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Running Ahrens

Running Ahrens

著者： Justin and Sarah Ahrens
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One Couple. Two People. Four Kids. And decades of figuring it out—together.

Running Ahrens is a podcast about the long game of marriage, parenting, business, and personal growth. Hosted by Justin and Sarah Ahrens, a couple married for over 30 years with four kids and decades of entrepreneurial experience, this show is about the lessons learned through successes, failures, and everything in between.

With a focus on mindset, honesty, accountability, and kindness, Justin and Sarah dive into real conversations about building a family, running businesses, navigating faith, friendships, and growing through the hard stuff. Still learning, still laughing, still running together, they share what they’ve figured out (and what they haven’t) with humor, humility, and heart.

Along the way, they’re joined by friends, guests, and even their kids for open, often funny, and always heartfelt conversations about what really matters: relationships, resilience, and the lessons that come with time. You’ll also hear about the books, tools, and resources that have helped them along the way, so you can take what resonates and apply it to your own life.

If you’re looking for honest stories, practical wisdom, and a reminder that no one’s running this race perfectly, you’re in the right place.


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  • The Hardest Comeback No One Cheers For

    The Hardest Comeback No One Cheers For
    2026/08/17
    Scott Spiezio on Baseball, Addiction, Faith, and Finding His Way HomeIn this episode, Justin sits down with two-time World Series champion Scott Spiezio for an honest conversation about baseball, success, addiction, faith, family, and the comeback that mattered most.Justin and Scott’s connection goes back to high school, when they played against each other in basketball and shared many of the same friends through baseball. That history brings a personal dimension to this conversation about the life Scott built, nearly lost, and ultimately began rebuilding.Scott grew up in Morris, Illinois, with baseball woven into nearly every part of his childhood. His father, Ed Spiezio, played nine seasons in the major leagues and won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals. From the time Scott was three years old, his father trained him with a clear goal in mind: getting to the major leagues was one thing, but staying there was another.That preparation worked.Scott played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Oakland Athletics, Anaheim Angels, Seattle Mariners, and St. Louis Cardinals. He won two World Series championships and produced one of the most unforgettable moments in baseball history.In Game 6 of the 2002 World Series, the Angels were down 5–0 and only eight outs away from elimination. The Giants were already preparing their clubhouse celebration. Then Scott stepped to the plate.After an eight-pitch battle, he hit a three-run home run that brought the Angels back to life. The team completed the comeback, won Game 7, and captured the first World Series championship in franchise history.Watch Scott’s famous Game 6 home run.But reaching the top did not bring the peace or clarity Scott expected.The attention, opportunities, and pressure disrupted the routines that had kept him grounded. Then a serious back injury in Seattle led to pain, depression, alcohol, and eventually drugs. Scott candidly shares how addiction gradually took control of his life, damaged his relationships, consumed his fortune, and nearly killed him.He went through 11 rehabilitation programs in 10 years. He experienced two divorces, estrangement from his parents, and the end of his baseball career. Even when he wanted to stop, he could not find his way out.Then, in April 2018, his organs began shutting down. Doctors gave him only a 20 percent chance of survival.Scott describes crying out to God and asking for his cravings to be taken away. April 6, 2018, became his first day of sobriety. Eight years later, he remains sober.What followed was not one dramatic leap back into life. It began quietly. Scott picked up sticks in his yard. He started attending his children’s games. He returned to church, rebuilt relationships with his family, began coaching young athletes, and slowly found a new purpose in sharing his story.Scott also reflects on his relationship with his father, including the remarkable moment when Ed surprised him by presenting his 2006 Cardinals World Series ring. They became the only father and son to win World Series championships with the same organization.This conversation is about the hidden cost of success and the danger of losing the routines, relationships, and beliefs that keep us grounded.It is also about grace, accountability, and the possibility of rebuilding a life one decision at a time.Scott’s story is now told in his memoir, The Hardest Comeback, and the new feature-length documentary, Spiezio, arriving in select theaters on September 10.As Scott explains, the home run was a historic comeback. Sobriety, reconciliation, and rediscovering his faith became the hardest comeback.Takeaways & Talking Points:• What happens when achieving your greatest dream still leaves you searching for purpose• How a serious injury, depression, and isolation opened the door to addiction• The routines, relationships, and faith that success slowly pulled Scott away from• Why asking for help felt like weakness, and what that belief ultimately cost him• The reality of relapse, including 11 rehabilitation programs over 10 years• The health crisis that gave Scott a 20 percent chance of survival• How sobriety, family, coaching, and faith gave Scott a new reason to share his storyThings We’re Learning and Unlearning:• Success does not protect us from pain, loneliness, or addiction• Reaching a lifelong goal can create an unexpected crisis of identity and purpose• Asking for help is an act of courage, not weakness• Recovery rarely follows a straight line, and relapse does not eliminate hope• Boundaries can be one of the most loving things a family offers• Rebuilding a life often begins with small, ordinary acts• Our worst chapter may become the story that helps someone else survive theirsThis episode is for anyone who has reached a goal and wondered why it did not feel the way they expected.It is for anyone navigating addiction, recovery, depression, broken relationships, shame, or the...
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  • The Quiet Ways We Shape Each Other

    The Quiet Ways We Shape Each Other
    2026/07/13

    In this funny, and honest episode, Sarah sits down with her longtime friend Kim Nevels for her first solo interview on Running Ahrens.

    Sarah and Kim met at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1992, back when they were, as Kim says, “babies who thought we were grown.”

    Their lives eventually moved in different directions. They built careers, got married, raised children, faced unexpected challenges, and became women their younger selves could not have fully imagined.

    But even when they were not part of each other’s everyday lives, they were still paying attention.

    They were quietly cheering each other on, learning from a distance, and finding encouragement in the way the other kept showing up.

    Sarah and Kim reflect on the different backgrounds and experiences they brought into their friendship, the communities that helped shape them, and the things they understand more clearly now than they did in college.

    Kim also shares how health challenges influenced the way she viewed time and purpose, and how an unexpected career path led her into decades of meaningful public service and leadership.

    Together, they talk about motherhood, representation, work, identity, and the courage it takes to change direction when life no longer looks the way you expected.

    This episode is about the friendships that stay with us, even through quiet seasons. It is about the people who expand the way we see the world and remind us what may be possible in our own lives.

    And it is about the ways we can shape one another without ever realizing we are doing it.

    Takeaways & Talking Points:

    • A friendship that began during the college years
    • Experiencing the same place through different perspectives
    • The communities that help us feel seen and supported
    • How life and health challenges can reshape our priorities
    • Choosing purpose over the path others expect
    • Finding meaningful work in an unexpected place
    • Balancing leadership, marriage, and motherhood
    • The importance of representation and visible role models
    • Learning from people even when they are not part of our daily lives
    • Quietly admiring and encouraging one another from afar
    • Knowing when it is time to choose a new direction
    • Protecting joy while continuing to care about the world

    Things We’re Learning and Unlearning:

    • Some friendships do not need constant contact to remain meaningful
    • We can influence people without knowing they are watching
    • Two people can share the same experience and remember it very differently
    • Friendship grows when we stay curious about each other’s stories
    • The expected career path is not always the right one
    • Purpose often reveals itself slowly
    • Reinvention does not mean the earlier chapters were wasted
    • Representation can quietly change what someone believes is possible
    • Community matters during every stage of life
    • Encouragement does not always have to be spoken to be felt
    • Joy is not separate from meaningful work
    • Sometimes the people who inspire us most are doing it from a distance

    This episode is for anyone who has ever looked at an old friend and realized they helped shape who you became.

    It is for the people who have lived full lives apart, yet remained connected by shared memories, quiet admiration, and the knowledge that someone out there was cheering them on.

    Whether you are navigating friendship, motherhood, leadership, career change, or a new season of life, this conversation is a reminder that our influence often reaches further than we know.

    It’s about connection and purpose. Friendship and growth. The lives we build, the people we become, and the quiet ways we help each other along the way.

    Thanks for listening,
    Sarah and Justin

    #RunningAhrens #KimNevels #Friendship #LifelongFriendship #Connection #Purpose #WomenInLeadership #PublicService #CareerReinvention #WorkingMothers #RepresentationMatters #Community #PersonalGrowth #RunningAhrensPodcast #BeingHumanKind
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    53 分
  • Building Something That Lasts in Work and Marriage

    Building Something That Lasts in Work and Marriage
    2026/05/28
    In this thoughtful and deeply honest conversation, Justin and Sarah sit down with Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio, the husband-and-wife team behind UnderConsideration and one of the most influential voices in the design world.Originally from Mexico, Armin and Bryony share the story of building a life together while navigating immigration, entrepreneurship, creativity, marriage, and parenting. What started as two designers trying to make meaningful work slowly evolved into a globally respected platform that helped shape conversations around branding, identity design, and the creative industry itself.They talk about leaving behind traditional career paths, taking risks before they felt fully ready, and what it was like building a business together in the early internet days while raising a family at the same time. They also reflect on the pressure that comes with running a visible creative platform, staying relevant through decades of industry change, and learning how to evolve without losing themselves in the process.Armin and Bryony open up about balancing partnership and individuality, the tension between creative ambition and family life, and why consistency mattered more than chasing trends. There are stories about moving countries, figuring things out financially, working side-by-side for years, and the reality that even successful creative careers are often built slowly, quietly, and with a lot more uncertainty than people realize.Together, they reflect on what they have learned about taste, criticism, resilience, and staying connected through decades of work and life together.This episode is about creativity, reinvention, partnership, and the long road of building something meaningful one decision at a time.Takeaways & Talking Points:• Moving from Mexico to build a creative life in the U.S.• Starting UnderConsideration before the design world was fully online• Building a business as a married couple• Raising a family while growing a creative platform• The pressure and responsibility of public criticism in design• Why consistency matters more than hype• How branding and design culture have changed over time• Staying creatively relevant through decades of change• The difference between taste and trends• Learning how to evolve without losing your valuesThings We’re Learning (and Unlearning):• Creative careers are usually built slower than people expect• Reinvention often starts before you feel ready• Long-term success requires adaptability• Marriage and business both need space for individuality• Taste is developed through curiosity and repetition• Criticism is easier to give than receive• Creative work becomes healthier when identity is not tied to performance• You do not need to chase every trend to stay relevant• Stability is often built quietly over time• Meaningful work usually grows from consistency, not overnight successStats Worth Knowing:• Nearly 70% of people say they struggle to balance work, relationships, and personal life in a way that feels healthy• Couples who regularly have meaningful conversations, not just logistical ones, report significantly stronger and longer-lasting relationships• Burnout is now one of the leading reasons people feel disconnected from their work, families, and even themselves• Research shows that shared experiences and emotional connection create longer-lasting happiness than money, status, or achievement alone• Most people will reinvent themselves multiple times throughout adulthood, whether through career changes, parenting, marriage, loss, or personal growthThis episode is for anyone who has ever tried to build something meaningful while still trying to stay connected to the people they love.Whether you’re running a business, chasing a creative dream, raising kids, navigating marriage, starting over, or simply figuring out who you are becoming, this conversation is a reminder that most good things are built slowly, imperfectly, and together.It’s about ambition and partnership. Creativity and sacrifice. Reinvention and staying grounded while life keeps changing around you.Thanks for listening,Justin and Sarah Photo credit: Anna Powell Denton https://annapowelldenton.com/#RunningAhrens #UnderConsideration #BrandNew #DesignLeadership #CreativeEntrepreneurship #MarriageAndBusiness #DesignCommunity #CreativeLife #EntrepreneurStory #Branding #GraphicDesign #RunningAhrensPodcast #BeingHumanKind
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    51 分
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