# Episode 309: Live With More Clarity Even When Life Gets Hard w/ Alison Hadden

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/growthready-podcast-with-steve-mellor-448569/episode-309-live-with-more-clarity-even-when-life-gets-hard-w-alison-hadden
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/growthready-podcast-with-steve-mellor-448569/episode-309-live-with-more-clarity-even-when-life-gets-hard-w-alison-hadden.md
Podcast: [GrowthReady Podcast with Steve Mellor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/growthready-podcast-with-steve-mellor-448569)
Published: 2026-03-06T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.growthreadypodcast.com/
Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1986480/episodes/18801959-episode-309-live-with-more-clarity-even-when-life-gets-hard-w-alison-hadden.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growthready-podcast-with-steve-mellor-448569/episodes/episode-309-live-with-more-clarity-even-when-life-gets-hard-w-alison-hadden
Duration seconds: 2424

## Resource

This special archive episode takes us back to summer 2020, when Steve Mellor interviewed Alison Hadden for his Women Changing the World series. What he only learned afterward was that Alison had found out just one day earlier that her cancer had returned and was terminal. She never mentioned it during the conversation. Instead, she spoke with clarity, strength, and intention about leadership, resilience, and living like there is no time to waste. Alison passed away in January 2022, but her me...

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growthready-podcast-with-steve-mellor-448569/episodes/episode-309-live-with-more-clarity-even-when-life-gets-hard-w-alison-hadden/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/growthready-podcast-with-steve-mellor-448569/episode-309-live-with-more-clarity-even-when-life-gets-hard-w-alison-hadden.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.