Most founders believe their money decisions are purely rational. Yet they keep making the same calls year after year: hiring too late, charging too little, holding on too long.

Former Marine and Benedictine monk turned financial advisor Doug Lynam returns to explain the money monsters running our decisions, and how the Enneagram reveals the older fear behind them.

About the Guest:

Douglas Lynam is a former US Marine and Benedictine monk of 20 years, now a financial advisor and author of Taming Your Money Monster: 9 Paths to Money Mastery with the Enneagram.

Key Takeaways:

• Money is morally neutral, a tool you can build or harm with
• Childhood shapes the unconscious fears behind money choices
• The Enneagram names your "sacred wound" and money blind spot
• Each of the nine types carries two recurring money monsters
• Self-created suffering is workable; circumstantial suffering differs
• Delegate authority, but never outsource ownership of your finances

Connect With the Guest:

Course Management Investment Advisors: https://cmiallc.com

Email: [email protected]

Personal Website: https://www.douglynam.com/

Books:

• Taming Your Money Monster on Amazon: https://amzn.to/47M6g7Z
• From Monk To Money Manager on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/33anrb

Substack: https://substack.com/@douglynam

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/douglynam/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-lynam/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/douglynam/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@douglynam

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https://www.integrative9.com/DougLynam/enneagram/test/individual/

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Episode Chapters:

[04:26] The Older Voice Behind Every Money Decision (approx.)

[07:00] From Affluence to Marine to Monk (approx.)

[10:00] When the Monastery Went Bankrupt (approx.)

[13:00] Money Is Morally Neutral (approx.)

[17:00] Self-Created vs Circumstantial Suffering (approx.)

[20:00] The Founder's Unconscious Driver and the Sacred Wound (approx.)

[28:00] Money Monsters: The Barrier and the Blinger (approx.)

[39:00] Finding Your Type: Anger, Grief, or Fear (approx.)

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There's the version of success everyone sees: the title, the recognition, the room you fought to get into. Then there's the version no one sees.

Executive leadership expert Rachel Bolton names the three hidden costs of climbing (clarity, energy, identity), why burnout is really misalignment, and how to take the golden handcuffs off.

About the Guest:

Rachel Bolton is an executive leadership expert, keynote speaker, and coach with 20+ years inside Fortune 500 and Fortune 200 companies, and a former VP who lived the cost she now helps leaders reset.

Key Takeaways:

• Leaders burn out from misalignment, not just workload
• The three hidden costs of climbing: clarity, energy, identity
• A new generation is declining the top job as priced
• Say yes with boundaries: accept with a hard stop and an agenda
• Misalignment is often a gap between your gifts and your title
• Speak a parent's language to bring loved ones along on a pivot

Connect With the Guest:

LinkedIn: Rachel Bolton

Instagram: @coachrachelunmuted (Coach Rachel Unmuted)

Episode Chapters:

[08:50] The Two Versions of Success (approx.)

[13:00] The Three Hidden Costs: Clarity, Energy, Identity (approx.)

[17:00] Why a New Generation Is Declining the Climb (approx.)

[20:00] Resetting Clarity, Energy, and Identity (approx.)

[24:00] Saying Yes With Boundaries (approx.)

[29:00] Burnout as a Symptom of Misalignment (approx.)

[38:00] When the Culture Is Toxic (approx.)

[43:00] Pivoting Without Losing the People You Love (approx.)

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Most leaders sense it first: the misalignment in a meeting, the shift in a partnership. Then they talk themselves out of it and wait for data to confirm what they already saw.

Former CPA and Empath Evolution founder Michelle J. Howe explores why we override our own perception, what it costs, and how to treat intuition as real information alongside logic.

About the Guest:

Michelle J. Howe is the founder of Empath Evolution and a former CPA who helps heart-centered leaders pair analytical precision with perceptive awareness.

Key Takeaways:

• Everyone leads and everyone perceives, often without noticing it
• Perception is real information, even when you can't prove it on paper
• Business rewards logic, but the human signal still carries truth
• Overriding your own knowing slowly erodes how you show up
• You don't have to shrink to fit a space; lead from who you are
• Start small: speak your true feelings aloud and listen for the shift

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://empathevolution.com/

Are You An Empath? quiz: https://empathevolution.com/quiz/

LinkedIn: Michelle J. Howe

Episode Chapters:

[09:00] The Costly Gap Between Perception and Action (approx.)

[11:00] Everyone Leads, Everyone Perceives (approx.)

[14:00] Why We Back Away From What We Can't Prove (approx.)

[17:00] The Turning Point: Discovering She Was Empathic (approx.)

[24:00] The Two Energies: Logic and Intuition (approx.)

[31:00] Leading From Who You Are, Not Who You Perform (approx.)

[36:00] A First Step: Speak Your Feelings Aloud (approx.)

[39:00] Asking Yourself Open-Ended Questions (approx.)

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Some high performers stay exhausted in a way no vacation fixes. They've read the books, set the boundaries, done the therapy, and still work follows them home.

Somatic coach Katie Hadiaris explains why this often isn't burnout but chronic absorption, a nervous-system pattern learned in childhood, and how to leave work at work.

About the Guest:

Katie Hadiaris is a somatic, trauma-informed coach with an HR and corporate background, and founder of Work Is Not Family. She helps high performers stop carrying work home.

Key Takeaways:

• "We're a family here" often sets up false loyalty; work is a contract
• Stress lifts with rest; burnout is depletion; absorption lives in the body
• Childhood conditioning teaches us to absorb others' emotions to feel safe
• Under threat, the thinking brain goes offline and decisions suffer
• Generic advice like "just meditate" can misfire depending on your state
• You can't think your way out; healing happens at the nervous-system level

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://workisnotfamily.com/ Free weekly training: Wednesdays, 12pm ET (register on her website)

Episode Chapters:

[04:00] Not Burnout, Something Quieter and More Invisible (approx.)

[07:00] Looking Back With Compassion (approx.)

[09:00] The "We're a Family Here" Myth (approx.)

[16:00] Stress, Burnout, and Chronic Absorption Defined (approx.)

[20:00] Protective Behaviors We Learn in Childhood (approx.)

[23:00] When the Thinking Brain Goes Offline (approx.)

[29:00] Why People Stay: The Real Risks (approx.)

[32:00] The Path Back: Working at the Nervous-System Level (approx.)

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Most of us already know what we should do: set boundaries, delegate, take the pause. We manage it for a week, then slip back. So why is change so hard even when you know exactly what to do?

Founder and neuroleadership expert Emilia Smith explains why knowing lives in the head while change lives in the body, why your nervous system runs the meeting, and how small belief steps rebuild momentum.

About the Guest:

Emilia Smith is the founder and CEO of Evolve Ventures Technologies and co-host of the Top 200 podcast Evolve Ventures. A serial entrepreneur since age 6, she blends neuroleadership, mental health, and technology.

Key Takeaways:

• Knowing what to do is not enough; it must become full-body knowing
• Your nervous system shapes how you show up more than your script
• Without brain-body coherence, leaders run on autopilot, not intention
• Sustainable leadership means caring for your nervous system to avoid burnout
• Adults learn differently than children; relearning how you learn cuts fatigue
• Swap baby steps for belief steps: one small action, repeated

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://evolveventurestech.com/

Evolve Ventures podcast (Apple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilia-m-smith-6a959a93/

Episode Chapters:

[08:30] We Know What to Do, So Why Don't We Do It (approx.)

[12:00] A Serial Entrepreneur Since Age 6 (approx.)

[19:00] Why Knowing Isn't Enough: Cognitive vs Full-Body (approx.)

[22:00] When Your Nervous System Runs the Meeting (approx.)

[26:00] Conscious Leadership and AI Fatigue (approx.)

[30:00] Why Adults Have to Relearn How They Learn (approx.)

[33:00] Belief Steps, Not Baby Steps (approx.)

[41:00] A Message for the Leader Blaming Themselves (approx.)

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Most leaders don't set out to create resistance. They want engaged teams and loyal customers. Yet meetings get heavier, the room goes quieter, and they wonder what changed when nothing obvious did.

Speaker Elliot Sawyer explains why resistance often starts inside the leader, why trust is the master key tactics can't replace, and how wanting more for people than from them rebuilds it.

About the Guest:

Elliot Sawyer is a speaker and business consultant who helps leaders close the trust gap that quietly drives disengagement across teams and markets.

Key Takeaways:

• Resistance often starts inside the leader, not the market or the team
• Tactics are like picking a lock; trust is the master key
• Two motives drive everything: selfishness repels, selflessness attracts
• Loyalty is cultivated, not lucky; people want to give it to safe places
• Performance is a byproduct of trust, not something to force
• The journey back starts in the mirror: want more for people than from them

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://elliotsawyer.com/

Free Trust Audit: https://elliotsawyer.com/trustaudit

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotsawyer/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliot.sawyer/

Episode Chapters:

[05:40] The Resistance Leaders Don't Mean to Create (approx.)

[08:00] Tactics vs Trust: Selfishness and Selflessness (approx.)

[12:00] The Slow Rot of Quiet Disengagement (approx.)

[15:00] The 77% Trust Gap and the Cost of Disengagement (approx.)

[18:00] The Journey Back Starts in the Mirror (approx.)

[20:00] The Mid-Level Manager Caught in the Middle (approx.)

[24:00] Staying Grounded Through Faith and Service (approx.)

[27:00] Where to Find Elliot and the Free Trust Audit (approx.)

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There's a version of success no one posts: the 11pm exhaustion that won't lift, the win that feels strangely hollow, the slow drift from yourself while building something impressive.

Coach Joe Arnao talks about what misalignment actually feels like, why high achievers ignore the gut signal, and his 4W process for finding work that fits who you are.

About the Guest:

Joe Arnao is the founder of 4W Strategic Consulting and a coach with over two decades in real estate, where he led multi-office teams. He now helps agents and leaders realign work with who they are.

Key Takeaways:

• Misalignment caught early is an investment; ignored, it becomes a cost
• It rarely looks dramatic; more often heaviness and going through the motions
• Driven people bury the gut signal and grind, sometimes numbing it
• A vacation rarely resets it; the nervous system never fully switches off
• Realignment takes courage and honesty; sideways steps still teach you
• Start with who and why, then fill in the what and where

Connect With the Guest:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joearnao1/

Firm: 4W Strategic Consulting (Wake Forest, NC)

Episode Chapters:

[05:30] The Version of Success No One Posts (approx.)

[08:00] What Misalignment Actually Feels Like (approx.)

[11:00] Joe's Story: Hitting the Ceiling During COVID (approx.)

[15:00] Why Driven People Ignore the Gut Signal (approx.)

[19:00] The Myth That Ambition Must Consume You (approx.) '

[30:00] The 4W Process: Who, What, Where, Why (approx.)

[33:00] Holding Steady When Alignment Wobbles (approx.)

[37:00] Failure Is Just a Lesson (approx.)

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Most of us don't make money decisions from a spreadsheet. We make them from somewhere quieter: fear, old family stories, the people who depend on us. Money looks like math, but underneath it's emotional.

Attorney turned investment officer Alex Langan talks about the hidden fees quietly draining 401(k)s, using AI without getting flattered into bad calls, and building wealth on autopilot.

About the Guest:

Alex Langan is an attorney and Chief Investment Officer at Langan Financial Group, a Pennsylvania family wealth-advisory firm founded in 1985. A former Supreme Court of Pennsylvania clerk and ERISA law professor, he wrote 401(k) Exposed.

Key Takeaways:

• Money looks like math but runs on emotion; name the fear first
• Many 401(k)s carry hidden fees that quietly cost six figures over a career
• Check your fund's share class; a cheaper one can save over 1%
• Automate saving as a percent of income, so raises grow your contributions
• AI flatters bad ideas; prompt it to be blunt, then verify with an expert
• Over any 15-year period, the odds of making money in the market are high

Connect With the Guest

Website: https://www.langanfinancialgroup.com/ Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-langan-26017b40/

Book: 401(k) Exposed (available on Amazon)

Episode Chapters:

[06:00] Money Looks Like Math but It's Emotional (approx.)

[08:00] From Law to Finance: Becoming a Fiduciary (approx.)

[12:00] Instant Gratification vs Compound Interest (approx.)

[14:00] Inflation, Borrowing Costs, and the Real Trade-Offs (approx.)

[17:00] 401(k) Hidden Fees and Share Classes (approx.)

[21:00] Using AI Without Getting Flattered Into Bad Calls (approx.)

[27:00] How a Fiduciary Actually Works With Clients (approx.)

[32:00] Falling Off and Starting Again: Automate It (approx.)

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Most transformations don't fail because of the tech. They fail because of a person, often a senior one who sounds confident on stage while quietly burning the trust real change needs.

Jonathon Grantham, software director and author of the Corporate Sociopath Handbook, breaks down the Dark Five traits, why organizations reward them, and the third-third-third rule behind every project.

About the Guest:

Jonathon Grantham is a director at Nexoid and author of the Corporate Sociopath Handbook. Over two decades across Australia and the UK, he has led large-scale technology and transformation programs.

Key Takeaways:

• Projects are a third tech, a third process, a third psychology; miss one and it fails
• Corporations are built to serve shareholders, which rewards sociopathic thinking
• The Dark Five: narcissism, Machiavellianism, sociopathy, sadism, spitefulness
• Sadism and spite help no one; sociopathy and self-promotion rise up the chain
• A warm, supportive boss can still be sociopathic; surface their real agenda
• Use AI to grow people into better roles, not to cut them, like IKEA did

Connect With the Guest:

Book website: https://www.corporatesociopathhandbook.com/

Company: https://www.nexoid.com/

Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Corporate-Sociopath-Handbook-unethical-success/dp/176378150X

Episode Chapters:

[09:00] Why Transformations Fail: It's Not the Tech (approx.)

[12:00] The Third-Third-Third Rule of Every Project (approx.)

[14:00] Why Corporations Are Structurally Sociopathic (approx.)

[17:00] The Dark Five Personality Traits Explained (approx.)

[24:00] How Toxic Behavior Shows Up at Work (approx.)

[27:00] Talking to a Sociopathic Boss, Surfacing the Agenda (approx.)

[40:00] AI Done Right: The IKEA Call-Center Story (approx.)

[49:00] Pay, Performance, and Working on the Same Problem (approx.)

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No degree, no playbook, no safety net. Chris McManus graduated high school and built a landscaping company to multiple seven figures in seven years, with several trade businesses now in the mix.

In this honest conversation, he talks about the messy middle nobody posts about, the operator-to-owner shift, why pressure grows as you scale, and what the trades deserve.

About the Guest:

Chris McManus founded GC Landscaping Inc. in North Carolina, building it to multiple seven figures in seven years out of high school. He also holds trade licenses and runs a real estate company and a pool and spa store.

Key Takeaways:

• "Overnight success" usually hides years in the messy middle
• Pressure grows as you scale; more people depend on your leadership
• Right people in right roles, real delegation, plus checks and balances
• Operator to owner is a different muscle; hire admin before you need it
• Don't panic; solve the biggest problems first, one at a time
• The trades are essential and deserve respect; how bad do you want it?

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://gclandscapinginc.com/

Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrismcmanus151/

Business: GC Landscaping Inc. on all social platforms

Episode Chapters:

[09:00] Why Skip College and Build Instead (approx.)

[13:00] From Motocross to a Landscaping Business (approx.)

[16:00] The Self-Doubt That Never Fully Goes Away (approx.)

[18:00] The Messy Middle Nobody Posts About (approx.)

[20:00] Running Multiple Businesses Without Burning Out (approx.)

[23:00] Operator to Owner: A Different Muscle (approx.)

[28:00] What the World Gets Wrong About the Trades (approx.)

[34:00] The Path to $25 Million, and How Bad You Want It (approx.)

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