Teddi Mellencamp: How to Stay Strong, Positive & Courageous During Bad Breaks + Defy the Odds in Your Life! (Pt 1)

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Jamie Kern Lima

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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How do you stay positive and hopeful, when you’re in a season of setbacks, and what feels like one bad break after another? How do you hold on to faith and belief that things will turn out in your favor, in the midst of horrible news you never saw coming? How do you reconcile your faith, and spirituality when it makes no sense why God would allow something so awful to be happening? Our incredible guest today, Teddi Mellencamp is sharing stories she’s never shared before on life’s hardest set-backs, marriage, infidelity, cancer, parenting during hardship, reconciling faith and summoning strength, hope and courage during bad-breaks and life’s set-backs. You might know Teddi as a TV personality who rose to fame on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she’s also co-host of the wildly popular podcasts called Two T’s in a Pod with Tamra Judge & Diamonds in the Rough with Erika Jayne, she’s daughter of musician John Mellencamp, a mom to her beloved little ones, Slate, Cruz, and Dove. She is also stepmother to Isabella and I’m so grateful to call her, friend. As her impact and following continues to explode, she’s also going through the unimaginable and the fight of her life, in this very moment, right now. Teddi was recently diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, which she shared has metastasized to her brain and lungs. Get your tissues out, and get ready to feel overwhelming gratitude and perspective for the blessings in your life right now, that can be so easy to take for granted when we have them. And of course we have a little fun too and get the inside scoop on what really happens behind the scenes of your favorite reality TV shows, and so much more… Are You Ready to believe in YOU?🙌⁠⁠⁠jamiekernlima.com⁠👈 Sign up for my FREE Inspirational Newsletter and get ready for your self-worth to soar!🩷 ✨ Want to learn more about Teddi’s work? Check out her coaching program: https://allinbyteddi.com/ 🎧 Don’t miss her hit podcast with Tamra Judge, Two Ts in a Pod: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-two-ts-in-a-pod-with-tedd-49447273/ The American Academy of Dermatology offers a simple guide on what to look for and how to do a self-exam of your skin: aad.org/public/diseases/skin-cancer/find/know-how. If you notice anything suspicious or just want a professional check, you can find a board-certified dermatologist near you at find-a-derm.aad.org. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show 14:00 Turning Pain Into Purpose 25:10 How to Best Support Someone During Hard Times 36:16 John Mellencamp & A Father’s Love 46:43 Our Parents Can Change 54:10 Asking Your Partner For What You Need Also, please make sure to take 2 seconds and click the “Follow” button right here on this page to follow me and the podcast, I’m so grateful and thank you SO much! ____ It’s such an honor to share this podcast together with you. And please note: I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Click ⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠ to Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow me here: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ — Sign up for my inspirational newsletter for YOU at:⁠⁠⁠ jamiekernlima.com⁠⁠⁠ — Looking for my books on Amazon? Here they are! ⁠⁠⁠WORTHY⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Believe IT⁠

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0:00.0	I looked at my dad and all my friends and I'm like, I cannot stay in here another day.
0:04.0	I can't live like this anymore.
0:06.0	I am so miserable.
0:07.0	I feel like everybody would be better without me.
0:10.0	How has your dad shown up for you?
0:13.0	Oh, he has been beyond.
0:15.0	The things that I wouldn't be capable of doing without my dad, not only for financial reasons.
0:21.6	He has stepped in.
0:23.3	He's helped me have a nurse.
0:24.9	He calls me every single day.
0:27.7	He makes sure that I'm okay.
0:29.4	Was he an involved dad like that growing up?
0:33.7	No.
0:35.0	He was always 100% there if I needed him,
0:37.3	but I think that was the quote, if I needed him.
0:39.9	If I asked him, he was always there.
0:43.4	Now he's there whether I ask or I don't ask.
0:46.4	Do you feel closer to him now than ever?
0:51.1	How do you stay positive and hopeful when you're in a season of setbacks and when it feels like
0:56.5	one bad break after another? How do you hold on to faith and belief that things will turn out
1:02.5	in your favor in the midst of what feels like the rug being pulled out from underneath you
1:08.3	or feeling blindsided or receiving horrible news that you never
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