Stephen Sargent started a video production company straight out of high school in 2009, and 17 years later Drive Media House is making TV commercials for national brands, including a few that ran during the Super Bowl.

But the thread he traces back the furthest isn't business. It's a video he made as a sixth grader for his gymnastics team, and the moment he looked up at the banquet and saw people getting emotional. These days that same instinct shows up in Focus, the experiential growth training he and his wife brought to Cincinnati in 2020, a process that over 400 people have now gone through.

We discuss:

• The sixth grade banquet video
• VHS tapes to Super Bowl commercials
• Hauling a desktop to church for faster internet
• The training he hated at first
• Trust as the key that unlocks freedom
• Right vs. wrong, or working vs. not working
• Coddling culture and the high challenge, high support alternative
• Raising adults, not kids

Connect with Stephen:

Drive Media House: drivemediahouse.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivemediahouse 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drivemediahouse 

Focus Cincinnati: focuscincinnati.com

• Hit the Training tab for upcoming dates

Brought to you by Sound Mind Executive Coaching

https://www.soundmindexecutivecoaching.com/

Cody Lutz runs his coaching business out of a 240-square-foot backyard shed he calls "The Shred," but don't let the size fool you. He's an executive coach for Christian business owners, and his own story is a masterclass in trusting God through reinvention: eight years at Answers in Genesis, a COVID layoff, a SaaS leadership role, getting fired, and finally building a coaching practice that fits his real priorities, faith, family, and four kids under six.

We discuss:

• The unlock between coaching and consulting
• The infamous tree story
• The C4 framework
• Reinvention as identity growth
• Parenting as coaching, and vice versa

Connect with Cody:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachcody/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mycoachcody
• Website: https://www.mycoachcody.com/
• Home gym plans: https://www.backyardshreds.com/

Brought to you by Sound Mind Executive Coaching

https://www.soundmindexecutivecoaching.com/

Edson Ibañez grew up in LA translating documents for his Guatemalan immigrant parents and helping his mom clean houses. Today he's a city planner for Denver, a real estate agent, and someone who thinks about every investment through one question: what's the return on kingdom?

We discuss:

• How two people prophesied his career in urban planning — weeks apart, identically
• A friend calling from Israel with a dream of Edson on the Great Wall (before the acceptance letter arrived)
• His niece being born without a lung or diaphragm — and the family prayer meeting where it grew back
• The contractor nightmare that cost him everything and made him $300K
• His wife's three-year battle with chronic migraines and how gratitude rewired everything
• Why they're becoming foster care parents — and the human trafficking statistic that started it

Resources

• Liz Bagwell neuroplasticity podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rewire-your-brain-the-peace-positivity-podcast-with/id1683576689
• Redemptive Real Estate: https://www.redemptiverealestate.com 
• Apartment Life: https://www.apartmentlife.org
• Jamie Winship (ex-CIA identity teacher): https://www.jamiewinship.com

Connect with Edson:

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @realestateibanez

Aaron Ross shares the raw story of going from ministry and financial struggle to building a successful roofing company through grit, resilience, and radical dependence on God. This conversation unpacks what it looks like to walk through pressure, betrayal, debt, leadership, and uncertainty without running away from the fire.

Topics Covered:

• Leaving ministry to provide for his family and stepping into sales
• How mentorship and adversity shaped Aaron’s mindset around money and leadership
• Building a roofing company while navigating debt, lawsuits, and business betrayal
• Why resilience requires running toward the battle instead of away from it
• Learning to trust God deeply through entrepreneurship, fatherhood, and uncertainty

Connect with Aaron:

www.solutionroof.com

Danny Baron shares the unexpected journey that led him from failed career paths into building one of Cincinnati’s most recognizable real estate teams. Through adversity, faith, mentorship, and a commitment to people over transactions, Danny reveals how God used every difficult season to prepare him for the life and business he leads today.

Topics Covered

• How failed career paths prepared Danny to build a thriving real estate business
• The importance of faith, family, and community in leadership
• Building a real estate team centered around people and relationships
• Navigating uncertainty, COVID, and entrepreneurship with resilience
• Why mentorship, accountability, and intentional living matter for long-term success

Find Danny:

Instagram: 
@barongroupkw
@cincyreal

@danny_baron_

TikTok 
@barongroupkw
@cincyreal

www.barongrouprealty.com