Drop the Stress Not the Ball

What if the reason you're stuck in your business isn't a strategy problem — it's a forgiveness problem? Steve Barton is an executive coach, author, and creator of The Game of Ten® — a US-registered, awareness-based coaching framework helping high-achieving leaders dissolve fear, self-doubt, guilt, and shame so they can operate from clarity, confidence, and what Steve calls "Aligned Success." With...

Where does your strength come from when life has taken almost everything? Jay Setchell is a farm kid, a US Marine, and a serial entrepreneur who's built ventures from nothing to eight figures. He's also survived multiple near-death experiences, more than seventy surgeries, and lives today mostly paralysed and in chronic pain — and at 76, he still gets up before dawn every day, raising young twins...

What if the reason your business feels stuck isn't your sales — it's your clarity? Mark Gordon is known by founders as the Rebel CRO. He's scaled companies from $1M to over $30M in revenue, rebuilt go-to-market engines across SaaS, services and tech, and built his work around one idea: most companies don't have a sales problem — they have a clarity and alignment problem. He's the founder of Integr...

What changes the moment you finally believe you're worth it? Bryan Blackmon left Texas for California chasing a dream — and ended up homeless, sleeping in his car, lost to addiction. Then an 85-year-old landlord named Elaine took a chance on him when no one else would, and stood beside him as he got sober. Today, more than 900 days sober, Bryan has built a viral community called Crab Crew Life on...

What happens when you've done everything right — and success still doesn't feel like success? Regina Huber is a Freedom-First Leadership Coach, speaker, author, and host of the Rise to Lead podcast. Born in a tiny German village and shaped by an adventurous life across five continents — from Boston Consulting Group to her own businesses in Argentina, Brazil and the US — she helps leaders and busin...

What if the word you've spent your whole career avoiding is the one that grows your business fastest? Andrea Waltz is the co-creator of Go for No! — a bestselling book and mindset philosophy that's sold more than half a million copies and helped entrepreneurs and professionals worldwide change their relationship with rejection. With her husband and writing partner Richard Fenton, she's spent more...

What if your anxiety isn't the enemy — but a bodyguard doing its job a little too well? Dr. Heidi Heron is a clinical psychologist, master coach, author, and one of the world's most recognised NLP trainers. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a master's in consciousness studies, she's an ICF Master Certified Coach, and she's the founder of NLP Worldwide in Sydney, where for more than...

What if the reason selling feels so stressful was never really about the sale at all? Daryl Dittmer came up in a blue-collar family, hit a crossroads at 19, and got into sales almost by accident — going on to become the top producer, earn his way into ownership, and become the second-largest shareholder of a company that sold for nearly ten billion dollars. He's built and exited multiple businesse...

What if the reason you freeze at the offer — the discount, the soften, the give-it-away — was never a sales problem at all? Barb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker, author, and host of the Fragmented to Whole podcast. After nearly 40 years of therapy and personal development, she walked into 12-step recovery at 52 and discovered the real issue had never been a lack of insight — it was the absen...

Why do you react the way you react? Why do you keep repeating patterns you know aren't serving you? Most people ask this question once and move on. Arky Jones built an entire platform around it. Arky is the creator of PersonalityPeek — a self-awareness tool ten years in the making, blending personality frameworks with Stoic philosophy. His core belief: personality isn't a label you wear, it's a do...

Content note: this episode includes an honest discussion of financial crisis and suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out to a crisis line or trusted professional. Scott Maderer was a school teacher earning $30,000 a year, $64,000 in debt — double his annual income — and driving home alone on a dark, curvy road each night. He had a plan. And then, by chance, a...

At 33 years old, eight months pregnant, at the peak of a 12-year corporate career spanning JP Morgan, investment banking and management consulting, Shakti Sharma had an argument with her husband. A small argument. Nothing life-threatening. And it broke her open completely. Alone in a hotel room, crying for hours, she heard a voice inside herself she had never accessed before. A motherly voice. And...

Most people spend their entire lives chasing happiness — and wonder why it keeps moving. Larry Kesslin spent 35 years on a spiritual journey, studied under some of the world's greatest teachers, travelled five continents, wrote four books, and raised two extraordinary children. And then, eight days after a life-changing experience, the light bulb went on for everything. What he found wasn't a new...

Have you ever caught yourself making the easy calls? Taking the low-hanging fruit, staying busy with planning and conceptual work, avoiding the hard conversations — not because you're lazy, but because something deeper isn't aligned? Joe Arnao spent five years carrying that heaviness before he understood what it actually was. Not a motivation problem. Not a skill problem. An alignment problem. Joe...

Seventy-five percent of people experience performance anxiety. That includes Horowitz — reputedly the world's greatest pianist — whose wife had to physically push him onto the Carnegie Hall stage. It includes Shohei Ohtani, who led the Dodgers to the World Series and then admitted how nervous he was for a homecoming exhibition game in Tokyo. And it almost certainly includes you. Dr. David Lee Fish...

Did you know that 92% of people have writing a book on their bucket list — but only 5% ever do? According to today's guest, the gap isn't talent, time, or ability. It's an identity shift that most people never make. Cathy Derksen is the founder of Inspired Tenacity, a 23-time Amazon number one bestselling author, international speaker and coach who has helped dozens of people step into their story...

What if the most powerful skill in a sales conversation is one you're already doing — just not in your sales conversations? In this episode, Shaun Enright breaks down Springboarding — the art of going three levels deep before you present anything — and why it immediately changes your conversions, the depth of your client relationships, and how accurately you understand the person in front of you....

In this episode of Drop the Stress, Not the Ball , I sit down with Rob Cockburn to explore his refreshing and stress-free approach to sales. Rob shares his remarkable journey from a varied career — including coaching roles in the UK's National Health Service — to building his own training and coaching practice. We dive into: How Rob reframed sales from stressful "hard closing" to simple, authentic...

Take a deep breath… And just imagine for a moment—what if your body already knew how to return to balance? In this guided episode, we invite your unconscious mind to begin aligning with your healthiest, most energised weight—not through willpower or restriction, but through deep, effortless recalibration. You'll explore the truth: that ideal weight is not just a number, but a state —of ease, of fl...

Creating passive income isn't just about strategy—it's about alignment. In this episode, we take you on a guided inner journey to unconscious beliefs about money, worth, effort, and success which could be the real reason your passive income dreams keep stalling. Because here's the truth: If your deeper mind believes wealth is unsafe, undeserved, or always hard-earned… it will quietly block opportu...

We all know the feeling—too many plans, not enough action. You're not lazy, and you're not broken. What's really happening is that your unconscious mind is running a different program than your conscious goals. In this episode, we explored how hypnosis helps you bridge that gap. Instead of fighting procrastination with more pressure or to-do lists, we use deep mind transformation to release the re...

What if change didn't have to be hard? What if the habits that are keeping you stuck—procrastination, stress eating, perfectionism, overthinking—could shift without force or willpower? What if your unconscious mind was ready, right now, to help you stop getting in your own way? Well… That's exactly what we're exploring today. In today's fast-paced world, setting goals is easy—sticking to them is w...

What if public speaking didn't have to be hard? What if the habits of fear, unease or apprehension were keeping you stuck from reaching your next level of connection and influence? What if your unconscious mind was ready, right now, to help you stop getting in your own way? Well… That's exactly what we're exploring today. Free Sales Drift Fix Scorecard + Follow-Up Fix Pack: https://zenright.com.au...

What if change didn't have to be hard? What if the habits that are keeping you stuck—procrastination, stress eating, perfectionism, overthinking—could shift without force or willpower? What if your unconscious mind was ready, right now, to help you stop getting in your own way? Well… That's exactly what we're exploring today. Hey, I'm Shaun Enright, host of  Drop the Stress, Not the Ball and creat...

Feeling stuck in hesitation? In this episode of Drop the Stress, Not the Ball , we explore the power of action and stepping out of the dream to take control of your destiny. Using Star Wars as a guide, we examine how characters like Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Rey overcame doubt and took bold steps toward their greater purpose. Learn how to apply action-based learning, overcome procrastination,...