The Unbreakable Podcast

At the beginning of rodeo season, Tristyn Erickson was bucked off a colt, trampled, concussed and hospitalized for five days. She was eventually told she could ride again, but her body was telling her something very different. After pushing through unbearable pain, an MRI revealed a herniated disc at L4–L5. Additional medical opinions uncovered a badly sprained pelvis and a difficult truth: Tristy...

Marilee Toth’s weight-loss transformation didn’t begin with bodybuilding, and it didn’t end with bariatric surgery. At 414 pounds, Marilee was facing serious health concerns and a lifetime of body shame. She chose weight-loss surgery, ultimately lost more than 200 pounds, became a personal trainer and began helping others navigate their own health journeys without judgment. Now, she is preparing f...

Personal growth asks something of you. Whether it’s learning how to stop people pleasing, setting family boundaries, or deciding where AI belongs in your life, you still have to show up for the hard part. In this Unbreakable Banter episode, I’m joined by Josie and Meg for a conversation that starts with changing thought patterns and gets deeply personal. We share what we learned from our first Wil...

When does a useful tool become a replacement for thinking, feeling and connecting? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast, Meg, Josie and I ask a deeply uncomfortable question: Are we using AI to avoid the work of being human? Let’s be clear. We use AI. This is not an anti-technology conversation. But there is a massive difference between asking ChatGPT for book recommendations and asking it t...

What do your actions say you value? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast, I’m joined by Marty Hofmann. Entrepreneur, real estate investor, author, podcaster, father of six, ultrarunner, and founder of Kill Complacency. Marty and I share a belief that sounds simple but demands brutal honesty: Actions express priorities. You can say your health matters, your family matters, your leadership mat...

Ten years ago, Josie was in active addiction. Today, she’s wearing Team Alberta colours at a national women’s tackle football tournament. But this isn’t a clean, shiny before-and-after story. She nearly quit. She questioned whether she belonged. She got injured. Her team lost, and she still walked away with something no scoreboard can take from her. In this episode, Josie and I talk about what cha...

What if the mental health treatment your family needed already existed, but almost nobody was telling you about it? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast, Kait sits down with Kelley Jensen, host of Refrigerator Moms and founder of Brain Performance Technologies. Kelley entered the process knowing there were no guaranteed outcomes. What she observed afterward changed far more than she expected...

What happens when being empathetic starts costing you your peace? This week, I’m joined by Josie, Meg, and Grace for an honest conversation about energy, how we give it, how we absorb it, and why protecting it is not the same thing as becoming cold. We start with our week-one reflections from the William Tells All practice and what happened when people began hearing positive affirmations in their...

Ty’s addiction recovery story proves that rock bottom does not have to be the end of your story. After substance use began when he was only 12 or 13, Ty reached a point where guilt would no longer let him look away. He walked into the sheriff’s office and confessed to crimes authorities didn’t even know he had committed. Drug court gave him the accountability he needed, and he chose to use it to r...

Grieving someone who is still alive can be one of the hardest forms of loss to name, because there is no funeral, no final goodbye, and often no clean closure. In this episode of The Unbreakable Podcast Network, Kait Dinunzio, Josie Cable, Meg, and Grace Warren talk about ambiguous loss, family estrangement, and what happens when you finally accept that someone you love may never show up in the wa...

What happens when the thing driving you forward is also the thing you’re afraid to lose? In this episode of The Unbreakable Podcast, Kait Dinunzio sits down with Welsh bodybuilding coach, athlete, filmmaker and former DJ Jay Davies for a conversation about passion, identity, discipline and the fear of going backwards. Jay’s path wasn’t built from one perfect plan. It unfolded chapter by chapter. F...

How do you let go of a parent who never became the person you needed, especially when they’re still alive? In this listener-led episode of The Unbreakable Podcast, Kait Dinunzio is joined by Josie Cable, Grace Warren and the newest member of the Unbreakable team, Meg, for an honest conversation about healing the mother wound, overcoming imposter syndrome, recognizing your role in recurring conflic...

What happens when you lose the business, the house, the money, and the identity you built around all of it? Former U.S. Marine, entrepreneur, father of six and bestselling author Richard Walsh joins Kait Dinunzio for a raw conversation about starting over after losing everything, rebuilding your life and recognizing that you are more than your job, title or paycheck. When the 2008 financial crisis...

Resilience isn't built in the spotlight. It's built in the early mornings, the long drives, the quiet decisions, and the moments when nobody is watching. Welcome to the first introduction into one of our Unbreakable's Athletes, where we're stepping beyond the studio and into Tristyn's world. This is a blend of podcast conversation and behind-the-scenes storytelling, giving you an honest look at wh...

Are you growing… or are you just trying to keep fitting into a life you’ve already outgrown? In this solo episode of The Unbreakable Podcast Network, Kait Dinunzio answers real listener questions about invisible progress, consistency, adult friendships, relationship growth, boundaries, loneliness, and knowing when it may be time to let someone go. This episode gets into the hard, honest parts of p...

Why does making friends as an adult feel like trying to schedule a meeting with twelve unavailable calendars? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast Network , Kait Dinunzio, Josie Cable, and Grace Warren dive into adult friendships, loneliness, vulnerability, technology, and why so many people feel disconnected even when they are constantly “available.” We talk about the 11-3-6 rule of friends...

A chance meeting on an airplane. A life-changing job opportunity. A conversation about confidence, belonging, recovery, and what it means to find your people. In this episode of The Unbreakable Podcast, Kait and Josie welcome Unbreakable's newest intern, artist Grace Warren, for a conversation that explores personal growth, creativity, recovery, self-confidence, and human connection. Josie shares...

What if the biggest difference in your life came from one person who believed in you? In this powerful episode of The Unbreakable Podcast, Kait Dinunzio sits down with bestselling author, business leader, and small business advocate Dan Varroney for a conversation that goes far beyond business. Together they explore the impact of mentorship, navigating devastating loss, building a meaningful legac...

What happens when you're always the strong one? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast , Kait Dinunzio and Josie Cable tackle one of the most common struggles among leaders, caregivers, high achievers, and resilient people: everyone relies on you, but who do you rely on? The conversation explores self-reflection, boundaries, burnout, people-pleasing, emotional resilience, personal growth, reco...

In this powerful episode of the Unbreakable Podcast , host Kait Dinunzio sits down with her "sister from another mister," Denise Dmitruk , for a deep dive into resilience, chronic illness, and the transformative power of self-love. Denise opens up about her life’s "roller coaster," from growing up in a broken home to navigating severe health challenges, including Crohn’s disease, arthritis, and ca...

What if the seasons that challenged you were actually the blueprint for your greatest strength? In this raw and unfiltered episode of the Unbreakable Podcast, Kait Dinunzio and Josie Cable dive deep into what it truly means to look through the rearview mirror with gratitude. We aren’t talking about toxic positivity. We are talking about the brutal, forge-tested reality of using your darkest days t...

Returning guest Earl Thiessen is back on the Unbreakable Podcast... and this conversation goes even deeper. After resonating with thousands of listeners during his first appearance, Earl returns to talk about addiction recovery, homelessness, trauma, burnout, emotional regulation, Indigenous healing, purpose, and the growing demand for recovery support across Canada. From sleeping under a bridge d...

How do you stop blaming your past and start taking control of your life? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast, Kait and Josie break down the mindset shift from trauma to responsibility, and what it really takes to move forward without denying your past. This episode dives deep into trauma healing, emotional regulation, burnout, self-awareness, and personal growth , while answering a powerful...

What if the way you react to life isn’t who you are, it’s what survival taught you? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast , Kait Dinunzio answers listener questions, while giving a storytime insight from her book Unbreakable:From Abandonment to Abundance and the Strength to Lead. She's unpacking trauma, resilience, neuroplasticity, leadership, and the science of how we rise. From couch surfin...

Order Unbreakable here - https://a.co/d/08iTmuZn What happens when you finally hit a major goal… and instead of feeling unstoppable, you feel exhausted? In this episode of the Unbreakable Podcast, Kait Dinunzio and Josie Cable unpack the hidden emotional crash that can follow success, the reality of burnout after a big push, and why growth often demands more from you than ambition alone. They dig...