Listen Bitch Presents TELL ME WHY YOU'RE SPECIAL

Gary DeFranco is an Emmy-nominated television executive producer with more than two decades of wild, unfiltered, and genre-defining experience in reality television. From ESPN to Discovery Channel to PlayboyTV, Gary’s career has taken him inside some of the most extreme worlds on TV—street racing, DEA raids, underground fight culture—and for many years, deep inside the chaos of the UFC. He has pro...

Dorothy is an Impact Catalyst, and the founder of Unstoppable Overcomers Productions, a speaker, author, coach, and host of The Unstoppable Network, dedicated to empowering others to rise above adversity. Drawing from her own lived experience of overcoming life’s challenges, Dorothy helps individuals transform obstacles into opportunities for growth. Through her signature framework, R.E.N.E.W.E.D....

I’m Tami Forster—The Legal System Warrior™, a transformational speaker, resilience mindset consultant, and financial strategist. After enduring over 100 family court hearings across a decade, I turned my adversity into a mission: to help others navigate broken systems, reclaim their power, and become unbothered and unbreakable. As the creator of The Warrior Success System™ and founder of The Brave...

Faith isn’t blind… it’s backed. In this episode of Listen Bitch Presents: Tell Me Why You’re Special , Branden sits down with David Shapiro, a former Orthodox Jew who walked through doubt, atheism, and ultimately found faith in Jesus Christ through evidence, logic, and personal conviction. This isn’t surface-level faith talk. This is a real conversation about what happens when belief gets tested,...

I've been a licensed financial services agent and coach for 25+ years. I'm currently a Certified Financial Education Instructor through the National Financial Educators Council. Over the years, I've helped hundreds of people learn how to manage, protect, and grow their money—turning their income into lasting wealth. I love helping others get their MBA—what I like to call a Massive Bank Account. Pa...

A highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph. D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell ( www. DannyBrassell.com ) has spoken to over 3,500 audiences worldwide. He has authored 21 books, including "Leadership Begins with Motivation" and "Misfits and Crackpots." The co-founder of WellCrafted Story™, Danny helps entrepreneurs, individuals and organizations leverage speaking on stage...

 I am the CSO, Founder & Host of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement podcast with more than 2,300 episodes reaching over 1 Million people in more than 180 countries. After a brush with suicide, I decided to go all-in on my dreams of being a full-time podcaster and entrepreneur. I believe in a heart driven, but no BS approach to holistic self-improvement and teaching others...

Sara Snow: From meth addiction , to motherhood to multi 6-figure+ entrepreneur. I am sharing my story to inspire people who know how it feels to feel completely hopeless, i remember that feeling. I want people to know change is always possible, and there’s so much life to be lived on the other side of rock bottom.  IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamsarasnow?igsh=MTY3MDN6cmo3MDZmcQ%3D%3D&utm_sou...

Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate dedicated to promoting joy and vitality through laughter and energy techniques. Cathy is a Laughter Yoga Teacher appointed Laughter Ambassador in 2017 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga. She incorporates tapping, brain gym, and other healing modalities to help people get out of stress and into joy. When we feel good, we do good. Cathy ins...

Thomas Moon College graduate, business owner, professional speaker. disability advocate and living with cerebal palsy from a wheelchair, Thomas Moon has overcome tremendous obstacles in his life and continues Busting Down Barriers that attempt to limit his dreams. Despite having cerebral palsy and being a product of the foster care system, Thomas was determined to succeed He was abandoned, neglect...

Joni Marie Iraci, author of the award-winning novel "Vatican Daughter," takes the reader behind the walls of the Vatican to expose corruption and the covered up scandal involving a fictional first American pope. It is also the story of a mother's relentless search for her child while coming head-to-head with the most powerful entity on earth. Read about the little known historical fact of the true...

“Why Babies Suck.” That title stops you. It challenges what you have been told and pushes a harder question to the surface. What if “normal” is not normal? What if “they will grow out of it” is something we say when we do not have better answers? Parents feel that tension. You see it every day. More intuition. More awareness. More advocacy. Parents are paying attention. They are asking better ques...

Kathrin Shaffer is a Canadian author and host of Unpolished but Called and The Long Way Through Scripture, where she shares honest, unfiltered conversations about faith in real life. Through her books and resources, Kathrin speaks to the in-between moments—where people are still figuring things out, still growing, and still learning to hear God again. Start here with Kathrin: kathrinshaffer.com

Today’s guest is Hailey Coleman, widely known as The Psychic Nervous System Coach. Hailey is a trauma-informed intuitive coach who blends somatic nervous-system regulation, emotional clarity work, and psychic insight to help overwhelmed women and high-achieving adults move from stress, anxiety, and survival mode into deep calm, confidence, and direction. She has a background in mental health educa...

Rev. Kevin T. Taylor is a pastor, leadership advisor, and the author of A Charge to Keep, a book exploring the real weight of authority and the decisions leaders must carry alone. Drawing from years of experience in ministry, executive leadership, and organizational governance, Kevin helps leaders think more clearly about responsibility, courage, and the cost of leadership. His work focuses on hel...

What if AI isn’t the problem… but the amplifier? In this episode, Laurent Cohen—an entrepreneur with over 30 years of real-world experience—breaks down what most people are getting wrong about AI, business, and adaptation. This isn’t hype or theory. This is coming from someone who has built, lost, rebuilt, and stayed in the game through multiple economic shifts. We talk about why people shouldn’t...

Chris Woods is a Certified Professional Coach and the author of the book "Balls & Brains: A framework for living your best life by overcoming fears and maximizing strengths." "Balls & Brains" is a no-nonsense, actionable guide for people seeking to break free from self-imposed limitations and step into their fullest potential. Chris Woods combines personal storytelling, psychological frame...

 Barry Deeks THE MAN WHO CAN a film  My book “The Bizarre and Enchanting Life” Feature Film | Psychological Drama Barry Deeks survives a catastrophic road accident that temporarily leaves him unable to speak. During his recovery, writing becomes his lifeline and thought becomes his refuge. Intelligent, articulate, and emotionally intense, Barry begins to form a belief system that reframes sufferin...

I don’t know anyone that recovered from burnout post covid without doing any meditation, journaling, drinking water, or other standard burnout-recovery routines. And then I took that experienced and realized it’s actually easier and more effective to address four important areas of your life at once rather than one at a time. I call it the 3d printed life approach because we create results later b...

Kurt Bush is a certified Internal Family Systems Practitioner, trauma-informed coach, and co-founder of Brimstone Coaching Group. With a background spanning corporate leadership, pastoral ministry, and coaching, Kurt helps leaders break free from self-doubt, embrace authenticity, and lead with confidence. Having overcome his own struggles with imposter syndrome, Kurt is passionate about guiding ot...

On November 9, 2024 the unthinkable happened. Julia’s father, seemingly healthy and in great shape, died very suddenly. Only after receiving autopsy results did she and her family learn what he died from: aortic dissection due to arterial plaque calcification. This prompted Julia to want to make people more aware and prepared for the sudden death of a loved one and raise awareness for the need for...

Marc Schmidt is a broadcast  professional and the host/creator of the podcast Marc My Words. Marc moved away from his hometown during his twenties in order to pursue a career in the tv broadcasting industry. After several years of working in his field, Marc decided to think about ways he could pursue some lifelong dreams. One of which was to speak to others about his unique journey in life. After...

The Stone Before the Sculpting Sean grew up as the youngest of three sons on a working farm — five years behind his nearest brother, and worlds away from the kind of confidence the world rewards. His mother's alcoholism meant that from an early age, Sean became a student of the room. He learned to read energy before he had language for it. He learned to keep the peace, stay small, and make sure ev...

I’ve spent over 15 years working at the top level of endurance sport, coaching and developing European and world champions, and running a professional triathlon squad based in Cyprus. My background spans football, boxing, athletics, and triathlon, and I’ve also worked as a life coach and motivational speaker. But what really makes my story different is this: In 2011, I suffered a serious cycling a...

I didn’t rebuild my life and career in my 50s because I was chasing reinvention. I rebuilt because clarity — both personal and professional — had slowly gone offline, and I finally understood why. Earlier in my career, I was successful in corporate leadership and sales. When I had four children under the age of seven, I stepped away from corporate life to create flexibility. Over the years that fo...