Make Your Life Your Legacy Podcast

In this episode of Make Your Life Your Legacy, I sit down with Levi and Stephanie Ware, co-founders of Melodic Caring Project, a nonprofit that brings live, personalized music experiences to children and teens facing serious illness. What began as a single livestreamed concert for an 11-year-old girl in isolation has grown into a global movement supporting over 50,000 children and families through...

In this episode of Make Your Life Your Legacy, I sit down with Stephanie Benedetto for a deeply human, unscripted conversation about reinvention, intuition, and what it actually takes to follow an inner knowing when logic, comfort, and external approval fall away. We talk about what it means to "jump timelines," not as a spiritual concept, but as a lived experience, including the moments when life...

In this episode of Make Your Life Your Legacy, Sara Oblak Speicher sits down with Lissele Pratt, Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur and co-founder of Capitalixe, a fintech consultancy helping high-risk industries access world-class financial solutions. From selling jewelry at sixteen to leading an award-winning global firm, Lissele shares the story behind her remarkable rise: what it takes to build i...

Born into trauma and raised between two worlds, Brandon Marshall spent over a decade cycling through juvenile halls, jails, and prisons before a single line in a book changed everything. What began as survival turned into a mission of education, awareness, and art. In this conversation, Sara and Brandon explore the intersections of trauma, healing, identity, and creative rebirth...how self-educati...

In this solo transmission, I pull the curtain all the way back, pausing a scheduled guest episode to honor resistance instead. Speaking candidly about the current state of the world, the push-pull between spiritual surrender and practical execution, the weight of open financial loops, and the messy middle between vision and reality. From relocating across continents to rebuilding identity, from "l...

What does it mean to pursue excellence when life delivers the unexpected? In this episode, former Division I basketball player, SWAT hostage negotiator, and cancer warrior Terry Tucker shares the lessons behind his "4 Truths" for living an uncommon and extraordinary life. From embracing pain as fuel to weaving legacy into the hearts of others, Terry's perspective reframes challenge into purpose. J...

In this episode of Make Your Life Your Legacy Podcast, Sara speaks with Bracha Goetz, Harvard-educated author of 45 children's books and a candid memoir, Nourish the Soul: Filling the Emptiness Within. Bracha opens up about her journey of overcoming food addictions, finding joy, and translating profound lessons into stories that nourish both children and adults. Together, they explore how fulfillm...

Once named one of Florida's top personal trainers and featured as a fitness model, Derek Newborn seemed to have it all. But behind the sculpted image was a man battling shame, self-sabotage, and near-fatal breakdowns. In this candid conversation, Derek shares how he dismantled the double-life that nearly destroyed him and chose to rebuild on radical ownership, spiritual integrity, and emotional cl...

Not everything we carry from a past chapter is meant to come with us. For years, I thought I had let go of the athlete identity. Until the metrics came back—numbers, performance, "proof" of worth. And suddenly, I was measuring my business, my joy, my intuition… against KPIs. In this latest episode of Make Your Life Your Legacy , I share what it means to walk the spiral staircase of reinvention—and...

I received some devastating news the other day. The type that knocks the wind out of you while pressing all the "money, safety, and security" buttons. And the timing was almost ironic...because I felt it coming. I had already begun preparing. Not out of fear, but out of deep knowing.   This is not a breakdown. It's a breakthrough disguised as an ending. So here I am, walking the talk. No performan...

Tired. Scared. Overwhelmed. Resistant. I hated to admit it, but these stopped me in my tracks. A lot! And not because I lacked motivation. On the contrary... ...I had vision, strategy, and a to-do list that would make a CEO sweat.  But every time I sat down to do the "big, important, mountain-moving" thing, one of those emotions would show up. And for a while, I thought something was wrong with me...

It's been a hot minute since my last Make Your Life Your Legacy Podcast episode in 12/2023... because life happened. In a big way! Then came this unscripted 39-minute transmission. In it, I speak to the space so many of us are navigating: the tension between soul-aligned service and real-life responsibilities. If you've been holding it all (the vision, the fear, the brilliance, the exhaustion), th...

Are you feeling fragmented, overwhelmed, unfulfilled, stuck in busyness? Sensing a change coming? Navigating life-altering decisions, but feeling emotionally split about what you want? Breaking generational patterns to build out something in a new & meaningful way, in your own rhythm, on your own terms? If you answered YES to the above questions, then you have come to the right place. T ruth is, t...

Kelley Keller is an attorney, advisor, strategist, and legal and business educator with more than 25 years in demystifying law. ( www.kelleykeller.com ). We sat down for this conversation the day before the midterms to dive into the differences and nuances between law, lived experiences, and media narrative. We talked about free speech and differences of opinion, racism, critical race theory, and...

Dr. Lulu is a pediatrician, author, TEDx speaker, queer, Immigrant, Physician, Veteran, Activist, Award winner, Mom of trans youth. This was one of the most elightning conversations I've had in a long time, and one of the most valuable advices that Dr. Lulu shared, was this: "It's not about us understanding. It's about accepting and loving regardless." www.dr-lulu.com

Once plagued by anxiety and panic attacks himself, Ramses Rodriguez now helps professionals get better results for their anxious clients with science-based and holistic modalities. Ramses holds a Master of Science degree in Developmental Genetics and has combined science theory and alternative therapies to create the Anxiety FREEDOM Process, which he now teaches Coaches how to use to get their anx...

Season 4 of Make Your Life Your Legacy podcast is here!

The final episode of season 3 is different by how it's edited as well as the level of emotions. So if conversations on abortion, violence against women trigger you, please take care of yourself. My guest today is Gloria Feldt, a speaker, author, and teen mom who became president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She stopped by our podcast not only once, but twice. First we talked about...

What would it feel like if you knew your words had the power to heal and transform people's lives? There is more to what you're bringing to this world and your words, your message, your expertise, your voice matter. This is what Harmony Sedona, my dear friend and mentor deeply believes in.  Harmony is an exhibited photographer, award-winning speaker, celebrated writer and rebellious channeling con...

Robyn Hatcher is a communication expert, international keynote speaker, coach, author and consultant inspiring inclusive communication. By understanding and addressing people's needs and triggers, she helps organizations to reduce turnover, tear down silos, increase engagement and decrease HR drama. Through her work, she helps to shifts the mindset and skillset of how leaders listen and communicat...

Blessing Adesiyan is the Founder of Mother Honestly, a complete ecosystem reshaping the future of women and families at home and in the workplace. Through this platform, she engages over 500,000 women. Her passion to call women to their truest and limitless potential in motherhood, addressing challenges and crafting sustainable solutions, while combining work and life helps women, their family and...

Tamika is a creator of Orisha Creative, a creative content agency that serves and supports some of the most prominent names in the coaching and consulting industry. Today, we're talking about nurturing. Nurturing our customers. Our teams. Our communities. And how it all begins with our willingness to nurture ourselves. Along the way, Tamika shares some gold nuggets for successful, heart-centered m...

Naomi Matley serves as the F45 Training HQ College Network, Performance Network. She provides ongoing pro-active fitness and business coaching to colleges/universities that offer F45 Training to their students and communities. She was proud to be selected as one of the twelve coaches to travel to Brazil in 2020 to represent the United States through the Women Win/State Department Coaches Exchange....

Katie Swanson is the founder and owner of Change Collaborative. She leverages tech-driven data to guide gym owners in pursuing their passion through business. Her team of financial coaches and analysts mentor business owners through the changes ahead by empowering them through numbers. https://www.changecollaborative.co