What if the biggest factor affecting your success isn’t your strategy but your behavior?

In this episode of Build with Sophia, I sit down with Debbie Longo, an Executive Behavioral Coach and founder of Life In Bloom NY, Inc., to explore the powerful connection between behavior, leadership, communication, workplace culture, and business performance.

With more than 24 years of coaching experience, Debbie shares insights into the hidden behavioral patterns that can hold leaders and business owners back. We discuss emotional intelligence, effective communication, leadership, lasting behavior change, and how small shifts ibehavior can create meaningful and sustainable results.

If you’re looking to become a better leader, improve your relationships, or create stronger results in your personal or professional life, this conversation is for you.

Learn more about Debbie and her work: Debbie Longo's Website⁠

Website: https://www.debbielongo.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-longo-life-in-bloom-ny

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debbie.longo.2025

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

How can small businesses use AI to grow while keeping the human connection that customers value?

In this episode of Build with Sophia, Sophia speaks with David Levine, an Amazon best-selling author, entrepreneur, and customer experience expert. David shares practical insights on using AI, marketing, SEO, and customer service to help small businesses get found, build stronger relationships, and keep customers coming back.

David also shares personal lessons from his experience undergoing a bone marrow transplant and how that journey changed his perspective on resilience, relationships, leadership, and what truly matters.

If you’re a business owner looking to use AI without making your business feel robotic, this episode is for you.

Learn more about David and his work at iamyourvirtualprofessional.com.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrdavidjlevine/

In this episode of Build with Sophia, Sophia sits down with Joshua Pritikin, PhD, to explore religion, psychology, healing, spirituality, personal growth, psychedelics, meditation, and AI. Joshua shares his thoughts on Internal Family Systems, understanding our inner parts, emotional growth, and the journey toward reaching our full human potential.

Learn more about Joshua and his work at unburdened.biz.

What separates organizations that consistently deliver results from those that struggle despite having talented people, large budgets, and ambitious strategies?

In this episode of Build with Sophia, I sit down with Joel Klemmer—executive, entrepreneur, Army Reserve officer, author, and leadership expert whose career has spanned private enterprise, national defense, healthcare, technology, infrastructure, procurement, and public education.

Joel shares why execution is the true measure of leadership, how AI is transforming organizations, why institutional trust matters more than ever, and what leaders must do to build resilient systems that continue to perform long after they’re gone.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, executive, public-sector leader, or aspiring business owner, this conversation offers practical leadership lessons for building organizations that create lasting impact.

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we work—but are we paying enough attention to the people behind the technology?

In this episode of Build with Sophia, I sit down with Kurt Nelson, one of America’s leading applied behavioral scientists, co-host of the award-winning Behavioral Grooves podcast, and founder of The Lantern Group.

Together, we explore the hidden human costs of AI adoption, why motivation matters more than ever, how behavioral science can improve leadership and workplace culture, and practical strategies for building better habits, resilience, and lasting personal growth.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business leader, or professional navigating rapid change, this conversation offers practical insights to help you lead and grow with confidence.

What keeps a person moving forward after multiple near-death experiences, 73 surgeries, paralysis, and unimaginable setbacks?

In this powerful episode of Build with Sophia, Sophia sits down with Jay Setchell—Marine veteran, entrepreneur, speaker, and author—to explore the mindset that has enabled him to overcome extraordinary adversity. Jay shares profound lessons on resilience, faith, leadership, perseverance, and the importance of taking responsibility for your future.

Whether you’re facing personal challenges, building a business, or searching for renewed purpose, this conversation will inspire you to keep moving forward because, as Jay says, “It’s Always Too Soon to Quit.”

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we work—but are we paying enough attention to the people behind the technology?

In this episode of Build with Sophia, I sit down with Kurt Nelson, one of America’s leading applied behavioral scientists, co-host of the award-winning Behavioral Grooves podcast, and founder of The Lantern Group.

Together, we explore the hidden human costs of AI adoption, why motivation matters more than ever, how behavioral science can improve leadership and workplace culture, and practical strategies for building better habits, resilience, and lasting personal growth.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business leader, or professional navigating rapid change, this conversation offers practical insights to help you lead and grow with confidence.

What keeps a person moving forward after multiple near-death experiences, 73 surgeries, paralysis, and unimaginable setbacks?

In this powerful episode of Build with Sophia, Sophia sits down with Jay Setchell—Marine veteran, entrepreneur, speaker, and author—to explore the mindset that has enabled him to overcome extraordinary adversity. Jay shares profound lessons on resilience, faith, leadership, perseverance, and the importance of taking responsibility for your future.

Whether you’re facing personal challenges, building a business, or searching for renewed purpose, this conversation will inspire you to keep moving forward because, as Jay says, “It’s Always Too Soon to Quit.”

Many entrepreneurs start a business to gain freedom, only to find themselves working longer hours, making every decision, solving every problem, and becoming the very bottleneck holding their business back.

In this episode of Build with Sophia, I sit down with Peter Boolkah, creator of The Hamster Wheel Trap®, bestselling author of YOUR BUSINESS SUCKS – Build a Business That Works Without Destroying Your Life, and a globally recognized founder freedom expert.

With over 20 years of experience and more than 60,000 coaching hours across five continents, Peter explains why successful businesses often become prisons for their founders and shares practical strategies for creating a company that thrives without depending on you every day.

Whether you’re launching your first business, growing a startup, or leading an established company, this conversation will help you rethink success, leadership, systems, and freedom.

Are you building a successful career—or simply staying busy?

In this inspiring episode of Build with Sophia, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and commercial real estate expert Ted Kopecko shares why so many high achievers still feel burned out, unfulfilled, and disconnected despite their success.

Drawing from more than three decades of experience in business, architecture, entrepreneurship, and personal transformation, Ted introduces his powerful concept of moving from Life-Led living to JOY-Led living. He explains how mindset, identity, and intentional choices shape our future and how anyone can rewrite their life story before time rewrites it for them.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, professional, leader, or someone searching for greater purpose, this episode offers practical wisdom to help you build a life filled with meaning, fulfillment, and freedom.

To learn more about Ted Kopecko, download the FREE Finding JOY Workbook, and discover practical tools to help you move from Life-Led to JOY-Led living, visit:

https://www.FindingJOY.us