Damon Lembi is a 2x bestselling author, the host of The Learn-It-All Podcast, and CEO of Learnit – a live learning platform that has upskilled over 2 million people.

Drawing from his prior baseball career, Damon brings an athlete’s perspective to leadership. Through his journey, he has gained invaluable insights into what helps organizations grow, how great leaders learn, and why learn-it-all companies outpace their competitors every time.

Connect with Damon:

Learnit Website: https://www.learnit.com
Damon Website: https://www.thelearnitallleader.com
The Learn-It-All Podcast: https://www.thelearnitallleader.com/podcast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damonlembi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/damonlembi

This week on Truth Tastes Funny, Hersh sits down with Lisa Stuart — wife, mom of three, attorney, speaker, and author — who’s rewriting the rules of balance and self-acceptance. Lisa refuses to be boxed in by labels, and her soon-to-be-released book The Drama Diet (with companion card decks available now) offers a fresh, sustainable path to peace amid the chaos of life.

What makes Lisa’s approach different is her willingness to face the drama head-on — whether it’s the noise in our own heads or the judgments that come from outside. She reminds us that light doesn’t mean denying the dark; it means dancing with it. Her guiding mantra says it all:

“Dance with your darkness, but let love take the lead.”

This conversation is equal parts truth, humor, and heart — a reminder that fear can walk beside us, but love is always in charge.

Connect with Lisa:

Mike Reed is a renowned sound healer, musician, and entrepreneur, dedicated to helping others experience deep transformation through the power of sound. As the founder of Sound Quest and Sound Quest Academy, he has led thousands through immersive sound healing experiences, blending his background in music, counseling, and shamanic practice to create powerful, restorative journeys.

Through Sound Quest Academy, Mike empowers aspiring sound healers with the tools and strategies to turn their passion into a thriving business. His Sound Healer Business Blueprint has become a leading resource for those looking to build a sustainable career in the healing arts.

With a deep belief that sound is medicine, Mike’s mission is to elevate sound healing as both an art and a business, guiding practitioners to success while making a profound impact on the world.

Connect with Mike:

www.soundquestacademy.com
instagram.com/sound_quest
facebook.com/soundquest.soundhealing

Feeling fried? Nicole Burbank’s here to remind us that peak performance doesn’t mean constant burnout. Nicole joins me on TRUTH TASTESFUNNY to share the science (and sanity) behind lasting success: how to rewire your habits, boost energy, and stop mistaking “busy” for “thriving.”

Connect with Nicole
https://www.nicolemburbank.com

https://www.instagram.com/nicole.burbank/

From Hersh: "To stand is the glow of Sunshine is a bewitching experience!" He sat down with this trailblazing Psychic Medium, Soul Healer, Spiritual Advisor, High Priestess, Reiki Master, and Recovering Alcoholic to discuss all of the above. Known as The Sober Witch, Sunshine (aka Jen Romanowski) her mission is to help highly motivated witches in recovery rediscover their magic, align with their highest purpose, and live the abundant life promised in sobriety.

Connect with Sunshine

https://www.illuminateunschool.com
https://www.soberwitch.life
https://www.youtube.com/@IlluminateUnschoolofWitchcraft
https://www.facebook.com/groups/soberwitchsbazaar/

Monique Brignoni trains aspiring pet death doulas worldwide, offering holistic skills that transform end-of-life experiences into peaceful, conscious, and regret-free journeys. Instead of despair, she helps deepen bonds, creating a loving bridge across forever. Her approach turns challenging moments into opportunities for healing and awakening.

Free sessions of Walk Your Pet Home - The Complete Guide To Consciously Navigating Our Animal Friend’s End-Of-Life Journey: https://training.animalchemy.com/free-gift-wyph

www.petwise.world or Pet Wise App (in Apple Store or Google Play) 

If people register for free, they get access to a 45 min presentation called What Do Pets Teach Us On Life & Death. 

Free support for pet parents that are going through an end-of-life journey: https://one.animalchemy.com/widget/bookings/peaceful-pet-discovery-session

Free support for aspiring pet death doulas: https://one.animalchemy.com/widget/bookings/sacred-pet-doula-discovery-session

Lucinda Sykes MD is a retired Canadian doctor and a longtime teacher of mindfulness. Since 1997, she directed Meditation for Health clinic in Toronto, teaching medical programs of MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction). More than 6000 patients attended the clinic, referred for help with the many medical conditions worsened by stress. Since retiring from medical practice, Lucinda continues to speak publicly about medicine’s over-prescription of sleeping pills. Women 50+ are at special risk.

Learn more - and get your FREE GIFT - at https://www.happysleepsecrets.com/

In this episode of Truth Tastes Funny, I sit down with Joseph "JD" Dubois, the man behind Freedom Biker Tours. JD spent 40 years in hospitality—translation: he knows what it’s like to smile politely while you ask for extra ice. But after a major career derailment, he took a sharp turn (on two wheels, no less) and built his own business.

Now, JD’s story isn’t just roadside postcards and leather jackets. He’s been through it: a brutal divorce, multiple motorcycle wipeouts, and a property battle that dragged on longer than The Fast and the Furious franchise. Through it all, he kept showing up—banged up, but not broken.

What makes JD’s ride worth listening to is his relentless commitment to courage, authenticity, and self-healing. He talks resilience, real love, and why the hell we shouldn’t sit around waiting for a permission slip to chase our dreams. Spoiler: you’ll crash more often playing it safe than you will risking failure.

So buckle your helmet—this episode isn’t about coasting, it’s about taking the damn road.

When Hersh met Abby, the conversation just flowed, from the introduction onward! Dubbed a "professional Do-gooder," and the Co-founder of two companies, Abagail McKiernan is on a mission to make sure that everybody has somebody in their time of need by harnessing the power of technology to connect people, businesses, and nonprofits.

With 100,000 needs met since 2017 through her nonprofit organization Spark in the Dark, and her newest venture, HelpLink, that helps companies proactively remove barriers to work for their staff -- she is a force to be reckoned with as she continues to make giving and receiving better, easier, faster, and more transparent for all.

Speakkindness.com
Helplink.org

Shelley Doyle is a Social Wealth Strategist and a Master's student at Royal Roads University, researching the social connection habits of hybrid leaders, and facilitating an 8-week social intervention program. With over 20 years in professional communications working and studying across three continents, Shelley now works with leaders, founders and corporate teams, equipping them with evidence-based tools and strategies to strengthen their relationships, so they can feel deeply connected, trusted and supported, within and beyond the workplace, online and offline.

She is also a podcaster, hosting the show “Rediscovering Connection” where she speaks to cutting edge researchers, innovative leaders and community builders – who are passionate about connection.

Website: http://thecommuniverse.com/
Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@thecommuniverse