HUMAN ENOUGH

What happens when we stop avoiding the truth about our choices? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with author, poet, storyteller, and podcast host Branch Isole to explore truth, personal responsibility, choice and consequence, relationships, spirituality, and the difficult conversations many people would rather avoid. With 22 books and a background spanning teaching, corporate sales and...

What happens when the identity you’ve built your life around suddenly disappears? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with transformational coach, hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and author Leo Dulay to explore identity, emotional patterns, and the subconscious beliefs that can keep us stuck. After 22 years at AT&T, Leo was laid off and found himself questioning who he was without the ca...

Why has political disagreement in America become so personal? Why are people increasingly hostile toward those who hold different opinions—and why are so many others simply tuning out? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Elias Martin, a native New Yorker, history enthusiast, podcaster, and independent thinker who is deeply interested in understanding the roots of America’s political t...

What if the most important financial lessons children learn have very little to do with how much money their parents make? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Greg Junge, entrepreneur, author, longtime real estate investor, Internationally Certified Results Coach, and co-owner of Your Clean Books, the bookkeeping company he runs with his wife. Greg is also the founder of Money Mindset...

What happens when the strategies that made you successful in life suddenly stop working? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Nancy Deyo, a former Silicon Valley CEO and Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow, whose life was transformed by a medical crisis on Mount Kilimanjaro. What followed was a fifteen-year journey through misdiagnosis, persistent pain, opioid dependence, a...

What happens when you spend your entire life trying to become the person everyone else wants you to be? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Sarah Duncan, a florist turned life coach who helps people turn trauma into trust and step into the role of the main character in their own lives. Sarah’s own journey began with a lifelong battle against perfectionism and a powerful realization th...

What happens when two people love each other but don’t experience desire in the same way? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Dr. Lori Davis, a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified Sex Counselor, and one of the few practitioners who addresses the medical, somatic, and relational sides of sexual health and intimacy. Dr. Lori specializes in mismatched desire and helps in...

What happens when the experiences that were supposed to break you become the beginning of a completely different life? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Michelle Rogers, entrepreneur, author of The Resiliency Blueprint, and founder of Magnetic Property Management and MLR Products. Michelle shares her deeply personal journey through childhood abuse, abandonment, divorce, and the proc...

What does it take to compete at an elite level for decades—and keep finding ways to get better? On this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I’m joined by Michael Kelly, a world champion grappler, longtime wrestler, coach, and one of the most accomplished masters competitors in the sport. Michael holds the most No-Gi World medals in USA Wrestling history and is a six-time Masters Gi and No-Gi World Champion....

What happens when life suddenly asks you to stop, listen inward, and reconsider the direction you’re heading? On this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I’m joined by Ellen Edmondson, a multi-award-winning author, intuition mentor, and spiritual guide whose own profound spiritual awakening in 2013 transformed the course of her life. A former senior government executive, Ellen eventually followed a deeper ca...

What does it really take to succeed consistently in an industry where one great result can create enormous attention—and one bad result can change everything? On this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, Emmanuel sits down with Ed Franklin, an MBA in Finance and a veteran of more than 33 years in the sports information industry. Ed has built his career around statistical analysis, research, financial discipli...

What happens when scientists from countries in conflict sit down together, not as enemies, but as colleagues? On this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, Emmanuel speaks with Dr. Zafra Lerman, a world-renowned chemist, educator, human-rights advocate, and peacebuilder whose extraordinary career has taken her from science classrooms to conflict zones, from advocating for persecuted scientists to the White Hou...

What makes someone a truly effective leader? Is it expertise, confidence, decision-making ability—or something deeper? On this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, Emmanuel sits down with Yosi Kossowsky, a seasoned executive coach with more than 18 years of coaching experience and over 30 years in executive leadership, including roles as a Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director of Talent Management. Yos...

What if some of the biggest obstacles standing between you and the life you want aren’t external—but the beliefs you carry about yourself? On this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, Emmanuel sits down with Tommy Rodriguez, an accomplished sales professional, transformational life coach, corporate sales trainer, and leader who has consistently ranked #1 in sales throughout his career. Tommy has generated mor...

What happens when we stop asking AI to simply agree with us—and instead invite it to challenge everything we believe? In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with author and creator Mohamed Nabil, the founder of AIDOP—AI Debates on One’s Publications—a process designed to use AI to critically examine his own published ideas and make those debates publicly available. We explore Mohamed’s concep...

What if the problem isn’t that you’re bad at work—but that the way we work was never designed with human beings in mind? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Tony Tenaglier, an aerospace Quality Manager, PhD researcher in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, author, and podcast host. Tony brings together psychology, leadership, flow science, engineeri...

What happens when we stop thinking about politics as red versus blue and start asking whether the system itself is working? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Evan Jaqua, an international business development specialist, entrepreneur, and founder of the Solutions Party. Having lived and worked across different cultures—including America, Japan, South America, and China—Evan brings a...

What can 100,000 business conversations teach us about being human? For more than 30 years, Tom Vander Well has listened to and analyzed customer service calls, sales conversations, technical support interactions, complaints, and difficult conversations across corporate America. But along the way, he discovered that these conversations weren’t really just about business. They revealed fear, frustr...

What happens when the life you built no longer feels like it belongs to you? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, I sit down with Haley Elise Ridgel—author, speaker, mother, mental health advocate, and creator of the Begin Again Framework. Haley’s story is one of identity, caregiving, motherhood, grief, mental health, and starting over. From growing up in pageants and learning to become the person oth...

Artificial intelligence is changing how businesses operate—but it’s also creating new questions around contracts, privacy, cybersecurity, data, ethics, and responsibility. In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Rory O’Keeffe, commercial lawyer, entrepreneur, storyteller, and founder of RMOK Legal. Rory has built his career at the intersection of law and technology, helping businesses nav...

What happens when technology becomes so deeply embedded in our lives that we begin replacing human connection with machines? In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Justin Cale II, a leatherworker, activist, creative, and former logistics coordinator for an independent political campaign. We explore how AI is changing the art industry, what it could mean for education and children, why Ge...

What if burnout isn’t simply a problem of working too hard—but a problem of living in a constant state of stress and reaction? In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Dr. Melanie Gray, a registered nurse, educator, wellness strategist, and nationally recognized expert in trauma-informed leadership, burnout prevention, and workplace wellness. We explore how chronic stress and unresolved tr...

What if healing doesn’t begin with finding all the answers, but with learning to listen within? In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, Shawngela Pierce shares her remarkable journey from childhood trauma and serious health challenges through science, academia, naturopathic medicine, and ultimately a deeper spiritual understanding of healing. We talk about trauma, spiritual awakening, divine guidance, pu...

What happens when a successful Beverly Hills lawyer walks away from a comfortable career and spends the next 27 years working around the world? In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Clifford Brown, a former USAID legal advisor and senior manager who spent nearly three decades working in international development across Latin America, Africa, Central Asia, and beyond. Clifford takes us i...

What if one of the smartest things a business can do for its bottom line is simply invest more deeply in its people? In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Sandra Coker, founder and CEO of Human Power Solutions, organizational leadership expert, international best-selling author, and host of the People Profit Podcast. Sandra has spent more than two decades helping organizations create he...