About this episode

Cody Boden shares his journey of resilience and toughness shaped by a challenging upbringing in a coal mining family.

Born in Grand Junction, Colorado, our guest’s story begins in the rugged working-class towns of the American West and South—places where grit wasn’t optional, it was survival. Raised in a coal mining family, with both parents working under his grandfather and a father who spent years as a roughneck, he grew up surrounded by hard labor, discipline, and resilience. Life wasn’t always easy. His father battled alcoholism and could be harsh at times, but through the chaos came lessons in toughness, accountability, and perseverance. Sports like hockey, baseball, and football became an outlet during an otherwise grounded, blue-collar upbringing that would shape the man he would later become.

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Donaldson

Guest: Cody Boden

Topics covered

• resilience
• overcoming adversity
• blue-collar upbringing
• sports
• family dynamics

Keywords

• Cody Boden
• resilience
• blue-collar
• sports
• family
• alcoholism
• perseverance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: coal mining

Places: Grand Junction, Colorado

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