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
92 episodes
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 ...
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Episode 91
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1:19:48
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...
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Episode 90
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1:26:45
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...
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Episode 89
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1:41:20
BeTempered Episode 88 - From Foster Care to Police Chief Through Grit, Faith, and Belonging, with Chief Kurt Holden
What if one sentence could change the entire direction of your life?When Chief Kurt Holden’s foster dad introduced him as “my son,” something finally settled. After years of instability and separation, that moment of belonging became the...
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Episode 88
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1:19:02
BeTempered Episode 87 - What It Really Means to Be 'Tempered' with Mike Derringer
Some stories do not get easier with time. They shape who you become.On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Superintendent and educator Mike Derringer. What begins as a conversation abou...
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Episode 87
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1:13:25
BeTempered Episode 86 - Built Through Consistency, Not Applause with Jeff Schmidt
What happens when the plan you built your life around stops working, and you choose not to walk away?This week on BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Jeff Schmidt, Dan’s brother, for a real conv...
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Episode 86
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1:11:47
BeTempered Episode 85 - Coaching for More Than the Scoreboard with Tyler Luce
What does it look like to coach for something bigger than a scoreboard? In this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Tyler Luce, a sixth grade social studies teacher and head varsity baseball coach at National Tr...
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Episode 85
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1:29:20
BeTempered Episode 84 - 2025 The Year That Clarified Our Mission
Before Christmas rushes past, we press pause to ask better questions. What truly mattered this year? Where is God leading the mission of BeTempered? And how do we show up for people in ways that outlast trends, algorithms, and noise?Host...
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Episode 84
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50:46
BeTempered Episode 83 - Building a Practice on Gratitude and Trust with Dr. Craig Hewitt
What if the hardest detours in life turn out to be the exact preparation you needed for a purpose you didn’t see coming? Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Dr. Craig Hewitt, a husband, father of five, and Navy trained dentist whose path ru...
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Episode 83
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1:47:07
BeTempered Episode 82 - Inside the Support Systems That Change a Child’s Trajectory with Allie Shafer
What happens when a child cannot focus in class because the lights were shut off at home, there is no food in the cupboard, or their clothes have not been washed in a week. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down...
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Episode 82
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1:24:20
BeTempered Episode 81 - 'Small Choices, Big Impact' with Brian Ballenger, Mark Broeker, and the WC Leads Cohort
What makes someone worth following when no one is watching. In this leadership roundtable, that question sits in the center of the table as stories unfold from classrooms, locker rooms, offices, and quiet early mornings when no one else is arou...
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Episode 81
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52:45
BeTempered Episode 80 - The Journey From Addiction to Influence with Tim Clowers and the God Who Met Him There
A locked door at 3 a.m., a voice that asked one piercing question, and a church parking lot where a bag of drugs met a trash can. Tim Clowers’ turning points do not read like safe, polished faith stories. They read like real life. On this episo...
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Episode 80
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2:06:02
BeTempered Episode 79 - Aligning Business for Longevity with Erin Flynn, CEO of Cladwell
A great story does not skip the hard parts, and Erin Flynn refuses to. On BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Erin to trace the real path from Indiana gym floors to Silicon Valley boardrooms. She chased a dream, ran into w...
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Episode 79
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1:29:11
BeTempered Episode 78 – Robert Rogers Lost His Entire Family in a Flash Flood and Still Chose to Praise God
Some stories knock the wind out of you and then hand you back your breath. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Robert Rogers, who in one devastating moment lost his wife and four children in a s...
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Episode 78
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1:46:33
BeTempered Episode 77 - Leah Schmidt on What Matters the Most in Life
Senior year can feel like standing on a cliff’s edge, and Leah Schmidt brings us right to that moment with clarity, humor, and heart. Hosted by Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr, this conversation follows Dan’s daughter as she wraps a long soccer journ...
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Episode 77
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56:04
BeTempered Episode 76 - How Faith and Grit Silence Imposter Syndrome
Doubt has a way of sounding smart. It whispers that you’re a fraud, that you got lucky, that someone else would have done it better. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr challenge that voice head-o...
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Episode 76
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45:43
BeTempered Episode 75 - What Do You Do After the Final Goodbye? Rebuilding through faith one step at a time.
When someone says, “Brian’s dead,” life divides into a before and an after. For Chuck Winings, it divided twice. What began as an ordinary Super Bowl Sunday became a season of heartbreaking loss. First came the passing of his fa...
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Episode 75
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1:24:42
BeTempered Episode 74 - Love, Loss, and the Power of a Kept Promise with Shirley Thacker
The wind through pine branches can sound like a lullaby, or the whisper of survival. That’s where Shirley Thacker loved to sit with her husband, Rich—a farm kid turned teacher, veteran, and fighter—dreaming about the book she would someday writ...
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Episode 74
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55:46
BeTempered Episode 73 - “No Peace, No Decision” – The Rule That Shaped Greg Jackson’s Ministry
The first thing Greg Jackson will tell you is simple: no peace, no decision. That quiet rule has guided him from a teen revival moment in Dayton to decades of faithful pastoring in Camden, Ohio—through false starts at the post office, ...
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Episode 73
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58:58
BeTempered Episode 72 - Processing Tragedy in a Divided World
Raw vulnerability fills this deeply moving episode of BeTempered, where co-host Ben Spahr courageously opens up about processing a personal tragedy that has shaken his faith community to its core. When someone you’...
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Episode 72
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43:22
BeTempered Episode 71 – Inside Shawn Ruebush’s New Book 'Turning Pain into Purpose'
What does it take to transform your deepest pain into purpose? Shawn Ruebush knows firsthand. After first sharing his life story on Episode 24 of the BeTempered podcast with hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr, Shawn took the...
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Episode 71
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51:28
BeTempered Episode 70 - How God Moves in Small Communities with Pastor Justin Wiegand
What happens when a young pastor with no money but unwavering faith decides to plant a church in a town of just 1,800 people?On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Pastor Justin Wieg...
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Episode 70
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1:15:51
BeTempered Episode 69 - Doug Macias: Finding Faith, Community, and Recovery
What happens when a successful executive's carefully constructed facade finally crumbles, revealing decades of addiction, pain, and self-deception? Doug Macias knows this journey all too well. For more than 20 years, he was trapped in cy...
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Episode 69
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1:51:38
BeTempered Episode 68 - From Drug & Alcohol Addiction to Ultra-Marathons with Alan Bair
What happens when a life built on fear, alcohol, and self-destruction finally crumbles? On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Alan Bair to share a story that is as raw and honest as it...
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Episode 68
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1:33:45
BeTempered Episode 67 – 9 out of 10 startups fail. Mine didn’t. Justin Bayer of Welcome to College explains why.
What does it really take to defy the odds when nine out of ten startups fail? On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr welcome Justin Bayer, founder of W...
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Episode 67
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1:34:48