Empowering Episodes

Julia Hurley on Single Mom Success and Overcoming Adversity | 1,590 Julia Hurley believes your circumstances may shape your beginning, but they never have to define your future. A nationally recognized real estate broker, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and former elected official, Julia has built a career defined by resilience, leadership, and reinvention. Becoming a single mother at just 15 years old, she learned early that success is not determined by where you start, but by the choices you make along the way. Through determination and relentless perseverance, Julia earned a college degree, built award winning businesses, achieved national recognition in real estate, and became a trusted voice in entrepreneurship, leadership, and personal growth. Along the way, she has continued to launch new ventures, mentor others, and inspire people to pursue bigger possibilities for their lives. More than her accomplishments, it is Julia's journey that resonates. She has turned adver…

Nora Smyth on Creating Safer Spaces for Healing | 1,589 Nora Smyth believes meaningful change begins with the people who care for others. A licensed clinical social worker, educator, and founder of Join The Constellation PLCC, Nora is dedicated to strengthening the next generation of mental health professionals through intentional clinical supervision, practical education, and trauma informed leadership. Her work is driven by the belief that healthier practitioners create healthier individuals, families, and communities. As the author of five self care toolkits, Nora equips both clinicians and the public with practical strategies for resilience, reflection, and emotional well being. She is also developing specialized continuing education focused on domestic violence, helping practitioners move beyond theory with real world tools that strengthen trauma informed care. Beyond her clinical work, Nora is a passionate advocate committed to breaking the silence surrounding domest…

Tori Jenae on Aligning Your Life from the Inside Out | 1,588 Tori Jenae helps high achievers transform their lives by changing the patterns beneath their success. A Transformational Life Strategist with a background in psychology, human resources, functional medicine, nervous system science, Energy Psychology, and spiritual development, Tori takes a deeply holistic approach to personal growth. Her work reaches beyond performance, helping clients create lasting change across every area of life, from identity and relationships to health, family, and business. Tori's approach is rooted in lived experience. Raised in an environment marked by addiction and trauma, she rebuilt her life through resilience, personal responsibility, and unwavering commitment to growth. Since 2010, she has helped individuals around the world do the same, guiding them beyond survival into lives defined by purpose, clarity, and alignment. Known for creating profound, long term transformation, Tori's c…

Amy K Nunn on Leadership Development and Self Awareness | 1,586 Amy K. Nunn believes leadership is not about having the answers. It is about creating the conditions for others to thrive. A leadership consultant, executive coach, and creator of the Next to Nunn Diagnostic Method, Amy helps organizations uncover the hidden patterns that quietly limit performance. Drawing from years of leading large teams across churches, ministries, and community organizations, she understands that the greatest leadership challenges are rarely strategic. They are human. Amy's work was shaped as much by her own mistakes as her successes. Having experienced both poor leadership and her own leadership blind spots, she learned that lasting influence begins with self awareness. Today, she helps leaders recognize the patterns that hold them back, strengthen communication, develop healthier teams, and build cultures where people take genuine ownership. Rather than offering quick fixes, Amy equips l…

How Vincent Hazenboom Helps Men Heal Addiction | 1.540 Vincent Hazenboom helps men break free from porn addiction through honesty, awareness, and real emotional healing, not shame, fear, or surface level fixes. Having walked through the struggle himself, Vincent understands that lasting change does not come from willpower alone. It comes from learning the patterns beneath the behavior, rebuilding self trust, and creating the emotional safety needed to face what is actually driving the cycle. His work focuses on helping men step out of secrecy and self judgment so they can respond differently when urges, stress, or disconnection arise. Through open conversations and practical guidance, he encourages men to take responsibility without losing their sense of worth in the process. Vincent’s message is direct and grounded. Recovery is not about becoming perfect. It is about becoming honest enough to change. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Enjoying the show? Support the conversation! …

Amy McKiernan on Reclaiming Your Story From Survivor to Empowered | 1,536 Amy McKiernan is helping survivors discover that their story does not end with what happened to them. It begins with what they choose to do next. As the author of More Than A Survivor, Amy speaks to one of the most difficult realities a person can face: recovering from sexual assault and reclaiming a sense of identity, safety, and hope. Her work provides a pathway forward, helping survivors move beyond merely enduring the past and toward building lives defined by confidence, purpose, and authentic peace. But Amy's mission extends beyond individual healing. Through her work with schools, universities, and organizations, she helps create conversations and cultures that prioritize dignity, respect, prevention, and accountability. Her message is both personal and practical, empowering people to become part of the solution. Professionally, Amy serves as a Director of Employee Relations, where she helps fo…

Victoria Cerminaro on From Burnout to True Wellness | 1,534 Victoria Cerminaro is redefining what healing looks like in a world obsessed with quick fixes. A Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist, educator, and writer, Victoria helps people move beyond the exhausting cycle of chasing perfect health and reconnect with a more sustainable, compassionate approach to well being. Her work was born from personal experience. After years of navigating her own health challenges, burnout, and the frustration of doing everything "right" while still feeling unwell, she discovered that true healing is rarely about doing more. It is about understanding yourself better. Drawing from more than 15 years in the natural wellness space, Victoria combines evidence based nutrition with nervous system support, self awareness, and a refreshing belief that our struggles do not make us broken. They often reveal our greatest strengths. Through her teaching and writing, she encourages people to stop…

Bari Sue Levin on Turning Anxiety Into Confidence | 1,529 Bari Sue Levin Abedon helps people transform anxiety into confidence by reconnecting them with the wisdom already within them. Founder of DEVAYA YOGA™, the Yoga of Color and Sound, Bari blends breathwork, visualization, movement, and sound to help people regulate their nervous systems, rebuild self trust, and access a deeper sense of peace and empowerment. Her work is deeply personal. Born prematurely and challenged by health struggles and overwhelm early in life, Bari embarked on a journey of healing that took her across cultures and into the study of ancient practices that would ultimately transform her relationship with herself. Today, as a life coach, retreat leader, and Kripalu certified yoga teacher, she guides others through experiences designed to quiet anxiety, awaken confidence, and create lasting inner change. Through her retreats and trainings in Costa Rica, Bari combines practical tools with timeless wi…

Dr Alison Pattison on Turning Vision Into Action | 1,528 Dr. Alison Pattison thrives at the intersection of education, leadership, entrepreneurship, and advocacy. As a professor, Senior Doctoral Chair at Grand Canyon University, entrepreneur, podcast host, speaker, and advocate, she has dedicated her career to helping people turn ideas into impact. Her work spans health and human services, leadership development, higher education, and developmental disability advocacy, all connected by a common mission: empowering others to create meaningful change. Known for her ability to bridge academic excellence with real world application, Dr. Pattison mentors emerging leaders, researchers, and professionals who want to make a difference in their communities and industries. Whether guiding doctoral candidates, launching innovative projects, or leading conversations that inspire growth, she brings a unique blend of strategic thinking, compassion, and vision. At her core, Dr. Pattison …

1,460 | How Scott Doggett Helps Leaders Build Better Teams Scott Doggett is the Founder and Chief Servant Leader of the National Academy of Leadership Development and author of Priceless! See People Differently. Lead People Better. With nearly 30 years of leadership experience, Scott has seen firsthand how small, everyday interactions quietly shape culture, performance, and the way people see themselves. That insight now drives his work, helping leaders shift from managing tasks to truly valuing people. His message is simple but powerful. When people feel seen, supported, and understood, everything changes. Engagement rises. Trust deepens. Performance follows. Today, Scott is leading a growing movement to rehumanize the workplace, challenging leaders to rethink how they show up and reminding organizations that their greatest asset is not strategy or systems, it is people. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.national…

1,444 | Kenny Stoddart on Why Pressure Reveals True Leaders Kenny Stoddart leads IronMind Advisors with a singular focus: preparing leaders for the moments that test everything. The kind of moments where pressure is real, stakes are high, and hesitation is costly. Over decades spent working alongside top performers, Kenny saw a pattern. It was not talent or experience that separated those who sustained success from those who unraveled. It was how they handled pressure internally. That realization became the foundation for the IronMind Mentality, a system designed to train the mind behind the decisions, not just the decisions themselves. Today, Kenny works closely with executives and operators who carry weight. People responsible for outcomes, direction, and the performance of others. His work helps them eliminate noise, think with precision, and operate with control even when conditions are unpredictable. This is not about motivation or surface level performance. It is abo…

1,442 | Genea Barnes on Letting Go of Self Sacrificing Patterns Genea Barnes is a transformational event facilitator, coach, and speaker who helps people break free from the patterns that keep them stuck and step into lives that feel aligned, powerful, and fully their own. Raised in a controlling environment shaped by trauma, abuse, and neglect, Genea learned early to stay small and put others first. While it helped her survive, it came at the cost of losing connection to her own truth, desires, and sense of safety. Determined to change that, she spent decades studying and training in a wide range of transformational modalities, searching for what truly creates lasting freedom. From that journey, she developed her own approach, focused on resolving the inner conflict between the life people have and the life they deeply desire. Today, Genea empowers individuals to release self sacrificing patterns, heal from trauma and generational conditioning, and build relationships, bu…

1,437 | Adam Peters on Helping Veterans Find Purpose After Service The Strategic Veteran is a mission driven platform founded by Adam Peters, dedicated to empowering veteran entrepreneurs as they transition into civilian life. After 13 years of service, Adam experienced firsthand the challenges many veterans face, from navigating uncertainty to encountering misleading opportunities and empty promises. Built from that experience, The Strategic Veteran exists to provide real guidance, trusted resources, and a supportive community for veterans from all backgrounds. Its goal is to make the transition into business and civilian life as smooth and grounded as possible. At its core, the mission goes far beyond entrepreneurship. It is about purpose, direction, and helping reduce veteran suicide by giving veterans a path forward, a sense of identity, and a community that truly understands them. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: t…

1,433 | Sanar Alixandyr on Transforming Trauma Into Strength Sanar Alixandyr is an Empowerment Coach whose work bridges education, creative expression, and holistic healing. With a background that includes more than 30 years as a professional musician, director, composer, teacher, and actress, she brings both artistry and depth to her transformational work. Her life shifted profoundly after navigating her own healing journey through PTSD, depression, suicidal thoughts, and eating disorders. That experience inspired her to create BEAUTIFUL, a one-woman musical drama that shares her path to healing and self-discovery. Today, Sanar focuses on the Healing Arts, specializing in cognitive, energetic, and holistic practices, with an emphasis on Quantum Field Energetic Transformation. Through The White Peacock Center for Healing, she helps clients step into their authentic power, elevate their awareness, and create meaningful transformation in their lives. Her mission is to uplift…

1,427 | Anna Sosnina on Purposeful Change and Growth Anna Sosnina is an ICF certified coach, speaker, and founder of EssorVie Coaching, where she helps individuals gain clarity, direction, and confidence in life, business, and career decisions. A two time immigrant born in Uzbekistan, Anna has navigated multiple reinventions, from software development to product leadership to entrepreneurship. Her journey gives her a deep understanding of transition, growth, and purposeful change. She is the creator of the EssorVie™ Method, a structured approach built on clarity, alignment, strategy, action, and results. Through her work, Anna empowers clients to take ownership of their path and create meaningful outcomes with courage and self trust. Outside of coaching, she enjoys skiing, hiking, cooking, photography, and spending time with her deaf dog, Snow. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.instagram.com/essorvie 🎬 Ne…

1,419 | Kyle Miller on Rebuilding Self Trust and Moving Forward Kyle Miller is a trauma informed coach dedicated to helping people break free from the silent cycles that erode confidence, identity, and self trust. After witnessing loved ones struggle with self doubt and emotional confusion, Kyle committed himself to deep personal growth and learning so he could support others in finding clarity and independence. His approach is grounded, compassionate, and human. Not clinical. Not rushed. Just real support that helps survivors feel safe, seen, and empowered. Through his work, Kyle helps people reconnect with their inner strength, rebuild confidence, and move forward with clarity. For him, every breakthrough and every moment someone begins to believe in themselves again is the reason he does this work. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://kylemillercoaching.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stoppin…

1,417 | Valeriya Hjertenaes Reframes Neurodiversity in the Boardroom Valeriya Hjertenaes is a PhD level expert in neurodiversity and sustainability leadership, working at the intersection of human performance, social sustainability, and leadership in complex systems. As a neurodivergent leader with lived experience of OCD, she approaches leadership through the lens of cognitive diversity, structural resilience, and decision intelligence. Her work reframes neurodiversity not as an inclusion topic but as a performance advantage that strengthens ethical leadership and long term value creation. Valeriya is the founder of the 5E Enablers Method™, a sustainable leadership framework built on five strategic principles: Empathize, Evolve, Evaluate, Enhance, and Empower. The model equips boards and executive teams to translate human complexity into measurable resilience, better decisions, and sustainable performance. With more than 15 years of cross cultural leadership experience ac…

1,415 | Johanna Kovrig on Letting Go of Limiting Patterns Johanna Kovrig is a soul architect who helps people dismantle the invisible stories that hold them back and rebuild their lives with courage, kindness, and inner wisdom. After years of deep inner work and living in spiritual communities around the world, she developed a practical way to bring spiritual insight into everyday life. Johanna believes transformation is a gentle process of remembering who we truly are, one honest conversation at a time. Through her sessions, she guides people to release limiting patterns, open their hearts, and rediscover their own unique and radiant path. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://heartfullivingnow.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready …

1,409 | Florian Kemmerich on Driving Social and Environmental Impact Florian Kemmerich is an impact investor, entrepreneur, and author dedicated to a simple principle: impact lives and share profits. As Co Founder and Managing Partner of Human Planet and Resilienture, he works to mobilize innovative finance and partnerships that empower communities and protect the planet. A respected global leader, Florian serves as Chair of TIGER 21 Switzerland and has long been active within the Young Presidents’ Organization. Over the years, he has helped raise nearly one billion dollars for organizations and funds focused on measurable social and environmental impact. Through his book On Vocation (Routledge, 2025) and his podcast IMPACTCAST, Florian explores how leadership, purpose, and capital can work together to drive meaningful global change. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://on-vocation.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean…

1,408 | Points to Ponder: Dissected with Kevin & Brichelle In this thoughtful segment, Kevin and Brichelle take a closer look at ideas worth sitting with. Each episode explores meaningful questions, insights, and perspectives...unpacking them layer by layer to better understand what they mean and why they matter. Through open conversation and reflection, Kevin and Brichelle examine the deeper implications behind these points to ponder, offering clarity, context, and fresh ways of thinking. It’s a space to slow down, think deeper, and engage with ideas that deserve more than just a passing moment.

1,393 | Ed Hajim Shares How Adversity Built a Wall Street Leader Ed Hajim is a Wall Street executive, philanthropist, and author whose life reflects resilience, discipline, and reinvention. Kidnapped by his father at age three and raised in foster homes and orphanages, Ed overcame extraordinary hardship to build a five decade career in finance. He held senior leadership roles at Lehman Brothers, Furman Selz, and ING, and now serves as Chairman of HighVista Strategies. Beyond business, Ed is deeply committed to expanding access to education and opportunity through the Hajim Family Foundation. His memoir, On the Road Less Traveled, and his inspirational fable, The Island of the Four Ps, offer readers a practical framework for discovering purpose, values, and direction. His philosophy is simple and powerful: adversity does not define you. Your response does. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.edhajim.com/ 🎬 Need s…

1,387 | Amy McKiernan Reveals How Survivors Rebuild With Confidence Amy McKiernan is the author of More Than A Survivor: Eight Keys to Overcoming Sexual Assault and Finding a Path to Living a Fulfilled Life, a transformative guide that empowers survivors to reclaim their voice, restore their strength, and build a life rooted in authentic peace. Through eight practical and courageous principles, Amy helps readers move beyond survival into clarity, confidence, and purpose. A passionate advocate for safety and dignity, Amy also speaks through Campus Outreach Services, delivering impactful programs to schools, universities, and organizations that promote respect, prevention, and community wellbeing. Her work equips audiences with tools to create safer, more supportive environments. Professionally, Amy serves as a Director of Employee Relations in the field of Education, where she fosters healthy workplace cultures through collaboration, accountability, and meaningful communicatio…

1,355 | Dr. James & Dr. Sylvia Boblak Shares Why Habits Matter More Than Prescriptions A Teaspoon of Wisdom is the wellness education arm of Health Made In America, founded by Doctors of Pharmacy James and Sylvia Boblak. After twenty-five years in community pharmacy, the husband-and-wife team saw firsthand how patients were often prescribed medications year after year without addressing root causes. Combining their Western pharmacy expertise with Ayurvedic and nutritional principles, they created A Teaspoon of Wisdom to empower individuals and families with clear, evidence-informed education before prescriptions or procedures become the default. Through online courses and private consultations, the Boblaks teach how simple, consistent habits—like mindful eating, quality sleep, and stress management—can build lasting health and resilience. Their signature programs, Wholesome Pregnancy and IRON-Y: The Truth About Iron, reflect their commitment to prevention over quick fixes,…

1,351 | Richard Jack III on Eliminating Drift and Leading With Precision Richard Jack III is an Alignment Coach & Strategist and the founder of the CEI Ecosystem™ (Clarity | Execute | Impact)—a performance framework that helps leaders and high-performing professionals align identity, decisions, and execution. His work focuses on eliminating drift, restoring clarity, and turning intention into consistent action. Earlier in his career, Richard founded Gentlemen By Choice and Ladies By Choice, youth development organizations that reached over 1,200 students across four states. That experience shaped his conviction that alignment—not motivation—is the true foundation of lasting change. Today, Richard empowers individuals and organizations to move with clarity, precision, and purpose—creating impact by design, not by default. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.rj3consultant.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audi…