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EPISODE · Apr 6, 2026 · 1H 10M

80 Jill Chalsty: Bringing Free Critical Life Skills & Packets Of Hope To 180 Million Students Worldwide

from Going in Blind with Zach Tidwell

Jill Chalsty is the Founder of the Overcoming Obstacles life skills curriculum, which she developer to fill critical gaps in education systems around the world, and has now taught over 180 million students worldwide. She’s achieved this while enduring breast cancer and a double mastectomy—all whilst caring for her late husband, who battled Dementia—and subsequently having gone on to persevere through the ensuing lung cancer that followed his passing. She found a singular purpose in those dark years that led her on a beautiful pilgrimage that culminated with the writing of her new memoir, Packets of Hope. Expect to learn how bullying shakes the foundation of people throughout their lives, how cyber bullying is even more dangerous, what unconditional love is like, how Jill navigated the complexities of being the sole caregiver to her husband while he battled Dementia and she battled breast cancer and a double mastectomy, why life skills are so important for kids and adults alike, and how her losses led her to traveling the world, sustaining the purpose that kept her going through her ongoing battle with lung cancer. You can find Jill in the following places: Overcoming Obstacles: overcomingobstacles.org Packets of Hope: packetsofhope.com Zach’s book is on the way it’s officially in the hands of an editor, and on the final path to publishing! If your new to the show and haven’t heard his incredible story, go back and listen to the show’s trailer, or visit Zach’s website at zachtidwell.com. To get the big news when it’s going to print, join his email list on the website. Follow And Support The Show Follow, rate, and review the show wherever you listen. And if that happens to be on YouTube, like this video too before sharing the episode with family and friends. Website: https://zachtidwell.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556533676388 Instagram: @ZachCTidwell LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-tidwell-9076852ab/ X: @ZachCTidwell Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-in-blind-with-zach-tidwell/id1787306128 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51IxT43v95otwaXDkyr6FW YouTube: @ZachCTidwell #GIB #GoingInBlind Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm.

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