Bump In The Road

Pat Wetzel

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led personal-growth show focused on how people navigate adversity, health challenges, major life changes, and unconventional paths, typically featuring guests with compelling lived experiences and published books or distinctive accomplishments. Credible pitches include authors, health advocates, endurance athletes, wellness and gratitude experts, and professionals who have transformed serious setbacks into meaningful new directions; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need an unusually strong personal story and substantive expertise or achievements.

Metrics

Episodes: 380

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 385 subscribers

Instagram: 12.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

talk@bumpintheroad.us

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Host

Pat Wetzel - Award-winning author, podcaster, and storyteller focused on the lessons people draw from life’s setbacks and turning points.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, advocates, athletes, wellness or personal-growth experts, and professionals with compelling firsthand experience overcoming significant health, career, or life adversity.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Endurance or other demanding personal accomplishments, Health or patient advocacy, Successful career reinvention, Expertise in gratitude, wellness, or personal growth

Recent Guest Discussions

Gila Melamed - Healing Through Travel, Forgiveness, Self-discovery, Creative Reinvention, And Creating An Authentic Life Outside Conventional Expectations.

Bracha Goetz - Gratitude, Neuroplasticity, Presence, Meaning, And Moving Beyond Materialism And Comparison.

Risa August - Chronic Illness, Health Advocacy, Setting Ambitious Goals, Endurance Cycling, And Maintaining Enthusiasm In The Face Of Major Limitations.

Peter Stavros - Career Reinvention, Journaling, Recovery From A Life-threatening Health Challenge, Trusting Intuition, And Pursuing Authentic Creative Work.

Recent Topics

Adversity, Resilience, Self Discovery, Personal Growth, Wellness

Episodes

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Bump In The Road

Defining Your Own Personal Narrative

September 16, 2026

What happens when your body goes haywire? Substack subscribers can dive into exclusive, extended conversations from this podcast! To join the adventure, head to BumpInTheRoad.Substack.com. Follow Bump on YouTube @BumpInTheRoadPodcast! Jen DeTracey started experiencing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. She faced fear and uncertainty in coming to terms with such an unexpected life change. How does one handle something like this? Jen bravely decided to take charge and define her own narrative....

Redefining Fitness Through Recovery and Resilience

September 09, 2026

Substack subscribers can dive into exclusive, extended conversations from this podcast! To join the adventure, head to BumpInTheRoad.Substack.com. Follow Bump on YouTube @BumpInTheRoadPodcast! For some, fitness is a pursuit of aesthetics. And a younger Tyler Bramlett might share that perspective. But a bike accident and multiple knee surgeries shifted his focus towards the simple ability to move, function and be independent. What began as a pursuit of aesthetics became a deeper commitment to ...

A Journey of Curiosity and Resilience

September 02, 2026

Substack subscribers can dive into exclusive, extended conversations from this podcast! To join the adventure, head to BumpInTheRoad.Substack.com. Follow Bump on YouTube @BumpInTheRoadPodcast! Ann Montgomery broke into sports broadcasting in the 1970s, becoming her high school's first female sportscaster despite professors telling her women couldn't do the job. She fought through gender bias, dismissive coaches, and a rocky start in live TV in Columbus, Georgia — then rebuilt again through di...

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