HeyJaredFor The Heck Of It
A podcast to help ordinary people live extraordinary lives... for the heck of it.
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When in Doubt, Throttle Out (opens the original)
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Life is a beautiful mess (and so is parenting). This week Allie flies solo, riffing off Fredrik Backman's My Friends to unpack the lessons her own parents taught her — service, gratitude, and the timeless wisdom of "figure it out". Expect a heartfelt reminder that raising good humans starts with trying to be one.
A Fanny Kicking Good Time with Kami Davis (opens the original)
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Kami Davis — mom of three and founder of Screen Smartz — joins the podcast for a conversation on the chaos and growth of early motherhood: unexpected timing, holding a marriage together through the grind of medical training, and finding your footing again after being pushed past your limits. She and Allie also dig into building an identity outside of parenthood, and what it actually looks like to use technology with intention instead of guilt. A candid, funny, and honest conversation between two
Freedom of Time, Money, and Relationships | Britt Kershner (opens the original)
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Allie sits down with her good friend Britt Kershner — Utah native, entrepreneur, and real estate advisor — for a wide-ranging, honest conversation about what it means to live intentionally. Britt shares how losing her grandfather and nearly losing her mom to COVID reshaped how she spends her time, and how a daily journaling practice keeps her chasing goals — from a return trip to New Zealand with her parents to scuba diving in Bali, and even a dream big enough to include a hospital wing with her
A Beautifully Unexpected Life with Emily Pope (opens the original)
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Emily Pope — horticulturist, self-published poet, and Allie's cousin — joins the show to talk about life not going as planned. She reflects on the detours that shaped her, from a last-minute move to Provo to her brother's epilepsy diagnosis, and what she's learned about finding beauty in the unexpected along the way. It's a conversation about resilience, faith, and choosing love and compassion even when life doesn't go as planned.
Present Beats Perfect | Haley Hodgson (opens the original)
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Haley Hodgson spent a year fighting an illness doctors couldn't explain — and came out the other side with a different relationship to rest, strength, and asking for help. She and Allie talk about what it means to give your "best" when your best changes daily, why our culture's go-go-go mentality makes healing harder, and how reconnecting with her younger selves helped her keep moving forward. One idea she keeps coming back to: even on her worst days, her family would rather have that version of
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