Kiss My Chaos

From a playing piano as a young girl, growing up in a small town, to aspirations of being a medical doctor, all it took was her to attend one MMA event to be hooked.  Kayla Sirjord describes what its like to find success in the world of Women's MMA.  She speaks about the business aspect, training, and support from her community and family.  Take a listen to this successful and inspiring woman. 

The woman who was once so weak she could barely walk a flight of stairs or stay awake through an entire day now trains for triathlons. “Cancer tried to take my future. Instead, it changed how I choose to live it.”
Meet Meghan Stewart, a stage 4 colorectal cancer survivor.

Brianna was a successful businesswoman whose life looked perfect from the outside, but behind the scenes she was battling emotional abuse, career burnout and challenges with mental health. During the COVID pandemic, alcohol became her own personal pandemic, slowly taking control of her life. She lost her marriage, her home, and precious time with her children.
But her story didn't end there. Over the last year, she chose recovery, embraced faith, and rebuilt her life from the ground up. Through perseverance, healing, and God's grace, she discovered a deeper purpose than she had ever known. Today, she lives with peace, faith, and a commitment to helping others find hope, proving that even the deepest losses can become a story of redemption.

As a Therapist, John takes us on his own personal journey that has brought him to this point in his life.  John talks about how it is important for even therapists to utilize counseling services. Moving from a major metropolitan area to a small town in Minnesota, he had to adapt to a culture change, battle isolation, and do what was best for himself and his children. 

Our guest went from fights and gangs to taking his life back.  At the age of 25, he has been in jail or prison fifteen times.  After participating in Troy White's Beyond the Barriers program, he has decided to not only take his life back, but to mentor others on how to get and stay in a place to succeed and help others. 

After surviving a near fatal helicopter crash on a military deployment, Tom Krabbenhoft has taken his experiences throughout his military career and life committing to help others. 

We took a much needed and necessary break, but you can't get rid of us that easy!  With all of the sickness going around, Abby and Dan give a re-cap of what has been happening in their worlds. 

This emotional episode is the father of our last guest.  We felt it important to get the perspective of a father who loved his son through his addiction.  Through persistence, toughness, love and faith, this father truly met his son where he was at, walked in his shoes, and stood by him until they both found the most important thing, love of a father and son. 

The name of our guest on this episode is irrelevant. This is a faceless problem.  It could be you, us, or a family member.  Please listen closely to this story, a first hand human account, of how drugs led this man from gangs, to use, to recovery.  It's raw, it's real, and it's exactly the heart beat of who we are and our goal of brining the truth directly to all of you. 

Carter Evenson. We could talk to him for hours about all of his achievements in life. He will probably cringe at reading this as he is not one to brag about his accomplishments, but would rather inspire others to be their best selves. Our host Abby and her son have been directly inspired by Carter themselves! Carter is a 7th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. He began his training in 1980 under Grand Master Moo Yong Yun. He is a former State Champion, & started Carter's Academy in 1983, Kindred, ND. He has inspired thousands of adults and children alike in the mastery of martial arts.  He has been a musician nearly his whole life. He began on piano, then French Horn, then drums, then guitar. He has been writing & recording music since 1985, with songs on MTV, Fox Sports, ESPN, and many motion pictures, including the #1 movie Bring it On.  All of these accomplishments were almost erased from his future by one accident.
Carter crashed his ultralight airplane on Nov 6, 1983. He was given only a 30% chance of survival. He spent 3 months in the hospital & had 12 surgeries. He spent a year in physical & occupational therapy, starting with learning to walk again.