Episode 131! Joining me in the studio today is Joey Goone. Joey is the President of Utopia Experience, a national event production company that helps organizations turn their conferences, masterminds, and summits into unforgettable experiences. He grew up in a loving family home with two involved, hard-working parents, an older brother and a younger sister and loved playing and doing pretty much anything outside. Joey found the entrepreneurial bug early when he started a l...
Episode 130! Today’s guest is Robert Hunt. Robert has been a leader in Marketing and Sales for most of his career, and found his true calling in 2013 when he began to focus on working with business owners and CEOs in Dallas, Texas to help them become better versions of themselves. This pivot was not just a career change but a profound commitment to impacting lives and businesses. Through Robert's forum group, REF Dallas, his mission is simple: to help leaders become the best versi...
Episode 129! Robert and Kay Lee Fukui are joining us in the studio today! Robert grew up in California and learned the power of teamwork and fighting through improbable victories as a three-sport athlete. He went on to use those experiences as the foundation for a successful sales and marketing career, where he was directly responsible for leading global launches and generating over $150 million in sales for brands like Coca-Cola, Novartis Pharmaceutical and Bristol-Myers Squibb w...
Episode 128! Joining us in the studio today is Adrienne Green. Adrienne learned early in her finance job and later as a high school math teacher that she didn’t enjoy being stuck inside, tied to an office, classroom, or desk. She got her start in real estate without any mentors or family influences by “house hacking” her basement. As she began to invest in other real estate, she began to understand the struggles of being a solopreneur in real estate. She was doing eve...
Episode 127! (I promise no baby giraffe's or baby T-Rex's were hurt in the filming of this episode;)). Joining us in the studio this week is Cathy Christen. Cathy is a serial entrepreneur and executive business coach with over two decades of experience where she has excelled in team dynamics and organizational culture, helping thousands of entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses, and maximize results while living a life they love. As the co-founder of GoBundance Women, Cath...
Episode 126! Kelly Cochran is in the studio today! Affectionately known by her brand, "The Loud Blonde”, Kelly is a best-selling author, speaker, and branding expert on a mission to help women unleash their boldest, unapologetic selves. Proudly fired from Corporate America for standing up for what she believes in, and refusing to remain quiet in the face of injustice, even when it meant risking her job. Kelly turned her "unemployable" spirit into a blueprint for entrepreneurial su...
Episode 125! Joining us in the studio today is Blake Williams. Blake started his professional career working alongside his father at the family’s home inspection and pest control businesses from 1998 to 2009. Along with his wife Angela, Blake co-founded Super Inspector in 2013. Combining his industry expertise with Angela's sales acumen, Blake has helped build Super Inspector with the vision of creating Texas' largest inspection company alongside vertically aligned real estate se...
Here we go with Season 4! Hard to believe we're into our 4th year of RTA and the guests in Season 4 are simply incredible. Episode 123 with JD Enright and Episode 124 with his Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Osborne kick off the new year as they talk about the mission they are on to stop heart disease. Episode 125 is with "The Loud Blonde" Kelly Cochran who left her corporate career to start her own business and write a book. Then CEO and mom, Cathy Christen, is a fu...
Episode 124! Joining us in the studio today is Dr. John Osborne. Dr. Osborne is a Harvard-trained, world-renowned cardiologist with a Ph.D. in cardiovascular physiology. He is a preventive heart health pioneer with over 30 years at the forefront of cutting edge heart disease prevention as a life-saver, disruptor and visionary on a mission to eradicate preventable heart disease by 2040. Dr. Osborne is currently Chief Medical Officer of ClearCardio LLC, a company leading the ...
Season 4 has begun with episode 123! We took this episode on the road and joined our guest, JD Enright, in his studio. JD is a globally recognized leader in AI-driven healthcare and high-performance computing. With over 30 years of experience, JD has built and led industry-changing companies at the intersection of biotechnology, defense operations, AI, next-generation computing and data center cooling technology. After his own experiences with the shortcomings in critical medical care,...
Episode 122! Joining me in the studio today is my guest, SSG Aaron Hale. Aaron is a 14-year veteran of both the US Navy, where he was a cook and chef to admirals and dignitaries while he sailed in the Mediterranean, and the US Army, where he was an Explosive Ordinance Demolition tech finding, and diffusing or disposing of enemy bombs before they could harm US or Allied service members. While deployed in Afghanistan in December of 2011, an explosion of an undetected secondary bomb ...
Episode 121! Joining me in the studio today is guest Damon Lembi. Damon is a 2x best-selling author and leader of global training company Learnit, a live learning platform that’s upskilled over 2 million people. As CEO for over three decades, Damon has gained insights into what helps organizations grow, how great leaders learn, and why learn-it-all companies outpace their competitors every time. Damon is also the podcast host of “The Learn-It-All podcast”, a show for leader...
Episode 120! Joining me in the studio today is Erin Bradley, a dynamic speaker, seasoned trainer, and bestselling author of “Pursuing Freedom: Be Yourself, increase your referrals and have more fun growing your business”. She’s also the host of the acclaimed real estate podcast "Pursuing Freedom". With extensive experience in the real estate industry, Erin has faced the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, riding the rollercoaster of broke to burnout, and everything in betwee...
Episode 119! Today’s guest is Chris Widener. Years ago, Chris was personally selected and mentored by two of the legends of the speaking and personal development world, Jim Rohn and Zig Ziglar, and he now carries on their legacy. Jim Rohn, known for being Tony Robbins first mentor, made Chris his last protege. Chris and Jim co-authored Jim's book “One Year Success Plan” as well as Jim’s last book, “The Twelve Pillars”, which became an international best-seller. Zig Ziglar, ...
Episode 118! Today’s guest is Dr. Gary Lawrence, known by many simply as, Dr. G. Married for 57 years, Dr. G and his wife Sylvia, bring their knowledge, experience, and deep passion to individuals and couples who wish to resolve personal, marital, family, and parenting conflicts by leading them to “identify, isolate, and eliminate” the root cause of the emotional turmoil in their lives. Dr. G specializes in breaking down the damaging effects of rejection and the way in which th...
Episode 117! Today’s guest is Wyatt Graves! Wyatt grew up in Louisiana with a younger sister and a half brother. Money was tight and his family struggled to make ends meet. The stress of living paycheck to paycheck created a strong desire in Wyatt to become a successful businessman, so he wouldn’t have to worry about money again. When his mother was able to open her own business, it provided a financial cushion for the first time and changed Wyatt’s life. Wyatt ...
Episode 116! Today’s guest is Kyle McDowell. Kyle was formerly a successful Fortune 10 executive where he led tens of thousands of employees over several decades at some of America’s biggest firms. Through it all, he became caught up in his own race to the next promotion, bonus, and expansion of responsibility and control. Along the way, Kyle noticed the workforce is overwhelmed, employees feel unappreciated and apathetic, while firms struggle to attract and retain talent and leaders ...
Episode 115! Today’s guest is Stacey Chazin! Stacey is a dynamic leadership development coach, and a proud introvert, and she is rewriting the narrative on introversion. Having grappled with societal expectations that favored extraversion, Stacey learned to embrace her introverted qualities, turning them into powerful assets that allowed her to thrive personally and professionally. Now, as a fervent advocate and coach for introverts, Stacey draws on her extensive corporat...
Special Christmas Episode! That last gift that was hiding behind the tree is this week's episode of RTA Uncut #6 with my guest and friend, Nicky Billou. Nicky is back in the studio to catch up with us since he was last on Episode 60 of Return to Authenticity back over a year ago on May 3, 2023. Go check out episode 60 to hear Nicky's powerful story. A brief summary of that episode is that Nicky was born in Iran and lived there as a young boy in the 60’s and 70’s, before what was...
Episode 114! Joining us in the studio today is Austin Davis. Austin earned a Bachelor of Science in Pastoral Ministry from Lee University in Cleveland, TN, and furthered his education with a Master of Arts in Counseling from The Church of God Theological Seminary. This education laid the foundation for his professional journey in clinical counseling and church ministry. Austin is now a leader in teenage behavioral health and addiction treatment, spending the past 15+ years commi...