Do you know your limits? Do you know when to pause for the sake of mental or physical wellness? What about knowing when to keep pushing past those limits in order to embark on new territory you never thought possible? Knowing your limits can be a two sided coin. It can be the difference between winning the gold, silver, bronze or no metal at all. Today, Todd and Wendie talk about a few incredible athletes from the Tokyo Olympics and how they knew when to pause and when to come back, guns-a-blazi...
Aug 10, 2021•22 min
What happens if you discover that you have an incurable cancer and that you just have months to live? What would you do? How would you handle that? In this episode, we're talking about the C word...Cancer. The chances are that maybe you, a loved one or someone you know has experienced a cancer diagnosis. Sadly this is a topic that is never too far away from any of us. Today, we talk to Clayton Bjelan, who did something really, really remarkable. After Clayton's mum, Rhonda Bjelan was diagnosed w...
Aug 03, 2021•46 min
Have you ever felt like the cards you were dealt have led to a life filled with betrayal, disappointment and pain? Do you ever struggle with feelings of hopelessness, abandonment or feeling unloved? How do you not lose hope when things get really tough? Is it even possible to experience love or success after a life filled with negativity and loss? Today, we talk to Rob Dempsey, who walks us through some amazing stories of incredible breakthroughs he's had in all areas of his life. You'll be amaz...
Jul 27, 2021•45 min
Mental health...a topic many of us can relate to, especially since the COVID pandemic started in March, 2020. Many of us who have been dealing with ups and downs of our mental health have also developed coping mechanisms and tactics to not have to feel pain or discomfort. What if these coping mechanisms are actually attacking our mental health and spiritual wellbeing? Could our avoidance in dealing with the pain lead us down a journey of becoming distant with the Lord? In today's episode, we spe...
Jul 20, 2021•43 min
Let's be real, we've all experienced failure at some point in life. The question is, are you learning from those failures or do you keep repeating the same failures time and time again? Failures occur in all of our lives often and the truth is that without those failures, we could not experience breakthroughs. In today's episode, we dive in to some of our own biggest failures that have also led to some of our biggest breakthroughs. We will talk about how to accept our mistakes and how to slow do...
Jul 13, 2021•26 min
Do you live with regret? Do you have any would've, could've, should've moments making you feel bad about something you did, or maybe didn't do? Have you ever experienced a moment when it feels like the crumbs your kids or husband keep dropping around the house just keep piling up? You feel like you're going to lose it, like you just can't take it anymore. You've reached your breaking point and it's time to walk away. Sometimes our fear and frustration gets the best of us and we're left with a de...
Jul 06, 2021•47 min
Have you ever been told one thing, but it turned out that the truth was completely different? Can you imagine being told that you have a debilitating disease that you never had? Today, we speak with Jean Abbott, a resilient woman with a mind-blowing story. Jean was misdiagnosed as a young child with Spastic Diplegia, a form of Cerebral Palsy After 33 years of countless doctors visits, medical procedures, unnecessary medications she was correctly diagnosed with Dopa Responsive Dystonia (DRD) and ...
Jun 29, 2021•35 min
What happens when we experience a very hurtful loss and then how we breakthrough to find opportunities that God can provide through that loss. Whether it's been the loss of a loved one, a job, a pet or even a future dream cut short. Everyone deals with some kind of loss at some time in their lives. Today, we speak to Wayne Pederson, who teaches us that how we handle our losses determine the difference between prolonged pain and resentment or discovering new opportunities and freedom. Wayne start...
Jun 22, 2021•47 min
Who are Wendie and Todd, your hosts of this show? You've heard our voices. You've perhaps met us in person at some point. But who are we? We decided we should take a few minutes and let our hair down and allow you the listeners to get to know us personally. We thought of some questions to ask each other, that quite frankly we would want to ask each other, then hit the record button and went to town. And if you have some questions you'd like to ask us, please ask away at yourbiggestbreakthrough.c...
Jun 15, 2021•37 min
Do you dream? Have you ever wondered what your dreams are telling you? Perhaps you experience nightmares or no dreams at all. What could these dreams, or lack thereof, be telling you? Could your dreams actually be guiding you to live out your most fulfilled life? What if the key to reaching our life achievements was being told to us nightly through dreams? Wouldn't you want to interpret those dreams immediately to see how to reach your highest success? In this episode, dream expert Dr. Barbie Br...
Jun 08, 2021•49 min
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” -Proverbs 22:6 What if the person you look up to the most taught you everything you're not supposed to do in this life? How would it affect you? It would probably make you afraid of everything. Your father, teaching you to steal, then chiding you for getting caught - even when you follow his exact instructions on what to do should you get caught. And this happens when you're six years old. That basically ...
Jun 01, 2021•51 min
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 "You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with." Are you in good company? Punky Tolson made a promise when she was in high school. She had just become a Christian, and was full of high hopes of serving Jesus for the rest of her life. Then she went to college - and promptly fell away from the faith, not to mention the promise she had made a few short years earlier. She sought love, comfort, acceptance in ...
May 25, 2021•40 min
We can't believe it's our 33rd episode! Good things happen in 3's. For example, Jesus walked the Earth for 33 years. While we've never interviewed Jesus (at least not for a podcast), we have had some doozies for interviews with people who follow Him. In this episode, we're going to take you through some of our favorite highlights and takeaways from breakthroughs over the past 32 episodes. And here's to many blessings and breakthroughs to come! In this episode, you'll hear: -How a top Mary Kay sa...
May 18, 2021•36 min
Assembling words goes way back for Jon Edward Fugler. Growing up in Upstate New York, his first writing effort was to publish a neighborhood newspaper — which lasted one issue. In middle school, Jon printed and distributed a newsletter to his classmates and teachers reporting on his board game baseball league. In 1973, Jon came to know Christ after hearing a college football coach speak on how to be born again. This event would change the course of his life and writing. He spent over 30 years in...
May 11, 2021•37 min
Have you ever found it hard to forgive someone for doing something so unforgivable? "I don't know man, there are some sins that just can't be forgiven." That's no doubt something you've said, thought, or heard someone else say. Maybe you feel there are certain sins that are so awful, the person who commits them can't be forgiven, or certainly doesn't deserve forgiveness. Our guest on today's episode was not a witness to such sins that may be deemed "unforgivable." She was the victim of it. Brend...
May 04, 2021•47 min
"She'd give the twelve apostles a run for their money." This was spoken in reference to the mother of Shawn and Brian Chrisagis, who absolutely refused to accept that her twin boys, born three months premature, and deathly allergic to even small amounts of sunlight, would not be given every opportunity to survive. The Brothers Chrisagis did indeed survive their childhood, which was lived in constant fear of death. Family members made tremendous sacrifices so that they could be properly cared for...
Apr 27, 2021•54 min
Welcome to the show! We had the idea to name our podcast Your Biggest Breakthrough because in speaking with people in our respective niches - Todd coaching men and Wendie coaching women and men in the Visibly Fit program - we kept hearing about how small victories in seemingly insignificant parts of people's lives led to major breakthroughs. Breakthroughs in relationships, careers, physical appearance, health, the list goes on and on. The truth is, it's those small wins that often lead to our bi...
Apr 20, 2021•22 min
Cancel Culture. It's the buzzword of the age. Cancel everyone who's not in line with the consensus of The Mob. Cancel Christmas. Cancel 2020. Cancel the divorce. Wait, what? Cancel the divorce? Why, divorce should be the first option when a couple experiences difficulty in their marriage. At least that's how worldly minded people think. Chuck Knapp, our guest on this episode, says that the Cancel Culture, while real and problematic in the here and now, is actually advantageous for the Gospel. It...
Apr 13, 2021•49 min
Bill Scott shares a deeply intimate story of how he erred in his thinking, and allowed his pride, not to mention a deep hurt not fully processed, to cause him to stray from what he knew was the right way to walk. Bill reveals the exact moment he chose to forsake his conscience and give in to a deceptive mindset. His skewed rationale prevented him from heeding the sound counsel he received to change direction and avoid certain consequences. The beauty of Bill's story is not just one of restoratio...
Apr 06, 2021•39 min
What is an "ugly cry"? Well, there's crying, either with joy or sorrow - and then there's crying so that you're just plain ugly. The make-up (if you use it) is streaking, you're bawling uncontrollable. It's messy any way you look at it. Dawn Barton has had plenty of occasions to cry the ugly cry. Loss of an infant child, with a subsequent divorce, then later getting breast cancer forcing her to lose much of the traits she valued, without which she felt a shell of herself. Dawn had to wrestle wit...
Mar 30, 2021•44 min
What do men really want? Todd Isberner wrote a book on that very topic and now is put on the hot seat as Wendie interviews him. In it you'll hear the 4 F's every man needs to make a priority, how to master your faith, tips on becoming financially responsible, and eventually independent, and much more! Faith Family Fitness Finances -Men are in a state of confusion today...3:00 -Why men need to master their faith to begin to be more manly...6:45 Set faith-growing goals Commit to quiet time daily F...
Mar 23, 2021•36 min
Lisa Burkhardt Worley wasn't even alive when her father tragically died of a massive heart attack while playing polo. Her mother was at the match and watched him collapse on his horse. She was at his side when he passed en route to the hospital. Sadly, Lisa's mom never recovered from this trauma. She numbed her pain with alcohol and prescription drugs - to the point she couldn't even care for Lisa and she had to live with her grandmother for several years. Fast forward a decade or three, and Lis...
Mar 16, 2021•45 min
"Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." -Matthew 5:10 In this episode of the show, we welcome Okongo Samson and his wife Shyla. Now anyone who adorns the cross of Jesus in any way knows what persecution is. It can be as mild as murmuring behind your back, or in more extreme forms, bodily harm and even death can come about. No matter what form it takes, it's not enjoyable in the flesh to endure. But with God's grace, we can take joy in o...
Mar 09, 2021•58 min
"Can you handle it if I heal you?" Susie Larson felt the Lord speaking this to her when she asked for healing from Lyme disease. This led to her considering whether she had "infrastructure for healing," or in other words, if she was ready to think like someone who isn't always sick. Trauma in her childhood caused her to pass on an invite to hang out with some boys. This indirectly led her to embracing a genuine faith in God, in her words, "Getting into heaven on a technicality." We can't explain...
Mar 02, 2021•45 min
Why should we give a hoot about our physical appearance? Is it to look sexy, or attractive to the opposite sex, or to simply feel good about ourselves? All those are well and good in their proper place, but Wendie takes things a bit further and says we should be concerned with our physical appearance and well-being because we are the temple of the living God. (1 Corinthians 6:19) Paul said to the Romans that we are to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1). Does this mean God is un...
Feb 23, 2021•36 min
Zero-point energy is "the lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical system may have." While that sounds a tad bit technical, Lisa Jimenez brilliantly incorporates that principle of physics into her practice of helping clients, listeners and readers to retrain their brain. In her words, "If you have nothing, you have everything." Why is this? Because you're not relying on the past to define you, nor your future to fulfill you. All you have is what you have NOW, and what you make of it is t...
Feb 16, 2021•50 min
Paul Wessel has seen it all. For better or worse, for richer or poorer, Paul has been there and done that. When his son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, and wanted to die from having his finger pricked constantly, Paul invented a blood glucose monitor that his son could play with kind of like a Game Boy. After years of struggling to make ends meet while pitching his invention to various corporations, he finally got picked up by a major corporation in Germany. While it seemed his financial wor...
Feb 09, 2021•50 min
"I lost my dad a long time before he passed from this world," says our guest, Micah Mitlyng. Like all kids, Micah's father was a superhero in his eyes when he was a young child. He could do no wrong. But as he grew older and wiser, he began to sense something wasn't quite right. His father was obsessed with what we call "conspiracy theories". Things like ... Black helicopters spying at the behest of Big Brother. The President of the United States and half his cabinet members are aliens from anot...
Feb 02, 2021•48 min
Two blondes driving from Minneapolis to Fargo saw a road sign that said, "Clean restrooms ahead." Those two blondes cleaned 19 restrooms before they made it to Fargo. Go ahead. You may as well laugh. Because it's good for you! We know that God has a sense of humor, because he made us, and we are created in his image. The Scriptures are replete with calls for laughter. Job, for example, who had as much reason to be sorrowful as anyone, was told by his friend Bildad, "He will yet fill your mouth w...
Jan 26, 2021•35 min
To be completely honest, we weren't sure we were going to post this episode. The story you'll hear in it is so powerful, so profound, we thought maybe our little podcast wouldn't do it justice. But we didn't title our show "Your Most Mundane Breakthrough"; it's Your Biggest Breakthrough. And our guest on this episode will seriously blow you away with what she's experienced and the grace she's shown in spite of it. Angela Alexander has suffered what most of us would consider unspeakable tragedy i...
Jan 19, 2021•51 min
