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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Looking a little deeper into Hardship- sharing my thoughts and the treasures that I feel I’ve unlocked as I’ve journeyed, and with all my heart, want for you too.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Hardship offers a Crossroad:</p><p>Path 1-Running from, avoidance, denial, doing the bare minimum, fear, bitterness, never ending</p><p>Path 2-See as a tool, get curious- choose to adapt, growth, new outlook, hope, life, beautiful change.</p><p></p><p>Journeying through hardship is not easy but avoiding or staying in it is even harder. <strong>The GOOD NEWS -there is a choice and the choice is ours!</strong></p><p>I am now a believer that we are created to do hard things, but even a step further than that, we are better for it!</p><p><strong>Quote</strong>- “Every test in our life makes us bitter or better, every problem comes to break us or make us. The choice is ours whether we become victim or victor.”</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you haven't already make sure to <strong>FOLLOW </strong>on your favourite podcast player to get notified of the next episodes when they air!</p><p>Come find <strong>Valley Stories on Facebook</strong>. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Bz9UPrfbk/?mibextid=wwXIfr">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Bz9UPrfbk/?mibextid=wwXIfr</a> I would love to hear your takeaways from the latest episodes and share in your journey through life.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome friends!</p><p>Valley Stories is a space where honest conversations and hopeful reflections are shared — a mix of powerful interviews and personal refections of my own.</p><p></p><p>Each interview will follow a journey asking my guests these 3 questions:</p><p>• <strong>The Valley</strong> – the trial or challenge they walked through</p><p>• <strong>The Turning Point</strong> – the crossroads moment that sparked change</p><p>• <strong>The</strong> <strong>Growth &amp; Transformation</strong> – how that experience shaped who they are today</p><p>These conversations are real, vulnerable, and rooted in the belief that our hardest seasons can shape our strongest selves. That in sharing our story we can bring healing not only to ourselves but to others.</p><p></p><p>In my Solo episodes you can expect-</p><p>Short, reflective, and hope-filled thoughts often taken from journal entries written in my hardest days. The keys that kept me forward moving. 🌱</p><p></p><p>MAKE SURE YOU SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLAYER TO GET NOTIFIED OF THE FIRST COUPLE OF EPISODES WHEN THEY LAUNCH IN A FEW WEEKS!</p><p></p><p>Come find Valley Stories on Facebook. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Bz9UPrfbk/?mibextid=wwXIfr">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Bz9UPrfbk/?mibextid=wwXIfr</a> I would love to hear your takeaways from the latest episodes and share in your journey through life.</p>]]></description>
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