Host Kelly Jackson sits down with legendary LSU women’s gymnastics coach D-D Breaux, whose 43-year tenure is chronicled in the SEC Network documentary The Fighting Tiger. Breaux retraces the pivotal moments that launched her career—from a phone call that brought her to LSU in 1977 with no facility, budget, or equipment, to the years of battling for basic resources, medical care, and respect for women’s sports. She opens up about a career-altering knee injury that ended her Olympic path, the grit it took to coach while raising two daughters during competition season, and the behind-the-scenes fights that shaped LSU athletics—like bringing Dr. Brent Bankston into the LSU system and advocating for the standalone gymnastics training center that finally became reality after decades of persistence. Along the way, Breaux shares the coaching philosophy that defined her teams—“everything counts,” repetition, pride, community presence, and building a culture where individual performances serve the team score—while reflecting on leadership, administration turnover, mentors who saved the program, and what it meant to retire during COVID and return as an LSU ambassador. The conversation also highlights LSU’s broader sports culture, the importance of selling tickets and building a fan base, the new realities of NIL, and the emotional payoff of seeing a lifelong vision fulfilled—inviting listeners into the untold story behind one of the most influential builders in LSU athletics.

From the Episode:

• "   Success is wrapped in boldness."
• " ...the most powerful weapon on earth is a human soul on fire. And that fire is our passion."
• "  ...I bet there's not a whole lot of schools in this country where you can have a gymnastics meet as a sellout on Friday, a baseball game as a sellout on Saturday, and a softball game that could be close to a sellout and also have a track meet going on where you can't put anybody else in the stands. That is what LSU is now."
• " ...if they mentioned something that I thought was a decent idea or a wing nut idea, I did it. Because even if it's a bad idea, it might work."

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In this Lunar New Year episode airing January 16, Kelly Jackson challenges listeners to ask a simple, confronting question: what are you really waiting for before you fully step into your life—time, or permission? She unpacks “auditioning” as the exhausting habit of trying to qualify for your own life, then names what it looks like in real time: overexplaining to avoid being questioned, cushioning your dreams so you won’t look like you care, waiting to feel ready, shrinking your truth to fit others’ comfort, performing humility, getting stuck in “prep mode,” needing proof before you move, and staying overly available to earn belonging. Kelly explains why this pattern makes sense as a nervous system strategy rooted in past conditioning, and uses Lunar New Year as a cycle shift—“new year, new standard”—to end the constant negotiation of worth. She invites listeners to choose one non-negotiable standard to live for 30 days and take one bold action this week—post the draft, send the email, launch imperfectly, set a boundary without a long explanation, ask directly, submit your work, or say no—to prove the audition is over. The goal isn’t to become louder or fearless, but to make one clean decision, stay with the discomfort of growth, and practice visibility until your body learns it’s safe to live as you.

From the Episode:

• "  Auditioning is living like you are trying to qualify for your own life."
• " ...you never feel fully safe when you are waiting for safety to be handed to you."
• "   Overexplaining is a form of bracing and you're trying to build this wall of logic so nobody can hurt you with their opinion."
• "  ...there is a difference between preparation and hiding; preparation moves you forward and hiding keeps you in the same place with like better notes."

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In episode 70, host Kelly Jackson dives deep into redefining love beyond the romantic clichés of February. This episode, titled 'Love is a Standard', explores how love is a daily practice that starts with the relationship you have with yourself. Kelly emphasizes the importance of self-love, setting standards, and the ways in which true love stabilizes rather than overwhelms. She shares personal insights on how consistent self-love can transform every aspect of your life and provides a clear guide on what real love looks like. Tune in to discover how to stop settling for less and start embodying love as a lifestyle that supports you and keeps you in alignment with your highest self.

From the Episode:

• " Love is how you live. Love is how you speak to yourself. Love is how you treat your time. Love is what you tolerate and love is what you stop negotiating with."
• " ...the most important relationship that you will ever have in your entire life is the relationship that you have with yourself."
• "  I've learned that love has to be something that you can live inside of. Love has to hold you. Not drain you."
• " This episode is for the ones who are done settling and who are done shrinking and done convincing and done waiting for crumbs and calling it a meal. The ones who are done tolerating inconsistency because you're scared to be alone, this is your reminder. You are not here for half love."

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