Kellyn Bechtold: Do It Scared | Pod Friends
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Survivor Know-It-All, Rob Cesternino
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2025
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
This week on Pod Friends, Kellyn Bechtold (@thekellynb) shares her journey of resilience, transformation, and connection. You may know Kellyn from Survivor: Ghost Island, but in this heartfelt interview with host Matt Scott (@MattScottGW), you’ll discover so much more about her path to self-discovery and career reinvention.
Hear Kellyn open up about her experiences on Survivor, growing up on a chicken farm in Indiana, and taking courageous leaps—from moving 38 times to launching her Road to Reality podcast. Learn about her philosophy of “doing it scared” and how she’s creating spaces for connection, storytelling, and career transformation through the Career Coven.
Kellyn’s insights on returning to yourself, embracing curiosity, and reimagining success will inspire anyone seeking a more authentic and fulfilling life. And, there’s even a very special guest cameo from Survivor: Ghost Island winner and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host Wendell Holland in this episode. Don’t miss this empowering conversation!
Here is the short story referenced by Kellyn, from Sight Hound by Pam Houston: https://www.bslshoofly.com/archives/deep-creek-finding-hope-in-the-high-country
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| 0:40.7 | They've always wanted both boys. |
| 0:42.4 | How can they be allowed to do that? |
| 0:44.2 | Maddie, I don't know. |
| 0:46.6 | They've been lying to us from the beginning. |
| 0:48.2 | They are twisting everything. |
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| 0:51.4 | What if your child was their child? |
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| 1:00.0 | All right, Kellyn. |
| 1:01.6 | Why should people listen to this episode of PodFriends featuring you? |
| 1:07.7 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:08.5 | This is Kellyn. |
| 1:09.4 | Everyone should. |
| 1:10.6 | Who is interested? No one should do anything. Anyone who wants to listen, |
| 1:14.6 | could listen to the idea that Matt is an incredible container creator and spaceholder for the people that Matt interviews. |
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