Listen Then Speak

Time Stamps 01:10 -The 5 stress responses: where fight fits after fawn and flight 02:30 -James 1:19: swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath 03:00 -What the fight response looks like in high performers 05:15 -How the fight response shows up in men 06:45 - How the fight response shows up in women 08:00 -The root causes: "Who told you that you had to fight?" 10:00 - Solution 1: Catch the surge b...

Join Jahmaal’s Skool community today! skool.com/unprogrammed-4053/about If you're ready to get measured results for both personally and professionally, schedule an appointment with Jahmaal Book your Root Cause Intensive today! https://calendly.com/listenthenspeak/the-rewire-roadmap-clone-1  Being busy can look like ambition, but sometimes it’s a way to avoid what we don’t want to feel. In thi...

If you're ready to get measured results for both personally and professionally, schedule an appointment with Jahmaal Book your Root Cause Intensive today!   https://calendly.com/listenthenspeak/the-rewire-roadmap-clone-1     Sometimes what looks like being dependable is really a stress response in disguise. In this solo episode, Jahmaal unpacks the fawn response and why high perform...

If you're ready to get measured results for both personally and professionally, schedule an appointment with Jahmaal   Pastor Aaron Graham joins me to talk about his new book, Unshakeable Faith , and why writing it required him to confront his own fear of conflict.   Aaron is the founder and lead pastor of The District Church, a multicultural congregation in Washington, DC, representing...

Why "just cut them off" is the wrong first move Here's the contrarian part, and it's the part most people skip.   Every piece of advice online tells you the same thing: identify the toxic person, go no-contact, block, delete, done. And sometimes distance is exactly right. But cutting someone off doesn't answer the harder question, the one underneath the wound:   Who told you that you had...

The One Line That Changes Everything Sometimes the door didn't close on you. It closed for you. If you're a high-achiever who's been taught that every "no" is just a "not yet" you can grind your way past, this episode is your permission slip to do something your ambition has never allowed: stay excluded. Because the burnout you're carrying? It's rarely the workload. It's the chasing, the emotional...

What You'll Learn in This Episode Why executive burnout is usually a betrayal problem, not a workload problem The difference between betrayal as destruction and betrayal as revelation How high-functioning codependency and over-giving accelerate burnout in high-achievers The origin belief driving your disordered boundaries - and how to find it The six-step L.I.S.T.E.N. Method for moving through bet...

Listen to the Episode Someone praises your work and your hands are up before they finish the sentence. "It was a team thing." "It was nothing." You think you're being humble. In this solo episode, executive coach and certified counselor Jahmaal Marshall takes you underneath the reflex — to the subconscious origin belief that's been writing your brain chemistry, driving your over-functioning, and m...

In this solo episode of Listen Then Speak , Jahmaal Marshall takes the national heartbreak surrounding the death of 18-year-old Nolan Well,  a young man from Ocean Springs, Mississippi who went missing on the Fourth of July and whose cause of death remains officially undetermined, and uses it to name something most of us are carrying and can't explain: frozen grief. Frozen grief is what happens wh...

Your betrayal didn't catch God by surprise,  it came to reveal, not to destroy. In this solo episode of Listen Then Speak , executive coach and certified counselor Jahmaal Marshall breaks down what betrayal actually is: not the end of your story, but the moment the mask slips. If you're still waiting on closure that's never coming, still replaying the conversation, still mishandled and calling it...

If you're ready to get measured results for both personally and professionally, schedule an appointment with Jahmaal   Brandee Brown has built her life and work around one clear mission: helping people see, own, and magnify the greatness already inside them. In this episode of Listen Then Speak , Jahmaal sits down with Brandee Brown, founder of Magnify Success, for a conversation about resilience,...

If you're ready to get measured results for both personally and professionally, schedule an appointment with Jahmaal   What if the thing that makes your brand work is the part you keep trying to polish out? I sat down with Brynne Krispin, founder and CEO of Cause Fokus, for a conversation about personal branding, perfectionism, self-trust, burnout, boundaries, and what it really takes to become vi...

Betrayal doesn't just hurt, it destabilizes. It disrupts your sleep, spikes your cortisol, and quietly convinces you that you can't move forward until the person who wronged you finally acknowledges what they did. But what if the closure you're waiting on was never going to come, and what if that's actually okay? What sounds like a Sunday school story is actually a masterclass in what happens when...

What You’ll Hear in This Episode A Question That Hits Different Jahmaal opens with a question most people have never allowed themselves to answer honestly: Have you ever had something go right, and felt more anxious, not less? The cold open sets the tone for an episode built on radical self-honesty. The Chaos Blueprint - How Your Nervous System Got Wired Your childhood home wasn’t just where you g...

KEY TAKEAWAYS What to Walk Away With Chaos isn’t just an external circumstance, for many people, it’s an internal identity built in childhood. Your nervous system will always move toward what’s familiar, not what’s healthy, until you consciously rewire it. Self-sabotage is not a character flaw. It is a protection strategy that outlived its usefulness. Leaders carry their wounds into their organiza...

WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE [00:00] Cold Open — Starting in the middle, because that's where most of you are [03:30] Why toxicity doesn't find you by accident - it finds a frequency [08:00] The curiosity problem: why we're endlessly curious about others and remarkably uncurious about ourselves [13:15] Why "know your worth" has become a slogan - and what actually discovering your worth looks like...

A strong brand presence does not start with better gear. It starts with knowing how you want to show up.   I sat down with Junaid Ahmed to talk about what it really takes to build a strong presence on and off camera without burning yourself out in the process. We got into the connection between emotional intelligence, storytelling, and studio setup, and why the best content starts with clarity lon...

The way you communicate can open doors, or quietly close them.   On this week’s episode, I sat down with Steve Woodruff to talk about what it really means to communicate with clarity, own your strengths, and become unforgettable in the way you show up.    Steve is known as the “King of Clarity” – and his Clarity Formula is designed to help businesses and business owners unlock more revenue.   He s...

Jahmaal unpacks the difference between chemistry and character, and why so many people confuse emotional intensity with genuine alignment.  In this solo episode, he breaks down how powerful connection can cloud judgment in relationships, friendships, business, and even hiring decisions. He challenges listeners to stop using feelings as proof, start paying attention to patterns, and recognize that...

Interested in Launching your own Podcast? Podcast Principles can help! Book a call below to learn more. https://calendly.com/podcastprinciples/discover   In this episode, I sit down with Terry Rice, speaker, entrepreneur, and leadership trainer, for a real conversation about addiction, identity, fatherhood, discipline, and what it means to live in alignment.  Terry brings the perspective of someon...

WHAT YOU’LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE 01 - The Myth of External Closure We’ve been conditioned to believe closure is something someone else delivers. Jahmaal unpacks why that belief is both biologically understandable and deeply damaging and introduces the Zeigarnik Effect, the psychological reason our minds grip unfinished situations so tightly. “Closure is not a conversation. It’s a decision you make...

Interested in Launching your own Podcast? Podcast Principles can help! Book a call below to learn more. https://calendly.com/podcastprinciples/discover   Burnout does not start with your calendar. It starts with what you keep tolerating.    In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom, a healthcare executive and transformational servant leader, for a powerful conversation on boundar...

Interested in Launching your own Podcast? Podcast Principles can help! Book a call below to learn more. https://calendly.com/podcastprinciples/discover Peace isn’t the absence of pressure. It’s the presence of structure. In this solo episode, Jahmaal breaks down boundaries without bitterness and why most people don’t struggle with saying no, they struggle with guilt, fear, and the need to be liked...

Interested in Launching your own Podcast? Podcast Principles can help! Book a call below to learn more. https://calendly.com/podcastprinciples/discover   On this episode of Listen Then Speak, I sit down with my friend (and repeat guest) Mita Mallick to talk about her new book, The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses . We get into the real workplace dynamics so man...

Interested in Launching your own Podcast? Podcast Principles can help! Book a call below to learn more. https://calendly.com/podcastprinciples/discover   Burned out, stuck in your head, and still trying to lead like everything’s fine? In this episode of Listen then Speak, I sit down with entrepreneur and biohacker Chaz Horn to talk about what it actually looks like to stress less without lowering...