Founders Future

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia speaks with Belinda Riley, founder and CEO of Beyond the Barriers Academy, about her journey from social work and child protection to leading cultural transformation at EY and then founding a business that blends systemic strategy with neuroscience. Belinda explains how her clinical hypnotherapy and RTT training combine with frontline social insight and corporate experience to dismantle workplace barriers, rewire limiting beliefs, and help people (especially high-performing women and under-represented talent) move from self-doubt to confident leadership.

Belinda walks through how she partners with organisations — deep listening, culture analysis, bespoke strategy and leadership interventions — and how she works one-to-one with individuals using neuroscience tools to shift subconscious beliefs. She also shares practical growth plans (scaling via an associate model, launching a digital course and audio library), the marketing and time challenges she’s solving as she scales, and where listeners can connect with her (LinkedIn, beyondthebarriersacademy.com, Instagram).

🌐 Connect with Belinda Riley

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belinda-riley/

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach sits down with Bryce Badgley, co-founder of Owner Finance Freedom and a leader in the growing movement of transforming rental properties into owner-financed homeownership opportunities. Bryce shares his path from stock trading, wholesaling, flipping, and holding rentals to discovering a deeper purpose: helping landlords exit the stress of low-cash-flow rentals while enabling hard-working immigrant families to finally become homeowners. With over 70 owner-financed homes sold and more than 200 total real estate transactions under his belt, Bryce explains why this model creates immediate upfront profit, consistent long-term cash flow, and true time freedom for investors.

Bryce breaks down the mechanics of owner financing in simple terms — how landlords shift from being “the landlord” to “the bank,” how down payments and monthly notes create reliable income, and why his clients have had zero foreclosures across all their deals. He also discusses the coaching program he runs with his brother, their growing nationwide student base, and their mission to help families access affordable housing while giving landlords a more meaningful and sustainable exit strategy. With big goals ahead, including starting a real estate fund and impacting over 1,000 families in the next five years, Bryce’s journey is a blend of entrepreneurship, faith, and purpose-driven work.

🌐 Connect with Bryce Badgley:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brycebadgley/
• Facebook: Bryce Badgley

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, Zach sits down with Radhika Lakhani, founder of Consciousness with Rad, to explore her transition from a 15-year career as a family lawyer to becoming an empowerment educator, mediation teacher, and conscious-leadership coach. Radhika shares the personal turning points—homelessness as a teen, the loss of a child, and building a legal practice—that pushed her toward teaching mindful conflict-resolution and relationship work. She explains how small practices (meditation, clarity work, reframing) helped clients move faster through divorce and co-parenting challenges, and how that led to signature programs for lawyers, co-parents, entrepreneurs, and people on awakening paths.

The conversation covers practical lessons for founders and professionals: how to translate legal rigor into compassionate coaching, why energy and alignment matter more than formulaic marketing, and how Radhika blends spirituality with tangible frameworks to help people shift faster, cheaper, and better. Listeners will walk away with actionable ideas for conscious communication, building transformational client experiences, and the courage to follow clarity over convention.

🌐 Connect with Radhika Lakhani

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhika-lakhani-j-d-ll-m-4879331

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia speaks with Isabel Theissen, founder of Coaching for Modern Mothers (Isabel Theissen Coaching), about her move from senior marketing roles in fashion to helping high-achieving mothers reclaim identity, set boundaries, and design a life that honors both ambition and family. Isabel explains her four-stage Revive Your Well-Being framework (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual/identity), how she works 1:1 in 3–12 month containers, and why many clients renegotiate roles rather than completely change careers after parenthood.

They also discuss how Isabel acquires clients (organic Instagram, LinkedIn, newsletter and referrals), the challenges of getting employer buy-in for reintegration programs, and her plans to partner with companies so returning parents can access support during work hours. Isabel closes with a practical reflection—trust your intuition—and shares where listeners can find her (website, Instagram, LinkedIn).

🌐 Connect with Isabel Theissen

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabeltheissen/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabel_theissen/
• Website: https://www.isabeltheissen.com
  
  

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach talks with Lynn Hidy, founder of Up Your Telesales, about three decades in inside sales and the pivot from corporate leader to solopreneural coach. Lynn walks through how she builds buyer-focused telesales teams, why inside-sales leaders need modern playbooks (not one-size-fits-all scripts), and how she blends practical coaching with targeted processes to lift the middle 68% of performers and create consistent quota-hitting teams.

They also dig into the future of telesales — where AI helps speed research and improve personalization (but won’t replace human selling), why channel fit matters (yes, even cow-bed sellers use phone-first outreach), and Lynn’s plans for mastermind groups and her new book Mastering Inside Sales Leadership: Your Get-It-Done Guide (out January 8, 2026). Listeners get tactical takeaways on coaching rhythms, using AI as a tool for smarter outreach, and building inside-sales systems that scale without turning leaders into full-time managers.

🌐 Connect with Lynn Hidy

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnhidy/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dorianlynnhidy/
• Website: https://upyourtelesales.com

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, health and performance coach Sean Martin, founder of Optimize Health Performance, shares his journey from crypto communities and appointment setting to becoming the go-to health optimizer for closers and high performers. After years working inside major sales organizations — including 7th Level with Jeremy Miner — Sean hit his own breaking point: burnout, hormonal imbalances, and total physical exhaustion. That rock-bottom moment pushed him into a deep pursuit of health, leading him to develop a data-driven coaching model focused on sleep, stress regulation, hydration, nutrition, and daily performance habits tailored to the demanding world of sales.

Sean breaks down what his business looks like today, from his high-touch four-month, hormone and gut-testing one-on-one program to his newly launched group coaching membership built for sustainable optimization. He shares how he markets organically through Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and upcoming follower ads — and why he prioritizes quality over aggressive scaling. Sean also discusses long-term visions of in-person events, farm-based wellness experiences, deeper AI-driven systemization, and building a brand that transforms chronic burnout into predictable, energized, high-level performance.

 Connect with Sean Martin:
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/iamsean.martin/

🔗https://www.optimizedhp.org/home-page-page

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach sits down with Shaun A. Hadsall, widely known as “Ripped Grandpa,” a transformational fitness and performance coach who has mentored over 10,000 high achievers. Shaun shares his origin story—how a global Body for Life transformation contest changed the trajectory of his life during a custody battle, and how he discovered the cascading impact that focused fitness has on faith, family, finances, and overall fulfillment. From bodybuilding magazines in the late ’90s to scaling a digital fitness brand to millions in revenue, Shaun recounts the lessons, failures, and breakthroughs that shaped his approach to helping men over 50 reclaim their health and identity.

Shaun also dives into the evolution of his career: selling over a million e-books, building and exiting a multimillion-dollar supplement company, and now leaning fully into high-ticket, deeply personalized coaching for elite businessmen. He breaks down his philosophy on sustainable nutrition, metabolic flexibility, carb cycling, and why shortcuts like pills and peptides can’t replace the discipline of habits. Shaun also shares his next big mission—becoming the leading keynote speaker in the fitness world by using storytelling, not science alone, to drive transformation. His message is clear: prioritize fitness, and every other part of life rises with it.

🌐 Connect with Shaun Hadsall

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunhadsall/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realrippedgrandpa/
• Website: https://www.rippedgrandpa.com

In this episode of Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia talks with Lola Omoworare — founder of Social Server — about how a college assignment and a curious plunge into social media during COVID turned into a thriving digital agency. Lola walks us through her start as a social media manager, the lessons that shaped her approach to content and audience psychology, and why she moved from monthly retainers to deeper quarterly and annual partnerships to deliver real growth and revenue for product- and service-based businesses.

Lola also shares how she acquires clients (organic Instagram growth and powerful referral networks), the shift from solopreneur to building a team, and her plans to scale by coaching and empowering other social media managers through group programs like the Reisability Club. She’s candid about the growing pains of hiring and people management, and about why consistency, transformation-first content, and strong systems are the backbone of Social Server’s success.

🌐 Connect with The Social Server

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_socialserver

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia speaks with Natalie Cooke — founder of Natalie Cooke Coaching — about how a personal crisis led her from building businesses with her husband to founding a divorce and separation coaching practice. Natalie shares the raw experience of betrayal, the practical steps she took to rebuild her life, and how those lessons inform her empathetic, action-oriented coaching for people navigating separation and domestic-abuse recovery.

Natalie explains who she helps (midlife women and men blindsided by separation), how she combines one-to-one coaching with community support and group programs, and the channels that are working for her now (organic TikTok and Instagram plus face-to-face networking). She also discusses productizing her expertise into evergreen courses and group coaching, the operational challenge of trading time for money, and the practical shifts she’s making to scale while keeping clients supported through one of life’s toughest transitions.

🌐 Connect with Natalie Cooke

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-cooke-coacj
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natalie_cooke_divorce_coach
• Website: https://www.nataliecookecoach.co.uk

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, Milan sits down with Sean Hegarty, founder of Men Forge Forward, to trace a powerful journey from frontline healthcare to men’s well-being leadership. Sean opens up about his early life of service, his career as a paramedic and healthcare manager, and the personal “dark place” that forced him to reimagine how he lives and works. He describes how that experience birthed his mission to support men—moving from one-to-one coaching into an online community where honest conversation, mindfulness, and modern masculinity replace old “man up” myths.

Sean explains the practical structure behind Men Forge Forward: a free community hub, paid group and VIP tiers, one-to-one coaching, and his Prime Act framework (plus the six-pillar Fire-Up model) that guides clients toward measurable wellbeing. He also shares early growth wins from platforms like Circle Networks and School, plans to train accredited coaches to scale impact globally, and the realistic challenges—especially finances—he’s navigating as he aims to help hundreds more men in the year ahead. Find Sean at MenForgeForward.com and on LinkedIn to learn more.

🌐 Connect with Sean Hegarty

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanhegarty01
• Website: https://www.seanhegarty.uk