What the Water Taught Me in 2025

What the Water Taught Me in 2025

Author: Shannon Keegan founder of Intrepid Water December 15, 2025 Duration: 13:21
Send us Fan Mail In this 2025 Year in Review, I reflect on the lessons swimming continues to teach me—about trust, awareness, and moving through uncertainty with more ease. Drawing from open water swims, coaching experiences, and everyday moments, this episode explores how the water becomes a teacher when we slow down enough to listen. Rather than focusing on outcomes or performance, it’s a reflection on process, patience, and what shifts beneath the surface over time. Whether you swim for ...

There's a particular feeling that comes from standing at the water's edge, toes in the sand or on cool concrete, looking out at the expanse. It’s a moment of choice between the solid ground of what you know and the fluid possibility of what could be. Stories from the Water explores that very transition, hosted by Shannon Keegan, founder of Intrepid Water. This isn't just a podcast about swimming; it's about the profound parallels between moving through water and moving through life. Each conversation flows into the mental and physical resilience required to push past our own shorelines, whether that's tackling a new fitness goal, navigating personal challenges, or simply finding the bravery to begin something unfamiliar. You'll hear from a diverse range of voices-athletes, coaches, everyday enthusiasts, and experts-who share their intimate experiences with water as a teacher. The reflections found here touch on the mechanics of sport, the nuances of health, and the quiet self-improvement that happens when we’re fully immersed in an element that demands our presence. Tune in for a blend of personal narrative and practical insight, all centered on the wisdom that surfaces when we dare to get in over our heads.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

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Duration: 42:28
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Nanci Luna Jimenez' Swim Story [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:00
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Finding Presence with SwimMastery's Tracey Baumann [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:51
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Cat Breed's Next Big Swim [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:05
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Deep Dive: Will Ellis' Latest Adventures [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:05
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Barbara Hernandez' Swim Story [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:14
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Caitlyn O'Reily's Swim Story [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:43
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Brian Gray's Swim Story [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:47
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Deep Dive: Lorelei Schmidt's Molokai Adventure [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:56
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Introducing The Clever Dick's Podcast [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:10
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