Conversations with Sekani

Steven Yee is a former basketball player and coach turned entrepreneur who built and scaled a multi-million dollar sales organization before exiting through private equity. His story isn’t just about business success — it’s about transition, identity, and what happens when you win externally but start questioning everything internally. From coaching high school athletes to leading thousands of sal...

Sira Laurel is a leadership coach and founder of North of Normal. She helps leaders understand how their brain and nervous system actually work — and how to use that knowledge to lead more effectively, especially in a world increasingly shaped by AI. With a background in HR leadership and organizational development, her work focuses on helping people move away from reactive, burnout-driven leaders...

Dr. Frank L. Douglas is a physician, scientist, and former global pharmaceutical executive with over three decades of experience in healthcare and innovation. From leading major pharmaceutical organizations to helping bring more than 25 drugs to market, his career spans science, leadership, and global impact. His personal story — from early hardship in Guyana to becoming a global thought leader —...

Chris Woods is a certified professional coach, former Google sales leader, and author of Balls and Brains. After rising from a tough upbringing in Boston to the C-suite, he experienced a life-altering moment when he flatlined at 40 — forcing him to completely rethink success, fear, and what it means to truly live well. Today, he helps people overcome fear and maximize their strengths so they can b...

Dr. Julius Torelli is a physician with four decades in medicine whose work has shifted from treating illness to helping people take control of their health through mindset, emotional resilience, and intentional living. He is the creator of the Gratefully Well method. Not every health problem shows up on a scan. Persistent symptoms like fatigue, headaches, and gut issues often have no clear physica...

Brianna Gervat is an author, art historian, and storyteller whose work explores the intersection of history, travel, and human experience. From studying the Rwanda genocide to walking over 500 miles along the Western Front, her journey is one of reflection, resilience, and meaning. In this thoughtful conversation, Brianna shares: • How storytelling and books first opened the world for her • Discov...

Chris Papin is a CPA, attorney, entrepreneur, author, and the host of the Blabo podcast (Behave Like A Business Owner). Through his work, he helps entrepreneurs realize that success isn’t about having more time — it’s about using the 168 hours we have each week more intentionally. As the owner of Papin CPA and Papin Law, he goes beyond traditional accounting and legal services, helping business ow...

Dr. Mort Orman is a physician and anger elimination expert with over 40 years of experience helping people completely remove anger and stress from their lives. He’s the author of Dr. Orman’s Life-Changing Anger Cure and the creator of powerful frameworks that challenge everything we think we know about anger. In his 20s and early 30s, Mort struggled with intense anger, anxiety, and failing relatio...

Dr. Sharalyn Payne is an award-winning speaker, executive performance coach, strategist, and the author of Unstuck, Unleashed, Unstoppable and Ignite. She has helped Fortune 500 companies, global organizations, and public institutions navigate transformation, strengthen leadership, and build thriving cultures. Known as a trusted advisor and turnaround leader, she specializes in helping leaders clo...

Crystal Bell is a leadership strategist, executive, and founder of Clarity with Crystal. She helps high performers and entrepreneurs cut through the noise, make better decisions, and move forward with purpose and clarity. In her 20s, Crystal was a high-achieving perfectionist driven by anxiety, external validation, and a deep need for control — shaped by an unstable childhood. She started in music...

In this episode of Conversations with Sekani , host Sekani sits down with Chris Far — a leader with over 20 years of experience in IT and more than a decade in the managed service provider (MSP) space. Chris has worked on the front lines of cybersecurity, IT strategy, and business operations, helping organizations navigate change, reduce risk, and build stronger systems and teams. He started in en...

Danielle Bernock is an award-winning author, speaker, trauma-informed self-love coach, and founder of OF Media. As a childhood trauma survivor, she has dedicated her life to helping people heal, rebuild their relationships, and move from merely surviving to truly thriving. In this powerful conversation, Danielle shares: • Growing up with childhood emotional neglect and specific traumas • How early...

Kim Miller is the founder of Woman at the Well Ministries, an ordained minister, evangelist, Christian author, and certified biblical life coach. For decades, she has helped people deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ through scripture, practical discipleship, and everyday application of biblical truth. In this heartfelt conversation, Kim shares: • Growing up in a home where the Bible was l...

Barb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker, author, and host of the Fragmented to Whole podcast. After decades of therapy and personal development, she discovered that lasting change wasn’t about gaining more insight — it was about creating internal safety. Today, she helps women build healthy boundaries, stop overgiving, and develop stronger relationships with themselves and others. In this hones...

Dorota Wasik is a nervous system coach, accredited mindfulness teacher, and creator of the Regulated Success Method. After years working in senior corporate risk roles while juggling motherhood and the demands of modern life, she discovered that chronic stress wasn’t a badge of honor — it was quietly stealing the things that mattered most. Today, she helps ambitious professional women achieve succ...

Sheila is a Bible teacher, author, and Christian apologist with a passion for helping people understand what they believe and why they believe it. She holds a master’s degree in biblical studies and cultural apologetics and has taught religion at the college level, mentoring students wrestling with life’s biggest questions. She serves as a worship leader, Bible study leader, and women’s ministry l...

Dylan is the founder of Sunny HQ, a human-first WordPress hosting and support company built around one simple idea: business owners shouldn’t have to lose sleep over their website. With more than 30 years of experience in digital systems, design, and operations, he has spent his career helping businesses function more effectively. But his journey wasn’t always about simplicity. After running a suc...

Matthew McWhorter Warder is a retired attorney whose life took an unexpected turn after a near-death experience. Once an atheist and skeptic, he faced a medical crisis that pushed him to the edge of eternity. During recovery, a simple but powerful thought kept returning: “I’ve never read the books I was named after.” That moment sparked a deep, courtroom-style investigation into the Bible and the...

Reverend Dr. Keith Haney is a pastor, author, and advocate for unity who has spent more than 30 years helping churches navigate change and build stronger communities. He serves as Assistant to the President for Missions, Human Care, and Stewardship in the Iowa District West of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. He is also the host of Beginning Bridge Builders and the author of Guided by Grace: A...

Saul Bennfield is a veteran New York criminal defense attorney with over 35 years of courtroom experience. A former New York City prosecutor turned defense lawyer, he brings a rare inside-out perspective on the justice system. He specializes in high-stakes cases — from serious felonies to white-collar and sex crime allegations — and is known for telling clients what they need to hear, not what the...

Susan Snow is an author, speaker, and coach, and the daughter of fallen LAPD detective Thomas C. Williams. At just 17 years old, her life changed forever when her father was ambushed and killed on Halloween night in 1985. Instead of allowing trauma to define her future, she chose a path of healing, resilience, and ultimate forgiveness. Through her work, Susan now helps others navigate grief, traum...

Bryan Charleau is a sales professional, mentor, and author of Pitching Sales: A Complete Guide to Becoming a Sales Professional. With more than 15 years of experience, he built his career around one core belief: great salespeople aren’t born — they are developed through mindset, mentorship, resilience, and real-world experience. What makes Brian’s perspective different is his focus on the foundati...

Shayne Hammond is a certified hypnotherapist and RCT practitioner who helps people break free from addiction and the internal patterns that keep them stuck. He’s also the creator of Iron Spirit — a mental conditioning system designed to help individuals overcome mental addiction and trauma and rebuild themselves from the inside out. If you’ve ever felt trapped in cycles you can’t explain, battling...

Matthew Jacques is a Navy veteran, CEO, and author of Dictator: How to Unfuck Your Leadership. After more than 20 years in the military and building a $30 million company leading hundreds of people, he developed a direct, no-BS approach to leadership centered on discipline, ownership, and protecting the people you lead. His work challenges traditional leadership thinking and focuses on building hi...

Dave is a comedian, author, and mental health advocate who turns some of life’s darkest moments into something powerful — and even funny. After losing everything to mental illness, he found an unexpected path to healing through standup comedy. Today he teaches others how to do the same: using humor to process pain, reclaim their voice, and remind people they are not alone. In this honest conversat...