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This is a True Story
by Scott Davidson
Featuring true transformative stories and ideas. Transformative story episodes are presented by dreamers, adventurers, the notable, the ordinary and more. Idea episodes are brief episodes focused on intentional living, self-improvement and other transformative ideas you can incorporate in your life today. This is a True Story rotates between airing either transformative story or idea episodes. This is your home for true transformative stories and ideas.
Episodes
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Rebranding This is a True Story Podcast
So I am rebranding This is a True Story Podcast. The past year I really loved sharing transformative stories and ideas. From the first story of finding love and near death in death valley to hiking the PCT, to discovering oneself by experimenting with plant medicine, silent meditation, solo…
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Programming Pause for This Week and First Week of Janua
I hope all of you are doing really well. We're coming to almost a full year of sharing true and very transformative stories and also transformative ideas. I am really grateful for you, the listeners, and for the guests that have shared their amazing stories and sat with us afterwards to let us…
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The Healing Powers of Forest Bathing
Making an active effort to practice mindfulness in nature using what some call forest bathing has the potential to heal your life. Forest bathing arose from Japan with the purpose of mindfully reconnecting with nature and increasing mental and physical health. Listen to how forest bathing can...
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The Medicinal Power of Camping Alone - Scott Carnahan
What is the medicinal/healing power of camping alone and how can this practice help you? Today, Scott Carnahan presents his very true and transformative story of healing through the practice of camping alone and solo travel. He also talks about reclaiming spaces by building new memories. Scott...
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What I Learned From Interviewing the Most Adaptive Individuals on Earth
I am about to share what the most adaptive individuals do in order reach their goals and better the world despite incredible adversity. The past six years I've interviewed hundreds (really likely much higher) of individuals that faced unimaginable adversities. Some have died. Some have lost a…
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Opt Out and Reclaim Your Life
My schedule was full of responsibilities. I had a bunch of social commitments I didn't want to attend. My email and home inboxes were full of stuff. I paid for a bunch of packages, but I really only used one service. In my quest to get after life, my list of goals kept growing and many weren't...
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Failed Kidney Transplant Propels Donor Athlete to Dig Deeper - Kim Constantinesco
Kim Constantinesco is a competitive big mountain snowboarder, adventurer and author. She spent much of her life making the world a little brighter with her writings. Kim went through the extensive and difficult process of donating her kidney to a stranger and the kidney didn't survive. Despite…
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Letting Go of Sentimental Items
How do you let go of sentimental items? My grandmother was in many ways my closest friend and when she died it was difficult to move forward. After her passing, I sat in her home, reliving memories and preparing to go through all the stuff she owned. I couldn't fully process donating all of her...
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Idea: Essentialism, Doing More With Less
Have you experienced days, weeks or even longer of feeling completely overwhelmed by the stuff you need to do? Have you said yes to doing something and later regretted it? Are you missing out on the things you want to do because of other obligations? If so, then maybe the idea of essentialism is...
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Rejecting Wealth to Pursue Something More - Colin Wright
Why would someone turn their back on guaranteed huge financial success and instead pursue a life of minimalism, content creation and full-time travel? Would you take the money or rather move towards an unconventional lifestyle? Today, the very notable Colin Wright presents his very true and...
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Idea: Declutter Your Mind and Life with The Minimalist Practice of a Packing Party
The practices and ideas of essentialism and minimalism is something I've attempted to incorporate the past seven years. About six years ago we downsized our entire house and moved 2,000 plus miles away to a smaller home in a strange new world. When we arrived at our new home we filled one garage...
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Adventure Changed My Life - BASE Jumper, Skydiver and Adventure Athlete Jim Jennings
How does adventure improve one's life? This is a story of how taking flight changed elite adventure athlete Jim Jennings' life. Jim Jennings suffered a TBI and other complications after an accident. Post accident Jim felt very hopeless at points. What helped in his recovery was an introduction to...
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A Tribute to Rhonda Ramsay
Today in this episode we pay tribute to Rhonda Ramsay. Rhonda was a writer, speaker and was known for her platform The Pink Project. This interview is from some years ago and is remastered. Rhonda passed away this past week after many years of thriving despite cancer. Rhonda was first diagnosed…
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If Your Life Should Fall Apart…SaraMae Hollandsworth
This is a story of a high performing athlete that got an infection that almost took her life. Saramae was on life support, lost both her legs, left a toxic relationship, lost some of her identity and more. I've covered countless stories of individuals facing adversities and this is one of the…
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A Message to My Birth Mom - A Transformative Adoption Story by Lisa Gerard Braun
How to become okay, when things feel not okay. This story focuses on Lisa Gerard Braun's adoption story and the challenges, feelings surrounding this experience, meeting her birth mom, and eventually a transformation from uneasiness to acceptance and peace. Lisa Gerard Braun is a writer that…
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Asking the Homeless, "What is the Happiest Part of Your Day?" - Jordan Gross
Today, prolific personal development author Jordan Gross presents I Asked 6 Homeless People "What is the Happiest Part of Your Day?" and the Answers Brought Tears to my Eyes. Jordan Gross is an author focusing on personal development. Jordan is also an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and all around...
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We'll Be Feral by the Time You Find Us - Vanessa Torre
"Instead of wishing for a tender hand to comfort us, the calm touch of a selfless partner, we fear the strong hand that wants to tame us." Vanessa Torre presents "We'll Be Feral by the Time You Find Us" and then sits with us to share the story behind her story. Vanessa Torre describes herself as…
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When Your Home is also a Hostel - Alla Gonopolsky
"In a hostel, friendships are measured by openness, not by time. It's amazing how fast people go from strangers to dear friends. To dear family, really. I am constantly making friends and losing friends as they travel onward. But when time together is short and transient, walls seem to come down...
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Start a Podcast and Change Your Life and You Lost Your Way (2 stories)
Scott Davidson presents two stories in this episode. Story one, "Start a Podcast Now and Change Your Life." Starting a podcast changed so my life and it can change your life too, for real! Story two, "Quit Your Job, You Lost Your Way." Do you ever feel like you lost your way? Do you feel stuck in...
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Figure It Out - Jacob Pacheco
When you face adversity you have a choice to quit or keep charging after your hopes and dreams. Surfer, speaker, content creator and entrepreneur Jacob Pacheco chose to keep charging and he presents "Figure it Out" a very true and incredibly inspiring story about adapting to a life of significant...
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Life as a Palestinian Doctor on the Front Lines of Conflict
Today we hear from Dr. Fekri, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza and he shares his story of how and why he became medical doctor. Dr. Fekri then sits with us and shares his perspectives as a Palestinian doctor on the front lines of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and he describes what it's like…
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What it's Really Like on a 10-Day Silent Meditation Retreat - Caitlin Kratz
"I am changed. Even in the almost 5 years that have passed since my first sitting, I find it difficult to lace the right words together to truly convey the impact of the experience. Enlightening, without a doubt, but I might go as far as to say profound. Numerous fellow meditators have described…
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The Terrible Price of the Unlived Life - Crystal Jackson
I have so much love for the version of me who shaped a life around fear. She did the best she could for as long as she could. I'm so grateful for the version of me that found the courage to take a big risk for an even bigger payoff. It all worked out in the end" Crystal Jackson. Today, writer...
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The Life Changing Joy of Minimalism on the Road - Kayli Kunkel
"My minimalism was making me happy. But still, life and unattended emotional baggage was getting in the way. So when I made the choice to travel the world and indulge in some long overdue mental health time, I was slightly more equipped for what I needed to do." Kayli Kunkel presents her story…
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A Day in the Life of a Stunt Person - Nicholas Daines
Today, we have Nicholas Daines and he is an absolutely top stuntman, a TV Presenter with a specialism in natural history, a microbiologist, former Great Britain gymnast, and you've likely seen him on your screen as he's in Star Wars films, Harry Potter Films, Fantastic Beasts, Mission Impossible,...
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I Discovered the Entire Universe - Marta Wanderlust
"Even the scary and intimidating process of ceasing to exist, itself, may end in bliss." Marta Wanderlust. Marta Wanderlust threw herself into the abyss and found a featherbed on the other side of letting go. Marta Wanderlust presents her story of taking part in a Shamanic healing ceremony.…
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How I Chose My Bank Robbery Getaway Song - Joe Loya
"I've done many bad things in my life, most of them criminal. And I have genuine remorse for that rogue behavior, just the way any self-respecting person should." - Joe Loya Buckle up, this is a wild ride! You don't want to miss this episode. Joe Loya is a Writer (essays/books/TV), film…
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Why Not Me?
Scott Davidson is a father, adventure athlete, speaker, producer and host, and based in Vegas More about Scott Davidson. Scott was featured on or collaborating with Osprey Packs, ESPN, Cotopaxi, Zappos Adaptive, Yahoo News, and more. Scott is an adventure athlete born with severe bilateral CTEV.…
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Ayahuasca Paranoia: That Time I Nearly Died in the Amazon - Alisha Smith
"People say that ayahuasca is a truth serum, but I think it's a fear venom. It drives its viney tendrils deep into the sludge of your soul. It has an arsenal of machinery ready to excavate the shittiest beliefs you hold about yourself. It can make you live your worst nightmares, often in the most...
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Shedding Shame and Guilt through Strength and Resilience
In letting go of the shame I felt about the person I was, I've been able to feel pride in the woman I'm becoming. This past fall, I wrote and released my memoir, "The Good Stripper: A Soccer Mom's Memoir of Lies, Loss and Lap Dances." With my book, I am teaching people that experiencing trauma…
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The Shift, A Story of Grief and Growth - Susan Hannifin-MacNab
"I was a wife and a mother. Until my husband went out for a Sunday drive and didn't show up for dinner. Until he didn't show up for breakfast. Until he was silent." Susan Hannifin-MacNab is a mother, social worker, educator and author. After her husband died suddenly, she was propelled to act…
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Why You Might As Well Jump
"I remembered to breathe, which gave me a second to assess the big picture of my life. It wasn't pretty. At the time, my day-to-day existence was an exercise in monotony. I had a job with no future, an outlook with no hope and a string of first dates who had no intention of calling me back. My…
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Discovering the essentials for a happy, healthy, and fulfilled life
Are you struggling to find your purpose in life? Are you struggling to create a self-care routine that works for you or likewise struggling to find a community? Pamela Holt lived in these struggles. She presents her story of how she discovered what she believes are the essentials for her to help...
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Declutter your Life and Chase your Dreams - Jennifer Burger
Feel like your life is stuck on auto-pilot? Are you doing what you believe is expected of you without actively deciding or even thinking about what you really want out of life? Do the things you own, or seek to own, now own you? If so, listen now and take control of your life. A few years ago...
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I Started Rock Climbing and it Changed my Life - Austin Harvey
Austin Harvey was stuck. "After a tumultuous breakup, a good friend of mine finally convinced me — after trying for months — to go to a bouldering gym with him. I had nothing better to do, I figured, so I went." Everything changed after this decision. Tune in to hear the rest of this true story....
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The Pacific Crest Trail Saved My Life - Liane Herrick
"The Pacific Crest Trail saved my life, but not in the way most people would expect. I wasn't healing from cancer or coping with the loss of a loved one. Rather, I was bored and that boredom manifested itself as depression. Feeding my depression was a fear that I had left no impact and had no...
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The Road to 1,000 Followers Changed Everything
"You're just writing all this to attract more followers. You're just doing this to inflate your ego...You're just doing it to put yourself on a higher ground than your friends...Soon they'll all find out you're nothing you claim to be." William Cho shares his true story of his journey selecting…
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Near Death in Death Valley - Aven Kane
Near Death in Death Valley - Aven Kane "When are you supposed to tell the guy that you're about to die with, that you're in love with him? Before you try to escape the cliff you're stranded on...or after?" Escape into this true story by incredible adventurer and author Aven Kane by listening now....
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Trailer to This is a True Story Podcast
Allow me to quickly introduce myself. my name is Scott Davidson and I am excited to share The is a True Story Podcast This podcast is for you....those that seek truly transformative, life altering stories that are very much entertaining, adventurous, dramatic, frightening, romantic, and a bunch…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Featuring true transformative stories and ideas. Transformative story episodes are presented by dreamers, adventurers, the notable, the ordinary and more. Idea episodes are brief episodes focused on intentional living, self-improvement and other transformative ideas you can incorporate in your life today. This is a True Story rotates between airing either transformative story or idea episodes. This is your home for true transformative stories and ideas.
HOSTED BY
Scott Davidson
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Featuring true transformative stories and ideas. Transformative story episodes are presented by dreamers, adventurers, the notable, the ordinary and more. Idea episodes are brief episodes focused on intentional living, self-improvement and other transformative ideas you can incorporate in your life...
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This is a True Story is created and hosted by Scott Davidson.
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