Tactical Harmony

No pitch deck. No business plan. A developer she met at a yacht club tiki bar called Alex Comer about the oldest farm in Cleveland, and Aura House was born. Waiting for 100 percent certainty before your next leap keeps you stuck. Courage is not the absence of fear. It is feeling the resistance and moving anyway. In this episode of the Tactical Harmony Show, Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with Cleve...

At 31, with a newborn at home, he climbed into a car with an armed murder fugitive and talked him into surrendering.  In this landmark 100th episode of the Tactical Harmony Show, host Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with nationally prominent cold case murder investigator, former investigative journalist, and media executive Steve Ridge. From interning with President Dwight Eisenhower at age 15...

Burnout is not inevitable. Burnout is a choice. In this episode of Tactical Harmony, host Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with Daphne Allwein, performance physiologist, founder of Lift Pro Wellness, and host of the Don't F*kn Shrink podcast, to expose the truth about high-performance burnout, nervous system regulation, and sustainable ambition. If you are an ambitious executive, high achiever, or le...

He was making a lot of money. From the outside, he had everything. He spent eight years numbing himself to get through the day. Breathwork facilitator and emergence coach Hans Weygoldt joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to break down the patterns keeping high performers stuck, and the mindset to break them. In this episode, you'll learn: How to spot the "not today, tomorrow" excuse keeping you stuck Why hi...

You think you need a better strategy. You need a calmer brain. Former CFO David McKee, founder of Another Angle Coaching and author of the upcoming Navigate the Noise, joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to connect financial discipline, emotional regulation and high performance. He draws on years of managing financial risk, his life with ADHD, and the childhood trauma he worked through to show you why calm...

You close the locker. You go to dinner. You still sit with your back to the wall and scan every hand in the room. Philip Singh, active duty Philadelphia police officer, psychotherapist, and founder of NOVA Readiness, joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to break down what hypervigilance costs you and how to reset. In this episode, you'll learn: Why Philip estimates 80 percent of calls in his area involve men...

Jesse Cody slept in a tent for the first time on night one of the Appalachian Trail, with no plan B. The mental health keynote speaker and founder of the nonprofit Hike the Good Hike joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to talk suicidal ideation, trauma, resilience, and the mindset of refusing to quit. In this episode, you'll learn: The moment at his 40th birthday party when Jesse chose to give himself a cha...

She rehearsed her startup pitch 43 times, walked on stage word perfect, and froze the moment the judges asked a question. Anya Cheng, founder and CEO of Taelor and former product leader at Meta, eBay, Target, and McDonald's, joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to break down the leadership mindset separating high performers who trust themselves from the ones who freeze. In this episode: Why rejection is just...

Nobody handed Megan Pfaff a seat at the table. She took it.  Megan, owner of Marketplace Events in Missoula, Montana, joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to share why human connection still beats AI, and how consistency and a refusal to wait built a 19-year career producing business events. In this episode: The "duck on water" mindset: How to stay grounded and calm when things go completely sideways be...

Your best people are not leaving because of a people problem. They are leaving because of a system problem. Lonnie Hirsch, Co-Founder and General Partner of INTEGRATE Consulting Partners and a 30-year healthcare strategist, joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to rethink leadership, trust, and culture from the ground up. In this episode: Why servant leadership outperforms command and control for high perform...

The music never started. So hundreds of Americans in the stands sang the national anthem with her instead. Moments earlier, Arlene Limas made history as the first American and first woman to win Olympic gold in Taekwondo. Today the world champion serves as founder and CEO of Pave Prevention, and she joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to break down how preparation, self awareness, and early intervention bui...

One phone call cost MGM Resorts $148 million. Cybersecurity and AI expert Scott Alldridge, CEO of IP Services and Amazon bestselling author, joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to expose the leadership blind spots costing businesses millions. In this episode: The 3 types of AI every leader needs to know: generative, agentic, and autonomous Why 80 percent of freemium AI tools put your company data at risk Th...

Leadership and self improvement start in the body, not in willpower. On this episode of Tactical Harmony, Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with Johnna Devereaux, MS, a clinical pet nutritionist and Founder of Whole House Nutrition and Fetch RI, to unpack the mindset tactics behind lasting change for high performers and their pets. Johnna built her career after grief nearly broke her. She turned loss...

Cash flow expert Chris Miles retired twice before age 40, and he says most financial advice keeps high performers stuck in scarcity. In this episode, Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with the self-proclaimed anti-financial advisor and Founder of Money Ripples to break down why saving and waiting decades for retirement rarely works. Chris shares the moment his own father, a lifelong saver, found out h...

Leadership, mindset, and performance collide in this episode of Tactical Harmony with Kendell Jno-Finn, founder of M3 Endeavors and Doctor of Physical Therapy. Kendell grew up in Dominica without running water until age nine. He turned that scarcity into a standard he now uses to coach CEOs, athletes, and everyday people through physical and mental recovery. This conversation covers leadership dev...

Flow states and peak performance start in your nervous system. Brandon Day, founder of Evolved Athlete and former All-American college football player, spent years on top of the sports world before hitting rock bottom. Chronic pain, panic, and an identity crisis pushed him to rebuild his life through applied neurology and flow state training. He has since helped over 500 clients move out of pain a...

Speaker reels separate six-figure speakers from invisible ones. Emmy-winning filmmaker Max Partain reveals why the same skill set earns $1,000 in the documentary world and $15,000 in the speaking industry. Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with Max to break down his approach to personal branding, storytelling, and building a career only you can deliver. Takeaways from this episode: The "antique car" f...

Money isn't about how much you accumulate. It's about alignment.  Doug Vowels, a certified financial planner and fiduciary advisor with two decades of experience serving high-net worth families, joins Rebecca Fitzsimmons to expose what most people get wrong about wealth. He's seen clients with $20 million feel anxious and clients with $500,000 feel completely at peace. The difference has nothing t...

AI leadership is a management skill, not a technical one. In this episode of Tactical Harmony, Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with John Michael Thomas, Fractional Chief AI Officer, speaker, and number one bestselling author of Lead AI With Confidence.  John spent his career as the last line of defense for global companies, flying in to solve problems after everyone else failed. Now he helps CEOs, f...

Leadership under pressure looks different when you have run counterintelligence in threat zones worldwide. Derrick Jackson spent 21 years in the Air Force, starting as a jet engine specialist and rising into a Special Agent role with OSI's Special Missions Branch. He ran threat assessments for Air Force Special Operations Command missions across the globe. Now he writes the Shadow One series. Rebe...

Leadership, mindset, and calculated risk drive this episode with former Wall Street analyst and C-suite executive Stephanie Georges on the Tactical Harmony Show.  Stephanie spent four decades leading organizations through change and transformation. Now a Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Senior Fellow, she founded the Meraki Dignity Project, an AI-enabled platform for women navigating major l...

Leadership, mindset, and entrepreneurship meet in this episode with Valerie Bowden, the founder who quit her job eight months pregnant and built a seven-figure business on pure conviction. Valerie is the founder of Crdle and one of NBC's top 30 global women rising. Her company helps businesses scale by hiring top-tier remote talent from Africa. Before the title, she backpacked solo through 13 Afri...

After hitting rock bottom on a New York City closet floor, Nami Prakash built the mindset framework high performers use to lead from within. Former NCIS Special Agent Rebecca Fitzsimmons sits down with the founder of the Mind Quotient and author of Healing with Courage for a conversation on leadership, mindset, and personal development that moves fast and hits deep. After 20 plus years in corporat...

Leadership, mindset, and storytelling collide in this conversation with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ken Fay. Rebecca sits down with Ken to explore how high performers find their voice, build resilience, and lead with authenticity. Ken has shaped stories for decades across commercial advertising, documentaries, and narrative features. He earned an Emmy for a documentary he wrote and directed about heali...

Content warning: This episode discusses suicide and grief. If you need support, dial 988. If you are located outside of the United States, resources can be found at https://findahelpline.com   Suicide prevention, mental health awareness, and the power of the human spirit anchor this raw conversation with Jimmy and Karen Baker, founders of the Jake Baker 27 Fund. After losing their 22-year-old son,...