The Ufuoma Show

What if lasting change doesn’t happen like a light switch—and what if constantly pushing yourself harder is keeping you from healing?

In this thoughtful episode of The Ufuoma Show, Kerisma Vere, holistic wellness coach and author of The Light Switch Myth, explores why all-or-nothing self-help approaches often leave people feeling discouraged, overwhelmed, and disconnected from themselves.

Drawing from lived experience and years of coaching, Kerisma shares a trauma-informed, non-prescriptive approach to change that prioritizes healing, self-trust, compassion, and quality of life.

We discuss why transformation is rarely linear, how shame and pressure interfere with growth, what it means to rebuild trust in yourself, and how to recognize the small ways you are already showing up for your own wellbeing.

Kerisma also introduces her companion journal, Ways I Showed Up for Myself, and her seven-module course, From Pressure to Path: A Compassionate Framework for Change.

This conversation is a reminder that meaningful growth does not require perfection—and that you can create change without abandoning yourself in the process.

https://towardswellness.ca/

What happens to our relationships, intimacy, and ability to recover when our nervous system never truly gets the signal that it's safe to relax?

In this episode of The Ufuoma Show, Ufuoma Oghenevwede sits down with Dr. Steve McGough, cofounder of Women and Couples Wellness, inventor of the hi®️ massage system, and holder of six U.S. and international patents.

With more than 16 years of experience working with thousands of women and couples, Steve brings together neuroscience, sexology, pelvic health, intimacy, and relationship expertise.

We explore how chronic stress can affect the body, why nervous-system regulation matters, the connection between stress and intimacy, pelvic floor health, fertility, and how couples can maintain connection during challenging seasons.

Steve also shares lessons from his own 25-plus-year marriage to Wendy and their experience building three startup companies together.

This is a conversation about understanding the body, strengthening relationships, managing stress, and creating healthier connections while building a demanding life. https://www.himassager.com/

What happens to our judgment, clarity, and performance when pressure lasts longer than expected?

In this insightful episode of The Ufuoma Show, Savio P. Clemente—a keynote and TEDx speaker, journalist, board-certified health and wellness coach, and best-selling author—explores the hidden impact of prolonged pressure on leaders and high-performing individuals.

Savio explains why performance often doesn’t fail first—clarity does—and how cognitive overload can quietly affect decision-making, focus, emotional regulation, and leadership effectiveness.

Drawing from his experience interviewing more than 2,000 leaders and thought leaders, as well as his personal journey surviving cancer twice, Savio offers a thoughtful perspective on uncertainty, identity, resilience, and human performance.

We also explore his Adaptive Resilience Leadership framework and discuss practical ways to reduce cognitive overload, regain clarity, make better decisions, and continue performing when difficult circumstances do not simply disappear.

This conversation is for leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone learning how to navigate pressure without losing their clarity—or themselves.

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What happens when a healthcare professional suddenly finds herself on the other side of the system — as a caregiver for someone she loves?

In this episode of The Ufuoma Show, Ufuoma Oghenevwede sits down with Tiffany Auvil, a registered nurse, functional medicine health coach, caregiver coach, and healthcare leader with more than 20 years of experience.

Tiffany spent decades working inside the healthcare system before becoming a caregiver for her own husband. That experience completely changed the way she understood the challenges families face — from overwhelming medical decisions and navigating providers to caregiver burnout and the emotional toll of caring for someone you love.

Tiffany shares what caregivers need to know, how to advocate for themselves and their loved ones, why caregivers often neglect their own health, and what it really means to care for someone without losing yourself in the process.

She's also the author of The No BS Guide to Caregiving, where she brings the honest, practical perspective that families often need but don't always receive from the healthcare system.

This is an important conversation for caregivers, families, healthcare professionals, and anyone who may one day find themselves navigating the healthcare system on behalf of someone they love. https://tiffanyauvil.com/

Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, create, lead, and make decisions—but what does that mean for everyday professionals?

In this thought-provoking episode, Sasi Battula—AI pioneer, founder of Hola AI, and author of AI Jobs and AI Sick—joins The Ufuoma Show to explore the opportunities and challenges emerging in the age of artificial intelligence.

Drawing from three decades of Silicon Valley leadership, experience bringing AI healthcare solutions to market, and pioneering work at the intersection of humans and machines, Sasi cuts through the hype to discuss the future of jobs, automation, human agency, and the skills professionals need to remain valuable.

We explore why people should move beyond simply learning AI tools and begin developing the judgment, creativity, leadership, and strategic thinking required to become irreplaceable orchestrators.

This conversation offers practical insights for employees, entrepreneurs, leaders, and anyone trying to understand how to navigate a rapidly changing world without losing their agency—or their humanity.

https://books2read.com/ap/nmv6Az/Sasikanth-Battula

What if your grocery receipt could tell you when something you've already bought has been recalled?

In this episode of The Ufuoma Show, Ufuoma Oghenevwede sits down with Jordan Robinson, the entrepreneur behind Anxin — a platform designed to bring food, restaurant, and household safety information into one place.

Anxin scans grocery receipts, tracks what's in your fridge, and can alert users when products they've purchased are recalled. The platform also brings together restaurant health inspection scores, ingredient safety information, medication interaction monitoring, and household risk insights.

Jordan shares the story behind the product, the problem he saw in the way consumers currently receive safety information, and the challenges of building technology around something as important as people's health and families.

We explore the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, consumer behavior, data, and prevention — and ask an important question: What if we could know about potential risks before they become headlines?

This is a conversation about innovation, building products that solve real-world problems, and using technology to help families make more informed decisions. https://pieceofmind.fyi/recalls

What if the behaviors you struggle with today are connected to stories you learned long ago?

In this insightful conversation, Michélle Konson—speaker, writer, Story Work guide, and creator of the Untangling Your Story journal—helps us explore how our past experiences shape the way we live, love, lead, and parent.

Drawing from trauma-informed principles, interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, and her Christian faith, Michélle explains why behavior is often downstream from story. We discuss the survival strategies that once protected us, how those strategies can affect our relationships, and why asking “What happened to me?” can be more transformative than asking “What’s wrong with me?”

Michélle also shares practical tools for approaching our stories with curiosity, compassion, and hope—reminding us that healing and wholeness are possible.

This conversation is for anyone who wants to better understand themselves, improve their relationships, break unhealthy patterns, and make peace with the past without being defined by it.

https://www.michellekonson.com/

What does it take to find yourself again after experiencing life-changing pain?

In this deeply personal conversation, author Angel Willard joins The Ufuoma Show to discuss her memoir, Fighting to Come Home: Coming Home to Myself, and the journey behind it.

Angel opens up about trauma, survival, motherhood, accountability, resilience, and the difficult process of rebuilding after devastating experiences. We explore what it means to move beyond simply surviving, confront painful patterns, break cycles, establish boundaries, and begin the journey of becoming yourself again.

This conversation is ultimately about courage—the courage to face your past without allowing it to define your future, and the courage to keep fighting for yourself and the people you love.

Because sometimes coming home isn't about finding a place.

It's about finding yourself.

https://www.amazon.com/author/willardangel

What happens inside your brain when you're under pressure — and how does it affect the way you lead?

In this episode of The Ufuoma Show, I sit down with Dr. Marcia Ruben, an executive coach, organizational consultant, and graduate leadership professor emerita with more than three decades of experience helping leaders cut through complexity and lead with clarity.

Dr. Ruben is the author of The Neuroscience of Leadership: Rewire. Untangle. Lead., a book that translates brain science into practical tools leaders can use in the real world.

In this conversation, we explore the connection between neuroscience and leadership and why even experienced, intelligent leaders can fall into reactive patterns when they're stressed, uncertain, or under pressure. https://bit.ly/4dRAJDi

What if the reason you can't relax isn't that you need a better calendar?

On this episode of The Ufuoma Show, I sit down with Liz Coleman, a certified transformational life coach with a degree in psychology who works with women who appear successful and steady on the outside but privately struggle with overthinking, constant mental activity, and the inability to truly switch off.

Liz's approach was shaped by her own search for answers. After years of exploring therapy, medicine, and different wellness approaches, she became frustrated with solutions that treated individual pieces of the problem without looking at the whole person.

That journey led her to develop the MindLife Reset™, a whole-person process designed to work with the mind, body, and spirit as an interconnected system.

We talk about why capable, successful people can still feel constantly “on,” where chronic overthinking comes from, the difference between reflection and rumination, and how years of second-guessing can erode self-trust.

We also explore why personal growth shouldn't become another performance project—and what it can look like to create meaningful change without adding another obligation to an already-full life.

If you've ever wondered why you can't relax even when everything seems fine, this conversation may give you a very different way to look at yourself.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bMRRUfq_QyFtpcLWxTkW1AMTZ4HijdUG/view?usp=sharing