Harder Than Life

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I’m Kelly Siegel, and this is Harder than Life. A podcast about self-love, self-awareness, business, and health. We tell outrageous stories and boil everything down to simple, practical advice you can... more

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The podcast currently has 156 episodes available.

Harder Than Life episodes:

May 22, 2025 156: Adapt or Die! Thriving in a World That Won’t Slow Down
Overwhelmed by nonstop change? You’re not broken. The game just keeps changing.
In this high-energy episode of Harder Than Life, Kelly Siegel delivers a masterclass for anyone trying to keep up in today’s fast-moving world especially in tech, cybersecurity, or high-pressure leadership roles.
From AI breakthroughs to zero-day cyber threats, the pace is brutal. But with the right mindset, systems, and strategy, you can stop surviving and start dominating.
What’s inside this episode:
✅ Why you constantly feel behind and why it’s not your fault
✅ Kelly’s behind-the-scenes look at surviving cybersecurity chaos
✅ The 5 tools you need to adapt without burning out
✅ How to lead a team that thrives in rapid change
✅ Why adaptability is your new superpower

🎯 CHALLENGE: What’s ONE outdated process or habit you’re eliminating this week to make space for smarter growth? Drop it in the comments or tag @kelly.siegel71.
📢 Know someone on the edge of burnout from trying to keep up? Share this with them. It might be exactly what they need to hear.
🔔 LIKE, COMMENT, & SUBSCRIBE for real strategies to thrive in business, tech, and life—no fluff, just fire.

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18min
May 20, 2025 155: Rewire Your Body in 5 Days: The Fast That Isn’t Really Fasting
What if you could reset your metabolism, protect your muscle, boost energy, and even reverse your biological age in just 5 days?
Renee Fitton, Director of Education at ProLon and expert in longevity-focused nutrition, joins Harder Than Life to break down the science behind the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD)—a revolutionary health protocol that’s changing the way we think about aging, fat loss, gut health, and performance.
Whether you’re a high-achieving athlete, a busy professional, or someone just trying to feel better in your body again—this episode is your blueprint to aging stronger, living longer, and optimizing your health without starving yourself.
This isn’t about willpower. It’s about science-backed, muscle-protecting, metabolism-resetting, cellular rejuvenation.
In this this episode, we cover:
🔥 What the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) actually is and why it works
🔥 Why muscle mass doesn’t get lost during FMD (and how it supports fat burn)
🔥 The truth about intermittent fasting vs long-term fasting
🔥 How FMD improves energy, sleep, digestion, and even skin
🔥 Why 97% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy and how to fix it
🔥 How FMD compares to Ozempic and GLP-1 drugs (with zero side effects)
🔥 The connection between fasting, gut health, and dementia prevention
🔥 What fasting does for women, hormones, and longevity
💬 Would you try a 5-day cellular reset that could change your health forever? Drop your thoughts below. We want to hear from you.
🔔 Subscribe now for more cutting-edge conversations in health, performance, and longevity designed to help you live Harder Than Life.

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55min
May 15, 2025 154: Why Your Circle Might Be Killing Your Growth
Tired of building your dream while feeling completely ALONE?
In this episode of Harder Than Life, Kelly Siegel gets real about something every entrepreneur feels but few talk about: the crushing loneliness that comes with chasing greatness. You're grinding, growing, pushing your limits… and yet, no one around you truly understands.
This isn't about being weak. It's about being human. And it's time we STOP pretending we can do it all alone.
Inside this episode:
✅ Why high achievers often feel isolated and how to break the cycle
✅ The 5 traps that keep leaders disconnected
✅ How to find your people and why your current circle may be holding you back
✅ A playbook to build a REAL support system that fuels your mission
✅ What true community looks like (hint: it’s not a happy hour with strangers)
If you’re the only one in your circle growing, you’re in the wrong circle.
🎯 CHALLENGE: Audit your circle. Who’s really helping you grow? Share your answer in the comments or tag @kelly.siegel71.
📢If you know someone grinding alone in silence, SEND them this. It might be the connection they didn’t know they needed.
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16min
May 13, 2025 153: Why Speed to Lead Is Your New Sales Superpower
What if your greatest pain could become your ultimate superpower?
Devin Johnson, visionary entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Sales AI, sits down with Harder Than Life for a raw, brutally honest conversation about trauma, hustle, legacy, and spiritual alignment. From flipping sneakers to escape poverty to building a 9-figure company, Devin’s story is proof that you can rise from anything if you’re willing to get real, stay disciplined, and do the work.
You don’t need more resources. You need more consistency, more courage, and a deeper connection to your WHY.
In this episode, we cover:
🔥 How childhood trauma forged his entrepreneurial fire
🔥 Why ego nearly destroyed him—and how faith rebuilt him
🔥 The power of “prey drive” and what makes Sales AI a game-changer
🔥 The truth about discipline, legacy, and the lonely road to leadership
🔥 How to build world-class culture and give more than you take
This isn’t just a conversation—it’s a roadmap for every underdog ready to rise, every leader ready to build something real, and every soul that knows they’re meant for more.
💬 What’s the hardest moment you’ve had to grow through? Share your story in the comments. Let’s lift each other up.
🔔 Subscribe now for unfiltered, unshakable conversations with people who are Harder Than Life.

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52min
May 08, 2025 152: The ‘Multiple Streams of Income’ Trap No One Warned You About
Multiple streams of income? Or multiple streams of distraction?
In this brutally honest episode of Harder Than Life, Kelly Siegel takes a sledgehammer to one of the most overhyped business mantras out there. Everyone’s chasing “passive income” and juggling side hustles but most are building castles in the sand.
Kelly shares battle-tested wisdom from nearly 30 years of building National Technology Management. He shares the real path to wealth: focus, systems, and staying in your lane long enough to win.
In this episode:
✅ Why chasing too many income streams keeps you broke
✅ The myth of passive income (and what it really takes)
✅ When to diversify and when to double down
✅ How to turn your business into a machine, not a job
✅ What 30 years of entrepreneurship taught Kelly the hard way
Want freedom? Master one thing. Systemize it. Then build on it.
🎯 CHALLENGE: Drop a comment with your main income stream. Are you going deep—or just dabbling?
📢 Know someone stuck in hustle mode but making no real progress? Please send them this.
🔔 LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for unfiltered truths on entrepreneurship, mindset, and building a life that hits harder than excuses.

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18min
May 06, 2025 151: Wake Up, Tell the Truth & Reclaim Your Power with Garrett J. White
What if the life you’re building isn’t actually yours but one shaped by lies, fear, and silent suffering?

Garrett J. White, high-performance coach, entrepreneur, and founder of the Wake Up Warrior movement joins Harder Than Life for an unfiltered, soul-punching conversation about truth, transformation, and what it really means to become a high-value man.

After losing everything in 2008, Garrett rebuilt his life through raw honesty, spiritual alignment, and the power of purpose over performance.

The world doesn’t need more men pretending to have it all together—it needs men who are finally telling the truth.

In this episode, we cover:
🔥 Why most men are spiritually, emotionally, and sexually bankrupt
🔥 How to stop abandoning yourself to serve everyone else
🔥 The power of “taking a knee” and owning your truth
🔥 The brutal difference between “believing in God” and knowing God
🔥 Why the “Man in the Arena” movement is a full-scale masculine awakening

This is more than a podcast—it’s a call to arms for men who are done hiding, done blaming, and done living numb.

What’s the lie you’ve been telling yourself that ends TODAY? Drop it in the comments—and speak your truth.

Subscribe NOW if you’re ready to rise from the ashes, reclaim your power, and start living a life Harder Than Life.

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53min
May 01, 2025 150: The Fastest Way to 10x Growth? Delegate Now
If you're doing everything yourself, you're not building a business — you're building a prison.

In this episode of Harder Than Life, Kelly Siegel lays down the truth about why you're overwhelmed, stuck, and not scaling the way you should be. Spoiler alert: it’s not about working harder, it’s about letting go.

Delegation isn't a nice-to-have. It's the leadership move that determines whether you grow or burn out.

In this no-fluff episode, you'll learn:
✅ Why overwhelm is a symptom of broken systems, not laziness
✅ How delegation actually builds freedom, not chaos
✅ The 1-3-1 Rule that turns your team into problem solvers (not problem bringers)
✅ How to build powerful processes that scale without YOU being the bottleneck
✅ 5 tactical steps to start delegating like a real leader TODAY
Your mission isn’t to DO more. Your mission is to BUILD more. It’s time to stop being the bottleneck and start being the visionary.

CHALLENGE: Pick one thing to delegate, one process to document, and one teammate to elevate this week. Tag Kelly Siegel or use #HarderThanLife to share your move!

Know a leader who's drowning in their own to-do list? Share this episode—they need to hear it.

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15min
April 29, 2025 149: Activate Your Inner Beast with Coach Micheal Burt
What if the real reason you’re stuck isn’t lack of talent, hustle, or even ambition but an unactivated prey drive inside you?

Coach Micheal Burt, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, top performance coach, and creator of The Greatness Factory joins Harder Than Life to break down how to awaken your primal drive, reignite your purpose, and dominate every arena you step into.

Your success depends on one thing: the ability to activate your prey drive and keep it burning.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
🔥 What "prey drive" is and why most people never activate it
🔥 5 powerful triggers to flip your internal switch
🔥 Why energy is a currency and how high performers protect it
🔥 How to move from motivation to relentless activation
🔥 The brutal truth about success, failure, and why second place is just the first loser

This isn’t about hype. It’s a BATTLE PLAN for anyone serious about chasing bigger dreams, playing bigger games, and refusing to settle for average.
💬 What’s one area of your life where you need to FLIP THE SWITCH right now? Drop it in the comments!

🔔 Subscribe NOW if you're ready to activate your greatness and start living life Harder Than Life!

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56min
April 24, 2025 148: How to Break the Pattern of Self-Abandonment
You’re not choosing love… you’re abandoning yourself.

In this raw and vulnerable episode of Harder Than Life, Kelly Siegel lays it all on the table—from personal heartbreak to powerful healing. This isn't just about relationships, it's about the silent, self-sacrificing patterns we fall into chasing love, approval, or peace... while betraying ourselves in the process.

If you’ve ever felt like you were too much, not enough, or stuck choosing between your truth and someone else’s comfort, this one’s for you.

Inside this episode:
✅ The childhood belief that love must be earned and how it sabotages your self-worth
✅ 5 powerful actions to stop self-abandonment and build radical self-respect
✅ Why protecting your peace is not selfish. It’s sacred
✅ How to reverse engineer your relationships and cut out hidden chaos
✅ A 7-day challenge to reconnect with yourself and never shrink again

💥 Choosing peace might mean losing people. But if your peace costs you your identity, that’s too high a price.

🎯 CHALLENGE: What’s one boundary you’re setting this week to honor your peace? Drop a comment or DM @kelly.siegel71

📢 Know someone who keeps giving to everyone but themselves? Share this episode and remind them: choosing YOU isn’t selfish. It’s survival.

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17min
April 22, 2025 147: Encouragement as a Currency with Jordan Montgomery
What if real leadership isn't about being impressive but being impactful? 🤯

Jordan Montgomery, USA Today bestselling author, performance coach, and speaker trusted by top CEOs and elite athletes, joins Harder Than Life to drop one of the most vulnerable, powerful, and heart-centered conversations we’ve ever had.

From losing everything at 27 to rebuilding with faith, family, and fierce intentionality, Jordan proves that your lowest moment can become your greatest calling.
You don’t lose when you FAIL. You lose when you don’t LEARN.

In This Episode, We Cover:
🔥 Why true leadership starts at home
🔥 The real cost of chasing praise over purpose
🔥 How to encourage with authenticity and depth
🔥 Rewiring shame into power and failure into fuel
🔥 Creating impact that outlives your title
This episode is filled with wisdom, raw honesty, and transformational truth. If you’re ready to lead with heart and build a legacy rooted in character, tune in.

💬 What’s the biggest leadership lesson you’ve learned from failure? Drop it in the comments—your story might inspire someone else.

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53min

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How many episodes does Harder Than Life have?

The podcast currently has 156 episodes available.

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