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What happens when your story becomes bigger than you?

In this powerful conversation with Molly Gomez, we talk about faith, purpose, storytelling, leadership, and what it looks like to steward the experiences God has entrusted to you.

Molly is a former television news anchor and ESPN sideline reporter turned Signature Story Strategist, international speaker, and founder of Signature Story Co. She created The Seven Story System, a framework designed to help leaders turn their lived experiences, expertise, and stories into meaningful communication assets that build trust, authority, and connection.

But this conversation goes far beyond business and branding.

We explore what it means to recognize the story God is writing through your life, how our experiences can become part of our calling, and why the right story can create connection, clarity, and impact.

Molly and I talk about:

✨ Finding the courage to tell the stories that shaped you ✨ Turning your lived experience into a message that serves others ✨ The connection between story, purpose, influence, and leadership ✨ Why clarity matters when communicating what you carry ✨ Faith, obedience, and stewarding your influence ✨ How your story can become a bridge for someone else's breakthrough ✨ Moving from simply having a story to intentionally stewarding it

If you've ever wondered whether your story matters, how your experiences fit into your purpose, or what God might be asking you to do with the influence you've been given, this conversation is for you.

Your story isn't just about what happened to you. It's about what can happen through you.

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In this episode of Qualified For More, I sit down with Sims Tillirson, founder of Tillirson Consulting Group, for a powerful conversation about mental health, leadership, and building a business rooted in purpose.

Sims shares his personal journey, the experiences that shaped him, and how navigating his own mental health challenges has influenced the way he leads, serves others, and shows up in both life and business. Together, we explore the connection between healing and leadership, the courage it takes to be honest about our struggles, and why success is about more than achievements alone.

This conversation is a reminder that our stories matter—even the parts we'd rather hide. Sims offers a refreshing perspective on what it means to lead authentically, protect your wellbeing, and create meaningful impact without losing yourself in the process.

If you've ever wrestled with your identity, faced challenges behind the scenes, or wondered how to pursue your purpose while caring for your mental health, this episode is for you.

Because sometimes the very things that shaped us become the foundation for how we serve others.

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What happens when grief enters your life before you're old enough to understand it?

In this powerful episode of the Qualified for More Podcast, Rhonda sits down with Luke Alfano, founder of Too Young to Grieve, to discuss the unique challenges young people face when navigating loss. Together, they explore how grief impacts emotional development, identity, relationships, and the way we move through the world.

Drawing from both personal experience and a passion for helping others, Luke shares the story behind creating Too Young to Grieve and why supporting grieving youth is more important than ever. This conversation offers hope, practical insight, and a reminder that healing is possible, even when loss arrives far too soon.

Whether you're grieving yourself, supporting a young person through loss, or simply seeking to better understand the impact of grief, this episode will leave you encouraged and inspired.

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In this episode, you'll learn: • How grief affects young people differently than adults • The neuroscience behind early loss and emotional development • Ways parents, caregivers, and communities can better support grieving youth • How purpose can emerge from pain • What it truly means to be "Qualified for More"

🎧 Listen, share, and remember: your grief may be part of your story, but it does not define your future.

Today's conversation is one I'm deeply honored to share. I'm joined by Christine Sintay, author of Drop the Potato, and a powerful example of what it looks like to let go of what weighs you down and step forward with clarity and courage.

Christine's journey includes walking through cancer a season that reshaped not only her health, but also her identity, priorities, and the way she leads and lives. Through this experience, she discovered the power of releasing what was never meant to be carried and choosing presence, purpose, and intentionality instead.

This episode is for anyone feeling exhausted from holding it all together, weighed down by expectations, fear, or old narratives that no longer serve them. Christine reminds us that sometimes growth doesn't come from adding more—but from putting something down.

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In this episode of Qualified For More, I sit down with Mindset and Emotional Wellbeing Coach Joel Rickard for a powerful conversation on what it really means to own your value and find your voice. Joel Rickard is a mindset coach for entrepreneurs who are tired of getting in their own way. He helps founders shift both conscious and subconscious patterns so they can stop self-sabotaging, build momentum, and actually enjoy the business they've worked so hard to create. His work centers on one truth: when you transform internally, everything externally begins to change.

We talk about the internal blocks that keep so many people stuck fear, self-doubt, and emotional patterns and why mindset alone isn't enough without tending to your emotional wellbeing. Joel shares how learning to feel safe being seen is often the first step toward growth, visibility, and alignment.

If you've ever questioned whether you're "qualified" to step into more, this episode will remind you that it's not about having it all figured out it's about courage, self-trust, and honoring what you already carry.

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They change how your brain works, how you breathe, how you show up in the world.

In this deeply personal and powerful episode of Qualified for More, we're having a conversation most workplaces avoid, but every single one will face: grief.

I'm opening my heart and sharing a part of my story, what it was like when I lost my daughter to a heart condition, and how that grief impacted every part of my life, including how I showed up at work. This isn't just a loss story, it's about what happens when grief collides with expectations, performance, and leadership.

Grief is not just emotional, it's neurological. It changes how we think, focus, respond, and function. Yet so many leaders are unequipped to recognize it, let alone support their teams through it.

In this episode, we'll talk about:

• Why grief is more than death and how it shows up in everyday workplace experiences

• What's actually happening in the brain when someone is grieving

• The silent leadership gap that leaves employees feeling unsupported

• Practical, compassionate ways leaders can support their teams without lowering standards

This conversation is for leaders who want to lead with both strength and humanity and for anyone who has ever been told to "leave it at the door" when their world was falling apart.

Because the truth is: you don't "get over" grief. You learn to carry it.

And workplaces that understand that don't just retain employees, they build trust, loyalty, and cultures where people can truly thrive.

If you've ever experienced loss or led someone who has had this episode, it will stay with you.

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In this episode of Qualified for More, I'm joined by Lisa Myers -strengths-based leadership coach, Gallup CliftonStrengths practitioner, and co-founder of Strengths & Story Collective.

Lisa helps leaders and teams understand how they're uniquely wired so they can lead with clarity, confidence, and sustainable impact. With a background in sales leadership and organizational development, she integrates strengths development with deeper emotional health work, because success without wholeness isn't really success.

Together, we talk about alignment, healing, and what it really looks like to lead from who you truly are, not just what you produce.

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Welcome back to Qualified for More, the podcast where we talk about leadership, purpose, and what it really looks like to lead well without losing yourself in the process.

In this powerful episode, Hillarie Kay takes the mic for a deeply honest conversation about sustainable leadership, self-awareness, and redefining success.

Hillarie is a business leader and Enneagram expert known for bringing a refreshingly human lens to growth and leadership. Her work equips leaders to increase self-awareness, navigate burnout, and lead from a place of wholeness not just performance. She challenges the idea that success requires self-sacrifice and instead invites leaders into alignment, clarity, and sustainable impact.

Beyond her professional expertise, Hillarie's experience as a parent of a child with special needs has profoundly shaped how she leads, sets boundaries, and measures what truly matters. In this episode, she shares how the Enneagram becomes more than a personality tool , it becomes a framework for compassion, limits, resilience, and grace when life and leadership feel heavy.

This conversation is for the thoughtful leaders, called, and maybe a little tired,but still committed to leading well.

If you've ever wondered how to pursue purpose without burning out, this episode is for you.

You don't have to lose yourself to lead well. You are still qualified for more.

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What happens when the life you planned no longer fits the person you're becoming?

In this episode of Qualified For More, I'm joined by Nina Brothers, founder of True You Social, for an honest conversation about expectations, rejection, and the courage it takes to rebuild, personally and professionally.

Nina shares her journey as a business owner shaped by pressure, divorce, and doors that closed without explanation. We talk about the weight of other people's expectations, the grief that comes with seasons you didn't choose, and how rejection, when we let it, can become redirection instead of defeat.

This episode is for anyone who's ever felt disqualified by a hard season, confused by a closed door, or quietly wondering if they missed their moment. Nina brings wisdom, self-trust, and a grounded reminder that becoming "true to you" is often born out of discomfort, not clarity.

Because sometimes the breakdown isn't the end of the story. It's the beginning of alignment.

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What if the problem isn't your goals, but the way you've been taught to chase them?

In this episode, I share how 2025 quietly, yet radically, changed the way I think about goal-setting. I'm still a goal person, but I've learned that goals without hope turn into pressure, and pressure eventually leads to burnout.

We discuss why identity matters more than outcomes, how hope fuels consistency, and why micro-wins might be the most underrated strategy for achieving sustainable growth. This isn't about quitting goals, it's about setting them from a place of wholeness instead of hustle.

If you've ever felt stuck, discouraged, or tired of starting over, this conversation will help you reframe what success actually looks like and how to move forward with hope instead of exhaustion.

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