{"podcast":{"title":"Affirm That Sh!t","slug":"affirm-that-sh-t-7089518","podcast_index_feed_id":7089518,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6394957/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/affirm-that-sh-t--6394957","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7cd039421396cf8c602a55d9a2697fad.jpg","author":"Jennifer Rogers","episode_count":61,"summary":"Get ready for Affirm That Shit, the podcast where Jennifer Rogers—sound healer, Reiki Master, and unapologetically raw host—walks you through stories of resilience and pure grit. This is where people who've been handed the worst life has to offer show up, own their struggles, and turn them into something powerful. Jennifer brings you close to the fight, reminding you that even in life’s messiest throws, somehow, you’ll thrive. So if you’re tired of the sugar-coating and ready for real, hit play and affirm that power within.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-09T22:17:15.922746+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/affirm-that-sh-t-7089518"},"episode":{"title":"EP 58: When the Pain Doesn't Stop, Who Do You Become?","slug":"ep-58-when-the-pain-doesn-t-stop-who-do-you-become","published_at":"2026-07-29T10:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/affirm-that-sh-t-7089518/ep-58-when-the-pain-doesn-t-stop-who-do-you-become","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/affirm-that-sh-t-7089518","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-58-when-the-pain-doesn-t-stop-who-do-you-become--73199817","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73199817/rcram_ats_com.mp3","summary":"What do you do when the pain doesn’t end? You stop waiting for life to get easier and discover just how damn strong you can become. On this episode of Affirm That Sh!t, I sit down with Rick Cram to talk about chronic pain, resilience, mental strength, and what it really means to be your best when your body has other plans. Rick’s journey began during the final minutes of his last high school football game. One tackle changed the trajectory of his life, eventually leading to seven knee surgeries, including a total knee replacement. More than 50 years later, Rick continues to experience unpredictable blasts of intense pain every day. But Rick refuses to call this a journey of pain. He calls it a journey of resilience. And there’s a difference. Rick opens up about reaching a point where he sat in doctors’ offices shaking, fighting back tears, and admitting he was desperate for relief. Yet somewhere inside that struggle, something shifted. He began asking a different question: What if thriving doesn’t require the pain to disappear? That question helped shape *Plan to Be Your Best*, Rick’s framework for helping people understand and strengthen their own unique resilience while navigating chronic pain, stress, grief, pressure, and uncertainty. We dig into why resilience is a choice you make again and again, how celebrating even the smallest victories can change the way you see yourself, and why being your best isn’t about pretending everything is okay. It’s about putting your greatest strengths into action when everything isn’t. Rick also shares how additional health challenges tested that philosophy and forced him to practice the very resilience he teaches. His perspective stopped me in my tracks: What looks like a setback might actually become a setup for something you hav…","meta_description":"What do you do when the pain doesn’t end? You stop waiting for life to get easier and discover just how damn strong you can become. On this episode of Aff…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1648,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/affirm-that-sh-t-7089518/episodes/ep-58-when-the-pain-doesn-t-stop-who-do-you-become/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/affirm-that-sh-t-7089518/ep-58-when-the-pain-doesn-t-stop-who-do-you-become.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}