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January 2023

A Life Resolution That Will Last Well Past The New Year #149

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The ultimate hope of every one of us is to live a life worthy of being remembered. If that’s something you’ve been thinking about during this season of New Year’s resolutions, you’ve come to the right podcast. This week, Beyond the Crucible founder Warwick Fairfax unpacks his timely new blog about ways you can commit in 2023 to live in a way that is true to who you are, anchored in a vision that is uniquely yours and therefore uniquely satisfying and significant.

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Want to Align Your Values with Your Actions? They Can Help: Tom McGehee and Jim Stollberg #148

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A critical component of Beyond the Crucible’s recipe for discovering your unique path to a life of significance is to develop a strong team of advisers to help you lean into your gifts and passions along the journey, especially in the aftermath of a crucible. This week, Warwick talks to two men serving in that role to men and women all along the age-and-stage spectrum.

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“Horrible and Beautiful” – Lessons from Her Husband’s Cancer Battle: Karen Austin #147

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In our conversation this week with Karen, she shares with intimacy, vulnerability and, yes, humor about what she describes as her “crucible life” – the early death of her mother, her brother’s suicide and the cancer that took her husband in 2017 — two months before their 20th anniversary. From the ashes of those tragedies, she explains, she taught herself how to thrive through grief and help others do the same as a certified grief companion.

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The Gift of a $2.25 Billion Dollar Failure: Warwick’s Crucible Revisited #145

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In our first episode of 2023, we’re joined by guest co-host Lexi Godlewski, who interviews the host of Beyond the Crucible, Warwick Fairfax. His face and voice you know, but the deeper parts of his story you may not! Warwick shares new insights, lessons and perspectives on how he moved beyond his crucible and created a life of significance after the failed takeover of his family’s 150-year-old media business.

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