This episode of In The LOOP Podcast is one of the most raw and meaningful conversations we’ve shared — a story rooted in faith, resilience, and the power of community within the rodeo and equine industry.

Inspired by 2025 World Champion Breakaway Roper Taylor Munsell, this episode brings awareness to Breakaway From Cancer and the real lives it has impacted. Jordan Jo sits down with cancer survivors Kacey Kobza and Lindsey Pender to share their journeys — not from a place of fear, but from courage, honesty, and hope.

Kacey opens up about her diagnosis with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the overwhelming support she received from the rodeo community, and how that experience reshaped her perspective on life, competition, and relationships. Now cancer-free, she gives back as a board member of Breakaway From Cancer, helping lift financial and emotional burdens for others in the equine industry facing the same fight.

Lindsey shares her ongoing battle with stage-three triple-negative breast cancer — from noticing early warning signs to navigating chemotherapy, surgery, motherhood, and faith. With vulnerability and strength, she speaks about trusting God in the unknown, accepting help, and staying present through each phase of treatment while continuing to show up for her family.

This episode is not about cancer statistics or outcomes. It’s about taking life one day at a time, refusing comparison, leaning on faith, and allowing community to carry you when you’re tired. It’s a reminder that in rodeo — and in life — no one fights alone.

🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube via @rodeolive.

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In The LOOP Podcast hosted by Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, is inspired by the western culture and breakaway roping lifestyle. This podcast highlights the raw, real, truth behind the box of the breakaway roping industry. Bringing you behind the scenes stories of what real life looks like everyday from; breakaway ropers, cowgirls, cowboys, producers, leaders, trailblazers, and the like, all sharing stories of the western culture and lifestyle that they live daily.

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Taylor Munsell is the 2025 World Champion Professional Breakaway Roper and a five-time NFBR qualifier known for her grit, humility, and mental toughness. Built through years of highs, lows, and hard lessons, Taylor’s career reflects resilience earned the long way — through consistency, adaptability, and trust in her process.

In this episode, Taylor opens up about the challenges behind her championship season — missed runs, mounting pressure, constant adjustments, and the mental battle of staying confident when things aren’t going her way. She shares how blocking out outside noise, staying present, and choosing to fight instead of fold ultimately led her to ride into the 10th round calm, focused, and ready.

This episode goes beyond a gold buckle. It’s about growth in the valleys, learning through adversity, and showing up when it matters most. Taylor’s story is a powerful reminder that resilience is built long before the final run.

🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube via @rodeolive.

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In The LOOP Podcast hosted by Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, is inspired by the western culture and breakaway roping lifestyle. This podcast highlights the raw, real, truth behind the box of the breakaway roping industry. Bringing you behind the scenes stories of what real life looks like everyday from; breakaway ropers, cowgirls, cowboys, producers, leaders, trailblazers, and the like, all sharing stories of the western culture and lifestyle that they live daily.

In The LOOP Podcast & Fabrizio Marketing LLC are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast.

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Cali Griffin is a lifelong cowgirl, Circuit Finals Qualifier, and head rodeo coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University whose passion for breakaway roping and developing young athletes runs as deep as her grit. Known for her energy, competitiveness, and love for the sport, Cali has built her life around rodeo — both in and out of the arena — mentoring college athletes while still chasing her own competitive dreams.

In this episode, Cali opens up about the storms that nearly ended her career. A devastating hip injury in 2023 set off an 18-month battle marked by chronic pain, surgery, setbacks, self-doubt, and the fear of losing the one thing that had always been her outlet. She shares the raw reality of hitting rock bottom — questioning her identity, her ability, and whether she would ever rope competitively again.

Cali walks listeners through the mental and physical grind of recovery, the loneliness of suffering quietly, and the courage it took to ask for help. From undergoing major hip surgery to ultimately pursuing stem cell therapy in Mexico, her journey is one of humility, perseverance, faith, and learning to let go of control. Through it all, friendships, coaching purpose, and a renewed perspective carried her forward.

This episode is honest, emotional, and deeply relatable. It’s about facing disappointment head-on, redefining success, and finding joy again — not just in winning, but in simply getting to do what you love. Cali’s comeback reminds us that valleys don’t mean the end of the story — sometimes they’re where a new one begins

Listen to this powerful episode on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube via @rodeolive.

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In The LOOP Podcast hosted by Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, is inspired by the western culture and breakaway roping lifestyle. This podcast highlights the raw, real, truth behind the box of the breakaway roping industry. Bringing you behind the scenes stories of what real life looks like everyday from; breakaway ropers, cowgirls, cowboys, producers, leaders, trailblazers, and the like, all sharing stories of the western culture and lifestyle that they live daily.

In The LOOP Podcast & Fabrizio Marketing LLC are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast.

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