The Awesome Advisor

In this episode of the Awesome Advisor Podcast, I sit down with my friend Sam, owner and founder of The Ground Lounge in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Sam shares her journey from discovering yoga at 19 to building a multi-floor wellness haven offering red light therapy, infrared sauna, cold plunges, PEMF grounding mats, a halo therapy salt and sound room with a vibrational sound bed, and intimate...

In this heartfelt Episode 4 recorded on May 3, 2026, I sit down at my friend Sandy’s home to explore her seven‑plus‑year journey with spirituality, tarot, energy work, and mediumship—and how surviving a high‑control sobriety subgroup shaped, challenged, and ultimately deepened her personal practice. We talk about sobriety, finding safe community, “growing through joy” (instead of only through pain...

In this heartwarming, barn-side episode of the Awesome Advisor Podcast, I visit the Windy Rock Equon Center in Clear Spring, Maryland, to finally meet my long-time coworker and friend, Sandra (Sandy) Burney—and her beautiful American Quarter Horse, also named Sandy. From the crunch of winter coats to the sparkle of “copper penny” summer shine, we get hands-on with grooming, learn what dressage rea...

In this heart-centered episode recorded at the Appalachian Snail Market & Cafe in Bolivar, West Virginia, Kim and I welcome our friend Liz for an open, unpolished conversation about consciously choosing what we take from others. We explore how we’re all “programmed” by upbringing, then reshaped by the people, energies, and ideas we meet along the way—keeping what resonates and gently putting d...

I finally hit record! On Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2026), Kim and I launched The Awesome Adviser from the snowy Little Stony Man trail in Shenandoah National Park. As we crunched along in our “micro cleats,” we dug into our first big idea: being a social chameleon. We talk about how the people we spend time with leave us with pieces—beliefs, habits, energy—that we can intentionally carry forwa...