A Forged Life

K. Parido
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Welcome to A Forged Life, formerly The WorthPlace Collective Podcast. This podcast is a space for those who spend their lives helping others — coaches, clergy, counselors, leaders, caregivers, and the many people who carry responsibility for the well-being of others. I’m Kevin Parido, and through conversations, reflections, and stories, we’ll explore what it means to live a forged life — a life shaped with intention, purpose, and endurance. Drawing from both my coaching work and my work as a bladesmith, we’ll lean into the living metaphor of the forge: how we are heated, shaped, refined, strengthened, and sharpened over time. Together, we’ll talk about burnout, purpose, leadership, resilience, calling, and the work of becoming who we are meant to be while helping others do the same. I’m grateful you’re here, and I hope you’ll join me on this journey.

  1. Sep 20

    Where You Invest Your Life

    What we invest our love in ultimately becomes the life we live. In this episode, Kevin reflects on the Mumford & Sons lyric, “Where you invest your love, you invest your life,” and explores four questions: Who are you investing in? Where are you investing? What are you investing in? And why? Through stories of family, knife making, coaching, community, and faith, Kevin invites us to pay attention to where our time, attention, passion, and purpose are actually going—and to intentionally forge the life we want to live. intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

  2. Sep 11

    Respond Like the Person You Want to Be

    Who we believe we are and how we actually behave aren’t always the same thing. In this episode of A Forged Life, Kevin explores the gap between identity and behavior—and what that gap can reveal about us. From the way we remember September 11th and other defining moments, to the ways we identify ourselves by our beliefs, values, and past actions, Kevin asks a challenging question: Does the way we behave actually align with who we say we are? Using the Johari Window, the difference between orthodoxy and orthopraxy, and a personal story about his son, Kevin explores blind spots, reacting versus responding, and the danger of allowing our past behavior to define our identity. The goal isn't perfection. It's alignment. Sometimes forging a life means slowing down, noticing the gap, and choosing—right now—to behave like the person we most want to become. intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

  3. Sep 2

    The clues I have stumbled upon as I think about my identity...

    I continue to explore identity.    I invite you to do the same. Kevin intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

  4. Aug 21

    Who Am I When I’m Not What I Do?

    What happens when the role that has defined most of your adult life is no longer the role you occupy? In this deeply personal episode of A Forged Life, Kevin wrestles in real time with questions of identity, calling, and transition nearly two years after leaving pastoral ministry. After 25 years as a pastor, who is he now—and who is he apart from what he does? Kevin explores the difference between essence and expression: the distinction between who we are at our core and the roles, work, and purposes through which that identity is expressed. Along the way, three unexpected conversations—including one with an artist who told him, “Something must have been in you for this to come out”—force him to reconsider what it means to be called, to change, and to become. This isn't an episode with a neat conclusion. It's a snapshot of someone wrestling with the question many of us eventually face: Have I confused what I do with who I am? If you're navigating a career change, leaving a long-held role, questioning your calling, or simply wondering what lies beneath the titles you carry, this conversation is an invitation to wrestle with your own identity—and to consider what is being forged within you. The episode explicitly frames the conversation as a snapshot of Kevin's own wrestling with identity and invites listeners into their own questions about what they're becoming.  intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

  5. Jul 22

    Forging Perspectives: Gifts, Experience, and Growth

    In this episode I propose there are 4 things everyone has: 1.  gift/gifts 2.  experience  3.  ability to listen and learn 4.   ability to get better results than you are currently getting We dive into it. Kevin  intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

  6. Jul 4

    The Forged Life: A "Natural" Coach

    Conact me: email:   kevinparido@me.com website:  kevinparido.com  intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

  7. Jun 26

    The Forged Life Podcast: Living Beyond IT: Creating Space for what is next

    A bit of my story - what it looks like for me to walk through IT and in IT. Pep talk - what you can do when you are in IT If you need help and coaching, here is how to contact me: email:   kevinparido@me.com  website:  Kevinparido.com  intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

  8. Jun 19

    The Forged Life: How and why coaching works

    These tools will help you as you help people.   Here are the 4 main points: Seeing everyone as a person that has potential and possibility Be curious, not judgmental - resist autobiographical listeningPeople need space and place - coaching is about creating and holding space for another person These are all built on a person has worth - You can reach me at: Kevinparido@me.com  www.kevinparido.com  INTO the Forge - https://www.shepherdsforge.com/about-4 intro brad, me talking over it --- The WorthPlace Collective is about creating and holding place for people to more fully experience their worth.    Join us on the journey. Email:   team@worthplacecollective.com Website:  www.worthplacecollective.com Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/worthplacecollective/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552777989873 Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/worthplace-collective-4059a4316/

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About

Welcome to A Forged Life, formerly The WorthPlace Collective Podcast. This podcast is a space for those who spend their lives helping others — coaches, clergy, counselors, leaders, caregivers, and the many people who carry responsibility for the well-being of others. I’m Kevin Parido, and through conversations, reflections, and stories, we’ll explore what it means to live a forged life — a life shaped with intention, purpose, and endurance. Drawing from both my coaching work and my work as a bladesmith, we’ll lean into the living metaphor of the forge: how we are heated, shaped, refined, strengthened, and sharpened over time. Together, we’ll talk about burnout, purpose, leadership, resilience, calling, and the work of becoming who we are meant to be while helping others do the same. I’m grateful you’re here, and I hope you’ll join me on this journey.

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  • Creator
    K. Parido
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 A Forged Life
  • Show Website
    A Forged Life

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