The Seeding Greatness Podcast

What happens when your talent is bigger than your belief about where you belong? That is where this conversation with DJ Thielen went. DJ is a former professional baseball player, real estate investor, entrepreneur, mentor, and sales leader who has spent more than two decades building businesses and helping people create greater financial freedom through real estate. But this episode is about much...

What if the behaviors you’ve been trying to change are connected to pain you’ve never fully understood? On this episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast, Darryll Stinson sits down with Dr. Genie Burnett, a psychologist with decades of experience helping people understand their emotional wounds, family patterns, and path toward healing. Genie shares her personal journey through an eating disorder,...

What if the life you're working so hard to build for everyone else is keeping you from building the one God put on your heart? Amy Mascali knows what it means to bet on herself. After years in sales, she grew tired of being the face of decisions she didn't believe in. In 2018, she made a bold move: she sold nearly everything she owned and chose to build a life around her own vision. That d...

What if having more money doesn't solve your problems... it just reveals the ones you haven't healed? And what if the greatest freedom you could ever experience isn't financial freedom, but the freedom to stop taking everything personally? Yo! This conversation with Suzanne Leydecker on The Seeding Greatness Podcast went places I did NOT expect. Suzanne is an author, philanthropist, sp...

High performance sounds good until it starts costing you your health, your focus, your relationships, or your alignment. That’s why this conversation with Kristin Ericksen matters. Kristin is a peak performance coach, entrepreneur, retreat leader, former elite gymnast, and one of the most intense, results-driven people I know. She was performing from a very young age, building a business around ag...

What if the biggest risk to your performance isn't what's happening around you? What if it's what you're neglecting within you? That's one of the things I couldn't un-hear after this conversation with Joy St John. Joy spent more than 20 years working in risk, compliance and enterprise leadership, including major work with organizations like KPMG and HSBC. But what makes her...

How much of yourself have you learned to hide just to survive the rooms you’ve been in? Maybe you changed how you talked. How you dressed. What you listened to. How loud you laughed. What you believed. Or maybe you learned how to walk into a room and immediately calculate:How much of me is safe to show here? That’s what hit me during this conversation with Donte Chavers. On the surface, Donte’s st...

What if the biggest limitation to your finances isn’t your income, but the mindset by which you approach it? Most people spend their lives learning how to survive. They learn how to budget, crunch numbers, get out of debt, and make wise financial decisions and those things matter. But few ever learn how to steward money with purpose… and even fewer step into dominion. In this episode of the Seedin...

In this episode of the Seeding Greatness Podcast, I sit down with my friend, TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, podcast host, and “The Human Connection Guy,” Jim Morris, for one of the most timely conversations we’ve had on this show. Jim has spent years studying, teaching, and living the power of human connection long before it became a trending topic. But what makes this conversation different is that...

AI is changing everything. Jobs. Education. Creativity. Production. Trust. But the deeper question is not just what AI will replace. It is what humans must recover. This episode is for the entrepreneur, executive, creative, producer, team leader, or future-focused professional trying to understand what still matters in an AI-driven world. Because as tools get smarter, the human side of storytellin...

Some people are not running out of life. They are running out of excuses. This episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast with Joseph Amanfu hit me deeply, because this is not just a conversation about communication. This is a conversation about urgency, value, identity, self-awareness, legacy, and the lies people believe that keep them from fully stepping into what they carry. Joseph is 78 years ol...

Yo! If you know you have calling on your life and you know it’s HARD out here, this is one of those episodes you’re going to want to watch over and over again when you need it. Kevin Parker, interventionist, recovery expert, and speaker, absolutely shut the house down on this podcast. He was read his last rites and told he wouldn't live another day, his best friend searched his pockets for mon...

What happens when a pastor realizes he’s called to more than the pulpit? In this transformational episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast, Darryll Stinson sits down with Michael King, award-winning executive coach and former ministry leader, to unpack his powerful journey from burnout to breakthrough. Michael shares how he left one of America’s fastest-growing churches, battled toxic culture fati...

What if every conversation you had carried the power to change a life? That’s the philosophy Amanda Banks lives by. She’s an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, former competitive athlete, and award-winning leader who has mastered the art of building authentic influence in a noisy, distracted world. In this Seeding Greatness episode, Darryll Stinson and Amanda unpack: - How athletics shaped her drive, dis...

What happens when you combine the soulful fire of a world-traveling storyteller with the strategic brilliance of a brand architect? You get a magnetic conversation that will stir your spirit and sharpen your voice. In this episode of Seeding Greatness, Darryll sits down with Christy Renee Stehle - a speaker, brand strategist, and globe-trotter who’s mastered the art of helping brands cut through t...

In this heartfelt conversation, Darryll Stinson sits down with author, speaker, transformational coach Jen Aks to explore the deep wisdom held within our bodies. Jen shares how dance, vulnerability, and embodied practices like her signature 'Power of Gesture' technique can lead to confidence, clarity, and authentic self-expression. You’ll learn how body-based intelligence isn’t just for pe...

In this powerful episode, Darryll Stinson sits down with transformational coach and speaker, Dr. Justin Moseley, to explore the raw, real journey from trauma to true transformation. Dr. Justin opens up about the near-death experience that changed the entire trajectory of his life—from a successful chiropractor chasing material success to a purpose-driven leader helping others break through their i...

In this entertaining episode of the Seeding Greatness, we sat down with the myth, the man, the legend - Rick "The Wealth Coach" Williams. Professionally known as Rick The Wealth Coach, Rick Williams is an author, speaker, coach, and mogul in the entrepreneurial and financial space. The Chicago native began his journey in real estate in 2016. He dominated so well that he created his own a...

In this intriguing first episode of the Seeding Greatness, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Steven Monahan, a former Fortune 100 executive who stepped away from an opportunity of a massive pension in order to become a spiritual teacher, mentor, philanthropist and creative. Steve serves as co-organizer of TEDxAlexanderPark, founder of Purple Charity, Green Pets America and GPA charities. Yo...

What if the thing you’ve been taught to suppress - play, imagination, joy - is actually the key to unlocking your voice, your leadership, and your purpose? In this transformational episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast, Darryll sits down with Corean Canty - TEDx speaker coach, communication expert, and founder of Speak More Human - to explore how play, presence, and curiosity can heal us… and h...

What does it take to reinvent yourself after a life-altering injury, pivot your entire career during a global pandemic, and step into your most powerful voice on the TEDx stage? In this episode of Seeding Greatness, Darryll Stinson sits down with powerhouse speaker and coach Kristin Ericksen - a woman who has gone from celebrity fitness trainer to financial advisor, to transformational speaker hel...

What if burnout isn’t coming from your workload but from pretending to be someone you’re not? In this powerful episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast, Darryll Stinson sits down with Jennifer Watson, integrative wellness expert, 2xTEDx speaker, and high-performance leadership coach, for a conversation that redefines success from the inside out. Jennifer shares her journey as a former D1 All-Ameri...

What happens when the fame fades and your left by yourself? In this powerful, unfiltered episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast, Darryll Stinson, sits down live with Jonah Marais, pop singer and former member of Why Don’t We , for a deeply honest conversation about fame, faith, sobriety, identity, and rebuilding life after success. Recorded live at a Seeding Greatness Social, this conversation g...

You’re about to witness one of the most transformational conversations in Seeding Greatness history. In this powerful episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast, Darryll Stinson sits down with Stephen Scoggins, entrepreneur, author, and spiritual leader, whose life story defies every surface-level definition of success. Stephen went from homelessness, loss, and deep emotional pain to building a near...

Most leaders think they need better strategy. But what if the real problem is courage? In this episode of The Seeding Greatness Podcast, Darryll Stinson sits down with Dr. Matisa Wilbon — a faith-driven speaker, minister, author, and leadership consultant with over 20 years of experience helping organizations move from intention to impact. This conversation goes deeper than surface-level leadershi...