BridleUp Hope, Pumpkin House, SureCall Cell Phone, Fire Prevention, Fitness to Live, Glad You Asked

Bridle Up Hope (0:00:00) Being a girl in this world can feel like you’re in a constant battle with impossible expectations. Remember middle school and high school when you felt like you had to be pretty, popular, athletic, skinny, and smart all at the same time? Well it’s not like the expectations change as we grow into adulthood. If we don’t dig ourselves out of the depths of comparison and expectations, it festers into deeper self-worth challenges when we’re grown women. So where do we find respite? Today we are joined by Michael Sean Covey who is going to tell us a unique way we may be able to regain that self-worth. Michael is the Executive Director of Bridle Up Hope, an organization that uses equestrian horse riding to help inspire hope, confidence, and resilience in young women. Pumpkin House (0:14:21) Have you ever carved a pumpkin before? You have to scoop out the seeds and decide on something to carve and then draw the pattern on before you actually start carving. It’s a lot of work. Can you imagine carving THREE THOUSAND pumpkins to decorate just one house? Ric Griffith does just that. Of coursehe doesn’t carve all the pumpkins himself, but it’s still quite the task. Ric joins us today to talk about his experience owning and running The Pumpkin House in West Virginia. SureCall Cell Phone Study (0:33:33) When was the last time you had a conversation that wasn’t interrupted by a text, phone call, or other notification on your cell phone? What about the last time you went more than a few hours without checking your feed? Electronics company, SureCall, recently conducted a study on how Americans are being affected by their smartphone habits. Frankie Smith from SureCall joins us today to talk about the findings of their study, as well as how we can find a balance in our cell phone consumption. Fire Prevention (0:50:33) When faced with an emergency like this, it’s normal for us to want to save our favorite items--but really, safety should be the number one priority. In a typical house fire, you only ha