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Ep. 102: Diagnosed at 44 - how Sarah Chea turned breast cancer into an awakening (opens the original)
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At age 44, my beautiful ServiceNow colleague-turned-friend-turned guest Sarah Chea was teaching Pilates, raising two boys, and building a women's supplement brand. She went in for a routine checkup, mentioned something she'd felt almost as an afterthought, and walked out of a mammogram appointment with a biopsy. That Friday night, curling her hair before dinner, she got the call: it was breast cancer. In episode 102, Sarah shares the whole journey. An aggressive early-stage diagnosis, chemo and
Ep. 101: You don't have to end on a good one - life lessons from my batting coach, Tony Rico of Firecracker Softball (opens the original)
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This one is personal. I sit down with Tony Rico , my private batting coach from eighth grade through my senior year of high school, for a walk down memory lane that turned into something much bigger than softball. Back in 1995, my mom drove me from Irvine to a backyard batting cage in Huntington Beach once a week. I thought I was there to fix my swing. What I got was five years of mentorship with a softball and a bat, and life lessons I didn't recognize until decades later: you don't have to end
Ep. 100: Building the first Christian mobile carrier - Paul Fisher & Chris Klimis | Radiant Mobile (opens the original)
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For our 100th episode, I sit down with Paul Fisher, and Chris Klimis, CEO and COO of Radiant Mobile, the world's first Christian mobile carrier. Radiant Mobile is partnered with Compax and integrated into the T-Mobile network, bringing faith-focused mobile service together with world-class 5G connectivity. Learn more about Radiant Mobile Download the Radiant Mobile app Follow Radiant Mobile on Instagram Both Paul and Chris open up about the personal reckonings that led them here. Paul talks abou
Ep. 99: Joseph Pennell on getting sober, feeling grief, and finding your real identity (opens the original)
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I sit down with Joseph Pennell, a military veteran, cyber intelligence analyst, sobriety coach, and content creator, for an honest, analytical conversation about grief, addiction, failure, emotional avoidance, and rebuilding your identity from the ground up. Joseph opens up about losing his brother Billy in high school and how he unknowingly postponed his grief for years. We talk about the role alcohol eventually played in his life, first as a way to shut off anxiety and later as a way to access
Ep. 98: Run toward the storm - turn anger into faith & fuel w/father, coach, & friend Ervin Anderson (opens the original)
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I sit down with my fantastic friend Ervin Anderson, a husband, father of 2, high school math teacher, and Diablo Valley City College basketball coach . We have a real conversation about what it was like growing up on the DC/Maryland border during the crack epidemic and the anger Erv carried as a teenager. He shares how faith, basketball, and his parents' discipline turned that anger into fuel instead of fear. Erv opens up about what it was like living on the edge of DC, where kids stayed in t
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