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GRIT - Stories of Resilience

Jim Blackburn

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led personal resilience and mental-health show focused on adversity, grief, loss, career disruption, and starting over, featuring professionals and people sharing firsthand experiences. Suitable pitches include grief counselors, mental-health professionals, resilience authors, and credible guests with lived experience of major loss or career upheaval; booking difficulty is low because the show regularly features accessible professionals and personal-story guests rather than only prominent public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 138

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 274 subscribers

Instagram: 514 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jim@jimblackburnseminars.com

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Host

Jim Blackburn - Jim Blackburn hosts a show focused on adversity, mental health, resilience, and starting over after major career or life disruption. He conducts candid conversations with professionals and people s...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Relevant professional experience in mental health, counseling, ministry, grief support, or public service; published perspectives on resilience or civility; or a compelling firsthand experience of profound loss, addiction, career disruption, or rebuilding a life after adversity.
Required Achievements:  
Professional counseling or caregiving experience, Senior public-service experience, Authorship or a developed perspective on resilience and civility, Meaningful firsthand experience overcoming major loss or adversity

Recent Guest Discussions

Rufus Edmisten - Civility In Politics, Kindness, Friendship, Watergate-era Public Service, And Restoring Civil Discourse.

Geoff Hulse - Addiction, Traumatic Loss, Guilt, Grief, Fear, And The Process Of Finding A Way Back After Irreversible Loss.

Jim Glasgow - Grief, Loss, Faith, Fear, Loneliness, Caregiving, And Finding A Way Forward While His Wife Faces Advanced Cancer.

Recent Topics

Health, Mental Health, Grief, Resilience, Career Change

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
GRIT - Stories of Resilience
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Theo of Golden - A Book on Kindness

September 23, 2026

Theo is 86 years old and travels to the charming Southern town of Golden, Georgia, where he has given himself a year to visit and meet people and make new friends.Theo has found 92 pencil portraits of individuals hanging on the wall of a local coffee shop. Finding that they are for sale, he buys them all, intending to gift each one to the person in each portrait.He writes them letters, asking to meet them on a park bench he has discovered next to a fountain.This is the story of some of the pe...

Forty Seven Years Later - Recollections of the MacDonald Verdict Those Who Were Thererom

September 07, 2026

It was just before 5:00 pm on August 29, 1979, when the federal jury came into the courtroom with a verdict in the case of US. vs. Jeffrey MacDonald.No one knew what would happen. Everyone was on the edge of their seats. It was so sudden and happened so fast. Then, it was over. It was done.This podcast is a 21-minute audio and partial video recollection of those who were there. Freddy Kassab, stepfather of Colette MacDonald, speaks while the jury is still out, Joe McGinniss, Wade Smith, Jef...

Rufus Edmisten on the need for Civility in Life and Politics

August 24, 2026

Rufus Edmisten, North Carolina Attorney General, Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for Governor, was Deputy Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973.It was a time of high stakes but also a time of civility in politics. No one on the Committee used personal insults in their questions to witnesses and no witnesses did either in their responses to questions.Rufus believes we are off track in this country and is writing a new book to help show the way back.He talks about the need f...

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Frequently asked questions

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GRIT - Stories of Resilience
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How do I get in touch with GRIT - Stories of Resilience?

GRIT - Stories of Resilience is hosted by Jim Blackburn. Its publicly listed email is jim@jimblackburnseminars.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for GRIT - Stories of Resilience?

The publicly listed email for GRIT - Stories of Resilience: jim@jimblackburnseminars.com.

How many listeners does GRIT - Stories of Resilience have?

Podseeker estimates GRIT - Stories of Resilience reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for GRIT - Stories of Resilience?

GRIT - Stories of Resilience typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Relevant professional experience in mental health, counseling, ministry, grief support, or public service; published perspectives on resilience or civility; or a compelling firsthand experience of profound loss, addiction, career disruption, or rebuilding a life after adversity. Common among recent guests: Professional counseling or caregiving experience; Senior public-service experience; Authorship or a developed perspective on resilience and civility. Recent guests include Rufus Edmisten, Geoff Hulse, and Jim Glasgow.

How hard is it to get booked on GRIT - Stories of Resilience?

Low. A guest with relevant expertise and a clear angle for its audience has a realistic chance.

What topics does GRIT - Stories of Resilience cover?

Recent episodes cover Health, Mental Health, Grief, Resilience, and Career Change. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

jim@jimblackburnseminars.com

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