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🎧 Episode 62: Living Without a Stomach – Heather Parmeter’s Story of Faith, Risk, and Radical Resilience

At just 29 years old, Heather Parmeter sat across from a doctor and heard the impossible:

She had an 83% chance of developing the same aggressive stomach cancer that had taken both her mother and grandfather.

If she waited for symptoms to appear, she’d have only a 4% chance of survival.

So Heather made a decision most of us could never imagine:

She underwent a prophylactic total gastrectomy—removing her entire stomach before cancer had the chance to form.

This episode isn’t just about a rare hereditary disease.

It’s about reclaiming your life before fear defines it.

It’s about listening to your body, protecting your future, and finding purpose in the most painful places.

🕊️ Inside this powerful conversation, Heather opens up about:

• What led her to genetic testing and why it changed everything
• What it actually means to live without a stomach
• The mental, physical, and emotional road to healing
• How faith, family, and truth helped her push forward
• Why she’s now an advocate for others navigating the unknown

Her story is raw. Her voice is steady. Her purpose is clear.

This isn’t just an interview—it’s a message of hope for anyone standing at the edge of hard choices.

🎙️ If you’ve ever felt afraid, uncertain, or overwhelmed by what’s ahead—this episode is for you.

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Episode 61: The Boldest Chapter – with Alicia Schumacher

What if clarity doesn’t come from having a perfect plan—

but from losing everything that made you think you had to?

In this powerful episode, Heather and Amos sit down with Alicia Schumacher, founder of Bold Minds and Bold Identity Studio, to talk about identity, reinvention, and the raw reality of starting over.

After nearly 20 years in marketing, Alicia’s life took a sharp turn—grief, health crisis, and deep personal loss. What came next wasn’t a rebrand. It was a resurrection.

This conversation dives deep into what it means to lead with faith, rebuild through surrender, and find purpose in the parts of your story you never wanted to tell.

We cover:

• Navigating life and leadership with ADHD
• The unseen layers of grief, stillness, and obedience
• Why your story—not your image—is your brand
• Learning to trust clarity that comes from within
• And how your boldest chapter may not be your loudest—but your realest

Whether you’re leading, healing, or in a season of quiet surrender—this episode will remind you:

You’re not behind. You’re becoming.

🎧 Listen now.

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you tune in.

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“Wrecked for More” with Pastor Phill Tague

This episode will challenge what you think you know about calling, grace, and leadership.

What happens when God doesn’t just save you—but stops you?

Phill Tague knows. He was the guy with all the answers, all the hustle, and all the wrong direction—until God called him out, broke through his pride, and gave him something far more dangerous: purpose.

Before Ransom Church.

Before preaching.

Before the platform.

He was a modern-day Saul. And this is the story of how he became a bold Paul.

In Episode 60 of Fortitude, Phill Tague sits down with Heather and Amos to unpack:

• How getting wrecked by grace launched his real ministry
• The trauma, questions, and truth that surfaced from being adopted—and how it shaped his identity as a leader
• What spiritual surrender actually looks like when it’s not sanitized or staged
• Why men in ministry often fake strength—and how God uses brokenness instead
• The heart behind his new book Jesus Be the Centerfold—a raw critique of “airbrushed Christianity” and a call back to covenant faith

If you’re done with feel-good faith, Sunday showmanship, or surface-level leadership—this one’s for you.

This episode is a gut-check. A truth bomb. A grace collision.

Listen now.

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