The Courage Coalition
Solocasts and Guest Interviews for inspiring, educating and empowering listeners to embrace courage in all aspects of their lives. Fostering a coalition of individuals who are committed to living authentically and fearlessly in their dreams!
This is not a polished highlight reel it’s real stories, raw truth, and the kind of courage that changes lives. Each week, host Corree Roofener brings you unfiltered conversations and heartfelt solocasts that remind you you’re not alone in the climb.
From navigating money and mental health to breaking cycles in foster care and redefining success, every episode is about choosing faith over fear and taking your next brave step. The Courage Coalition is more than a podcast it’s a community of dreamers and doers who are ready to live authentically, even when it’s hard.
The Courage Coalition
Closing the Front Door: Parenting, Protection, and the Power of Hope with Lowell Hochhalter
Some truths don’t land softly: life doesn’t always get easier, but it can get better. Better happens when we practice hope like a verb. In my conversation with Lowell Hochhalter of The Lifeguard Group, we sat with this tension. Hope isn’t naïve sunshine; it’s the grit that keeps us moving when the road climbs. As a long-time foster mom, I’ve asked myself whether exposing my kids to hard stories dimmed their belief in people. Lowell reframed it: our family didn’t just witness brokenness we got to be the evidence that hope still shows up. That’s what courage looks like: a deliberate choice to act even while afraid.
And if we’re going to act, we can’t outsource vigilance. Nobody gets a free pass not the reverend, the coach, the neighbor, the app, or the video game. Handing a child a device without training is like handing them a weapon with no safety course. If your kids have time for the platforms, you have time to learn them too. Trust your gut (read The Gift of Fear if you haven’t); that inner guardian is a God-given early-warning system. Community is our counter-culture: knock on the door, learn your neighbors’ names, ask the awkward question. Two students in a town of 150 listened to that nudge, spoke up, and a trafficking ring was uncovered. Would you do it for one? They did and three lives were changed.
Hope also heals in unexpected places. At Lifeguard’s Crooked Tree Ranch, restoration looks like equine therapy, art, movement, and old-fashioned presence. I’ve watched a child with sensory overload melt against a horse’s steady breath; I’ve seen women rebuild dignity in a round pen where no words are required. That’s the quiet miracle of hope re-patterning nervous systems, rebuilding trust, one small win at a time. If your heart is stirring, take the next best step: review your home’s digital boundaries tonight, check in with a teacher or neighbor tomorrow, and support organizations closing the front door on exploitation. It won’t always be easy. But together one choice, one conversation, one brave “not in my town”—it will get better.
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Until next time, keep shining bright!
- Corree