Welcome back to the Anchoring Hope Podcast with host David Mansilla! In this episode, David sits down with Susan Sly—a two-time AI startup founder, Founder & CEO of The Pause Technologies, keynote speaker, and one of the Top 7 Female AI Thought Leaders Globally.

Susan shares her raw, emotional story of going from rock bottom—losing her business, facing a severe Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, and sleeping on a borrowed sofa as a single mom—to building multi-million-dollar tech companies and bringing the message of Jesus into global tech spaces like the World Economic Forum in Davos.

If you are a believer looking to integrate practical Christianity into your daily routine, grow your business with Kingdom values, or find the strength to forgive past wounds, this episode will deeply touch your heart and empower your journey.

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

(1) The Power of Total Surrender: Why hitting rock bottom is often where true spiritual growth and supernatural restoration begin. 

(2) Walking by Faith, Not Sight: How taking active steps of obedience allows God to open doors that make no sense in the natural world. 

(3) Faith on the Mountain of Technology: How Christian entrepreneurs can step boldly into high-tech, AI, and modern business as a light in the culture rather than running away. 

(4) Radical Forgiveness & Generational Healing: Practical, step-by-step guidance on releasing past bitterness, healing emotional pain, and breaking generational curses for your family. 

(5) Servant Leadership in Action: How to protect your mind, clean up your daily inputs, build a circle of prayer warriors, and practice everyday Christian living.

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Welcome back to the Anchoring Hope podcast! In this deeply moving episode, host David Mansilla sits down with Adam Vibe Gunton—bestselling author, TEDx speaker, national recovery advocate, and Managing Partner at Behavioral Health Partners.

Eight years ago, Adam was homeless, weighing 148 pounds, and trapped in a severe opioid and cocaine addiction following the tragic loss of his best friend. In his darkest hour, sitting on his knees in a room alone, Adam had a radical encounter with Jesus Christ that changed the trajectory of his life forever.

Tune in to discover how God took Adam’s past pain and turned it into a powerful ministry, a successful business building treatment centers, and a mission-driven life centered on serving others.

📌 Key Takeaways & What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔ Meeting God in the Valley: How Jesus meets us in our lowest moments of brokenness without waiting for us to "fix" ourselves first.

✔ The Power of Authentic Surrender: What happens when you stop relying on your own strength and give your plans completely over to God.

✔ Spiritual Freedom & Healing: The crucial role of community prayer, deliverance, and honest vulnerability in overcoming addiction.

✔ Faith in Business: How Christian entrepreneurs can use their gifts, pain, and businesses to build solutions that glorify God and serve others.

✔ Servant Leadership: Shifting from a mindset of pleasing people to pleasing God, leading teams with humility, grace, and purpose.

✔ Living Out Practical Christianity: Simple, daily acts of kindness and obedience that create a lasting ripple effect for the Kingdom.

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Welcome back to the Anchoring Hope Podcast! In this episode, host David Mansilla sits down with entrepreneur, franchisor, mother, and songwriter Dawn Mucci.  

Dawn shares her incredible, raw story of going from a high school dropout and single mother on social assistance to founding Lice Quad and Superhero Kids Hair Care. Discover how she turned a painful childhood memory into an act of service, built a faith-driven business model across Canada, and trusted God through economic recessions and the pandemic.  

Key Takeaways From This Episode:

• Turning Pain into Purpose: How Dawn transformed a childhood struggle with head lice into a nationwide service that brings dignity and relief to families.
• Serving Special Needs Families: The story behind Superhero Kids Hair Care, a salon created during the pandemic to give children with autism a safe, sensory-friendly haircut experience.
• From Solopreneur to Franchisor: Moving past burnout by learning to delegate, trust others, and create a culture built on Christian values.
• Surrendering Control to God: Facing economic storms, recessions, and global shutdowns by getting on your knees in prayer rather than relying solely on self-reliance.
• Dreaming for the Kingdom: Dawn’s transition strategy to step into her passion as a lyricist and Christian worship songwriter.  

🔗 Connect with Dawn Mucci:

Website: https://licequad.com

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How does your Sunday faith relate to the other six days of your week? In this episode of Anchoring Hope, host David Mansilla sits down for Part 2 with Dr. Dylan Pahman to explore the deep connections between Orthodox Christian tradition, spiritual disciplines, and modern economic life.

Dr. Pahman shares his personal journey into Orthodox Christianity, how ancient practices like the Jesus Prayer helped him navigate anxiety, and why running a business or excelling in your career can be a powerful way to live out the Gospel. Discover how historical faith, servant leadership, and free enterprise come together to serve the common good and alleviate poverty worldwide.

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

✔ Connecting Sunday to the Workweek: Understanding how our daily careers, business enterprises, and creative work serve as holy callings to love our neighbors.  

✔ Ancient Spiritual Tools for Modern Peace: How the repetitive, breath-focused "Jesus Prayer" ("Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner") and watchfulness (nepsis) help quiet anxiety and center the mind on Christ.  

✔ Rooted in Church History: Learning from early Church Fathers like St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Basil the Great—the 4th-century saint who helped establish the world's first hospital out of personal love for the sick and poor.  

✔ Economics, Freedom, & Poverty Alleviation: How private property rights, enterprise, and division of labor have drastically reduced global poverty—and why government programs can never replace the personal, loving touch of Christian charity.  

✔ Christian Hope & The Future: Embracing an unshakeable perspective on the return of Christ and participating in God's work in the world today.  

ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Dylan Pahman, PhD is president and founder of the St. Nicholas Cabasilas Institute for Orthodoxy & Liberty and a research fellow at the Acton Institute. He is the author of The Kingdom of God and the Common Good and Foundations of a Free & Virtuous Society. With John C. Pinheiro, he is also co-editor of The Christian Roots of American Liberty.  

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Welcome to another episode of Anchoring Hope with David Mansilla! ⚓️  

In this inspiring conversation, David sits down with Brian McMaster, owner of a third-party logistics (3PL) company with over 20 years in business. Brian opens up about his raw, unfiltered journey—from tragic loss in his youth to building, losing, and rebuilding his business empire through the grace of Jesus Christ.

With over 30 years of industry experience, Brian has partnered with renowned companies such as Grove Worldwide, JLG Industries, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, and Rubbermaid. His background spans a diverse range of manufacturing and consulting activities, enabling him to drive continuous improvements, optimize processes, and deliver high-quality results across multiple industries.  

Whether you are an entrepreneur facing hard financial times, someone walking through grief, or looking to deepen your walk with God, Brian’s story will inspire you to keep going and put prayer first!  

Key Takeaways from this Episode:

✔ The Blueprint of Life: How God uses early life experiences—even tragedy—to forge strength and maturity (Psalm 139).  

✔ Living Backwards: Why abiding in Christ means living from victory rather than fighting for it (Romans 8:28).  

✔ Overcoming a $1M Mistake: How Brian survived crippling debt, aggressive landlords, and bankruptcy warnings by taking his uncle’s simple advice: "Pray." 

✔ The Polishing Process: How God uses business trials like heat and pressure to polish our character into something brilliant (James 1:2-4).  

✔ Servant Leadership: Why managing employees is a sacred responsibility to care for families, not just inventory.  

✔ "But First, Pray": The simple office desk sign that serves as a daily battle strategy for every trial.  

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Question of the Day: What is a time in your life or business where prayer completely turned things around? Let us know in the comments below! 

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Welcome to another inspiring episode of Anchoring Hope with host David Mansilla! In this episode, David is joined by Dr. Dwight Robertson, the Founding CEO of Forge, for an unforgettable conversation about faith, calling, and the transformational power of doing daily life with Jesus.

Dwight shares his remarkable journey—from asking deep questions about life’s meaning as a teenager to stepping onto an airplane at age 15 to serve overseas, and eventually founding Forge, a ministry celebrating 40 years of equipping Kingdom Laborers around the globe. Together, David and Dwight explore why true ministry happens outside church walls and how simple, up-close acts of love can alter the course of someone’s life forever.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

✔ The Search for Purpose: How John 10:10 transformed Dwight's life when he was a teenager looking for real meaning.

✔ A Supernatural Connection: The story behind how an email buried in a spam folder sparked a deep, God-ordained friendship between David and Dwight.

✔ Leadership vs. Laborership: Why Jesus didn't just teach a message, but modeled a hands-on, servant-hearted way of living.

✔ The Power of "The One": Shifting your focus from chasing masses to loving and serving the single individual right in front of you.

✔ Faith Beyond Church Walls: Realizing that 78% of Jesus’ time was spent out in the public square—and how you can represent Him in your everyday job, school, or community.

✔ Grace for the Broken: Why you don't need a theology degree or a perfect past for God to use you in extraordinary ways.

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In today’s episode, we sit down with Josh Iverson—a veteran digital media executive, tech entrepreneur, and pioneer in the online advertising space. Best known for his early work establishing ad monetization strategies for emerging social networks, Josh has spent over two decades bridging the gap between major corporate brands and localized digital marketing. Today, he serves as the founder and leader of iMediaSalesTeam and iMedia Audiences, a certified AI-powered digital agency network.

In this candid conversation, Josh opens up about his journey of building businesses, surviving economic storms through prayer, selling the first-ever ads on Facebook, and recognizing God's divine protection in the most unexpected moments of life.

Key Takeaways:

✔ Walking by Faith in Uncertainty: How a powerful prayer on September 11, 2001, anchored Josh and his wife as they started their life and business in Boston.

✔ Understanding Divine Boundaries: Why missing out on multi-billion dollar opportunities can actually be God’s protective hand keeping your character and soul safe.

✔ Servant Leadership in Small Business: How Josh turned his digital marketing expertise into a mission to protect and empower local "mom-and-pop" businesses.

✔ Seeing Others Through God's Eyes: Practical ways to navigate fast-paced, high-stakes corporate environments while showing love, respect, and grace to everyone.

✔ A Miracle at Heartbreak Hill: Josh shares his personal testimony from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and how a quick family selfie kept him out of harm's way.

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Welcome to another powerful episode of the Anchoring Hope Podcast with your host, David Mansilla. Today, we are joined by a transformative force in Colorado’s construction and development landscape: Denise Burgess, President and CEO of Burgess Services.

In this deeply personal and emotionally moving conversation, Denise shares her journey from working as a 15-year-old cleanup girl on her veteran father's job sites to taking the reins of the family business during a season of intense sudden grief. When her father passed away in 2002 and her entire management team walked out on her, Denise had to rely entirely on pure grit and unshakeable faith in Jesus Christ.

We dive deep into the dangers of the "solo burden," overcoming a near-fatal health scare brought on by corporate stress, and learning the life-changing leadership power of true executive delegation. Denise also reveals how she navigated terrifying market recessions by shifting from a mindset of scarcity to God's holy abundance, ultimately pivoting her firm into massive construction management and purpose-driven affordable housing development.

Whether you are an aspiring student leader, a marketplace minister, or a seasoned entrepreneur, this episode will teach you what visionary, Christ-centered leadership can truly build.

🔑 Key Takeaways From This Episode:

✔ The Blueprint of a Calling: How God overrides our personal career plans to build a lasting generational legacy.

✔ Grit Through Grief: Standing firm and watching God perform a "clean sweep" when traditional support networks collapse.

✔ Laying Down the Burden: The severe physical and spiritual dangers of refusing to delegate, and how to let your team flourish.

✔ Kingdom Abundance vs. Scarcity: Embracing Deuteronomy 8:18 and understanding that true business success means everyone involved must win.

✔ Dignity in Development: The emotional reality of building community-focused affordable housing that honors the individual.

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Welcome to another inspiring episode of Anchoring Hope! In this episode, host David Mansilla catches up with Victor M. Font Jr., an enterprise-level IT and cybersecurity governance expert, to discuss his life story, professional career, and deep faith.  

Victor shares how he navigated sudden corporate layoffs, taught himself to program, built a global audience for his textbooks, and ultimately transitioned into pioneering the field of cybersecurity governance to protect organizations from modern digital threats. More importantly, he discusses the heart of Christian leadership and how to remain anchored in Christ through economic uncertainty.  

📊 Key Takeaways From This Episode:

✔ The True Source of Provision: A job is just a temporary pipeline, but Jesus Christ is the ultimate river that never runs dry. When one corporate door closes, God opens another.  

✔ Leadership Through Generosity: How Victor turned a standard IT textbook into a global ministry by giving it away for free to struggling international students.  

✔ The Reality of Cyber Governance: Why building standard company policies isn't enough anymore. Boards of directors face massive fiduciary risks and strict new SEC timelines if they cannot produce concrete evidence of active cybersecurity governance.  

✔ Using Enterprise Tools Differently: A look into the technical side of using headless WordPress and Formidable Forms architectures to build secure, enterprise-level data compliance frameworks.  

✔ Soul Security vs. System Security: The vital difference between being a "generational Christian" who just attends church out of habit, and having a true, saving relationship with Jesus Christ.  

Connect with Our Guest:

Website: cybergovernancecenter.com  

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Welcome to another life-changing episode of the Anchoring Hope podcast, hosted by David Mansilla! In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Dylan Pahman—author, research fellow at the Acton Institute, and founder of the St. Nicholas Cabasilas Institute.  

Dylan opens up his heart and shares his raw, personal journey of moving away from faith during an aimless season on a factory floor, to discovering the rich, beautiful depth of the ancient Church Fathers and Orthodox Christianity. We also discuss how business and economics aren't separate from the Gospel, but are a sacred ground where the Holy Spirit wants to move.  

If you are feeling anxious, burnt out, or disconnected in your spiritual walk or career, this episode will give you practical, ancient tools to anchor your hope in Jesus Christ.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

✔ God Uses Our Humbling Moments: Dylan shares how a grueling factory job became the catalyst for him to seek a life cleanup, proving that Christ can use our lowest seasons to steer us toward our true calling.  

✔ The Beauty of Grace-Filled Leadership: Through a powerful story about an Orthodox liturgy service, learn why true leadership prioritizes patience and catching people when they stumble over rigid perfectionism.  

✔ Business is a Kingdom Calling: Your work matters to God! Earning a living and providing for your family is a spiritual duty, and business thrives when it is rooted in a Christian view of human personhood.  

✔ Ancient Habits Cure Modern Anxiety: Discover how ancient spiritual tools, such as the rhythmic Jesus Prayer, contemplative solitude, and purposeful fasting, can ground your mental health and keep you steady in a chaotic world.  

✔ The "Rainbow" of Christian Unity: David and Dylan reflect beautifully on how our different church traditions create a beautiful spectrum of faith, reminding us that we are one, united body if we declare the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  

Connect with Dr. Dylan Pahman:

Learn more about his work at the Acton Institute.  

Check out his new venture: The St. Nicholas Cabasilas Institute.  

Read his books: The Kingdom of God and the Common Good and Foundations of a Free & Virtuous Society.  

Find him on X (Twitter) or subscribe to his Substack, The Cutting Room Floor.  

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