Trailer · November 11, 2026 · 4 minutes, 14 seconds
Start Here: Welcome to Grit, Grace, & Inspiration
About this episode
Searching for hope? Seeking encouragement? Just want life to be good again? Whether you're facing grief, loss, or starting over, consider this to be your safe place.
Grit, Grace, & Inspiration is a weekly podcast about finding hope when life doesn't go as planned. Host Kevin Lowe became completely blind following life-saving surgery to remove a brain tumor at 17 years old. And for more than 20 years he's been working towards creating a life worth living, even if it looks nothing like he once imagined.
Every Tuesday, you can expect a fresh dose of inspiration, motivation, and encouragement all wrapped up in a podcast that is not only entertaining, but potentially life-changing.
Figuring you might be new around here, this is your Getting Started Guide to the show.
Start Here: How the Show Works
Every Tuesday new episodes are released.
- Inspiring stories. Hear the stories of people just like you, who have walked through grief, loss, trauma, divorce, or a diagnosis, and yet found a way to build a life worth living again.
- Solo episodes. Just you and me, one on one. I turn the lessons from those stories into practical mindset shifts you can use right away, one small step at a time.
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Featured Story: Kate Gladdin
The voice you heard in the trailer belongs to Kate Gladdin, one of our most-loved guests. Kate lost her beloved sister in a tragic accident overseas. Years later, she would lose her mother in much the same way. And yet, she found a way to keep moving forward, turning both losses into a movement impacting not only her life, but the world.
If you need a starting point, then this interview is where to begin.
Listen: She Lost Her Sister, Then Her Mom: Finding Hope After Grief with Kate Gladdin
Featured Solo Episodes
These four solo episodes are a great first taste of what we talk about when it's just you and me.
- What If You Never Got to Tell Them? 23 Years of Life After Blindness and the Family Who Made It Possible: my own story, and the people who carried me through it.
- "We're Out of Time": A Pilot's Final Words and the Truth None of Us Can Escape: a reminder to stop putting off the calls, dreams, and people that matter most.
- When Life Gets Hard: Is What You Turn to Helping You Face Life—or Avoid It?: an honest look at the habits we reach for when life hurts.
- Feeling Stuck and Behind? Don't Mistake Life's Detour for a Dead End: for anyone who feels like life is passing them by.
Featured Music: "Okay, Now What?"
Sometimes a story moves me so deeply that words aren't enough, so I turn it into a song. Kate's story became "Okay, Now What?" by K-Lowe Music, named after Kate's own book and podcast. Because where words fail, music speaks.
You can find an extensive library of fully custom songs, all written and created by Kevin Lowe with K-Lowe Music wherever music is found:
Want a song of your own? Hire Kevin to write and create a fully custom, professionally produced song built specifically for you: This may be a tribute to someone you love, a wedding song, a birthday surprise, or an anthem for your business or podcast. Create your free Song Blueprint.
Questions This Episode Answers
What is Grit, Grace, & Inspiration about?
It's a weekly podcast about finding hope when life doesn't go as planned. Episodes cover grief, loss, trauma, divorce, health challenges, and starting over, through guest interviews and solo episodes.
Who is Kevin Lowe?
Kevin Lowe is the creator and host of Grit, Grace, & Inspiration plus the creative mind behind Lowe Down Media LLC and K-Lowe Music.
When do new episodes come out?
Every Tuesday morning, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and every major podcast app.
Where should a new listener start?
Start with Kate Gladdin's story, then try the four featured solo episodes above.
Who is Kate Gladdin?
Kate Gladdin is an author, speaker, and host of the Okay, Now What? podcast. After losing her sister and later her mom, she turned her grief into books, a foundation, and advocacy work.
What is the song "Okay, Now What?" about?
It's a K-Lowe Music song by Kevin Lowe, inspired by Kate Gladdin's story of choosing to carry on after unthinkable loss.
What did this episode stir up for you? Text me or send a voice message.
Hey, it's Kevin!
I hope you enjoyed today's episode! If there is ever anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to reach out. Below, you will find ALL the places and ALL the ways to connect!
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Kevin Lowe: At 17 years old, I went into surgery to save my life.
But when I awoke, I found a world gone dark.
I was left completely blind.
My friend, I'm Kevin Lowe, and this is Grit Grace and Inspiration.
And I've been on a journey for over the past 20 years to discover what it means to love life again, even if the life you imagined is no more.
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I can't help but think that maybe you understand what I mean.
Maybe you didn't necessarily become blind, but maybe life blindsided you in your own way.
It was a divorce you never saw coming, a medical challenge you never expected.
It was life getting in the way of your plans.
And now you're left to wonder what's next.
Well, that is where I introduce this podcast, Grit Grace and Inspiration, a podcast meant to inspire you, to motivate you, but more so to encourage you.
That my friend, you can do it.
This podcast is here for you.
You're gonna hear interviews with guests just like you, people from all over the world, from all different walks of life, who have endured the pains of life, and yet they are proof that life can be good again.
Just like Kate Gladden, who was one of the fan favorites here on the podcast, she lost her sister in a tragic accident to then only lose her mother in a much too similar way.
SPEAKER_00: That's when I just saw the emergency vehicles, the lights flashing, the roads closed, just chaos everywhere, and my mind just screamed like this can't be happening again.
Kevin Lowe: And yet, somehow, Kate Gladden found a way to keep moving on.
Now, there's other days when we don't do interviews.
Instead, it's soul episodes, kind of like this, where it's just me and you talking.
Now, the soul episodes, they're devoted to you.
They are me coming here to sit down with you one-on-one and to help you get through some stuff, to inspire you to see life differently, to motivate you to get through the hard times, and ultimately to encourage you that you got this.
You can do this.
This is your own little self-help personal development coach in your pocket 24-7.
It's called Grace and Inspiration.
And you know what?
Sometimes words, they're not enough.
Because I've learned sometimes where words fail, music speaks.
And that is when I get to be creative with the KLO music, turning the stories that you'll hear on the podcast into fully custom songs.
Kind of like this song that I did for Kate Gladden called Okay Now What.
She said if there ain't no silver line, I'll pay the skyboard.
SPEAKER_00: When I can find a good in life, I'll stand up and become a love.
Okay now what?
Kevin Lowe: My friend, be sure that if this sounds like your cup of tea, that you go ahead and hit that little button to start following the podcast on whatever app you're listening.
That way, you'll be tuned in every Tuesday morning when a new episode is released.
Remember, I'm your host, Kevin Lowe, and this is Grit Grace and Inspiration.
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