I used to think it took two people to have a good relationship. This conversation with relationship coach Chris Fields on the Finding Better Podcast changed my mind — and it might change yours too.

On this episode, I sit down with Chris Fields — a relationship coach, NLP Master Practitioner, certified hypnotherapist, and former private investigator based in Savannah, Georgia — for real, practical relationship advice on what actually makes relationships work (and why most relationship advice misses the point entirely).

Chris's core message: you can't build a healthy relationship, marriage, or partnership until you understand yourself first. Almost every relationship problem — communication breakdowns, trust issues, even infidelity — traces back to something you learned (or never learned) about love in childhood. Chris walks me through how he uses his private investigator background to trace relationship patterns back to their root cause, why self-audits and journaling are some of the most powerful (and free) relationship coaching tools available, and why letting go of victimhood is the single biggest thing standing between you and a better relationship.

I also open up about a real argument I had with my wife THIS MORNING — and the exact "pause and write it out" technique Chris recommends to couples before things get said that can't be unsaid.

Whether you're working on your marriage, healing after a breakup, rebuilding trust after infidelity, or just trying to understand why you keep repeating the same relationship patterns, this episode gives you honest, actionable relationship advice and self-improvement tools you can use today.

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AI is replacing jobs faster than anyone expected — but it's also handing YOU the exact same scale that used to belong only to big corporations. The question is whether you use it first, or wait until it's used on you.

In this episode of Finding Better, I sit down with Danny Carpio — organizational architect, attorney, and author of The Unfirm: The New Unit of Scale Is You — to break down how artificial intelligence is rewriting the future of work, and why the old employer-employee scale model is dying in real time.

We get into:

If you've ever wondered whether AI is coming for your job, or how to use AI to build your own business, your own income, and your own freedom — this conversation will change how you think about the next 5-7 years.

Danny's book, The Unfirm: The New Unit of Scale Is You, is out now on Amazon in ebook, paperback, and hardcover :  https://www.amazon.com/Unfirm-New-Unit-Scale-You/dp/B0H3WCLQ1K 

In this episode of Finding Better, I sit down with authority podcasting expert DM Meador to break down why AI can never replace human connection—and how to build real authority online in 2026.

DM Meador has been an entrepreneur since he was a teenager — building businesses in everything from snow-shoveling to SEO before finding his lane helping attorneys and professionals build authority through podcasting. A former pastor turned marketing strategist, DM believes the best ideas never come from selling — they come from real conversations.

In this episode, we get into:

If you're an entrepreneur, professional, or business owner trying to figure out how to stand out in the age of AI — this conversation is for you.

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Harvard invited Kim Sorrelle to teach Heart-Led Leadership — twice. Here's what she taught them about leading with love.

In this episode of Finding Better, I sit down with Kim Sorrelle — author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and one of the most heart-led leaders I know. Kim spent a year testing whether love could actually work as a life strategy, an experiment that became her book, Love Is, and took her all the way to the streets of Haiti — and eventually to a stage at Harvard, where she taught Heart-Led Leadership to a room that runs on IQ, not heart.

We get into:

✅ What Heart-Led Leadership actually means (and why Harvard wanted it)

If you're a founder, entrepreneur, manager, or leader tired of leadership advice that skips your heart entirely — this conversation will change how you show up tomorrow.

👉 More on Kim: KimSorrelle.com 

In this episode of Finding Better, I sit down with high-performance coach Steve Barton to unpack the hidden psychology behind peak performance — and why almost everything holding us back comes down to one thing: awareness.

Steve is the creator of The Game of Ten®, a trademarked coaching framework he's spent over 40 years developing (recently presented to Harvard Business School's Case Study Team). We talk about why we hide behind masks of fear, defensiveness, and imposter syndrome instead of showing up as our true selves — and Steve walks me through the exact process he uses to help clients let go of resentment, heal their inner child, and forgive people who hurt them, even if that person never apologizes or even knows they're being forgiven.

This isn't theory — Steve gives a step-by-step "set it and forget it" method for releasing pain at a level where willpower alone can't touch it, because, as he puts it, you can't solve a problem at the same level of awareness where it was created.

By the end of this conversation, you'll have a completely different way of thinking about fear, forgiveness, and what it actually means to operate from self-awareness instead of self-doubt.

🎯 In this episode, you'll learn:

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🎙️ Can AI actually help you become a better version of yourself? 

In this episode of Finding Better, I sit down with Jay Jacobson — a 45-year funeral director, author of Lead By Legendary Example, and founder of Jacobson Professional Staffing — for a conversation that completely changed how I think about AI, leadership, and human connection.

We dig into why knowledge isn't the skill that gets you hired anymore — it's people skills, emotional intelligence, and presence. Jay shares real stories from decades in funeral service and hospitality, and shows exactly how he uses AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Adobe Firefly to write kinder emails, shift workplace culture, train young employees, and communicate like the leader he wants to be.

If you want to use AI to grow, lead better, and become the person you actually want to be — this episode will shift how you see technology.

🔥 In this episode, we cover:

✅ How to use ChatGPT, Claude & AI agents to write more professional, kind communication

📖 Get Jay's book: Lead By Legendary Example — https://www.jacobsonprostaff.com/general-8 

🔗 Connect with Jay: https://www.jacobsonprostaff.com | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayscookies/ 

🎧 New episodes every week on Finding Better — real stories from real people who found a better way to lead, live, and grow.

At 20, my guest Ken Kunken broke his neck playing football and became a quadriplegic — paralyzed from the shoulders down. What he did next will change how you see what's possible.

In this episode of Finding Better, I sit down with Ken Kunken — the first quadriplegic to graduate from Cornell University — for one of the most powerful stories of overcoming adversity I've ever shared on this channel.

After a spinal cord injury left him paralyzed in 1970, doctors told Ken the most he could hope for was selling magazine subscriptions over the phone — a phone he couldn't even dial. Instead, he earned two master's degrees, became a nationally certified rehabilitation counselor, went to law school, and served more than 40 years as a Nassau County assistant district attorney, rising to Deputy Bureau Chief. Then, more than 30 years after his injury and in his 50s, Ken and his wife Anna became parents to triplet sons.

This is a real-life motivational story about resilience, gratitude, mindset, and the refusal to give up — no theories, no fluff, just a man who turned an impossible situation into an extraordinary life. We talk about his injury, life as a quadriplegic before the internet, disability and inclusion, raising triplets, and the lessons inside his memoir.

📖 Get Ken's memoir, "I Dream of Things That Never Were: The Ken Kunken Story": https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Things-Never-Kunken-Story-ebook/dp/B0CFD8R32P 

➡️ Website: https://www.KenKunken.com 

Is AI coming for your job? Here's how to future-proof your career before it's too late.

In this episode of Finding Better, I sit down with Victoria Pelletier — 20+ year corporate executive, board director, #1 bestselling author, and TEDx speaker (2M+ views) — to talk about what AI is really doing to the workforce, and how you can not just survive it but thrive in it.

We cut through the fear and the headlines. Yes, AI is changing almost every job. But the layoffs being blamed on AI right now? Mostly misplaced fear. The people who win in this new era aren't the ones who panic — they're the ones who take ownership, upskill, and remember one thing Victoria said that completely blew my mind: you are the CEO of your career.

If you've felt anxious about artificial intelligence, automation, job security, or where you fit in the future of work, this conversation is for you. We get into how to stay relevant, build real resilience, lead with empathy (what Victoria calls "whole human leadership"), and use personal branding to forge a lasting legacy — no matter what the technology does next.

This isn't theory. It's a real-life, been-there-done-that playbook for taking control of your career in the age of AI.

📘 Victoria's #1 bestselling book: Influence Unleashed: Forging a Lasting Legacy Through Personal Branding : https://www.amazon.in/Influence-Unleashed-Forging-Personal-Branding/dp/B0CRSRYVPD 

🎙️ Finding Better is where we learn from people who've actually been there and done that — real lived experience, not theory.

After 40+ years in tech — I started at IBM back in 1984 — I've watched technology promise us freedom and productivity, then quietly leave us more anxious, exhausted, and disconnected than ever. In this episode I'm breaking down something almost all of us feel but few of us understand: digital burnout.

I'll walk you through why your brain is so overwhelmed — information overload, nonstop notifications, the social media comparison trap, and the rising wave of AI anxiety. I'll share the truth about the attention economy (if the product is free, you are the product), why the average person touches their phone 2,700 times a day, and most importantly — how to protect your mind, reclaim your attention, and find real balance in an always-on world.

If screens have ever left you mentally drained, this one's for you. Let's take back your time, your focus, and your peace.

In this powerful episode of Finding Better, I sit down with world-renowned leadership professor, executive coach, and author Dr. Anthony Silard to talk about one of the most urgent crises of our time — the loneliness epidemic — and what we can do about it.

If you've ever felt disconnected, anxious, or overwhelmed by your phone and social media, this conversation will change the way you think about technology, relationships, and what it truly means to live a meaningful life.

We dive deep into:

✅ Why smartphone addiction and screen time are fueling the global loneliness crisis

Dr. Anthony Silard is a professor of leadership at LUISS Business School in Rome, Director of the Center for Leadership and Sustainability, executive coach to G-20 cabinet ministers and Fortune 500 CEOs, and bestselling author of Screened In: The Art of Living Free in the Digital Age and Love and Suffering.

📖 Get the book: Love and Suffering: Break the Emotional Chains that Prevent You from Experiencing Love by Dr. Anthony Silard : https://www.amazon.in/Love-Suffering-Emotional-Prevent-Experiencing/dp/0981785379 

👉 Get Dr. Silard's 2 FREE books — The Myth of Happiness and The Myth of Friendship — at: https://theartoflivingfree.org/freehappinessandfriendshipbooks/