Episodes

Melissa Martineau Alexander on Self Worth and Personal Transformation | 1,636 Melissa Martineau Alexander believes lasting change begins when we stop waiting to become someone else and start taking responsibility for the person we are today. An author and creator of W³: Worth. Want. Will.™, Melissa has developed a personal agency framework centered on three essential questions: Do you recognize your worth? Do you know what you genuinely want? And are you willing to take action to create it? Her work is grounded in lived experience. After navigating alcoholism, depression, bankruptcy, and the process of rebuilding her life, Melissa has now maintained nearly 18 years of sobriety. Those experiences shaped her perspective on transformation and challenged many of the conventional self-help formulas that suggest there is one universal path to changing your life. Instead, Melissa encourages people to examine what she calls the "Programmed Crap", the accumulated expectations, beli…

Amy Armstrong on Conflict Resolution and Healthier Family Communication | 1,635 Amy Armstrong believes conflict does not have to destroy relationships. With the right tools, even difficult moments can become opportunities for healthier communication, stronger boundaries, and meaningful change. A licensed social worker, conflict resolution specialist, parent coach, educator, and speaker, Amy has dedicated her career to helping families navigate some of their most challenging transitions. As co-founder of The Center for Family Resolution in Columbus, Ohio, she has helped advance trauma-informed approaches to separation, divorce, co-parenting, relationship conflict, and other complex family dynamics. With a background in education and social work, Amy brings together coaching, conflict resolution, and practical communication strategies to help parents move from chaos toward greater clarity and cooperation. Her experience extends from direct work with families to leadership withi…

How to Believe in Yourself and Create New Beginning with Marcia Regina Cook | 1,634 Marcia Regina Cook believes our circumstances do not define us. The courage to believe in what is possible can transform the direction of our lives. An award-winning author, inspirational speaker, model, and woman of faith, Marcia encourages people to awaken their inner strength, move beyond adversity, and create lives rooted in greater purpose, peace, and possibility. Originally from Brazil and fluent in three languages, Marcia brings a multicultural perspective to conversations about resilience and personal transformation. Her own experiences have shaped a message centered on faith, self love, forgiveness, personal responsibility, and the courage to move forward even when the path ahead feels uncertain. Her book, Dare to Dream with Eyes Wide Open, received the International Impact Book Award in the Personal Growth category. Through her writing, speaking, and community outreach, Marcia ins…

Beth Lynch on Grief Healing, Spirituality, and Life After Death | 1,633 Beth Lynch believes spirituality can offer a powerful path toward understanding grief, emotional sensitivity, and the deeper questions surrounding life and death. A spiritual medium, meditation teacher, bestselling author, and founder of Inner Light Teachings, Beth has spent more than 30 years helping individuals and families navigate grief, healing, and spiritual exploration. Through her work, she helps people explore the connection between heart, mind, body, and spirit while finding greater peace through some of life's most difficult transitions. Beth's path was shaped by intuitive experiences beginning in childhood, the loss of her parents, and her own search for healing and deeper understanding. Along the way, she came to view emotional sensitivity not as a weakness, but as a source of intuition, connection, and personal insight. Through mediumship, meditation, teaching, and writing, Beth explores …

Daniel Wilby on Psychedelic Healing and Personal Transformation | 1,632 Daniel Wilby believes transformation begins when we stop running from ourselves and become willing to explore what lies within. A psychedelic guide, nature therapist, coach, and teacher of personal and spiritual development, Daniel's work grew from a profound turning point in his own life. On November 18, 2005, after years of alcohol dependence, depression, unemployment, and trying to escape himself, an unexpected psychedelic experience radically changed his relationship with life. What began as an attempt to disconnect became an experience that led Daniel to stop drinking and begin a lifelong journey of self discovery, healing, and spiritual exploration. In the years since, he has devoted himself to understanding consciousness, personal transformation, nature, and what he describes as the wisdom of the sacred mushroom. Today, Daniel works with people through coaching, mentorship, psychedelic guidance,…

Dr. Greg Jones on Nonprofit Leadership and Organizational Growth | 1,631 Dr. Greg Jones believes strong organizations are built when mission driven leaders have the operational clarity and support to lead well through change. For more than two decades, Greg has served at the intersection of leadership, faith, and organizational development. His experience includes leading private Christian schools, serving churches, and advising faith based nonprofits through seasons of growth, transition, crisis, and renewal. Today, Greg brings that firsthand leadership experience to organizations as a Fractional COO, helping leaders strengthen operations, navigate complexity, and turn their vision into practical action. His perspective comes not simply from studying organizational leadership, but from having personally carried the responsibility of leading teams and institutions through challenging seasons. Greg understands that mission driven organizations often face a unique tension: s…

Christine Malek on Healing After Abuse and Reclaiming Your Identity | 1,630 Christine Malek believes surviving abuse is not the end of the journey. It is the beginning of discovering who you were always meant to be. A SASSI Coach, speaker, author, and international advocate for women affected by abuse and domestic violence, Christine has dedicated her life to helping women rebuild their confidence, reclaim their identity, and step into lives defined by strength rather than survival. Her work focuses on the often overlooked chapter of healing: what comes after leaving an abusive situation. As the founder of The SASSI Academy, Christine guides women through a transformational process of rediscovering their authentic selves, replacing fear and self doubt with confidence, purpose, and hope. Through coaching, speaking, and mentorship, she creates a supportive path for women ready to move beyond their past and embrace a future they choose for themselves. Drawing from both profes…

Fred Auzenne on Behavior Change and Breaking Unhealthy Patterns | 1,629 Fred Auzenne believes the patterns holding us back are not permanent. Once we understand how they were formed, we can begin to redesign them. A former U.S. Army counterintelligence officer, performance facilitator, and founder of the Clear Edge Institute, Fred has spent more than 25 years exploring why capable, intelligent people sometimes act against their own goals and what it takes to create lasting behavioral change. His perspective was shaped by an unusual foundation. In military intelligence, Fred studied influence, behavior, and the ways people can be manipulated. Today, he applies that understanding in a very different direction, helping people recognize the environmental and behavioral patterns influencing their choices so they can regain greater control over their lives. Drawing on research in neuroscience and human behavior, Fred developed Clear Edge 90, a 90 day performance system designed …

Jeffrey Eisen on Spiritual Awakening and Finding Inner Peace | 1,628 Jeffrey Eisen believes that beneath the noise, fear, and pressures of everyday life, there is a deeper wisdom waiting to be heard. A Spiritual Life Coach, Energy Intuitive, and channeler of Shaltazar, Jeffrey helps people navigate anxiety, emotional overwhelm, spiritual awakening, and feelings of disconnection through a grounded approach to spirituality and conscious living. After years in the corporate world, Jeffrey experienced a profound spiritual awakening that changed the direction of his life and opened the doorway to the teachings of Shaltazar. Centered on healing, intuition, presence, self awareness, and personal growth, these teachings became the foundation of the work he now shares with people around the world. Today, Jeffrey offers private sessions, live events, guided meditations, podcasts, and an expanding collection of Shaltazar teachings. He is also the creator of the Wisdom of Shaltazar Or…

Robert Fojo on Career Reinvention and Starting Over in Your 40s | 1,627 Robert Fojo believes starting over is not the end of your story. It can be the beginning of building something you truly own. A former attorney turned payments entrepreneur, Robert's career is a powerful story of reinvention. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he spent 17 years practicing law at major firms and eventually running his own practice. But when that chapter came to an abrupt end in 2021, Robert found himself in his 40s facing the challenge of rebuilding his career from the ground up. He entered the payments industry with no shortcuts, knocking on doors, learning the business firsthand, and developing the skills required to succeed in an entirely new field. Within a year, he became the number one representative on his sales team and eventually founded Max Value Processing. Today, Robert helps business owners use payment technology as a tool for growth while mentoring people who are na…

Matt Estrin on Entrepreneurship, Faith, and Building a Business | 1,626 Matt Estrin believes it is never too late to take a leap of faith and build something meaningful. An entrepreneur, speaker, author, and founder of 477 Distilling, Matt spent 15 years as a pastor before stepping into an entirely new chapter as an entrepreneur. Since making that transition, he has launched seven businesses, created jobs, strengthened communities, and experienced firsthand both the challenges and rewards of building companies from the ground up. In his book, I Know the Owner: From Holy Water to Happy Hour, Matt shares the failures, victories, and unexpected lessons that shaped his journey from ministry to business ownership. Today, he uses those experiences to help aspiring and established entrepreneurs build stronger businesses, develop healthy company cultures, and lead with greater purpose and integrity. Although his career has evolved, Matt's faith remains at the center of how he appr…

Barb Varcl Smith on Childhood Trauma and Breaking the Cycle | 1,624 Barb Varcl Smith believes recovery is possible because she has witnessed what happens when people finally understand the patterns that have kept them in survival mode. For more than two decades, Barb has explored a powerful question: why do some people heal and thrive while others remain trapped in the same cycles despite years of effort? That question has shaped both her personal journey and professional work, leading her to focus on the lasting impact of childhood trauma and the path toward authentic healing. Through therapy, education, speaking, training, writing, and podcasting, Barb helps people understand how their past experiences continue to influence their thoughts, relationships, and behaviors. Her work creates space for individuals to reconnect with themselves, recognize patterns that no longer serve them, and begin building lives rooted in greater awareness, freedom, and authenticity. Rather th…

How to Rebuild Your Life After Adversity with Adriana Paletta | 1,625 Adriana Paletta believes the hardest battles in life can become the very experiences that teach us how to reclaim ourselves. A coach, survivor, and lifelong advocate for personal well being, Adriana brings a rare combination of grit, humor, compassion, and lived experience to her work. Her journey has taken her through modeling, business, and healthcare, but it has also taken her through deeply personal battles with cancer, depression, anxiety, loss, workplace harassment, and other life changing adversity. Rather than allowing those experiences to diminish her, Adriana used them to better understand herself and what it means to move forward without abandoning who you are. Meditation became an important part of that journey, helping her develop greater self awareness, acceptance, and compassion through moments of uncertainty and emotional struggle. Today, Adriana brings those lessons into her coaching, cr…

[SPOTLIGHT FEATURE] Kenny Stoddart on Mental Clarity for High Level Leaders | 1,623 Kenny Stoddart believes leadership is ultimately measured by the quality of your thinking when the pressure is highest. As the founder of IronMind Advisors, Kenny works with executives, founders, and high performing leaders whose decisions carry consequences far beyond themselves. While traditional leadership development often focuses on strategy, productivity, and external performance, Kenny focuses on the internal systems driving every decision: thought, attention, emotional control, and judgment. Through his IronMind Mentality framework, Kenny helps leaders identify and eliminate mental interference, regulate their response to pressure, and maintain clarity when complexity and uncertainty collide. The goal is not simply to perform better when conditions are favorable, but to develop the mental discipline required to execute decisively when the margin for error is at its smallest. Kenny's…

Jana Princ on Turning Personal Growth Into Real Change | 1,622 Jana Princ believes transformation is the bridge between knowing the life you want and becoming the person capable of creating it. A transformational coach, certified DreamBuilder® Coach, Life Mastery™ Consultant, and founder of Wellness·Balance·Harmony Inc., Jana helps people move beyond limitation, reconnect with possibility, and create lives that feel more joyful, purposeful, and authentically their own. Born and raised in Prague before building a new life in Canada, Jana experienced firsthand how profoundly our environment, beliefs, and inherited stories can shape what we believe is possible. That journey became a powerful metaphor for her life's work: helping others cross the distance between where they are and where they truly want to be. After years of pursuing knowledge through books, courses, and strategies, Jana discovered that information alone rarely creates transformation. Real change happens when …

Jenna Summers on Finding Purpose Through Faith After Trauma | 1,621 Jenna Summers believes even life's most painful experiences can become a powerful testimony of faith, forgiveness, and purpose. A Christian author, missionary, speaker, and worship leader, Jenna's faith journey began in childhood and has carried her through extraordinary adversity. From experiencing abuse and surviving a devastating house fire to enduring violence abroad and a life threatening assault while pregnant, Jenna has faced moments that tested her physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Rather than allowing those experiences to define her, Jenna found strength through her faith and ultimately chose forgiveness, transforming her pain into a calling to serve others. Her ministry has taken her to more than 60 countries, where she has helped develop schools for vulnerable children, counseled trauma survivors, translated Swahili, spoken to thousands, and shared her faith through worship and music. To…

William Sullivan on Cybersecurity and Post Quantum Encryption | 1,620 William Sullivan believes sustainable growth is built through operational discipline, aligned teams, and the ability to execute when the stakes are high. An executive builder with 25 years of experience across federal contracting and commercial technology, William has built and scaled multi-billion-dollar business units at some of the world's leading technology companies, including IBM/Tivoli, PeopleSoft/Oracle, SAP, Informatica, and AWS. Throughout his career, William has specialized in transforming underperforming divisions into market leaders. By aligning sales and technical teams, strengthening operational systems, and creating greater accountability around execution, he has delivered consistent revenue growth exceeding 100% year over year. Today, William leads the U.S. operations of Iothic, bringing decades of experience in government technology, cybersecurity, and enterprise growth to the rapidly e…

Deidre Gestrin on Burnout Recovery and Stress Management | 1,618 Deidre Gestrin believes sustainable success should never require sacrificing your health, purpose, or the people around you. A consultant, speaker, author, and trainer with more than 20 years of experience, Deidre specializes in stress, trauma, burnout recovery, and behavioral health leadership. Her work helps professionals and organizations move beyond simply coping with pressure and create healthier systems that support both human well being and long term performance. Drawing from extensive experience in behavioral health leadership, Deidre has developed high performing teams, strengthened workforce resilience, enhanced clinical supervision, and helped organizations improve the way care is delivered. Her expertise in program design, system optimization, and telehealth allows her to address burnout not only as an individual challenge, but also as an organizational one. As the author of From Burnout to Balanc…

Barbara Kvelstein on Skincare, Wellness, and Natural Beauty | 1,617 Barbara Kvelstein believes beauty and wellness are most powerful when they enhance who you already are. Founder of Nordic Clinic and creator of the Scandinavian inspired skincare brand Norderm, Barbara brings a global perspective to beauty, aesthetics, and wellbeing. After traveling to more than 90 countries as a professional tennis player and model, she developed a deep appreciation for skincare and the connection between feeling confident and feeling well. Originally from Northern Europe, Barbara created Nordic Clinic to bring an authentic Scandinavian philosophy of care to Seattle, one centered on natural beauty, quality, and thoughtful approaches designed with long term results in mind. Her entrepreneurial journey also extends into hospitality and wellness. Together with her husband, former professional tennis player Hans Podlipnik, Barbara co-founded Earthlight Villas, a luxury hospitality and wellnes…

Monique DeMonaco on Emotional Intelligence and Career Success | 1,616 Monique DeMonaco believes career success requires more than technical knowledge. It requires the emotional intelligence and human skills to communicate, adapt, and lead. As the founder of EQ Wize, Coach Monique is helping bridge the gap between education and employment by preparing emerging professionals with the skills today's workplaces demand. An internationally trained Life, Executive, and Career Coach with more than 20 years of experience, she specializes in emotional intelligence, communication, emotional regulation, critical thinking, and professional development. Through Emotional Intelligence and Brain Science based education and CPDSO accredited certifications, Monique helps young professionals understand what employers are truly looking for and develop the confidence and practical skills to become more hirable, promotable, and effective in the workplace. Her work also supports parents, graduat…

Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod on Integrative Health and Lasting Wellness | 1,615 Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod believes true healing begins when we look beyond symptoms and address the whole person. An integrative health coach, holistic nutritionist, educator, and author, Dr. Ellyn has spent decades helping people explore the emotional, physical, and spiritual roots of chronic illness. Her work blends nutrition, holistic health, education, and compassionate guidance to empower individuals to become active participants in their own healing. Drawing on extensive training in holistic nutrition, the Gerson Therapy, Attitudinal Healing, and other integrative approaches, Dr. Ellyn has guided countless clients through complex health challenges while advocating for a more comprehensive understanding of wellness. She has also been a passionate voice for health freedom, helping advance legislation that protects patients' rights to pursue their chosen path of care. As a longtime Waldorf educ…

Carolyn Sidgwick on Grief Healing and Finding Hope After Loss | 1,614 Carolyn Sidgwick believes healing begins the moment we give ourselves permission to feel, reflect, and share our story. A grief mentor, author, speaker, life coach, and founder of Soul Love, Carolyn helps people navigate loss with compassion, hope, and self love. After the devastating loss of both her husband, Matt, and her mother, she discovered that journaling became more than a coping tool. It became a path toward healing, purpose, and renewal. That journey inspired the creation of the internationally published Soul Love Journal, a guided journal designed to help people reconnect with themselves through reflection, self compassion, and emotional healing. Today, Carolyn supports others as they move through grief, encouraging them to embrace their emotions, care for themselves, and find meaning beyond loss. Through her writing, coaching, and speaking, Carolyn reminds people that grief is not something t…

Bruce Ashford on The Power of Clarity in Business and Leadership | 1,613 Bruce Ashford believes meaningful growth begins with clarity, not complexity. A strategic advisor, author, and founder of The Ashford Agency, Bruce helps nonprofit leaders and founder led businesses bridge the gap between the impact they are making and the growth they are capable of achieving. By combining clear messaging with practical strategy, he equips leaders to build organizations that are both mission driven and sustainable. Drawing on more than two decades of executive leadership experience, Bruce has advised nonprofits, universities, businesses, and CEOs across local, national, and international organizations. As a certified StoryBrand Guide and Small Business Flight Plan® advisor, he specializes in helping leaders communicate with greater clarity, strengthen their strategy, and lead with confidence. A prolific author of nine books and hundreds of articles, Bruce has also served as a speechwr…

Jeanie Brookbanks-Smith on Resilience Beyond the Diagnosis | 1,612 Jeanie Brookbanks-Smith knows that resilience is not built when life is easy. It is built one step, one choice, and one day at a time. A registered nurse, Board Certified Nurse Coach, speaker, endurance athlete, and founder of Life After Diagnosis, Jeanie has spent more than 30 years caring for patients through life's most difficult moments. Then, in 2021, everything changed when she unexpectedly became the patient. After surviving acute liver failure, multiple ICU stays, sepsis, and a rare blood cancer diagnosis, Jeanie discovered that healing extends far beyond physical recovery. Drawing from her experience on both sides of the bedrail, she now helps people living with chronic illness rebuild self trust, regulate their nervous systems, and develop the emotional resilience needed to move forward with confidence. Combining decades of clinical expertise with her personal journey, Jeanie empowers others to na…