Beautiful Strength: The Podcast
by STP Productions
Beautiful Strength celebrates the resilience of the human spirit through the power of conversation and photography. The podcast will focus on the conversation. Beautiful Strength the Podcast features interviews about diversity, resilience, overcoming obstacles, celebrating life, and laughing while tackling life's challenges. This podcast is inclusive and offers a platform for individuals to tell their story and for listeners to have the opportunity to listen and learn.
Episodes
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Erwin Rocha
This week's episode comes from Anaheim, CA. We are sitting down with Erwin Rocha. In December of last year, Annette met Erwin's mom, Nelly, in Homestead, FL. Annette kept her word that when she made it to the west coast, she would connect with Nelly's son. Two months and 2800 miles later, it...
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Faithbound
Today's episode comes from San Antonio, TX. Annette sat down with Desmond and Mary. Desmond's late wife and Mary's sister Debra, founded Faith Bound Street Ministry in 2015. Their Mission Statement starts with a quote from the Bible. It states in Deuteronomy 15:11 "For there will never cease to…
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Vincent Robinson
Today's episode is Vincent Robinson, in San Antonio Texas. Vincent was born in San Antonio Texas. He came from a broken home that dealt with a lot of mental health issues along with alcoholism in his family. At the age of 14 he joined a local gang and began to go down a troubled path. In 1991...
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Paula Gonzalez
This week's episode comes from Katy, TX. (Maria) Paula Gonzalez was born in Bogota Colombia and moved to the USA in 2001 when she was just 10 years old. Paula has always been a very positive person; very athletic and outgoing. Maria is also a boat propeller survivor due to an accident that…
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Lita Edwards Benduhn
Lita Edwards Benduhn, owner of Metamorphosis Ink in Dunedin FL motto is "Transforming scars, transforming lives, one drop of ink at a time." Lita is using her amazing skills as a tattoo artist to help others through the healing of tattooing. Lita has worked with cancer patients creating…
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Ramiro Romires
In this episode we're sitting down with Ramiro Ramires. Ramiro came to the US in his early 20s and worked hard in the tomato fields as well as numerous other jobs. He later became a member of the maintenance team at the Everglades Alligator Park. Hard work, determination, and a mind set on...
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Nelly Martinez
In this episode, Annette sits down with Nelly Martinez. Annette met Nelly at Robert is Here Fruit Stand in Homestead, FL. After a few minutes of fruit education and a killer milkshake recommendation (Mango, Pineapple, and Passion Fruit) Annette invited Nelly to see the bus and participate in the...
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Heather Belle Tattoos
In this episode we sit down (ok technically Annette is getting a tattoo at the same time!) with Heather Belle, a tattoo artist from Columbia, SC. Belle has always been into art since she was a kid, but tattooing wasn't legal in South Carolina when she was younger so she had no career path planned...
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Susan Naylor - SPCA Brevard
We sit down in Titusville, FL with Susan Naylor who is the Associate Director at SPCA Brevard. SPCA's mission is to protect and provide a voice for homeless animals. They believe "You won't change the world by saving an animal, but you will change that animal's world." 2021 Life-Saving Statistics...
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Carol Morris - Happy Place Market & Mercantile
Carol Morris has always dreamed of opening her own store. She took that opportunity once Covid slowed down. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis a bit over six years ago and needed to switch her work environment to reduce her stress level and spend her days in a place that felt like home to...
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Spread The Positive Follow Up Interview
This is a cross episode with the Spread The Positive Podcast. Trent Denson interviews Annette about all the recent developments with Beautiful Strength and what is coming up!
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Founder Annette McNamara
If you're a new listener to Beautiful Strength: The Podcast and you wonder how this all started and why are we doing what we're doing, this is a great episode to listen to. Our Founder, Annette McNamara, explains the passion behind this project and what it's taken to get this sucker mobile. This…
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Vincen Liddle
Today's episode comes to you from Hampton Iowa. We're sitting down with Vincen Liddle. Liddle, 36, is a disability advocate and inclusion speaker. He is a paraplegic and an adaptive sports athlete. Vincen is no stranger to the world of disabilities and inclusion. He was born with Microtia, a...
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Kris Erickson
In this episode Annette is in White Bear Lake, MN with Kris Erickson. Kris is a mom of three, a wife, and a nurse. She talks about raising her youngest child with medical complexities and disabilities in a world without a handbook. Kris has a strong faith and an unapologetic foul mouth. Cursing…
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Kristin Marcus CHAPS
In this episode we are in Sheridan, WY with the Executive Director, Kristin Marcus, of CHAPS. CHAPS: Children, Horses, Adults in PartnerShip (CHAPS) Equine Assisted Therapy. Kristin talks about the benefits of human-horse interactions and how Equine Assisted Services can be highly rewarding and...
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Jackee Taylor "Relative Unknown"
This week's podcast out of Billings, MT may be the most thrilling and wild podcast yet. A father who was a former member of the most notorious motorcycle club in history turned informant. A confession to an unsolved murder. A life filled with complications and challenges acquired from the...
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Carol Swartz: Jeannette Rankin Peace Center
In this episode Annette sits down with Carol Schwartz from the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center in Missoula, MT. JRPC's mission is working together for nonviolence, social justice, and environmental sustainability. They believe Peace must include the way we each live our lives and the thoughts…
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Yousta Storytellers Club
This episode comes to you from the skate ramp at Yousta Storytellers Club headquarters in Hayden Lake, ID. If you ever wanted an insight to the skateboard world and how entertaining and devoted to this sport these men and women are, this is a great episode to listen to. Christian, Jay, and Katy...
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Only 7 Seconds Kristin Wall
This week's podcast features the non profit Only 7 Seconds and its Founder Kristin Wall. As Annette was walking the downtown of Chelan, WA she noticed signs that said "Because You Matter." The QR code linked to www.only7seconds.com A WORLD WITHOUT LONELINESS. INSPIRING INTENTIONAL CONNECTIONS BY...
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Antoinette Mell
This week's interview is with 39 year old Antoinette Mell. Mell is a resident of Vancouver, WA and a labor and delivery nurse. What started out as a conversation about Covid and the various different challenges she faced as an essential employee in the medical field on the front line, turned into…
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Amanda Nystrom
In this episode Annette sits down with Amanda Nystrom. Amanda has a really incredible story and has overcome so much. She suffers from a rare disorder called ehlers-danlos syndrome. Despite this Amanda has an amazing outlook on life and is passionate about living a life of purpose. Listen in for...
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Kayla Powell
This week Annette is in Bozeman, MT with Kayla Powell, the coordinator for the nonprofit, Greater Impact. Their mission is to serve their community and provide a hand up to those in need through acts of service such as automobile repair, housing, and employment. Their core values are Honor,...
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Saul Martinez
This week we have a special episode of the Beautiful Strength podcast. Annette sits down with Saul Martinez. Saul has an incredible story, he is a former Army Infantryman and Purple Heart Recipient, originally from Southern California, Saul made Bozeman home for his wife and two kids almost 10...
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Krista Lindquist
This week Annette sits down with Krista Lindquist! Krista has a really amazing story and is definitely a great example of all the things that Beautiful Strength is looking to bring light to. She is a mom, a personal trainer, a yoga instructor, group fitness coach and more! Clearly she is all…
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Chelsea Gibson
Today we sit down with Chelsea Gibson. Chelsea is polite, beautiful, and has a smile that lights up a room (or better yet, an entire Vanfest!). From the moment I met her I knew I wanted us to be friends. The more she talked and the more I listened, I realized she's even more badass than I…
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Jessica Rambo + Adam Gibson
In this episode we sit down with Marines Adam Gibson and Jessica Rambo. Both Skoolie dwellers and veteran badasses who share the same love of Siemper Fi and a Once a Marine Always a Marine mentality who continue to find family on the road. Adam and Jessica talk about enlisting, undeniable...
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Angie + Jon + Zoe
As described on John's Instagram, he is an Alpha Amputee Holman Grown who is loving life, his wife, and his kids. John wants to help those he can on their road to happiness while also honoring your journey. John wanted to include his beautiful wife Angie into the podcast as well to gain her...
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Chapel Hart
Super special episode of the Beautiful Strength Podcast. This week I sit down with Chapel Hart! If you aren't already familiar Chapel Hart is an American country music vocal group from Poplarville, Mississippi. The group's members are sisters Danica Hart and Devynn Hart, and their cousin Trea...
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Katherine Klimatas
Katherine Klimitas is an author, artist, speaker, author, and graphic designer. She has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, better known as Brittle Bones Disease. By the age of 10, Catherine had broken over 500 bones. Her story is one of determination and resiliency. Katherine has an incredible outlook on...
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Gloria Ward
Glo is a 73-year-old and lives in New Orleans. She doesn't take any medicine, grows all her own food, and is passionate about creating/teaching sustainable life practices to the NOLA youth. Her motto is "if you can't touch it with love, don't touch it at all". Throughout her life, she has worked...
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CeCe + Juice
After a random meeting in Franklin, TN I ended up recording a podcast with CeCe and her mom in New Orleans. Crazy right?! It felt like I had known these two ladies for years and we had a really amazing conversation. The two hilarious Cajun women talk about the love of their city, their strong...
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Ben Huntzinger - Spartan Wheel Chariots
This episode of the Beautiful Strength Podcast is with Ben Huntzinger. Ben has a really amazing story. He was in an accident when he was younger and tragically became paralyzed from the chest down. His passion is being outdoors and he had quite the journey finding a wheelchair that was outdoor...
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Lorrin Worner
My name is Lorrin Worner and I am a Wife, Bonus Mom and assistant children's pastor. I am on the path of being comfortable with allowing my story, challenges and good times, to help others.
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Stephen Salyers: ITS ALL PERFECT, EVEN WHEN ITS NOT
Described as one of Music City's most powerful vocal forces by the Nashville Scene, Stephen Salyers has proven to be a pyrotechnic entertainer & creative artist, armored with dynamic vocal ability and showman skills, enduring audiences from all over the world. Since moving to the live music…
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Drew Peacock One Legged Cowboy
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Arbour Season: Indie Folk duo and Family living the Skoolie Dream
Arbour Season travels full time in a converted school bus playing colleges, house shows, theme parks and other venues across North America. Alongside the duo is the cutest 2 and a half year old in the world with a baby on the way. Arbour Season in an indie/folk duo who's sole passion is to bring...
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Chawnika Sanders: Sole Provider Single Momma
"Today I am a single mother of an 8 year old young man lol. I will be the first to admit with being a single mother comes challenges. I, Chawnika Sanders, am the sole provider for my son. His reality right now is he is being raised in a single parent household. Some days I want to take a break…
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Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier: Non Profit Genius
Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier, Ed.D., CFRE, CNP, SHRM-CP: Dr. Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier has over ten years of experience in the nonprofit sector and has raised approximately $3.3 million collectively for over 50 organizations. She currently runs her own nonprofit consulting firm, AQP...
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Elisabeth Donaldson: Make People Laugh
Elisabeth Donaldson is an Actress, Filmmaker and Multidisciplinary artist living in Nashville TN. After moving to Nashville from Los Angeles in 2009 to work non profit- Elisabeth found her way back into the film world as a music video wardrobe stylist- styling projects for bands such as The Black...
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Olivia - Finally Me!
My journey began in 1970 at age 5. That's when I first felt the same as my mother or grandmother. I was sent to psychiatrist in 1975 for two years. He would spend the next two years teaching me that being a girl, wanting to be a girl, liking girl things was Bad! When you are that age you believe…
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Jonathan Pillot: We Are All 18
In this episode, Jonathan Pillot, the founder of We Are All 18, speaks about the company's intergenerational approach to encourage young people to share their stories and use their voices and show up to Vote. He is a human who believes in the power of young people and wants them to know they are...
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Kristen Davis & Melanie Scott: Nurture the Next
In this episode we sit down with two fun, energetic, and driven ladies from Nurture the Next. Their mission is to create a future for children and families filled with promise and prosperity. Their vision is to see all children in Tennessee thriving in safe, stable and nurturing families and...
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Chris & Ashley Vicari: Let's talk about IVF
In this episode we sit down with Chris & Ashley Vicari. Two of the nicest people you will ever meet, who will make the best parents ever. In 2018, Ashley was diagnosed with "POI," Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, or pre-menopause. Ashley and Chris share their IVF story and the emotional...
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Brian Craighead: Kidney Transplant Update
UPDATE!!! Back in February, Sarah Craighead, Brian's wife contacted us to ask if we would photograph her husband who was looking for a kidney. Brian posed for his photo and then told his story on Beautiful Strength: The Podcast. Within a mere 24 hours, Jacie confirmed that she was destined to be...
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Tyler Jones: Live Life to the Fullest
In this episode we sit down with 18 year old cancer survivor and amputee Tyler Jones and his mom April. If you weren't inspired to live life to the fullest before this episode, you will be when it's over. Tyler is an energetic and polite young man enjoying the college life and making plans for…
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BrandiLee Schafran: Advocating Like a Mother
Shortly after BrandiLee and her family moved from Syracuse NY to Nashville TN in the summer of 2016, her son Finn was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma after doctors found a large tumor inside his bladder. After 2.5 years of aggressive treatment which included…
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Makenzie & Amanda: Rhabdomyosarcoma of the soft palate survivor/fighter.
Makenzie O'Toole is a 14 yr old Rhabdomyosarcoma of the soft palate survivor/fighter. Makenzie was diagnosed at the age of 2 after a suspected abnormally large uvula closing off her airway ended up being a tumor. Kenzie underwent chemo and radiation and was one of two Rhabdomyosarcoma's in the…
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Alli Bimson: Laughter maybe is the best medicine.
Alli Bimson is absolutely hilarious. She makes us smile with her everyday commentary on motherhood of 3 year old Kai. A fun loving, little boy currently fighting against leukemia. He just turned 3 and he is already one heck of an entertainer. Alli is just taking it one day at a time, laughing as...
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Lisa Wolfe: Living For Everything
What are you Living For? We all have different responses and our why to this question. Our answer is deep and personal and the reason why this nonprofit exists. At the age of 2, our daughter Arlie was diagnosed with cancer, Leukemia. We started the hard uphill battle to getting her healed. She…
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Sunday Snack with Isaac & Annette
It's that time again, a Sunday Snack episode. Basically just two friends recapping the week and discussing a few hot topics, the Non Profit organization Beautiful Strength, and shouting out Kudos to people we see doing great things! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to…
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About this show
Beautiful Strength celebrates the resilience of the human spirit through the power of conversation and photography. The podcast will focus on the conversation. Beautiful Strength the Podcast features interviews about diversity, resilience, overcoming obstacles, celebrating life, and laughing while tackling life's challenges. This podcast is inclusive and offers a platform for individuals to tell their story and for listeners to have the opportunity to listen and learn.
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STP Productions