Backpack Theory Podcast

Shame.. It's something we all have experienced at some point in our journey. The interesting thing about shame is the fact that so many times it dictates the way we live life. In this episode we UNPACK Kayla's story and how growing up in a culture not talking about emotions, created an environment for built up shame to effect her path. The greatest part of shame is that when you choose to...

Episode 18 UNPACKING: Finding Purpose @alexxtayloor FULL EPISODE Links Spotify - The Backpack Theory Podcast YouTube - The Backpack Theory Podcast WARNING- This show has content related to suicide. If you have ever considered harming yourselves in any way talk to someone or call the 988 hotline. PURPOSE... It's something we all find ourselves pondering at times. Where do we find purpose? How d...

Strength... It's a word we all have opinions on. The word strength can be applied in your physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional areas of life. In this episode I have a guest on the show that actually specializes in Strength Training. Below is Jason's BIO and why he feels so strongly about the effects of functional training: After playing at the University of Pittsburg & University...

UNPACKING: Functional Medicine & The Effects On Mental Health FT Kelsey KoehlerFull Episodehttps://open.spotify.com/show/65SSx6sXV3z6bdFG69LWum?si=90592074c7764584https://www.youtube.com/@TheBackpackTheoryPodcast/podcastsIn this episode we are unpacking the effects your physical health has on your mental health. My guest today has just such an awesome story and has even been featured on @drphil .K...

Time is arguably our most valuable asset. Just to break down the simple numbers... We live on average (In the US) 76 Years 27,740 Days 665,760 Hours 39,945,600 Minutes That equals... 1,331,520 30 Minute Podcast Episodes 221,920 3 Hour Sporting Events I think we so often get caught up in trying to worry about what others are doing with their time that we often lose track of what we are doing with o...

Welcome back to another enlightening episode of The Backpack Theory podcast! In this installment, we're strapping on our metaphorical backpacks and delving deep into the terrain of boundaries within our relationships with others. Host Adam Coury, and our guest Meghan Van Stavern, are here to guide you through the intricacies of setting, maintaining, and respecting boundaries when it comes to t...

Gratitude is a subject that we talk about all the time. But what are we REALLY grateful for? I want to unpack the word gratitude a little bit. I just really felt the need maybe for some things that I've realized in my life maybe some things that are going on in society today that I think the topic of gratitude is something that, you know, we all really... Concentrate on the material value of t...

Sometimes in life we just go through storms. Life throws us curve balls that are completely unexpected. We don't grow in the comfortable, we grow in the uncomfortable. On this episode I invite local Real Estate Agent Kalyn Doctorman on the show to talk about her journey of faith and entrepreneurship. Kalyn has been a real estate agent for 2 years now and has achieved a lot of success, even though...

Todays episode is about something we all struggle with, why are we so concerned with how other people judge us? Where does this come from? How can we cope with it? Where do we take responsibility? My buddy Justin Gauthier joins me in this conversation to dig in and open up about where some of these insecurities come from. We had a deep conversation on a mens retreat in Colorado and decided to have...

In this episode I just speak from the heart. Last night in Oklahoma we had a shooting at a High School football game and it just brought me so much sadness. As I pondered that sadness, I just really started thinking through how someone could get to the point in their life where they feel like they have to take it out in a violent away towards others. Our world is so full of sadness, division, and...

Why do we feel it is so hard to open up about our problems? Especially as a man. In this episode I talk about navigating our issues as men when it comes to opening up about our problems. It's so easy to just tell ourselves to suck it up when we are going through hardships. But, does that really solve the issue? We have a responsibility to ourselves to be open and honest with ourselves as well...

UNPACKING: Mistakes VS. Lessons Learned Just finished recording my newest episode with a life story about myself that may surprise you. In life we all have a choice of how we view situations that happen in our lives. We can look at hardships, hurts, or things that go wrong in our life as MISTAKES... Or we can simply look at them as LESSONS LEARNED. When you learn a lesson you can grow and change,...

So often we get wrapped up in how all of this effects me, my feelings, my emotions, my selfishness, my world... How often are we pivoting that to others? Unconditional love for others is hard and it doesn't make sense. The more we make it about "WE" and less about "ME" the more true joy we find and create in this world. #love #joy #oneness #hope #forgiveness #unconditional...

Did you know that most people spend more time with their coworkers than their own family? Our work environment can either make or break us. But, we have a very important role when it comes to our workplace. Learning how to bring LOVE into the workplace can seem like an odd perspective. But, the more you add positive to the workplace the more you will bring love into all aspects of your life. 

In life how often do you tell other people how busy you are? Why do we strive to stay BUSY all the time? I know personally I like to appear BUSY so other people think I am being PRODUCTIVE. There is a MASSIVE difference between the 2. When we are being productive we can definitely stay busy. But the time we are spending is planned and intentional. Just being BUSY can look like a massive amount of...

On this episode we have Drake Scifers on as a guest UNPACKING what going through a wilderness looks like.  Drake has a remarkable story about how he went through an unexpected period of life while growing a startup in Weatherford Oklahoma.  We all have seasons of life that seem to just keep going with no end in sight. One of the big takeaways of this episode is that you have to just keep...

On this episode we are having Kris Murray as our guest. Kris is an entrepreneur in Oklahoma City that currently has a project he just started called Content Gym that concentrates on giving leaders a voice through content creation.  I have known Kris personally for over a decade and we have seen some great growth in our lives in the past 3 years.  Life is hard and it is even harder when y...

I was watching a documentary on Netflix called "Take Your Pills: Xanax" and some of the statistics they brought up is staggering about anxiety. The amount of anxiety has spiked since the pandemic and a lot of us are not talking about it. I personally have dealt with anxiety in my life and it's definitely a difficult thing. Medication can be a great short term thing to help with anxiety. However, t...

In life we all have scars. We also all have a choice of how to view those scars.

In life we have a decision on if we want to live by Faith. I believe the more faith we invest in, the more God will give us. 

The Destination is just the result of the Journey