Finding Strength Podcast

Andrew Fegan is an amazing person. He has dedicated his life to helping everyone around him. His kindness and love shine through as he tells his incredible story of overcoming childhood trauma, the trauma of being a police officer,  and leaving his childhood faith. Andrew uses his past to find the strength to be a dedicated husband, father, and a protector for us all. He is a decorated police offi...

Cory has been on a rollercoaster journey for many years. He is wise beyond his years and is ready to tell his amazing story. He shares with us how he has overcome the loss of his father and found the power and strength to come out as gay to his family. His story is incredible and we hope you find some strength of your own this week!

Join our hosts for round 2 with Sexy Mike. Mike teaches us all about how to make sex and intimacy better. We answer listener questions and more. Enjoy friends!

James Curran aka JTM, also known as James the Mormon. Today he has transformed himself and is now stronger than ever. James tells his story of overcoming brutal childhood abuse, neglect, and trauma. He finds hope in God and strength in his faith, triumphing over anything that's put in his way. James also talks about what it was like to have his debut album, "I'm Not a Rapper," hit number 1 on the...

Matt and Amber Hansen have an incredible story of Finding Strength. The show hosts help them to tell of their journey of overcoming tragic loss and finding hope in the end. This is a must listen episode. You will cry, you'll laugh, you will find your own meaning in their story and most of all it will help you to understand how to overcome some of your own suffering as well. Enjoy! This episode is...

Immigrating from Chile to the U.S. to attend school, Felipe Zurita intended on becoming a doctor. A hard worker and self-diagnosed perfectionist, he eventually found his calling at The Golden Rule Project helping others to spread kindness. Felipe's story is remarkable. He tells us what it was like leaving his home country as young man and how he was able to find himself and accept his sexuality wh...

Be a better parent in one hour, guaranteed! (We provide no guarantees or promises.) Bethany and Matt answer listener questions about parenting, covering a wide array of issues. Leaning on their personal experience and the advice of experts, the podcast hosts help us all to become better parents. They address parenting teens: holding boundaries, talking about sex, how to talk to girls and boys alik...

This week the Finding Strength hosts invite their loyal partners on to the show to help them discuss spiritual growth and what it's like to go through a faith crisis. Changing one's belief system is difficult. Many people are affected when a loved one changes his or her spiritual practices. Growth is never easy, it's not supposed to be. In this episode, we learn what works and what doesn't when it...

Annie Law found her strength at a young age. First her parents separate, next she finds out her dad is gay, then her mother is duped by a con-artist, and later she finds out that the love of her life has an opioid addiction. Annie is nothing short of amazing and she shares her story of finding strength with us, showing us all that vulnerability is strength. 

Growing up in the LDS church was difficult for Chris Johnson. Since a young age Chris new he was somewhat different from the other kids, he was attracted to others boys. Confused he turned to his family and his religious upbringing for guidance. There he only found more confusion. Struggling to come to grips with who he really was, Chris decided to marry in the Mormon Church being told that if he...

In this two part episode we first remember Brighton Tenney, Bethany's beautiful daughter. On January 24, 2016 "Brighty" passed away due to respiratory complications. Sweet four year old Brighty was a bright spot in the world. She made everyone smile and showed the world what true joy felt like. Today, January 24, 2019, is Brighty's 3rd Angelversary. Three years ago the world lost one of its bright...

This week the Finding Strength team learns about the incredible benefits of Yoga from Jessica Reichardt. She tells us the incredible story of how she found the strength to help her own husband overcome alcoholism. Jessica today uses her passions to help others do the same. She is a renowned Yoga instructor and avid Alan-on member with loads of wisdom and power. Enjoy another amazing episode of Fin...

A German citizen, an Ironman, a 20 year Veteran of the German Special Forces, Uwe Best has learned what it takes to overcome adversity. Facing a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Uwe stays faithful and hopeful. He teaches how to live focused on what really matters despite any obstacle that comes his way. 

Making it through the Holidays is tough for many of us. Matt and Bethany share strategies and suggestions for navigating the busy holiday season. In the last episode of season one, they share a message of hope and love for all of the Finding Strength listeners.

Will Mejia and the Finding Strength hosts teach listeners how to love without judgment. Will grew up in Los Angeles, joining a gang as a boy. Experiencing trauma from a young age Will felt his path was to join the U.S. Army. He was deployed over seas in the Iraq War, experiencing more trauma. And now, he finds meaning in his art as a famously successful tattoo artist. His story will blow your mind...

Author, TV Host, Fitness Guru, the Fit2Fat2Fit guy, Drew Manning has many titles. He is an amazing father and a champion of fitness. To Drew being fit means balancing Physical Health, Spiritual Health, and Mental Health. In this unprecedented episode, Drew opens up to the Finding Strength Hosts about his past, his struggles with addiction, infidelity, and shame. He teaches us how he found the stre...

Speaking up for the first time about her battle with depression and an eating disorder, Alisha Nuttall shares her strength with Matt and Bethany. A reality TV star, winning Season 7 of Cupcake Wars, Alicia is an immensely successful entrepreneur who has struggled with her mental health since childhood. In this episode, Alisha gets vulnerable. She tells her story and gives us all new, more effectiv...

A seasoned paramedic and firefighter, Chris Verkerk, has had to experience horrific accidents, gruesome deaths, and daily trauma due to requirements of his job. The effects of this turned into PTSD. Severe anxiety, unfounded anger, and the depths of isolation plagued the Verkerk family for years. Being thrust into traumatic life or death situations every day, Chris found it difficult to manage the...

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population every year. This extremely common problem seems to be difficult to treat, yet it's remarkably treatable. Kevin has struggled with anxiety his whole life and has found the strength to cope with it. In this episode we talk about managing anxi...

Troy Long was a superstar college athlete, ex-professional football player who had everything going for him until addiction took his life down a very different road than he had planned. From superstar, to homeless, and now CEO and owner of Deer Hollow Recovery, Troy's story will blow your mind. In this episode Matt and Bethany get emotional talking about addiction and how the greatest health crisi...

This episode, Bethany and Matt meet Rip Chadwick of Addicted We Stand. Rip enlightens us with new ways to view spirituality, understand addiction, and how to find strength when it matters most. Rip is a prominent voice in the addiction community. If you are struggling with addiction or in recovery, follow Addicted We Stand on Facebook. It's an amazing and large community of recovering people who a...

Amazing husband, father to three boys, entrepreneur, public speaker, thought leader, and man in long term recovery, Robbie Law shares his wisdom with Matt and Bethany as they tackle the subject of addiction and how to find meaning. In this in depth episode the Finding Strength team dives deep into one man's triumph over injury, loss, and addiction. This episode is full of the wisdom and power that...

Matt and Bethany sit down with Gina Crotts. As a public speaker and birth mother, Gina has engaged audiences at adoption conferences and birthmother retreats statewide. After placing her baby for adoption in the fall of 2000, she founded Birth Mother Baskets. A non-profit organization focused on providing emotional support, to birth mothers post placement. Gina later stepped away to pursue a caree...

In this episode we interview Samantha Barfuss. Sam is an amazing young woman with an incredible story of finding strength after the tragic loss of her beautiful and amazing mother, Amy, who died by suicide just over one year ago. She shares her immense wisdom and incredible mindset with us. This is a powerful episode that is sure to bring a new perspective on life and loss.

We all try to find our strength when we need it most. That is often a long and difficult process. Matt Quackenbush, one of the podcast hosts, tells his story of dealing with tragedy and loss, battling addiction, navigating adolescence, and how he was able to turn all of that into finding his strength. Matt shows us how vulnerability is strength, through his emotion and passion teaching us that it...