Through the Fire

Liz Coleman is a certified transformational life coach with a degree in psychology. She works with women who look successful and steady from the outside but can’t remember the last time they truly relaxed; the ones stuck overthinking every decision, always on, unable to switch off even when nothing is wrong. Liz shows them how to quiet the noise and start trusting themselves again. Alert -The answer isn’t better boundaries or a better calendar. 

She built her approach the hard way. After years of chasing answers across therapy, medicine, and every wellness protocol on the marke...

Joe Dillon has spent nearly two decades in rooms where marriages end — which gave him an unusually clear view of exactly how they go wrong. As founder of Equitable Mediation Services, he has helped thousands of couples navigate the hardest transitions of their lives across 20+ states and countries.

But somewhere along the way, he started noticing the patterns. The same failure modes, over and over. The same missed signals. The same conversations that never happened. And he started asking: what if couples had these tools before things fell apart?

That question became POWER UP — a prac...

Shawn Maftounian is the founder and director of Prestige Personalised Training on the Gold Coast. Shawn has 14+ national and international awards to his name, including Australia’s #1 Personal Trainer, a 2025 7News Young Achiever Award, and being named the #1 Best Personal Trainer in Gold Coast, QLD at the 2026 Quality Business Awards (top 1% of 10,000+ Australian businesses assessed).

Beyond his credentials, he has an interesting backstory - he moved to Australia in 2012 with nothing, lost everything trying to build a CrossFit and martial arts gym, and spent months sleeping in his 1988 Toyota Camry while working night shifts and studying Sports Ma...

Kathy Rogers is a speaker, business owner, podcaster, and author whose life was forever changed by two breast cancer diagnoses—first her own, then her daughter’s. Despite a fierce battle, Kathy’s daughter passed away at 29 years old. This unimaginable loss transformed Kathy’s lens on life, allowing her to find faith, joy, and peace in all circumstances. Her voice is a guiding light for those seeking clarity, courage, and connection in the midst of cultural noise and complexity.

Get your copy of Kathy's book: https://www.thekathyrogers.com/

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Samuel Garza Bernstein’s life and writing reflect the wild intersections of modern life. He was born to an undocumented Mexican mother who everyone assumed was a white Texan, and a Jewish father who passionately supported the Palestinian cause in Egypt, where the family lived for a year when he was a kid. “I was six-years old in Cairo,” Garza Bernstein says, “Surrounded by hot Egyptians, spinning fantasies and inventing myself.” The family traveled all over the world—occasionally on the lam—and lived in Cairo, Honolulu, Austin, Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles, and Ft. Collins, Colorado.

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Phil Calandra has been in financial services since 2003. He won every production award the industry handed out — and in March 2009, at two in the morning, he sat looking at eight cents in his business checking account with payroll due when the sun came up. A credentialed money expert with no personal wealth system of his own. He rebuilt over the next three years, went on to build and exit two businesses alongside his wife and business partner Trish, and today serves as Chief Wealth Officer for business owners doing $1M–$10M in revenue. 
He is a partner at a $10...

Lane Kawaoka guides high net worth professionals in wealth-building via real estate rentals, advanced tax strategies, and infinite banking. Lane Kawaoka, an ex-engineer, owns 10,000+ rental units worth $2.1 billion. He focuses on passive real estate, avoiding house flipping due because those strategies take too much effort. Lane writes for Forbes, hosts a Top-50 investing podcast, and is an Amazon Best-Seller. Topics he covers: building passive rental portfolios, rent-to-value ratios, market types, asset classes, "Emergency Fund 2.0", and strategic 401K management. Lane's mission: shift from Wall Street to safer Main Street investments.

Get a copy of Lane's book: https://thewealthelevator...

My guest today has a contrarian take that might make you rethink your relationship with alcohol entirely. He says high performers who drink don't have a drinking problem — they have an architecture problem. And he'd know: he's been alcohol-free for 44 years, he made that decision at 22 before he'd built anything, and everything came after — including a decade in U.S. Army counterintelligence, where his job was reading what people actually do versus what they say. Today he's the founder of the Clear Edge Institute, where he helps executives, founders, physicians, and attorneys remove alcohol as a performance variable — no willpo...

Tony Dina is a Professional Coach at Crucial Canvas LLC after three decades in high tech leadership, including work as a Field CTO at Dell Technologies. He works with high performing leaders when the old patterns stop working and the real issue is not execution, but identity, meaning, and judgment. In other words, the stuff no dashboard solves.

Tony brings lived perspective, but with an added lens of Jungian psychology, art, and decision making under pressure.

Find out more about Tony and his work: https://crucialcanvas.com/

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Cynthia Hauk, MFA, is the founder of **Mindful Creative Muse**, an online school offering Mindful Art workshops, retreats, and internationally accredited teacher training programs.

Since 2007, Cynthia has helped people around the world use simple Mindfulness and Art practices to de-stress, reconnect with themselves, and express their creativity. Her courses, retreats, coaching programs, teacher trainings, and online events have reached students in more than **100 countries**.

Through four internationally accredited **Mindful Art and Meditation Teacher Training Certification programs**, Cynthia also trains artists, educators, therapists, wellness professionals, and creative entrepreneurs to confidently facilitate Mindful Art experiences and create...

Ted Kopecko is the author of the #1 International Best Seller Finding JOY… Journey Of You and a commercial real estate broker with more than 30 years of experience in business, architecture, and entrepreneurship. Ted helps people shift from reactive, “Life-Led” living to intentional, “JOY-Led” living by aligning mindset, identity, and time to create greater purpose, value, and freedom. His message resonates with professionals, entrepreneurs, and individuals seeking more fulfillment, clarity, and alignment in both life and business.

Get your copy of Ted's book: https://www.findingjoy.us/

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Vincent Van den Broeck survived a scooter accident with a 10% chance of living, woke from a three-week coma, and had to learn to walk and talk again. He speaks to the psychological reality of recovery after brain trauma, and what loved ones go through during prolonged critical illness, without turning it into inspiration theater.

Facing death didn’t reinvent his values; it stress-tested them. He’s blunt about rejecting the “different person” narrative and more interested in why people postpone happiness until “later.” His “Until It’s Done” work turns that into five pillars for action, structure, and clarity.

Doug Red Hail Pineda is the founder of The Church of Psychedelics, a provocative thinker exploring the intersection of consciousness, spirituality, psychedelics, and the future of human evolution. Through bold questions and unconventional insights, he challenges cultural assumptions about religion, personal transformation, and the untapped potential of the human mind. Whether discussing mystical experiences, psychedelic philosophy, the nature of reality, or society's next great awakening, Doug Red Hail brings a perspective that is both thought-provoking and impossible to ignore — leaving audiences questioning what they thought they knew and eager to explore what comes next.

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Rob Heller is a successful entrepreneur, youth development innovator, and founder of the Boost Program, a comprehensive personal development curriculum designed to equip teens and young adults with the essential life, social, and mental health skills that traditional education overlooks. After selling his insurance firm for eight figures to a publicly held company, Rob witnessed firsthand the critical skill gaps plaguing today's youth in the corporate workplace. This observation, combined with his desire to give his own children the tools they needed to thrive, inspired him to create a solution that didn't exist.
Drawing from a century of...

Chad C. Betz is the author of An Authentic Success and a financial services professional with 30+ years of experience helping organizations and professionals navigate leadership, reinvention, performance, uncertainty, burnout, and long-term growth without relying on motivational clichés or unrealistic advice.

Chad brings a practical, experience-driven perspective to these conversations, helping audiences understand the mindset patterns, sunk-cost thinking, and societal pressures that keep smart people trapped on paths that no longer fit who they are.

After confronting his own mid-career crisis and questioning why years of hard work still left him feeling unfulfilled, Chad developed a...

Today’s guest is Jerry Brazie, an entrepreneur who has built, bought, and sold more than a dozen businesses that have generated north of $450 million in revenue. But it’s his journey that will make you rethink what’s possible. 
Raised in abject poverty as number seven of nine kids, he faced violence early and often: shot at, stabbed, beaten within an inch of his life. Those experiences built the relentless mindset that’s carried him forward. 
And after decades in the game, he’s currently running an eight and a seven-figure company, and recently started a third one, T...

Michael Seiler has over thirty years in the corporate world in a variety of roles and industries including human resources, television and healthcare. For the past 20 years, Michael has been leading digital strategy initiatives to solve consumer problems. Michael is also a serial entrepreneur who has founded successful companies in e-commerce, digital strategy and endurance coaching. 
Throughout his career he has established a proven track record in coaching high performance teams and is regularly sought out as a mentor. He feels the role of a leader is to coach not direct. 
As a collegiate soccer player turned en...

Today’s guests are Marc Rogala and Kelsey Dunbar. Marc and Kelsey help men and women (usually 25 to 55) find real clarity, balance, and lasting wellness by healing all parts of themselves: physical, emotional, and spiritual.
Because true recovery isn’t one-dimensional.
We’ve lived the chaos: burned out, anxious, constantly stuck in cycles of shame, overthinking, and self-sabotage. From the outside? High-functioning. On the inside? Quietly unraveling.
Most of the people we work with are the same. They're juggling work, family, and expectations
... barely holding it together while their mental and emotional health slowly slips.
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Today’s guest is Steve Barton — executive coach, author, and creator of The Game of Ten®, a powerful awareness-based framework helping leaders operate at their highest level of clarity, confidence, and performance.
Steve has over 47 years of real-world business experience, having grown a company from $200,000 to $2 million in annual revenue. His work blends practical business strategy with deep insight into human awareness, decision-making, and emotional intelligence.
He has presented his coaching process to the Harvard Business School Case Study Team and works with executives, entrepreneurs, and high-achievers who want more than financial success — they want peace of mind, s...

Today, I'm excited to introduce Tannera Lindvall, a Christian Communication & Boundaries Coach, author, speaker, and founder of Communication Architect.
Tannera helps Christian women overcome people-pleasing, establish healthy boundaries, navigate difficult conversations with confidence, and build stronger relationships through practical, biblically grounded communication principles.
Drawing from her coaching experience, speaking engagements, and writing, Tannera equips women with tools to communicate with grace, speak the truth in love, and cultivate healthier relationships with God, family, friends, and themselves.
Get your free resources from Tannera: https://communicationarchitect.org/
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Today’s guest is Chip Scholz, a writer, storyteller, and executive coach who’s spent nearly 30 years helping leaders navigate change. Along the way, he discovered that the most interesting conversations weren’t really about business—they were about how people respond when life refuses to go according to plan. Through his books, coaching, and stories, Chip explores the small decisions, unexpected turns, and quiet moments that shape who we become. He’s the author of Small Decisions, Big Shifts, Every Dog Has Its Day, and Handoffs. Chip, welcome to the show.
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Dr. Larry Brant is a Navy Chaplain with 16 years' experience and 25 years' experience as a local minister before the military. He is a board-certified chaplain with a proven track record dealing with PTSD and moral injury.
Find out more about Larry’s ministry and calling: https://restoring-the-broken.com/
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Noah May is the host of three podcasts. The main one, "lethal venom" focuses on various topics where Noah and his guests speak nothing but the truth. His other two, "Southern Reads" and "Music Talks" focuses solely on books and music respectfully. He is also an Auburn University Alum with a bachelor's degree in journalism. However, these accomplishments have not come with some bumps in the road. Today, Noah is here to share his life story and how his past has made him the person he is today. Find out more about Noah and his podcasts: https://noahspodcasts.com/ Contact...

Dr. Carolyn Hatton is on a mission to help women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond break free from the belief that aging defines their future. Through mindset shifts, lifelong nutrition, joyful movement, brain health strategies, and building resiliency, she guides women to create a vibrant, strong, and fulfilling second act. Carolyn’s own journey has been a testament to this transformation. She’ll never forget being in Coach Anastassia’s class when she shared a secret that she had been holding onto. Her jaw hit the floor, and she told her, ‘You have to teach this course.’ That moment sparked th...

Hadley Nightingale is the CEO of New Zealand Property Buyers, founded in 2020. In five years, NZPB has helped 100+ clients secure investment properties across New Zealand and scaled from a two-person operation to a team of 13, operating remotely across New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Hadley sits at the intersection of property and business. He talks to property investors who want to build wealth without the costly mistakes, and to business owners who want to scale without it consuming their life. He's done both, and he's built the systems to prove it. NZPB is an end-to-end buyers' agency built for busy professionals...

Ron Harris, MBA, CFEI, MBE, is the founder and CEO of Financial Literacy Group and the author of Hybrid Financial Arbitrage: A Real-World Guide for Working-Class Americans. A graduate of the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, Ron has spent more than two decades developing financial and marketing strategies for organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies, including work with Union Bank of California, Prudential, and the Dial Corporation. For the past several years, he has focused exclusively on financial education for everyday Americans, developing the Hybrid Financial Arbitrage strategy — a combination of debt-optimization technology and institutional-style life insurance th...

Donald Williams was born and raised in York County, South Carolina, in a large family of cotton mill workers. His parents, like generations before them, worked as lintheads in the mills, and he grew up surrounded by more than eighty first cousins and over forty aunts and uncles. It was a close-knit Southern family where money was often scarce, but love, laughter, and hard work were never in short supply. Determined to change the direction of his family’s future while never forgetting where he came from, Williams became the first in his family to graduate from a major university. He...

Today’s guest is a powerhouse of reinvention and leadership. Anouk Brumfield is a former Executive Vice President and Senior Partner at IBM with over 30 years of experience driving innovation, transformation, and billion-dollar growth in the corporate world. After retiring from corporate America, Anouk transitioned into a thriving new chapter as a certified life and mindset coach, international bestselling author, speaker, and mentor to high-achievers and rising leaders. She’s passionate about helping people step into their next chapter with clarity, confidence, and courage. From managing global teams and reshaping business strategy to inspiring individuals to say “yes” to their growth...

Kurt Bush is a certified Internal Family Systems Practitioner, trauma-informed coach, and co-founder of Brimstone Coaching Group. With a background spanning corporate leadership, pastoral ministry, and coaching, Kurt helps leaders break free from self-doubt, embrace authenticity, and lead with confidence. Having overcome his own struggles with imposter syndrome, Kurt is passionate about guiding others through transformational growth and into authentic leadership. Through Brimstone’s unique E + R = T approach (Encounter + Reflection = Transformation), Kurt equips individuals and teams to move from exhaustion and frustration to clarity and wholeness. He is also the co-host of "Live Fully. Lead Authentically. A Brimstone Coaching Gr...

Today’s guest is "Rocketman Dan Schlund" — world-renowned jet pack pilot, stuntman author and the subject of the documentary "The Last Rocketman". Based on his book under the same name. Dan spent a decade flying jet packs across 25 countries and 6 continents while surviving devastating skin graft surgeries and a broken neck. He had to pivot to a new career and created "National Set Medics", a company that provides medics to TV show and Events grossing over 10 million dollars. Get a copy of Dan’s book: https://rocketman.tv/ Contact Dan Schlund: Website: https://rocketman.tv/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profil...

After a few decades of success as an owner of a steel distribution company in TX, Christian business owner and Christian Rock Artist, Chris Whittington, has found his equilibrium and impact. His message through his music is biblically grounded and his workplace radiates the message of Christ daily. Chris sees his employees as family and provides a bible study opportunity weekly for anyone interested through a local pastor/priest, Kemper Crabb. Kemper is also his record producer on his last 2 projects, Realitorium and Bright Portal. Chris shares his experience of living a dual vocational life. This commitment has led to...

Our guest today is a jack of most trades, Yusef Marshall. He is a High Performance Coach, Author, Minister, Multi-Show Podcast Host, Father, Husband, Christian, and Community Leader. Yusef joins us to share his story of growing up in Brooklyn, NY and how he has been led to his purpose. He explains how he started his podcasting career, and what that journey has taught him. If you want to find out how to find your purpose, then this is an episode you don’t want to miss. Follow Yusef on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theycallmemryu Contact Yusef Marshall: Website: ht...

Adam Tilove is a former Head of School, Certified Executive Coach, and founder of NeuroDiscipline. He’s the author of Split Second: Stop Stalling, Start Doing, a book about the half-second between deciding and acting where most people lose momentum — and how to take the wheel back. Book a free clarity call with Adam: https://www.neurodiscipline.com/ Contact Adam Tilove: Website: https://www.neurodiscipline.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578746747955 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neurodiscipline/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-tilove-761b883/ Contact us: Facebook @Ryan Wickline or @Through the Fire. Instagram @wickline_ryan. TicT...

Chris Natzke is an 8th Degree Black Belt, former U.S. National Taekwondo Champion, and one of today’s leading voices in breakthrough performance. As a life-leadership coach, keynote speaker, and Amazon #1 best-selling author, he helps individuals and organizations shatter limitations, unlock their full potential, and perform at their highest level through his powerful Black Belt Leadership approach. Get your free resource from Chris: https://www.chrisnatzke.com/ Contact Chris Natzke: Website: https://www.chrisnatzke.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.natzke.7 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisnatzke/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Ya-1kYfArnzp4lJZE5mI...

Wes Towers didn’t learn business or marketing in a lecture theatre. He learned it on the job, building an agency from scratch, breaking things, fixing them, and keeping what works. Wes learned the hard way and he’s here to share the war stories from business and life. For 20+ years, Wes has run Uplift 360 and helped real-world businesses, especially builders and trades, turn websites and SEO into steady, qualified work. No fluff. No jargon. Clear strategy, clean execution, and results you can see on the calendar and in the bank. At Uplift 360, Wes helps trades and construction brands get foun...

Managing Partner at Kelly Housing Group — where he's been involved in nearly 2,000 units — and a Board member at ADPI. But beyond the assets and accolades, Tim works with high achievers who are hungry for their next level — whether that's more clarity on where they're going, more courage to make the moves, or more energy to sustain the pursuit. If you've been performing well but know there's another gear, this conversation is for you. Book your free 30-minute clarity call with Tim: https://calendly.com/call-with-tim-kelly/30min?month=2026-05"My guest today is a real estate investor, bestselling author, and high-performance coach...

Tori DaCosta is a business leader, coach, bestselling author, and speaker dedicated to empowering individuals to lead themselves with clarity, confidence, and intention. Her work centers on helping leaders create impactful lives through the transformative power of ownership. As a leader in a Fortune 50 company and founder of Journey Stone LLC, Tori brings a grounded, experience-driven perspective that helps others step into their fullest potential and become the best version of themselves. Her debut work, No Name Bastard: How Our Lives Teach Us What We Can Control, Manage, and Influence, blends compelling personal experiences with a practical framework designed to...

Chris Woods is a Certified Professional Coach and the author of the book "Balls & Brains: A framework for living your best life by overcoming fears and maximizing strengths." "Balls & Brains" is a no-nonsense, actionable guide for people seeking to break free from self-imposed limitations and step into their fullest potential. Chris Woods combines personal storytelling, psychological frameworks, and practical exercises to help readers overcome fear (Balls) and maximize their innate strengths (Brains). This isn't just another self-help book, it's a roadmap for those who are tired of playing small and ready to lead with courage and clarity. Chris brings decades...

Dr. Jack Groppel is a pioneer in sports science and human performance whose work helped shape how elite athletes train, recover, and manage energy. A former NCAA tennis coach and co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, he has worked with Olympic athletes, Nike, and the Chicago White Sox. Today, Jack focuses on helping people move beyond constant achievement toward healthier, more balanced lives shaped by purpose, family, and connection. Get your copy of Dr. Jack’s book: https://noboringbooks.com/books/mountains-within/ Contact Dr. Jack Groppel: Website: https://jackgroppel.net/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackgroppel/ YouTube: https://www.yo...

Holly Porter is a transformational leader, keynote speaker, 17x best-selling author, and creator of 12 startup companies. She’s the CEO and Founder oof International Retreat Association. After surviving a 70-day near-death experience with COVID-19, Holly turned her story into a mission to help others align spirituality with strategy through her SHIFT Framework—Surrender, Hope, Intuition, Faith, and Transformation. She’s also the founder of the Adventure Bucket Wish Foundation, empowering women to lead with purpose, passion, and presence. Holly is family first, with 8 adult children and 19 grandchildren who inspire her life and legacy. Get your free gift from Holly and sign u...