Kim Vargas: How She Found Courage, Strength and Grace Through the Unexpected
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
Release Date: 04/16/2024
Rick Pino: How To Turn Setback and Overwhelm Into Innovation and Success
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
I’m so excited to introduce you to my friend and client, Rick Pino. In this episode Rick shares the invaluable lessons and wisdom he’s gained throughout his career. Walking us through some of the incredible highs and challenging lows he’s faced on his entrepreneurial journey. After experiencing a major setback in his business that would cost him thousands of dollars, Rick was faced with a decision - embrace the challenge and innovate - or don’t. He persevered and as a result his business skyrocketed. Rick tells us exactly how he’s been able to level up in both...
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Amy Post: Balancing Gratitude, Self-Care and Grace While Advocating For Her Daughter’s Life
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
In this episode of The Resilience Factor Podcast, I’m joined by Amy Post. Nearly a decade ago, life for Amy, her husband and 2 kids was going well. But her world was turned upside down when her daughter was diagnosed with malignant liver cancer at just 3 years old. She took on the job of becoming an advocate for her daughter’s treatment as she underwent a liver transplant, several rounds of chemotherapy, infusions, transfusions and stent placements. Despite this incredibly painful and uncertain time for her family, Amy fought for improvements in the hospital system and remained hopeful for...
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Shana Bresnahan: Transforming Family Betrayal, Shame & Pain into Power and Purpose
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
Shana Bresnahan grew up in Brentwood, TN just outside of Nashville. From the outside looking in, her family was perfect. They were known very well in their small community, she was successful in school, top of her class and cheer captain. But her world was turned upside down in 8th grade when her father was incarcerated. Her family was no longer loved and welcomed by her community, her teachers turned on her and she learned at a young age that while community has the incredible power to heal, it has just as much power to hurt. In this episode she shares the coping mechanisms she turned...
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Cari Kenzie: The Healing Journey of a Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
In 2013, Cari Kenzie was a runner in the Boston Marathon. She had just completed the marathon when 2 bombs went off near her, which took the lives of 3 people and left more than 260 injured. She believed she walked away uninjured externally, but the invisible impact of this traumatic event turned into Epstein-Barr, Lyme disease, seizures and several other unexpected illnesses. It would take several doctors and months of research before she realized the bombing and her illnesses were actually connected. In this episode, Cari will absolutely blow your mind with the methodology she used to...
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Justin Roethlingshoefer: The Power of Taking Ownership
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
Growing up Justin was an athletic, but overweight kid who had an immense joy and love for sports. As he entered his teenage years and started training for hockey, he began losing weight and received a lot of applause and recognition from his peers, instead of the usual criticism and bullying he had been experiencing. These positive affirmations about his appearance led Justin to a near fatal battle with anorexia, depriving his body of proper nutrition for years in an effort to avoid gaining back the weight. During our conversation Justin shares many valuable and meaningful...
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Kim Vargas: How She Found Courage, Strength and Grace Through the Unexpected
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
You may know Kim Vargas as the wife of Pete Vargas, owner of Advance Your Reach. We have become close friends over the last couple of years and I knew I wanted to share her unbelievable story on the show. This episode is going to feel a little different than previous episodes - it is the most intimate conversation I’ve had so far. Despite the unbelievable hardships and challenges Kim has faced in her life, there is a confidence about her that I admire and a quiet strength she holds that is truly remarkable. In this episode, we dive deep into the details of some of the many...
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Kelly Ruta: Finding Strength While Battling a Chronic Illness
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
Kelly Ruta has been a licensed therapist for over two decades and although she has the skills to manage many of the challenging things we face in life, nothing could have prepared her for the hardship she has faced over the past 4 years. In 2020, Kelly got Covid and believed that after a few weeks of quarantine and some over-the-counter medications she would be back to normal. She never imagined that 4 years later her body would still be suffering from the virus. In this episode, we talk about what life as a therapist battling a chronic illness is really like, the effect it had on...
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Ashley Pereira: This One Thing Helped Heal Childhood PTSD
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
In this episode I’m joined by entrepreneur, mentor and speaker, Ashley Pereira. Ashley’s journey in healing her complex PTSD from her childhood trauma is a beautiful story of redemption and faith. Like many of us, it wasn’t until adulthood that she started to discover the true weight of the pain and trauma she was carrying and how it affected her personal relationships and self-worth. She walks us through the tools and resources she used to help heal her old wounds and shows us why embracing your authenticity and vulnerability is so important to rediscovering your true...
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Chris Webb: When Speaking Up Was the Difference Between Life & Death
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
Police Officers witness the worst of humanity every day. They hardly have time to process some of the horrific things they’ve just seen before they’re off to their next call. Over time, in order to cope with the evil they interact with, they shove down the trauma deep inside and never talk about it. In fact, talking about it isn’t safe, because they could lose their jobs if their peers or boss thinks they’re not mentally tough. So they find other ways to numb the feelings. Numb the pain. Numb the trauma. This doesn’t only happen to law enforcement. We all experience this in one way...
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Jenny C. Cohen: How She Triumphed Over Her Battle with Breast Cancer
The Resilience Factor with Adrienne Richardson
Jenny has a long list of huge accomplishments like being a multi #1 international bestselling author, actor, voiceover artist, and comedian as well as having a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy, and a long list of other professional certifications. But behind the scenes of this impressive list is a story of breast cancer, childhood neglect and sexual abuse, trauma from immigrating to the US from Taiwan, her husband’s cancer diagnosis, IVF treatments to conceive her twins and so many more painful life challenges. In the episode, we dive deep into the details of how she made it through...
info_outlineYou may know Kim Vargas as the wife of Pete Vargas, owner of Advance Your Reach. We have become close friends over the last couple of years and I knew I wanted to share her unbelievable story on the show.
This episode is going to feel a little different than previous episodes - it is the most intimate conversation I’ve had so far.
Despite the unbelievable hardships and challenges Kim has faced in her life, there is a confidence about her that I admire and a quiet strength she holds that is truly remarkable.
In this episode, we dive deep into the details of some of the many challenges she and Pete have faced including her Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis and the impact it had on her daily life in her early 20’s, the journey to grow her family through adoption, unexpected heartbreak she and her husband faced and a stroke that nearly ended her life.
Kim has such a sense of peace and calmness about her that most people lose when they are put through trying times. She has not let it harden her heart and her wisdom and experience shared in our discussion around perspective, hope and gratitude is something everyone needs to hear.
ABOUT KIM
Kim Vargas is a wife, mother of four and co-owner with her husband, Pete Vargas. She resides in Colorado and enjoys traveling. Her life has been a roller coaster of twists and turns and although some moments have made her want to scream for joy and others have made her want to throw up and run as far as away as possible - she would hop back on and ride it again. She’s an inspiration to so many women and is a shining light of love and kindness in every room she is in.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kimvargas
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