Beyond the Draft

What does it mean to experience God’s presence in everyday life? Award-winning Christian author Marcia McFarland joins Beyond the Draft to share the personal experiences and spiritual encounters that inspired her book, Perfect Glory: 21 Spiritual Insights for the 21st Century. Marcia opens up about extraordinary encounters with the Divine, including a profound “mountaintop” experience that shaped...

What if you didn’t have to lose everything before deciding that something needs to change? Heather Simco, transformation coach, entrepreneur, and founder of Sober Boss Babe, joins Beyond the Draft for an honest conversation about success, burnout, sobriety, coping patterns, and the journey back to yourself. With more than 20 years in entrepreneurship and over a decade of sobriety, Heather understa...

As technology moves faster, what happens to the human connection at the center of everything? James Hodgson, founder of Humanise Live and host of Humanism Now, joins Beyond the Draft to explore the intersection of humanism, technology, community, business, and the future of work. A former tech-company CEO and advocate for ethical technology and human flourishing, James believes curiosity, compassi...

What if the pressure to change is actually making change harder? Kerisma Vere, holistic wellness coach and author of The Light Switch Myth, challenges the all-or-nothing approach to personal growth and asks us to rethink what healing and sustainable change can actually look like. Drawing from lived experience, recovery, professional training, and years of supporting others, Kerisma explores trauma...

What if the fastest way to improve your profits isn’t selling more—but pricing what you already sell differently? Per Sjofors, known as “The Price Whisperer,” joins Beyond the Draft to break down one of the most overlooked drivers of business growth: pricing. With decades of experience running companies, conducting pricing experiments across more than 40 countries, and working with nearly 1,000 cl...

What happens when a military veteran personally experiences a system that isn’t working—and decides to do something about it? On this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Keith Barton, a 20-year Marine Corps veteran, former military aviator, author, and advocate for family-court reform. Keith brings a unique perspective shaped by military service, leadership, public policy, veterans’ i...

What happens when the life that once seemed completely broken becomes the foundation for an entirely different kind of purpose? On this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Dave Letterfly Knoderer, author, artist, entrepreneur, storyteller, spiritual seeker, and lifelong creative whose extraordinary journey has taken him from circus horsemanship and award-winning performance to entrepr...

What if the story you’ve been keeping to yourself is actually the foundation of your greatest impact? On this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Teresa Rodriguez, publisher, storyteller, TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and founder of Liberté Press—a boutique publishing house dedicated to helping women transform their stories into books that create influence, impact, and income. Ter...

At just four years old, Jen Aitken survived a life-altering car accident that took her father and left her with lasting injuries. Being pulled off life support and surviving gave her a perspective that would shape the way she sees life forever: life is short, so why not live it fully? Today, Jen is a professional travel advisor, explorer, and self-proclaimed “side quest queen” who has travelled to...

How can one disagreement turn into something much bigger—and what happens when trust, loyalty, and ambition begin to collide? On this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Rodney Phillips, author of Dissension: A Disagreement That Leads to Discord, a crime drama exploring the thin line between loyalty and betrayal and how one fracture in trust can unravel everything. Rodney's own writin...

What would it feel like to remember every single day of your life since the age of six—including the emotions attached to those memories? On this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Frank Healy, a Licensed Professional Counselor, life coach, author, and one of a small number of people known to have Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory. Frank shares how his extraordinary relationshi...

What happens when life looks successful from the outside—but internally, something still feels wrong? On this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Liz Coleman, a certified transformational life coach, psychology graduate, Mind Shifting and NLP practitioner, and creator of the MindLife Reset™. Liz works with women who appear to have everything together but are exhausted from constantly...

Sometimes life doesn't break down one piece at a time. Sometimes everything happens at once. On this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with TedX speaker, author, medical sales professional, ultra-marathon runner, and charity founder Troy Haslinger to explore the raw story behind his memoir, Beautifully Dysfunctional. Troy's journey includes career setbacks, addiction, mental health strug...

How many unfinished conversations, broken promises, unspoken boundaries, and unresolved commitments are quietly draining your life? On this episode of Beyond the Draft , Imma sits down with Robin Quinn Keehn, Human Dynamics Specialist, Certified Mediator, and author of Stop Stealing From Yourself . Robin introduces the idea of “Open Loops”—the conversations we avoid, promises we leave unfinished,...

What does it take to lead change without losing the people you're trying to lead? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Rev. Dr. B. Keith Haney, a pastor, author, ministry leader, and advocate for unity and transformation, for a powerful conversation about faith, leadership, organizational change, culture, and the difficult work of building bridges in a divided world. With more...

What happens when everything you thought you knew about leadership has to be reconsidered because the culture around you has changed? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Eva Aimable-Kolosko, global leadership and transformation strategist, executive coach, speaker, and author of Growth Without Borders: The Global Leader's Toolkit. Having lived in eight countries across three c...

What does it mean to come home when the place you're trying to return to isn't a physical place, but yourself? In this deeply honest episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with author Angel Willard to explore trauma, motherhood, chronic pain, incarceration, accountability, resilience, and the long road toward healing. Angel opens up about the experiences that changed her life, the pain of bei...

When her husband lost his job, Ann Pells experienced firsthand the fear and uncertainty that financial instability can bring. Trapped in the same cycle so many families know, 30-year mortgages, mounting interest, wondering if they'd ever truly get ahead, she began asking one life-changing question: "How can I?" That question became the foundation for LifeGiver Legacy, and eventually, a TEDx talk....

What if the problem isn’t that we don’t know what to eat—but that we don’t understand why we eat the way we do? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with men’s health coach, Harvard teaching fellow, and author Jeffrey Siegel to explore the hidden psychology behind eating habits, self-control, and lasting change. Jeff challenges the idea that willpower is the answer, revealing how st...

What happens to leadership when technology can move faster than people—but still can’t replace trust, communication, and human connection? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with leadership and team-performance expert David Lengyel, who has spent more than 40 years helping organizations understand why some teams thrive while others struggle. Through Venture Up, David has worked wi...

What if happiness isn’t just something happening inside your mind? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with sociologist and Villanova University professor Brian Jones to explore the social world behind happiness. Drawing on research and national survey data, Brian examines how relationships, marriage, friendships, work, money, and communities can shape our sense of well-being. Rath...

What happens when life changes in a single moment—and then challenges you again before you’ve even had time to recover? Shannon Michelle’s story is one of survival, resilience, and profound transformation. After a horrific motorcycle accident left her in a coma and struggling with memory loss, she faced another life-changing battle: a breast cancer diagnosis. Yet through these experiences, Shannon...

What happens when the life you imagined disappears—and you have to learn how to build a new one? In this deeply personal episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Michaela S. Cox, a speaker, author, mother, and creator of Finding Grace Through Grief, for an honest conversation about disability, divorce, death, faith, motherhood, and rebuilding. Michaela shares what grief taught her that no...

Why do so many men who "know what to do" still can't seem to lose the weight, fix their energy, or improve their blood work? Brian Parana is a men's health coach with over 20 years of experience helping busy, high-performing men over 40 lose fat, improve their labs, and get their energy back without turning fitness into a second job. He's coached thousands of clients, including Olympians and Cross...

"They took my tongue, but I can't talk about it!" After surviving tongue cancer twice, and receiving tissue from both a cadaver and his own arm to rebuild his tongue, Dr. Gerald Robison, affectionately known as "Dr G," brings humor to some of Christianity's hardest questions. Having pastored churches on three continents and trained Bible teachers in over 25 countries, Dr G is the author of roughly...