Beyond the Questions

Ericka has a new roommate. He's got eight legs, he lives in her living room, and Jason has already decided he wants nothing to do with him.

That's how this episode starts. Where it ends up, none of us saw coming.

Jason tells us how he got into a size 28 pant, and what it quietly cost his family. TQ admits there's one goal he already knows he'll have to grieve. Ericka explains why the tarantula isn't the scary part.

Somewhere in the middle comes a question Jason says he can't answer on his own: how do you know you're quitting, and not just finally letting a goal go?

Six monsters. One of them is probably standing between you and something you've wanted for a long time. We each had to pick ours at the end, and two of us picked fast.

Which one is yours? Tell us in the comments. We're reading every one.

Chapters (rounded from the transcript, adjust to your final cut): 0:00 Cold open 0:08 Welcome back, and meet Bluey 4:23 Why tarantulas aren't the monster 5:50 The Ghost: goals you've stopped texting back 10:26 The Zombie: goals that won't die 13:32 The Vampire: what drains a goal 16:01 The Costume: whose goal is this? 21:18 The Magic Spell: "I'll start when..." 22:33 Hope needs a plan 23:40 The discipline of hope 24:28 The Trap: all-or-nothing thinking 28:14 Pick your monster 29:28 One thing you can do this week 31:12 Sign-off

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👥 Your Hosts: Ericka, TQ, and Jason

✨ Connect with the Coaches: TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore): http://tqcoachingsolutions.com Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton): http://jasonrotoncoaching.com Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn): [email protected]

🎧 Listen & Watch the Full Podcast: YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

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A nurse forgot to take the tourniquet off before pulling an IV. A friend lied on her resume and couldn't do the job once she got it. A guy sat in a boardroom full of people deciding on six figures and had no idea why he'd been invited. All three stories are in this one, and all three circle the same question: is faking it ever actually the right move?

Jason, TQ, and Ericka take apart a phrase that's been floating around forever — where it builds you up, where it gets someone fired, and the thin line in between. TQ even offers a replacement he likes better by the end.

⏱️ Chapters:
0:00 Welcome back + fake it stories
1:44 Ericka's nursing school story
2:12 Jason's IV story
4:32 What the phrase actually means
6:06 Lying on a resume
7:01 Why this phrase has lasted so long
11:03 Jason's boardroom story
14:26 When it becomes just theater
15:26 Ericka's sister and the hire who couldn't do the job
16:01 Confidence vs. competency
16:32 Humility vs. ego
18:09 TQ's sports arena take
21:54 Jason's 250 hours
23:54 Ericka's fake smile
26:57 Ego or growth: the test
29:08 "Make it what you do until it becomes true"

👥 Your Hosts: Ericka, TQ, and Jason

✨ Connect with the Coaches:

TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore): http://tqcoachingsolutions.com

Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton): http://jasonrotoncoaching.com

Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn): [email protected]

🎧 Listen & Watch the Full Podcast:

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

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Your phone's in your pocket. A screen's in your face. Something's probably playing while you fall asleep. So when your mind won't shut up... is that anxiety? Or is that just what happens when it never gets a break?

Jason, TQ, and Ericka open with a rapid-fire round that'll have you checking your own habits before the real conversation even starts. Then it gets real: where does "getting quiet" actually help, and where does it stop being enough?

⏱️ Chapters:
0:00 Welcome back + the game
1:40 Rapid-fire round
6:02 Ericka's sun ritual
8:37 TQ's silent retreat
11:36 Jason's squirrel story
13:28 What blocks silence
17:47 Ericka on clarity
20:41 TQ and "Tequarius"
23:15 Anxious thought vs. clinical anxiety
27:38 Ericka's dirty-floor fix
28:59 Jason's packed schedule
30:46 TQ's "why am I feeling this"
31:39 The book that messed him up
33:36 The 10-minute challenge

👥 Your Hosts: Ericka, TQ, and Jason

✨ Connect with the Coaches: TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore): http://tqcoachingsolutions.com Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton): http://jasonrotoncoaching.com Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn): [email protected]

🎧 Listen & Watch the Full Podcast:

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

#BeyondTheQuestions #Anxiety #Silence #Mindfulness #Coaching #MentalHealth

Self-care sounds simple until you're the one deciding whether that shopping trip, that "me time," or that canceled plan is actually helping you — or just letting you off the hook.

In this episode, Ericka, Jason, and TQ dig into the messy middle ground between real rest and straight-up avoidance. They talk about the phrases we lean on to justify skipping the hard stuff, how anxiety shows up when you're dodging something you know needs to get done, and why judging someone else's self-care from the outside (hi, social media) is almost always unfair without the context.

Jason opens up about his morning routine and what happens when he starts the day scrolling instead of sitting still. TQ talks about how avoidance sneaks in disguised as "just checking email real quick." And Ericka pushes the conversation toward the real question underneath it all: are you resting, or are you running from something?

Spoiler: they don't wrap it up with a neat answer. That's kind of the point.

If this one hit close to home, share it with someone who needs to hear it — and stick around, because we go beyond the questions every time.

Watch the full episode: "When Does Self-Care Become an Excuse?" — link in bio/description.

👥 Your Hosts: Ericka, TQ, and Jason

✨ Connect with the Coaches:
TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore): http://tqcoachingsolutions.com
Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton): http://jasonrotoncoaching.com
Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn): [email protected]

🎧 Listen & Watch the Full Podcast:
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

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We've got more ways to talk to each other than any generation before us — texting, video calls, every social app you can think of. So why does everybody still feel so isolated?

Jason, TQ, and Ericka sit down with this one honestly. No tidy answers, just real talk about the difference between having contact and having connection, why vulnerability is the piece most of us skip, and what it actually takes to stop waiting for the other person to reach out first.

Stick around for the intro too — Ericka's fur coat confession and TQ's stormtrooper story alone are worth the watch.

👥 Your Hosts: Ericka, TQ, and Jason

✨ Connect with the Coaches:

TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore): http://tqcoachingsolutions.com

Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton): http://jasonrotoncoaching.com

Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn): [email protected]

🎧 Listen & Watch the Full Podcast:

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

#BeyondTheQuestions #Loneliness #Connection #MentalHealth #Coaching #PersonalGrowth

How Do We Embrace Challenges?

"Just embrace the struggle" — sounds great on a poster, feels impossible when you're actually in it. In this episode, coaches TQ, Jason, and Ericka get real about the advice they secretly can't stand, the challenges they avoided for years (in-laws, moves, divorce, and more), and what it actually takes to stop running from hard things and start facing them.

They dig into:

• The cliché Christian advice that makes them cringe (and why context matters)
• Real stories of challenges they avoided — for years, in some cases
• Why "embrace every challenge" isn't always good advice, and when it's actually harmful
• The difference between resilience and stubbornness dressed up as resilience
• Why the people walking beside you in a hard season matter more than the phrase "embrace the struggle" ever will
• One simple question to ask before you decide to fight through — or walk away from — your next challenge

Oh, and Jason got his head shaved at an African-American barber shop this week. You'll want the context for that one.

This is a real, unscripted conversation between three coaches who don't always agree — and that's the point. Learning out loud, together.

👥 Your Hosts: Ericka, TQ, and Jason

✨ Connect with the Coaches:
TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore): http://tqcoachingsolutions.com

Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton): http://jasonrotoncoaching.com

Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn): [email protected]

🎧 Listen & Watch the Full Podcast:
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

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📩 Got a challenge you're facing or a question you want us to tackle? Drop it in the comments — we might cover it on a future episode.

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Unlock the secret to living a life aligned with what truly matters—before your actions betray your deepest values. Are you in control of your choices, or are unseen influences steering your way? This episode dives into how our unspoken beliefs shape who we are, the conflict between our aspirational and lived values, and the surprising ways we can realign to live authentically. 

Join Ericka, TQ, and Jason as they explore the powerful impact of values on decision-making—from the habits that build our character to the internal tensions that keep us stuck. You'll discover: how values are formed by environment, upbringing, and group influences; the difference between aspirational and lived values; and the signs that reveal when you're out of alignment—like grabbing your phone first thing in the morning. Get real examples from kids stapling fingers to adults grappling with habits, and learn simple tools like writing down your core value to steer your decisions. 

This conversation isn't just about philosophy—it's about transformation. Missed opportunities, inner conflicts, and unfulfilled potential all stem from misaligned values. Understand how discipline, awareness, and reflection can help you close the gap between who you are and who you aspire to be. Whether you're seeking personal growth, leadership insight, or a deeper connection to what you believe to be true, this episode offers clarity and actionable steps. 

Perfect for anyone feeling out of sync, stuck in old patterns, or curious how your environment influences your core beliefs. If you're ready to stop living on autopilot and start living intentionally, this is essential listening.

Tune in for honest questions and genuine insights to realign your life with your core values. Your authentic self is waiting—hit play now.

🎙️ Full Episode: "Why Do I Keep Living a Life I Never Meant to Create?"

👥 Your Hosts: Ericka, TQ, and Jason

✨ Connect with the Coaches:

• TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore):                                                               http://tqcoachingsolutions.com
• Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton):                                                            http://jasonrotoncoaching.com
• Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn):  mailto:[email protected]

🎧 Listen & Watch the Full Podcast:

• YouTube Video Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

The real transformation happens when you realize you’re not alone. Whether it’s overcoming anger, peer pressure, or the fear of community rejection, our latest episode reveals how meaningful connection ignites change — and why going it alone often leads nowhere.

Imagine discovering that the key to lasting growth isn’t just willpower, but genuine community that accepts your flaws and celebrates your progress. You’ll hear hilarious stories of youthful dares, rafting skits gone wrong, and accidental injuries that remind us how our funniest failures can open the door to real change.

We break down stories behind what makes community so powerful in transformation. Jason shares how internal beliefs and external support—like coaching, groups, or even a simple compliment—can create the fertile ground for you to evolve. Erica offers insight on vulnerability and authentic connection, encouraging you to take small steps—say hi to a stranger or connect via your interests—that can lead to a deeper sense of belonging. TQ discusses how shared goals and “common unity” foster momentum that keeps us moving forward, even when life gets messy.

But here’s the stakes: staying isolated or avoiding community means missing out on growth that could change everything. By risking vulnerability, you open up space for healing, strength, and genuine relationships that propel you beyond mere survival toward thriving.
Whether you’ve faced rejection by a community, fear of being judged, or just don’t know where to start, this episode is your map to finding or creating spaces where real transformation can happen. It’s perfect for anyone tired of going solo, craving connection, or looking for practical ways to move from point A to point B with others guiding the way.

Join us as we explore why community matters—because transformation is rarely a solo journey. Ready to break free from your comfort zone and step into the growth you’ve been longing for? Hit play now.

Beyond the Questions Host/Coaches:

Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn) mailto:[email protected]
Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton) http://jasonrotoncoaching.com
Purposeful Pivot (Kellie Grutko) http://purposefulpivot.net
TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore) http://tqcoachingsolutions.com


Beyond the Questions Full Video Podcast:    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0

Beyond the Questions is also available on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

🌟 Feeling lost? You’re not alone! Ever found yourself saying, "I don’t know what to do?" Let’s explore how to navigate those moments together. in this episode of Beyond the Questions, Ericka leads the discussion diving into the question. What to do when you don't know what to do.

👉 Tag someone who needs to hear this!

Life throws curveballs, and it’s okay to feel uncertain. Whether it's a breakup, a job loss, or a business setback, we’ve all been there.

What matters is how we respond. Instead of spiraling, try breaking down your challenges into smaller steps.

Remember, it’s not about having all the answers; it’s about taking one step at a time.

Maybe that’s the real lesson here.

Beyond the Questions Host/Coaches:

Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn) mailto:[email protected]
Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton) http://jasonrotoncoaching.com
Purposeful Pivot (Kellie Grutko) http://purposefulpivot.net
TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore) http://tqcoachingsolutions.com


Beyond the Questions Full Video Podcast:    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0

Beyond the Questions is also available on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a

#BeyondTheQuestions #LifeLessons #PersonalGrowth #WomenEmpowerment #Podcast

"Feeling stuck because your old reasons for pushing forward aren't cutting it anymore? This episode of Beyond the Questions dives into what to do when past motivations fade. How can you reignite your drive? Should you switch things up? And is your goal still worth chasing? Join hosts TQ, Ericka, and Kellie as they have a candid and relatable discussion about these struggles. Tune in for some real talk and fresh insights!"

Beyond the Questions Host/Coaches:

Ericka Dawn Coaching (Ericka Dawn) mailto:[email protected]

Jason Roton Coaching (Jason Roton) http://jasonrotoncoaching.com
Purposeful Pivot (Kellie Grutko) http://purposefulpivot.net
TQ Coaching Solutions (TQ Moore) http://tqcoachingsolutions.com



Beyond the Questions Full Video Podcast:    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F1KzRkDVEgLrE7OQh5Hm7R4yduXaJRe&si=ZVi8cb5wZNqNLHN0


Beyond the Questions is also available on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-questions/id1865568668

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tVR0zOrGQF8FA8h27wClf?si=65f1d88e6dcf430a