In this episode Joe Machicote welcomes licensed clinical mental health counselor and author Joy Pearson Robbins for an inspiring conversation about resilience, healing, and choosing hope in the face of life's greatest challenges. Joy shares her journey from career pivots to a breast cancer diagnosis, revealing how mindset, purpose, and intentional choices carried her through treatment.

Together, they explore the importance of reframing negative thoughts, overcoming isolation, and making self-care a natural part of everyday life. Joy also shares the heart behind her books and her work supporting fellow cancer survivors. This episode offers practical wisdom and encouragement for anyone seeking greater resilience, emotional well-being, and the courage to own their stuff.

Joy Pearson Robbins is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor, author, speaker, and leadership coach with nearly 20 years in private practice. After earning degrees from Wake Forest University and UNC Charlotte, she built a career helping individuals, families, and organizations thrive. Joy is the author of On My Couch: A Therapist's Journal and 7 Days to More Joy and founder of enJOY Wellness Retreats. Following her successful battle with breast cancer in 2024, she launched Support for Survivors, a program that helps others navigate their own cancer journeys with hope, resilience, and practical support.

You can find Joy here:

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Joe Machicote has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, organizational development, and leadership and culture transformation. A former Chief Human Resources Officer, he has led culture strategy across the hospitality, foodservice, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, referring to his work as “Cultural Engineering.” Joe specializes in building values-driven, high-performing teams with aligned growth mindsets. He is also an accomplished author, keynote speaker, and ICF-accredited executive leadership and neurolinguistic programming coach. Throughout his career, Joe has coached hundreds of leaders and teams, helping them strengthen trust, presence, communication, and leadership impact in both personal and professional relationships.

Joe can be reached at: https://www.tlsolutionsgroup.com

Produced by Cindy Ballaro with On Track Marketing – [email protected]

In this episode Joe sits down with his longtime friend and mentor, Kevin A. Henry, to explore what it truly means to own your impact in relationships, leadership, and life. Drawing from nearly three decades as a C-suite executive, Kevin shares how his upbringing shaped his passion for people, purpose, and servant leadership.

Together, Joe and Kevin discuss choosing values over position, integrity over comfort, and finding joy where passion meets purpose. Kevin also shares his perspective on turning problems into opportunities and the "five smooth stones," the key people and experiences that have helped him navigate life's greatest challenges. Filled with wisdom, authenticity, and the warmth of a 25-year friendship, this conversation will inspire you to lead with intention, invest in others, and leave every person and place better than you found them.

Named by SAVOY Magazine since 2021 as one of the most influential Corporate Directors, and since 2020 as one of the most influential executives in corporate America, Kevin A. Henry is a multi-faceted and proven executive having served as a public company C-suite executive for over 29 years.

Born in Queens and raised on Long Island, New York, Kevin graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. degree in Industrial & Labor Relations and has earned additional certification from Harvard Business School.

Kevin and his wife Tina reside in Atlanta and have two adult sons Tyler and Taylor.

Find him at:

LI : https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinalanhenry/

Joe Machicote has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, organizational development, and leadership and culture transformation. A former Chief Human Resources Officer, he has led culture strategy across the hospitality, foodservice, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, referring to his work as “Cultural Engineering.” Joe specializes in building values-driven, high-performing teams with aligned growth mindsets. He is also an accomplished author, keynote speaker, and ICF-accredited executive leadership and neurolinguistic programming coach. Throughout his career, Joe has coachedhundreds of leaders and teams, helping them strengthen trust, presence, communication, and leadership impact in both personal and professional relationships.

Joe can be reached at: https://www.tlsolutionsgroup.com

Produced by Cindy Ballaro with On Track Marketing – [email protected]

In this episode, Joe sits down with physician, consultant, and organizational strategist Apurv Gupta to explore what it truly means for organizations to “own their stuff.” Drawing from his experience working with healthcare systems and disruptive workplace dynamics, Apurv shares how empathy, accountability, and human-centered leadership can transform even the most challenging environments.

Together, they discuss the shift from fear-based cultures to love-based systems, the importance of mutual accountability, and the framework Apurv developed to help organizations create healthier, more connected workplaces. The conversation also highlights the power of leadership, culture, and employee engagement in building organizations where people can truly thrive.

Apurv Gupta, MD, MPH, is a transformational healthcareexecutive offering over two decades of experience leading clinical innovation, organizational revitalization, and sustainable performance improvement across the healthcare landscape. With a background rooted in internal medicine, public health, and health policy from prestigious institutions including Harvard and Brown, he has successfully bridged frontline clinical experience with strategic operational leadership. Renowned for founding the “A Loving Organization” movement and redefining care delivery through values-based governance, Apurv has consistently improved clinical outcomes, physician engagement, andbottom-line results. He combines a commitment to equity and compassion with deep operational acumen to help healthcare systems thrive in complex and rapidly changing environments.

Find him at:

LI : https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurvguptamd/

LI for A Loving Organization: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alovingorganization/?viewAsMember=true

Website: www.alovingorganization.org

Joe Machicote has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, organizational development, and leadership and culture transformation. A former Chief Human Resources Officer, he has led culture strategy across the hospitality, foodservice, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, referring to his work as “Cultural Engineering.” Joe specializes in building values-driven, high-performing teams with aligned growth mindsets. He is also an accomplished author, keynote speaker, and ICF-accredited executive leadership and neurolinguistic programming coach. Throughout his career, Joe has coachedhundreds of leaders and teams, helping them strengthen trust, presence, communication, and leadership impact in both personal and professional relationships.

Joe can be reached at:

Website: https://www.tlsolutionsgroup.com

Produced by Cindy Ballaro with On Track Marketing – [email protected]

In the first episode of Own Thy Stuff, Joe welcomes entrepreneur and organizational resilience expert Kimberly Arnold for a conversation about stress, leadership, and staying grounded under pressure. Kimberly shares practical somatic techniques to help leaders regulate reactive moments, create psychological safety, and respond more intentionally in high-stress situations.

Together, they explore the ripple effect of leadership behavior, the importance of repair after difficult moments, and simple body-based practices that can quickly reset the nervous system. Joe also reflects on his own experiences withaccountability and learning to own his stuff. This episode offers practical tools and meaningful insights for navigating stress, building resilience, and showing up more intentionally in both work and life.

Kimberly Arnold is an entrepreneur and organizational resilience expert. She is the founder of Somatic Leadership and creator of Resilient Reset™, where she teaches leaders and teams how to perform at their best when the pressure is highest. Kimberly works with high-performing executives to interrupt stress reactions in real time so they remain focused,credible, and effective in high-stakes moments. Her simple, body-based micro-practices can be applied in seconds and are designed to be embedded into the workday, with 94% of leaders still using them months later to strengthen decision-making, collaboration, and performance under pressure.

Find her at:

LI:  www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlysarnold/

Website:  ResilientReset.com

Joe Machicote has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, organizational development, and leadership and culture transformation. A former Chief Human Resources Officer, he has led culture strategy across the hospitality, food service, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, referring to his work as “Cultural Engineering.” Joe specializes in building values-driven, high-performing teams with aligned growth mindsets. He is also an accomplished author, keynote speaker, and ICF-accredited executive leadership and neurolinguistic programming coach. Throughout his career, Joe has coached hundreds of leaders and teams, helping them strengthen trust, presence, communication, and leadership impact in both personal and professional relationships.

Joe can be reached at:

Website: https://www.tlsolutionsgroup.com

Produced by Cindy Ballaro with On Track Marketing – [email protected]

Welcome to Own Thy Stuff!

This podcast is devoted to awakening the extraordinary within all of us. I’ll have intimate conversations with people who’ve dared to face themselves, rise from challenge, and choose growth over comfort. From trailblazers and healers to everyday heroes rewriting their lives, each guest shares the lessons that shaped them, and the moments that helped them truly own their stuff. My hope is that these stories light your path, expand your courage, leave you a little bit better than I found you, and remind you that transformation begins the moment you decide to show up as the most extraordinary version of yourself.

The host, Joe Machicote, has over 30 years’ experience in human resources, organizational development, and team, culture and leadership development. He has led the culture strategy for multiple organizations in the hospitality, food service, manufacturing and healthcare sectors. A former Chief Human Resources Officer, he refers to his work at multiple organizations as “Cultural Engineering.” He is an expert at fostering a values-driven culture of high-performing individuals and teams with an aligned growth mindset.

Beyond his corporate achievements, Joe is also an accomplished author, engaging keynote speaker, and ICF accredited executive leadership and neurolinguistic programming coach. As a coach and mentor to hundreds of leaders and teams in his career, Machicote has created customized strategies to assist individuals, leaders and teams to improve their leadership capabilities and existential presence in both personal and professional relationships by strengthening their presence, building unshakable trust and loyalty behaviors into their daily interactions to create lasting impact. 

Joe can be reached at: Website: https://www.tlsolutionsgroup.com