Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Soul by Tess Booker

Question Everything: Health Sovereignty, Curiosity & the Body | Keith Robinson

On this episode of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls™, I welcome Keith Robinson for a thought-provoking conversation about health sovereignty, personal responsibility, curiosity, and the importance of questioning our assumptions.

We explore what it means to become an active participant in your own well-being, listen more intentionally to your body, and approach information with curiosity and discernment.

This conversation isn't about having all the answers or agreeing on every perspective. It's about creating space to ask better questions, consider different viewpoints, and make informed choices.

Because awareness creates space. Space creates choice. And choice creates alignment.

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What happens when a wellness professional who has spent decades helping others suddenly finds herself struggling with brain fog, cognitive changes, sleep disruption, and the challenges of menopause?

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Modern Age Stoicism: Finding Internal Harmony in Business & Life | Sharon Riddle

What if success wasn't simply about managing what happens around you—but learning how to remain grounded within yourself while it happens?

On this episode of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls, Tess Booker welcomes Sharon Riddle, Partner at Excalibre Investments of Texas, LLC, for a thoughtful conversation about modern Stoicism, meditation, entrepreneurship, authentic self-expression, and creating greater internal harmony while navigating the demands of business and life.

Drawing from Stoic philosophy and the teachings associated with thinkers such as Marcus Aurelius and Zeno, Sharon explores a principle that remains remarkably relevant today: learning to distinguish between what we can control and what we cannot.

For entrepreneurs and leaders, that distinction can become a powerful practice.

Tess and Sharon explore how meditation, journaling, mindfulness, and intentional pauses can create space between an external circumstance and our internal response. Rather than trying to control every outcome, the invitation becomes learning how to meet challenges with greater awareness.

The conversation also moves beyond business performance into something deeper: wealth, health, relationships, love, and authentic self-expression.

Sharon shares why external accomplishment alone doesn't necessarily create internal harmony. When we disconnect from who we genuinely are—or continually perform according to outside expectations—we can experience self-doubt, disconnection, and even imposter syndrome.

Authentic self-expression, by contrast, creates an opportunity to lead and live from a place that feels congruent.

As Sharon says, “Stoicism is about focusing on what you can control.”

In This Conversation

You'll hear reflections around:

• Modern Stoicism and its historical roots

One of the beautiful distinctions in this conversation is that resilience doesn't necessarily require becoming harder.

Sometimes resilience comes from becoming more connected—to ourselves, to what matters, and to the internal resources available before we respond to what's happening externally.

A pause can become a reset.

A routine moment can become an opportunity for presence.

And a challenging conversation can become an opportunity to choose who we want to be before we enter it.

A Question to Carry With You

What are you spending energy trying to control that isn't actually yours to control—and what could change if you brought that energy back to your own thoughts, choices, actions, and self-expression?

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Tess Booker & Dr Dan Sneider

In this heartfelt and practical episode, Tess Booker sits down with therapist and intimacy expert Dr. Dan Sneider to explore how couples can build stronger emotional and physical connections.

🎯 You’ll learn:

The difference between emotional & physical intimacy

Relationship check-ins that actually work

Tools for grounding and regulating during conflict

Why resistance is a sign you’re on the right track

How to build intimacy one micro-moment at a time

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Phone: (904) 449-7061

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Tess Booker & Dallas Collins

Your thoughts shape your reality more than you may realize.

Dallas Collins joins Tess Booker for a thought-provoking conversation about mindset, awareness, and the role our thinking plays in creating our experiences.

This episode encourages listeners to examine the stories they tell themselves and discover new possibilities for growth and transformation.

In this episode you'll discover:

The impact of thought patterns

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Dallas Collins shares valuable insights on personal growth, mindset, and creating meaningful transformation through conscious awareness.

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Tess Booker, Tam Dillion & Tara Kiprik

Guests: Tam Dillion & Tara Kiprik

Why do so many capable, accomplished people still struggle with feelings of self-doubt?

In Part 2 of the Impostor Syndrome series, Tess Booker is joined by Tam Dillion and Tara Kirpatrick for a candid and insightful conversation exploring the hidden impact of impostor syndrome on confidence, leadership, relationships, and personal growth.

Together, they share personal experiences, practical insights, and perspectives on overcoming the inner dialogue that tells us we are not enough, not ready, or not qualified. This conversation invites listeners to recognize self-limiting beliefs, challenge old narratives, and begin building greater self-trust.

Together, Tess Booker, Tam Dillion, and Tara Kirpatrick explore:

• What impostor syndrome really looks like

This conversation is for entrepreneurs, leaders, professionals, creators, and anyone who has ever questioned their worth despite evidence of their capability.

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She works with leaders, entrepreneurs, high performers, and conscious creators to increase clarity, expand capacity, and strengthen intentional leadership through emotional wellness and nervous system regulation.

Ready to create more clarity, capacity, and alignment in your life and leadership?

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Because every story carries wisdom, every voice carries value, and every chapter has the power to change a life.

Show Up, Let Go, and Trust the Journey with Lorna Olson

What changes when you stop trying to control the outcome and simply commit to showing up?

In this episode of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls, Tess Booker welcomes her friend Lorna Olson for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, resilience, faith, presence, and learning to trust the process when life doesn't unfold exactly as planned.

So much of entrepreneurship—and life—can become focused on results.

Did it work?

Did enough people show up?

Did I make the sale?

Am I doing enough?

Am I where I thought I would be by now?

But what happens when our attachment to the outcome keeps us from actually experiencing the life we're building?

Lorna shares a perspective that has shaped the way she approaches both business and life: show up, do the work, and release the need to control what happens next.

Together, Tess and Lorna explore the power of small daily actions, why consistency matters more than perfection, and how challenges don't necessarily mean we're failing.

Sometimes they're simply part of the growth.

The conversation also moves into the power of language and the meaning we attach to certain words. Tess and Lorna examine words such as "obey" and "submit" and how our personal experiences, beliefs, and interpretations can create emotional weight around language.

Rather than automatically reacting to a word, they invite curiosity about what it means, where our interpretation came from, and whether another understanding is possible.

At the heart of the conversation is a simple choice:

Love or fear.

Control or trust.

Outcome or presence.

Because showing up doesn't guarantee that everything will happen exactly the way we planned.

It gives us the opportunity to participate fully in what's happening now.

In this episode you'll explore:

Why showing up consistently matters in business and life

What it can mean to release attachment to an outcome

How presence changes the way we experience people and opportunities

Why small daily actions can create meaningful momentum over time

How challenges and setbacks can become part of growth rather than evidence of failure

The role honesty and integrity play in entrepreneurship

Choosing love rather than allowing fear to make every decision

How faith and trust can influence the way we navigate uncertainty

Why celebrating what is working can help build momentum

The emotional weight we sometimes attach to words

Reexamining words such as "obey" and "submit" through curiosity rather than automatic reaction

Why success isn't only about the final result, but who we're becoming along the way

About Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls

Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls creates space for conversations about emotional awareness, personal growth, human connection, healing, purpose, leadership, and the experiences that shape who we become.

Hosted by Tess Booker, each conversation invites us to move beyond simply knowing something intellectually and become curious about how we experience it in our lives.

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Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls explores the intersection of emotional awareness, human connection, personal growth, and the conversations that invite us to experience our lives differently.

How do we talk about suicide, depression, and mental health in a way that is direct enough to matter—without losing our humanity, hope, or even our ability to laugh?

On this episode of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls, Tess Booker welcomes Frank King, Suicide Prevention Speaker, comedian, writer, and mental health advocate, for a candid conversation about depression, suicidality, survival, humor, and the conversations that can help save lives.

Frank brings an unusual combination of lived experience and comedy to some of the hardest conversations we can have. His work is informed by his own lifelong experience with depression and suicidality, which he has transformed into advocacy, education, speaking, and multiple TEDx talks.

Rather than avoiding difficult subjects, Frank brings them into the light.

His approach reminds us that talking openly about mental health doesn't create the struggle—it can create an opening for someone who is already struggling to feel seen, heard, and less alone.

Tess and Frank explore the power of honest conversation, why listening matters, and how humor can sometimes create enough space for people to approach subjects that otherwise feel impossible to discuss.

This episode isn't about pretending darkness doesn't exist. It's about recognizing that even inside difficult human experiences, connection, conversation, compassion, and possibility still matter.

In This Conversation

You'll hear reflections around:

• Frank's lived experience with depression and suicidality

Frank's career has included decades as a comedian and speaker, as well as writing for The Tonight Show. He has taken his personal experiences with depression and suicidality onto stages and into organizations to encourage more informed and compassionate conversations about suicide prevention and mental health.

A question to carry with you:

Who in your life might need you not to have the perfect words—but simply to be willing to have the conversation?

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This grounding conversation invites you to step out of resistance and into the present moment, where true awareness, regulation, and self-connection live. Rather than fixing, forcing, or escaping emotions, Tess guides listeners toward allowing what is—so clarity can naturally emerge.

This episode is especially supportive for those navigating emotional triggers, anxiety, internal resistance, or a desire to feel more centered and embodied in daily life.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

Why emotional alignment begins with Presence

How resistance often masks deeper emotional truth

The role of the body in returning you to clarity and calm

Simple, real-life practices to come back to yourself

Why “being here” is where your true power lives

✨ Key reflections from this episode:

“You are not the past. You’re the presence.”

This episode offers a compassionate reminder that presence is not something to achieve—it’s something to return to, again and again.

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Tess Booker and Tam Dillion and Tara

This conversation delves into the complexities of imposter syndrome, exploring its impact on high achievers and the emotional and neurological underpinnings of self-doubt. The speakers share personal experiences and insights on navigating resistance, embracing intuition, and fostering authentic confidence. They emphasize the importance of awareness and self-care in overcoming feelings of inadequacy and highlight the journey of personal growth as a continuous process of becoming.

Takeaways

Imposter syndrome is a common experience, especially among high achievers.

Understanding the difference between good stress and bad stress is crucial.