Andrew Giancola believes money should create more than a growing account balance. It should create options, protect your time, and allow you to stay present for the people and priorities that matter most. As the founder of Master Money and host of The Personal Finance Podcast, Andrew has built a financial education platform that reaches more than 450,000 monthly downloads while creating the freedom to remain fully engaged as a husband and father.

Andrew breaks down the financial foundation that supports long term wealth, including his 1-3-6 method for emergency savings, eliminating high interest debt, investing early, and working toward a 20 percent savings rate. He explains why income is the most powerful financial lever, how to negotiate a higher salary over a six month period, and why increasing your savings rate by just one percentage point at a time can significantly change your financial future.

Real estate investing does not always require starting with a large amount of personal cash. Andrew shares how he entered the market as a sweat equity partner, gradually earned greater ownership through performance and trust, and used local investor meetups to build relationships and uncover opportunities. He also explores Barista FIRE, business acquisitions, strategic career moves, lifestyle and location decisions, and the million dollar money decisions that can determine whether wealth grows or quietly slips away.

Episode Highlights Balancing family and wealth building Time blocking and weekly planning Investing in real estate with little money The importance of mindset and psychology in finance Strategies for early retirement and passive income The 1-3-6 method for emergency funds Negotiating salary increases effectively The impact of location on wealth building Overcoming analysis paralysis in investing Community and networking in real estate

Books Mentioned Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell Building Wealth One House at a Time by John W. Schaub The Latte Factor by David Bach

Resources Mentioned Master Money Free Resources access retirement calculators, compound interest calculators, the 1 3 6 emergency fund guide, the Savings Rate Chart, and additional financial guides https://mastermoney.co/resources

Master Money Academy Free Trial https://joinmastermoneyacademy.com/free-trial

About Andrew Giancola Andrew Giancola is the founder and host of The Personal Finance Podcast, which reaches more than 450,000 monthly downloads and has become one of the country's leading personal finance shows. He has built a comprehensive financial education platform that has helped hundreds of thousands of people take control of their money and begin building lasting wealth. Andrew's experience includes working as a financial analyst, building a successful real estate portfolio, investing in businesses, and building and selling several companies. He is also the founder of Master Money Academy, a financial education community built around proven and systematic approaches to wealth creation.His mission is to help create one million millionaires by showing people exactly what they can do next, regardless of their age, income, debt, or starting point. Andrew also hosts The Business Show, a daily program designed to make business and economic news accessible and actionable.

Connect With Andrew Giancola TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mastermoneyco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mastermoneyco/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@mastermoneyco YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mastermoneyco

About Bridget Ann Stuart Bridget Ann Stuart is a REALTOR®, Executive Strategic Performance Coach, and host of The Inner Estate. Since beginning her real estate career in 1998, Bridget has worked across luxury real estate, business growth, leadership, performance, and personal development. Through Strategic Performance Coaching, Bridget helps entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, executives, and business owners create greater clarity, strengthen their performance, and build businesses and lives that reflect what matters most to them.

CONNECT WITH BRIDGET Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBridgetStuart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealBridgetStuart\

Interested in Being a Guest on The Inner Estate Schedule a pre-podcast call with Bridget Ann Stuart https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

Disclaimer The information shared is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It should not be considered financial, investment, tax, accounting, or legal advice. Financial decisions involve individual circumstances and risk. Consult qualified professionals before making significant financial, investment, real estate, tax, or business decisions.

One cold call can change the direction of an entire career. Eighteen years ago, Matt Ober picked up the phone and called Howard Lindzon, the founder of Stocktwits. That professional introduction eventually became a friendship, an investing relationship, and a long-term partnership. Today, Matt and Howard help lead Social Leverage, an early stage venture capital firm known for investing in fintech, financial technology, vertical software, artificial intelligence, and promising startup founders.

Matt joins Bridget Ann Stuart to share how relationships, curiosity, persistence, and a willingness to hear no helped shape his career in financial markets, hedge funds, data strategy, venture capital, and seed stage investing.

Their discussion explores confirmation bias and the way our brains naturally search for information that supports what we already believe. Matt explains why founders, entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders need people around them who will challenge their thinking, question their assumptions, and help them make stronger decisions.

For young professionals building careers in finance, investing, startups, technology, or artificial intelligence, Matt's advice is clear. Learn the tools, become faster and more capable, attend events, build genuine relationships, ask for opportunities, and do not allow rejection to stop you.

Episode Highlights • The cold call that changed Matt Ober's career • Building Social Leverage with Howard Lindzon • How confirmation bias affects major decisions • Why strong ideas need honest challenges • What seed investors look for in founders • Lessons from investing early in Robinhood • Using AI to improve speed and productivity • Why relationships still create the biggest opportunities

About Matt Ober Matt Ober is a Managing Partner at Social Leverage, an early stage venture capital firm investing in financial technology, financial services, vertical software, vertical SaaS, artificial intelligence, and data-driven companies. Before joining Social Leverage, Matt served as Chief Data Scientist at Third Point, where he worked across data science, analytics, technology, risk, equity investing, credit investing, venture capital, and cryptocurrency. Matt previously led data strategy at WorldQuant and was involved in the development of WorldQuant Ventures. He began his career at Bloomberg, where he gained experience with financial markets, investment technology, financial data, and the Bloomberg Terminal. At Social Leverage, Matt works alongside Howard Lindzon, Tom Peterson, and Gary Benitt. The firm has invested in companies including Robinhood, eToro, Kustomer, Manscaped, Stocktwits, and beehiiv. Matt also writes about investing, technology, data, artificial intelligence, financial markets, startups, venture capital, and entrepreneurship through his newsletter at his website.

Connect with Matt: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obermattj X: https://x.com/obermattj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialleveragellc

ABOUT BRIDGET ANN STUART Bridget Ann Stuart is the host of The Inner Estate Podcast, a Realtor since 1998, and the CEO and Head Coach of Strategic Performance Coaching. Her work sits at the intersection of mindset, execution, leadership, business growth, and personal growth. Bridget brings real conversations to the table with entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, leaders, creators, coaches, authors, and high performers who are willing to talk about the inner work behind external results. Her mission is to help people think more deeply, act more intentionally, and build success that is aligned, sustainable, and real.

CONNECT WITH BRIDGET Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBridgetStuart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealBridgetStuart\

Interested in Being a Guest on The Inner Estate Schedule a pre-podcast call with Bridget Ann Stuart https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

As a performance scientist, athletic trainer, strength coach, professor, author, coach, podcast host, and first generation college student working on his sixth degree, Toby has studied high achievers across sports, business, leadership, the arts, and personal growth. Through his work with athletes and entrepreneurs, he began noticing a pattern. Some people recover from injury, failure, burnout, rejection, career setbacks, and life disruption with more clarity and strength. Others never fully return to who they were or who they could become.

Dr. Toby Brooks joins The Inner Estate for a powerful look at the science of the comeback, comeback failure, high performance, growth mindset, cognitive dissonance, and the hidden patterns that determine whether someone rebuilds after failure or stays stuck in the wreckage. Bridget and Toby talk about what he calls a purpose storm, the moment when life goes haywire and the person you said you wanted to become no longer matches where you are. They explore why setbacks in business, sales, leadership, relationships, athletics, and personal life can create a what now moment, and how that moment can become the beginning of a true comeback.

Toby shares why the comeback is not just about grit, discipline, or pushing harder. Real recovery requires awareness, alignment, rest, recovery, self reflection, better habits, and the ability to focus on what you can control. The discussion also covers growth mindset, fixed mindset, resilience, negative self talk, self sabotage, high achiever pressure, overtraining, burnout, complacency, contentment, and why always chasing the next win can rob people of joy.

For anyone facing failure, burnout, business disappointment, career uncertainty, personal reinvention, or a season of rebuilding, this podcast offers a grounded reminder that falling apart does not have to be the end. Sometimes the storm that shakes everything loose can also become the storm that forms something stronger.

Episode Highlights: * Science behind successful comebacks * Why some people fail to recover after setbacks * Understanding the "purpose storm" moment * Turning failure into a comeback opportunity * Importance of mindset: growth vs fixed * Role of cognitive dissonance in change * Beyond grit: need for rest, recovery, alignment * Managing burnout, pressure, and overtraining * Overcoming self-sabotage and negative self-talk * Focusing on controllables for real progress

ABOUT GUEST Dr. Toby Brooks is a nationally recognized performance scientist, educator, and coach who studies how people perform, recover, and transform after adversity. He holds a PhD and multiple advanced degrees in fields related to human performance and education, is a certified athletic trainer (ATC) and certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS), and serves as a university professor and researcher. With a background in athletic training, strength and conditioning, and higher education, he has worked with athletes, executives, and high performers across disciplines, while also pursuing his sixth degree as a first-generation college student. He is the creator of the Science of the Comeback framework, which explores why some individuals rebuild stronger after setbacks, and through his teaching, speaking, writing, and podcasting, he helps people navigate burnout, identity shifts, and major life transitions with clarity, resilience, and purpose.

Connect with Dr. Toby Brooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtobybrooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drtobybrooks/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@undonepodcast

About Bridget Ann Stuart Bridget Ann Stuart is the host of The Inner Estate Podcast, a Realtor since 1998, and the CEO and Head Coach of Strategic Performance Coaching. Her work sits at the intersection of mindset, execution, leadership, business growth, and personal growth. Bridget brings real conversations to the table with entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, leaders, creators, coaches, authors, and high performers who are willing to talk about the inner work behind external results. Her mission is to help people think more deeply, act more intentionally, and build success that is aligned, sustainable, and real.

Connect With Bridget Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBridgetStuart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealBridgetStuart

Interested in Being a Guest? Have a story, strategy, or perspective that can help entrepreneurs, leaders, and real estate professionals grow from the inside out? Schedule a podcast recording: https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

Resilience can keep you standing when life goes sideways, but adaptability determines how you grow from it. In this episode of The Inner Estate Podcast, Anne Grady joins Bridget Ann Stuart to explore resilience, adaptability, emotional regulation, burnout, and intentional living. Anne shares how raising her son through severe mental illness and navigating her own health crisis reshaped her understanding of what it truly means to be strong.

Anne's journey reveals that surviving is not the same as evolving. From a life defined by achievement and constant productivity to one rooted in alignment and presence, she explains how a simple, uncomfortable camping trip sparked a deeper transformation. Together, Bridget and Anne discuss why high achievers struggle to rest, how emotional regulation impacts leadership and decision-making, and why managing attention is more powerful than managing time.

For entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, coaches, CEOs, founders, leaders, caregivers, parents, high achievers, and anyone experiencing burnout or uncertainty, Anne brings a powerful reminder. You do not have to completely rebuild your life overnight to begin living differently. The question is not whether you are resilient. The question is whether you are willing to grow forward.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS • Why resilience is no longer enough • How Anne navigated raising a son with severe mental illness and autism • What Anne learned after a tumor caused facial paralysis • Why a reluctant camping trip changed the direction of her life • How personal labels can become cages • How digital overload affects attention and stress • How to practice gratitude without denying hardship • The power of asking what is right right now • How small habits create meaningful personal growth • How to regulate the nervous system through breathing • Why high achievers struggle to separate identity from work • How to define success beyond money, titles, and recognition • How to stop postponing joy until retirement • Why learning something new can reshape the brain • How to treat life like an experiment

BOOKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED EvolvAbility: Growing Forward When Life Goes Sideways by Anne Grady The 5 Second Rule and the 5 4 3 2 1 method by Mel Robbins Visit EvolvAbility.com to access Anne's Adaptability Index and learn more about strengthening resilience, adaptability, and emotional regulation.

ABOUT ANNE GRADY Anne Grady is an author, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and expert in resilience, adaptability, emotional intelligence, leadership, and organizational communication. For more than 25 years, Anne has worked with executives, leadership teams, companies, and organizations to help people navigate change, manage stress, strengthen communication, and perform more effectively during uncertainty. Her newest book, EvolvAbility: Growing Forward When Life Goes Sideways, combines neuroscience, psychology, personal experience, and practical strategies for strengthening adaptability. Her work is deeply informed by raising a son with severe mental illness, autism, learning disabilities, and developmental delays, recovering from a serious health crisis, and redefining success in her own life.

CONNECT WITH ANNE GRADY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnneGradyGroup/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annegradygroup/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AnneGradyGroup

ABOUT BRIDGET ANN STUART Bridget Ann Stuart is the host of The Inner Estate Podcast, a Realtor since 1998, and the CEO and Head Coach of Strategic Performance Coaching. Her work sits at the intersection of mindset, execution, leadership, business growth, and personal growth. Bridget brings real conversations to the table with entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, leaders, creators, coaches, authors, and high performers who are willing to talk about the inner work behind external results. Her mission is to help people think more deeply, act more intentionally, and build success that is aligned, sustainable, and real.

CONNECT WITH BRIDGET Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBridgetStuart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealBridgetStuart\

INTERESTED IN BEING A GUEST? Have a story, strategy, or perspective that can help entrepreneurs, leaders, and real estate professionals grow from the inside out? Schedule a podcast recording with Bridget Ann Stuart here. https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

A business cannot fully thrive in a community that is struggling, and a community cannot thrive without businesses willing to invest in its people. Rodney Bullard joins Bridget to explore community investment, corporate social responsibility, economic mobility, workforce development, and the role businesses play in creating opportunity. They discuss why companies must move beyond surface-level engagement and instead build real relationships that support education, employment, entrepreneurship, and long-term community growth.

Rodney Bullard is the CEO of The Same House, a public benefit corporation focused on advancing economic mobility by connecting corporations, nonprofits, and local communities. He previously founded the Chick-fil-A Foundation and led the company's corporate social responsibility efforts, and his career includes service as a United States Air Force JAG officer, Assistant United States Attorney, legislative counsel at the Pentagon, and White House Fellow. Through initiatives like the Beloved Benefit, Rodney and his team have raised more than $69 million to support organizations serving Atlanta communities.

If you are CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, corporate leaders, nonprofit leaders, and anyone committed to creating meaningful impact where they live and work. Rodney shares practical insight on how to lead with purpose, invest in people, and recognize that real change starts with everyday actions. His message is clear: when communities thrive, businesses thrive—and each of us has a role to play.

Episode Highlights • How the Beloved Benefit raised more than $69 million • Why John Lewis inspired the name The Same House • How strong communities support successful businesses • Why community investment is a form of leadership • How businesses can create economic mobility • Why companies should treat communities as stakeholders • Why listening should come before designing community solutions • Why online awareness cannot replace real involvement • How to make a difference within the three feet around you • Why ordinary people already possess the traits of a hero

Books and Resources Mentioned Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out By Rodney D. Bullard The Same House Community Circle The Beloved Benefit Hands On Atlanta Dr. Gregory C. Ellison II Podcast About Rodney Bullard

Rodney Bullard is the CEO of The Same House, a public benefit corporation advancing economic mobility through business engagement, community partnerships, education, employment, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and neighborhood investment. Before launching The Same House, Rodney founded the Chick-fil-A Foundation and led Chick-fil-A's corporate social responsibility work. His leadership began with place-based investment on Atlanta's Westside and expanded into community initiatives across the company. Rodney's public service career includes serving as a United States Air Force JAG officer, Assistant United States Attorney, legislative counsel at the Pentagon, and White House Fellow assigned to NASA. He is the author of Heroes Wanted, Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out, which challenges people to recognize their ability to serve, lead, create opportunity, and make a meaningful difference for others.

Connect With Rodney Bullard LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneybullardatl/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorRodneyBullard/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodney.bullard/?hl=en

About Bridget Ann Stuart Bridget Ann Stuart is the host of The Inner Estate Podcast, a Realtor since 1998, and the CEO and Head Coach of Strategic Performance Coaching. Her work sits at the intersection of mindset, execution, leadership, business growth, and personal growth. Bridget brings real conversations to the table with entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, leaders, creators, coaches, authors, and high performers who are willing to talk about the inner work behind external results. Her mission is to help people think more deeply, act more intentionally, and build success that is aligned, sustainable, and real.

Connect With Bridget Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBridgetStuart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealBridgetStuart

Interested in Being a Guest? Have a story, strategy, or perspective that can help entrepreneurs, leaders, and real estate professionals grow from the inside out? Schedule a podcast recording with Bridget Ann Stuart here: https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

What happens when the career you believed would define your life ends in a single day? John J. "Jay" Wiley was serving as a Baltimore Police Sergeant when line of duty injuries forced him into medical retirement. The loss affected his health, income, identity, and sense of direction. Today, Jay is the host of the nationally syndicated Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast. His work reaches 148 affiliate AM and FM radio stations across the United States, broadcasting to markets with a combined population of approximately 48 million.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS How line of duty injuries ended Jay's police career The identity loss that can follow forced retirement Why Jay moved into sales after leaving law enforcement The communication and listening skills police officers bring into business Beginning a radio broadcasting career at age 44 Building confidence behind a microphone Launching the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast in 2017 Turning a podcast into a nationally syndicated radio program Why career reinvention is possible at any age Learning social media and technology later in life The difference between consistent work and chasing viral success Creating content that continues reaching people for years Why hiring the right person can shorten the learning curve The importance of knowing your role when speaking or performing Making the work about the people you serve Jay's Excellence in Media Award The shared love of music, radio, and vinyl between Jay and Bridget Why everybody has a story worth telling

ABOUT GUEST John J. "Jay" Wiley is a retired Baltimore Police Sergeant, nationally syndicated radio host, podcaster, interviewer, and media professional. After line of duty injuries forced him into medical retirement, Jay rebuilt his career through sales and radio broadcasting. He has worked in radio for more than 20 years and launched the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast in 2017. The program features law enforcement stories, true crime, trauma recovery, first responder experiences, crime survivor interviews, and accounts of resilience after violence, loss, and life changing events. Jay was honored with an Excellence in Media Award from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Website: https://www.LetRadio.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawEnforcementTalkRadioShow America Supports Law Enforcement: https://www.facebook.com/AMERICASUPPORTSLAWENFORCEMENT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjwiley/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letradioshowpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LawEnforcementTalkRadioShowand Podcast Network: https://bleav.com/shows/law-enforcement-talk-true-crime-and-trauma-stories/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/letradio/ Medium: https://medium.com/@letradioshow Blog: https://lawenforcementtalkradio.blogspot.com/ X: https://x.com/letradioshowpo1 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lawenforcementtalk.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@LawEnforcementTalkRadioShow Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@LETRadioShow IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34788101/

ABOUT BRIDGET ANN STUART Bridget Ann Stuart is a REALTOR®, Executive Strategic Performance Coach, and host of The Inner Estate. With nearly three decades of experience in real estate, sales, leadership, and coaching, Bridget helps professionals strengthen their performance, build consistency, and create meaningful results in their businesses and lives. The Inner Estate features honest stories about identity, resilience, leadership, personal growth, career reinvention, and the experiences that shape who we become. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealbridgetstuart Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@therealbridgetstuart Have a meaningful story, valuable experience, or message that belongs on The Inner Estate? Schedule a guest conversation here: https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

DISCLAIMER: This program includes personal discussion of line of duty injuries, trauma, career loss, mental health struggles, and suicidal thoughts. Viewer and listener discretion is advised. The experiences and opinions shared are personal and are provided for informational purposes only. Nothing shared should be considered medical, legal, financial, or mental health advice. Anyone experiencing a mental health emergency should seek immediate support from qualified local professionals or emergency services.

Daniel Rudyak had built a successful career in investment banking and private equity when a terrifying medical emergency changed how he viewed the American healthcare system.

After his fiancée was sent home despite knowing something was seriously wrong, she continued advocating for herself and finally received the scan that revealed a ruptured appendix, sepsis, and the need for emergency surgery. Combined with the loss of his father following years of multiple sclerosis and cancer, Daniel could no longer ignore the limitations of a healthcare model that often responds only after someone becomes seriously ill.

That realization eventually led Daniel to leave finance and become the cofounder and CEO of ReadyRx, a proactive healthcare and longevity platform created to help people better understand their health, explore personalized medical support, and take action earlier.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• The medical emergency that changed Daniel's view of healthcare • How his father's illness shaped his mission • Why Daniel left finance to build ReadyRx • Reactive vs. proactive healthcare • Healthspan vs. lifespan • What ReadyRx offers and how it supports personalized care • Daniel's experience with GLP 1 medication and weight loss • The role of metabolic health, lifestyle habits, and longevity • Key conversations around hormone health and aging • Why accessible, proactive healthcare matters

ABOUT DANIEL RUDYAK Daniel Rudyak is the cofounder and CEO of ReadyRx, a telehealth and proactive healthcare platform focused on longevity, healthy aging, metabolic health, hormone health, personalized care, and preventive medicine. Before building ReadyRx, Daniel worked in investment banking and private equity. His decision to enter healthcare was shaped by his father's health journey, his fiancée's medical emergency, and his own experience seeking more effective and accessible longevity support. ReadyRx listener offer: DM me on Instagram with the word "DanielRudyakCode" to receive the discount code.

Connect with Daniel and ReadyRx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getreadyrx/

ABOUT BRIDGET ANN STUART Bridget Ann Stuart is a REALTOR®, Executive Strategic Performance Coach, and host of The Inner Estate. With nearly three decades of experience in real estate, business development, leadership, and coaching, Bridget explores the internal decisions, beliefs, relationships, and defining moments that shape a person's life and work.

Connect with Bridget Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@therealbridgetstuart Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealbridgetstuart Have a powerful story, meaningful expertise, or a perspective that could serve The Inner Estate audience? Apply to be considered as a guest: https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

DISCLAIMER: The information shared is intended for general educational and informational purposes only. Daniel Rudyak is speaking from his personal experience and business perspective and is not providing individualized medical advice. Nothing shared should be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always speak with a licensed healthcare professional before beginning, changing, or discontinuing any medication, supplement, treatment, diet, or healthcare program. Individual experiences and results may vary.

Creativity can appear through writing, music, leadership, entrepreneurship, parenting, business building, and the way someone responds to life. Marisa explains why genius is less about fitting into an established category and more about becoming fully yourself.

Award-winning author, singer-songwriter, teacher, and creative coach Marisa Handler joins Bridget Ann Stuart for a conversation about creativity, reinvention, and what happens when success no longer responds to effort alone. Drawing from her own transformative experiences and her work helping others access their creative genius, Marisa explores why high achievers often hit a wall, how creativity thrives through receiving rather than forcing, and why becoming more fully yourself is often the key to your next chapter.

Together, they discuss creative blocks, personal transformation, authentic self-expression, and the growing value of distinctly human creativity in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Episode Highlights • Why hitting a wall may be the beginning of a new creative chapter • The difference between pushing for results and learning to receive • How old identities can limit growth and creativity • Why creativity requires space, attention, and nervous system safety • The role of vulnerability in authentic storytelling and connection • How artificial intelligence may increase demand for genuine human voices • Why community matters during periods of reinvention and change • How a dark night of the soul can become a source of purpose and meaningful work

Books and Creative Work Mentioned Loyal to the Sky by Marisa Handler We Are Rising written and recorded by Marisa Handler with producer Jef Stott

Unleash Your Creative Genius Breakthrough Session Apply for a complimentary breakthrough session with Marisa to explore your creative vision, identify what may be blocking it, and receive recommendations for moving forward. Learn more: https://forms.gle/sgsYXy2j6rhMEdor8

About Guest Marisa Handler is an award winning author, coach, teacher, and singer songwriter who helps creatives access their deepest genius and give their work to the world. She is the author of the memoir Loyal to the Sky, which received a Nautilus Gold Award for world changing books. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous publications, and her songs and music videos are available across major streaming platforms. Marisa is the founder of Live Your Creative Genius, an in depth coaching program offering a new paradigm for creative work. She has taught creativity, transformation, writing, and awakening at Stanford University, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Esalen Institute, the California Institute for Integral Studies, and Gaia House in the United Kingdom.

Connect With Marisa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marisa.handler.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marisasings/

About the Host Bridget Ann Stuart is a Realtor, coach, speaker, author, and host of The Inner Estate Podcast. As CEO and Head Coach of Strategic Performance Coaching, Bridget helps real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, and high achievers align mindset, execution, visibility, and sustainable growth. Bridget's work focuses on helping people build businesses and lives with more clarity, confidence, strategy, and intention. Through coaching, podcasting, speaking, and real estate leadership, she brings practical insight to conversations about personal growth, business performance, identity, leadership, and long-term success.

Connect with Bridget Ann Stuart Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBridgetStuart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealBridgetStuart

Interested in being featured on The Inner Estate Podcast? Apply here https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

When award winning soccer coach Scott Martin woke from a medically induced coma in 1993, he learned that a rare Group A streptococcal infection and necrotizing fasciitis had resulted in the loss of both hands and parts of both feet. Scott had been leading a nationally ranked college soccer program and building a promising career in coaching. Suddenly, he had to rebuild his physical strength, independence, confidence, identity, and vision for the future.

Scott shares his journey through amputation recovery, prosthetic technology, disability discrimination, emotional healing, fatherhood, resilient leadership, and his eventual return to championship soccer coaching. He explains why physical recovery happened long before emotional recovery, how the loss of confidence affected his career, and how raising five adopted children became one of the most meaningful chapters of his life. Years later, coaching an underestimated youth soccer team to an undefeated season helped Scott rediscover his purpose and inspired his memoir, Play From Your Heart: A Journey of Resiliency.

Bridget and Scott explore what it means to overcome adversity without pretending the process is easy. Scott opens up about reconnecting with his wife, Sue, after forty years, learning to accept support, creating strong relationships with his players, and finding renewed confidence after life changing loss. He also discusses disability inclusion in the workplace, amputee abilities, prosthetic innovation, the healing influence of music, and adapting his inspirational life story into a screenplay.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS • Surviving a life threatening infection and losing both hands and parts of both feet • Rebuilding independence, confidence, and identity after amputation • Returning to soccer coaching and leading an undefeated youth team • Navigating disability discrimination and redefining leadership • Raising five adopted children and reconnecting with family • Turning his journey into the memoir Play From Your Heart

BOOK MENTIONED Play From Your Heart: A Journey of Resiliency by Scott Martin

ABOUT SCOTT MARTIN Scott Martin is an award winning soccer coach, educator, author, screenwriter, and disability advocate with more than thirty years of experience at the youth, high school, and college levels. A four time Coach of the Year, Scott has led multiple soccer teams to state championships and helped build a nationally ranked college soccer program.

After surviving a life threatening illness that resulted in the loss of both hands and parts of both feet, Scott became a nationally recognized voice for amputee abilities, prosthetic innovation, disability inclusion, resilient leadership, and life after amputation. His work has contributed to prosthetic research at the University of Washington and Johns Hopkins University. He also serves as a Global Advisor for Billion Strong. Scott is the author of Play From Your Heart: A Journey of Resiliency. He has adapted his memoir into a completed screenplay that he is currently pitching to film producers.

CONNECT WITH SCOTT MARTIN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1494323024 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-martin-lifesaroadtrip X: @SoccerRatMartin

ABOUT THE HOST Bridget Ann Stuart is a Realtor, coach, speaker, author, and host of The Inner Estate Podcast. As CEO and Head Coach of Strategic Performance Coaching, Bridget helps real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, and high achievers align mindset, execution, visibility, and sustainable growth. Bridget's work focuses on helping people build businesses and lives with more clarity, confidence, strategy, and intention. Through coaching, podcasting, speaking, and real estate leadership, she brings practical insight to conversations about personal growth, business performance, identity, leadership, and long-term success.

CONNECT WITH BRIDGET ANN STUART Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBridgetStuart/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealbridgetstuart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealBridgetStuart

Interested in being featured on The Inner Estate Podcast? Apply here: https://calendly.com/bridgetstuart67/theinnerestatepodcast

Success does not always feel the way it looks from the outside. Boaz Gilad, entrepreneur, real estate developer, author of The Zenith Code, and founder of Zenith Clubhouse is diving deep to explore why high performers can achieve success in business while feeling stuck in other areas of life. Together, they discuss leadership, entrepreneurship, accountability, execution, and the hidden gap between external achievement and personal fulfillment.

With more than two decades of experience building companies, raising capital, teaching at NYU, and navigating both major wins and public setbacks, Boaz brings a powerful perspective on failure, self-trust, and sustainable growth. He shares practical insights on turning setbacks into data, creating measurable progress, and winning the games that matter most.

Episode highlights • Why top performers can secretly feel like losers • How public success can hide private struggle • Why motivation and inspiration are not enough • How The Zenith Code helps people define the game they want to win • How 90 day games create focus, evidence, and measurable progress • Why successful people need the right team for the right game • How mistakes become strategic data instead of shame • Why failure does not make someone a failure • How joy, satisfaction, and celebration fit into high performance • How to stop dragging old identity into a new level of execution

Book Mentioned The Zenith Code, Winning The Games That Matter by Boaz Gilad

About Guest Boaz Gilad is a speaker, author, performance coach, and successful real estate entrepreneur with more than twenty years of experience helping high achievers and organizations improve execution, leadership, accountability, resilience, and sustained performance. Drawing from real-world business success, he works with individuals and teams to overcome stalled performance and create meaningful results through structure, discipline, and focused action. Boaz has taught at leading institutions including NYU, authored multiple books, and spoken to audiences around the world. He is the founder of Zenith Clubhouse, an invitation-only community for top performers, and the host of the Unmask Podcast, where he explores what true performance requires beyond what others see. His book, The Zenith Code: Winning The Games That Matter, guides high achievers in identifying the goals that matter most, creating the right metrics for success, building supportive environments, and turning intention into execution through focused 90-day performance cycles.

Connect With Boaz Gilad LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boaz-gilad-2237954/

About the Host Bridget Ann Stuart is a Realtor, coach, speaker, author, and host of The Inner Estate Podcast. As CEO and Head Coach of Strategic Performance Coaching, Bridget helps real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, and high achievers align mindset, execution, visibility, and sustainable growth. Bridget's work focuses on helping people build businesses and lives with more clarity, confidence, strategy, and intention. Through coaching, podcasting, speaking, and real estate leadership, she brings practical insight to conversations about personal growth, business performance, identity, leadership, and long-term success.

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