Raw & Unscripted with Christopher Rausch

You can check every box, make everyone proud, and still wonder, “When does this start feeling like MY life?” The career. The responsibilities. The expectations. Somewhere along the way, your own voice gets buried beneath everyone else’s opinions. This week on Raw & Unscripted, host Christopher Rausch is joined by life and executive coach Kirsten Breidenbruch, founder of Wellth by Kirsten and f...

WHY DOES CRITICISM HURT SO DAMN MUCH? Ever had someone say something negative about you that stuck with you for YEARS? A parent. A spouse. A teacher. A boss. Even a complete stranger. And here's the kicker... How often do YOU become your own worst critic? We can hear ten compliments and somehow obsess over that ONE negative comment. WHY? Host Christopher Rausch of Raw & Unscripted is going dee...

How do you imagine a future after losing the person you planned to share it with? In this episode of Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch welcomes speaker, author, and visualization coach Steve Gamlin for an honest conversation about grief, healing, and finding your way forward. After losing his wife about a year ago, Steve brings a deeply personal perspective to the ideas he teaches: knowing...

Need more money? You're not alone. But instead of spending another hour talking about how expensive everything has become, let's talk about what we can actually DO about it. In this episode of Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch, the No Excuses Coach, shares 10 practical ways to attack financial pressure from BOTH directions—spending less and creating additional income. We'll explore ways to...

You KNOW what you should do. So why can it sometimes feel almost impossible to actually do it? This week on Raw & Unscripted, #NoExcusesCoach and host Christopher Rausch sits down with Kelsey Dunbar for a powerful conversation about what really creates lasting transformation—and why simply knowing the answer isn't enough. Kelsey's life has included extraordinary highs, devastating lows, and mo...

What if some of the most important questions in life don't have easy answers? This week on Raw & Unscripted, host Christopher Rausch — the No Excuses Coach — concludes his three-part Questions series by going bigger than ever. Part I explored the questions we need to ask ourselves. Part II tackled the questions people commonly ask a life coach. For Part III, we're taking on some of the questio...

Have you ever known EXACTLY what you needed to do...and still didn't do it? This week on Raw & Unscripted, host Christopher Rausch — the No Excuses Coach — tackles 10 of the questions people ask life coaches...and themselves. Why do I keep sabotaging myself? How do I stop caring what other people think? How do I know when it's time to walk away? And can people REALLY change? Those are just a f...

What if the answers you're looking for aren't the problem? What if you've simply been avoiding the right questions? In this episode of Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch — the No Excuses Coach — challenges you with 10 questions designed to expose what you're tolerating, what you're avoiding, whose approval you're chasing, and whether the life you're living actually matches what you say matte...

Every move matters. Every decision has a consequence. But here's the good news... One bad move DOES NOT have to define the rest of your life. This week on Raw & Unscripted, host Christopher Rausch is welcoming back Dr. Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson, founder of Be Someone, Inc., former Alabama State Trooper, U.S. Air Force veteran, and a man who has dedicated his life to teaching young people how to...

The Pressure Advantage: Why Stress Doesn't Have to Break You 🔥 WHAT IF PRESSURE ISN'T THE PROBLEM? We spend so much of our lives trying to eliminate stress, avoid uncertainty, and escape pressure. But what if we've been looking at it all wrong? This week on Raw & Unscripted, I'm joined by award-winning Executive Coach & International Speaker Shairose Gulamani, someone I had the pleasure o...

Who are you still allowing to live rent-free in your mind? Maybe it's an ex. A parent. A former boss. A friend who betrayed your trust. Or maybe... The hardest person to forgive is the one staring back at you in the mirror. Forgiveness isn't about saying what happened was okay. It isn't about forgetting. And it certainly doesn't mean allowing someone to hurt you again. Forgiveness is about taking...

How much of your life is being controlled by RESISTANCE... and you don't even realize it? Most people believe they procrastinate because they're lazy. I don't. I believe procrastination is simply a symptom. The real problem? **Resistance.** Resistance to failure. Resistance to judgment. Resistance to success. Resistance to change. Resistance to becoming the person you're capable of becoming. And t...

🤖 AI is changing the world... But here's the bigger question... **What makes YOU irreplaceable?** This week on the the Raw & Unscripted podcast, host Christopher Rausch is excited to welcome special guest Yvonne E.L. Silver—Confidence Catalyst, bestselling author, speaker, executive coach, and expert in confident conversations. For more than 30 years, Yvonne has helped leaders, entrepreneurs,...

Life has a way of reminding us that tomorrow isn't guaranteed. This week's episode wasn't planned. No script. No outline. No agenda. Just an honest conversation about what truly matters. We talk about... • Why waiting for "someday" steals today's joy. • The lessons mortality quietly teaches us. • Creating a life you're proud of... one day at a time. • The importance of boundaries, values and inten...

There comes a moment in life that no one truly prepares us for... The people who once held our hands... begin reaching for ours. The parents who protected us... suddenly need protecting. The people we once leaned on... now lean on us. How do we navigate the emotional roller coaster of watching our parents age? How do we balance being a spouse, parent, professional, and now caregiver? What happens...

You're negotiating with yourself every single day... and you probably don't even realize it. "I'll start Monday." "I'm too tired." "I'll do it tomorrow." "Just this once." Sound familiar? Here's the truth: every excuse is an attempt to renegotiate a promise you've already made to yourself. In this powerful episode of Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch, the #NoExcusesCoach, challenges you to...

The Hardest Questions You'll Ever Ask Yourself What if the answers you've been searching for aren't out there... but inside the questions you've been avoiding? In this powerful episode of Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch dives into 20 of the toughest questions we can ask ourselves—questions that challenge our excuses, expose our blind spots, reveal our fears, and help us discover who we tr...

Most people don't avoid difficult conversations because they don't know what to say. They avoid them because they're afraid. Afraid of rejection. Afraid of conflict. Afraid of hurting someone. Afraid of being judged. Afraid of losing the relationship. But what if avoiding the conversation is actually causing more damage than having it? In this episode of Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch th...

What if life is constantly trying to get your attention... But you're too busy to listen? My guest this week, Jonathan Pleska, was building a successful life and business when he began experiencing what he calls the "whispers"—those subtle nudges telling us something isn't right, something needs to change, or we're not living in alignment with who we're truly meant to be. Like many of us, he ignor...

Overthinking Is Killing Your Dreams OVERTHTINKING. We've all done it. Replaying conversations. Second-guessing ourselves. Waiting for the perfect time. Looking for certainty that never comes. But what if overthinking isn't actually helping you? What if it's keeping you stuck? This week on Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch is diving deep into the real reasons we overthink, where it comes fro...

You Are Stronger Than You Think After SEVEN YEARS of Raw & Unscripted… this remains one of the MOST powerful, emotional, inspiring, and talked-about episodes we’ve ever done. This conversation with Monica Kretschmer is raw humanity at its finest. We talk about: 💥 Surviving abuse and uncertainty 💥 Rebuilding your life from nothing 💥 Fear, resilience, and perseverance 💥 Why adversity can bec...

Last week we explored how your identity was created through: Childhood conditioning Survival Fear Pain Approval Societal expectations Emotional protection But now comes the REAL question… 👉 Who are you becoming? This week on Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch takes the conversation even deeper in Part II of “The Identity Crisis Nobody Talks About.” Because awareness alone does not create tr...

Most people are not having a life crisis… They’re having an IDENTITY crisis. They built a life around who they thought they had to be: ✔ strong ✔ successful ✔ productive ✔ needed ✔ responsible ✔ accepted But beneath all of that is a deeper question: “Is this REALLY who I am?” This week on Raw & Unscripted, Christopher Rausch dives deep into one of the most important conversations we can have:...

You say you want more…More success. More confidence. More freedom. So why do you keep getting in your own way? In this Raw & Unscripted Podcast episode, the #NoExcusesCoach himself, Christopher Rausch, breaks down the truth about self-sabotage—why we do it, where it comes from, and how it’s quietly running your life without you even realizing it. If you’ve ever: Started something strong and di...

This week on Raw & Unscripted , host Christopher Rausch sits down with Sara Ann Aerts — also known as The Death Shaman . She’s worked with people in their final days of life. Guiding them, supporting them, and witnessing what truly matters when everything else falls away. And here’s what she’ll tell you… At the end of life, people don’t regret the risks they took. They regret the life they did...