick Warren's classic book
May 14, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.38 MB#021 - People talk a lot about finding their purpose or living a life that's meaningful, but very few actually do it. Why is that? Because they don't really understand what's really going on, that they were made by God for a purpose. In this month's book review, we examine Rick Warren's classic bestseller, The Purpose-Driven Life to learn more about not only why you're here, but how you can use your God-given gifts to life with purpose. Enter to win a free copy of The Purpose-Driven Li...
Creating Meaning in the Mundane: An interview with Phil James from SimpliCollege.com
May 10, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB#020 - How do you know you're truly living your purpose? When you see it in the little things every day. In episode #18, Dr. Bryan Hendley shared his vision for finding purpose with The Purpose Project, a challenge to not only find your purpose, but to live each day with purpose. Today's guest, Phil James, from SimpliCollege.com, is living proof of that perspective, finding a variety of ways to live his purpose throughout a career and life filled with unexpected twists and turns. Joi...
Coach's Corner: The Joys and Challenges of the Summit
May 08, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.63 MB#019 - Congratulations! You've reached the summit! Now what? In this episode we discuss the final stage of Maslow's Ascent: reaching self-actualization, a fancy term for being - and becoming - who you're truly meant to be. But what are the major goals and potential obstacles at this level of existence, and how can you ensure that you don't roll back down the mountain like so many others do? Let's stay here as long as we can... here on Made to Thrive. The video lesson for this episod...
Living Life on Purpose: An interview with Dr. Bryan Hendley with The Purpose Project
May 03, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MB#018 - Do you know what your purpose is, why you're here on Earth? For many people, that question is too big, too seemingly unknowable, so they quickly discard it or actively avoid it. But they really want to know. Don't you? In today's episode, Dr. Bryan Hendley walks us through the highlights of his program, The Purpose Project, which was created to answer that big question but actually provides us the answer to an even better question. And, of course, he'll answer 5 Big Questions...
How to Live on Purpose... Even When You Don't Know What Your Purpose Is: An Interview with Dr. Bryan Hendley
May 03, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB#018 - Do you know what your purpose is, why you're here on Earth? For many people, that question is too big, too seemingly unknowable, so they quickly discard it or actively avoid it. But they really want to know. Don't you? In today's episode, Dr. Bryan Hendley walks us through the highlights of his program, The Purpose Project, which was created to answer that big question but actually provides us the answer to an even better question. And, of course, he'll answer 5 Big Questions...
Coach's Corner: Reclaiming Your Self-Esteem
April 30, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 7.68 MB#017 - How do you feel about yourself, and how much is that affecting your ability to live the life you're called to live? In today's episode, we return to Maslow's Ascent, a step-by-step climb of the hierarchy of needs observed by psychologist Abraham Maslow, and discover a little known truth about our self-esteem. This one thing may be why you're stuck wherever you are, tantalizing close to reaching self-actualization, but not ready to make the big leap. Let's learn more about the anato...
How to Defeat Imposter Syndrome: An interview with Shane Sams from FlippedLifestyle.com
April 26, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB#016 - For anyone who struggles with issues of identity - especially if you are mission-driven or aspire to do bigger and better things - there's a quiet, condemning voice that challenges you with these questions: "Who am I to think that I can do more that what's expected of me?" and "What happens when people find out that I don't have it all figured out?" This mental battle, commonly known as Imposter Syndrome, plagues more people than you might first imagine, including people who have ac...
Coach's Corner: The Beauty and the Danger of Belonging
April 23, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 9.89 MB#015 - It feels good to belong, doesn't it? To be part of a group, a team, a family. One of our most basic needs is to belong, but there's a potential dark side if you're someone who wants to do big things with your life or to follow a call. In today's episode, we continue our ascent of Maslow's hierarchy of needs to the belonging level and explore what keeps us stuck there and how to rise above it to reach our most full lives. If you want to go after a big dream but are feeling afraid...
Following the God of Big Dreams: An interview with Mitch Matthews from the Dream.Think.Do podcast
April 19, 2021 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB#014 - Do you have big dreams? Are you called to do something more with your life but you're not sure what it is or even how it's going to happen? Today's guest, Mitch Matthews from the Dream. Think. Do. podcast, shares his story of going after a big dream and finding something even better when it seemed like the dream was no longer possible. Mitch comes with a perspective of having interviewed more than 300 dreamers on his podcast and having coached high-level executives for more than a ...
Coach's Corner: How to Stop Living in the Basement
April 16, 2021 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.62 MB#013 - Are you living in the basement? In episode 11, we introduced Maslow's Ascent, the idea that we have a series of needs that must be met before we can be our truest selves, experiencing life at its fullest. Today we explore the first two levels of existence and talk about why many people never move beyond merely surviving, even people who are seemingly successful. You'll learn the two keys to moving up the ladder of existence so you can have more near-life experiences. If you want...
Creating a Budget to Thrive Financially: An interview with Jenn Trinidad from BudgetDivas.com
April 12, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB#012 - What do you think about when you hear the word "money"? What about the word "budget"? If you'd rather have a root canal than talk about money, you need to listen to this episode because your relationship with money might be keeping you from thriving. In this episode, Jenn Trinidad from BudgetDivas.com shares her story of working out of $90,000 in debt and how it has been a key to thriving in other areas of her life. If you've heard of Dave Ramsey's "baby steps" but haven't followe...
Coach's Corner: Maslow's Ascent and the paradigms that keep us stuck
April 09, 2021 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB#011 - Have you ever had a "near-life" experience? You know, a time when you felt really, truly alive? Maybe it was at a sporting event or special time with a loved one; perhaps you were doing something risky or out of the ordinary for you. Today's Coach's Corner is the beginning of a series called "Maslow's Ascent" or "Next Level Living." We'll examine the paradigm that's keeping us stuck wherever we are in life and week by week unpack it so we can free ourselves to live more of those "...
Permission to Fail: An interview with Gregg Guerrerio from the R5 Co-lab
April 05, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB#010 - Do you have permission to fail? Whether you're starting a new business, a new relationship, a new season of life, is failure an option? Or is your identity too tied to your performance that you won't try something new because there's too much at risk? Today's guest, Gregg Guerrerio, shares his perspective on taking risks and encourages you to adopt a "permission to fail" mindset because of what he has discovered along his journey. And of course, he answers 5 Big Questions on Made ...
Making the Leap: A review of The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
April 02, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB#009 - Are you living life at the highest level? If you're not, what's holding you back? Each month we review a book that encourages, equips, and empowers us to thrive, and this month's book will not only explain why you might not be living life to it's fullest, but how you can begin to. This month's book is The Big Leap: Conquer your hidden fear and take life to the next level by Gay Hendricks. We define the Upper Limit Problem and discuss the four zones people live in: Incompetence, Co...
A Life of Ministry, a Life of Faith: An interview with FCA's Ted Brunner
March 29, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB#008 - The journey of faith is a combination of certainty and uncertainty, and often at the same time! Today on Made to Thrive, Ted Brunner shares his completely non-linear journey to full-time ministry, including waiting two years after leaving his job to begin his work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. His story of navigating the clear and cloudy seasons of serving God will encourage you and invite you to fully live your own story of faith. And as always, we end the interview ...
Coach's Corner: Finding a Fulfilling Career... or Making Your Career More Fulfilling!
March 26, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes - 8.21 MB#007 - If you're starting your career or looking for a fresh start, how do you know which opportunities will bring fulfillment and which will bring frustration? On today's episode we look back at Monday's conversation with career coach Curtis Swisher (Episode 006), digging into some of the keys he shared about finding "open doors" and "stop signs" in your career. Plus, we share our Career Keys short course, which listeners can access for free by visiting madetothrive.coach/careerkeys. Car...
How to Thrive in Your Career... and After: An interview with Curtis Swisher from MyCareerQuest.com
March 22, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB#006 - Are you thriving in your career? While some people enjoy long, fulfilling careers, many trudge through most of their lives in jobs that don't use their natural abilities or make the impact they wish they did. Today's guest is Curtis Swisher from MyCareerQuest.com, and he shares the many lessons he learned from three decades at a Fortune 500 company and the years immediately following his unexpected retirement. Now a career coach, Curtis reveals how he pivoted twice to avoid layoffs...
Coach's Corner: What's the Difference Between Success and Significance?
March 19, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB#005 - On our Friday's Coach's Corner, we look back at Monday's episode (004 with View From the Top's Aaron Walker!). We take a fresh look at the adage, "Work like it depends on you; pray like it depends on God." to better understand how that paradox actually makes sense in our lives. The majority of the episode is a deep dive into the sometimes contrasting definitions of success and significance and how our motivations to achieve either might point to a deeper longing for meaning. Listen...
How to Go from Success to Significance: An interview with Aaron Walker
March 15, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB#004 - Aaron Walker had it all: a great family, a string of successful businesses, and enough money to retire... twice! But something happened in his life that caused him to question whether any of it mattered. Was he living in significance? In our interview, Aaron shares the keys to his success and how living for significance has enhanced all areas of his life as he now builds up others through his book View from the Top and his Iron Sharpens Iron mastermind groups. Get complete show no...
Coach's Corner: How to Make a Tough Decision
March 12, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.86 MB#003 - Every Friday we look back at Monday's episode to answer questions from our members and discover the resources we need to apply the lessons learned from Monday's guest. Check out Episode 002 for our interview with Coach Z, who integrates his faith and his passion. In this episode we answer the question: How do you know when to pivot or when to push through? We discuss Steven Pressfield's The War of Art and Proverbs 11:14 ("There is wisdom in a multitude of counselors."). Listeners...
How to Integrate Your Faith and Your Passion: An interview with Coach Zeric Martinez of the Highlands Ranch Mountain Lions
March 08, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MB#002 - If you're someone who has a passion for something and aren't sure how to integrate your faith into it, you're going to love this episode! Coach Zeric Martinez has been coaching football up and down the Front Range of Colorado for the past 23 years, and his current role as head coach of the Pop Warner Mountain Lions in Highlands Ranch allows him to seamlessly combine his faith in God with his passion for football. Listen as he shares why his faith and passion for football are so impo...
How to Combine Your Faith with Your Passion: an interview with Coach Z
March 08, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MB#002 - If you're someone who has a passion for something and aren't sure how to integrate your faith into it, you're going to love this episode! Coach Zeric Martinez has been coaching football up and down the Front Range of Colorado for the past 23 years, and his current role as head coach of the Pop Warner Mountain Lions in Highlands Ranch allows him to seamlessly combine his faith in God with his passion for football. Listen as he shares why his faith and passion for football are so impo...
Welcome to Made to Thrive! An introduction to the podcast
February 23, 2021 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB#001 - Certified Life Coach Sam Feeney introduces Made to Thrive for the first time in this overview of the podcast, website, and community. We define the "Three E's" of Made to Thrive: Encourage, Equip, and Empower, digging into what each means and how listeners and members will experience them. Next we explore the seven main areas of thriving: Relationships, Health, Finances, Identity, Career, Faith, and Mission. Get your free Thrive assessment at AmIThriving.com You'll get emailed ...