Liz Coleman works with women who look successful and steady from the outside but can't remember the last time they truly relaxed. The ones stuck overthinking every decision, always on, unable to switch off even when nothing is wrong.

She's a certified transformational life coach with a degree in psychology, and she built her approach the hard way. After years of chasing answers across therapy, medicine, and every wellness protocol on the market — each treating one slice in isolation — she built the MindLife Reset™: the whole-person process none of those specialists were doing.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Liz talks about what it means when a woman has it all but still feels empty, why so many successful women can't switch off, and how to start trusting yourself again.

If you've tried everything and you're still asking the same question, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Liz:

Website: https://www.lizcolemanlifecoach.com/

Dave Letterfly Knoderer started on the circus as a teenager. He spent three decades training horses to the Haute École level. He became an award-winning performer on dancing horses. He recovered from alcoholism. He became the most prolific motorhome airbrush mural artist in the RV industry. And now he spends seven months a year pinstriping at Harley-Davidson dealerships east of the Mississippi.

That's one of the most genuinely unusual life trajectories I have come across.

Dave is the author of five books, a sought-after speaker, and someone who has turned craft into a life over and over again.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Dave talks about how creativity started for him, what the circus taught him about life, and how recovery from alcoholism gave him a completely different design for living.

If you're in the dark right now and wondering if there's a way out, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Dave:

Website: DaveLetterfly.com

Free Book: Hit the Road and Thrive (free download)

Roy Osing took a startup to a billion dollars in annual sales. Not a company he joined after it was already winning. A startup he helped build from its early stages to a billion.

He's a former president and CMO with over 40 years of executive leadership experience. He's the author of the no-nonsense book series BE DiFFERENT or be dead, with The Audacious Unheard-of Ways I Took a Startup to A BILLION IN SALES as his seventh.

He describes himself as in the trenches, not in the textbooks. Practical moves, not theoretical prescriptions. Creator, not copier.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Roy talks about the audacious moves that got him to a billion, the most common mistakes companies make when trying to stand out, and what it really takes to build something genuinely different.

If you're trying to build something different in a market full of copycats, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Roy:

Website: BeDifferentOrBeDead.com

Books: The BE DIFFERENT or be dead series

Hogan Shrum loves what AI can make possible. And he really hates the way a lot of the industry has decided to get there.

The pressure on agencies, brands, content studios, and creators to make more work, in more formats, faster than ever has become completely feral. AI can help with that. But it shouldn't require artists, photographers, directors, and illustrators to get scraped, copied, ignored, and then politely informed that this is just progress.

So Hogan built PIPPA — the world's first ethical AI content production platform that lets anyone create studio-quality content while ensuring artists are paid for every image and second of video they generate.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Hogan talks about why he started building PIPPA, what ethical AI content creation looks like in practice, and how artists can see AI as revenue instead of only a threat.

If you're excited about AI but uncomfortable with how much of the industry has treated artists, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Hogan:

Website: GoPippa.ai (free trial available)

Todd Krause spent two decades in institutional finance — building a $2B fund administration firm from scratch and helping launch a $14B Bank of America business unit — before buying a struggling cleaning company in 2020.

Days before the COVID-19 shutdown.

Everyone expected it to fail. Instead, he grew it from $1.6M to $4M in revenue in two years. Not by cutting costs. By treating his team with dignity. He built an award-winning workplace and proved that investing in people isn't the soft choice — it's the mechanism that produces sustainable profit.

Today, Todd is the founder of Silversun Consulting, a CPA, MBA, TEDx speaker, and author who helps home-service business owners fix the operational friction and burned-out cultures keeping them stuck.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Todd talks about what it actually looks like to bet on culture when the business world is panicking about survival, the biggest profit leaks he sees in small businesses, and why so many owners become the bottleneck in their own company.

If you're trying to scale without burning yourself or your team out, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Todd:

Website: https://silversunconsulting.com/

Steve Gamlin blew up his life at 35. Radio career. First marriage. Financial stability. All of it. He found himself standing in a thunderstorm, hitting a $3 bucket of golf balls, daring the lightning to hit him.

It didn't. And two questions from a coach started him on a path to rebuilding — better than before.

Since then, he's found the love of his life, published four books, spent seven years doing stand-up comedy, co-founded a 501c3, appeared on more than 300 podcasts, and won award-winning speaking competitions.

Then, in December 2024, he lost his wife Tina. The love of his life. And he's still showing up — still teaching, still helping others through their own pain and loss.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Steve talks about what it felt like to have everything blown up at 35, how he rebuilt, and how he's carrying the loss of Tina while still helping others.

If you're in the middle of your own rebuild, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Steve:

Website: SteveGamlinSpeaker.com

Program: Vision Board Mastery

Bradley Aman spent decades building companies from the ground up. He became a millionaire by 40 and eventually sold his primary business after growing it into a national leader in its industry. That's a real exit built on real years of grinding.

Now he's focused on a new challenge: helping everyday Americans succeed in an AI-driven world. His latest book, American Dream: Success in an AI World, shows readers how to use artificial intelligence as a practical tool to increase productivity, create opportunity, and stay competitive.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Brad talks about what his decades of building taught him about AI, the areas of the workforce most vulnerable to disruption, and why the American Dream is still alive for those willing to learn and adapt.

If you're wondering what AI means for your future, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Brad:

Website: https://youramericadream.com/

Tony Tenaglier says most people are winning at work but losing themselves. They're climbing ladders that don't lead anywhere meaningful, grinding through burnout they've been told is just part of the deal.

Tony is an aerospace Quality Manager, a PhD researcher in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, author, and host of two podcasts — Work Sucks, But I Like It and Yoga is a Practice, Not a Performance. He's spent years inside high-pressure systems where burnout is normalized and "just deal with it" is the culture.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Tony talks about why so many successful people feel like they're winning at work but losing themselves, why we're afraid to slow down, and what actually needs to change structurally, not just mentally, to stay in the game without breaking.

If you're grinding right now and telling yourself it's temporary, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Tony:

Book: InARushToGoNowhere.com

Podcasts: Work Sucks, But I Like It | Yoga is a Practice, Not a Performance

Ed Franklin has spent more than 33 years in the sports information industry. He holds an MBA in Finance. He's established one of the most successful and consistent records in the business — a 96.4% client retention and renewal rate and more than 30 consecutive years of long-term profits.

His approach is rooted in sound financial principles, statistical analysis, disciplined bankroll management, and relentless research. He doesn't chase one great season. He's built decades of consistency.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Ed talks about what most people misunderstand about successful sports investing, why consistency is so much harder than it looks, and what it means to trust the process over decades.

If you're tired of hype and looking for a professional who's stood the test of time, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Ed:

Website: Winible.com/probetstoday

Victoria Noethling spent 40 years in corporate America, including 17 as a project manager on large-scale programs at a Fortune 500 company. Then she retired in 2018. And instead of slowing down, she launched a podcast, co-authored six books, built coaching programs, and devoted the last decade to a youth leadership program helping kids 8 to 17 find their voice.

That's not retirement. That's a second career built entirely on her own terms.

In this episode of The Honest Mic, Vicki talks about what surprised her most about entrepreneurship after decades inside large organizations, how to connect with audiences on virtual platforms, and what she'd tell someone approaching the end of a long career who still has something left to contribute.

If you're wondering what's next, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Vicki:

Website: https://findyourleadershipconfidence.com.