Episode Two moves beyond understanding anxiety to learning how to use it. Coach Kevin shares stories of business failure, athletic competition, health challenges, and relationships to demonstrate how anxiety can either become a prison or a powerful motivator. https://itscoachkevin.com/

What if anxiety isn't stopping you—but preparing you? Coach Kevin returns to explore how the same emotions that create fear can also produce confidence, courage, and peak performance.

Mary transforms a tiny fixer-upper into a home with determination, survives a broken ankle, and reveals how one unlikely relationship slowly became a lifelong marriage.

Before there was a marriage, there was a little two-bedroom house...

In Episode 16 of Focus Your Inner Bitch, Mary Bratton remembers buying her first home with almost no money and rebuilding it one project at a time. From hauling insulation into a tiny attic and planting gardens from borrowed cuttings to rewiring the house with her father's help, her determination shines through every story.

She also recalls breaking her ankle, walking on it for three weeks before discovering it was broken, and how that unexpected injury changed the course of her relationship with Jim.

The episode becomes one of the most personal in the series as Mary talks openly about dating, Jim's struggles with commitment, years of therapy, and the realization that beneath everything else, she knew one simple truth:

"I knew you were a good man."

A conversation about resilience, independence, love, and the slow building of trust.

What if anxiety isn't your greatest weakness? In the first episode of this special series, Coach Kevin joins Jim Bratton to examine anxiety through a different lens. Together they discuss fear, performance, technology, biology, and why understanding anxiety may be one of the keys to personal growth.

Coach Kevin challenges the common belief that anxiety is only something to overcome. Drawing on personal stories, psychology, history, and everyday experience, he argues that anxiety is part of being human and can become a tool rather than a limitation when understood correctly. https://itscoachkevin.com/

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The Grand's Dori Bosnyák previews an exciting new season filled with legendary performers, Broadway-style productions, comedy, live film scores, family entertainment, and the community spirit that has made Galveston's Grand 1894 Opera House one of Texas' cultural treasures.

This conversation bridges two remarkable careers. Jim Bratton brings decades of experience as a professional voice artist and interviewer, while Christophe Laury reflects on a lifetime in French radio—from national broadcasting to station leadership and syndicated programming. Together they explore how technology has changed the business, why authenticity still matters, and what it means to build a career around. You tube at https://youtu.be/nYdGixeYJbQ

On the fly translation by Catherine Stroud

Christophe Laury - Christophe Laury is a prominent figure in French radio. He began his career in music radio, gaining recognition as a host on the national network Europe 2 in 1994, where he notably worked on entertainment programs. • He subsequently pursued a career in management, becoming the General Manager of Radio Monaco. Under his leadership, the station strengthened its positioning by blending music, news, and local programming tailored to the French Riviera and the Principality of Monaco. • After leaving Radio Monaco in 2015, he joined the production studio Maxi L'Air, where he created and hosted syndicated programs for numerous local radio stations in France and the French-speaking world. • He also continues to host music-focused shows—such as *La Playlist Vintage*—as well as classical music and jazz programs broadcast on various partner stations. Christophe Laury is best known in the radio industry for his experience as a host, music programmer, and station executive.

A focused reflection on doing less, removing the unnecessary, and recovering clarity through simplicity

A practical Stoic reflection on accepting reality first so energy can return to action and response.

A calm reflection on returning inward for stillness, even when the outer world remains noisy

A brief reflection on Stoic freedom as self-mastery: the ability to pause, govern impulse, and choose deliberately.

In Episode 15 of Focus Your Inner Bitch — The Mary Bratton Story, Mary tells the story of buying her first house in Houston's Eastwood area in 1978 — with a $5,000 401(k) payout, a brick bungalow, a fireplace, a garage, and barely enough money left to eat.

From hand-planting grass in the front yard to working part-time at Lord & Taylor, Mary built a life on her own terms. And then, through a neighborhood civic association meeting, she met Jim.

This is where Mary's story begins turning into their story.

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