The Purpose and Progress Podcast Show

 "I sell streamers through Amazon. I use social media. We're doing a podcast through the internet and Wi-Fi and Zoom. All these things are great, but they're tools. They're not the end game. The big tool is your brain, and if you don't use it, you lose it." —Dr. Rob Yonover   Train your mind before your smartphone does — that's the challenge PhD volcanologist, inventor, and Shark Tank alum Dr. Rob...

"Don't be afraid of change… We have to keep going because life is never going to go the way we planned. But those twists and turns might really surprise you. Change is inevitable, and I'm going to embrace it." —Anne Montgomery   Career reinvention rarely happens on a straight line, and no one proves that better than former ESPN sportscaster Anne Montgomery. In this episode of the Purpose and Progr...

"The BIG success is getting your time back to yourself to choose how you want to spend it." —Alexandra Reid   Burnout recovery rarely starts with a five-year plan — sometimes it starts with a stick figure drawn during a Zoom call. In this episode of The Purpose and Progress, host Dr. Jim Price sits down with creative wellness coach and former research scientist Alexandra Reid to unpack how she reb...

"You know yourself best. So listen to your own intuition and your gut, and do the inner work to really know what it is that you value, that genuinely brings you joy, that genuinely lights you up, and just take that courageous step and follow it. Choose progress before certainty. Choose taking that courageous step before feeling like you're ready, because at times you're not going to feel ready, an...

 "There's a story in everything. If you just look in your environment or the people you're around, or you listen to other people talking, there's a story, and if there's a story, you have a vision. Just start writing." —Avalon Brown   A 43-year nursing career doesn't usually end with a bookshelf full of published titles — but for this episode's guest, becoming a nurse turned author wasn't a plan,...

"What we're trying to do with the campaign: long-term, build credibility, trust within the marketplace, and have some community impact. If it's PR, you want to do good things in the community, but we want a return on investment… If you do it the right way, I believe you'll be successful." —Steve Turner   The 5 M's of PR could save your brand from years of wasted ad spend — and PR veteran Steve Tur...

 "I wanted to engineer the human psyche because it is the area of greatest mystery, of greatest unknown, and more importantly, it is the area in which we, as a race, are failing miserably. Ninety-five percent (95%) of the problems in industrialized society are because people don't understand people." —Jim Marshall   Septemics sounds like science fiction until you realize it's built on 40 years of...

 "Try to stay open to other possibilities, but do not give up. I don't think you should give up on yourself or what you need for yourself." —Kim Shea   Planning for aging isn't about giving up your independence — it's about protecting it.  In this episode, Dr. Jim Price sits down with retirement coach and author Kim Shea to talk about what it actually takes to age well, on your own terms. Kim spen...

"Asking for help is not saying that you're not able to do something necessarily, but sometimes other things need your focus more." —Benjamin Speich   If you've ever set a goal and had no idea what to actually do on Monday morning, this episode breaks down leading vs. lagging indicators in a way that finally makes goal-setting feel doable.  Dr. Jim Price sits down with Benjamin Speich, a fractional...

 "If I can reach a point of relative stability where I'm doing meaningful stuff— anyone can. But the first thing you have to commit to is your stability." —Mark Blacknell   Overcoming PTSD isn't about finding a cure — it's about finding a foundation, and that's exactly what former Marine Mark Blacknell learned the hard way.  In this episode, Dr. Jim Price sits down with Blacknell, a veteran who sp...

 "The present moment is the most powerful part of our daily life that we don't spend a lot of time with. But that's where the change is: the awareness of the present moment, and from that is born so much of the power that you need to go on." —Billy Mandarino   What does true present moment awareness actually feel like — and why does it matter more than any meditation technique you've tried?  In th...

 "There are two things you can always say to yourself: 'it's not always going to be this way' and 'this is not the end of the story; it's only part of the story." —Don Wood   Turning trauma into purpose sounds impossible until you hear how one man explains how he did it.  In this episode of Purpose in Progress, Dr. Jim Price sits down with executive advisor and podcast host Don Wood, who grew up i...

"Let people know they're not alone, and that everything is possible for them if they will just give themselves a 'yes' to themselves, to their own life." —Michele Blood   Finding your purpose in life rarely happens on your own timeline — sometimes it takes a crisis to crack it open.  In this episode of The Purpose in Progress Podcast, Dr. Jim Price talks with Michele Blood, creator of Magnet to Su...

"Don't try to follow what other people are doing… You have to find your own uniqueness and your own path…. Do what makes you happy, and what actually works out for you." —MariaCrystal Melo   Building an acting career without a guaranteed map is the central thread of this week's episode. Dr. Jim Price talks with award-winning actress, writer, producer, and director MariaCrystal Melo about the years...

 "If you truly believe in the product and service that you're delivering in the company, and how you help and serve your clients, then you get to really step into that role of worthy intent, where you truly desire to make a difference." —Lynn Whitbeck   Sales is an act of service — and Lynn Whitbeck has been proving that since she was a Girl Scout, outselling everyone at the grocery store entrance...

 "Do what you need to do, scared or not, knowledge or not. We live in an information world now; you can find out how to do anything. Practice makes perfect. When you put those two things together, and you continue to push, there's nothing that's going to stop you." —B. Danielle Watkins   Dr. B. Danielle Watkins didn't plan to become an award-winning writer, director, and network executive — she wa...

 "When we place ourselves through service and helping other people, inspiring other people, it's interesting how everything our hearts desire, and the wishes that we want fulfilled can actually come onto our doorstep and into our life." —John Masiulionis   What happens when a cancer diagnosis, a grandmother's passing, and a cross-country move during a pandemic become the exact ingredients for your...

 "When you're prepared and you're really hungry and ready for something, you will make way to make those things happen." —Dr. Jim Price   What does it really take to find your purpose and keep moving forward when life doesn't go as planned? In this first episode of the Purpose and Progress Podcast, Dr. Jim Price shares the real story behind his journey: from struggling in school and walking away f...