LEGACY- Build Your Kingdom

Episode 69: The Poison Within — Overcoming Resentment, Insecurity & Broken Expectations Are your insecurities and resentments quietly destroying your relationships, your happiness, and the kingdom you're trying to build? In Episode 69 of Legacy – Build Your Kingdom , host Rudy Knapp explores how resentment, jealousy, unrealistic expectations, and personal insecurities can damage our mental...

Legacy - Build Your Kingdom Episode # 68 The Gift of Connection - Dedication to Terry Knapp What if an ordinary conversation carried the message you needed before one of the hardest moments of your life? In Episode 68 of Legacy – Build Your Kingdom, I honor my mom, Theresa “Terry” Knapp, following her heartbreaking battle with dementia. Through memories of her contagious laugh, love for her grandc...

EPISODE #67 - Eliminating "I Can't" 26.2 miles. Two injured calves. One question that changes everything: who are you when your body begs you to quit? Rudy Knapp’s Chicago Marathon story is a brutal, honest, and surprisingly practical lesson in how to push past “I can’t” — and what happens when discipline, purpose, and family carry you farther than motivation ever could. What starts as a race beco...

Legacy - Build Your Kingdom Episode #66 - Expanding Your Perimeter — Growth Beyond the Comfortable Line Growth does not happen in the comfortable center. It happens at the edge—where your heart is racing and your excuses start talking. Save this for the next time fear tries to keep you small. I used to think “comfort zone” meant peace. It doesn’t. It often means staying the same. Real growth looks...

EPISODE #65 - The Negative Energy All Around Us! Ready to publishThe real battle is not between people—it’s against the negative energy shaping your habits, mindset, and voice. Rudy Knapp explains why the answer isn’t more outrage, but simple daily acts of light that can change the temperature in your home, workplace, and community. Rudy, host of Legacy Build Your Kingdom , brings 23 years in educ...

In this episode, Rudy Knapp interviews Dr. Corinne McCabe to discuss the challenges facing the education system, including funding, class sizes, discipline, and teacher burnout. They explore practical solutions and the importance of building relationships and accountability in schools. If you’re teaching 30 kids with 15 kids’ worth of support, the problem is bigger than the classroom. Dr. Corinne...

Real Life Legacy Conversation with Ben Knapp Episode #63 My son asked me the question I think every parent hopes for:  what really matters most? If you’re a parent, son, daughter, or just building your own life, save this and share it with someone who needs the reminder. We talked about faith, family, friendships, and the kind of legacy that doesn’t get built overnight. Build your kingdom on somet...

The Generational Wisdom Vault Episode #62 What does a lasting legacy require beyond financial success? This episode explores how families can pass down character, purpose, discipline, stewardship, and practical wisdom—not just money. It covers documenting life lessons, building stronger relationships, treating health as a responsibility, and creating a legacy through everyday actions while you are...

Episode 61 - Quick Wins! Rudy Knapp returns with a practical episode focused on high-velocity execution across the five pillars of Kingdom building: faith, mind, body, treasury, and relationships. He breaks down 10 micro-habits that take only a few minutes each but are designed to create immediate momentum, better discipline, and stronger daily structure. This is a solo episode led by Rudy Knapp,...

Celebrating 60 Episodes: The Battle Within In this episode, I reflect on growth, purpose, and accountability. Welcome to this milestone issue of Legacy Build Your Kingdom, where we celebrate the journey of reaching 60 episodes together. Join me as we reflect on the growth that comes from showing up, even when it’s tough. The Journey So Far Reaching episode 60 is not just a number; it symbolizes co...

Finding Purpose Through Accountability: Dan Blakemore's Journey HARD TRUTH COLLECTIVE: How a community of men is redefining strength and resilience. In this touching episode of Legacy Build Your Kingdom, I welcome Dan Blakemore, a man whose journey from competitive powerlifting to injury to empowering others is nothing short of inspiring. A Journey Through Struggles Dan opens up about his past...

Navigating Life's Challenges: The Plinko Analogy Discover how to embrace purpose and spiritual uplift in your journey. The Plinko Board of Life I share a profound analogy that simplifies how we navigate life's challenges: the game of Plinko. Imagine your life as a Plinko board where you start at the top, dropping a chip that bounces off pins, representing the choices and challenges you enc...

Legacy - Build Your Kingdom Blueprint available on Amazon! In this episode, explore the powerful concept of the 'invisible jersey'—the legacy and standards we carry and pass down through generations. I share personal stories, practical steps, and spiritual insights to help listeners build a life of purpose, resilience, and impact. #legacy #personaldevelopment #leadership #familyvalues #spi...

(With co-host Catherine Knapp-Gonzalez) Built on faith. Rooted in family. Growing through every season. In this conversation, we talk about what it really means to build a life with purpose — from overcoming cancer and career change, to raising a blended family, to keeping God at the center of it all. This is more than real estate. It’s legacy. It’s love. Unconditional love. It's Kingdom build...

Episode #55 - THE SOVEREIGN BRIDGE - Building character through EMPATHY. All 5 Pillars of Life must include the concept of empathy to truly get the full strength of each pillar. So many times in life we fail to include empathy when building our kingdoms, and we miss a huge part of purpose. In this episode we dive into tactical strategies to incorporate empathy in our relationships, and to apply em...

In this episode, I include my new intro, and discuss the importance of the Sabbath Oath. We all need rest, a reset, especially when it aligns to the 5 pillars of life. When we do this, we allow ourselves to refocus and intentionally approach restoration. Watch this episode and take action - the 4 pillars of Sovereign Sabbath, and the Gap Analysis!

AMAZING AMERICANS with Kate Delaney! This is an interview I was part of about my story, my life, and how I was inspired and came to start this podcast, write my book Legacy-Build Your Kingdom, and start my life-coaching business www.legacycoaching-buildyourkingom.com.

The Alchemy of Adversity - Turning resistance into fuel. Without heat, there is no transformation. Self-Inflicted Chaos and Divine Resistance. The 3 Step Alchemical Process: Welcome the Friction, Isolate the Lesson, Transmute the Energy. Learn about the Stewardship of Suffering. And as always, implement actionable strategy: The Adversity Journaling.

Why do we fear the pivot? When you stay the course because that was the plan, or that is what you invested in, you avoid the pivot so you don't lose what time and effort you invested already. True Sovereigns will know when to pivot, cut the chord, find another route or plan to make sure their Kingdom is growing.

A 50th episode celebration, tribute to Ben and Sophie's 15th birthday, I dedicate this episode to recapping the blueprint for the next generation, and giving advice with strategies on how to manage the daily grind. A daily audit, and a reference back to the 4 R's of restoration.

Episode 3- Just a quick thought of the day about relationships - 90% vs 10%!

When we find ourselves struggling with being disappointed, it's usually because we have high expectations. If we learn to lower the expectations, and follow the 4 R's method, we find room to replace expectations with gratitude. Using the C.I.R.C.L.E. method to align our focus on the 4 R's, we can remember the perspective of why gratitude is so important. The Gratitude Prayer reminds us and gives u...

If you let distractions take away your thoughts, control your actions, and waste your time, you will be giving away the greatest currency you have: Focus. Staying focused on tasks, and removing being pulled in a million directions, allows for us to build a kingdom that has sturdy, strong walls made of stone.

If you want a Kingdom that lasts for generations, you must act as a Sovereign and set boundaries to those people that interfere with your legacy being built. Wasted time, wasted energy, and wasted effort destroys the ability to focus on your walls and your stability as a King or Queen running your own life. Remove the ability for someone to breach, follow the blueprint, and take control of your le...

INTRODUCING my newly released book - Legacy-Build Your Kingdom A Divine Blueprint: Command Your Purpose, Secure Your Future, and Leave a Legacy for Generational Impact. Buy one now on Amazon, Kindle, in local bookstores, and listen on Audible.