🎙️ Courageous Destiny Podcast — Featuring Alicia Rayner

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Alicia Rayner, a courageous mother, former middle school educator, and fierce warrior currently navigating a long-term journey with stage four leiomyosarcoma. Alicia’s story is not just about survival — it’s a living embodiment of radical presence, faith, and the unstoppable power of the human spirit.

Through her voice, we explore what it truly means to live courageously in the face of the unknown — to keep loving, laughing, and making memories even when life delivers the unthinkable. Alicia generously opens her heart to share how community, faith, and intentional gratitude have carried her through the darkest of days.

💛 Key Courageous Takeaways

• Illness doesn’t define your spirit — it can awaken it. Alicia’s cancer journey has reshaped her entire perspective on purpose, joy, and what truly matters.
• Community is lifeline, not luxury. No one should ever walk their hardest chapters alone.
• Faith and prayer change everything. Her spiritual grounding has been her anchor through every storm.
• The present moment is holy. Small joys, deep conversations, soft moments — that is where life is actually happening.
• Your story is someone else’s survival guide. Sharing is not weakness — it is leadership.
• Celebrate while you can. Love louder, laugh longer, and create memories now — not someday.

This episode is an invitation — to slow down, open your heart, and live fully now. Alicia reminds us that courage isn’t the absence of fear — it’s love, faith, and intention in motion.