The Mental Breakthrough (TMB)

Dr. Mala No one ever steps into the same river twice. Our lives change, but some moments ripple through us forever. In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Mala, we explore the many faces of trauma—childhood wounds, cultural silence, military service, intergenerational grief—and the surprising ways they can still serve us in the present. From evolutionary psychology’s take o...

The Undetected Narcissist In this episode, I sit down with Kerie Logan —hypnotherapist, teacher of human consciousness, and author of The Undetected Narcissist —for a deep, living conversation about breaking free from old pain and stepping into the higher rooms of human awareness. Kerie shares her own transformational journey from personal crisis to life-changing work, revealing how we can release...

Get Out of Your Head In this episode of The Mental Breakthrough (TMB81), I sit down with Brian Sachetta, author of the Get Out of Your Head series, to explore how our brains—still wired for survival on the African savanna—struggle to navigate modern life. We unpack the evolutionary roots of anxiety, how our ancient threat detection systems misfire in today’s world, and what it really means to “get...

What does it really mean to take ownership of your life? Agora Guild In this episode, I’m joined by Barton Henderson—a former attorney turned entrepreneur, miner, printer, and founder of the Agora Guild, a men's community rooted in faith, fitness, finance, and family. We talk about his personal health awakening, and the realization that our systems—food, medicine, education—often don’t serve o...

A powerful survivor story of grief, grooming, and spiritual deception — and what it really takes to wake up from the lie. https://feelingbetternaturally.love/In this episode of The Mental Breakthrough, I sit down with Isabella Young — a woman whose story reads like a cautionary tale, yet radiates deep truth and resilience. Isabella opens up about the years she spent trapped in a messianic cult ope...

Dianette Wells In this episode, I sit down with Dianette Wells, climber, endurance athlete, and author of Another Step Up the Mountain , to explore the terrain of human experience—one step at a time. Dianette has scaled the highest peaks on every continent and endured some of the world’s most intense adventure races, but her journey is ultimately about far more than physical feats. We talk about g...

Alisha Kapani on IG In this episode, I sit down with Alisha Kapani , whose journey through deep sensitivity, depression, and eventual healing reshapes how we understand emotional pain—and how we can truly move through it. Alisha speaks from lived experience. For five years, she battled a depression that no medication could touch. What finally brought her peace wasn’t more effort, but the radical d...

www. DeeMani.com In this deeply raw and powerful episode, I sit down with Dee Mani—a mother, author, and sovereignty guide—whose life changed completely after being diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. But this isn’t a story about illness—it’s a story about liberation. Dee shares how she walked away from the prescribed scripts of fear, pharmaceuticals, and silence to instead listen deeply...

Gina Cavalier ...Episode 75 feels like a milestone — and there’s no better guest to mark it with than Gina Cavalier. In this conversation, Gina takes us on a soulful, vulnerable, and deeply practical journey through healing, intuition, and creative transformation. From the brink of suicide to building an expansive ecosystem of healing through books, art, an app, and her podcast The Liberated Heale...

www.thesoulrevival.com Some stories don’t begin—they rupture. And in that tearing open, something deeper often steps through. In this episode, I’m joined by Lindsay Stanton—soul guide, author of The Enduring and Everlasting , and cofounder of The Soul Revival community—for a luminous conversation about grief, embodiment, and the unbreakable bonds that stretch beyond this life. Lindsay lost her bel...

Chandler James Blog In this episode, I sit down with Chandler James, a trauma recovery guide and ecological healer, to explore how healing happens when we return to the ground beneath our feet—literally and metaphorically. We talk about what it means to move beyond burnout by slowing down, listening to the body, and reawakening to the wisdom of the land. Chandler shares stories from her own journe...

Strong Body Green Planet In this episode, I sit down with Kate Galli to explore what it really means to live strong—from the gym to the dinner table to the heart. Kate is a longtime personal trainer, a plant-based powerhouse, and a voice of grounded conviction in the vegan space. But her story isn’t just about muscle. It’s about values, grief, and the courage to live in alignment when it’s not alw...

Zac Russell on Link Tree I sat down with Zac Russell, and this conversation felt like a breath of fresh air through the noise of everyday life. He brought such calm clarity—not with techniques or frameworks, but with presence. Together, we explored what it means to travel light in a world that encourages us to carry so much. We talked about: Dropping the story: how ego scripts keep us in loops of...

Leslie Hocker This episode felt like a long conversation with an old friend—one who just happens to be a petroleum executive turned Pilates pioneer, NLP trainer, and deeply grounded coach. Leslie Hocker joined me to explore the life behind the resume: what we carry, what we shed, and how we learn to walk through life’s minefields—sometimes by following, sometimes by leading. We talked about the in...

Peter Moore on Substack I’ve been deeply moved by Peter Moore’s storytelling…moments that swing wildly from fart whistles to moments so tender they hit you in the gut. In this episode, we trek across landscapes both literal and emotional: foggy hikes in the White Mountains, late‑night Red Rocks concerts, and game‑time awakenings with Nikola Jokic. We talk Zen in baseball fandom, bearing life’s abs...

5 Daily Risks In this episode of Mental Breakthrough , I sat down with John McClain Foreman — game designer, writer, and the mind behind "5 Daily Risks" — to unpack the invisible architecture of change. We explore the surprising way anxiety hijacked his once-gregarious self and how a desperate call to a friend sparked a radical behavioral experiment that changed everything. From cold-cal...

Costa Rica Call Center In Episode 67 of The Mental Breakthrough , I sit down with Richard Blank , the founder of Costa Rica’s Call Center, for a wide-ranging and soul-deep conversation that travels far beyond business. Together, we explore the fusion of presence and strategy—how a life shaped by vision quests, foreign language, and pinball machines can teach us about dignity, dialogue, and leaders...

The Less Stress Doc Website Dr. Gary Sprouse on IG After nearly four decades in primary care, Dr. Gary Sprouse didn’t walk away from healing—he just changed the direction. In this conversation, we explore what happens when we stop treating stress like an enemy and start seeing it as the natural side effect of our most human gifts. Gary's book Highway to Your Happy Place offers tools like the W...

Dr. Craig B. Wiener In Episode 65 of Mental Breakthrough , I sit down with psychologist and author Dr. Craig B. Wiener to explore what truly divides us—not just politically, but psychologically, culturally, and emotionally. Drawing from his book Backyard Politics , we unpack how the ways we raise children echo in our public life: our craving for certainty, our intolerance of ambivalence, and our r...

Download the Pleasure Ladder chart, learn more about Bracha’s work In this soul-stirring conversation with Bracha Goetz, we dive deep into the journey from food addiction to joyful spiritual fulfillment. Bracha, Harvard grad and author of over 45 children's books, shares how she transformed her life through ancient mystical wisdom, neuroscience, and the soul-fueling power of gratitude. We expl...

R. C. Hand I’ve known for years that everyone has a story—sometimes the most unlikely beginnings become the most powerful catalysts for transformation. In this episode, I sit down with R.C. Hand, a man who grew up shining shoes in a barrio bar and witnessing brawls, then went on to build a contracting empire, retire early with creative focus, and explore over 100 countries. We dive deep into: How...

https://betsykudlinski.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BetsyKudlinski This episode felt like a homecoming. Betsy Kudlinski has spent a life immersed in nature—working with animals, tending land, and learning how nervous systems heal when given the chance to remember. But when chronic pain and trauma created a deep disconnect from the body, a new path emerged—one that Betsy now calls “renaturing.” We...

https://septemics.com/ In this episode, I speak with Jim Marshall, polymath and creator of Septemics , a revolutionary system he describes as “the periodic table of human nature.” Jim’s discovery of 35 distinct seven-level scales reveals a law-bound structure to human behavior—where every action, trait, or dysfunction unfolds along a precise gradient. As someone who values frameworks rooted in bot...

Dr. CD on X In this episode, I sit down with Lee Shapiro —whitewater kayaker, visionary artist, and author of The Art of Melting Conflict in All Relationships —for a soulful, wide-ranging conversation about how to live fully, love deeply, and meet conflict with compassion rather than control. Lee’s approach to life and relationships aligns deeply with my project Live for the Death You Hope to Have...

The Mighty Brad SnapChat The Mighty Brad Instagram The Mighty Brad Youtube Dr. CD on X In this 59th episode of Mental Breakthrough , I sit down with life coach and speaker Brad Glantz for a no-holds-barred exploration of masculinity, manipulation, emotional honesty, and the spiritual roots of change. Brad isn’t just talking about healing — he’s doing it in real time, publicly and unfiltered, and i...