Beyond the Draft

What if you don't have to choose between the different parts of who you are? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Jo Madnani, author, TEDx Princeton speaker, marketing strategist, and storyteller, to explore identity, belonging, reinvention, and the power of embracing every chapter of your story. Jo shares how an unexpected season of uncertainty inspired The Immigrant Journey a...

Can something as ordinary as what we eat influence our health, our consciousness, and even the kind of world we create? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Dr. Will Tuttle—international bestselling author of The World Peace Diet, educator, former Zen monk, composer, and advocate for compassionate living. Dr. Tuttle takes us through the extraordinary experiences that shaped his...

Who are we beneath our names, identities, beliefs, and everything we've been taught to believe about ourselves? In this thought-provoking episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with ONE IAM, author, philosopher, and speaker whose work explores consciousness, perception, Hermetic wisdom, artificial intelligence, and the deeper question of what it means to truly know ourselves. Drawing from his...

What if healing isn't something that happens all at once—but something we experience layer by layer? In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Kerie Logan, award-winning author, human consciousness guide, clinical hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and spiritual advisor. Kerie shares more than two decades of experience helping people navigate trauma, grief, addiction, and personal tr...

What if becoming wealthier isn't really about having more money—but about changing the way you relate to it? Matt Morizio joins Beyond the Draft to share a remarkable journey from chasing his professional baseball dreams in the Kansas City Royals minor league system to becoming an entrepreneur, wealth advisor, husband, and father of eight. Matt opens up about being released from professional baseb...

What happens when the pressures surrounding a marriage begin to create distance between two people who genuinely love each other? In this powerful conversation, Pesa Shayo, author, speaker, and co-founder of Live Your Best Marriage, explores the hidden pressures that can strain relationships—from family expectations and cultural differences to in-law relationships, loyalty conflicts, and communica...

A strong marriage doesn't happen by accident. It is built intentionally, conversation by conversation, choice by choice. In this heartfelt episode, Veronica Sutherland, Christian marriage and premarital coach, Family Life Educator, author, and speaker, shares wisdom shaped by more than 40 years of marriage experience. We explore what it really means to build a God-centred marriage, the conversatio...

Most people already know they should exercise more, eat better, and take better care of themselves. So why is lasting change so difficult? In this episode, Ben Wilson, personal trainer, behaviour change expert, and author, takes us beyond the usual “eat less and move more” conversation. With more than 20 years of experience helping people transform their health, Ben explains the psychology behind...

Pressure doesn't necessarily create leaders. Sometimes, it simply reveals who they already are. In this thought-provoking episode, Silvia Rizzo, a high-performance leadership and decision-making expert, takes us inside the realities of leadership when mistakes are visible, decisions have consequences, and there isn't enough time to have all the answers. Drawing from her experience in elite sport a...

Why does the body sometimes seem to change overnight? For many women over 45, the things that once worked—dieting, exercising, changing routines—may suddenly stop producing the same results. In this episode, Dr. Roopa Chari, an Internal Medicine and Functional Medicine physician with more than 25 years of experience, explains some of the changes women experience during midlife and why so many feel...

George Sirois has been telling stories since he was six years old, when he recorded his very first "audiobook" reading a storybook to his cousin recovering from cancer surgery. That early spark grew into a lifelong creative career spanning young adult science-fiction novels, over fifteen audiobook narrations, hosting the podcast Excelsior Journeys, and even directing an international cast of over...

Daniel Alfon has been on LinkedIn since February 2004 and has trained thousands of entrepreneurs and podcast hosts on how to use the platform authentically. He's the author of Build a LinkedIn Profile for Business Success. In this episode, Daniel explains why a smaller, more intentional network often outperforms a bigger one, why exposure on LinkedIn is overrated, and what business owners over 40...

After twenty years in the pharmaceutical industry, Dave Gulas co-founded EZDC 3PL, a logistics company built on personalized service and speed. He also hosts the Beyond Fulfillment Podcast. In this episode, Dave shares the moment he knew he was ready to build something of his own, why founder-led selling builds trust that scaled sales teams often can't, and how messy action beats waiting for a per...

David Story is the author of the Omega series, fiction rooted in real-world human trafficking and the limits of the legal system, and the host of the podcast The Secret World of Human Trafficking. In this episode, David shares why he writes vigilante justice in gray spaces instead of simple heroes and villains, how he approaches portraying victims' pain responsibly, and a misconception about traff...

Dave Bookbinder is a business valuation expert with thirty years of experience, author of three books including A Valuation Toolbox for Business Owners and Their Advisors, and host of Behind The Numbers. In this episode, Dave explains why the gap between what leaders say about their people and what shows up on the balance sheet still exists, how human capital drives premium valuations, and why cul...

Known as the Untangle Doctor, Dr. Marcia Ruben is an executive coach, organizational consultant, and author of The Neuroscience of Leadership: Rewire. Untangle. Lead., a #1 new release on Amazon. In this episode, Marcia explains how she got the nickname Untangle Doctor, what "Thought Knots" are and how they quietly undermine even experienced leaders, and what untangled leadership actually feels li...

What if the path to your purpose doesn't begin in childhood? What if your greatest calling arrives at 27... or even later? In this inspiring episode of Beyond the Draft, musician, author, and meditation teacher Clementine Moss shares the remarkable journey behind her memoir From Bonham to Buddha and Back. From discovering the drums later in life to realizing that meditation and music were teaching...

Derek Rydall's journey began not in spirituality, but in technology, as a coder deeply immersed in systems and logic. That curiosity eventually led him from computers to consciousness, through time living in a monastery, a career as a screenwriter, and a near-death experience that cracked him open to something far deeper than achievement or optimization. Today, he's the bestselling author of Emerg...

Some of life's most defining moments never make it into the final story, they live in the drafts. In this episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with Faye for an honest conversation about resilience, purpose, and the unseen chapters that shaped who she is today. Together, they explore the challenges she faced, the lessons she learned through adversity, and how choosing to keep moving forward...

At just 19 years old, Michael Carbonneau stepped into entrepreneurship without money, without shortcuts, and without anyone handing him a blueprint. Through years as a general contractor, financial advisor, and now business coach, he discovered that most entrepreneurs don't fail because they lack ambition, they fail because they lack structure. Today, through Coaching by Rosewood, he helps entrepr...

After thirteen years as a working actor in New York City, Amber Petty walked away, went through a major depressive episode, and eventually built a business that's made $900,000 in five years, all by teaching creatives to lean into their weirdness instead of hiding it. She's the founder of the Weirdness Way and the Weird Sisterhood, and she's on a mission to prove that marketing doesn't have to fee...

What if the most powerful educational tool isn't technology, standardized testing, or even textbooks? What if it's a story? In this inspiring episode of Beyond the Draft, Imma sits down with educator, author, poet, and founder of Wisdom Feast Ltd, Wahida Mohamed, to explore how storytelling can transform the way children learn, grow, and understand themselves. Drawing from more than 30 years of ex...

Lucinda Sage-Midgorden has been a lover of stories since she was a child, watching movies with her family and learning from her father how to find the deeper layers beneath every story. That love carried her through degrees in Religious Studies, Theatre, and Education, decades as a stage actor, director, and theatre instructor, and now, in retirement, into writing her own novel and hosting the pod...

After surviving a head-on car accident at 18 that left him in a wheelchair, losing 135 pounds in his 30s, and overcoming debilitating back pain at 40, Butch Phelps spent more than two decades studying muscle mechanics to find what actually eliminates chronic pain, when nothing else worked. The result was the Stretch n' Release Technique, a method that connects the brain and muscles to release tens...

After surviving a head-on car accident at 18 that left him in a wheelchair, losing 135 pounds in his 30s, and overcoming debilitating back pain at 40, Butch Phelps spent more than two decades studying muscle mechanics to find what actually eliminates chronic pain, when nothing else worked. The result was the Stretch n' Release Technique, a method that connects the brain and muscles to release tens...