Conquer Stories

Josh Yakes

Every person is fighting something. Conquer Stories brings those fights into the open through honest conversations with people who have faced loss, change, trauma, health challenges, identity shifts, uncertainty, and more. Hosted by Josh Yakes, each story explores what happened, what it cost, what was learned, and what might help someone listening face their own fight with greater strength, clarity, and hope. NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY

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    When Life Forces You to Pivot with Ben Giroux

    What do you do when the life you built suddenly stops working the way it used to? Maybe your body tells you to slow down. Maybe your career changes underneath you. Maybe the plan that worked for years does not work anymore. For actor, director, producer and creator Ben Giroux, both happened at once. In this episode of Conquer Stories, Ben joins Josh Yakes to talk about recovering from the most significant injury of his life while also navigating an entertainment industry that looks very different from the one he built his career in. They talk about the things other people cannot see, learning when pushing harder is no longer the answer, building a life around what you can control, creating your own opportunities, and why sometimes the only way forward is to pivot. Ben also opens up about work, relationships, the cost of always wanting to do more, learning to listen to his body, and why progress sometimes only becomes visible when you step back far enough to see how far you have actually come. CHAPTERS00:00 What Are You Conquering?02:09 When Your Body Tells You to Slow Down03:21 The Things People Cannot See06:04 Rebuilding From the Basics07:51 When You Realize Something Has to Change08:50 When Your Career Changes Underneath You11:09 What Are You Going to Do About It?11:55 Learning to Pivot13:23 Build Without Permission15:21 The Cost of Always Doing More18:42 What Did the Hard Part Teach You?19:11 Listen When Your Body Says Stop19:59 Learning to Adapt22:22 Zoom Out and See Your Progress25:39 What Josh and Ben Are Building Next YOUR NEXT STEPWhere in your life are you being asked to adapt instead of forcing the old plan to keep working? Name it. Then decide what you can control and take one step in that direction. Share your story with us. Someone else may be fighting through the same thing and need to know they are not alone. WATCH, LISTEN & FOLLOWWatch, listen and follow Conquer CREDITSHosted by Joshua YakesGuest: Ben GirouxProduced by Mike AxeEdited by Derek Kedell Dictate your own outcome. Conquer all things.

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    How to Find Yourself Again After Everything Changes | Antonio Lopez

    Who are you when the life that defined you suddenly changes? After a heart attack, triple bypass, career loss, and the end of a 23-year relationship, Antonio Lopez had to face a question harder than survival: Who am I now? If you are trying to find yourself again after loss, heartbreak, a health crisis, career change, or another major shift you never planned for, this conversation is for you. Antonio joins Josh Yakes for an honest conversation about identity, self-worth, asking for help, letting go, trusting yourself, forgiveness, and discovering who you are when the roles that once defined you no longer do. For years, Antonio was the dependable one. The friend. The partner. The employee. The person other people needed him to be. Even when things were not okay, his answer was simple: "I'm fine." Until life forced him to stop. Because finding yourself again does not mean going backward. It can mean learning to trust yourself, letting go of what no longer belongs in your life, forgiving yourself for what you did not know then, and believing there is still more ahead of you. WHAT ARE YOU CONQUERING? If Antonio's story feels familiar, tell us: What are you enduring, overcoming, or conquering right now? No one fights alone. WATCH + FOLLOW CONQUER ALL THINGS YouTube:youtube.com/@ConquerAllThings Website:conquerallthings.com Instagram:@conquerallthings TikTok:@conquerallthings FOLLOW JOSH YAKES Instagram:@joshua.yakes TikTok:@conquerallthings FOLLOW ANTONIO LOPEZ Instagram:@antoniolopez572 CHAPTERS 00:00 Before Everything Goes Dark00:28 Meet Antonio Lopez01:30 Naming the Fight: Identity04:09 When the Life You Knew Is Gone06:02 Heart Attack + Triple Bypass09:30 When Purpose Becomes Identity10:35 The "I'm Fine" Mask15:07 Just Get Through the Day18:47 Letting Go of What Defined You24:24 What Antonio Wishes He Knew26:17 Trust Yourself Before It Is Too Late27:45 Learning to Forgive Yourself30:15 What You Need to Hear32:44 What It Means to Conquer ABOUT CONQUER STORIES Hosted by Conquer All Things founder Josh Yakes, Conquer Stories features honest one-on-one conversations with real people about the fights they have faced, the fights they are still facing, and what they are learning as they endure, overcome, and conquer. Real people. Real fights. Real stories of what it means to keep moving forward. CREDITS Host: Josh YakesGuest: Antonio LopezProducer: Mike AxeEditor: Derek KedellTheme Song: Mike Axe SHARE YOUR STORY Have a story about something you are enduring, overcoming, or conquering? We want to hear it. conquerstories.conquerallthings.com/contact

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Every person is fighting something. Conquer Stories brings those fights into the open through honest conversations with people who have faced loss, change, trauma, health challenges, identity shifts, uncertainty, and more. Hosted by Josh Yakes, each story explores what happened, what it cost, what was learned, and what might help someone listening face their own fight with greater strength, clarity, and hope. NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY