FailCraft

In this episode of FailCraft , real estate investor, founder of MagneticProperty Management, and author of The Resiliency Blueprint ,Michelle Rogers, joins Ezekiel to share how she climbed out of dark personaladversity to build multi-million-dollar companies. Having survived severechildhood abuse, hospitalizations, abandonment, and a violent family collapsein 2011 that preceded a painful divorce,...

In this episode of FailCraft , executive coach, musician, former Fortune 5corporate leader, and 10-year stage IV cancer survivor Andy Nelson joinsEzekiel to discuss how facing mortality stripped away the illusions of controland reshuffled his life's priorities. Given just a 6% five-year survival chanceafter being diagnosed with stage IV cancer despite being in peak athletichealth, Andy experie...

In this episode of FailCraft , dementia clinician, educator, and founder ofBetter Dementia™, Amy Shaw, joins Ezekiel to explore the messy, unseenrealities of cognitive decline and family caregiving. With over a decade ofclinical and hospice experience guiding more than 700 families throughcognitive disorders and serious illness, Amy exposes the systemic failure thatleaves families navigating progr...

In this episode of FailCraft , alignment strategist, real estate veteran,and creator of the 4W Strategic Identity Process, Joe Arnao, joins Ezekiel toexplore what happens when outward professional achievement masks deep internalmisalignment. After decades building brokerage operations and leading growthinitiatives, Joe found himself questioning why so many talented professionalsburn out despite hi...

In this episode of FailCraft , small business veteran and real estateinvestor Ian Noble joins Ezekiel to expose the grueling reality behind conventionalentrepreneurial success. For 14 years, Ian owned and operated an extensiveservice business in Austin, scaling it to 14 locations and managing over 90employees. But while it looked glamorous on paper, the day-to-day reality meantgoing to work in the...

In this episode of FailCraft , positive psychologist, world-record-holdingendurance athlete, and creator of Psychosomatic Intelligence (PSQ), MaxWeigand, joins Ezekiel to unpack why external milestones never cure internalanxiety. At just 17 years old, Max crossed the finish line to qualify for theGerman national team and secure a U.S. running scholarship—only to wake upthree days later feeling hol...

In this episode of FailCraft , certified coach, Lean manager, and founderof the Set Priorities transformation program, Tijana Tucić,joins Ezekiel to share an extraordinary journey of survival, personalsovereignty, and radical healing. Born in Yugoslavia, Tijana spent her first 37years trapped in extreme poverty—living in a house made of mud and hay withoutrunning water or an indoor bathroom, survi...

In this episode of FailCraft , speaker, career coach, and author AndreaGash joins Ezekiel to dismantle one of the most toxic myths in personal growth:the idea that we can simply "bounce back" after our lives fall apart. Having endured a cascade of profound losses—including the deaths of herbiological parents, the grandparents who adopted her, her father-in-law, yearsof infertility, and p...

In this episode of FailCraft , high-performance executive coach, author,and creator of The Game of Ten® , Steve Barton,joins Ezekiel to unpack why hitting financial and business goals often fails todeliver genuine fulfillment or inner peace. After scaling his family’s retailenterprise from $200,000 to over $2 million in annual revenue, Steve foundhimself completely drained—having achieved outward...

In this episode of FailCraft , clinical psychologist, HR-certified advisor,and founder of HBL Advisory Group, Dr. Lani Jones, joins Ezekiel to unpack whyhigh-achieving founders and C-suite executives hit a brick wall at the 99% markof conventional success. Drawing on her deep background in corporate healthcareand human behavior, Dr. Lani pulls back the curtain on the "messymiddle" where...

In this episode of FailCraft , men’s transformation coach, founder of theLiving Fearless coaching programs, and host of the Living Fearless Today podcast, Mike Forrester, joins Ezekiel to pull back the curtain on the silentsuffering destroying men, marriages, and families. Drawing from his own painfuljourney through childhood trauma, dyslexia, and corporate IT imposter syndrome,Mike shares the ter...

In this episode of FailCraft , Amanda Trisdale joins Ezekiel to reveal howtraditional arts education routinely fails neurodivergent youth—and how she andher daughter built a revolutionary alternative. When Amanda's daughter, Leta,was diagnosed on the autism spectrum and non-verbal at age three, tap dancebecame her breakthrough lifeline for communication and motor skills. But asLeta excelled, t...

In this episode of FailCraft , international speaker, speaker trainer, andmentor Marianne Hickman joins Ezekiel to unpack the reality of public speaking,stage fright, and turning your voice into a sustainable movement. Long beforecommanding over 2,400 stages across 17 countries and raising six children whilerunning a thriving company, Marianne was a single mother on food stamps prayingfor financia...

In this episode of FailCraft , Australian poet, medical academic, andauthor of The Grey Between , Nadine Ellis, joins Ezekiel to sharehow she completely dismantled and rebuilt her life after surviving childhoodtrauma and a volatile marriage. Raising three children under the age of threein an abusive, isolating environment, Nadine realized she could not rely onanyone else for survival.   She shares...

In this episode of FailCraft , Cambridge-trained social scientist, CEO ofCuriosityBased, and Amazon best-selling author Dr. Julie Pham joins Ezekiel toexplain why traditional models of workplace respect create deep blind spots andcultural friction. Coming to the United States as a two-month-old Vietnameseboat refugee, Julie navigated the complexities of a bicultural identity beforeearning what she...

In this episode of FailCraft , distinguished executive coach, UC BerkeleyHaas School of Business faculty member, and former CEO Alison Godfrey joinsEzekiel to unpack what happens when high-stakes leaders tie their worthentirely to their title. With more than 45 years of executive experience acrossinternational metallurgy startups, nuclear physics ventures, and leading anelite private R&D labor...

In this episode of FailCraft , integrative physician, leadership advisor,and founder of The Mind Re-Mapping Company, Dr. Maiysha Clairborne, MD, joinsEzekiel to break down why conventional corporate communication strategies failwhen conflict erupts. Drawing on over 20 years in medicine andneuroscience-informed leadership development, Dr. Maiysha explains how stress,unhealed trauma, and nervous sys...

In this episode of FailCraft , serial entrepreneur and family advocateRonald Platt joins Ezekiel to expose how traditional legal, insurance, andchild-welfare systems consistently abandon single parents and divorcedhouseholds in crisis. Drawing from over 35 years of experience across insuranceand real estate—along with his deeply formative personal journey as a fosterfather to a 13-year-old boy nav...

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In this episode of FailCraft , burnout coach, researcher, and founder of Drop More, Hold Less , Nicole Johnson, joins Ezekiel tobreak down why high achievers burn out even when they love their work. Drawingfrom 27 years in UX leadership across corporate titans like Amazon, Target, andBest Buy, Nicole shares her personal reckoning when severe burnout manifestedphysically as facial shingles, threate...

In this episode of FailCraft , Melina Mattos joins Ezekiel to share how anunexpected crisis forced her to abandon executive security in Brazil and builda luxury spirits brand from the ground up in the United States. In 2019, whiletaking a vacation in America, the global pandemic and currency collapsedecimated her language school in Brazil, leaving her stranded and starting overas a novice in New Y...

In this episode of FailCraft , art historian, actor, and founder ofWonderfeast, Giulia Bernardini, joins Ezekiel to explore why modern travelerstreat vacations like frantic checklists to consume rather than transformativeexperiences to savor. Born and raised across Western Europe and the UnitedStates, and fluent in five languages, Giulia shares how our hyper-connected,anxious culture turns travel...

In this episode of FailCraft , high-performance mentor, entrepreneur, andresilient survivor Tiffanie Janowitz joins Ezekiel to discuss why settling fora life that is merely "fine" is the quietest trap high achievers fallinto. Having rebuilt her life multiple times—walking away from misalignedrelationships, abandoning a rigid belief system that defined her identity, andaggressively advoca...

In this episode of FailCraft , former pastor, recovery mentor, and host of The Sacred Grit Podcast , Jason Lyle, joins Ezekiel toshare his deeply vulnerable journey from public pastoral collapse to embodiedrecovery. For 13 years, Jason successfully articulated complex Christian theologywhile quietly enduring chronic internal agitation and nervous systemdysregulation—a gap between mind and body tha...

In this episode of FailCraft , executive coach, personal developmentexpert, and creator of Brain Athletes, Arnold Beekes, joins Ezekiel to uncoverhow subtle societal conditioning traps high performers in lives that aren'ttheir own. Raised by an intensely authoritarian military father and spendingdecades inside corporate multinationals, Arnold experienced the ultimate rockbottom in his early 40...