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Lynse Schmidt: From Confusion to Clarity — Understanding Special Education, Dyslexia, IEPs & Your Child's Learning Needs What happens when your child is struggling in school, the evaluations are confusing, the meetings feel overwhelming, and nobody seems able to explain the complete picture? What if the answers parents desperately need are already there, but scattered across assessments, school re...

Book 101 Review | Susan Gooch: Southern Stories, Strong Women & the Power of Second Chances What happens when the secrets of the past collide with the strength of friendship, the complexities of love, and the courage to begin again? Book 101 Review , hosted by Daniel Lucas and presented by Universal Podcast Network , welcomes Susan Gooch , a Southern women's fiction author, retired educator, passi...

Gino Barbaro: Building Wealth, Strengthening Families & Creating a Lasting Legacy What does it mean to be truly wealthy? Is it the money you accumulate, the businesses you build, or the legacy you leave behind for the people you love? Universal Podcast Network welcomes Gino Barbaro , entrepreneur, real estate investor, bestselling author, Certified Money Coach®, and co-founder of Jake & Gino and B...

Thomas Thatcher The Tack Master Today's guest is Thomas Thatcher, author of The Tack Philosophy. Thomas teaches a simple but powerful idea: pain is unavoidable, but much of our suffering comes from the stories we keep telling ourselves about what happened. Through his memorable "tack" metaphor, Thomas helps people understand resentment, blame, forgiveness, personal responsibility, and emotional fr...

Edward Doherty Optimistically Persistent Ed Doherty, a Massachusetts native who has lived and worked all over the United States in his roles as a restaurant executive, leadership development expert, and volunteer, has completed his new book "Observations at the Speed of Life": a compelling memoir comprised of short stories from throughout the author's life, documenting his struggles, triumphs, and...

Angel Willard Fighting to Come Home: Coming Home to Myself. Welcome to Fighting to Come Home: Coming Home to Myself. In this episode, we meet author Angel Willard, whose memoir tells a deeply personal story of trauma, survival, motherhood, and healing. Angel shares what it means to live through life-changing pain, rebuild after devastating experiences, and keep fighting for the people and future t...

Joella Hopkins Growing Businesses Through Strategy, Storytelling & the Spirit of Aloha. Today's guest is Joella Hopkins, a homegrown Oʻahu entrepreneur and President of Branding Aloha, who helps organizations build brands through culture, community, and the spirit of aloha. ___________ Joella Hopkins is the President of Branding Aloha and The Branding Teams, a full-service branding and strategic m...

Nathan Graham AI Entrepreneur, Author & Human-Centred Technology Expert Today's guest is Nathan Graham, an AI entrepreneur, author, and founder of Synthetic Echo. Nathan helps business owners use artificial intelligence to automate repetitive work, strengthen their marketing, improve lead conversion, and operate with the power of a much larger team. He is the author of The Synthetic Echo and AI Wo...

Elyse Wilk Body of Work - Where people are just dying to get in. By E. L. Wilk, An Eric Hoffer Gold Medal Finalist, A Kindle Bestselling Medical Thriller& Amazon Bestseller. For Readers of Never Let Me Go & Coma E. L. Wilk is an Eric Hoffer Award Gold Medal Finalist and an Amazon bestselling author. Her work is shaped by a deep curiosity, from the origins of everything to the evolution of modern s...

Rowan Vale Author of ENOUGH — the man who gave himself away until he couldn't find his own face in the mirror. Rowan Vale is the author of ENOUGH, a memoir about losing yourself to addiction and finding the long way back. Writing under a pen name to protect his family's privacy, he tells his story from lived experience — seven months sober and still doing the daily work. ENOUGH isn't a tidy redemp...

Deborah Heiser Founder/CEO/Author I'm Deborah Heiser, PhD, an Applied Developmental Psychologist and coach specializing in midlife, aging, and the science of purpose across the lifespan. I'm the founder of Mental Mapping and My Legacy Tree. These are platforms designed to help people understand their impact, track personal growth, and intentionally shape the legacy they leave behind. I'm also the...

Aaron Jensen Inc 5000 founder, 4x ClickFunnels 2 Comma Club winner, & 8-Figure Club member. Built and sold 2 companies, now building a tech-enabled insurance agency. I talk shop on what actually scales. My guest today is Aaron Jensen — a serial entrepreneur who's built and sold three companies, including a seven-figure exit, and earned a spot on the Inc 5000 list of fastest-growing companies. Alon...

One Iam Author & Philosopher Exploring Consciousness, Perception, Hermetic Wisdom, and the Mental Nature of Existence Today's guest is ONE IAM, an author, philosopher, and speaker whose work explores the profound relationship between consciousness, perception, and human experience. Drawing from decades of contemplative practice, Hermetic philosophy, and his studies as a 9+ Degree Frater of the Ros...

Mandi Dana Executive Coach Helping High-Achieving Female CEOs Close the Gap Between Success and Fulfillment. Mandi Dana is a leadership coach and the founder of Radiant Leadership, where she helps high-performing female CEOs close the gap between external success and internal fulfillment. With a background of nine years and over 16,000 coaching sessions in the Tony Robbins organization, Mandi work...

Michael Carbonneau The business coach you been waiting for. I'm Michael Carbonneau. I started with nothing at 19 and figured it out the hard way as a general contractor and a financial advisor. No silver spoon, no shortcuts. Now through Coaching by Rosewood, I work with aspiring entrepreneurs who are done lying to themselves about why they're stuck. I don't do fluff, I don't do hand-holding I give...

Gaylen Wilson Heart transplant survivor paying that blessing forward by helping couples rebuild emotional safety, Intimacy, and connection before the relationship collapses. Today's guest is Gaylen Wilson, a heart transplant survivor, 20-years-sober former alcoholic, relationship author, erectile dysfunction advocate, Certified Thriving Relationship Coach, and founder of The Monument Method Instit...

Elyse Wilk Body of Work - Where people are just dying to get in. By E. L. Wilk, An Eric Hoffer Gold Medal Finalist, A Kindle Bestselling Medical Thriller& Amazon Bestseller. For Readers of Never Let Me Go & Coma. E. L. Wilk is an Eric Hoffer Award Gold Medal Finalist and an Amazon bestselling author. Her work is shaped by a deep curiosity, from the origins of everything to the evolution of modern...

Aaron Jensen Inc 5000 founder, 4x ClickFunnels 2 Comma Club winner, & 8-Figure Club member. Built and sold 2 companies, now building a tech-enabled insurance agency. I talk shop on what actually scales. My guest today is Aaron Jensen — a serial entrepreneur who's built and sold three companies, including a seven-figure exit, and earned a spot on the Inc 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.  Alo...

Chad Martin Author/Podcaster/Pro Wrestler/Personal Trainer. I've always believed that everyone has a story worth telling, and I've been fortunate enough to live several of them. I'm an author, podcast host, entrepreneur, certified personal trainer, internet radio station owner, and professional wrestler, and while those careers may seem unrelated at first glance, they've all been driven by the sam...

One Iam Author & Philosopher Exploring Consciousness, Perception, Hermetic Wisdom, and the Mental Nature of Existence. Today's guest is ONE IAM, an author, philosopher, and speaker whose work explores the profound relationship between consciousness, perception, and human experience. Drawing from decades of contemplative practice, Hermetic philosophy, and his studies as a 9+ Degree Frater of the Ro...

Paul Furiga Paul Furiga, Chief Storyteller. Paul Furiga is the founder of Pittsburgh-based public relations/marketing agency WordWrite. After 23 years, the WordWrite team recently joined forces with the great team at the Vendilli digital agency. While Paul is many things, above all he is a storyteller.  Paul spent the first two decades of his career as a journalist before transitioning to public r...

Emillio Rodriguez Speaker & Strategic Communications Leader on Trust, Human Connection, Resilience, and the People Who Change What We Believe is Possible Emillio Rodriguez is a speaker and strategic communications leader whose work is built around a powerful idea: the way we see people can change what they believe is possible. At 16, Emillio survived an 80-mph rollover crash. The vehicle rolled th...

Gabe Arnold Helping Visionary Founders Eliminate Operational Chaos to Scale, and Start Leading from the Passenger Seat. Gabe Arnold is the CEO of Simple Operations and the author of Passenger Seat Leadership and Atomic Words. After years of building and scaling businesses, he discovered a critical flaw that traps most entrepreneurs: building a company that completely relies on them to survive. Tod...

Silvia Rizzo High-Performance Leadership & Decision-Making. Silvia Rizzo works in high-performance environments across sport and business, focusing on leadership and decision-making under pressure. Her background is in elite sport, where she has spent years working with performance, error management, and mental resilience in real-world, high-stakes situations. On podcasts, she explores how leaders...

Amber Petty Weird Marketing Maven, Email Marketing, Ads, Non-Social Media Marketing, Anti-Perfectionism, Bringing Weird to Your Business is the Best Way to Make Money. After 13 years as a working actor in New York City, I got tired of waiting for auditions like "woman disappointed by scale" for a Weight Watchers commercial and went into freelance writing. From there, I got bylines, realized perfec...