Rodney Crouse's guest appearances

Rodney Crouse

Bushwood Radio

Pullin' Weeds

Mindful Emory Podcast

OwlTail

Chris Vincent

Year 5 - Episode 5 Rodney Crouse and Chris Vincent joins host Tim Kreger at the Southeast Regional Conference in Clemson, SC.The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.

Year 5 - Episode 5 Rodney Crouse and Chris Vincent joins host Tim Kreger at the Southeast Regional Conference in Clemson, SC. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.

Rodney Crouse & Chris Vincent

In part 1 of our conversation with Rodney, we heard his story of making a choice early in life that put him on a path to be an educator.  That choice allowed Rodney to understand who he is, where he wanted his place in life to be, and appreciate his life decisions.In part 2 of this conversation, you will hear how Rodney is helping others and the affects his tribe is having on others. We also speak about going through the pandemic with purpose and making the choice to take away the Monday blues on Sunday.And of course, Rodney shares with us his experience with mindfulness, when and how he was introduced to this path, and the ways he brings mindfulness into his life.

In part 1 of our conversation with Rodney, we heard his story of making a choice early in life that put him on a path to be an educator. That choice allowed Rodney to understand who he is, where he wanted his place in life to be, and appreciate his life decisions. In part 2 of this conversation, you will hear how Rodney is helping others and the affects his tribe is having on others. We also speak about going through the pandemic with purpose and making the choice to take away the Monday blues on Sunday. And of course, Rodney shares with us his experience with mindfulness, when and how he was introduced to this path, and the ways he brings mindfulness into his life.

Episode 50 - Rodney Crouse pt 2

It was the spring of 99. Rodney had just graduated a year earlier from a rural high school where prom night had been decorated with extra policing and death threats for someone who wasn't like the majority of the good old boys. He had moved out on his "own" right after graduation and was trying to keep a roof over his head and food in his belly. Rodney was working a few part time jobs and going to a Community College to knock out some of the more affordable baseline credits before transferring to a 4 year university. In March of 1999 he received a letter in the mail stating he was the runner up for a $1200 scholarship and he had to be enrolled in a 4 year university to receive it. Rodney thought this was his only way out! So – he immediately began the work of applying to 12 of the MANY state universities and colleges and two private ones. Rodney waited and waited as the few short months trudged by. Letter after letter came back telling him that he didn't have enough credits to transfer in successfully.  There was only one school out of all those he had applied to that would accept him on a transfer, thus granting him that glorious $1,200 and the hope of beginning to make a life for himself somewhere beyond the horizon where people like him could live free. At that time, he had to make a decision on his college major that would impact the rest of his life - and so he quickly chose education. Then bouts of depression, working full time, and tyring to be comfortable in his own skin while dodging the fiery arrows of conservative evangelical christians became too much for him. In early 2000 Rodney almost became a statistic. Suicidal ideation plagued his thoughts. Once again he took a semester off and lost the remaining 400 dollars of that cherished prize, However, by that time Rodney had found a counselor who would help him,   he had a full time job that was helping to fund the bills, and then the bottomless pot of the mother-load college fund loans all proffered themselves to him! That doesn't seem like it's been 24 years ago. - but it has. Once he got on the path of early education, got in touch with his true self and said yes to opportunities in life that came to him, Rodney finds himself on a career path that is ideal, also partnering with a charter school to provide their sole Science curriculum for 5th grade, he works part time for Meta with Nourished Teachers, AND maintaining a somewhat peaceful homelife with the husband, the puppy, and their two cats.

It was the spring of 99. Rodney had just graduated a year earlier from a rural high school where prom night had been decorated with extra policing and death threats for someone who wasn't like the majority of the good old boys. He had moved out on his "own" right after graduation and was trying to keep a roof over his head and food in his belly. Rodney was working a few part time jobs and going to a Community College to knock out some of the more affordable baseline credits before transferring to a 4 year university. In March of 1999 he received a letter in the mail stating he was the runner up for a $1200 scholarship and he had to be enrolled in a 4 year university to receive it. Rodney thought this was his only way out! So – he immediately began the work of applying to 12 of the MANY state universities and colleges and two private ones. Rodney waited and waited as the few short months trudged by. Letter after letter came back telling him that he didn't have enough credits to transfer in successfully. There was only one school out of all those he had applied to that would accept him on a transfer, thus granting him that glorious $1,200 and the hope of beginning to make a life for himself somewhere beyond the horizon where people like him could live free. At that time, he had to make a decision on his college major that would impact the rest of his life - and so he quickly chose education. Then bouts of depression, working full time, and tyring to be comfortable in his own skin while dodging the fiery arrows of conservative evangelical christians became too much for him. In early 2000 Rodney almost became a statistic. Suicidal ideation plagued his thoughts. Once again he took a semester off and lost the remaining 400 dollars of that cherished prize, However, by that time Rodney had found a counselor who would help him, he had a full time job that was helping to fund the bills, and then the bottomless pot of the mother-load college fund loans all proffered themselves to him! That doesn't seem like it's been 24 years ago. - but it has. Once he got on the path of early education, got in touch with his true self and said yes to opportunities in life that came to him, Rodney finds himself on a career path that is ideal, also partnering with a charter school to provide their sole Science curriculum for 5th grade, he works part time for Meta with Nourished Teachers, AND maintaining a somewhat peaceful homelife with the husband, the puppy, and their two cats.

Episode 49 - Rodney Crouse pt 1

Chris Neff

Is the grass greener on the other side? Eric &amp; Erica take a look into the world of agronomy.