WHEN Stories Radio Network
WHEN Everything Changed…
Welcome to the WHEN Stories Radio Network.
The WHEN Stories Radio Network is a curated broadcast platform documenting the moments that change everything — when lived experience becomes authority, and a story is formally placed on record.
Hosted by Wendy Babcock and the Certified WHEN Stories Facilitators, each broadcast features women who have taken the WHEN Stories stage to share a defining moment from their life or business. These are not guest interviews or open submissions. Every story you hear has been intentionally developed, delivered live on stage, and professionally documented as part of the WHEN Stories experience.
Each broadcast includes an authority-framing conversation followed by the speaker’s live stage story — preserving the moment their work, voice, and message became visible in a permanent way.
The WHEN Stories Radio Network exists to honor transformation, resilience, and leadership — not as inspiration alone, but as legacy. These stories are archived as part of a growing public record, reminding us that impact doesn’t just happen… it’s claimed, spoken, and preserved.
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Stories that don’t disappear after the applause fades.
Stories that live on.
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Beyond Survival: Building a Life of Significant Wellness | Frances Hurst
What happens when the health challenge that shaped your entire life becomes the foundation for helping others transform theirs?
In this episode of the WHEN Stories Podcast, Certified WHEN Stories Facilitator Sharon Slack sits down with former WHEN Stories speaker Frances Hurst, wellness educator, lifestyle coach, and founder of Significant Wellness.
Born with PKU (Phenylketonuria), a rare inherited metabolic condition requiring lifelong nutritional management, Frances learned from an early age that food was never simply food. Every meal required planning, discipline, and choices that often made her feel different from everyone around her.
But Frances eventually discovered an important distinction: managing a health condition and truly living well are not the same thing.
That realization transformed not only her relationship with food and her health, but ultimately her relationship with herself.
Today, Frances uses those experiences to help others take greater ownership of their health through education, sustainable lifestyle habits, and behavioral transformation.
In this conversation, Frances and Sharon explore:
• How childhood experiences can shape our adult relationship with food and health
• Why sustainable wellness goes far beyond the number on the scale
• The role of movement, sleep, hydration, stress, nutrition, and gut health in overall wellness
• Why repeated diets and setbacks don't mean you've failed
• How small, consistent choices can create significant transformation
• The importance of understanding the “why” behind our habits and behaviors
• How Frances's experience with WHEN Stories challenged her to become more vulnerable
• What it meant when audience members told Frances, “I saw myself in your story”
Frances also shares a powerful client transformation that reinforced one of her core beliefs: sometimes the biggest change isn't losing weight. It's believing in yourself again.
And that same lesson came full circle when Frances stepped onto the WHEN Stories stage.
What began as a story about PKU and weight loss became something much bigger: a story about self-leadership, wellness, identity, and choosing to show up differently for your own life.
Because sometimes hearing someone else's story is exactly what we need to begin changing our own.
About Frances Hurst
Frances Hurst is a wellness educator, speaker, lifestyle coach, and founder of Significant Wellness. Drawing from her lifelong experience managing PKU and her education in wellness, behavioral transformation, and healthy lifestyle coaching, Frances helps individuals create healthier lives through informed decisions and sustainable habits.
Her work focuses on nutrition, movement, hydration, sleep, stress, gut health, mindset, and creating healthier home environments. She believes true wellness isn't about perfection or quick fixes. It's about making small, intentional choices that can lead to significant, lasting transformation.
Connect with Frances
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frances-hurst-4a269287/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SignificantWellness/
About WHEN Stories™
WHEN Stories™ helps entrepreneurs, speakers, coaches, authors, executives, and changemakers transform the defining moments of their lives into powerful keynote talks that build authority, credibility, and lasting impact.
Every WHEN Stories keynote becomes part of an Authority Trail™, extending far beyond the stage through professionally produced videos, podcasts, books, photography, and digital assets that help speakers become more discoverable by audiences, event planners, and AI search.
Learn more at WHENStories.com.
Sponsored By:
Kristin Adkins with Crash Design Co
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