The Good Stuff Family with Dawn Kendrick

10/10/2025 - Live From Chagrin Documentary Film Fest BPWU S7 E2 This episode was pre-recorded LIVE from 17 River Grille in Chagrin Falls, Ohio on 10/9/2025 where the 16th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is taking place this week. Join us as we celebrate the story within the story of this popular film festival. It's David Ponce's legacy . His parent's passion and determination...

9/18/25 Solitude With Fortitude BPWU S6 E30. Do you hear that? Exactly! Sometimes you have to listen from within. This week on BPWU S6 E30 we're talking about the power of reflection and introspection as we gather around the virtual gratitude table. Find some solitude with fortitude, and brew. It all starts with the best part of waking up and that IS waking up!

9/5/25 Remembering 9yo Addi Keegan BPWU S6 E29 September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. For Addi Keegan’s family, it’s every second of every day. Awareness. Inescapable awareness… of the enormity of what cancer can take and of the memories, love and legacy it can never steal. As we gather around the virtual gratitude table this morning for our The Best Part of Waking Up **IS** Waking Up seri...

8/29/25 Tiger Victory! Mizzou Roots BPWU S6 E28 On the road in Columbia MO for this morning’s edition of The Best Part of Waking Up: IS Waking UpTigers win the home opener! Back to my Mizzou roots that run deep. M-I-Z!My friend Robin Wenneker, I think, really bleeds black and gold. She joins us live to talk about WHY we’re so PROUD of The University of Missouri. Also, 4 years later we remember the...

Meeting Living Legend Kim Emmons Knor! BPWU S6 E27Countdown is ON!!!… till we meet our friend Kim Emmons Knor in person in Ohio!!❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏Will we jump with her? 😜🙏🏻💪She’s a pioneer. A trailblazer. And a beautiful soul.86-year-old Kim Emmons Knor first jumped out of a plane in 1959… and never stopped. She is a living legend who took Gold at the 1962 skydiving World Championships. Now she dri...

8/1/25 Who Are We Working For? BPWU S6 E26 Today we’re celebrating the day a special friend was born and the world became a much better place for having him in it… Kenny Davis! Cleveland’s living legend jazz musician. We’re celebrating Pastor Charles' new endeavor, and a look ahead to an upcoming interview with the authors of “Rooted In Truth: Answers To Life’s Questions for College Students....

Mountains, Mindsets and Making a Difference: The Saanvi Mylavarapu Story Saanvi Mylavarapu is an 18-year-old youth advocate, especially in the realm of mental health, an environmental changemaker, and an incoming neuroscience freshman at Emory University. Her journey, though rooted in science, is deeply spiritual…led by faith, a connection to nature, and a calling to make this world better for the...

10 Year Legacy Behind CollinCares.net and Glow With The Flow 5k 8/9/2025 Collin Kiousis is so beloved. Loved Beyond Measure. Loved Beyond His Last Breath...Because what he started before he passed away from cancer is contagious Good Stuff

OPEN HOUSE! TURTLE WORLD OF MEDINA WED JUNE 25 8:30AM-12:30PMA perfect reason to check in with Ron Blue who has spent 40 years building up to Turtle World Of Medina. More than 100 turtles and tortoises in 14 outdoor enclosures, a barn and it's all FREE. The best part is the story within this story of community, kindness and a calling that's led to this platform to See The Good In Others an...

6/20/25 Invited In Disability Ministry BPWU S6 E20 RECORDED EARLIER. Invited In Disability Ministry celebrates and creates spaces of belonging for adults with disabilities and their families and the people behind it are TheGood Stuff to the bone! My friends Dan and Christine Boyle do this in a variety of ways through multiple ministries and foundations that currently support and encourage people w...

June 1st is officially National Cancer Survivors Day.  So we're taking the opportunity to share Timmy Tusick's Survivor Story.  The truth is, we're inspired by him every day.  Why?  Because Grit, Gratitude and God's Grace were a huge part of his recovery regimen out of a grim leukemia diagnosis at just 19-years-old.  Timmy's story is inspiration for all of us who need a nudge t...

5/30/25 Focus On Things That Are Lovely BPWU S6 E17-86-year-old Kim Emmons Knor breaks a personal record for # of jumps in one day on her way to 1,000 jumps!-Downloads and Good Stuff people along the way on our weekend roadtrip to Columbus.-National Cancer Survivor Day is this Sunday, June 1. Shout out to Timmy Tusick, maybe our fave Good Dude/Good Stuff Warriors still inspiring so many. Want to g...

5/16/25 The Best Part of Waking Up *IS* Waking Up S6 E15 "In this world you WILL have trouble. but take heart! I have overcome the world." -John 16:33 Navigating through some of the greatest griefs. The PEACE of GOD filter to process it all. This morning as we gather around the virtual Gratitude Table...we take up the topic of HOW that exactly works? That sometimes seemingly nebulous and...

3/5/25 Good Stuff Thoughts in 3 minutes or less;)"Let us not tire of DOING GOOD" Galatians 6:9. Timmy Tusick and friend Pat Dunlap are doing just that. March 4, 2019. Timmy Tusick, a standout wrestler and super Good Stuff guy, diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at just 19-years-old. But almost a YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE on July 2021 our Unconquerable Soul RANG THE BELL at Universi...

The Best Part of Waking Up: ***IS*** Waking Up S5 E22. Friday morning…Means we’re all back to take a seat around the virtual Gratitude Table. A look back at the week’s stories and happenings that encouraged our souls and uplifted our hearts. Today I’M GRATEFUL FOR:-The birth of an Almighty Savior… worthy to save and simultaneously a supreme example of humility. Today I’M GRATEFUL FOR:-Lee and Clay...

The Best Part Of Waking Up: **IS** Waking Up S5 E20 Friday morning…Means we’re all back to take a seat around the virtual Gratitude Table. A look back at the week’s stories and happenings that encouraged our souls and uplifted our hearts. Today I’M GRATEFUL FOR:Kevin Gaylord. Kevin is a friend from growing up in St. Louis. We’ve recently reconnected. He reached out with a POWERFUL Good Stuff/God S...

The Best Part Of Waking Up: **IS** Waking Up S5 E21 Friday morning…Means we’re all back to take a seat around the virtual Gratitude Table. A look back at the week’s stories and happenings that encouraged our souls and uplifted our hearts. Today I’M GRATEFUL FOR: The birth of an Almighty Savior who is simultaneously a supreme example of humility. I’m grateful for friends and family to celebrate CHR...

76-Year-old Charles Eduardos. At just 16-years-old he was a recognized voice in Cleveland as a media personality at WABQ radio. Now Pastor Charles is giving a voice to his powerful story of faith and resilience since then. And what a story this Evangelical Lutheran pastor has to tell. A man who was shot, died on the operating table and then lived to tell about it...is leading by example reconnecti...

The Best Part of Waking Up: *IS* Waking Up S5 E19Jimmy Donovan: Legacy That LastsSee The Good in others. Be The Good for them. That was Jimmy Donovan. Yesterday, Nov 7, 2024, Jimmy's family laid to rest the beloved, iconic Voice of the Cleveland Browns. Jimmy Donovan was 68-year-old. This is a different kind of tribute to the Voice of the Browns who, behind the scenes spoke to the hearts of our fr...

I FEEL the heart behind an alternative news publication called The Pour Over. I FEEL the passion on a personal level from these people who felt compelled to change the trajectory on traditional news…by adding a Good News perspective. As in…the original GOOD NEWS.  The Bible.  The Living Word.   The Pour Over is the news of the day with a GOOD NEWS from GOD perspective. For me, it’s like balm for h...

This is a story for anyone trying to just take the next best step. Jason Zygadlo warriored through his own cancer diagnosis. Now leading by example, wanting to be a part of something bigger than himself, they are heading into their 5th year of Walk Along With Ziggy Strong that directly uplifts, encourages and raises money for families like Emily Orr's. The ripple effect is astounding. HOPE right h...

The Best Part Of Waking Up: *IS* Waking Up S4 E7 Friday morning… Means we’re all back to take a seat around the virtual Gratitude Table. A look back at the week’s stories and happenings that encouraged our souls and uplifted our hearts. Also we send Jimmy Donovan some love. The iconic, legendary Voice of the Cleveland Browns is also just a really good dude. Jimmy announced he’s called his last gam...

The Best Part Of Waking Up: **IS** Waking Up S4 E6 Friday morning… Means we’re all back to take a seat around the virtual Gratitude Table. A look back at the week’s stories and happenings that encouraged our souls and uplifted our hearts. Have you heard the advice "Stay close to friends who feel like sunshine"? With me this morning... some beautiful soul friends who are just that for me....

Jackie Custer has spent the last 10 years leading by example.   Cancer lost.   Jackie Custer conquered.  In the process Jackie has inspired too many to count.   Today, July 18, 2024 marks TEN YEARS since our friend was unable to walk talk or move because of a stroke.   The month before was the cancer diagnosis.  Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.   It came like a sucker punch from behind for the 16-yea...

Dr Alan R. Cohen is the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of specialty is treating infants and children diagnosed with brain tumors and is one of the top pediatric neurosurgeons in the country.  He also does an entertaining Elvis.  Elaborate, fun, practiced performances with his recovering young patients that land him forever...