The SAvvy Shift

What if better performance at work didn’t require more pressure? In this episode, we sit down with Brandi Heather to explore how **playful intelligence** can help people think, connect, and adapt more effectively at work. We discuss why creativity and curiosity often disappear as workplaces become more rigid, serious, and risk-averse. Brandi explains how play helped shape her work in accessibility...

Michelle Doan joins us to discuss sensitive skin care, cystic acne, Korean skincare, entrepreneurship, resilience, and personal growth. Michelle’s story begins far beyond the beauty industry. As a child, she escaped Vietnam with her family by boat. Afterward, they spent a year in a refugee camp before rebuilding their lives in Canada. Those experiences shaped her approach to change, hard work, and...

What does it actually take to change your life when motivation isn’t enough? In this episode, we sit down with Donna Kreisler to talk about personal responsibility, discipline, mindset, money, and lasting change. Donna shares how a failed business investment left her responsible for roughly $1 million in debt. However, financial pressure wasn’t the only challenge she faced. At the time, Donna was...

What actually happens during hypnosis, and can it change deeply rooted habits? In this episode, we sit down with Nelson Whiting to explore how clinical hypnosis works and why subconscious patterns can shape everyday behavior. Nelson explains the differences between stage hypnosis and clinical hypnotherapy, including what happens when someone enters a trance state. We also discuss brainwave states...

What does it really take to build a scalable business without working more hours every year? In this episode, we talk with Sailynn Doyle about creating growth without making yourself the center of every decision. Sailynn shares how she built a million-dollar company while working exhausting 80-hour weeks. Eventually, she realized that revenue alone didn’t equal success. So, she rebuilt the company...

In this episode, we sit down with Anita Fordin to talk about **expat identity**, culture shock, language barriers, self-doubt, and what it really takes to build a life abroad. After moving from Phoenix to a small village in Italy, Anita expected a new adventure. Instead, she found herself facing loneliness, disconnection, and a major shift in how she saw herself. We talk about how **expat identity...

High achieving women often become the person everyone trusts to carry more, solve problems, and keep things moving. In this episode, we talk with Justine Asante about why that pattern can become exhausting. We also explore how sustainable authority can change the way women lead, work, parent, and ask for support. Justine explains how emotional labor often stays invisible. Women may anticipate prob...

In this episode, we sit down with Marvin Wilkerson to explore how subconscious programming can shape our beliefs, habits, emotions, and everyday choices. Marvin shares how his journey through astrology, spirituality, hypnotherapy, and NLP led him to focus on the deeper patterns influencing human behavior. We talk about how childhood experiences can create subconscious programming that continues in...

How do you reclaim your power after trauma, self-doubt, or years of ignoring your inner voice? In this episode, Oliveyah Fisch shares how healing begins with personal sovereignty, emotional honesty, and daily self-trust. Oliveyah reflects on growing up in a cult and learning to disconnect from unsafe experiences. She explains how those survival patterns later appeared as overtraining, overworking,...

What happens when your soul points toward a life you haven’t fully embraced? In this episode, we speak with Angelica Ancelorum about purpose, meaning, psychic readings, and healing art. She shares how depression and social fear started a nine-year journey toward emotional healing and self-discovery. Angelica explains how creative practice helped her reconnect with herself during a difficult period...

In this episode, we speak with Rachel Teeling about rebuilding self trust after heartbreak, betrayal, and unhealthy relationship patterns. Rachel shares how her life changed when her wedding was cancelled only four weeks before the ceremony. Later, she discovered her former partner had been having an affair. Her relationship, family, identity, and business had become deeply connected. Therefore, h...

What does it really take to build a coaching business that grows without losing yourself in the process? In this episode, we sit down with Adam Roach to talk about identity, authenticity, scale, and what makes a coaching business sustainable. Adam shares the path that took him from tennis and real estate into coaching, and he explains how personal loss reshaped the way he thinks about success, sig...

When Simanto Khandaker chose people over math We sat down with Simanto Khandaker to unpack how work, identity, and mental health collide. He shares how his family immigrated to the United States in the nineties. He also explains how that experience shaped his view of pressure, success, and support. As a result, this conversation feels both personal and practical. He walks through his early push to...

In this episode, we sit down with Mari Wuellner to talk about permission slips, burnout, coaching, and what it means to redefine success on your own terms. Mari shares how she built a business from scratch, why lived experience matters more than waiting for perfect qualifications, and how a panic attack forced her to rethink the way she worked and lived. We also explore what it’s like to be a woma...

In this episode, we talk with Ana Maria Tromp about burnout, career change, and the inner work behind building a more aligned life. She shares how years in human resources, early burnout, and deep conditioning around work, money, and success shaped her path. Then, she explains how human design helped her trust her intuition, make better decisions, and create a business that fits who she is. We als...

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Lee Baucom to talk about why so many marriages lose connection over time, even when love is still there. He explains the difference between therapy and coaching, why communication often isn’t the real issue, and what actually causes couples to drift apart. We also explore the subtle warning signs of disconnection, including feeling like roommates, losing physi...

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Monisha Bhanote to talk about travel wellness, jet lag recovery, digestion, immunity, brain fog, and energy management while traveling. She explains why travel isn’t just a logistics issue. Instead, it affects the body through real biological pathways that influence gut health, stress hormones, focus, sleep, and recovery. We break down why flying can cause blo...

In this episode, we sit down with Julie Tunador to explore consciousness, intuition, and purpose through both a scientific and personal lens. Julie shares how her career began in crime scene investigation and how that path led her into hypnosis, subconscious work, and consciousness studies. We talk about what consciousness means, how to connect with your higher self, and why stillness matters when...

In this episode, we sit down with Claudia Winkler to talk about how organizing can support people through grief, divorce, major moves, and other life transitions. She explains why clutter often carries guilt, memory, and emotional weight, and how letting go can create more calm, clarity, and control at home. We also explore the connection between home energy, hidden clutter, and practical systems...

In this episode, we sit down with Nicole DeAvilla to explore the link between health, leadership, and the way we use technology. She shares how her own experience with chronic pain led her into yoga, therapeutic practice, research, and a deeper focus on longevity. From there, we talk about the difference between general yoga and yoga therapy, why lifestyle habits shape long-term health, and how br...

Karl Salomon joins us for a practical conversation about choosing the right tools, building better workflows, and reducing the stress that comes with running a business. We talk through how project management platforms like Asana actually work, what they help with, and where people often get confused when trying to build systems that save time. In this episode, Karl breaks down how to think about...

This episode centers on Rachel Perez’s journey from high achievement and perfectionism into a healthier, more grounded creative life. She describes how outward success in music, sports, and arts leadership still left her feeling empty, which pushed her to question her identity, her standards, and the way she defined success. From there, the conversation explores burnout, self-worth, and why so man...

Rose shares that her early life experiences led to limiting beliefs, especially around rejection. Those beliefs made her avoid leadership roles, even though she had strong technical skills. Over time, coaching helped her identify those patterns and understand how they influenced her decisions. She explains that real change came through consistent inner work. She used journaling, introspection, aff...

This episode centers on how legal battles affect a person far beyond the courtroom. Anja Sigmund shares how her own commercial lawsuit changed her view of litigation. She explains that legal conflict often becomes a fight over credibility, not justice, and that this can trigger intense stress, self-doubt, and emotional instability. The conversation then explores how litigation affects the nervous...

This episode centers on Kadeem Leslie’s approach to building financial freedom through ownership, systems, and disciplined investing. He shares how he decided young that he didn’t want to depend on a job forever, then taught himself through constant reading and experimentation. He says the clearest path to wealth comes through three areas: business, real estate, and investing. He also talks openly...