Caroline Piehl is a 4-time NCAA Champion, American Record Holder and 2-time team captain of the UC Berkeley Swim Team. She's worked for Nike, The North Face, and is now a partner at financial planning firm, TimeWise Financial. How do you go from swimming in your neighborhood as a kid to becoming a collegiate athlete? Believing that you CAN.

Caroline strives to live her life leaving nothing on the table. A driving force is reaching her fullest potential in whatever she chooses to do. This talk is a true inspiration, and I sincerely hope that after listening your question of "Can I" transforms into a resounding "I CAN!"

Reputation is made up of the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. We can become so caught up with caring about what people think of us that we devalue who we really are - who God says that we are.

People don't get to define you, and their opinions bear very little weight...unless you let them. Don't give people that much power in your life. In this episode, I share a personal story about how "Let your reputation go" became a mantra in my life, and ways you can deal with what people say about you.

If you are living for the praise of people, you are boxing yourself in and holding yourself back. Break out!

Let's talk singlehood and marriage. It takes two complete & whole singles to make a completely whole marriage. Marriage is good, but so is being single with a purpose. Damien first wrote a book called "Completely Single" and then he and his wife Kenady wrote the next edition "Completely Married" together. This episode is for singles and couples. We discuss:

- Vision.

- How Singles Can Prepare.

- The Desire to Be Married.

- Fear of Getting Married.

- Feeling Like You Married the Wrong Person.

- Abuse, Adultery and Abandonment.

Encouragement...we all love to receive it. But, are you someone who is able to give it? You don't have to know someone in order to encourage them. You can encourage anyone...even a stranger you just met at the grocery store. It becomes easier if you challenge yourself to learn one new thing about the people you encounter. That's what Sheri did.

Listen in as Sheri shares her experiences with encouraging others. She wasn't always an encourager but she loves to be one now, and her life is much better for it! Freely encouraging others (while expecting nothing in return) not only puts a smile on someone else's face, but helps you feel more positive as well.

If you don't have love for yourself then you will not truly be able to love other people. There is no "if I love others then I'll learn how to love myself." You cannot appropriately give what you do not have. 

The self-love that you seek doesn't start with other people loving you or with you loving other people, but it begins with confidently knowing that God loves you and allowing Him to show you how precious you truly are. 

If you can see yourself as valuable then you will be better able to see others as valuable too. Your self-worth is important. Let's talk about how we can grow it together!

It's the beginning of a New Year! Let's talk about the importance of creating a yearly vision. While the goals, pictures and words you glue to your poster board are important, what's even more important is the work you choose to do within yourself. 

Learn the P's of creating YOUR (not anyone else's) vision:

• Position
• Perseverance
• Protection

By choosing to make different decisions this year, you can "unstuck" yourself and close the gap between where you currently are and where you'd like to be!

Treasured Talks is the podcast in which we will discover the valuable lessons stored within our life experiences. Vulnerability, honesty, and self-awareness are required. Let's dig to uncover the growth and learning opportunities that lie within life's most joyful and painful moments.

New episodes launch on Tuesdays!