Beyond the Draft

"Maybe it's a you problem." That single sentence from his wife cracked something open for Leo Dulay, after 22 years at AT&T ended in a layoff right before COVID, followed by a year and a half of feeling stuck even after finding new work. Leo Dulay is a transformational coach, hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and author of You Are Not Your Past. In this episode, he shares how losing his decades-lo...

Tiffany Auvil spent more than twenty years inside the U.S. healthcare system before becoming the caregiver for her own husband, Dave, through cancer. That experience revealed just how much even her professional knowledge couldn't protect them. Dave passed away at home in April 2025. She's now the author of the upcoming book, The No BS Guide for Caregivers: How to Survive the Healthcare Maze. In th...

Nancy Ensley has spent decades as a nurse, hospice specialist, legal nurse consultant, and teacher, roles that demand deep empathy and discernment. Alongside that career, she's built a body of work spanning memoir, literature, science fiction, mystery, thriller, and children's books. Living with her husband, John, surrounded by five children and fourteen grandchildren, she says writing has always...

What happens when someone understands their trauma completely, can name their attachment style and their triggers, and still responds the exact same way? Sally-Anne Haug is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Certified EMDR Therapist specializing in trauma, attachment wounds, and emotionally abusive relationships. She has a particular interest in high-functioning trauma, people who look fine on the...

What happens when you've built the career, the life, everything that's supposed to feel like success, and it still doesn't feel like yours? Nicole Marquardt is an Alignment Strategist, TEDx speaker, and author of Success That Includes You. Known as The Adventurous Executive, she spent three decades leading major IT and corporate programs before turning to this work, helping successful people close...

What happens when a cancer survivor turns performance art into a lifeline, painting portraits while riding a skateboard? Brett Ashby is an Australian contemporary visual artist with more than two decades of international practice, known for his live "painting while rolling" performances that blend balance, fear, and storytelling into a single physical act. He's painted figures including Barack Oba...

What does it actually take to bring AI into a business without creating a legal minefield? Rory O'Keeffe is a commercial and AI lawyer, founder of RMOK Legal, and co-author of AI Advantage: Thriving Within Civilization's Next Big Disruption. Based in London after building his early career in criminal and business law in Ireland, he now advises high-growth tech companies and established enterprises...

It all started with her youngest child calling her "jobless." That single comment sparked mornings spent reading with nothing but coffee and a stack of books, eventually leading to her debut book, Cheers for a Good Life, an Amazon #1 New Release in Philosophy, Ethics & Morality and #1 Bestseller in Interpersonal Relations. Kirana Sidin is an author and strategic life coach based in Jakarta, explor...

At two years old, Bradley Gabbert was struck by a car, spent two weeks in a coma, and came home having lost the ability to walk and speak. He physically recovered, but it would take more than sixty years to understand that survival and healing are not the same thing. He's the author of the memoir The Agreeable Child: A Yogic Journey from Tragedy to Triumph. In this episode, Bradley shares when he...

At 23, Dom Brightmon became the youngest Area Director in Toastmasters International and published his first book the same year. Known as the Positive Thought Catalyst, he's now a certified trainer with the Maxwell Leadership Team, bestselling author, and host of the Going North Podcast, where he's interviewed over 1,000 published authors. In this episode, Dom shares what drove him to move so fast...

"When Source does not call the qualified, it qualifies the called." Justin L. Shaw is a former stand-up comedian, mystical comedian, and self-described Sourcerer, who found the redeeming power of Source energy after surviving a long battle with substance abuse, PTSD, depression, and anxiety. He's the author of Sourcery 101: 13 Rungs to a Higher Elevation of Consciousness. In this episode, Justin s...

Houston Pierce has held nearly every job imaginable, tour guide, mascot, Uber driver, couch delivery man, and even a janitor at an industrial bakery, before landing in construction, DJing, and eventually hosting the podcast 1000 Crazy Questions. In this episode, Houston shares which of his many past jobs taught him the most unexpected lesson about people, what he's learned from asking guests silly...

What if the less you believe, the closer you actually get to genuine religious experience? Joshua Pritikin, PhD, is an Internal Family Systems Certified Practitioner and author of Religion Unburdened by Belief. Before counseling individuals and couples in Oregon, he spent years building financial software on Wall Street and earned his PhD in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Virginia....

What does it look like to live two full lives, one as a celebrated literature professor, and one as a spiritual teacher guiding others toward joy and freedom? Swami Nityananda is the spiritual teacher of the Awake Yoga Meditation community, consecrated as a Swami in 2014. As Juniper Ellis, she spent over 25 years as Professor Emerita of English at Loyola University, holding Fulbright grants and na...

"You're not enough. You'll never amount to anything." Those words followed Jay Stefanson for years, until a serious stroke scare forced him to confront just how much power he'd given them. Jay Stefanson is an international podcast host, best-selling author, spiritual teacher, and motivational coach, hosting three podcasts: Life Theories, Divine Journeys, and A Chat with Jay. Despite significant su...

He was once told he was good for nothing. His first business failed, and he failed right along with it. That was more than 25 years ago. Tom Meyers is an osteopath specializing in stress-related conditions, founder of The Reset Approach, and author of Futurize Yourself and The Futures Effect. After hitting rock bottom decades ago, he developed a four-step method for consciously designing his futur...

Why do so many successful people feel like they're winning at work but losing themselves? Tony Tenaglier is an aerospace Quality Manager, PhD researcher in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher who hosts two podcasts exploring opposite sides of the same coin: Work Sucks, But I Like It and Yoga is a Practice, Not a Performance. His upcoming book, In a Rush to Go...

What do 80 business acquisitions in 18 months and years as a courtroom attorney have in common with writing a murder mystery? More than you'd think. AJ Tyler is a former CPA, attorney, and business turnaround expert who spent decades reading people in high-stakes negotiations before becoming a fiction author. His novel, Death Insured, follows hero Allen Miller through plot twists drawn directly fr...

What happens when someone spends decades mastering the human body by hand, long before ever picking up a piece of wellness technology? Andrew Scheim is an advanced bodywork practitioner, holistic health consultant, and integrative wellness educator who approaches technology through his understanding of the body, not the other way around. A former professional blues saxophonist, he now specializes...

What does it actually take to stop surviving and start becoming who you were created to be? Crystal Bean is an international keynote speaker, breakthrough strategist, and bestselling author, creator of the proprietary U.N.L.E.A.S.H.E.D.™ Framework. With more than two decades of experience in executive leadership and financial services compliance, she now helps individuals and organizations break t...

What started as therapy for "hyperactive" young boys turned into 50 years of work helping men access emotions our culture taught them to hide. Dr. Gloria Vanderhorst is a psychologist and the author of the New York Times best-selling journal book, Read, Reflect, Respond: The 3 R's of Growth and Change. In this episode, Gloria shares the moment she realized her work with boys was really about gener...

What if ghosts aren't meant to be feared, but helped? Tina Erwin is a "Ghost Helper" and author of nine books on metaphysics, whose mission is teaching the living how to assist spirits who haven't crossed over. A retired Navy Commander with 20 years of service in the U.S. Submarine Force, she created The Crossing Over Prayer™ to help everyday people offer compassion and assistance to lost or confu...

How does someone go from a childhood defined by abuse to becoming a person who can find good in anyone, in any circumstance? Paul Zolman is the international bestselling author of The Role of Love and creator of a practical, teachable system for giving and receiving all five love languages. Growing up in a family of abuse, physical touch became his default way of understanding love, something he l...

How do you keep believing in God's love through two divorces, the loss of a son, and nearly losing a daughter to cancer? Sharon Williams is a Christian author devoted to sharing the love of Jesus Christ through Scripture-based books that encourage faith and a deeper relationship with God. She's the author of Because He Loved Us and God's Whisper: Be Still and Know, drawing on decades of Bible stud...

What happens to creativity when it goes unused for years, and how do we get it back? Mari Reisberg, LPC, is a therapist, former trapeze artist, and creativity cultivator with 25 years in the performing and healing arts. She's the host of the Sustaining Creativity Podcast and splits her time between her therapy practice, Courage to Create Counseling, and her Sustaining Creativity business, helping...