Become the Victor Podcast

Elijah J. Stacy joins Become the Victor Podcast to share his extraordinary journey living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and turning a progressive disease into a mission to change the future of it. Diagnosed at six years old, Elijah would eventually lose his ability to walk and experience progressive muscle weakness, but at just 15 years old, after learning more about what Duchenne could take fr...

What happens when life keeps taking away your physical strength, but you refuse to let it take away your voice? In this episode of Become the Victor Podcast, I sit down with Dominick Trevethan, a disability advocate, communication professional, and creator of The Disability Myth who lives with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2. Dominick shares the extraordinary adversity that shaped his life from gro...

Carlos Murillo once believed there was “nothing out there for us.” Adaptive sports eventually showed him a completely different reality... one filled with competition, freedom, possibility, and a growing belief that nothing is impossible. Born with spina bifida, Carlos shares how growing up with a disability affected his childhood, including struggling to make friends and often keeping to himself....

In today's episode of Become the Victor Podcast, I sit down with Peggy and Danielle, who share the deeply personal story behind the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund and the experiences that have shaped 50 years of impact. Peggy reflects on her daughter Kelly Anne’s diagnosis with aplastic anemia, the rare leukemia that later became terminal, and the years her family spent navigating hospitalizat...

In today's episode of Become the Victor Podcast, I sit down with Tenaya Yarbrough Maxwell, who opens up about the difficult experiences that reshaped her identity, strengthened her faith, and eventually helped her turn pain into purpose. She reflects on spending more than 20 years in an abusive marriage, slowly losing herself while trying to keep the peace, and realizing that self-abandonment...

In today's episode of Become the Victor Podcast, I sit down with psychic, medium, and intuitive Chris Medina for a conversation that goes far beyond predictions or communicating with spirits. Chris opens up about experiencing what he describes as psychic and mediumistic abilities from childhood, being severely bullied, seeking medical help when he feared he was hearing voices, navigating a tur...

Emma Victoria thought the lump she felt at the gym was an injury. Weeks later, she was confronting stage IV breast cancer, a prognosis she says gave her a few months to live. Before her diagnosis, she had a business for nearly 10 years, managing staff and clients. Today, Emma says she is living differently. She values peace over material things, has learned to put herself first, supports other can...

There are dreams people discover for themselves, and there are dreams that begin generations earlier. For Joy Ndombeson, the path from a small village in Congo to growing a life in acting, writing, directing, music, and filmmaking is inseparable from the father who first taught him to believe that where a person begins does not have to determine where they ultimately go. Joy lost the man who helpe...

Football was once Eric Niederberger’s entire identity, but when that chapter ended, the decisions he made afterward began taking his life somewhere dangerous. Years later, the former Division I athlete can look back on substance abuse, a DUI, financial hardship, painful losses, and moments when he genuinely questioned where his life was headed and see the experiences that forced him to change. In...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Alex Barajas, who shares how his early life, his father’s entrepreneurial resilience, and his own search for freedom shaped the work he does today. Alex was born in Mexico, came to the United States as a child, grew up in California, and watched his father lose everything during the recession — including a season where the family had no running water, no electri...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Promise Aureila, who grew up moving through adoption, foster care, group homes, changing schools, emotional abuse, abandonment, and childhood trauma. Instead of allowing that past to silence her, she began writing the characters and cinematic worlds that helped her imagine a different future. Promise shares how she began acting, studied the business of the enter...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Amberley Snyder, who shares the real story behind her journey as a champion barrel racer, keynote speaker, author, and the inspiration behind the Netflix film Walk. Ride. Rodeo. Amberley talks about the 2010 accident that broke her back and injured her spinal cord, the moment she thought she might not survive, and the long process of rebuilding a life that still...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Jessica Lattman (JeLa), who is both a surgeon and an artist, using her hands to help heal the body and her voice to help heal the unseen wounds people carry deep within. Beyond the operating room and recording studio, she is a devoted wife, a mother of three, and a survivor of childhood emotional abuse. In this deeply vulnerable conversation, JeLa opens up about...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Daman Grewal, who is an entrepreneur, sales leader, and founding partner of Logistics Sales Pro, for a powerful conversation about childhood struggle, business, leadership, sales, and financial freedom. Daman opens up about being raised by a hardworking single mother, navigating life without his father, and learning how early hardship shaped the way he saw work,...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Hayden Bowles, who shares his journey from being a high school dropout to becoming an entrepreneur, investor, content creator, and e-commerce business owner. Hayden opens up about starting young, mowing lawns as a kid, discovering online business, building through Shopify and e-commerce, moving to California at 17, investing in real estate, and learning how to s...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Joshua Holi, who shares his incredible journey from growing up without a father figure, falling into the streets, running away from home at 16, facing violence, being on the run as a fugitive for 13 months, and serving five years in prison — to rebuilding his life with faith, accountability, discipline, and purpose. Joshua opens up about the mindset that led him...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Alex Echols, who is a speaker, coach, facilitator, storyteller, entrepreneur, and Stage 4 cancer survivor. Alex opens up about growing up on the South Side of Chicago, using art and technology as outlets, learning how to navigate pressure, and eventually facing a life-changing cancer diagnosis that forced him to confront mortality in a way most people never expe...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Sarah Elizabeth Segrest, a Vietnamese-born adoptee, triathlete, endurance athlete, and history-making competitor whose story goes far beyond the finish line. Sarah opens up about being born in Vietnam, adopted into the United States, navigating racism, identity, family, faith, and the emotional weight of wondering where she truly belonged. After moving to Texas...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Ryan Niemiller, the stand-up comedian known as The Cripple Threat of Comedy and a 3rd-place finalist on America’s Got Talent Season 14. Ryan’s story is more than just comedy. Before millions of people saw him on AGT, he spent 13 years grinding in comedy clubs, small towns, difficult rooms, and uncertain seasons where quitting would have made sense. He opens up a...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Rob Kenney, better known as Dad, How Do I and widely recognized as the Internet’s Dad. Rob’s story is much deeper than helpful tutorials and everyday life advice. After growing up without the fatherly presence he needed, he made a decision to become the kind of dad, mentor, and guide that so many people wish they had. Through Dad, How Do I, Rob has reached milli...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Mark Valeriote, a calisthenics athlete, fitness coach, entrepreneur, husband, father, and Beast Games competitor whose story is a powerful reminder of what can happen when discipline replaces excuses. Before competing on one of the biggest game shows in the world, Mark was an overweight teenager who spent his days playing video games, struggling with confidence,...

In this video, I sit down with Neha Jat, a young entrepreneur who went from growing up in Rural India to building a life centered around entrepreneurship, mindset, personal growth, and financial freedom in New Zealand. We talk about the pressure of family expectations, walking away from the traditional path, trading, public speaking, self-development, resilience, and what it really takes to build...

In this video, I sit down with Tanner Planes, an entrepreneur, e-commerce operator, and co-founder of ShipVelocity, a fulfillment and logistics company that has helped generate over $300 million in client revenue. But Tanner’s story didn’t begin in warehouses, business partnerships, or scaling brands—it began as a young kid in a small town with big ambition, experimenting with business ideas long...

In this video, I sit down with Gogo Bethke, also known as the Social Media Queen of Real Estate, for a powerful conversation about resilience, faith, business, and mindset. Gogo shares her incredible journey of arriving in the United States with only $200, no connections, and barely speaking English, then building her way into one of the most influential voices in real estate. From working ordinar...

In today’s episode, I sit down with Liahona Olayan, to uncover a story that goes far beyond music. From living in a tent in Hawaii with her family to becoming a Top 24 contestant on American Idol, her journey is one of faith, resilience, and discovering purpose through adversity. We dive into what it truly means to stand firm in your values in an industry that constantly pressures you to change. L...