BeTempered
We believe that everyone has the potential to achieve greatness, and that the key to unlocking this potential is through personal development. Our podcasts are designed to help you cultivate the skills and mindset you need to achieve your goals and live the life you want.
Episodes
114 episodes
BeTempered Episode 113 – Faith Through Life's Hardest Seasons with Mark Broeker
Five pregnancy losses will either pull you apart or force you to discover a strength you never knew you had. For Mark Broeker, that journey became one of faith, perseverance, and learning how to keep moving forward when life refuses to make sen...
BeTempered Episode 112 – More Than Shoes: Restoring Dignity for Children with Kris Horlacher
A kid tries to play basketball while limping, then pulls off his shoes and reveals socks soaked in blood. That single moment became the catalyst for everything Kris Horlacher would build through Shoes 4 The Shoeless. What started as one heartbr...
BeTempered Episode 111 – Beyond Wins and Losses with Coach Mark Hoffman
There are coaches who win games, and there are coaches who change lives. Mark Hoffman spent 46 years doing both, but ask the people who know him best and they’ll tell you the scoreboard was never the point. From small-town football fields to cl...
BeTempered Episode 110 – Surviving Afghanistan, Searching for Purpose with Caleb Hutcheson
A lot of people can tell you what combat looks like. Fewer can tell you what happens when the war follows you home.Caleb Hutcheson spent his deployment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, conducting route clearance missions as a combat eng...
BeTempered Episode 109 – Identity Beyond Performance with Carson Brower
What happens when the thing you've built your identity around gets taken away?Carson Brower shares a story that goes far beyond baseball. Born with VATER syndrome affecting his right arm, Carson grew up learning how to adapt, solve probl...
BeTempered Episode 108 - From Small Town Star to Division I Reality with Mason Shrout
At five years old, Mason Shrout made a decision that most kids only dream about.He was going to play Division I basketball.What followed was years of sacrifice, long drives, early mornings, pressure, criticism, and expectations th...
BeTempered Episode 107 - Surviving an F-100 Fighter Jet Crash with David Wheeler
A fighter jet drops out of the clouds at 300 miles an hour, the controls stop responding, and the pilot has seconds left to decide what to do. David Wheeler lived through that moment and what happened next still challenges everything he thought...
BeTempered Episode 106 - PTSD, Forgiveness, and the Crown of Thorns with Tony Talbert
A single decision at 100 miles per hour can ripple through families, friendships, faith, and the rest of your life. In Episode 106 of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Tony Talbert to unpack the night a drunk driver chan...
BeTempered Episode 105 - Living Through War and Holding Onto Faith with Kateryna Tabota
What happens when your normal life disappears overnight? In this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Kateryna Tabota to hear the real human side of the Ukraine war through the eyes of a wife, mother, and woman o...
BeTempered Episode 104 - 2 Years of Conversations That Changed Us
Two years later, we decided to turn the cameras around and let Brian Ballenger ask the questions. This episode pulls back the curtain on the real story behind the BeTempered podcast, how a mindset shift, a weight loss journey, and the idea of t...
BeTempered Episode 103 - From Survival to Calling with Dennis Alejo
A bowl of porridge does not look like a life plan, but for Dennis Alejo it was the first glimpse of something different. Sitting down with hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr, Dennis walks through a childhood in the Philippines shaped by hunger, in...
BeTempered Episode 102 – When Life Cracks and Faith Rebuilds with Joe Swartzel
Some people know what to say when life is smooth. This episode is for when it isn’t. When work feels heavy, marriage feels strained, and you’re quietly asking yourself, “Is this all there is?”Joe Swartzel joins us with a story that doesn...
BeTempered Episode 101 - The Impact of One Voice at the Right Time with Coach Murph
Charles “Murph” Byrne didn’t become a coach because of wins. He became one because he showed up in the hardest moments when people needed someone to steady them, guide them, and refuse to let them quit.In this episode of the BeTempered P...
BeTempered Episode 100 - Real Stories From People Who Stopped Hiding and Started Healing
Episode 100 isn’t polished and that’s the point.This time, it’s not one guest sitting across the table. It’s a room full of people who have lived it. People who have carried addiction, trauma, loss, shame, and still chose to show up anyw...
BeTempered Episode 99 - She Looked Fine But Was Falling Apart with Cindy Lee
Cindy Lee shows up with energy, humor, and a presence that lights up the room. But behind that is a story most people would never guess. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 28, battling relentless fatigue, surviving a head-on crash that left h...
BeTempered Episode 98 - The Downward Spiral No One Talks About with Donald Reed
Rock bottom doesn’t always look like chaos. Sometimes it looks like a normal life slowly coming apart behind the scenes. In this episode, that’s exactly where the story begins before everything spirals.Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down ...
BeTempered Episode 97 - The Reality of Addiction and the Power of Faith with Joni Reed
Some stories do not build slowly. They hit you with the reality of what trauma and addiction actually do, and they force you to sit in it before showing you what redemption can look like.Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Joni Reed ...
BeTempered Episode 96 - A Childhood Stolen, A Life Reclaimed with Tracy Nutt
Tracy Nutt shares the painful and powerful truth about surviving childhood sexual abuse, the manipulation that kept her silent, and the shame that followed her into school, relationships, and her mental health. Joined by hosts Dan Schmidt and B...
BeTempered Episode 95 - The 0.1% Chance That Could Save Her Life with Cheyanne Mitchell
A 0.1 percent chance can sound impossible until you hear Cheyanne’s story. In this episode, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Cheyanne Mitchell and her aunt Maria to talk about a journey marked by resilience, faith, and the relentle...
BeTempered Episode 94 - Redefining Wealth Through Service with Brett Guiley
What if the most important thing you steward isn’t wealth, but identity? Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with financial planner and community builder Brett Guiley to unpack a journey rooted in small town values, deep curiosity, and the coura...
BeTempered Episode 93 - When Detours Become Lifelines with Dennis Liming
What starts as a foggy morning hike with his daughter turns into a life saving chain of events Dennis never could have planned. At 69, the firefighter, EMT, chaplain, and tool and die craftsman found himself facing multiple iliac aneurysms on t...
BeTempered Episode 92 - Addiction Rewired, Faith Restored with Zac Shisler
What happens when the crash you never wanted becomes the wake up call you needed?On this week’s episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Zac Shisler for one of the most raw and redemptive conversations we have...
BeTempered Episode 91 - When You Stop Running and Start Rebuilding with Lisa Chandler
Pain does not ask permission before it reshapes a life. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Lisa Chandler to talk about what it looks like to stop running and start rebuilding when survival has been the ...
BeTempered Episode 90 - Faith That Refuses to Compromise with Mandy Turner
What if the thing you are most ashamed of becomes the bridge that helps someone else survive? That question frames this conversation as hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Mandy Turner, a teacher, coach, photographer, and woman of dee...
BeTempered Episode 89 – Sobriety Starts With Surrender After Alcohol Became the Escape with Jerry Wilson
What starts with a fifth a night and a recliner slowly becomes absence. Jerry Wilson was still providing, still present in the house, but slipping further away behind the glass. His story does not begin with a polished plan to change. It begins...