Unlocking Your Freedom With Kevin Kepple

Brilliance & Beast: When Your Greatest Strength Becomes Your Biggest Problem

What if the thing creating problems for you isn't actually a weakness?

What if it's one of your greatest strengths being turned up too high?

In this episode of Unlocking Your Freedom, Kevin introduces the idea of Brilliance & Beast — how the same qualities that help make you successful can also create problems when they're overused, misused, or misunderstood.

Drive can become never feeling like you've done enough.

Responsibility can become taking everything on yourself.

Decisiveness can become running over the people around you.

The goal isn't to get rid of your strengths or become a different person. It's to recognize when those strengths are serving you — and when they're starting to run you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why your biggest challenge may be connected to one of your greatest strengths • How to recognize the difference between your Brilliance and your Beast • Why your intention and your impact aren't always the same • Why awareness comes before mastery • How to use Kevin's simple ACT framework: Awareness, Choose, Take Action • How to make small adjustments without trying to change who you are

Kevin also shares a simple question you can use to identify your own pattern:

Where is this strength helping me — and where is it costing me?

You probably don't need to become a different person.

You may just need to get better at using what's already there.

Connect with Kevin

Website: https://kevinkepple.us

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinkepple/

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

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

Defaults Under Pressure: What Comes Out When Your Capacity Runs Low

You can know exactly what to do and still not do it.

Because when pressure goes up, your capacity to choose well often goes down. And in those moments, you don't necessarily rise to the occasion. You fall back on what you've practiced.

Your defaults.

In this episode, I break down what our automatic reactions under pressure can teach us about ourselves, and why some of our biggest challenges are actually strengths we've started to overuse.

I talk about:

• Why pressure reveals your defaults

• The difference between knowing better and actually responding better

• How your strengths can become liabilities when they're unregulated

• Why other people experience your defaults, not your best intentions

• How to spot the patterns you repeat when you're stressed or at capacity

• Finding the strength underneath the behavior you want to change

• Practicing a different response until it becomes available when you need it

The goal isn't to become a different person.

It's learning how to use your brilliance without overusing it.

A question to sit with after this episode:

What do you tend to overdo when you're under pressure?

And what would the calm, regulated version of that same strength look like?

Laughing in the Dark: Suicide Prevention, Comedy, and Hope with Frank King

In this episode, Kevin sits down with Frank King, a suicide prevention speaker, comedian, and former writer for The Tonight Show. Frank spent 20 years writing for late night television and has been a full time speaker and comedian for more than 40 years.

Frank's work is deeply personal. His speaking is shaped by his lifelong experience with Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Suicidal Ideation, including moments where he came close enough to ending his life that he can speak honestly and powerfully about what that darkness feels like.

Instead of hiding that story, Frank has turned his long, dark journey of the soul into lifesaving work. He has delivered 13 TEDx Talks and shares his insights with corporations, associations, and audiences across the country to help people understand suicide prevention, mental health, and the power of honest conversation.

Over the course of his career, Frank has shared the stage with legendary comedians and entertainers including Jeff Foxworthy, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Dr. Ken Jeong, Ellen DeGeneres, Dennis Miller, Lou Rawls, The Beach Boys, and Randy Travis.

And somehow, on top of all that, Frank has survived two aortic valve replacements, a double bypass, a heart attack, and losing to a puppet on the original Star Search.

And yes, he's lived to joke about it all.

This conversation is honest, meaningful, surprisingly funny, and deeply human. Frank brings a rare mix of comedy, courage, and lived experience to one of the most important conversations we can have.

In This Episode

Kevin and Frank talk about:

• Suicide prevention and mental health • Living with Major Depressive Disorder • Chronic Suicidal Ideation • Why humor can help open hard conversations • Turning pain into purpose • Frank's journey as a comedian, speaker, and TEDx presenter • What people often misunderstand about suicidal thoughts • How honest conversations can save lives

About Frank King

Frank King is a suicide prevention speaker, comedian, and former writer for The Tonight Show. He has been a full time speaker and comedian for 40 years and has delivered 13 TEDx Talks. His work is informed by his lived experience with Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Suicidal Ideation, and he now uses comedy and storytelling to help organizations have lifesaving conversations around mental health and suicide prevention.

More Signal, Less Noise: The 100 Year Filter for Better Decisions with Mick White Episode snapshot

What if the fastest way to get unstuck isn't another hack, planner, or pep talk, but a cleaner filter for your decisions.

In this episode, Mick White walks us through the core question behind his 100 Year Manifesto and why purpose isn't something you find, it's something you build. We talk clarity in chaos, turning pain into purpose, and how leaders can create cultures where people don't just show up, they show up on purpose.

What we get into

• The one question that cuts through the noise: what truly matters 100 years from now

• Why purpose is a decision filter, not a mood

• Mick's origin story and the moment everything fell apart, and what he chose to build anyway

• How clarity creates momentum, and why action creates even more clarity

• The difference between being busy and being aligned

• How purpose scales inside organizations through workshops, keynotes, and team programs

• How community changes everything when you're trying to live a bigger life

Key ideas and takeaways

• Purpose fuels resilience. When life gets loud, purpose helps you keep your footing.

• Long term thinking creates short term calm. A 100 year lens makes today's choices cleaner.

• Clarity isn't your starting line. Action is. You move first, then the path gets clearer.

• Culture isn't posters. It's people aligned around meaning, values, and shared commitments.

Try this after you listen

• Pick one decision you've been avoiding and ask: what will matter 100 years from now

• Write 5 core values you won't negotiate, even when things get hard

• Create a simple personal manifesto: values, mission, life goals, words to live by

• Find your people. Purpose is hard to maintain alone

Memorable lines

• "Life is short. Live on purpose."

• "Purpose isn't something you find, it's something you build."

• "When you align actions with what matters most, decisions get easier."

Guest bio

Mick White is the founder of the 100 Year Manifesto, a framework designed to help people live with clarity, purpose, and impact.

Links and resources

• 100 Year Manifesto: https://100yearmanifesto.com/

• Create your 100 Year Manifesto: https://100yearmanifesto.com/create-your-100-year-manifesto/

• Speaking and workshops: https://100yearmanifesto.com/speaking/

• Purpose Ignited community: https://100yearmanifesto.com/purpose-ignited/

• Purpose Academy: https://100yearmanifesto.com/purpose-academy/

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Surrender: The Shortcut to Your Biggest Breakthroughs

What if the solution to burnout, overthinking, and stalled momentum is not more effort — but surrender? In this solo episode, Kevin breaks down the surprising connection between surrender, emotional precision, and the highest levels of performance.

You will learn why the biggest breakthroughs usually happen the moment you stop gripping so tight, and how presence creates the conditions for clarity, aligned action, and real transformation.

Kevin unpacks the three tools he uses with top leaders every day — The How Effect, Brilliance over Beast, and DreamGPS — and shows you how surrender activates all three. You will leave this episode knowing how to respond instead of react, navigate your dream without burnout, and create results that feel good from the inside out.

Whether you are leading a team, building a business, or just trying to get out of your own way, this episode will help you stop surviving your dream and start living it.

🧭 What You Will Learn

• Why your dream is not exhausting you — your relationship to it is

• How surrender pulls you out of the past and future and drops you into clarity

• The nervous system shift that creates emotional precision

• When your strengths switch from Brilliance to Beast — and how to get them back

• Why aligned leaders stop rowing and start sailing

• How DreamGPS only works when you tell the truth about right now

• A simple 30-second "Surrender Check" that resets your entire day

✨ Takeaways You Can Use Today

• Presence is the on-ramp to Brilliance

• Emotional precision is the antidote to burnout

• Clarity beats control

• Surrender is not passive — it is productive

• Big changes start the moment you stop fighting yourself

Joel Bauer is the mentor behind some of the highest earning speakers and closers on the planet. In this conversation we get specific about what actually moves a room. You will hear the structures, language patterns, and first touch tactics that make you unforgettable and make conversion feel natural. Simple. Direct. Repeatable.

What You Will Learn

• How to present yourself at first contact so people remember you and want more

• A speak to convert structure you can use in any talk, podcast, or sales conversation

• How to close the room without pressure or gimmicks

Short Bio

Joel Bauer has trained some of the world's top income producing speakers, presenters and online marketers to monetize their life experience, both online and offline. For decades, Joel's principles have set the bar for speaking, teaching and closing at the highest level. Notable graduates include Peng Joon, Myron Golden, Dan Lok, Mia Redrick and Linda Clemons. By applying Joel's strategies, you can break free from limitations, design your destiny, and monetize your expertise like never before.

Connect with Joel

• Freebie: https://www.instagram.com/joelbauermentor/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelbauermentor/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joelbauer

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joelbauerofficial

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelbauer/

Episode Highlights

• The first contact filter Joel uses to be instantly memorable

• The speak teach close sequence and how to keep it tight

• Language patterns that lead to decisions without push

• The mindset shift that turns closing into service

Episode summary

Jen Veralle builds connection without the crutch of alcohol. We dig into mindful drinking as a performance enhancer for life and work, the power of sauna as a guided nervous system reset, and how to change the culture around office drinking without becoming the fun police. Expect practical moves you can use the next time "just one drink" is the default.

In this conversation

• Why alcohol free spaces often create faster trust and deeper conversation

• The Revivery method explained in plain English and how guided sauna work boosts clarity and recovery

• How to navigate workplace drinking culture and set smart boundaries without killing momentum

• Mindful drinking vs sobriety and how to choose the lane that serves your season

• Building community that feels good and still has edge and energy

Key takeaways

• Connection improves when intention replaces habit

• Your nervous system is the thermostat for performance and relationships

• Culture change starts with one clear invitation and a plan for the awkward moments

• You do not need alcohol to belong or to lead a great night

Guest bio

Meet Jen Veralle, a pioneer in alcohol free social experiences, TEDx speaker, and community builder who creates meaningful connections through intentional wellness practices. She is cofounder of Sauna and Sobriety and founder of Mindful Drinking Movement, where she shapes the future of social spaces through transformative experiences. Jen brings certified expertise in the Revivery method, a biopsychosocial approach to guided sauna experiences, and coaches individuals to elevate their lives through mindful drinking choices or sobriety.

Links and resources

• Website: jenveralle.com

• Instagram: @jenveralle

• LinkedIn: /in/jenveralle

• Mindful Drinking Movement IG: @mindfuldrinkingmovement

• Sauna and Sobriety IG: @saunaandsobriety

• Sober Not Somber IG: @sobernotsomber_

• Headshot for promos: Google Drive

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How to Expand Your Influence Without Losing Yourself

Guest: Dr. Benah Parker, social psychologist and executive coach Why listen: If working harder is not moving the needle, this conversation shows you how a simple identity shift can expand your influence without losing yourself.

Episode Snapshot

You do not rise to your goals. You rise to your identity. Dr. Benah Parker breaks down the move leaders skip: shifting who you are leading from, not just what you are doing.

What We Cover

• Why tactics stall when your identity is out of date

• The real cost of burnout, perfectionism, and overfunctioning

• How to redefine success on your terms and still scale results

• Simple ways to set standards, not just boundaries

• How to develop leaders without carrying their work

• Clarity scripts and reflection questions you can use this week

Grab the Free Guide

The Bottleneck Guide from Dr. Parker Identify where you are the bottleneck and what to do next: https://level42consulting.com/bottleneck-guide

About Dr. Benah Parker

Dr. Benah Parker is a social psychologist, trusted advisor, and executive coach for high performing leaders who want to expand their influence without losing themselves in the process. As the founder of Level 42 Consulting, she helps leaders move beyond burnout, perfectionism, and overfunctioning and redefine success on their own terms. Known for clarity, compassion, and strategic insight, Benah blends applied psychology with executive expertise to unlock lasting transformation. As a cancer survivor, she brings hard won wisdom about resilience, identity, and leading through uncertainty.

Connect with Dr. Parker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benahparker YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BENAHPARKER Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/level42consulting

Headshot for media: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N3w79wuoV76RcjcG0TZz7ptoktc7-1N2/view?usp=drive_link

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How to Expand Your Influence Without Losing Yourself

Guest: Dr. Benah Parker, social psychologist and executive coach Why listen: If working harder is not moving the needle, this conversation shows you how a simple identity shift can expand your influence without losing yourself.

Episode Snapshot

You do not rise to your goals. You rise to your identity. Dr. Benah Parker breaks down the move leaders skip: shifting who you are leading from, not just what you are doing.

What We Cover

• Why tactics stall when your identity is out of date

• The real cost of burnout, perfectionism, and overfunctioning

• How to redefine success on your terms and still scale results

• Simple ways to set standards, not just boundaries

• How to develop leaders without carrying their work

• Clarity scripts and reflection questions you can use this week

Grab the Free Guide

The Bottleneck Guide from Dr. Parker Identify where you are the bottleneck and what to do next: https://level42consulting.com/bottleneck-guide

About Dr. Benah Parker

Dr. Benah Parker is a social psychologist, trusted advisor, and executive coach for high performing leaders who want to expand their influence without losing themselves in the process. As the founder of Level 42 Consulting, she helps leaders move beyond burnout, perfectionism, and overfunctioning and redefine success on their own terms. Known for clarity, compassion, and strategic insight, Benah blends applied psychology with executive expertise to unlock lasting transformation. As a cancer survivor, she brings hard won wisdom about resilience, identity, and leading through uncertainty.

Connect with Dr. Parker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benahparker YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BENAHPARKER Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/level42consulting

Headshot for media: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N3w79wuoV76RcjcG0TZz7ptoktc7-1N2/view?usp=drive_link

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Discipline Beats Talent with Mark Dolan

Guest: Mark Dolan Real estate veteran, speaker, and founder of Time-Tested Mastery. Four decades in real estate, investing, and leadership.

Why this episode matters

• Success is not a mystery. It is effort, discipline, and repeatable principles.

• Mindset and philosophy drive sales and business results in any economy.

• Legacy is built daily through simple actions you can keep doing.

What you will learn

• The core beliefs that outperform raw talent over time

• How to build a personal philosophy you can trust under pressure

• Practical sales habits that compound results

• Coaching insights that turn adversity into growth

• A simple way to align mindset, skill, and discipline

Episode highlights

• Mark's journey from no strong male role models to leading with character

• The difference between motivation and discipline, and how to lock in both

• Time-tested principles that survive market cycles

• How to coach others without losing your edge

• The daily practice that keeps momentum alive

Topics

• Personal Development and Mindset Mastery

• Sales Skills and Business Success

• Legacy, Leadership, and Coaching Others

Connect with Mark

• 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568877231499

• 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ttmlifelessonssell/

• 𝕏: https://x.com/mdspiritsoul

• ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TimeTestedMastery-n5r

• 🌐 Website: https://www.TimeTestedMastery.com

• 🎙️ Podcast: Time-Tested Mastery: Life Lessons Sell on all major platforms

• 📧 Email: [email protected]

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