How to Turn Challeges Into Triumph with Kristin Smedley

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

When Kristin Smedley's young son was diagnosed as blind, she was devastated. But rather than accepting limits, she became fiercely determined to give him every opportunity. Tapping into creative problem-solving skills from her own athletic past, Kristin empowered her son to navigate life fearlessly.

Through using all available tools and relentless advocacy, her sons thrived academically against all odds. But Kristin's vision didn't stop there. She now inspires others through her nonprofit, proving disability is no barrier to success with the right mindset and support.

Hear Kristin's incredible story - from the shock of her son's diagnosis to his graduation at the top of his class. Discover practical lessons on nurturing independence, creative accessibility solutions, and transforming challenges into triumphs. Kristin will motivate and inspire you to believe in limitless potential.

Highlights:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Kristin’s childhood in Philadelphia
03:43 Learning about the importance of team
07:19 The shock of hearing her firstborn was blind
10:13 Realizing what to do as a parent of a blind child
14:23 Finding a nonprofit to help the blind community
18:43 What I Can Be Is Up to Me book
20:31 Using all available tools and holding the school accountable
23:22 Things to apply to make your life better
26:28 Where can people find Kristin?

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm going to. So, Welcome to the Hard Way podcast with Joe the Senna, founder and CEO of Spartan Races.
0:46.0	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million
0:51.0	plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course.
0:54.0	With insight from the smartest, most accomplished experts from every corner of the world.
0:58.3	Get ready to elevate your life today.
1:01.0	Jo the Senate here, CEO and founder of Spartan and hosted the Hardway
1:04.2	podcast. I've got Kristen Smedley on. Kristen, welcome. You're in a monsoon in
1:08.7	Philly. Joe, I love my town. I love this city, but I do not love all the rain we be getting but I am loving being here getting a chat with you today
1:17.6	Philly's pretty tough I've heard I have a buddy of mine Jimmy bins who said there is it's rugged these days is that accurate? Yeah accurate
1:26.6	yes we are definitely a city that has grown up on grit so you really do have to
1:32.4	employ that around here these days it's actually a good part of my
1:35.2	foundation so so I'm a Philly girl through and through. I love it. You grew up in Philly?
1:42.1	Yeah in the I was born in Northeast Philly and then my parents moved us out to just into the suburbs to get a great education thank goodness
1:51.0	but and left for a little while you know chasing dreams and stuff and happy to be back here and raising my family here
1:57.3	So you grew up in Philly anything remarkable about I mean you're a remarkable person now so I'm always curious what went on in your
2:05.0	childhood to make you who you are. You know it's interesting Joe my my parents
2:12.0	were the kind of people so people people always say how are you so resilient
2:14.4	how do you have this optimistic way of life look I was to be very to be very short I was
2:20.4	raised by a man that said the Vietnam War going off to the Vietnam War saved his life and
2:27.1	gave him opportunity that he wouldn't have had. My dad was he grew up in one of the worst
2:32.1	neighborhoods in Philadelphia, right?
2:34.2	Homeless at about 14, couldn't even think about finishing high school.
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