Episodes

One year ago, Scot Schute quit his dream job as a top executive at LinkedIn to follow an idea - to Change Work From the Inside Out. The start was writing his first book, The Full Body Yes, and since then, he's risen to become a sought-after keynote speaker, executive coach and thought leader. This week he released his latest project, 'Changing Work for Teams', which is a group experience that's designed to build more engagement and connection - connection to each other, connection to purpose. This is an episode with guaranteed inspiration, and the call to action to changing from the inside out!

Seth Buechley is a serial entrepreneur and business founder focused on connecting high-potential leaders with the ideas, resources, and people they need to grow their enterprise and have a lasting leadership impact. He's also a recognized TEDx and Keynote Speaker and the author of Ambition- Leading with Gratitude, a book that will make you better understand the tension between ambition and satisfaction.

Lauren Fonvielle is an Integrative Energy Practitioner, specializing in Tapping techniques for stress, anxiety, and trauma. She is a firm believer that every self-healing journey starts with facing the obstacles - physical, mental, or emotional - head-on, to prevent them from keeping us feeling stuck and in pain.

Bracken Darrell has been the CEO of Logitech since 2013 and his journey includes rising to the top in companies like Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool. Under his leadership, Logitech has grown to unimaginable levels, but it is his bold, yet authentic leadership style that inspires not only the many that work under him but the world around him. In this episode, he shares that one of his biggest fears is to lose touch with the world, and that's why he's committed to many global impacting issues such as Global Warming, Sustainability, and Equality. What makes him tick? Has been one of the best answers on Back2basics to date. Are you ready?

Lawren Askinosie grew up around craft chocolate, and with craft chocolate. Still in high school when her father transitioned from courtroom to chocolate-making and started one of the first small batch chocolate factories in America, she assisted him in almost every facet of their new life as chocolate makers—from working the storefront to developing marketing material. Eager to jump into the family business full-time Lawren began college early and upon graduation at 20, dove headfirst into learn...

In her book "Experience is the Angled Road: Memoirs of an Academic", Barbara Gitenstein captures the shock and the humor she faced when confronting the obstacles of being the only “whatever” in the room (woman, Jew, southerner, liberal) and delivers an incredible book about leadership instead of yet another handbook on how to be a leader. To her, it was the privilege of being an "outsider" that taught her to listen with a sympathetic ear, allowing her career to achieve the highest level one could hope for in Academia, College President. She is often interviewed on radio and television stations in New Jersey, focusing on higher education issues. SPOILER ALERT: There is incredible WISDOM in this episode!

Byron and Mariah Edgington are the authors of "Journey Well- You are more than enough" and believe that if we’re to (RE)Discover Our Passion, Purpose, and Love of Ourselves & Life, we must all embrace the responsibility each of us has to create that world. In Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough they focus on silencing the harsh inner critic that haunts too many people. They offer a corrective to the negative effects of mistakes and past embarrassments. This is definitelly a "not to miss" episode!

Lynne Bowman has been featured at women's expos throughout the country, teaming with actress Deidre Hall to write and publish Deidre Hall's Kitchen Closeup and Deidre Hall's How Does She Do It?. She has won national awards as a creative director for Silicon Valley companies and has also worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, illustrator, legal journalist, and television Weather Person. She likes to describe herself as a Glam grandma who knows how to get you to eat your veggies. Her current mission is to help others reset their relationship with food, taking control of their health, strength, mindset and mood. There's a bit of everything in this episode! Humor, inspiration, and most importantly wellness tips! If you are diabetic and think that never again you will be able to eat the things you like, this episode is for you!

Gido Schimanski is an international teacher and coach best known for his transformational programs with clients who are often in the public eye. He helps them under all that pressure to become the best at their game, stay the best and above all ENJOY what they have achieved, so that they don't sabotage themselves in their most defining moments, but can draw on 100% of their potential. Sounds Familiar? Then listen in to find out how you can achieve your Ultimate Freedom. Following a fortunate career on stage and screen Gido now works with senior executives, professional footballers, musical theatre stars and the occasional pop-star. He is the creator of the Successful Auditions Programme for Creative High Achievers, the CD Angels of Forgiveness - The Little Journey of Letting Go and most recently launched his new online program called 6 WEEK MASTERS - Your blockbuster in 6 parts.

Lia Pinelli is a Life Coach on a mission to teach other women how to ditch the diet drama and create the lives they crave, unapologetically.

Reverend Kaji Douša is the first woman to serve as the Senior Pastor of her 212-year-old congregation, the Park Avenue Christian Church, in Manhattan. The Park is known as a congregation of fearless activism in New York City. Her clear moral leadership brings her to a number of venues – from the pulpit to news broadcasts, editorial pages and policy rooms. She is known for her particular ministry in service to the spiritual needs of Black excellence. Many national and world leaders – particularly Black women – call on her for prayer, support, care and discretion.

Dave Combs is a songwriter, entrepreneur, photographer, and author with four decades of experience writing over 120 songs and creating fourteen albums of soothing, relaxing instrumental piano music. His songwriting began almost by chance, and how his popular standard, Rachel’s Song was the kickstart of it all, is definitely a journey worth listening to, especially because he will convince you that you too can find the hit song hidden inside you.

Darcy Luoma, creator of Thoughtfully Fit®, is a Master Certified Coach, dynamic facilitator, and inspiring motivational speaker. She has worked as director for a U.S. Senator, deputy transition director for a governor, and on the national advance team for two U.S. presidential campaigns. When she thought she was at the top of her game, life presented her with an unimaginable test, seeing the crumbling of her picture perfect marriage. This episode is all about how you can regain your spark back even after life throws you the curviest of "curve balls".

An Arkansas native, Leighton Boyce started her caregiver career at the young age of 12, taking care of her grandmother who suffered from dementia. That experience laid the ground for her in terms of finding what truly made her happy, she wanted to be involved in something more meaningful, and she made it happen. She is a firm believer that if you pay attention and just follow where happiness takes you, you will find your true purpose and mission in life.

Simon Severino is an entrepreneur, Author, TedX Speaker, CEO of Strategy Sprints, and Host of the Strategy Sprints podcast. His mission in life is to help business owners run companies that not only thrive but soar. Simon's wisdom and insightful thoughts are splattered all over this incredible conversation with our host Leticia Latino, and he will convince you that you can use any business as your spiritual practice. Enjoy!

To any outsider, D. Neil Elliott was highly educated, owned a profitable consulting firm, and had a successful career and an amazing wife and family. But things were not all they seemed to be, Neil was facing a lot of challenges. In a phrase, he was in a dark place. Quite by accident, he discovered a Higher Road. As he traveled that road, he found the key to transforming his life. Neil believes that as more and more people follow this Higher Road to true spiritual perfection, a New Era of Love and Peace will dawn for everyone throughout the world.

Many people worldwide are anxious and in pain. They want relief! They want answers on how to positively change themselves and humanity, and how to better cope with the challenging, transformative shift we're all going through. Kate Heartsong is on a mission to create just that! She's the empowering and life-enhancing author of two books, Humanity’s Cry for Change and Deeply We Are One, and is also known as the “Confidence Coach”. In this episode, Kate shares her view on how being interconnected with everyone else enables us to have more respect, kindness, love, collaboration, peace, and joy in our lives.

William Schirmer leveraged over two decades of International Human Resources experience to author 'The Leadership Core' and 'Fulfilled'. He’s also a Speaker and an executive Coach dedicated to thoughtful discussion on Leadership, Personal Growth & Fulfillment.

For the past 25 years, Kirk Byles, has stayed on the cusp of cutting-edge technology that has the potential for global uptake and strong impact. Currently the CEO of FREEWAVE Technologies, he's leading the company on its mission to connect the unconnected. This episode evidences that conscious leaders do exist and that they have a commitment to building better companies and a better world.

David Wood is a coach, author and a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe. As well as helping others, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show! In this episode, he shares a very important lesson, and that's why is key to let one's heart cracked open in order to create a true authentic life. His book, The Mouse In The Room - Because the Elephant Isn’t Alone is a must read and this episode will show you why!

Most people know Executive Coach and Motivational Speaker Iva Paleckova for her visionary leadership and transformational enthusiasm. What some people don't know is that at some point in her life she was a single mom to her toddler daughter, living on food stamps while moving across the world twice. By going through what she calls the "Break Free Process", she created a dream life in Costa Rica and grew her coaching business to 7 figure revenue in 18 months. Throughout her journey, she realized that creating a picture-perfect life did not lead to the promised happiness. This episode is filled with wisdom, encouragement, and enthusiasm to convince you that you can break free from your limits.

Ann Hince is a spiritual teacher, public speaker, and author who is convinced that much of the time, society tells us that we shouldn’t be feeling what we are feeling and as a result we learn to put emotions away, blocking our ability to really achieve inner peace. In this interesting episode, Ann shares how through the technique of tapping we can achieve the ability to sense inside our body, and release physical tension stored in our connective tissue allowing us to reach into our 'power within'.

From a humble childhood growing up as the son of a milkman and working as a janitor as a teenager to becoming a multimillionaire serial entrepreneur and founder of GIVERS University, we assure you that EA Csolkovits has one of the most fascinating stories you will hear. Most importantly, EA shares his wisdom on why he's convinced that Givers earn at least 3x more than Takers, and provides practical guidelines and advice on how we can discern who should be in your 'circle' and who shouldn't. This is also an episode about how we can create Givers Communities. Are you willing to find out if you are a giver or a taker?

Holli Moeini and Jeanna Hanenburg are the hosts of the LOA Uncorked Podcast, which they launched in 2018 to discuss how we can experience and express ourselves fully in our authenticity and personal power. They are all about how to make conscious creation a Lifestyle. Their own style is fun, exciting, contagious and so insightful! After listening to this incredible episode, you will add one more podcast to your playlist, because they will become your best digital BFF's!