We’re often taught to focus on what we want — more money, more freedom, more connection — and to believe that if we visualise or strive hard enough, it will arrive.But there’s a problem with that approach.Chasing outcomes can quietly train the nervous system to live in tension, striving, and scarcity. Also, humans adapt quickly. The moment we reach a desired state, the mind moves the goalposts. In this episode, I explore a different idea: instead of trying to attract the future, what if we prepared ourselves for it?Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and lived experience, we look at why state matters more than goals, how identity shapes behaviour, and why calm, coherent systems tend to meet opportunity with less friction.This isn’t a rejection of manifestation — it’s a grounding of it. Less wishing. More becoming.FInd me on:https://www.instagram.com/bradhookhttps://www.tiktok.com/@tikkkl
What if your brain is deciding before you do?
What if you’re not seeing reality — just your best guess?
What if time, memory, morality, and even your body are more flexible than you think?
In this video, we explore 10 real scientific experiments that quietly rewrote how we understand the mind, perception, and reality itself.
From the famous Libet experiment showing that the brain prepares actions before conscious awareness…
To studies revealing that perception is predictive, memory is rewritten every time you recall it, and even plants can respond to sound…
These experiments challenge the idea that you are a fully conscious, fully in-control observer of the world.
This isn’t science fiction.
It’s peer-reviewed neuroscience, psychology, and biology.
And once you understand it, you may never see yourself — or reality — the same way again.
🧠 Experiments explored in this video:
– The brain that decides before you do
– Why perception is prediction, not observation
– The placebo effect that works even when you know it’s fake
– How a rubber hand can become “your” hand
– Plants that grow toward the sound of water
– Humans’ hidden magnetic sense
– Trauma that passes between generations
– How breath changes the experience of time
– Why memories are rewritten, not replayed
– How magnets can alter moral judgment
If you enjoy deep, strange, and meaningful science, consider subscribing.
What can high-risk avalanche rescue teach us about leadership, ego and team wellbeing?
In this episode, Brad sits down with Caroline Elliott — avalanche specialist, ski patroller, controlled bomber, and avalanche dog handler — to explore what happens behind the scenes in the mountains before you clip into your skis. From bombing snow slopes in the dark to reading the snowpack and trusting your gut, Caroline has spent two decades operating where mistakes can be fatal.
Caroline shares how her work in avalanche control, dog handling and rescue has shaped her approach to risk management, psychological safety, bullying, and leadership in high-pressure corporate environments. She also tells the moving story of her avalanche dog Fjord, and how his legacy lives on through her children’s book Fjord’s Mountain Mission and her snow-safety education work with young people.
If you care about resilient teams, humble leadership, or venturing safely into the mountains, this conversation is for you.
In this episode:
How Caroline fell in love with the mountains and found her way into ski patrol and rescue
What it actually means to set off bombs to prevent avalanches (and why it’s essential for safety)
The invisible work that keeps ski resorts safe before the lifts even open
Training at the French École Nationale de Ski et d’Alpinisme and being one of the few British women to qualify
The intense training path to become an avalanche dog handler and “controlled bomber”
Working with her avalanche dog Fjord — reading dogs, managing your own emotions, and avoiding “protection mode”
Why ego is a catalyst for disaster in the mountains and in organisations
Gut instinct vs data: when to trust your intuition in high-risk situations
The importance of repetition, drills, and muscle memory for crisis performance
How avalanche rescue principles translate into corporate leadership, communication and psychological safety
Caroline’s experience of bullying in a male-dominated rescue culture, and what real leadership looks like
The story behind her children’s book “Fjord’s Mountain Mission” and why she’s passionate about snow safety education
Her upcoming avalanche simulation camps and how she’s bringing mountain lessons to teams and leaders
Connect with Caroline:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-elliott-aabb8117/
Speaking & corporate work: https://www.carolineelliott.me
Snow safety education & consultancy (FjordSAR CIC): https://www.fjordsar.com
Fjord’s Mountain Mission (children’s book):
https://www.amazon.com/Fjords-Mountain-Mission-Safety-Avalanche/dp/1739813502
Thanks for visiting! Connect with me on https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleyhook/ or https://www.instagram.com/bradhook and don't forget to subscribe here for more videos like this.Most people hit the holidays exhausted, wired, and a little numb. We crash, sometimes get sick, finally start to feel human again… and then it’s already time to go back to work. At the same time, most New Year’s resolutions quietly fade by February, which tells us one thing: waiting for January 1st to “fix” our life is a terrible strategy.This video is about a different approach.Instead of treating the holiday break as a rescue mission, we’ll explore a handful of small, science-backed shifts you can start now so that you actually land into your break — and step into 2026 calmer, clearer, and more aligned.In this session, we’ll cover:
These aren’t resolutions. They’re tiny pattern disruptions—practices small enough to start today, but powerful enough to change the person who arrives at the holiday break.⸻👋 About meI’m Brad Hook, author of Start With Values and Resilience Mastery, a speaker, and Head of the Resilience Lab at the Resilience Institute. I’ve spent the past two decades at the intersection of performance, wellbeing, and technology, helping people and organisations burn bright rather than burn out.⸻📌 If this video helped you
What does it mean to live well? Across psychology, indigenous wisdom, leadership research, and well-being science, dozens of frameworks attempt to answer that question. In this episode, Brad Hook (https://bradleyhook.com) explores the world’s most influential models — what they mean, why they matter, and how they can help us understand our own lives more clearly.
You’ll learn the core ideas behind:
• PERMA
• SPIRE
• Te Whare Tapa Whā
• Ryff’s Psychological Well-being
• Gallup’s Five Elements
• Maslow’s Hierarchy
• Flow and Peak States
• McKinsey’s Holistic Model
• The Eight Dimensions of Well-being
• Life by Design
• The Resilience Institute’s Spiral
• The Dimensions of Performance & Centropy
Rather than giving rigid steps or checklists, this episode shows how the principles behind these models can orient your daily choices, habits, and leadership.
Each model offers a different angle: meaning (PERMA), balance (Te Whare Tapa Whā), autonomy (Ryff), relationships (Gallup), or flow (Csikszentmihalyi).
Choose the one that resonates with your season of life and use it as a mirror for reflection.
Most models agree: flourishing is multi-dimensional.
Awareness is the first application.
Rather than trying to improve all domains, make one shift:
deepen a relationship
improve sleep
reconnect with meaning
create one regenerative habit
add recovery between stress cycles
What is interoception — and why is it one of the most important skills for emotional regulation and resilience?Interoception is your body’s hidden sense: the ability to feel your heartbeat, breath, gut, tension, and internal shifts. It’s the quiet language of your inner world, and most of us have forgotten how to hear it.In this Learnfulness episode, Brad Hook explores the neuroscience of interoception and shows how strengthening this inner sense helps you navigate stress with greater clarity and calm. Interoception doesn’t remove stress — it helps you notice it earlier, regulate it more effectively, and respond with awareness instead of overwhelm.You’ll learn: • What interoception is and how it works • How the insula cortex links body signals to emotional awareness • Why stress disrupts inner listening • How interoceptive awareness improves self-regulation • Practical ways to train this sense through breathing, movement, and mindful attentionWhen you reconnect to your internal signals, you gain a clearer, more grounded experience of yourself — one that supports focus, well-being, and emotional intelligence in everyday life.⸻Connect with Brad HookInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradhook/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleyhook/Meet Brad: https://bradleyhook.com/Discover Your Core Values (Free Assessment)https://app.values.institute/
I’d love you to check out the free Values Assessment (https://app.values.institute/). Find me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bradhook.
In This Episode — Meet Jaemin Frazer 🔥
Jaemin Frazer is an award-winning life coach, author, and founder of The Insecurity Project. Recognized as one of Australia’s leading personal development coaches and a global authority on personal insecurity, Jaemin brings an engineering mindset to human change—treating insecurity like a solvable systems problem. His work helps entrepreneurs, leaders, and creators eradicate insecurity so they can show up unhindered by doubt, fear, and self-limiting beliefs.
Big Ideas
🔎 Insecurity defined: not fear of failure or rejection per se—but fear that your worst opinion of yourself might be confirmed.
🧠 Name it to tame it: “Named must your fear be…”—precision collapses vague monsters into solvable problems.
🧒 Childhood origins: early, often tiny moments lead us to implicate ourselves and form limiting opinions before age seven.
🧩 Opinion vs. reality: it’s not others’ words that wound—it’s the ones we agree with. Agreement is the mechanism.
🚀 Rocket fuel (then drag): insecurity can drive elite performance in our 20s/30s, but becomes corrosive in midlife.
🧭 The hero’s journey: courageously revisit the “first accusation,” review the data, and rewrite the verdict.
🗝️ The moment of freedom: change happens in a moment when you see the old opinion was unfounded—and choose a new one.
🛠️ Seven practices: a pragmatic path from managing insecurity to eradicating it (Jaemin’s Unhindered model).
🧍♂️➡️🧑🤝🧑 Leadership upgrade: leading with nothing to prove increases clarity, boundaries, and trust.
💞 Relationships: two insecure people exhaust each other; the best love flows from self-acceptance.
🙅 People-pleasing decoded: a protection strategy to seem “good” when you doubt your own goodness.
📻 The One Minute Coach: 365 concise, embodied ideas—short content with real-world integrity.
🌐 Tech & comparison: insecurity is universal; platforms accelerate the feedback loop, but didn’t invent the fear.
🏁 Finish well: unresolved insecurity in later life becomes a descent into madness; resolve it to return “home.”
Connect with Jaemin Frazer
Website: https://jaeminfrazer.com
At just 25, Jonathan Fors has already achieved what most consider impossible. From finishing 41st out of 1200 runners in the 2025 Marathon des Sables — a 250 km odyssey through the Moroccan Sahara Desert — to running 100-mile mountain races and living as a digital nomad since 19, Jonathan embodies the art of intentional discomfort.
In this conversation, Jonathan shares how pushing his limits in the desert reshaped his understanding of resilience, discipline, and peace. We explore the mental frameworks that separate elite endurance athletes from the rest — and how anyone can apply the ultra mindset to everyday life. Whether it’s getting out the door for a run, facing burnout, or finding clarity in a chaotic world, Jonathan’s message is raw, practical, and deeply human.
He also opens up about the mental health challenges facing young adults, and why modern comfort may be quietly eroding our capacity for fulfillment. His story is a reminder that the path to strength begins where comfort ends.
🔥 The Marathon des Sables is more than a race — it’s a transformative journey through mind and body.
💪 Mental resilience matters more than physical endurance.
🌵 Discomfort is the gateway to growth and meaning.
🤝 Community and connection amplify strength during hardship.
🌿 Nature restores presence, humility, and peace.
🏃♂️ Everyone starts somewhere — the first step is everything.
🧘 Mindfulness and movement are essential for mental health.
⚡ Redefining your breaking point reveals your true potential.
✨ Connect with Jonathan Fors
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/jonathans.pov/
Sleep coach, speaker, and author Beatrix A. Schmidt joins me (https://www.instagram.com/bradhook) to reframe sleep as a trainable life skill. Drawing from fifteen years of coaching and her new book Sleep Skills for Life (2025), Beatrix explains why “tips and hacks” rarely solve persistent sleep problems—and how self-awareness, gentle intention, and practical evening design help high achievers move from “broken sleeper” to confident, consistent rest. We talk personality traits and why they matter at night, how to detach physically, emotionally, and mentally before bed, and what to do about those 3 a.m. wakeups. This is an empowering, compassionate guide to sleeping deeply without relying on shortcuts.
Big Ideas
🌙 Sleep is not luck—it’s a set of learnable “Sleep Skills” shaped by physical, emotional, and mental readiness.
🧠 High performers value action and output by day; sleep requires non-action—mastering recovery without control.
🧩 Online advice is too generic; start with self-awareness to map your unique sleep puzzle (what helps vs. hinders).
🛠️ Build skills you can repeat at midnight: prepare before bed so relaxation is high when your head hits the pillow.
🧭 Treat evenings as a transition: completely detach from the day so your body knows it’s no longer “daytime mode.”
📵 Tech isn’t the enemy—unexamined behavior is; decide whether your phone is support, stimulation, or delay.
🧘 Learn “doing nothing” in short daytime moments to normalize quiet; it reduces mental activation at night.
⏱️ If you wake at 3 a.m., notice what’s activated (body fidgety = physical, looping thoughts = mental, strong feelings = emotional) and address that layer.
🎯 Set a kind intention: nights are for rest and relaxation, not perfect scores—pressure undermines sleep.
🧳 Resets (holidays) help some, but not all; work with the environment where problems actually occur.
🥼 Consider an assessment to rule out medical issues and tailor behavioral solutions.
📚 Future-proof sleep: consistent skills beat short-term aids (supplements, alcohol, or pills) and build long-term confidence.
Connect with Beatrix A. Schmidt
Website: https://www.beatrixaschmidt.com
Free Chapter of Sleep Skills for Life: https://www.beatrixaschmidt.com/chapter-one
Why does the world feel so angry? From sleepless nights and outrage algorithms to polarization and the longing for struggle, this episode unpacks the roots of modern anger—and explores how we can transform it into connection, service, and purpose.
Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradhook
I’d love you to check out my new book, Start With Values (https://values.institute/start-with-values-book/). It’s packed full of tools to help you lead a life that is aligned with your core values, reducing stress and increasing fulfillment. Please connect with me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bradhook).
In this episode
Yishai Ishi Ron is a novelist, former soldier, and survivor of severe PTSD. His book Dog is a raw, haunting, and redemptive story that explores trauma, addiction, homelessness, and the fragile journey back to humanity. Long-listed for Israel’s prestigious Sapir Prize and now translated into English, Dog is also being developed into a feature film.
Drawing on his own experiences with trauma and his background in psychology, Yishai reveals how shame and silence can trap survivors—and how storytelling can set them free. His message is universal: war has no winners, and its scars run deep on all sides.
Key ideas
📖 The power of fiction to reveal hidden truths about trauma and resilience
⚔️ Life in an elite combat unit and the unspoken wounds that follow soldiers home
😔 Shame as the hidden barrier preventing many from confronting PTSD
🐕 The symbolic role of “Dog” as both character and metaphor for memory, innocence, and pain
🧠 Why PTSD isn’t limited to war—it’s also present in survivors of sexual violence, accidents, and everyday tragedies
🎬 How Dog grew from personal writing to an award-nominated book, and now a film adaptation
❤️ The role of family, routine, and community in sustaining resilience during ongoing conflict
🌍 The universal message: trauma has no borders, but neither does healing
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Meet Brad Beeler — retired U.S. Secret Service Special Agent and the longest-tenured polygraph examiner in agency history. Over 25 years, Brad conducted more criminal polygraph examinations than anyone in Secret Service history, trained thousands of federal agents, and worked at the intersection of influence, deception detection, and human connection. He’s the author of Tell Me Everything: A Secret Service Agent’s Blueprint for Building Trust, Uncovering Truths, and Mastering Every Conversation. In this conversation, we explore what really builds trust, why most of us are awful at spotting lies, and how to communicate with calm presence — in leadership, sales, negotiations, parenting, and everyday life.
Big Ideas
🧪 We’re bad at lie detection: most people score close to a coin-flip (about ~54%) when judging truth vs fiction — confidence isn’t competence.
🫱 The perfect handshake: dry + warm hand, approach at ~45°, brief one-second hold, natural eye contact, slightly lower vocal tone — signals safety and confidence.
🧠 First impressions = survival brain: show hands, soft eyes, congruent body language, eyebrow flash/head tilt; avoid triggering fight/flight to build rapport.
📈 Polygraph as triage tool: like a mammogram — not the verdict, but a way to shape investigations when used at the right time with the right person.
🎧 Lyrics, soundtrack, dance: words (lyrics) matter less than tone (soundtrack) and body language (dance); presence turns communication into “Dolby surround.”
🧩 Spotting dishonesty: look for delay, “truth sandwiches” (answering around the question), L-Y qualifiers (“usually,” “typically”), and verbal–nonverbal incongruence.
🧍♂️ Position before submission (BJJ → comms): stop chasing hacks; master foundations — first impressions, active listening, tactical empathy.
🗣️ Active listening > “Me too”: let people bathe in their topic; ask educated follow-ups; earn reciprocity later.
🙅♂️ Non-judgment zones: privacy + non-judgment (think confessional/clinic) lower cortisol and invite truth.
📵 Presence is a superpower: put the phone away; attention is the rarest gift in relationships, parenting, and leadership.
🧪 Red-teaming life: pressure-test plans/scripts with trusted peers; iterate with feedback.
🧘 Taming nerves: vocal warmups, tea with honey, menthol lozenges, (for some) beta blockers under medical advice — treat your voice like your primary de-escalation tool.
👨👩👧 Parenting teens: hate the “sin,” not the “sinner”; keep the relationship safe so kids call you when it matters.
🌐 Algorithms & extremes: outrage travels; stay out of echo chambers, seek facts, and hold the middle with empathy.
📚 The book arc: a soup-to-nuts blueprint — from preparation and first contact to handling dishonesty ethically.
Connect with Brad Beeler
Website: https://bradleybeeler.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradbeeler1865
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradbeeler1865
Book (Tell Me Everything): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tell-Me-Everything/Brad-Beeler/9781637748428
I’d love you to check out my new book, Start With Values (https://values.institute/start-with-values-book/). It’s packed full of tools to help you lead a life that is aligned with your core values, reducing stress and increasing fulfillment. Connect with me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bradhook.
In This Episode
Welcome to a deep, clarifying conversation with Dr. John Demartini—human behavior expert, researcher, prolific author, and global educator whose work spans corporate performance, financial empowerment, leadership, relationships, and social transformation (https://drdemartini.com). We explore how to govern the mind, transform polarized emotion into executive function, and turn so-called “trauma” into growth. You’ll hear unforgettable stories—from martial arts lessons in poise to real-world reframes that dissolve shame, guilt, and fear into grounded action and gratitude. 🌊🧠
Big Ideas
🧠 The ungoverned mind: amygdala reactivity vs. executive function—why System 1 “feels” before thinking and System 2 “reasons” before reacting.
🥋 “Invitation to dance”: the martial arts metaphor for foresight—training the prefrontal cortex to anticipate, plan, and respond without panic.
⚖️ Sequential vs. simultaneous contrast: see both sides at once to act with poise rather than react with impulse.
🔥 “Passion” means “to suffer”: why fantasy-driven desire (pursue-only or avoid-only) creates misery—and how an inspired mission resolves it.
🎯 Mastery ≠ talent: disciplined practice over decades (think concert pianists and elite athletes) builds automatic executive control.
🧭 Values alignment: stop living in the shadows of outer authorities; define your hierarchy of values and build a life around what truly matters to you.
🪞 Moral hypocrisies: the myth of the one-sided person; perfection is the whole—both sides, integrated and loved.
❤️ Unconditionality in real life: you want to be loved when you’re kind and when you’re difficult; others want the same.
🌀 Peace/war dynamics: feedback systems balance praise/criticism, calm/conflict—personally, relationally, and societally.
🩹 “There is no trauma, only perception”: rigorous reframing turns post-traumatic stress into post-traumatic growth (with vivid case studies).
🧩 Perception → decision → action: change the story, change the trajectory; seek the information you’re missing.
🛰️ Staying grounded in an AI-accelerated world: whenever you perceive one side, find the opposite—and you’ll return to center.
Connect with Dr. John Demartini
Website: https://drdemartini.com
Free Values Determination: https://drdemartini.com/values/
The Breakthrough Experience: https://drdemartini.com/breakthrough-experience
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjohndemartini/
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space lies your freedom to choose. In this video I teach my new S.P.A.C.E. method—Stop, Pay attention, Align, Commit, Energize—a simple, research-aligned way to bring your values into high-pressure moments. It takes under two minutes to use and can change the way you navigate stress, conflict, and decision-making.What you’ll learn:You’ll understand why the brain defaults to speed over wisdom under stress, how one breath changes the “brain you’re using,” and how to translate your core values into immediate, practical action—then refuel your system so you can do it again tomorrow.Try it today:Stop (one slow inhale, longer exhale) → Pay attention (name the thoughts & feelings) → Align (pick one top value) → Commit (one action within your control) → Energize (quick reset: breath, light, movement, or connection).Get your free Values Assessment (new)Unlock your AI-powered values profile, top 3 values, archetype, motivation style, and decision tool:👉 https://values.institute/values-app/Read the full guide:👉 https://values.institute/the-s-p-a-c-e-method-using-your-values-when-it-matters-most/Research mentioned:– Slow/controlled breathing improves anxiety and HRV: Zaccaro et al., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2018).– Cyclic sighing (extended exhale) boosts mood & autonomic balance vs. mindfulness: Balban et al., Cell Reports Medicine (2023).– Naming emotions reduces amygdala reactivity (affect labeling): Lieberman et al., Science (2007).– Values affirmations buffer stress & improve persistence: Cohen & Sherman, Annual Review of Psychology (2014).– Stress-is-enhancing mindset effects: Crum, Salovey & Achor, JEP: General (2013).– Evening blue light suppresses melatonin/delays circadian timing: Cajochen et al. (2005); Chang et al., PNAS (2015).– ACT evidence for psychological flexibility & committed action: A-Tjak et al., Behaviour Research and Therapy (2015); Twohig & Levin, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (2017).About me:I’m Brad Hook—author of Start With Values, founder of the Values Institute, and Head of the Resilience Lab at Resilience Institute. I teach practical, evidence-based tools to help people and teams live with coherence, calm, and meaningful performance.Work with me / resources:Speaking & workshops: https://bradleyhook.comIf this helped, subscribe, share it with someone who needs it this week, and tell me in the comments which value you’ll use first.
I’d love you to check out my new book, Start With Values — https://values.institute/start-with-values-book/. It’s packed with tools to help you live in alignment with your core values, reducing stress and increasing fulfillment.
In This Episode
Felicity Ashley — mother of three, ocean rower, cancer survivor, award-winning motivational speaker, and best-selling author of “Stronger than the Storm” — joins me to explore how fear can become fuel, why preparation builds real confidence, and what it takes to keep saying “yes” to life’s biggest challenges. From a two-month row across the Atlantic (as one of fewer than 250 women to row an ocean) to a stage-three bowel cancer diagnosis, to completing the world’s highest marathon at Everest Base Camp, Felicity’s story is a masterclass in resilience, courage, and purpose.
Big Ideas
🌊 Leaning into fear: why discomfort is a signal for growth and how preparation (physical + mental) turns terror into competence.
🏁 Race day mindset: community, camaraderie, and the electric moment the dock slips away on an ocean row.
🌪️ Storm skills: riding giant Atlantic swells, safety protocols (tethers, cabin doors, self-righting boats), and the “white-knuckle” night shifts.
🛠️ Control the controllables: two-year training cycles, visualization, and normalizing the unknown.
⏳ Sleep on an ocean: two-hours-on, two-hours-off (often 2:1 by day), and why motherhood was a “superpower” against sleep deprivation.
🩺 Cancer in the slipstream: noticing symptoms after the row, early diagnosis, surgery + chemo, and using visibility to save lives.
🏔️ Everest Base Camp Marathon: pre-acclimatization with a hypoxic tent, trail realities (downhill with 3.5 km of climb), and the generosity of the Nepalese people.
🧠 Reframing setbacks: hip replacement before the Atlantic row, turning limits into leverage.
🎤 Speaking with purpose: sharing hard-won lessons so others act sooner, braver, and wiser.
🧭 No-regrets living: the “rocking-chair test,” saying yes, breaking goals into bite-size steps, and asking for help without shame.
🌊 Next horizon: training for the Mid-Pacific row (Monterey to Hawaii), variable conditions, crew dynamics, and race requirements.
Connect with Felicity Ashley
Website: https://www.felicityashley.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicityashley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/felicityashleyspeaker/
Book — “Stronger than the Storm”: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068489103
I’d love you to check out my new book, Start With Values (https://values.institute/start-with-values-book/). It’s packed full of tools to help you lead a life that is aligned with your core values, reducing stress and increasing fulfillment.
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Rhonda Sciortino is a “bootstrapper” in the truest sense. She founded Child Welfare Insurance to protect those caring for abused children, launched the Successful Survivors Foundation to help people mine their toughest experiences for strengths, and co-founded Prevent Child Trafficking Nevada to build a prevention model any community can replicate. She’s the author of 15 books and creator of the courses “Write Your Book in Days” and “Succeed Because of What You’ve Been Through.” In our conversation, we unpack how to discover purpose through service, transform adversity into advantage, cultivate joy (not just fleeting happiness), and practice real kindness that changes lives—starting with your own.
Big Ideas
🔎 Purpose begins with service — Look around, ask “Who can I help?” and let purpose emerge through repeated acts, not a single epiphany.
🧭 From victim to creator — Reframe the past objectively (like a reporter), extract your “gold” (resourcefulness, empathy, grit), and bring those strengths forward.
💪 Adversity advantage — Prior hard things build decision-speed and calm under pressure; it’s the difference between freezing and moving when seconds count.
😊 Joy vs. happiness — Happiness is a mood that swings; joy is internal, tied to purpose and gratitude, and isn’t switched off by external events.
🫶 Real kindness ≠ politeness — It’s giving without expectation. Practiced daily, it amplifies joy and changes how you show up everywhere.
👨👩👧 Raising resilient kids — Resist over-rescuing; teach thinking and problem-solving. Let small challenges train nervous-system confidence.
🚨 Preventing child trafficking — Know the signs, act safely, and coordinate with law enforcement; community awareness can save lives.
🔥 “Succeed because of” your story — Your hardest chapters contain transferable skills that employers, partners, and communities need.
🧠 Confidence = self-trust — Walk in with evidence (“here’s what I’ve overcome; here’s how I solve problems”) not empty affirmations.
🌱 Gratitude as fuel — Gratitude and joy form a reinforcing loop that steadies you through inevitable setbacks.
Connect with Rhonda Sciortino
Website: https://www.rhonda.org
Successful Survivors Foundation: https://www.successfulsurvivors.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rhondasciortino
Prevent Child Trafficking Nevada: https://preventchildtraffickingnevada.org
I’d love you to check out my new book, Start With Values (https://values.institute/start-with-values-book/). It’s packed full of tools to help you lead a life that is aligned with your core values, reducing stress and increasing fulfillment.
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Paul Gibbons is one of the world’s most respected voices on the human side of technology and organizational change. Author of seven books—including Adopting AI: The People-First Approach and The Science of Organizational Change—Paul blends philosophy, neuroscience, and practical leadership insights to challenge how we think about culture, technology, and the future of work. In this episode, we dive deep into the promises and perils of AI, why myths about change persist, and what it means to put people before technology.
Big Ideas
🤖 AI as colleague, not just tool: why Paul believes we must treat AI as a new form of intelligence rather than just software
🔥 The Promethean dilemma: is AI more profound than fire and electricity, or a path to dystopia?
🌱 People-first adoption: how values, ethics, and human judgment must guide the AI revolution
📉 Busting myths: why outdated models of change still dominate boardrooms—and how behavioral science points the way forward
💡 Curiosity and resilience: the surprising role of curiosity in mental health, resilience, and even navigating AI adoption
🧘 Wisdom vs. intelligence: why reconnecting with ancient wisdom traditions matters more than ever in the age of AI
📊 Leadership and culture: what really changes when C-suites embrace recovery, wellbeing, and authentic values
Connect with Paul Gibbons
Website: https://paulgibbons.net
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulggibbons/
Books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4fWElUY
I'd love you to check out my new book, Start With Values (https://values.institute/start-with-values-book/).
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Abandoned at birth and raised in abuse, Railey Molinario transformed pain into purpose, becoming a globally recognized thought leader in human connection and emotional strategy. As the Founder of Relationship Intelligence™ (RI), Railey works with high-achieving entrepreneurs, executives, and visionaries to help them build aligned relationships that fuel leadership, impact, and legacy. Featured in Forbes, the BBC, and Yahoo Finance, she’s redefining success by putting relationships at the heart of thriving — in life and leadership.
Big Ideas💡 Why relationship intelligence is the missing skill we should all be taught — at home, in school, and in business.
🧠 How our early relationship experiences shape our adult behaviors — and how to heal from them.
💬 Why real communication is more than just talking, and how to create win–win connections.
❤️ The three entities in every relationship — you, me, and us — and how to nurture each one.
🌐 How technology changes the way we connect, and why in-person connection remains biologically essential.
🚫 The radical idea of fight-free relationships — and how to resolve conflict without resentment.
🏢 How leaders can apply relationship intelligence to boost trust, engagement, and productivity in teams.
👨👩👧 Practical ways to strengthen the parent–child bond while encouraging independence.
🤖 Navigating human connection in the age of AI — and why our relationships still define our future.
🌱 The meaning of a truly thriving life — and how to create one aligned with your values.
Connect with Railey Molinario
https://www.raileymolinario.com
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Your attention span is shrinking. Your memory feels foggy. Your time is slipping away.
In this video, I break down the science of brain rot — how TikTok and social media platforms hijack your attention, distort your sense of time, and erase your memories before they’re even formed.
Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, and even Einstein’s theory of relativity, we’ll explore:
Why your focus is collapsing (and how “attention residue” sabotages your brain)
How social media design mimics casino addiction loops
The Lethe Effect: why you can’t remember what you just saw
How time speeds up when your life is weightless — and how to slow it down by building “psychological gravity”
If you’ve ever wondered why hours vanish when you scroll — and how to get your life back — this is for you.
I’d love you to check out my new book, Start With Values (https://values.institute/start-with-values-book/). It’s packed full of tools to help you lead a life that is aligned with your core values, reducing stress and increasing fulfillment.
🎙️ In This Episode
Dr. Evette Rose is a globally renowned trauma recovery expert and author of 21 books, including Metaphysical Anatomy: Your Body Is Talking, Are You Listening? With over 7,000 client case studies and events in 43 countries, Evette’s mission is to help people decode the emotional root of physical ailments. In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Evette shares her story of surviving severe anxiety, depression, and even a stress-induced heart attack—and how she transformed her pain into purpose. From psychosomatics to ancestral trauma, and from nervous system collapse to the healing power of support, this episode is an emotional and intellectual masterclass in self-understanding.
🧠 Big Ideas
💥 How unresolved emotional pain manifests as physical symptoms
🌪️ Why calm environments can trigger collapse after trauma
🧬 The role of inherited emotional patterns in psychosomatic illness
📉 The hidden cost of eustress and overachievement
🌡️ What pain might be saying about suppressed anger or powerlessness
🫀 The story behind her stress-induced heart attack at age 28
🕳️ How avoidance strategies mask emotional dysregulation
🛑 Why “coping” is not the same as healing
🌊 The power of parts work and internal dialogue
🤲 A moving story of finally allowing support—and why it changed everything
🔍 Why most people apply the wrong solution to the right problem
🌀 How to ask better questions when you feel stuck
💫 The definition of true happiness—and why calm contentment is the goal
🔗 Connect with Dr. Evette Rose
Her free ebook: https://www.evettefreebook.com
Guided healing session: https://www.guidedhealingsession.com
YouTube channel: https://www.evettevideos.com