Our guest today, Jessica Danel shares the raw, funny, and deeply honest story behind her journey from building a thriving preschool business to stepping away for the sake of her family. In this heartfelt conversation, she opens up about motherhood, marriage, faith, identity, and the unexpected ways life can force us to start over.

Jessica talks candidly about the pressure of choosing between success and family, the pain of letting go of a business she built from the ground up, and the strength it took to write a memoir filled with the messy, imperfect, and unfiltered moments of her life. From childhood trauma and self-doubt to laughter, healing, and spiritual growth, her story is a reminder that even the hardest chapters can shape who we become.

You’ll hear:

- Why Jessica chose to tell the truth about her most private moments

- How faith helped her make sense of pain, loss, and uncertainty

- What it felt like to step away from a successful business for her daughter

- Why humor and laughter became essential tools for healing

- How marriage, hard work, and mutual understanding helped her family stay strong through change

This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt like life took them off script. Jessica reminds us that even when the plan changes, there can still be purpose, growth, and joy in the journey.

Jessica Danel is an author, wife, mother of three, former childcare entrepreneur, and host of ‘Jess Saying’ and also the author of the unfiltered memoir "Bucket List from a Redneck Girl"

Connect with Jessica to access and follow her journey https://jesssaying.net/ She’s also on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-danel-mba-88970283/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jessdanel/ and TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jessdanel

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The advice to "just push through" misses the real fix.

Our guest today, Dennis McCurdy breaks down why motivation fails, why procrastination keeps winning, and the simple systems that make consistency beat willpower every time.

Dennis reveals the accountability trick that kept him on track for years, the "Valley of Dead Dreams" every goal-setter has to cross, and why starting small is often the smartest move if you actually want to finish. If you've been stuck, scattered, or waiting for the "right time," this conversation gives you a better way forward.

Dennis McCurdy is a financial advisor, entrepreneur, author, Air Force veteran, and business owner who has built multiple ventures through setbacks, reinvention, and hard-won discipline. He brings a practical, no-excuses framework for turning intention into action.

You'll discover:

- Why belief systems quietly sabotage money, success, and follow-through

- How micro-steps help you start when a task feels overwhelming

- The KISSES framework for keeping goals simple, sustainable, easy, and supported

- Why accountability partners, goal buddies, and mastermind groups change outcomes

- How a strict daily system can carry you through low-motivation seasons

This episode is especially valuable if you keep procrastinating on goals, feel overwhelmed by a big dream, or want a more realistic path to personal and professional progress. Dennis makes the case that success is less about dramatic breakthroughs and more about boring, repeatable habits done long enough to matter.

If you need a reset on productivity, persistence, and the role support plays in real growth, this is the episode to hear before you quit on your next goal. So relax and buckle up and get ready to take notes!

Want more practical insights, free resources and actionable tips from Dennis? Then head over to https://dennismccurdy.com/ to grab your free toolkit for conquering procrastination. You can also download valuable checklists or even book a completely free strategy session to jumpstart your goals. He’s also on LinkedIn as well https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-mccurdy-cfp-465a1bb/

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Most men are taught to survive in silence - but silence is often the very thing keeping them stuck. Trauma-informed coach and author Ronald “Zion” Roseboro, founder of *The Shame Free Life Coaching and Consulting*, shares the hard-won path from pain, prison, and shame to purpose, healing, and self-worth.

Host Dr. Favour guides a powerful conversation about what happens when men stop treating vulnerability like weakness and start seeing it as the first step toward freedom. Ronald opens up about the experiences that shaped him, including bullying, loss, the absence of a strong masculine blueprint, and incarceration, and explains why those layers of trauma can distort identity for years.

Today, you will discover why so many men hide the weight they are carrying, how shame keeps people trapped in "emotional Miranda law," and why admitting the truth about your pain can unlock a completely new way of seeing yourself. Ronald breaks down the difference between staying stuck and choosing healing, and offers a deeply practical framework for separating your real identity from the trauma that tried to define you.

We break down:

- Why men are conditioned to suffer quietly and what it costs them

- How trauma rewires identity, self-worth, and the stories men tell themselves

- What it means to "divorce your past to marry your future"

- Why healing is not instant, but it is possible

- How to recognize when you're actually making progress

- Why support, accountability, and community matter more than going it alone

Ronald also explains the purpose behind creating a space specifically for men, including one-on-one coaching, group coaching, a free discovery call, and the *Samson Restored Movement* online support community. He shares how his own healing changed the way he talks about incarceration, shame, and recovery, and why boldness often shows up only after the deepest work is done.

This episode is for any man who feels trapped by what he's been through, and for anyone who loves someone carrying pain they never say out loud. If you need a reminder that your past is not your final identity, this conversation delivers it with honesty, compassion, and hope.

Connect with Ronald and explore how a man can also be expressive instead of just bottling all that pain and shame you feel inside you https://www.theshamefreelife.com/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-shame-free-llc-6a7058b0/

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

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@shamefreelife

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Inclusive design makes your products, services, and content better for everyone - not just people with disabilities. In this conversation, Dr. Favour speaks with our guest Maxwell Ivey, the Blind Blogger, about why accessibility is so much more than compliance. It is a way to improve user experience, strengthen your brand, and reach a much wider audience.

Maxwell explains how accessibility and inclusive marketing can create loyal supporters who actively share your work with friends, family, coworkers, and even enemies. He makes the case that happy disabled consumers become powerful advocates when businesses show up with real effort, thoughtful design, and a willingness to listen.

The episode also explores why accessibility is a partnership that requires education, communication, and collaboration. Maxwell reminds us that solving for accessibility is no different from solving any other business problem — once you understand the issue, you can build a better solution.

You’ll learn:

- Why inclusive design improves the experience for everyone

- How accessibility can support trust, loyalty, and word-of-mouth marketing

- Why disabled consumers can become some of your strongest advocates

- How education and collaboration make accessibility easier to implement

- Why accessibility should be treated as a practical business process, not an afterthought

Maxwell also breaks down the hidden size of the disability market, the power of loyal disabled consumers, and why so many businesses are still missing an enormous opportunity by treating accessibility as an afterthought. He makes a compelling case that better design benefits aging users, mobile users, search engines, and your bottom line all at once.

If you create a website, podcast, app, or any kind of digital content, this conversation is essential listening. It’s practical, eye-opening, and packed with immediate fixes you can start using right away - plus a free homepage review offer from Maxwell if you want a clearer path to making your site more inclusive.

Connect with Maxwell Ivey via https://www.theaccessibilityadvantage.com/home

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellivey/

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

Favour is the host of *Mind, Money and Medicine*, where conversations connect personal growth, business, health, and the real-world choices that shape how we live.

What if the biggest risk is not failure, but reaching the end of life with too many unlived dreams?

The host, Favour and our guest today, Joy-Yafit Pascal unpack why so many people stay on autopilot, and how to start choosing a life that actually feels like yours.

Joy shares the wake-up call that took her from a successful international marketing career to a radically different path built around purpose, courage, and self-trust. After years of achievement on the outside and emptiness on the inside, she made a series of bold changes that led her to ask the question most people avoid: is this really the life I want?

You’ll discover:

- The 3 biggest forces that keep people stuck: fear, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs

- Why success can still feel empty when your life is built on other people’s expectations

- How one question can expose whether you’re living by default or by design

- The difference between a total life overhaul and a practical, step-by-step transition

- Why women in particular are often held back by mindset, not ability

Joy also shares the unforgettable New Zealand paragliding moment that helped her see her life from a new perspective, plus the sentence from a stranger that changed everything: "The world is big." From there, the conversation turns into a powerful reminder that no one is coming to give you permission - you have to choose yourself.

This episode matters if you feel stuck, overcommitted, restless, or quietly aware that your life looks fine on paper but does not feel fulfilling in real life. It is a conversation about urgency, honesty, and the courage to stop waiting for "someday."

Essential listening if you need a reset, want to design your life more intentionally, or need the push to stop asking for permission and start taking small steps toward the life you actually want.

Guest Credibility:

Joy-Yafit Pascal is a design thinking coach, transformational speaker, women’s empowerment facilitator, and dance improvisation instructor. After building an international career in marketing and innovation, she now helps people reconnect with themselves, embrace uncertainty, and make courageous choices.

For more pearls of wisdom and a personal talk, get in touch with Joy-Yafit on her social media channels https://www.facebook.com/share/1CxDinsUzu/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joyyafit?igsh=cTJxZHBoNDhkN3d6

Trauma recovery is not just about talking it out - it starts in the body, the nervous system, and the unconscious patterns that keep you stuck in survival mode.

Host of Mind, Money and Medicine, Favour sits down with Anissa Hudak, founder of Phoenix Women Healing, to uncover why so many women stay trapped in hypervigilance, sleep disruption, emotional reactivity, and the exhausting cycle of coping without real resolution.

Anissa shares how her own experience with trauma, yoga teacher training, and years of self-healing led her to a different approach: one that helps women reconnect with safety, self-trust, and identity without having to relive their pain over and over again. She explains why trauma can live in the body long before it shows up as a mental health issue, and why the nervous system often needs a physical reset before true healing can begin.

You’ll discover:

- Why the body often holds trauma before the mind can name it

- How the "reptilian brain" and fight-flight-freeze-fawn responses keep people stuck

- The difference between coping, awareness, and actual resolution

- Why talk therapy alone can create a "hamster wheel" effect for some people

- How neurosomatic therapy, yoga, and unconscious work can help restore a sense of safety

- Why healing is deeply individual and often requires trial, error, and patience

Anissa also breaks down the subtle signs that the nervous system is still in danger, including nightmares, insomnia, hypervigilance, irritability, triggers, rumination, and physical symptoms like acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and heart palpitations. She offers a practical framework for getting started again, including simple ways to reconnect with the body and track what actually works for your own healing journey.

This conversation is for any woman who has been functioning, coping, and holding it all together but secretly knows she is not truly at peace. If you’re ready to stop surviving and start rebuilding trust in your body, this episode offers clarity, hope, and a path forward.

Guest Credibility:

Anissa Hudak is the founder of Phoenix Women Healing, where she uses neurosomatic therapy, hypnotherapy, yoga therapy, and mind-body practices to help women move beyond survival and toward lasting healing. She also offers a free quiz on her website to help listeners identify whether they are in survival mode and what type of response they may be in.

Visit https://www.phoenixwomenhealing.com/strong-survivor-pattern-quiz This is a starting point for listeners who resonated with the conversation but don’t know where to begin.

Connect with Anissa via

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

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anissahudak

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@PhoenixWomenHealing

And also her website https://www.phoenixwomenhealing.com/

Worms in your kitchen, sprouts on your counter, and laughter on purpose - this episode shows how three deceptively simple habits can change your health, your mood, and the way you live every day.

Our host, Favour sits down with Cathy Nesbitt - health and wellness advocate, environmental innovator, and founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters ( est. 2002), Cathy’s Sproutsers, and Cathy’s Laughter Club - to unpack the surprising connection between composting, nutrition, and joy. If you’ve ever thought indoor composting sounds messy, sprouts are just a side dish, or laughter is only for when something is funny, this conversation will flip that thinking.

You’ll discover:

- Why worm composting is a practical solution for food scraps in apartments, condos, and cold climates

- How "black gold" fertilizer is created from everyday kitchen waste

- Why sprouts are called nature’s superfood and how to grow them at home for pennies a day

- The difference between random laughter and laughter yoga, and why the body responds either way

- How laughter can reduce stress, improve focus, and shift the energy of a workplace or team

Cathy also shares the mindset behind her work, including why self-care is not selfish, how to stop living on autopilot, and why choosing joy can be a daily practice instead of a lucky accident. She breaks down the role of breath, music, and laughter as simple tools you can use immediately when life feels overwhelming.

This episode matters because modern life trains us to overthink, overconsume, and stay stressed - but the path back to balance may be simpler than you think. If you want practical wellness ideas that are affordable, natural, and easy to start this week, this conversation gives you a fresh way forward.

Perfect for anyone seeking more energy, less stress, and a more intentional life - one breath, one sprout, and one laugh at a time.

Connect with Cathy Nesbitt https://www.cathysclub.com/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/rhgn2112

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559438955975

Creativity has no expiration date, and neither does purpose. Australian author Faye Roots shares the faith, grief, and hard-won hope behind a lifetime of storytelling - from fiction and memoir to poetry and children's books.

Faye's journey is rooted in a simple but powerful belief: stories can do more than entertain. They can heal, encourage, and point people toward hope even in the middle of loss, illness, and uncertainty. In this conversation, she opens up about the experiences that shaped her voice, the moment a teacher first called her a storyteller, and why she believes writers must find their own voice instead of chasing approval.

You will discover how faith became the foundation of her creativity, why her first book *Beyond the Ashes* was built around forgiveness, and how her deeply personal memoir *Shafts of Gold* began as a promise to her daughter before becoming a testimony of truth, heartbreak, and resilience. Faye also shares the surprising origin of her children's stories, inspired by teddy bears and a need to comfort children after tragedy, and explains how imagination became a practical tool for surviving cancer treatment and radiation.

We break down the mindset she has carried into her 80s: write what is beautiful, keep a notebook close, and use your gift to leave something that helps someone else. She also reflects on her newer work *Reflections*, showing how even snail shells, pebbles, and a vase can become a way to pray, process pain, and offer light to others.

If you need permission to start writing later in life, want a reminder that grief does not erase calling, or are looking for a conversation that is equal parts tender, wise, and deeply uplifting, this episode is for you.

Guest Credibility:

Faye Roots is an Australian author, storyteller, and Christian writer whose work spans fiction, memoir, poetry, spirituality, and children's literature. She is known for weaving faith, truth, and hope into stories shaped by real-life loss, healing, and resilience.

Connect with Faye and visit https://fayerootsauthor.wordpress.com/

What if the thing keeping you stuck is not your personality, but old conditioning you never learned to question?

UK therapist, trainer, and author Andrew Parr reveals why so many people stay trapped in procrastination, fear, low self-worth, and self-sabotage even after years of therapy, coaching, and self-help.

With more than 20,000 one-to-one sessions behind him, Andrew breaks down the invisible beliefs that get installed in childhood and quietly shape the way you think, feel, and act for decades. He explains why surface-level mindset work often fails, why “self-sabotage” is usually protection, and how to spot the emotional patterns that keep repeating no matter how hard you try to change them.

You’ll discover:

- Why the gap between knowing and doing is usually fear, not laziness

- How “futureizing” keeps your nervous system on alert and robs you of peace

- Why self-worth affects money, relationships, success, and safety

- What Andrew means by “de-hypnotizing” yourself from limiting beliefs

- How to tell the difference between who you are and what life has made you feel

Andrew also shares the personal story that led him into therapy, the lessons he’s learned from more than 30 years of practice, and the practical shift that creates lasting transformation instead of temporary motivation.

If you’ve ever wondered why positive thinking, affirmations, or another new strategy still haven’t worked, this conversation is for you. Essential listening if you’re ready to stop trying to “fix” yourself and start uncovering the real you beneath the conditioning.

Guest Credibility: Andrew Parr is a UK therapist, trainer, and author who has helped people create lasting change since 1992. He has trained more than 500 practitioners and wrote *The Real You*, published by Penguin Life.

Connect with Andrew via https://andrewparr.org/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-parr-54230118/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@andrewparracademy

Being different should never mean being left out. The host, Favour and Thomas R. Wilson unpack what true inclusion actually looks like - and why empathy, accessibility, and storytelling are the difference between isolation and belonging.

Thomas shares the personal story behind his work as a writer, business owner, advocate, Sensory Friendly Events Specialist and Community Leader, tracing how early experiences with neurodiversity, mental health struggles, and bullying shaped his mission to create spaces where people feel seen and supported. From being mislabeled in school to rebuilding his life through storytelling, he reveals how purpose, community, and self-advocacy can turn pain into impact.

You’ll discover:

- What a sensory-friendly event really is, and why it’s about more than quieter rooms or softer lighting

- How to build experiences that support people with different sensory, emotional, and accessibility needs

- Why accessibility is often more cost-effective when it’s built in from the beginning

- The biggest misconceptions businesses, educators, and families have about neurodiversity and mental health support

- How accountability, empathy, and communication create safer, more inclusive communities

Thomas also breaks down why storytelling is at the heart of human connection, and how it can help people find their voice, build confidence, and feel like they belong. He shares what he’s learned from partnering with more than 40 businesses, working with underserved communities, and creating events rooted in compassion and practical inclusion.

If you care about inclusion, mental health, neurodiversity, community building, or creating spaces where people can truly thrive, this conversation is essential listening. It’s honest, grounded, and full of ideas you can apply whether you’re a parent, educator, leader, business owner, or someone who simply wants to do better by the people around you.

Favour hosts Mind, Money, and Medicine, a show focused on honest conversations about health, growth, relationships, career, and living more intentionally. The guest today is Thomas R. Wilson. He is a writer, business owner, advocate, community leader, and sensory-friendly event specialist, and he shares a powerful perspective on how inclusion becomes real. Connect with Thomas Wilson via https://linktr.ee/ndttrpg and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-wilson-42762927b?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app