{"podcast":{"title":"The Jayson Gaddis Podcast","slug":"the-jayson-gaddis-podcast-745455","podcast_index_feed_id":745455,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1034ef008/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://relationshipschool.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43404722/43404722-1772479501929-d6f3bd4f93209.jpg","author":"Jayson Gaddis","episode_count":562,"summary":"The Jayson Gaddis Podcast explores marriage, fatherhood, spirituality, and emotional and relational leadership. Hosted by Founder, high performance coach, and author Jayson Gaddis, who has spent 20+ years helping people transform their most important relationships.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:19:49.346921+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jayson-gaddis-podcast-745455"},"episode":{"title":"Why Life Keeps Kicking Your Ass (And What It's Trying to Teach You) - 563","slug":"why-life-keeps-kicking-your-ass-and-what-it-s-trying-to-teach-you-563","published_at":"2026-07-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jayson-gaddis-podcast-745455/why-life-keeps-kicking-your-ass-and-what-it-s-trying-to-teach-you-563","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jayson-gaddis-podcast-745455","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jaysongaddis/episodes/Why-Life-Keeps-Kicking-Your-Ass-And-What-Its-Trying-to-Teach-You---563-e3m5s4k","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1034ef008/podcast/play/122924628/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-16%2F428079881-44100-2-e39ade27cd004.mp3","summary":"Why does life keep kicking your ass? Jayson explains why the hardest parts of life are often the biggest opportunities for growth. He explores the difference between horizontal and vertical development, why your relationships expose where you need to grow, and why working on what causes you the most pain leads to the biggest breakthroughs. He also shares why marriage takes effort and why committed relationships require a willingness to keep developing. If you want to stop repeating the same patterns and start growing through them, this episode is for you. Timestamps: 1:16 - levelling up in life 2:54 - the problem with not leveling up your relationship skills 5:07 - horizontal development vs vertical development 6:19 - work on what causes you the most pain 8:27 - relationships are hard because they're collaborative 10:02 - marriages take effort 13:04 - if you don't want to do developmental work don't get married Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Relationship School⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jayson on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠","meta_description":"Why does life keep kicking your ass? Jayson explains why the hardest parts of life are often the biggest opportunities for growth. He explores the differe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":943,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jayson-gaddis-podcast-745455/episodes/why-life-keeps-kicking-your-ass-and-what-it-s-trying-to-teach-you-563/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jayson-gaddis-podcast-745455/why-life-keeps-kicking-your-ass-and-what-it-s-trying-to-teach-you-563.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}