The Uncommon Minds Experience

About Our Guest Jenny Leigh Hodgins has spent more than thirty years guiding people in creative growth, performance, and authentic self-expression . She's a vocalist, pianist, composer, poet, author, and music educator. She hosts the podcast Your Creative Chord. And she's a longtime Buddhist practitioner whose practice has shaped how she navigates difficulty, uncertainty, and change . But behind t...

About Our Guest On October 5, 1999, Pam Warren boarded the 6:03 express to Paddington. She was a successful pensions adviser with her own business. She was not expected to survive . The Paddington rail crash killed 31 people and injured over 500. Pam sustained horrific burns to her face and hands. She spent three weeks in a drug-induced coma. She underwent scores of operations. And for eighteen mo...

About Our Guest Dr. Steve McGough has spent more than sixteen years working with thousands of women and couples on nervous system regulation, pelvic floor health, intimacy, and fertility . His background spans nutritional biochemistry, neuroscience research at Wake Forest School of Medicine, a doctorate in clinical sexology, and fifty years of QiGong and martial arts practice . He holds six U.S. a...

About Our Guest Paul Slater has spent three decades at the intersection of humans and technology. He started out teaching people how to use their very first office computers. He spent over a decade at Microsoft, leading global digital transformation and shaping strategy for the company's $1 billion life sciences business. He contributed to AI think tanks at Harvard, Duke, and Arizona State Univers...

About Our Guest Bill Mullen spent years building a successful career in corporate leadership and training. On paper, he was making good money. But it didn't feel like it. He was "just over broke" . Then a friend asked him a question that changed everything: "What is your excuse now?" He booked a $619 round-trip ticket to Thailand. He swam with elephants. He scuba dived. He watched sunsets that mad...

About Our Guest Dr. Stan Block has spent 43 years as a pediatrician in Bardstown, Kentucky. Same house. Same practice. Same office. Four decades in one small town . But here's what's unusual. From that small rural practice, he became one of the most published general pediatricians in the United States. Over 170 peer-reviewed papers. He helped develop modern vaccines. He co-founded a research group...

About Our Guest Dr. Stan Block has spent 43 years as a pediatrician in Bardstown, Kentucky. Same house. Same practice. Same office. Four decades in one small town . But here's what's unusual. From that small rural practice, he became one of the most published general pediatricians in the United States. Over 170 peer-reviewed papers. He helped develop modern vaccines. He co-founded a research group...

About Our Guest Kevin Jackson – better known as Kevie The Dreamer – has spent nearly two decades as a registered nurse. But that's only one part of his story. He's also a singer, a storyteller, a podcaster, and an entrepreneur. Through his show Kultivation w/ Kevie: Stories, Nostalgia and Empowerment, now in its fourth season, he's had nearly 200 conversations exploring people's lives, their memor...

About Our Guest Mathias Lemos Castillo grew up in Uruguay. Then he moved to the United States. And somewhere between those two worlds, he learned something most people never have to face. You can speak the same language as someone. Work in the same building. Want the same things. And still be living in a completely different reality. Today, Mathias runs MLC Consulting. He sits in rooms where two g...

About Our Guest Ali Christos spent over 15 years in business, real estate, and coaching—building a life around achievement, responsibility, and forward momentum. Then a difficult divorce, encounters with mortality, and years of Vipassana meditation pulled the floor out from underneath that life . Today he's a Quantum Hypnosis Practitioner, author, speaker, and meditation teacher. He studied under...

About Our Guest Carrie Davidson is a registered nurse, a trauma recovery coach, and the author of Addicted to Trauma: A Story of CPTSD, Addiction, and the Patterns That Almost Killed Me. She's seen trauma from two sides. She's treated patients. And she's lived through it herself. So she knows the clinical language. And she knows what it feels like when the clinical language doesn't cover your actu...

About Our Guest April Ratchford is an occupational therapist, an autistic adult, and the parent of an autistic young adult. She hosts the Adulting with Autism podcast — which has more than 2.7 million lifetime downloads. What makes April's perspective different is that she brings three lenses at once. The clinical lens of an occupational therapist. The personal lens of an autistic adult. And the p...

About Our Guest Thomas R. Wilson grew up with mental health struggles and neurodiversity. He was bullied. He was in systems that didn't work with him. And he wrote that some of the people who were supposed to support him called him a monster and a mistake. Today, he's a storyteller. A neurodiversity advocate. A peer specialist. A sensory-friendly events specialist who has partnered with more than...

About Our Guest Jobert E. Abueva spent three decades in Fortune 500 marketing, including leading Clairol Herbal Essences worldwide — one of the most recognizable beauty brands on the planet. He was born in the Philippines and raised across Nepal, Thailand, and Japan. He's written a coming-of-age memoir called Boy Wander, which won the Lambda Literary J. Michael Samuel Prize. And his latest book, T...

About Our Guest Branch Isole has spent decades exploring the uncomfortable space between truth and comfort. He's the author of 22 books — fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and short stories. He's studied theology at the master's level. He's founded or partnered in five businesses. And he hosts two podcasts: Spiritual Christianity and Omega Way: Prophecy. His work keeps returning to the same four words...

Victoria Pelletier became one of the youngest COOs in Canada at 24. She was a President by 35. A CEO by 41. She's led enterprise transformations across financial services, technology, and consulting—with a track record spanning over 40 M&A integrations for Fortune 500 clients. She's a five-time bestselling author, including The Power of Whole Human Leadership and Influence Unleashed. Her TEDx...

About Our Guest Houston Pierce has spent his life doing something most people avoid: asking questions nobody else asks. He's the host of 1000 Crazy Questions—a podcast built entirely around one simple idea: that curiosity, humor, and genuine conversation can reveal more about people than any interview format ever could. Before podcasting, Houston did almost everything else. He studied mechanical e...

Dr. Victoria Rader is a Ph. D. in Metaphysical Studies, a bestselling author, and the founder of YU2SHINE—a company built around what she calls Quantum Personal Development. She's the creator of the Free mE EFT methodology and has written multiple books including Prosper mE and Yes! You Can Have It All. Victoria has developed an entire ecosystem of tools—books, journals, apps, and transformational...

About Our Guest Frank Titus has spent more than 30 years working with people in pain. His approach doesn't use machines, hands-on manipulation, or expensive equipment. Instead, he teaches people how to change the way they move. His method, Titus Motion Therapy (TMT), is built around a simple but provocative idea: the location of pain isn't always the location of the problem. And the body isn't bro...

Dr. Mark Fabian is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Warwick and an Affiliate Fellow at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at Cambridge University . He holds a PhD in Economic Policy from the Australian National University and was previously a Fulbright Scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC . His research focuses on wellbeing from an interdisciplinar...

Gordon Firemark has practiced entertainment law in Los Angeles since 1992 and is often referred to as The Podcast Lawyer™ . He has devoted his career to helping creatives, artists, and entrepreneurs protect themselves and get their messages out so they can achieve the impact, influence, and income they deserve . A podcaster himself, Gordon has been producing and hosting the Entertainment Law Updat...

Lauren Fay believes we're all one courageous decision away from changing the trajectory of our lives. That belief was forged through experience. Before becoming an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and life strategist, Lauren was a collegiate athlete, fitness instructor, and high achiever who looked like she had it all together. Beneath the surface, she spent more than a decade negotiating wi...

Jennifer "Jenny" White is a retired Registered Nurse with over 30 years of frontline experience in ICUs, trauma units, surgical floors, Public Health, and Long-Term Care . She served as a Director of Care and Director of Nursing Services, overseeing multiple nursing homes and large healthcare teams. She holds a BSc and a Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration . After retiring, Jenny survived...

Kristan Swan, M.Ed. is a former business coach turned life and spiritual guide devoted to helping people come home to themselves . After years spent guiding entrepreneurs and leaders to build successful businesses, she now uses that same strategic insight to help people build lives that feel deeply aligned with who they are . Kristan's work invites you to explore your deepest truths, question the...

Sonia Couto is a Canadian technology founder, business leader, and champion for women in technology. As Managing Director of Konverge Digital Solutions, a Toronto-based software development company with more than 30 years of experience, she leads the delivery of custom software, AI, and digital transformation solutions that help organizations solve complex business challenges . She is also the fou...