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Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
My guest today is Spencer Ivey, a successful entrepreneur and owner of Ivey League Fabrication in Spanish Fork, Utah. His team creates some of the most amazing custom metal artwork, gates, railings and staircases in the state.
Strap in for this wild story of trauma, depression, addiction, a failed suicide attempt and a dedicated climb to the success you see today.
Shortly after high school he became heavily addicted to heroin and cocaine. After about 3 years of hard living he decided a sereious change was in order.
No longer was he going to be controlled by this substance. After 18 months of an outpatient program he was able to get and stay clean. Holding a steady welding job he was able to pay off his past debts, legal fees and court fines. He tried a little college after earning his GED. The best thing he learned was that he was and is capable of doing anything with discipline and determination.
He soon realized that business and entrepreneurship was his path. He quit his job, bought a new truck, signed a contract to pay $27K in business consulting then spent his last paycheck on a welding machine. Best investment ever. 5 months later he left college and started what is now Ivey League Fabrication. With nothing to lose, perseverance, and a relentless drive to prove he was not a worthless drug addict, he was able to make $1 million in revenue in the third year business.
#iveyleaguefabrication
#dontquit
#nevergiveup
#anythingispossible
#ivyleague
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
My guest on the show today is Kekoa Routt, my barber at The Fellas Chop Shop in Spanish Fork, Utah. Settle in for prose from the original pulpit as we get inside his brain to find out the magic behind the personal connection he has with his clients, friends and co-workers.
#Fellas
--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/parrishthethought/messageWednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Parrish The Thought Podcast: S4, E4
Sky Pratt | I never felt right. My journey to find and be who I'm supposed to be.
My guest today is my niece Sky Pratt, formerly Elizabeth Pratt who is a Trans Male. We talk about their lifelong battle with and now understanding who she/he/they is/are and is supposed to be. Cozy up with your favorite treat and get inside their mind. Ready. Go!
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
After suffering for years with the grueling pain of Sciatica and only being given band aids to endure it, Kris finally complained loud enough to his doctor. An MRI was ordered. He was diagnosed with stage 4 Chondrosarcoma. Cancer of the connective tissues in the pelvis. A possible death sentence for a husband and father of 4 girls in his mid 50's. Swift surgery saved his life but at a huge cost. Settle in for this amazing journey down the rabbit hole of dispair to the pinnacle of selfless servant.
Part 2 of 3 is Episode 96 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parrish-the-thought/id1348128086?i=1000542529688
Follow Kris' journey at KrisKristensen.com
To donate to help with the astronomical medical bills please visit the GoFundMe page.
--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/parrishthethought/messageTuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
One week before the 2020 presidential election, I interviewed Carlo Barrera, a 27-year-old Dreamer, originally brought to the US when he was 6-years old from Queretaro, Mexico. I had him on the show for a couple reasons. 1, I wanted to know more about the Dream Act from a personal perspective and 2, to try and humanize policy. We, and when I say we I mostly mean I, often don't realize that legislation and policies enacted by our officials have consequences that affect people's lives. It's easy to dismiss the magnitute of such policies when we don't have a personal connection to them. Our interview today is a follow up 3+ weeks post Biden inauguration to get a pulse on how he and 750,000 other similar Dreamers are feeling and what the next steps are as they hope for a pathway to permanent citizenship. Contact Carlo at barrerace93@gmail.com Check out these valuable resources to learn more and/or give support. Informed Immigrant https://www.informedimmigrant.com/ FWD.US https://www.fwd.us/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/parrishthethought/message
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Josh Taylor is a filmmaker, writer, designer, and creative strategist, but at his core he is a Storyteller. When he's not writing a book/screenplay, putting images on film, or working on one of his personal creative endeavors, he helps companies in the midst of pivotal change/transformation moments, discover, craft and share their own stories, through creative content, experiences, and workshops, in order to help their employees and customers build a stronger emotional engagement and human connection to the business, its narrative, and its journey through change. He's also channeling some of his personal curiosity in the form of a new Podcast that he co-created and co-hosts which will release its first season end of Decemeber/early January called the Swell Podcast. The podcast asks three key questions "What does it take to create something that never existed before?" "What does it take to challenge the status quo" and "What does it take to change the world" and it features thought-leaders, world-builders, game-changers, disruptors, and other pleasantly rebellious humans and their stories, journeys, and experiences that shaped them, while they set out to shape the world.
We talk about the reasons we tell stories. Ironically this interview became and interview of the interviewer at times. Fun chat.
He can be found on Facebook @joshingtaylor and Instagram @joshingtaylor
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Heidi Aldredge is the host of a new podcast series called Heidi's LemonAid Stand. She interviews people who have taken the lemons life has served up and made lemonade. Turning to currency.
Just two days after Thanksgiving in 1989, when Heidi was 16 years old, the police came to the family home and announced that their dad had just killed himself. You have a few choices to make in that moment. Heidi decided to fight for hope and happiness, her mother and four younger brothers each chose different ways to cope with it.
Fast forward a couple of years and Heidi was happily married and went on to raise three wonderful children and have several different careers.
Heidi created and hosted a radio talk show about turning life's lemons into lemonade in Salt Lake City over 20 years ago. She interviewed inspirational people like Steve Makita, Richard Paul Evans, Art and Dallas Berg, Mrs. Utah, Brent Yorganson, and Anita Stansfield. Each interviewee shared experiences of how they turned a traumatic life altering situation into a beneficial more positive experience.
Her show can be heard on the following podcast platforms
Visit Heidi's website today for more info on her message and to book her for speaking engagements.
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/parrishthethought/messageSaturday Nov 28, 2020
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
One week before the 2020 presidential election, I interviewed Carlo Barrera, a 27-year-old Dreamer, originally brought to the US when he was 6-years old from Queretaro, Mexico.
I had him on the show for a couple reasons. 1, I wanted to know more about the Dream Act from a personal perspective and 2, to try and humanize policy. We, and when I say we I mostly mean I, often don't realize that legislation and policies enacted by our officials have consequences that affect people's lives. It's easy to dismiss the magnitute of such policies when we don't have a personal connection to them.
Our interview today is a follow up 3+ weeks post election to get a pulse on how he and 750,000 other similar Dreamers are feeling and what the next steps are as they hope for a pathway to permanent citizenship.
I have learned, as I have had him in my home for the past 6 days, that he is a fine young man who has a track record of doing good and contributing to the greatness that is America. He is the embodiment of the merits of this legislation.
Contact Carlo at barrerace93@gmail.com
Check out these valuable resources to learn more and/or give support.
Informed Immigrant
https://www.informedimmigrant.com/
FWD.US
https://www.fwd.us/
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