Episodes
Brad Leeman on Leading at Home Through Presence, Play, and Preparation
What does leadership look like when the mission is your family and the stakes are emotional, not tactical? Brad Leeman is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, combat aviator, and F-35 test pilot who spent nearly tw...
Danny Brassell on Becoming a Better Communicator at Work and at Home
How do you communicate in a way that builds trust, connection, and confidence with your kids, your partner, and the people you work with every day? Danny Brassell has spent decades teaching, coaching, and speaking around the ...
Jon Merlin on Building Creative Work Without Sacrificing Family Time
Jon Merlin is a longtime designer who left agency life to start his own creative studio while raising two young daughters. Instead of letting work bleed into every hour, Jon drew a hard line around family time and rebuilt his...
Doug Fleener on Making Better Work and Life Choices Without Burning O…
Why does work keep crowding out family time even when no one is explicitly asking it to? Doug Fleener is an author, coach, and former corporate executive who has lived both sides of the work equation. After years of leadershi...
Stephanie Cordes on Finding Clarity When Success No Longer Feels Right
What do you do when your career looks successful on paper, but something quietly feels off? Stephanie Cordes is a career ownership coach who works with people at the exact moment when professional success and the life they wa...
Kristian Leavell on Navigating Anxiety, Depression, and the Long Wint…
Why do anxiety and depression feel heavier during the long winter season, even when nothing is technically “wrong”? Kristian Leavell, licensed clinical social worker, therapist, and dad, returns to talk about the emotional we...
Eddie Torba on Building a Career That Lets You Show Up for Your Kids
What does it mean to succeed at work without missing the moments you never get back? Eddie Torba has spent decades in retail execution and operations, helping major brands adapt, rebuild, and evolve through massive industry c...
AJ Rich on Becoming the Dad You Want to Be in an Anxious World
What does it actually take to feel grounded, confident, and present as a dad when anxiety is rising, expectations are shifting, and the world feels louder than ever? AJ Rich is a licensed marriage and family therapist, practi...
Paul Terrell on Grit, Recovery, and Rebuilding Life as a Dad
How do you rebuild your life when everything breaks at once and you still have kids who need you every minute of the day? After a devastating spinal injury and years of recovery, Paul Terrell became a stay at home dad who had...
Sean Waldron on Creativity, Healing, and the Work That Starts at Home
What happens when you realize the real work of your life is happening at home, not at your job? Sean Waldron returns for a deeper conversation about creativity, fatherhood, and the stories that shape us. He shares how filming...
Sean Waldron on Purpose, Creativity, and Becoming a Present Dad
How do you hold onto your creative identity while trying to be the parent you want to be? Sean Waldron has built a life around creativity from music to video production to brand storytelling. He has freelanced, gone in-house,...
Kristian Leavell on Finding Calm and Becoming the Dad You Want to Be
What does it really take to be present as a dad while juggling work, pressure, and your own mental health? Kristian Leavell, a licensed clinical social worker, therapist, and dad, brings both clinical insight and lived experi...