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beingbenkeefe — 247 episodes

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Freedom Fest Backyard Ultra - An Adventure

2

One More Lap. One More Life

3

Right Where I Was Supposed to Be

4

Fear

5

Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown

6

Look at All Those Colors

7

Track & Field State Championships 2026

8

Don't Wait to be Inspired

9

A Tribute to the Bells

10

Effort > Talent

11

Microwave Pizza

12

Recovery - Lesson in Running and Life

13

Faith as Belief in Possibility

14

Simple Ways to Give - Artists Helping The Homeless

15

The Cost and Calling of Self-Awareness

16

Want a Better Relationship With Your Teenager?

17

The Weight of a Story

18

Art Show Starts On Saturday - March 14th!

19

Want, Can, and the Space Between

20

"Kindly let me help you or you will drown."

21

Simple Program - Complex People

22

Play Out the Tape

23

Freedom From Guilt

24

The Next Thing You Lose

25

Unearned Confidence - Leadville SilverRush 50

26

A New Year - One Step at a Time

27

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and All That Jazz!

28

Doing Good - It's About Balance

29

Nuggets

30

Second Chances Require Compassion

31

GRATITUDE AS A TONIC FOR SELF-PITY: HOW ACTION TRANSFORMS

32

Dealing With Boredom

33

Running in Circles A 78-Mile Backyard Ultra Reflection

34

Brain Fog

35

The Right To Be Wrong

36

Recognizing Self-Love in Ourselves

37

Fundamental Progress and the Reinterpretation of Basic Ideas

38

I Found The Meaning Of Life

39

I'd Rather Be Woke Than A Sheep

40

Patience Gives Me Peace - Perseverance Give Me Progress

41

A Brief Interlude To Share Some Love

42

Discipline Creates an Expansive Freedom

43

The Ties That Bind

44

With Humility, I See Myself Clearly and Grow Freely

45

Willingness Makes Me Teachable, Adaptable, and Strong

46

My Words, My Actions, My Values Are One

47

Destined to be Dull, Boring, and Glum

48

Courage Steadies My Mind and Builds Resolve

49

I Trust the Path Even When I Cannot See It

50

Hope > Despair

51

Truth Keeps Me Steady

52

Peace of Mind Takes Maintenance

53

A Tribute To Chuck

54

Snakes and Ladders

55

Feeling Entitled Can Lead To Justifying

56

I Double Ogg Dare You - Race Recap

57

This One is for Alice

58

Coaches and Parents

59

Seek Discomfort

60

The Truly Extraordinary Do Something Difficult Everyday

61

There Is No Better Than Here and Now

62

Are The Kids Soft

63

Coaching - What Do You Want To Be

64

First Day of Practice

65

Time to Use Your Voice - Please Get Active

66

I'm So Bored

67

Los Lobos 6 Hour Challenge

68

Preseason Coaching

69

Listen to the Hidden Brain Podcast

70

Look Well, Therefore, To This Day

71

Boho Beautiful 14 Day Meditation Challenge

72

Jay Johnson Consistency is Key

73

Forever Homes

74

Starter Homes

75

Earnest Seeking

76

Press Pause On Your Mouth

77

Holiday Letter 2024

78

Fear of the Unknown

79

Part of Surrendering is Acceptance

80

This One Is A Mystery To Me

81

Bernard M. Baruch

82

Learning From Shared Experiences

83

More About Burdens

84

Idealist Vs Realist

85

Thanksgiving Alone

86

Gratitude 5/5 - The Program of Action

87

Gratitude 4/5 - Literature & Knowledge

88

Gratitude 3/5 - Nature

89

Gratitude 2/5 - Relationships

90

Gratitude 1/5 - Being Present

91

Better Use of My Time

92

The Value of Old People

93

Right Place Right Time

94

I'm Doing Just Fine, Thank You

95

Religion for One Please

96

Suggestions On a Path to Freedom

97

One Dessert Two Forks

98

Don't Let Them Get You to Hate Them.

99

An Inside Job

100

Insanity

101

More About Miracles

102

Good Intentions on the Way to Hell

103

To Ruby

104

It Sinks In

105

Make As Many Mistakes As Possible

106

Effort is a Controllable Variable

107

Changes You Rarely Notice

108

Robert Nelson - A Tribute

109

If...Then

110

Asking for Justice Instead of Mercy

111

The Kids Are Going to Make It

112

Circle of Stoke

113

Warms My Cockles

114

Bearing Discomfort

115

Terminal Uniqueness

116

The Wreckage of the Past

117

Building Your Own Conception of Something

118

Doing Versus Feeling

119

Addiction

120

Today is a Good Day for Today

121

Pacing Leadville 100 Trail Ultra

122

Peat and Repeat

123

Simplicity

124

A View From the Lake

125

Appreciation Takes On New Meaning

126

It's Not Really About Running

127

My Best Thinking...

128

Let's Talk About Excuses

129

My Witness

130

Summit Series - Challenger Point & Kit Carson - Part 2

131

Summit Series - Challenger Point & Kit Carson - Part 1

132

Leadville Silver Rush 50 Mile Trail Race

133

Summit Series - Mount Massive

134

Summit Series - Wetterhorn Peak

135

Summit Series - Redcloud & Sunshine

136

Summit Series - Uncompahgre Peak

137

Summit Series - Handies Peak

138

Summit Series - San Luis Peak

139

A Series On The Summits

140

Let the Adventure Begin

141

Ice Cream & QuikTrip

142

Reasonably Good Life

143

Happy Father's Day Dad!

144

Making Things Right

145

Turn That Frown Upside Down

146

Survival Guide vs Maps

147

Stream of Goodness

148

New Experiences in Divorceland

149

More Thoughts on Self-Pity

150

Self-Pity

151

MindBall

152

Distractions in Trail Running

153

Unexpected Opportunities Continued

154

The Unexpected Opportunities of Divorce

155

Phish Lifeboy

156

Putting In Subreddit Work

157

Rebel Without a Clue

158

Divorce

159

My Fulfillment Grows

160

Wrinkles - Earned Stripes

161

Referrals

162

Bubble Matches or Blood Round

163

Thanks for Buying Me Shoes Mom

164

Meeting Makers Make It

165

Be Like a Barrel

166

Pictures from the Past

167

Two Questions

168

Padiddle

169

Life Needs More Banquets

170

Becoming More Like The Dude

171

Here's a Secret

172

Prisoners of Our Thoughts

173

A Moment In Time - Senior Recognition Night

174

I'm Not Good With Lists

175

These Kids Man - Smarter Than Me

176

Alex - You Graduated College - A Letter

177

Happiness < Peace of Mind

178

Facts Not Feelings

179

A Tribute to Milton Leibee

180

Who Will Make It and Who Won't

181

We Talking About Practice

182

Little Things Can Spark Bigger Things

183

Simple

184

Unencumbered & Carefee

185

Potent Ponderables

186

Slow Like Fingernails

187

Mind's Eye Not Blind

188

You Are Not A Bad Dad

189

What We Value = Time Spent

190

$2 To Save Lives

191

How We Walk Through It

192

It's Not A Coincidence

193

Being Less Miserable

194

A Simple Busy

195

The Confidence Cycle

196

Bent Oak Ultra

197

Bent Oak Ultra Episode 3

198

Bent Oak Ultra

199

Insanity Versus Reality

200

Bent Oak Ultra

201

Everyone Needs a Big Biscuit

202

Small Part of a Big Whole

203

My Friend Charlie O'Connor

204

Giving Back What's Been Freely Given

205

Priorities

206

Action > Motion

207

The Curse of Enough

208

As Bill Sees It

209

Writing My Prayers

210

Trying Something New

211

Be More Like a Spider

212

Even Later Last Week...

213

Late Last Week...

214

Fun Times

215

Making a List

216

Allowing For the Exceptional

217

The God of Experience

218

Repetition Pierces the Dullest of Minds

219

Squiggly Lines

220

No Such Thing as a Coincidence

221

It Gets Better

222

The Olathe Marathon - An OZ Adventure

223

An Obligation to One Another

224

Empathy Versus Apathy

225

We Don't Even Realize it's Working at First

226

All Our Affairs

227

Parents Just Don't Understand

228

The Road Narrows

229

2 Minute Meditations

230

The Road Show

231

Right Sizing

232

Party Boxes

233

From the Mouths of Babes

234

The Action that it Takes

235

Somewhere Safe

236

We Have to be Honest

237

Maximum Helpfulness

238

I Wonder When We Start Doubting Ourselves?

239

Who Cares if it's Trite

240

First Weakness, Now Fear

241

Maybe This Is How Friendship Can Work

242

How Other People See Us

243

Acknowledging That We Need Help

244

Building Up Not Tearing Down

245

Thinking About a Plan

246

Time & Space

247

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