What if healing doesn’t begin with finding all the answers, but with learning to listen within?

In this episode of HUMAN ENOUGH, Shawngela Pierce shares her remarkable journey from childhood trauma and serious health challenges through science, academia, naturopathic medicine, and ultimately a deeper spiritual understanding of healing.

We talk about trauma, spiritual awakening, divine guidance, purpose, personal responsibility, and the courage to trust yourself when life takes you in an unexpected direction.

Shawngela also explores what it means to connect with Source, release old wounds, find meaning in difficult experiences, and become more intentional about the path ahead.

At its heart, this is a conversation about discovering that sometimes the answers we’re searching for aren’t outside of us—they begin when we become quiet enough to hear what’s within.

Connect with Shawngela Pierce:

https://www.seekwithinyou.com/

What happens when a successful Beverly Hills lawyer walks away from a comfortable career and spends the next 27 years working around the world?

In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Clifford Brown, a former USAID legal advisor and senior manager who spent nearly three decades working in international development across Latin America, Africa, Central Asia, and beyond.

Clifford takes us inside the realities of foreign aid—from working in countries experiencing political upheaval and civil conflict to navigating government bureaucracy, corruption, religion, and the difficult question of whether international assistance actually works.

We talk about his experiences in places like Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Guinea, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Honduras, including efforts to promote democracy, create industries, support farmers, and address human trafficking and other serious social challenges.

Clifford also shares his perspective on the termination of USAID in 2025, why he believes foreign aid matters, and what decades of living and working across cultures taught him about humanity, spirituality, and the meaning of borders.

Connect with Clifford Brown:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clifford-h-brown-2608428/

What if one of the smartest things a business can do for its bottom line is simply invest more deeply in its people?

In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Sandra Coker, founder and CEO of Human Power Solutions, organizational leadership expert, international best-selling author, and host of the People Profit Podcast.

Sandra has spent more than two decades helping organizations create healthier, more productive workplaces by developing their people and strengthening their culture.

We explore why investing in employees isn’t simply a human resources initiative, but a strategic business decision. We talk about workplace culture, trust, psychological safety, emotional intelligence, conflict, emerging leadership, and what it really takes to create an environment where people feel seen, valued, and empowered to grow.

Sandra also shares insights from her international best-selling book, People Profit, and explains why people-first leadership can benefit both employees and the bottom line.

Learn more about Sandra and Human Power Solutions:

https://www.hpowersolutions.com/

What happens when the life you planned begins to fall apart…

And somehow, through the struggle, you discover the life you were actually called to live?

In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Elder Yolonda Troupe Smith — preacher, teacher, author, singer, songwriter, and transformational voice whose mission is to help people “Get the Holy Spirit Hookup.”

Yolonda’s journey has taken her from computer science and STEM into music, motherhood, ministry, writing, and a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit. Along the way, she faced experiences that tested her faith, including a high-risk pregnancy, divorce, single motherhood, financial hardship, career uncertainty, and moments when trusting God required obedience before understanding.

Through those experiences, Yolonda developed a powerful framework: Information → Revelation → Activation.

Together, we explore what it means to hear from God, trust God when life doesn’t make sense, discover purpose through adversity, and move from simply knowing about faith to actually living it.

This is a conversation about faith, obedience, identity, purpose, resilience, motherhood, transformation, and what can happen when a difficult chapter becomes the beginning of a completely different life.

Connect with Elder Yolonda Troupe Smith:

https://www.yolondatroupesmith.com/

What if one of the biggest sources of wasted money inside modern companies isn’t employee productivity—but the struggle to find the right information?

In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Susan Kraft-Yorke, a Silicon Valley veteran and Information Architect who helps engineering organizations understand the hidden costs of poorly managed information.

Knowledge workers can spend a significant portion of their workweek searching for information, recreating information that already exists, or working from outdated or incorrect files. Susan argues that this creates a massive and often overlooked form of payroll leakage—the “search tax.”

We talk about why companies continue to organize information using outdated models, how wikis and modern digital systems have made knowledge harder to control, and why adding AI to an organization without first fixing its information architecture can actually make the problem worse.

Susan also explains how leaders can translate information problems into financial terms that CFOs and executives understand—and why better information architecture isn’t simply an IT issue, but a business issue.

Connect with Susan Kraft-Yorke:

https://www.susankraftconsulting.com/

What if clutter isn’t just the stuff around us?

It can be physical, digital, mental, emotional, and even spiritual—and each type can quietly contribute to overwhelm.

In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Kerry Thomas, an organizational consultant and owner of Conquer the Chaos. With a background in Special Education and years of experience helping leaders with ADD, Kerry takes a different approach to organization: there are no cookie-cutter solutions.

We talk about why clutter is so difficult to overcome, how our individual learning styles affect organization and productivity, what to do when your inbox has tens of thousands of unread emails, and how creating the right systems can bring both productivity and peace of mind.

Kerry also shares her Frustration to Freedom Framework and explains why getting organized isn’t simply about having a cleaner environment—it’s about creating a life and workspace that actually work for you.

Connect with Kerry Thomas:

http://www.ctcorganizing.com/

What if some of the hardest questions about faith are actually invitations to understand God more deeply?

In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Dr. Gerald “Dr. G” Robison, a pastor, Bible teacher, author, and speaker who has ministered across three continents and trained Bible teachers in more than 25 countries.

Known for making complicated Christian ideas easier to understand—and often using humor to get there—Dr. G explores some fascinating questions about God, faith, Scripture, spiritual warfare, joy, purpose, and the strange and unexpected things found throughout the Bible.

We also talk about his experience with tongue cancer, facing his own mortality, and what those experiences taught him about life, death, faith, and what really matters.

Whether you’re deeply committed to Christianity or simply curious about the questions behind it, this conversation offers a different way of looking at faith—with honesty, curiosity, and a little humor.

Connect with Gerald Robison:

https://geraldrobison.com/

What happens when faith stops being about pretending everything is okay and becomes an honest conversation with Jesus?

In this episode of Human Enough, I sit down with Jeff Dalton, author, poet, and speaker, to talk about faith, mental health, shame, rejection, vulnerability, and what it means to have a real and unfiltered relationship with Jesus.

Jeff shares his journey from struggling with depression and low self-esteem as a teenager, through rejection from churches, divorce, financial loss, mental health struggles, and a period when he felt he had lost his faith completely.

His book, Expressions of the Heart: Poems and Devotionals, grew out of that journey. Through raw poetry and Scripture-based reflections, Jeff encourages people to bring their pain, doubts, anger, fears, and imperfections honestly to Jesus rather than hiding them behind a religious mask.

We explore why many Christians struggle to be honest about their pain, the stigma surrounding mental illness in the Church, what Jeff learned while rebuilding his faith, and why he believes Jesus wants all of us—not just the polished parts.

Connect with Jeff Dalton:

http://www.expressionoftheheart.com/

What can a lifetime of travel teach us about being human?

Elisabeth Villiger Toufexis has travelled to more than 100 countries, speaks six languages, worked as a tour guide across the world for 11 years, and spent 17 years as a conference interpreter.

Today, she is an author, speaker, life coach, hypnotherapist, and host of the internationally acclaimed Most Memorable Journeys podcast.

Her latest book, 1 Suitcase, 1000 Stories, brings together decades of adventures, cultural encounters, unexpected mishaps, and lessons learned along the way.

In this episode of Human Enough, Elisabeth shares what travelling the world taught her about courage, curiosity, stress, worry, relationships, aging, and the importance of saying yes to life.

We also explore why being constantly busy isn’t necessarily the same as being productive, how to stop wasting energy on worry, and what it really means to love life.

Connect with Elisabeth Villiger Toufexis

https://thesoulkit.com/

What if some of life’s biggest lessons could be taught through a simple story?

Kirsten Telan is a children’s author, kindness advocate, and creator of The Confetti Effect, a platform dedicated to helping children grow in kindness, confidence, character, and faith.

Her children’s book, A Tale of Two Dogs, uses friendship and differences to teach children about kindness, courage, empathy, and the beauty of being uniquely themselves.

In this episode of Human Enough, we explore how stories can shape young minds, why kindness matters, how parents can raise compassionate children, and why learning to step outside our comfort zones is important at any age.

We also talk about the nine fruit of the Spirit, overcoming fear, celebrating differences, and the power of turning ordinary moments into opportunities to build character.

Connect with Kirsten Telan:

https://www.kirstennelsontelan.com/