One Degree to Victory
Welcome to One Degree to Victory, the podcast where we help navigate life's toughest challenges while building the emotional security and freedom to live their best year yet. Each episode provides practical tools, heartfelt stories, and expert insights to guide you through day-to-day experiences and chart a path toward new possibilities.
Whether you're overcoming trauma, pursuing self-care, or redefining your future, this show will empower you to turn adversity into adventure for both yourself and your family.
Tune in to unlock the strategies for lasting success, and let's create your BEST year ever!
Episodes
17 episodes
Help!... I Need to Feel Seen
When attention is conditioned by performance and noise, perseverance and patience are easy to miss. That blindness is not your burden to carry. The right people ask your story, learn your situation, and align with your intention. They add to yo...
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9:17
A Halloween Transformation for Your Mind 🪄
Constant Listener, this Halloween Reframe is one for the books. I channel my classroom experiences to bring you a delightful listening experience. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did creating (with a little help from ChatGPT) đź‘»!
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4:04
Seven Gateways To Growth
What if the most powerful growth starts with being fully, quietly yourself? Honor who you are, evolve when love calls you higher, and keep moving one degree at a time.We break down seven gateways that turn intention into action: s...
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8:51
Cultivating Connection in a Disconnected World
What if the bravest thing you do this week is let yourself be seen? We explore the tender space between isolation and belonging, naming the quiet ache of feeling invisible even in rooms full of people you love. Through vulnerable storytelling a...
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7:35
The True Story of a Friendship Lost and Found Again
A simple 5 a.m. DM changed everything. What looked like a random question about my parents turned into the most joyful reunion with my childhood friend after decades apart—and a living picture of how restoration finds us when we’re willing to s...
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10:03
How to Heal When You Hurt! With Natalie Bedard
In this heartfelt conversation, One Degree to Victory sits down with Natalie Bedard of Lift OneSelf to unpack the subtle ways trauma shapes our nervous systems and everyday behaviors. We explore how protection can disguise...
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57:53
Break the Pattern of Living for Who You Were
Some moments don’t just knock on the door—they fling it wide and ask who you’re willing to become. I share how an unexpected path—from classroom to 18-wheeler to the podcast mic—taught me to treat disruption as an invitation to alignment, innov...
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10:51
From Gooey to Greatness: The Recipe for Rising Strong
A ziplock bag of batter doesn’t look like a life lesson—until you watch it rise. We open with the humble ritual of friendship bread and use it as a map for personal growth: how inner strength ferments under warmth and time, how community multip...
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9:08
The Nightclub, the Name, and the Lesson That Changed Everything
When someone calls your name, what is awakened?In this episode, I share two stories—one from a nightclub in my twenties and another from a heated professional moment—that taught me the unexpected power of names and titles. Beyond labels ...
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9:10
Turning Paycheck Survival Into Purposeful Living
Have you ever wondered who you are beneath the roles, masks, and survival mode? In this episode, I take you on a journey from my own story—teaching, truck driving, and the thread of advocacy that ties it all together—into a conversation about v...
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Selfie Sunday with Sue McCreadie:Why Aligning Your Head and Heart Is the First Step Toward Healing
This week on One Degree to Victory, I sit down with transformation guide Sue McCreadie for a heartfelt conversation about healing, identity shifts, and the courage it takes to create new iterations of ourselves. Together, we explore th...
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Turn Your Baggage Into Breakthrough: The Art of Selective Release
When I packed one deep burgundy tote to drive my mom across states, I learned something powerful: baggage isn’t just heavy at the airport — it’s heavy on our souls. On the journey of becoming, it’s not about adding more; it’s about putting down...
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7:53
Turn Your Struggle Into Strength: Discovering the Gifts Trauma Couldn’t Take
Constant Listener, trauma can’t destroy your gifts—it can only bury them. In this week’s episode, we explore how to reclaim the parts of yourself that trauma couldn’t touch, recognize the ways you’re growing into your post-trauma self, and inte...
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Why Remembering Who You Are Is The Key to Your Becoming
Sometimes trauma makes us forget who we are. Our sense of self shatters, our purpose feels lost, and our reflection in the mirror looks like a stranger. In this episode, I share my own story of losing—and finding—myself after pain and fear thre...
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8:10
Do Not Disturb Signs for The Soul: Why Self-Care Looks Like Being Unavailable
In this episode, I open up about the difference between silence and peace — and why learning to go into “silent mode” became essential to my healing after trauma. Sometimes self-care doesn’t look like spa days or journaling. Sometimes it ...
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8:01
A Note to the One Still Healing: You’re Becoming
The butterfly doesn't simply heal its caterpillar body—it transforms completely into something new. This truth mirrors our own journey through trauma and healing, offering wisdom that transcends pretty metaphors to become actual survival strate...
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