Philip Topham is the founder of Savian AI, an AI governance advisor, and the Amazon best-selling author of Craft Thinking: A Playbook for Clear Thinking and Better Decisions with AI. With a career spanning healthcare, technology, data analytics, and board advisory, he helps leaders understand one of the biggest questions of our time: not just how to use artificial intelligence, but how to think wisely alongside it.

His work reminds us that AI isn’t simply changing how we work — it’s changing how we think, make decisions, and lead.

In this clear and practical conversation, Philip shares:

• What life looked like in his 20s and the belief that college guaranteed a career

• The hard lesson that hard work alone is not enough

• Why “who knows you” matters more than “who you know”

• Why fear of AI is not a useful strategy

• How AI participates in the way decisions are formed

• The difference between using AI as a search engine versus a thinking partner

• How young people can use AI to study and solve problems without becoming dependent

• Practical ways to stay curious and keep your own thinking sharp

If you’re in your 20s using AI for school, work, or daily decisions and want to stay in control of your mind, this episode delivers essential perspective.

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#Philip #CraftThinking #AIThinking #AIGovernance #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with Philip Topham

Website:https://craftthinking.com/

LinkedIn:https://linkedin.com/in/philiptopham

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Philip Toppam

1:40 - Life in His 20s: College and Career Expectations

8:15 - The Hard Lesson: Hard Work Alone Isn’t Enough

15:30 - “Who Knows You” vs. “Who You Know”

23:10 - Why Fear of AI Is Not a Useful Response

31:45 - How AI Changes the Way We Form Decisions

40:20 - Using AI as a Thinking Partner, Not Just an Answer Machine

48:50 - Staying Curious and Avoiding Over-Dependence

57:15 - Practical Ways to Think Clearly With AI

Nathan Graham is an entrepreneur, AI consultant, speaker, coach, father, and the author of Why Won’t He Log Off? His work explores one of the biggest challenges facing families today: our relationship with technology. Rather than simply blaming video games or screens, he helps parents and young people understand the deeper emotional needs that often drive excessive gaming, digital dependency, and disconnection.

As the founder and CEO of Synthetic Echo, he also helps businesses harness artificial intelligence in practical, human-centered ways — believing technology should strengthen human connection rather than replace it.

In this insightful conversation, Nathan shares:

• What childhood bullying and boredom taught him about escape

• Why Legos and Star Wars served the same function as video games

• The four core human needs that drive all behavior

• How gaming and social media fulfill certainty, adventure, significance, and connection

• Why simply telling someone to “just log off” rarely works

• How to recognize when technology is serving you versus controlling you

• Practical ways to rebuild real-world connection and purpose

If you’re in your 20s spending hours gaming or scrolling, or a parent wondering why your teen won’t log off, this episode offers a deeper, more compassionate understanding.

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#NathanGraham #WhyWontHeLogOff #GamingAddiction #DigitalWellbeing #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with Nathan Graham

Website:https://syntheticecho.com/podcasts

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-graham-a79987393/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/synthetic.echo.hub/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Nathan Graham

1:40 - Childhood: Bullying, Boredom & Natural Talent

8:15 - Escaping Into Legos and Star Wars

15:30 - Why Video Games Fulfill Deep Emotional Needs

23:10 - The Four Core Human Needs Explained

31:45 - How Gaming Delivers Certainty, Adventure, Significance & Connection

40:20 - Why “Just Log Off” Doesn’t Work

48:50 - Recognizing When Tech Is Controlling You

57:15 - Building Real-World Connection and Purpose

Joe Zahaitis is a payment industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience helping businesses understand how money really moves. As the founder of Zahaitis Consulting, he works with business owners and executives to simplify complex payment systems, uncover hidden costs, and make smarter financial decisions. His career has taken him deep into revenue operations, leadership, risk management, and business strategy.

In this practical and encouraging conversation, Joe shares:

• What his 20s actually felt like after college

• The “top of the pile to bottom of the pile” cycle that keeps repeating

• Walking into work scared because he didn’t know what he didn’t know

• The recurring elevator nightmare that was really about growth

• Why it’s okay (and normal) to be afraid in your 20s

• The power of saying “I don’t know — I’ll find out”

• Why rushing up the corporate ladder often backfires

• How long real growth and promotions actually take

• The hidden stress that comes with higher titles and bigger pay

If you’re in your 20s starting your career, feeling like everyone else has it figured out, or already pushing for rapid promotions, this episode offers honest, experienced perspective.

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#JoeyZahaitis #CareerAdvice #PaymentsIndustry #20sLessons #ConversationsWithSekani

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Joe Zahaitis

1:40 - What His 20s Really Felt Like After College

8:15 - Top of the Pile in School, Bottom of the Pile at Work

15:30 - Walking Into Work Scared Every Day

23:10 - The Elevator Nightmare and What It Meant

31:45 - It’s Okay to Be Afraid — and to Say “I Don’t Know”

40:20 - Why Young Professionals Want to Climb So Fast

48:50 - How Long Real Promotions Actually Take

57:15 - The Hidden Stress of Higher Titles and Bigger Money

Dr. Paul White is a psychologist, speaker, and best-selling author who has spent decades helping organizations build healthier, more meaningful workplace relationships. He is the co-author of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, written alongside Dr. Gary Chapman (author of The 5 Love Languages).

Together, their work has helped hundreds of thousands of people understand that feeling genuinely valued — not just recognized — is one of the biggest drivers of engagement, fulfillment, and success at work. Dr. White has worked with organizations including NASA, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Starbucks, and the Mayo Clinic.

In this practical and insightful conversation, Dr. White shares:

• Who he was in his 20s and the path into counseling psychology

• The drive for academic success and validation through achievement

• Why people leave jobs more often because they don’t feel appreciated than for money

• The deep human need to feel valued and connected

• How workplace expectations have changed across generations

• The critical difference between appreciation and recognition

• What the healthiest workplace cultures have in common

• Practical ways leaders and colleagues can make people feel genuinely valued

If you’re in your 20s starting your career, already feeling undervalued at work, or wanting to build better relationships in any team, this episode delivers clear, research-backed wisdom.

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#DrPaulWhite #AppreciationAtWork #5LanguagesOfAppreciation #WorkplaceCulture #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with Paul White

Website:https://www.appreciationatwork.com/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-white-ph-d-3178276/

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

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Dr. Paul White

1:40 - Life in His 20s: Counseling Path and Academic Drive

8:15 - Seeking Validation Through Achievement

15:30 - Why People Leave Jobs (It’s Not Primarily Money)

23:10 - The Deep Need to Feel Valued and Connected

31:45 - How Generational Expectations of Work Have Changed

40:20 - Appreciation vs. Recognition: The Critical Difference

48:50 - What the Healthiest Workplace Cultures Share

57:15 - Practical Ways to Make People Feel Genuinely Valued

Memuna is an entrepreneur, writer, cultural strategist, and advocate whose life has been defined by extraordinary resilience. For 23 years, she cared for her daughter who lived with profound disabilities caused by drug-resistant epilepsy and required around-the-clock care. During that same period, she earned professional qualifications, built businesses, launched national initiatives, and created opportunities for women — proving that even life’s greatest responsibilities don’t have to silence our biggest dreams.

Today she shares powerful lessons on caregiving, leadership, ambition, grief, reinvention, and what it truly means to keep moving forward when life doesn’t go according to plan.

In this honest and deeply moving conversation, Memuna shares:

• Her ambitious 20s in London public relations and journalism

• The sudden shift when her daughter’s seizures began at age 2½

• Leaving a thriving corporate career for full-time caregiving

• Losing the sense of achievement and social life that work once gave

• Finding small wins through gardening and everyday accomplishments

• Returning to university part-time for special-needs teaching

• Rebuilding a career from home while providing 24-hour care

• Lessons on ambition, grief, and reinvention under extreme pressure

If you’re in your 20s facing unexpected responsibility, caregiving, or a life that no longer matches the plan you had, this episode is a powerful reminder that your dreams don’t have to die.

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#Memuna #Caregiving #Resilience #Reinvention #ConversationsWithSekani

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Memuna

1:40 - Ambitious 20s in London PR and Journalism

8:15 - Marriage, Motherhood & a Full, Exciting Life

15:30 - The First Seizure and the Beginning of Change

23:10 - Watching Her Daughter Lose Skills Over the Years

31:45 - Leaving Corporate Life for Full-Time Caregiving

40:20 - Missing Achievement and Finding Small Wins

48:50 - Returning to University and Rebuilding Work From Home

57:15 - 23 Years of Caregiving Without Silencing Her Dreams

Hema Murty is an author, advanced yoga instructor, nutrition coach, and online fitness coach who has dedicated her career to helping women over 50 overcome pain, reduce stress, and enjoy healthier, more active lives. Drawing from Hindu philosophy, yoga therapy, strength training, and nutrition, she takes a holistic approach to wellness — one that focuses not just on the body, but on the mind and spirit as well.

In this grounded and practical conversation, Hema shares:

• What life looked like in her 20s (wanting to conquer the world)

• Earning a PhD in aerospace engineering and a parallel passion for fitness

• How stress as a grad student led her to running — and then to injury

• Applying an engineer’s systems mind to pain and rehab

• Founding a fitness company focused on individualized pain solutions

• Why fitness is not just weight loss or muscle-building

• What true wellness actually means

• Bridging Indian philosophy with everyday movement, nutrition, and self-care

If you’re in your 20s pushing hard, ignoring recovery, or already noticing early signs of stress and pain in your body, this episode offers a wiser, more sustainable path.

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#Hema #HolisticFitness #WomenOver50 #PainSolutions #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with Hema Murty

Website:http://www.getshanti.com/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hema-m-phd-8a7191313/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sivaparvati2025/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Hema Murty

1:40 - Life in Her 20s: Wanting to Conquer the World

8:15 - Aerospace Engineering Path and Parallel Fitness Interest

15:30 - Grad School Stress, Running & Getting Injured

23:10 - Applying Engineering Thinking to Pain and Rehab

31:45 - Founding a Fitness Company Focused on Pain Solutions

40:20 - Dispelling Fitness Myths (Weight Loss vs. True Wellness)

48:50 - Mental Stress Is Physical Stress

57:15 - Holistic Approach: Body, Mind, Spirit & Individual Solutions

Dr. Furhan Qureshi is a board-certified internal medicine physician, US Air Force reservist, entrepreneur, and founder of Noor Aesthetic and Wellness Center. Alongside caring for patients across the country, he has built a thriving physician-led practice focused on longevity, metabolic health, hormone optimization, and regenerative medicine — while embracing technology and AI to improve healthcare.

His journey through medicine, military service, entrepreneurship, and personal resilience offers valuable lessons on leadership, discipline, and building a life with purpose.

In this energetic and practical conversation, Dr. Qureshi shares:

• What he was like in his 20s (ambitious, distracted, and feeling indestructible)

• Why he chose medicine and the uncle who inspired him

• How he fused interests in technology, travel, and patient care

• Balancing clinical work, entrepreneurship, and military reserve service

• The philosophy of “evidence over trends, safety before revenue”

• Shifting from aesthetics to longevity and metabolic health

• Why people now want optimization, not just treatment when sick

• Using AI and technology to work smarter across every part of life

If you’re in your 20s building a career in medicine, entrepreneurship, or simply trying to design a life that holds multiple passions without burning out, this episode is packed with real-world insight.

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#DrFurhanQureshi #LongevityMedicine #PhysicianEntrepreneur #NoorWellness #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with Furhan Qureshi

Website:http://www.thenoormd.com/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/drfurhanqureshi?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

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

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Dr. Furhan Qureshi

1:40 - Life in His 20s: Ambitious and Feeling Indestructible

8:15 - Why He Chose Medicine and the Uncle Who Inspired Him

15:30 - Fusing Medicine, Technology, Travel & Curiosity

23:10 - Joining the Air Force Reserves

31:45 - Balancing Medicine, Business & Military Service

40:20 - Evidence Over Trends, Safety Before Revenue

48:50 - From Aesthetics to Longevity & Metabolic Health

57:15 - Building a Life That Holds Multiple Passions

Joel Klemmer is a chief procurement officer, supply chain executive, leadership systems architect, and author. Throughout his career, he has led organizations across defense, healthcare, infrastructure, and public institutions — helping them solve one of the biggest challenges leaders face: not creating strategy, but successfully executing it.

He’s the author of Strategic Synergy, Infinite Potential Leadership, Institutional Excellence, and The Procurement Revolution, where he explores leadership, accountability, organizational excellence, and how great leaders build systems that continue to thrive long after they are gone.

In this practical and insightful conversation, Joel shares:

• The entrepreneurial spirit he showed as a kid selling cold sodas in Chicago

• Reaching senior leadership in his 20s and later serving in uniform

• Why organizations rarely fail from lack of talent — they fail from broken systems

• How leadership is not a title or authority

• What true accountability actually looks like in a healthy organization

• Building systems that create continuous improvement that outlasts any single leader

• Lessons from military and large institutional environments

If you’re in your 20s stepping into leadership, building teams, or wondering why strategy often fails in execution, this episode delivers clear, systems-level wisdom.

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#joel #LeadershipSystems #Accountability #OrganizationalExcellence #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with Joel Klemmer

Website:https://joelklemmer.com/

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

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Joel Klemmer

1:40 - Childhood Entrepreneurship: Selling Sodas in Chicago

8:15 - Early Drive and Reaching Senior Leadership Young

15:30 - Transition to Federal Government and Military Service

23:10 - Why Organizations Fail From Broken Systems, Not Talent

31:45 - Leadership Is Not a Title or Authority

40:20 - What True Accountability Looks Like

48:50 - Building Systems That Outlast the Leader

57:15 - Continuous Improvement and Institutional Excellence

Anu Verma is a trauma specialist, embodiment coach, podcaster, filmmaker, and founder of Victim to Victor. Her work focuses on helping people move from survival mode into self-trust, emotional resilience, and lasting transformation. What makes her perspective powerful is that it comes not only from professional training, but from lived experience.

Featured across platforms including BBC, Business Insider, The Independent, and The Telegraph, Anu is known for her grounded, honest approach to healing — one that doesn’t glamorize transformation, but speaks honestly about the messy middle most people silently experience.

In this raw and insightful conversation, Anu shares:

• What she means when she says “silence nearly killed me”

• Surviving childhood sexual abuse and adult domestic abuse

• Living with complex PTSD for three decades

• How cultural conditioning kept her from expressing her pain

• Multiple overdoses, suicide attempts, and being repeatedly saved

• Why trauma healing must include the body, not just the mind

• Nervous system regulation and the power of embodiment

• Moving from survival mode into self-trust and lasting change

If you’re in your 20s carrying unspoken trauma, stuck in survival mode, or struggling to trust yourself again, this episode offers honest hope and practical pathways forward.

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#AnuVerma #TraumaHealing #Embodiment #VictimToVictor #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with Anu Verma

Website:https://victim2victor.net/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuvermav2v

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/victim2victor_anuverma/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Anu Verma

1:40 - “Silence Nearly Killed Me” — What That Really Means

8:15 - Childhood Abuse, Domestic Violence & Complex PTSD

15:30 - Cultural Silence and the Cost of Not Speaking

23:10 - Rock Bottom, Overdoses & Being Saved

31:45 - Why Healing Must Include the Body

40:20 - Nervous System Regulation & Embodiment

48:50 - From Survival Mode to Self-Trust

57:15 - Practical Paths Toward Emotional Resilience

David Ebel is an international speaker, author, award-winning photographer, and humanitarian whose life is a remarkable testament to resilience and hope. Born with severe birth defects after a medical experiment and told he would not live beyond the age of 20, David spent much of his early life battling chronic pain and hopelessness. Everything changed when he discovered faith.

For more than five decades, he has dedicated his life to helping people through grief, trauma, disaster, and life’s most difficult moments while sharing a message of hope around the world.

In this raw and powerful conversation, David shares:

• Growing up with 21 birth defects and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

• Being the smallest, most bullied kid in school for nearly 12 years

• The belief that he wouldn’t live past 20 and how it shaped his youth

• A nervous breakdown in college and three years of downward spiral

• Four suicide attempts, including driving a car off a bridge

• The night a young believer brought him to church while he was drunk and high

• Crying out to Jesus with a six-month challenge — and the instant change

• 50+ years of turning personal pain into a global message of hope

If you’re in your 20s carrying pain, feeling hopeless, or wondering if your scars define you, this episode is living proof that they don’t.

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#david #Resilience #Hope #Faith #ConversationsWithSekani

Connect with David Ebel

Website:https://www.godsaysyespodcast.com/

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

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

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome David

1:40 - Born With Severe Defects and a Medical Experiment

8:15 - Childhood: Arthritis, Bullying & Hiding the Pain

15:30 - Told He Wouldn’t Live Past 20

23:10 - College Breakdown and Three Years of Spiral

31:45 - Four Suicide Attempts and the Darkest Night

40:20 - Carving Candles as a Cry for Help

48:50 - The Night He Met Jesus and Everything Changed

57:15 - 50+ Years of Turning Pain Into Hope for Others