Serving Your Purpose

What does it take to change your life when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the fear of starting over? In this episode of Serving Your Purpose , Ron Beshear welcomes Jaryd Motsinger, Executive Director of Cincinnati Challenge Ranch, a faith-based residential recovery program helping men overcome addiction and other life-controlling challenges. Through mentoring, practical life ski...

What were you made for? In this special episode of Serving Your Purpose , the questions are turned on Ron Beshear as longtime television anchor and former voice of the Cincinnati Bengals Brad Johansen sits down with Ron for a wide-ranging conversation about purpose, faith, family, generosity, leadership, and a life well lived. Ron reflects on the decision that brought his family to Cincinnati, dis...

What does it mean to build a life of success, only to discover that your greatest purpose is giving it away? In this episode of Serving Your Purpose , Ron Beshear welcomes longtime friend, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Evans Nnamdi Nwankwo. Born in Nigeria, Evans came to America to pursue an education at Texas A&M University and eventually built a successful career in construction. Along the wa...

What experiences shape what you believe and how you choose to live?   In this episode of  Serving Your Purpose , Ron Beshear sits down with entrepreneur and civic leader Tom Sodeika for a conversation about the three foundations that have shaped his life: faith, family, and freedom.   Tom shares the remarkable story of his Lithuanian parents, who fled Soviet occupation during World War II and even...

Nearly 30 years ago, Ron Beshear stood before a room of financial professionals at a Northwestern Mutual regional meeting in Chicago and shared a message about purpose, belief, service, and making your life count. Recently, Ron listened to that 1997 talk for the first time. What struck him wasn't how much had changed. It was how much hadn't. In this special episode from the archives, Ron shares th...

What if your work isn't separate from your purpose, but one of the primary places you're meant to live it out? In this episode of Serving Your Purpose , Ron Beshear sits down with longtime friend Chuck Proudfit, founder of At Work on Purpose and a business consultant who has spent decades helping people and organizations connect work, faith, leadership, and purpose. Chuck shares his fascinating jo...

What does it really mean to live well? In this special father-son conversation, Ron Beshear welcomes his son, Ben Beshear, CEO of LiveWell Capital and host of the Life, Money & Living Well podcast. Together, they explore the experiences and beliefs that have shaped Ben as a husband, father, leader, financial advisor, and man of faith. Ben shares why great leaders need to think bigger, what he's le...

What does it look like to build a life around the things that matter most? In this special episode of Serving Your Purpose , the roles are reversed as Ron Beshear shares a conversation originally recorded with his son, Ben Beshear, host of Life, Money & Living Well . Ben turns the questions on his dad, inviting Ron to reflect on nearly eight decades of life, more than 50 years in business, 10,000+...

What happens when you're willing to build your life on the truth of God's Word? In this episode of  Serving Your Purpose , Ron Beshear welcomes Joe Boone, Chief Strategy Officer for Answers in Genesis and former president of the ministry behind the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum. Joe shares his remarkable journey from business owner and manufacturer of firefighting equipment to helping lead one...

What happens when success is no longer enough? In this episode of  Serving Your Purpose , Ron Beshear sits down with business leader Bill Wilkinson for a deeply personal conversation about leadership, faith, purpose, and learning to hear the quiet voice of the Holy Spirit. Bill shares how years spent striving for professional success eventually gave way to a season of intentional discernment. Thro...

What were you born to do? In this short but powerful message originally shared with an entrepreneurship class at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Ron Beshear explores one of life's most important questions: How do you discover your calling? Drawing from decades of experience, Ron explains why calling is about more than simply choosing a career. He shares the difference between our primary calli...

What does it look like to stand boldly for truth in a culture that increasingly challenges it? In this episode of Serving Your Purpose, Ron Beshear sits down with Aaron Baer, President of the Center for Christian Virtue, Ohio's leading Christian public policy organization. Aaron shares his journey from journalism student at Ohio University to becoming one of the most influential Christian voices i...

What if the future of medicine isn't simply about treating disease, but helping people live longer, healthier, and more purpose-filled lives? In this episode of Serving Your Purpose, Ron sits down with Dr. Steve Amoils, co-founder of AIM for Wellbeing and a pioneer in integrative medicine. Together they explore health optimization, longevity, personalized medicine, mental health, purpose, and the...

More than 20 years ago, Ron gave a keynote address called Enriching Lives . Recently, he revisited that message and asked a simple question: Do these principles still hold up today? Drawing on conversations with more than 10,000 people throughout his career, Ron reflects on what matters most in life and the common characteristics found in people who make a lasting impact. From positivity and persi...

What if mental illness is more common... and more treatable... than we think? In this episode of Serving Your Purpose , Ron sits down with renowned psychiatrist Dr. Paul Keck, former CEO of the Lindner Center of Hope, to explore the reality of mental health today. Dr. Keck has spent decades studying mood disorders, bipolar disorder, and the biology of the brain. But what stands out most is not jus...

What happens when the dream you've worked your whole life for… is suddenly taken away? In this powerful conversation, Ron sits down with former Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback and NFL player Tony Pike to talk about leadership, adversity, identity, and what it really means to live with purpose. Tony shares his unlikely journey from being overlooked and buried on the depth chart to leading Cincinnat...

In this solo episode, Ron Beshear shares a simple but powerful question that can reshape how you think about your life: What is your highest destiny in this season? Drawing from decades of experience and the influence of his mentor Bob Beale, Ron explores the power of asking better questions and how those questions guide clarity, purpose, and direction. He walks through the importance of understan...

Ron Beshear sits down with Chad Hovind, pastor of Horizon Community Church, to talk about purpose in the real world. They cover Godonomics, creativity, communication, leadership, parenting, and faith. From the idea that "capitalism is not just a good idea, it's God's idea" to the challenge of becoming a better communicator and counselor, Chad shares practical wisdom shaped by years of leadership a...

In this episode of Serving Your Purpose , Ron sits down with entrepreneur, Army Ranger, and friend Joe Walden for a conversation about grit, service, faith, and the long road of building something that lasts. Joe reflects on the discipline and mental toughness required to become an Army Ranger, the deep bond shared among those who serve, and the heartbreaking reality many veterans face when they l...

In this episode, Ron reflects on a personal moment that led to a powerful framework for living a meaningful life. When Ron's grandson Logan was baptized, he sat down to write a prayer for him. Drawing on more than 55 years of interviewing over 10,000 people, Ron asked a simple question: What makes a person truly attractive, interesting, and impactful? The answer came down to four principles that s...

Ron's guest is Dr. Doug Gaker, a third-generation physician and longtime Ohio urologist whose career has touched thousands of patients and families. Ron calls him "a legacy in scrubs," not just for medical skill, but for the calm wisdom and compassion Doug brings to people in hard moments. In this conversation, Doug shares how an early experience as a sick 12-year-old shaped the kind of physician...

Ron sits down with Dr. Carlos Campo, President and CEO of the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Carlos shares his unlikely journey from a family where neither parent finished high school to leading two universities and now guiding one of the most remarkable cultural institutions in our nation's capital. Together, they talk about faith, education, and the growing spiritual hunger on college c...

In this solo episode of  Serving Your Purpose , Ron shares what he's learning and reflects on the kind of life that feels meaningful, steady, and intentional. Ron tells the story of a personal purpose statement he wrote in 1985 and repeated for 35 years before getting out of bed, a simple daily reset that helped him stay grounded in what mattered most. Ron also talks about a concept that hit him h...

In this episode of Serving Your Purpose , Ron sits down with longtime friend Denis Beausejour , a former senior executive at Procter & Gamble whose career took him around the world, then brought him to Cincinnati. Denis shares how a near-death moment during the 1995 Kobe earthquake forced him to stop, reassess, and confront the emptiness that professional success could not fill. Together, Ron and...

In this episode of Serving Your Purpose , Ron sits down with someone he's known his entire life, his cousin Ken Sheridan. Ron calls Ken "the closest thing I have to a brother," and you can feel that trust and history all the way through the conversation. For more than 40 years, Ken helped lead workplace safety efforts across the U.S., including work with Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utiliti...