Ian Bowen
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Resilience, one honest story at a time.
The Positive Persistence Podcast with Ian Bowen centers on people who have met pain, illness, stalled goals, or strained relationships and found a way forward. Its conversations are earnest and patient, with practical attention to mindset, support, and small proof that change is still possible.
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The Positive Persistence Podcast with Ian Bowen is a patient, emotionally direct show about resilience in ordinary life. Its center of gravity is the comeback. Some episodes focus on the body. Others move through marriage, grief, anxiety, rare disease, confidence, or the private evidence people gather when they survive something hard. The interviews give guests space to tell the longer version of the story, not just the polished lesson at the end. A conversation with Monica Tanner turns a family history of divorce into a discussion of resilient marriage, resentment, vulnerability, and the courage to ask for help. Dr. Tiffany Bozovich brings the show into pain, knee surgeries, movement, and chiropractic care framed around staying active across a full life. Carolyn Moore brings a therapeutic lens to emotional walls, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the way thoughts can either trap a person or help them move toward purpose. Josh Resnikoff adds the strain of rare disease and complex care, especially for families trying to navigate systems that can feel hard to trust. John Kippen’s episode links a brain tumor, facial paralysis, magic, and self-acceptance into a story about being seen again. The show also turns inward, especially in Ian Bowen’s solo episode about forgotten victories and the habit of writing down small wins. Health and fitness episodes are not treated as simple discipline problems. They include hormones, thyroid issues, heavy periods, inflammation, nutrition, GLP-1s, and the discouragement that comes when effort does not seem to match results. The tone stays supportive without becoming glossy. It is earnest. It is repetitive in the way real encouragement can be repetitive. The show’s best moments come when a guest’s specific pain becomes a practical question: what helped, what changed, and what would make the next step feel possible. That makes it well suited to people who want recovery stories with emotional warmth, not quick-fix certainty.
Made for: For people rebuilding confidence after injury, illness, emotional strain, relationship trouble, or stalled personal goals. It suits listeners who prefer gentle, story-led encouragement over polished self-help formulas.
What sets it apart: The show combines adversity stories with practical reflection, often connecting a guest’s lived experience to mindset, therapy, movement, relationships, or health habits. Its strength is the slow turn from pain toward usable evidence that change can begin again.
Welcome to "Positive Persistence, with Ian Bowen," the podcast that will ignite your spirit and fuel your journey to greatness! I'm Ian Bowen, and I'm here to tell you stories of ordinary people who've conquered extraordinary challenges. If you're ready to unleash your potential and leave an indelible mark on the world, you're in the right place. Each week, we'll dive deep into tales of triumph that will inspire you to overcome your obstacles and reach new heights. But this isn't just a podcast – it's a movement. By joining our "Positive Persistence" family, you're taking the first step towards activating yo...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Personal interviews connect resilience and mindset with concrete experiences of fitness, body image, health setbacks, and relationships.
Ian Bowen builds each conversation around the point where persistence becomes practical. Guest interviews move from personal setbacks into choices, habits, and sources of support, with Bowen using candid questions and details from his own life to keep the exchange grounded.
A magician chases one reluctant smile, giving your next comeback something sturdier than slogans.
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A steady conversation about feeling dismissed, changing bodies, and finding practical support anyway.
The piece centers on women who are already doing the work and still getting dismissed by doctors, often with advice that lands as little more than move more or exercise more.
A steady look at how inherited relationship patterns can be interrupted with help.
Monica Tanner's conversation on The Positive Persistence Podcast follows a family pattern of divorce and the effort to stop it from carrying forward into marriage.
A resilience story that turns illness and magic into a steady lesson about showing up.
John Kippen's story follows a body crisis that forces a new identity, and it keeps its attention on the hard reset without losing sight of the person at the center.
A steady account of rebuilding health by solving one body problem at a time.
This episode follows Dana as she tries to break the habit of starting over with health and fitness, and it keeps returning to the way that struggle shows up in the body.
Marriage lasts when connection is kept up through small, repeatable habits.
This episode treats marriage less as a crisis with a clean fix and more as a relationship that can loosen when people stop tending it. Dr. Lee keeps the focus on learning instead of regret, which gives the discussion a steady center.
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Monica Tanner joins Ian Bowen to talk about resilient marriage and the work of letting go of resentment.
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This episode features therapist Carolyn Moore discussing how cognitive behavioral therapy can help people overcome emotional barriers like anxiety and grief to achieve purpose-driven lives.
This episode features an interview with Josh Resnikoff, founder of Sunstone Health, discussing the challenges and resilience involved in navigating rare diseases and complex care journeys for patients and their families.
The Positive Persistence Podcast features John Kippen recounting the health scare that changed his life.
Dana opens up about a season when her confidence was at its lowest.
The host opens by asking about marriages that do not feel the same anymore.
This episode features an interview with faith-driven entrepreneur Stephen Scoggins, discussing his journey from homelessness to building multi-million dollar businesses and sharing strategies for achieving purposeful success and personal transformation.
This episode features an interview with Coach Jamie Elizondo, discussing his transition from football coaching to high performance coaching, his new book, and strategies for achieving fulfillment and success.
This episode features Ryan Moore of OnTrack College Advising discussing strategies for parents and students to navigate the transition from high school to college, with a focus on both athletic and non-athletic pathways.
This episode features occupational therapist Christina Simmons discussing how to process grief, anxiety, and depression for holistic wellness and personal growth.
This episode features an interview with mental performance coach Dominic Clegg, discussing how to cultivate a high-performance mindset and achieve greater fulfillment and joy in life.