This week we meet Father Nathan Castle, O.P., a Dominican Catholic priest who has spent the last 30 years helping “stuck souls” cross over. Father Castle has helped over 600 souls who died suddenly or traumatically find peace, healing, and forward movement.

We talk about:

• What is a "stuck soul" and how Father Castle helps them

• How trauma can impact a soul’s journey beyond death

• The metaphysics of consciousness and “stuckness”

• Why truth is essential to healing in this life and the next)

This conversation might shift the way you think about death, healing, and the stories we tell ourselves.

Father Castle is the author of the Afterlife Interrupted series and host of The Joyful Friar podcast. Learn more at: nathan-castle.com

Want to go deeper?

Here are a few questions to reflect on or discuss with friends after listening. Think of it like a podcast book club.

• 1. Have you ever felt stuck in a belief, story, or emotion?
     What helped you move forward—or what still holds you in that loop?
  2. What is your current belief about what happens after we die? Has that belief shifted over time? How does it influence the way you live now?
  3. If God, however you define that, is truly everywhere, including inside you, how does that change the way you relate to yourself? Can you think of a moment where you felt that truth?
  4. Father Castle talks about truth as something independent from opinion or tribe. In a time when so much discourse feels polarized or performative, how can you show up with more openness, curiosity, and critical thinking in conversations, relationships, or your inner dialogue?

What do emotional intelligence, Disney signs, improv comedy, and workplace culture all have in common? Dr. Alan Mueller.

In this high-energy episode of Wait – What Do You Do Again?, we meet Alan Mueller, senior consultant at Adaptive Challenge Consulting and author of Leading with Emotional Intelligence. With a career spanning higher ed, comedy, leadership training, and even a top 5% Etsy shop, Alan brings a unique lens to emotional intelligence, team dynamics, and why shared expectations—not “common sense”—make teams thrive.

We talk:

• Why emotional intelligence is essential for modern leaders
• How generational shifts are reshaping workplace values
• The definition of privilege and how to talk about it
• Do raisins belong in potato salad? 🤨
• Myers-Briggs, introvert bias, and what builds belonging

Whether you're a team leader, a future exec, find yourself annoyed by reading the topics we cover, or just curious how personality types show up in meetings, this episode is for you.

Mentioned Websites/Resources:

Alan’s Book: Leading with Emotional Intelligence

Happy Place Designs on Etsy

Alan on LinkedIn

🎧 Listen now and share with a friend who shares your opinions on potato salad.

Meg and Matt are back in pt 2 of the one year anniversary episode. We chat about career, motherhood, divorce, and how she navigated motherhood, burnout, and getting fired from a leadership role only to rediscover herself, her purpose, and a new path forward.

🔑 Topics we cover:

• Separating what we do from who we are

• Career pivots and personal reinvention

• Working mom realities

• Building community

• How the podcast got started and more!

  
  

Tune in for the end of the origin story.

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It’s the podcast's 1st anniversary! 🎉

In this special two-part celebration of Wait—What Do You Do Again?, Meghan sits in the guest seat as her yap buddy Matt takes over hosting duties.

In Part 1, Matt digs into Meghan’s life story: how she grew up, pivotal moments that shaped her, and the surprising turns that led her to where she is today. If you've ever wondered who Meghan is beyond the podcast, this episode is for you.

Hit play to get to know the person behind the mic and stay tuned for Part 2, dropping next Thursday, July 10.

In this episode, I talk with Jenny Altoro, a gifted tarot reader and medium, about how she uses tarot as a self-help tool to help people recognize patterns, access their intuition, and stop feeling stuck. Jenny shares her own spiritual awakening from a childhood experience with tarot to rediscovering her intuitive gifts decades later, and the journey she’s taken through healing, self-awareness, and breaking generational cycles.

We talk about:

Whether you’re curious about tarot, navigating a season of transition, or don't believe any of this stuff, this conversation is for you.

✨✨ Learn more about Jenny at DivineFamilyTarot.com ✨✨

This week, we meet Imre Lengyel, a two-time Olympic diver and elite performance coach whose career spans the worlds of professional sports and live entertainment. From the Olympic platform to the Cirque du Soleil stage, Imre brings a rare depth of experience to the art of high-performance coaching.

In this episode, they discuss:

• • What it’s really like to compete at the Olympic level
• • The crossover between athletic discipline and performance artistry
• • How psychology and mindset training shape elite success
  • Imre's favorite foods to eat when he visits Hungary :)

With a psychology degree from the University of Miami and an incredible expanse of professional experiences, Imre shares lessons on resilience, reinvention, and staying grounded under pressure.

Whether you're an athlete, a creative, or just curious about what high-performance coaching really looks like, this episode offers a fascinating look behind the scenes.

You can connect with Imre at https://www.whatalifegroup.com/

This week I talk with Sam Mitchell, the host of the hit podcast Autism Rocks and Rolls. Sam is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and award-winning podcast host who is also proudly on the autism spectrum. His mission? To show the world all the positive aspects of autism and why embracing his neurodiversity has been his greatest superpower. Sam shares his story and experience, what he wants you to understand about autism, and we discuss our favorite WWE and Marvel heroes.

In this episode, we meet Lissa Appiah, Certified Career Strategist, Organizational Coach, and Founder of WeApply, to talk about what it really means to own your worth at work. With over a decade of experience in public policy, HR, and leadership coaching, Lissa helps quiet leaders uncover their unique strengths, communicate their value, and win at work without compromising who they are.

Lissa shares her expertise on:

• Why so many professionals underestimate themselves
• How to navigate a career change or promotion with clarity
• Why personal branding isn’t just for influencers
• How reinvention is a superpower—and so is persistence

Lissa has helped thousands land roles in Fortune 500 companies and across all levels of government in Canada and the U.S. She’s a LinkedIn Top Voice of 2024, recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch, and has been featured in Fortune, the Globe and Mail, and more.

If you’re ready for a change, this episode will help you take the next step with confidence.

To learn more or work with Lissa, please visit: https://weapply.ca/author/lissa-weapply/

We're back for Part 2.

In this episode of Wait—What Do You Do Again? , Matt and Meghan talk about Matt's book, dating culture, and the not-so-silent crisis of male loneliness (or rather, redefining masculinity).

Listen for the songs, stay for the deep dive into what it means to connect in a disconnected world.

Matt’s back and we’re yapping.

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Matt and Meg go deep (and sideways) on a little bit of everything: trash bowl icon Rachel Ray, our bagel shop offerings, vintage Panera Bread, Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), Kim Kardashian's homeschool law dregree, and AI, Instagram face and the potential effects on creativity and critical thought.

Part 2 drops this weekend.