Grace On Fire with Keri Stanley Keri Stanley

What happens when a group of friends choose to hike the vertical equivalent of Mt Everest in 36 hrs? Well, it turns out you each confront not only the darkness of exhaustion hiking a mountain in the middle of the night but also the dark parts of yourselves that hold us back in our lives that we finally get to let go. 



Tune into the first of a couple episodes on the after effects of one of the biggest endurance challenges I’ve ever done. On this episode, two of my friends (Emma Frowine and Tammy Kersten) join in the conversation as we discuss each of our journeys on our recent hiking endurance challenge…..29029 Everesting. 

Do you know that feeling when you step into something new and then have a HOLY S moment of what did I just do and it begins to not turn out like you expected?

EVEN when it’s saying yes to something you desire. 

Our minds, our fears, and our egos can be so tricky in this way.  

Today we’ve got the next powerful story of my beautiful friend Tina Paulus-Krause sharing her lessons from her experience of going to the most recent Costa Rica retreat.  

The power, the vulnerability, and the tears shed in this episode reveal to us all how when we are doing something new RESISTANCE can be so real.  

She shares what it was like to move through it kicking and screaming….not once but multiple times.  She had me in tears multiple times as she recounted and taught us what it means to give permission for the truth of our deepest selves to emerge.  Even when our minds are fighting hard not to listen.  

No matter where you are in your journey, there is a reminder for us all to embrace the power of the pause to get a reset on our greatest visions for our life.  

READY NOW for a radical pause to fast track the rest of your year? DM ME TODAY @keristanley_adventures to join us on the Ignite Italy retreat beginning Friday, June 10 or email me at keri@keristanley.com

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If you are interested in making one of these breakthrough experiences a priority for pre-planned  space on your calendar, book a retreat discovery call here:  https://timewithkeristanley.as.me/retreat

• Ignite Italy-June 2023

• Zion Nat’l Park - September 2023

• San Diego–October 2023

• NYC–December 2023

• Ignite Italy–June 2024

So many opportunities to find the perfect retreat to create community, discover the next step on your path, and open up to your next breakthrough to uplevel your life and your biz/career. 

Follow me on Instagram @keristanley_adventures  for all the behind the scenes adventures as I take off to Europe and would love to have you on the ride.  

And be sure to DM me when you love something you hear on the show!!!  I love hearing from GOF listeners!

Have you ever felt the urge to do something you’ve never done before that feels SO scary but you just know it’s got so much for you when you say YES?

Well, today I brought on Kristi Packer….an amazing woman who said YES to herself to attend my very first retreat in Costa Rica in 2018.  

Listen in as she reveals her story of discovering courage she never realized she had.  She reveals “Before Kristi vs. After Kristi” looks like and feels like in this life.  

Her discovery and ownership of her innate worthiness is such a powerful reflection for us all.  

Enjoy this fun convo as she shares the deep parts of this journey and how she says YES to herself on the regular now.  

You can follow Kristi on FB and reach out to her here: kristipacker@outlook.com

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If you are interested in joining a retreat adventure experience with me as well, book a retreat discovery call here:  https://timewithkeristanley.as.me/retreat


Ignite Italy-June 2023
Zion Nat’l Park - September 2023
San Diego–October 2023
NYC–December 2023
Ignite Italy–June 2024

So many opportunities to find the perfect retreat to create community, discover the next step on your path, and open up to your next breakthrough to uplevel your life and your biz/career. 

Follow me on Instagram @keristanley_adventures  for all the behind the scenes adventures! 

And be sure to DM me when you love something you hear on the show!!!  I love hearing from GOF listeners!

Have you ever had a goal so big you had no clue how it was going to happen? 

Well, we are back with the one and only Wendi McKenna on another episode of Just Between Friends!  Today we chat about Wendi’s gigantic goal she just declared that’s making her shake in her boots as she’s stepping into something she’s never done before.  

We talk about being courageous enough to go for something new and how to get connected back to vision and possibility when you might flounder a bit.  As in typical Wendi/Keri fashion, we cover a variety of topics as we share some real things coming up for both of us in our lives right now and where we want to shrink but are going for it anyway.  We cry, we laugh, we talk about how to pronounce a word.  And we invite you into the conversation with us on how we can be bolder on truly owning our seat at the table. We were actually laughing so much before we hit record that we have a messy start.  But that’s our motto of this message…Just Do It! 

Enjoy the convo and let us know what your big goal is! 

DM me on instagram @keristanley_adventures.  I always love hearing from listeners and it’s so fun when you’ve got a topic you’d love for us to talk about. 

Are you a beginning runner or maybe even in the zone of “I’m not a runner”..but secretly wish you were?  Well today, I brought on my own running coach who’s supporting my goal of qualifying for Boston.  She not only coaches those who want to BQ, but also those who are running for fun and just getting started. 

Just coming back from running her second Boston marathon herself….Sara shares the good, the great, and the challenges of running. Plus she’s answering all your questions on getting started or started back up.  

Sara Manderscheid is a running coach in Boulder, CO who is the founder and leads the Elevate Your Running Community.  The mission is to lift athletes high, create wins, joy, confidence, AND to most of all….remember to have FUN! 

Follow Sara on Instagram @elevateyourrunning and @sayrahrunshappy

If there is one trait you could have navigating this world as a woman, it is the art of resilience.  So today, I brought on my dear friend Sara Schulting-Kranz to take a deep dive in what it really takes to go from victim, to survivor, to thriver. 

Two years ago last summer, I hiked down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon on a women’s retreat that was life-changing in more ways than one…..the person who led that retreat…was Sara.  

She’s a proud mom to 3 wonderful young men, a business owner, a mountain and ocean adventurer, an artist, and a former teacher. She has become is a resilient woman and person, who survived and thrived from multiple traumas

During her healing journey, she made a point everyday of getting outside, navigating through anger, pain, and grief while hiking 14,000 ft mountains and paddling 4-miles out to sea with whales and dolphins. Somatically healing her heart, mind, and body through nature while practicing the art of resiliency and forgiveness. As a result, she began finding a new version of Sara. A version with a larger smile, a longer laugh, and a love for her present life. The gift of her trauma was finding her most important relationship: the one within herself. 

And today, she and I have a heart to heart and what it means to both of us to truly live open to the curiosity and the relationship you can build with yourself and nature. 

Learn more about Sara and her very last Grand Canyon retreat here:  https://www.saraschultingkranz.com

Find Her book here:  Walk Through This: Harness the Healing Power of Nature and Travel the Road to Forgiveness

She is most active on LinkedIN: @Saraschultingkranz or Instagram @saraschultingkranz