Stephanie, a licensed therapist and trauma survivor, shared her personal journey on David's podcast — covering childhood abandonment, her career path into therapy, a kidnapping 11 days after her wedding, and subsequent PTSD recovery. She discussed how her lived experience deepened her clinical work and previewed her forthcoming survival memoir.

A follow-up episode was agreed upon for when the book is published.

Agnes Szabo, a Hungarian entrepreneur and author, shared her life journey on her first-ever podcast appearance. The conversation covered her upbringing under Hungarian socialism, her transition to entrepreneurship at age 35, surviving the 2008–2009 economic crisis, and her upcoming book publications. Agnes emphasized self-trust, resilience, and systemic thinking as her core life principles.

Background: Born and raised in Hungary under socialism; witnessed the political shift to capitalism at age 22

Entrepreneurship: Started first business (apartment construction) at 35; built 100 flats over ~7 years; currently operates private kindergartens and nurseries in Hungary

Major challenge: 2008–2009 economic crisis nearly collapsed her construction business; survived through self-reliance alone

Philosophy: Emphasizes letting go of hardship to protect one's soul, trusting oneself, and thinking in systems

Books: Two books authored — Life Code (publishing October 27) and Life Command (publishing February 26 the following year), both available on Amazon

Future plans: Building a new business called the Nearby System — three European high-tech technology clinics in Florida; projected 4–5 year project

Life Code was written 16 years ago during the economic crisis as a personal coping tool, then rediscovered and published

Life Command was written in November of the prior year, building on 16 years of reflection

A third book, Life Inspiration, is already conceptualized to complement the planned Florida business venture

Agnes distinguishes between believing and hoping — she states she believes in her success, not merely hopes for it

Core message to listeners: trust yourself, find your foundational problem, and know it is never too late

Noush Navazani, MSc, GMBPsS, is a psychology-trained integrative therapist, author, lecturer, doctoral researcher, and Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), based in London.

With more than a decade of experience, Noush helps people understand the emotional patterns that shape their relationships, self-worth, confidence, and overall wellbeing. Her work combines psychological research with a compassionate, integrative therapeutic approach, making complex psychological concepts practical and accessible to everyday life.

She is the author of The Child Behind Your Patterns: Healing Your Inner Child, Breaking Old Cycles, and Building Self-Worth, a book that explores how childhood experiences influence adult behaviour and relationships, while providing practical tools to help readers break recurring emotional cycles and build lasting self-worth.

Alongside her therapeutic work, Noush is actively involved in doctoral research and lecturing in psychology. She is passionate about translating academic knowledge into practical insights that empower people to understand themselves better and create meaningful, lasting change.

Beyond psychology, Noush is also a passionate artist and painter. She believes creativity and self-expression play an important role in emotional healing, personal growth, and resilience. Her unique combination of science, therapy, creativity, and lived experience brings a distinctive perspective to conversations about mental health, identity, relationships, and human behaviour.

Through her clinical work, writing, research, and media appearances, Noush’s mission is to help people understand why they think, feel, and behave the way they do—and to inspire them to create healthier, more fulfilling lives.

David interviewed Teresa Phillips, a motivational speaker, podcast host, and musician who has survived lifelong trauma. Teresa shared her personal journey through loss, abuse, and depression, and explained how these experiences led her to develop the Framework of the Self — a four-step healing process. The conversation also touched on abuse cycles, survivor guilt, and resources for those in dangerous situations.

For more information, you can email Teresa at [email protected]

⁠Lauren shared her personal journey from experiencing youth homelessness at around age 18 to becoming a business owner, homeowner, and single mother. The conversation covered her path from couch-surfing and sleeping outside in Cambridge, MA, to founding Rind and Reason Consulting, which focuses on organizational structure and youth homelessness advocacy. David also briefly shared his own experience with housing instability and sexual assault at 18, creating a mutual exchange of personal stories.

Areas Covered

Personal Background: Youth homelessness experience — couch-surfing, sleeping outside in Harvard Square, connecting with street youth communities.

Advocacy & Career Path: Over 10 years of unpaid and paid advocacy work, speaking at state houses, developing Youth Action Boards.

Business Growth: Expanded from youth homelessness consulting to broader organizational consulting; now working with the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.

Current Challenges: Federal funding uncertainty amid a shifting political climate; most contracts are tied to HUD.

Host's Personal Story: David disclosed being kicked out of home at 18 in England, placed by social services, and sexually assaulted shortly after — leading to PTSD and temporary alcohol use to cope.

Notable Points

Youth homelessness in the U.S. is defined up to age 24, recognizing that legal adults can still lack independent living experience.

Lauren's first night sleeping outside was in a damp, unsanitary basement with a group of street youth in Harvard Square; she immediately made a practical list of what she needed.

Early advocacy work was tokenizing — participants were invited to check a box rather than drive real change.

Youth Action Boards: Lauren developed strategies to connect young people with local governments to influence program and funding decisions.

Lauren noted shelters were more psychologically damaging than sleeping outside due to how staff treated residents.

For more information, visit ⁠www.rindandreason.com⁠

Jim, discoverer and author of Septemics, returned to The Human Journey podcast hosted by David for a follow-up interview approximately four years after their last conversation. The discussion centered on how Septemics has grown globally, with Jim having completed nearly 500 interviews and gaining a worldwide readership.

Core themes included practical applications of the system — from relationship decisions to political predictions — and plans for a future visual/slideshow-based follow-up episode, as the original recording listed below is not visual.

What Is Septemics

A natural law-based system comprising 35 scales of human phenomena, each with 7 levels, totaling 245 distinct levels. [Citation]

Every person occupies a level on every scale; the system is predictive, not subjective.

Represented visually by a 7-pointed, rainbow-spectrum star logo.

Developed over 40 years of one-on-one human development work using Socratic dialogue aided by biofeedback, observing ~8,000–9,000 client sessions.

Key insight: the system reached its current form in 1995, when a sixth-level scale revealed a missing seventh level, thereby making the data mathematically coherent.

Book available at Septemics.com (S-E-P-T-E-M-I-C-S), which includes reader testimonials, press coverage, book excerpts, and a 15-minute prerecorded introduction.

https://youtu.be/9KJhsYUaX6A (Part One)

https://youtu.be/iteYfgrfPGw (Part Two)

Passionate, energetic, knowledgeable, and compassionate are a few words to describe Nicholas Kelly’s approach to life. His story began at three months old when his mother diagnosed him with Cystic Fibrosis. Growing up, Nick strove for normalcy, valuing himself as a person meant to stand out. Nick thrived despite his disease, obtaining a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Bowling Green State University, and becoming a Dietitian. In addition, he is an author, decorated speaker, and

advocate. Nick’s life has focused on using his abilities and knowledge to influence those around him while serving as a positive representative of the educational, artistic, and CF communities.

For more information, visit

www.NicholasKellyRD.com

Sébastien Night is a French entrepreneur, bestselling author, and film producer. He is the co-founder and CEO of OneTake AI, a Singapore-based SaaS startup that uses artificial intelligence to automate professional video editing for entrepreneurs. OneTake AI raised $1M in seed funding in 2024. He is also the founder of the Mouvement des Entrepreneurs Libres, a movement and online education platform that has helped over 300,000 entrepreneurs in 41 countries launch and grow their businesses. A contributing author for Les Echos Entrepreneurs and an IMDb-credited film producer, Sébastien is widely recognized as one of France's leading voices on entrepreneurship, marketing, and video content.

Social Links

Website: https://www.onetake.ai

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

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onetake.ai/

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

Every woman carries a story.

Every story carries a spark.

And when that spark is ignited… everything changes.

Welcome to a space where purpose gets louder, confidence gets bolder, and women rise without apology. This is where transformation begins — with Dr. JaNee’ Mobley.

Dr. JaNee’ is a transformational coach, pharmacist, speaker, and thought leader who turned her own adversity into a blueprint for breakthrough. From overcoming financial hardship and homelessness to becoming a 40 Under 40 honoree, she now empowers women everywhere to shift their mindset, silence self‑doubt, and step boldly into the life they were created for.

Through powerful conversations, real stories, and practical strategies, Dr. JaNee’ helps women turn limiting beliefs into launching pads for purpose, profit, and prosperity.

So take a breath, lean in, and get ready to think differently, lead boldly, and thrive unapologetically.

This is transformation — one episode at a time.

Her social media handles are as follows:

Facebook: @drjanee

Instagram, drjaneemobley TikTok, drjaneemobley & YouTube: ⁨@drjaneemobley⁩

Link to her free gift: https://www.drjanee.net/5mistakes

Link to her book, 40 Days to A Better You: https://www.drjanee.com/40-days

We sit down with Terry Allen Helm — historian, author, genealogist, Cherokee Nation member, and lifelong storyteller — for a powerful conversation that spans Revolutionary War heritage, American commerce, family legacy, and the surprising ways technology and history collide.

This interview is packed with stories that stretch from 1066 England to Roman Caesars, from flat boats on the Arkansas River to data governance in the modern enterprise, and from Patrick Henry’s iconic speech to the dawn of AI.

US Revolutionary War Roots

Terry traces seven family lines who fought in the Continental Army and state militias — including:

Captain Nathaniel Terry, 10th Virginia Regiment, served 8 years

Captain William Gosse, wounded at Brandywine

Benjamin Merrill, executed during the Regulator Movement

Nathaniel Terry Sr., present for Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death.”

These aren’t just names — Terry brings them to life through emotional, first‑person narrative history.

🚢 The Flat Boat Men

We explore Terry’s book Flat Boat Men, chronicling his grandfather and great‑uncle’s five‑month winter journey (1900–1901) down the Spring, Grand, and Arkansas rivers.

You’ll hear about:

How flat boats were built

Their role in early American commerce

Real logbook entries from the trip

Why flat boats still matter today

📚 Terry’s Other Works

A 100‑page Revolutionary War cartoon book for kids

Data Governance Warriors — a medieval‑kingdom metaphor for enterprise data governance

A writing style that blends historical accuracy with cinematic storytelling

👤 Terry’s Background & Heritage

27 years at AT&T, 3 years at Spectrum/Charter

Banking roles at Wells Fargo & Citigroup

Two master’s degrees in Information & Telecommunication Management

BA in History from the University of Texas

Former public school teacher in a district with 50+ spoken languages

Cherokee Nation member with deep Oklahoma roots

Member of Sons of the American Revolution and multiple hereditary societies

Traces lineage to three Roman Caesars and to the Helm family, who came with William the Conqueror

🖋️ Writing Philosophy

Terry’s research draws from:

Family Bibles

Courthouse records

Digitized archives

Volunteer work with the U.S. National Archives

Readers often tell him his stories move them to tears.

All four books were written while working 10‑hour days, often sparked by dreams he’d wake up to write down.

⚙️ Technology, Change & AI

We dive into:

How transportation evolved from horses to steam to flight

Why Roman roads still outperform modern ones

The Battle of New Orleans was fought after peace was declared

How AI mirrors past disruptions like photography and automobiles

Why AI still can’t replace human imagination

🌍 Personal Life & Family

Lives in Orlando, exploring communities before buying

Upgraded his podcast mic setup since our first attempt

Backpacking Europe in 1974

Mediterranean cruise honeymoon in 1995

Son hosts an international Bitcoin podcast

Father lived from horse‑drawn wagons to the moon landing and served in WWII

📦 Books & Availability

All of Terry’s books are available on Amazon and Goodreads in paperback and Kindle.

He recommends physical copies as family heirlooms for the 250th anniversary.

🎙️ Special Note

This episode includes a paid endorsement from Terry Helm to promote his books through The Human Journey.

He sent this after the interview,

"Thanks for watching! You can learn more about my books, Not Sunshine Patriots and The Flatboat Men, here.":

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Terry-Allen-Helm/author/B0GX6J3632?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=13e1768a-98be-4199-a74c-80d4bb5bc623.

If you enjoy deep history, family legacy, and the human stories behind America’s past — this is an episode you won’t forget.