The Giant Builders

What if the greatest leadership lesson isn't about managing other people—but about leading yourself?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Carol Metz Murray, founder of Naked Leadership, to explore how courage, authenticity, and self-awareness create stronger leaders and more fulfilling lives.

Carol shares her deeply personal journey through childhood trauma, domestic abuse, burnout, and rebuilding her life. She explains how those experiences shaped her leadership philosophy and why true leadership begins by understanding yourself before trying to lead others.

Whether you're a business owner, executive, parent, or...

What if your health is about much more than eating well and exercising?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Haleh Houshim, a Healthspan Cell Resonance Quantum Coach, to explore the powerful connection between your thoughts, emotions, and physical health.

Haleh shares her incredible personal story of overcoming chronic illness after spending months bedridden. Through her own healing journey, she discovered that lasting wellness isn't just about treating symptoms—it's about aligning the body, mind, and spirit.

In this conversation, Haleh explains how emotions, stress, and subconscious thought pa...

Have you ever felt like you've done everything you know to do...yet you still can't move forward?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Sherris Cottier Shank, a psycho-spiritual hypnotherapist, to explore how the subconscious mind influences our thoughts, behaviors, fears, and ability to create lasting change.

Sherris explains why many struggles—including anxiety, low self-worth, fear, and feeling stuck—aren't the real problem. They're symptoms of deeper beliefs stored in the subconscious mind. Through hypnotherapy, she helps people identify and heal those invisible wounds so they can live with...

Your website isn't dead—but its job has changed.

AI search tools like ChatGPT and Google's AI features are changing how customers research businesses, ask questions, and decide who to trust. That means your website now has another important audience beyond Google and your potential customers: artificial intelligence.

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant, founder of JFT Web Marketing, breaks down what local business owners need to know about building and optimizing a website for the way people search today.

Lois explains why your website should become your company's source of...

Are you building the business you dreamed about—or has your business taken over your life?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with entrepreneur, coach, and author Mosongo Moukwa to discuss why many business owners experience success on paper while still feeling overwhelmed, stagnant, and disconnected from the life they hoped to create.

Mosongo Moukwa shares his own journey from corporate executive to entrepreneur and explains why courage alone isn't enough. Business owners also need clarity, focus, and a business intentionally designed to support the life they want.

Wh...

Why do so many people struggle with budgeting—even when they genuinely want to improve their finances?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with financial coach Nancy Ward to uncover why traditional budgeting often fails and what actually works for everyday families, professionals, and entrepreneurs.

Nancy shares practical strategies that helped her overcome thousands of dollars in personal debt and now helps others eliminate credit card debt without feeling deprived. Instead of cutting out every small pleasure, she explains how making simple financial shifts can create long-term freedom.

If...

Have you ever felt like you're doing everything "right"—working hard, achieving success, and checking all the boxes—but still feel stuck?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with transformational life coach, mental fitness trainer, and author Julie Miezejeski to discuss why so many high-achieving people feel unfulfilled and how to rediscover the life they were meant to live.

Julie shares her personal journey from spending nearly 30 years in the corporate world feeling unhappy to becoming a certified coach who helps others reconnect with their purpose. She explains how mindfulness, ment...

What if the key to reducing stress, improving confidence, and making better decisions isn't found in your mind—but in your body?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, host Lois Wyant sits down with Christianne Zurowski, Body Intelligence Coach and speaker, to explore the powerful concept of Body Intelligence (BQ)—the missing link between IQ (intelligence) and EQ (emotional intelligence).

Christianne explains how your body constantly communicates through tension, posture, breathing, and subtle sensations, yet most of us have learned to ignore these signals. She shares practical exercises that can help you interrupt stress, regu...

Do you already have leadership skills without realizing it?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with leadership strategist Kathy Holt to discuss why leadership isn't limited to executives or CEOs. Women lead every single day—organizing families, solving problems, managing relationships, and guiding others—but many never recognize these abilities as true leadership strengths.

Kathy shares how self-awareness, understanding your strengths, and learning when to say "yes" or "no" can dramatically change your confidence, influence, and purpose.

She also shares the incredible story of how saying yes to one...

What if the biggest obstacle to your success isn't your competition—but the subconscious beliefs you've carried for years?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Lin Schussler-Williams, creator of the Lucid Sequence process, to discuss how childhood programming, life experiences, and subconscious beliefs influence our confidence, relationships, business success, and personal growth.

Lin explains how people unknowingly develop limiting beliefs about money, worthiness, success, and failure—and why simply "thinking positively" often isn't enough to create lasting change.

Whether you're building a business, improving relationships, or trying to b...

What if the greatest leadership principle isn't strategy, confidence, or experience—but love?

In this inspiring episode of Giants Helping Giants, Lois Wyant welcomes leadership coach, author, and speaker Teresa Page to discuss how understanding God's love can transform leadership, business, purpose, and personal growth.

Teresa shares the remarkable journey that led her to discover her life's calling: helping women remove the limits on their potential. She explains how love is more than an emotion—it's a leadership principle that strengthens communication, builds stronger teams, encourages innovation, and helps leaders create lasting impact.

Toge...

Is your website still the most important marketing asset for your local business?

Not anymore.

In this episode of The Giants Builders, Lois Wyant explains why your Google Business Profile (GBP) has become the most important online asset for attracting local customers. With AI-powered search, zero-click searches, and changing customer behavior, your Google Business Profile is now where trust is built and buying decisions are made.

You'll learn why simply claiming your profile isn't enough and discover the seven key areas that help businesses generate more calls, more leads, and more customers.

What if your emotions are not the problem—but the guide you've been taught to ignore?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Jessica Lyn, an emotions mentor, artist, and creator of Sacred Interactions Mentoring, to explore a completely different way of understanding emotions, curiosity, leadership, and human connection.

Jessica shares why many people learn to distrust their emotions from childhood, how curiosity can become one of the most powerful tools for growth, and why learning to navigate your "emotional wonderland" can transform your relationships, leadership, and personal confidence.

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What happens when life pushes you toward a major change? Whether you're facing a career transition, burnout, a difficult workplace environment, or simply feeling stuck, the next chapter of your life may be closer than you think.

In this episode of Giants Helping Giants, Lois Wyant sits down with executive coach Laura Aziz to discuss how people can navigate life transitions with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose. Laura shares her journey from healthcare consulting and public health into executive coaching and explains how she helps clients move from feeling overwhelmed and uncertain to creating meaningful change.

How’s your gut health really doing?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant talks with Nikki Golly about the topic everybody experiences but few people want to talk about: poop, digestion, and gut health. Nikki shares why healthy elimination matters, how constipation can affect your energy, focus, productivity, and overall well-being, and why your gut is often called your second brain.

Nikki explains simple first steps for improving digestion, including drinking more water, eating more fruits and vegetables, paying attention to what your body is telling you, and making vegetables taste good in...

What happens to your body when you experience grief, loss, or a major life change?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Jason Wendroff-Rawnicki, a body-centered grief therapist who helps people understand the physical, emotional, and mental impact of loss. After losing his sister in a tragic car accident, Jason discovered that traditional talk therapy wasn't enough to help him heal. Through yoga, meditation, nervous system regulation, and body-centered healing practices, he found a new path forward.

Jason explains why grief isn't just about emotions—it affects your entire body. He...

What can two women from the Bible teach us about business, visibility, and showing up with faith?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant shares powerful lessons from two extraordinary women in scripture—Lois, the grandmother of Timothy, and the Shunammite woman. Though separated by generations and circumstances, both women modeled something every woman in business needs today: intentional action, faithfulness, and the courage to move before the results are visible.

Lois talks about investing in others without seeing immediate results, showing up consistently, and planting seeds that grow over time. She also sh...

What does it really mean to leave a legacy?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant talks with Jessica Koch about building a life that impacts others now and continues to inspire long after we are gone.

Jessica shares how legacy is not just for the wealthy, famous, or well-known. Legacy can include your stories, wisdom, family history, creativity, business, values, faith, generosity, and the way you help others grow. She also talks about building financial stability, preserving family stories, creating generational impact, using virtual assistants wisely, and listening for the next step...

What if the story you have been overlooking is the very thing that could inspire, connect, and open doors for others?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant talks with Sabine Kvenberg, known as the storytelling dame from Germany. Sabine shares how her background as an actress, director, teacher, and entrepreneur shaped her belief that every person has a story worth telling. She explains why stories are so powerful, the common mistakes people make when sharing them, and how to communicate in a way that truly connects with an audience.

Sabine also introduces...

What if the most powerful gifts you can give your children cost absolutely nothing?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with educator and author Rosemary Olender to talk about what truly shapes confident, resilient, and successful children. With over 40 years of experience working with families, Rosemary shares the life-changing lessons she learned from her father—lessons that became the foundation of her book Coffee and Wisdom.

This conversation breaks through the noise of today’s pressure-filled parenting culture and brings the focus back to what actually matters—time, presence, communication, and in...

AI search is changing how customers find local service businesses. In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant explains why traditional search is no longer the only place business owners need to show up and how tools like ChatGPT, Siri, Alexa, and Google AI are changing local visibility.

Lois shares why many good businesses are becoming invisible online, not because they do poor work, but because their websites, reviews, content, and business information are not structured in a way AI can easily understand.

You’ll learn the four key signals AI looks for before re...

What if the answer to weight gain and low energy after 50 is not eating less, but eating smarter?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant talks with Dr. Ginny Trierweiler, a psychologist and health coach who helps women in their 50s and 60s learn how to eat in a way that truly supports their changing bodies. They unpack why dieting and restriction often stop working after menopause, how processed foods create more stress in the body, and why abundant nutritious foods can lead to better energy, less inflammation, and a more peaceful relationship with food.<...

If your marketing is not turning into actual sales, this episode will shift how you think about everything.

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Ruke, a branding, marketing, and sales expert who helps business owners build real connections that lead to consistent revenue.

They break down why traditional sales approaches no longer work, and how focusing on connection, research, and customer experience can completely transform your results.

You will learn:

Reviews can make or break your business—and most business owners are handling them the wrong way.

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Shane Barker, a digital marketing expert and founder of Tracefuse, to talk about how reviews impact your visibility, credibility, and sales—especially on platforms like Amazon.

Shane shares what most business owners don’t realize about negative reviews, why being proactive is critical, and how even a single bad review can hurt your momentum if you don’t have a strong foundation of positive feedback.

Whethe...

If you're a local business owner tired of chasing leads, this episode will completely change how you see YouTube.

In this episode of The Giant Builders, I break down a simple system to help you attract high-quality clients using YouTube—without fancy equipment, without going viral, and without becoming a full-time content creator.

You’ll learn how to create videos that actually bring in leads, how to build trust before someone ever calls you, and how to turn your knowledge into a consistent stream of opportunities.

This is not about becoming an influencer. It’s...

Are you building your business the way everyone told you to… but something still feels off?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Andrea Austin to talk about a different approach to business—one that focuses on alignment, clarity, and building something that actually feels right instead of forcing it into a template.

If you’ve ever felt stuck trying to follow marketing formulas, pricing strategies, or business “rules” that don’t fit you, this conversation will challenge the way you think about growth.

You’ll discover:

What does it take to rise from a small village in South Africa to becoming a global life coach, NLP practitioner, and speaker impacting lives around the world?

In this powerful episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant interviews Jabu Msomi, known as “Mom Coach” and the “Queen of Queens.” Jabu shares her journey of growing up in a Zulu village, navigating cultural expectations, overcoming adversity, and discovering her purpose through transformation and intentional growth.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, unseen, or unsure of your next step, this conversation will encourage you to go inward, cl...

Burnout doesn’t mean you failed—it may be the very place where God begins restoring you.

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with author and former federal employee Vivian Cumins to talk about burnout, breakdown, and the faith-filled journey toward restoration. After decades of service in the U.S. Air Force and USDA Forest Service, Vivian faced anxiety, depression, cancer, and a complete emotional breakdown that forced her to surrender everything to God.

From that wilderness season came her book Breakdown Better: 52 Restoring Devotionals for Burned-Out Women, a powerful remi...

What if you were never meant to live small?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Nick Smith—known as the Gentle Giant—to explore how people get trapped in unconscious patterns and how they can rewrite the internal stories that shape their lives.

Nick shares his powerful 12 Journeys framework, a practical, human-centered approach to growth that blends neuroscience, emotional awareness, identity, and purpose. From understanding how the brain conserves energy to learning why resistance keeps us stuck, this conversation offers clarity for anyone feeling caught in loops of anxiety, stri...

If you’re a business owner who feels like marketing only happens when you’re already behind, this episode is for you.

In this solo episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant breaks down how artificial intelligence can actually help small and local businesses — not as a shiny shortcut, but as leverage inside a real visibility system.

Lois explains why most business owners feel invisible online, even when they’re great at what they do, and introduces the concept of the Invisible Loop — the cycle of inconsistent marketing, inconsistent leads, and constant stress. From there, she walks...

Have you ever felt that quiet but persistent itch that something in your career just isn’t aligned anymore? In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with career ownership coach Stacy Heisey-Terrell to unpack how to recognize when a career shift may be necessary—and how to approach that decision with clarity instead of fear.

Stacy brings years of experience from both corporate human resources and individual coaching, helping professionals move from feeling stuck in the “passenger seat” of their careers into the driver’s seat. Together, they explore the difference between a difficult...

What happens when life takes everything familiar away?

In this powerful episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Lin Banis, a former executive coach and leadership consultant who now helps women navigate profound loss and rebuild their identity with clarity and purpose.

Lin shares her deeply personal story of loss—caring for her mother until age 106, losing her brother suddenly, and then losing her husband unexpectedly within a short span of time. Through that devastation, she discovered that grief is not just emotional pain—it is an identity earthquake that changes everything from...

There are many kinds of art—and many ways creativity shows up in our lives. In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Rory Lemon to explore neurocreative strategies and what it means to lead your life creatively.

Rory shares his personal journey through music, dyslexia, mental health recovery, and holistic health, and how discovering neurodivergence reshaped the way he understands creativity, work, and purpose. He explains how artistic and neurodivergent minds often struggle not with ideas, but with translating those ideas into real-world projects.

This conversation dives into neurocreativity, vision ma...

We live in a world with more access to truth than any generation before us—yet access does not equal consistency. In this Holy Habits episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant walks through six intentional spiritual habits that build a faith strong enough to stand when life brings pressure, uncertainty, and storms.

Spiritual growth does not happen by accident. No one drifts into strength, maturity, or resilience. Growth is built on purpose—and Scripture shows us how.

In this teaching, you’ll learn how daily engagement with God’s Word, consistent prayer, worship, gratitude, communit...

Parenting is hard, and it can feel like you’re constantly guessing what to do next. In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant interviews Martha Burich, author of Yes, You Can Raise Happy, Responsible Children, about practical parenting strategies that build confidence, responsibility, and healthier family boundaries.

Martha shares what she learned as a former teacher and child psychology professor, plus what she learned the hard way as a parent. You’ll hear why kids need clear limits, how to say no and mean it, and why fear-based parenting can backfire. Martha also explains the diff...

Forgiveness can feel impossible when the pain runs deep. In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Natalie Baird King, a family law attorney, mediator, and aspiring author, to talk about what forgiveness really is and what it is not.

Natalie shares her powerful story and explains why forgiveness is a daily practice, not a one-time decision. She also breaks down common myths like “forgive and forget” and “forgiveness excuses what happened,” and replaces them with something far more honest and freeing.

You’ll hear a vivid word picture th...

If you’ve been dealing with brain fog, fatigue, bloating, or that feeling of “I don’t feel like I should,” this conversation will meet you right where you are. Heather Hansen shares how her own autoimmune thyroid journey led her from nursing into holistic nutrition, mindset coaching, and trauma-informed breath and energy work.

You’ll hear why “getting older” isn’t the real explanation for feeling worn down, how women in their 40s and 50s can reconnect with purpose, and why the soul is often the greatest conflict in the mind-body-soul triangle. Heather also explains a powerful approac...

When God opens a door… are you brave enough to walk through it?

In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with Frannie Foltz to talk about faith, health, and the courage it takes to pivot when life shifts. Frannie shares her powerful story of transformation, including the moment a trainer asked one question that changed her trajectory—and how that wake-up call became the start of a lifelong health journey.

You’ll also hear how her teaching gift has shown up in different seasons: from the classroom, to coachi...

Do you have allergies or “mystery” reactions you can’t quite pinpoint? In this episode, Lois talks with Dr. Ynge Ljung, an acupuncture physician and naturopath who has worked with allergies for decades. Dr. Ynge shares how sensitivities can show up as more than sneezing—sometimes as inflammation, cravings, mood shifts, fatigue, or ongoing discomfort—and why many people don’t realize what’s actually triggering them.

You’ll hear an overview of her at-home, non-invasive approach using “The Allergy Kit,” including how the process works step-by-step, why she includes a “stress” support vial, and why she encourages spacing treat...

The world is filled with anxiety, but most people don’t realize they’re in an anxious state until it’s already running the show. In this episode of The Giant Builders, Lois Wyant sits down with therapist, author, and speaker Monica Pitek Fugedi (Michigan) to talk about how to recognize anxiety in your body, how to calm your nervous system in real time, and how to stop avoiding discomfort in ways that make anxiety louder later.

Monica shares practical tools you can use anywhere, including simple body-based techniques to activate your calming response (even if you’re sitti...