Wisdom Stripes with Meg Tuohey

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August 13 96. How to Rebuild Your Self Worth Brick by Brick | Jarek Tadla
Episode 96 | How to Rebuild Your Self Worth Brick by Brick | Jarek Tadla

What happens when you achieve everything you thought would make you happy and still feel empty inside?
In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with entrepreneur, real estate investor, Ironman athlete, author, and speaker Jarek Tadla for a deeply personal conversation about success, identity, vulnerability, and what it really means to come home to yourself.
Jarek shares his journey from immigrating to the United States at 21 and washing dishes to building one of the largest privately held real estate portfolios in the country. But behind the financial freedom, accomplishments, and outward success was a growing disconnect from himself. After years of pushing harder, building walls, and using achievement as proof that he was “enough,” Jarek reached a breaking point that forced him to completely rethink the way he was living.
Together, Meg and Jarek explore how our inner critic can become our identity, why the relationship we have with ourselves shapes every other relationship in our lives, and what happens when our outer success no longer matches our inner world. Jarek opens up about depression, his 44 days of darkness, and the slow process of rebuilding his life—not by returning to who he had been, but by creating a new relationship with himself one small win at a time.
They also discuss vulnerability, generational programming, self-worth, faith, stillness, emotional resilience, and why healing sometimes requires letting go of the standards that once drove us.
This conversation is a reminder that true wealth isn’t only about what you build around you. It’s about what you build within you.
To learn more about Jarek Tadla and his work, visit jarektadla.com and listen to his podcast, Mastering the Inner and Outer Wealth.

New episodes every Thursday.

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47 min
August 0695. Why Following your curiosity beats following your degree | Rene Lacad
Episode 95 | Why Curiosity Might Be the Most Important Skill You'll Ever Build | Rene Laacad

"People think success comes from having the perfect plan. Rene Laacad thinks it comes from asking better questions."

In this thoughtful and unexpectedly philosophical episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with entrepreneur Rene Laacad, who went from college dropout to building multiple seven-figure businesses through marketing, content creation, and relentless experimentation. But this conversation isn't really about making money. It's about curiosity, exploration, finding your people, and creating a life that feels genuinely yours.

Together, they explore why so many of us commit to a future before we truly know ourselves, why community is one of the greatest advantages in both business and life, and why technology may be making us more connected while leaving us feeling more isolated than ever.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
Why following curiosity often leads to better outcomes than following a predetermined career path

The surprising connection between play, learning, and building valuable skills

How finding the right community changes the way you see yourself—and what's possible

Why AI should never replace real relationships and honest feedback

The simple shift that helped Rene build successful businesses while keeping family at the center of his life

You don't have to have your whole life figured out. Sometimes the next step only becomes visible once you start exploring.

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45 min
July 3094. How to Help Someone You Love Through Addiction | John Klempner
Episode 94 | How to Help Someone You Love Through Addiction | John Klempner

She said, you were the last person I would have put my son's life on the line and bet this would happen to. You were the most dependable person I had ever met.

In this raw and redemptive episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with John Klempner - president of Summit Wellness Group, recovery advocate, and someone who knows firsthand what it takes to lose everything and rebuild. John had a good childhood, parents in recovery, early success in real estate and banking with 53 state licenses, and a prescription painkiller habit he believed was his medicine. He didn't know what was coming.

This conversation is for anyone who loves someone in addiction and feels helpless and for anyone inside the struggle who wonders if there is a way out.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
Why addiction can happen to anyone, even people with every reason not to

What it felt like when John told his dad: your son is gone; I don't know who I am anymore

How one woman who loved him went quietly to his family and changed everything

What community, consistency, and compounding actually look like in recovery

Why he now feels something close to excitement when a hardship arrives

If someone you love is struggling, this episode will help you understand what they are living inside. And if you are the one struggling, this one is for you. 💚

💡 Featured Resources:
Summit Wellness Group: thesummitwellnessgroup.com | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesummitwellnessgroup?utm_source=qr
Follow John: @JohnKlempner on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/johnklempner?utm_source=qr

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July 2393. How Healing Actually Happens, One Percent at a Time | Meg Tuohey
Episode 93 | How Healing Actually Happens, One Percent at a Time | Meg Tuohey
Nobody was coming for me. And when I finally knew that, I knew I had to be the one.

This episode is different. I am not in the interviewer's chair. My dear colleague and coach Deb Erickson turned the tables and interviewed me, and I said yes because I believe that if Wisdom Stripes is going to ask others to tell the truth about their journey, I have to be willing to tell mine.

In this conversation I share, for the first time on this platform, where I really came from. The trauma I lived through. The years of weekly trauma work that rebuilt me from the ground up. The little girl watching through a car window at another family gathering for dinner. The moment I understood that nobody was coming and what I decided to do with that.

I also share what has grown from that pain: the mission behind Wisdom Stripes, the eight-year community at Making Relationships Work, the HeartPrint book that has been years in the making, and why I believe healing happens not in one great leap but one percent at a time.

🎧 Tune in and hear:
What I mean when I say I have experienced or witnessed every type of abuse there is

Three years of weekly trauma work, sponsored by a victims of crime programme, and the therapist who changed my life

The moment at around age 12 where I decided: one day I will be the person that comes

Why I believe the pain body is not your enemy, it is the fuel

The law of similarity: the piece of wisdom I want you to walk away with most

If you are in a painful place right now, borrow my story. Borrow Deb's heart. We are here for you. 💚

💡 Resources mentioned:
Making Relationships Work: megantuohey.com
HeartPrint by Meg Tuohey: yourheartprint.com

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1 hr 39 min
July 1692. What Working Mothers Get Wrong About Having It All | Desiree Shank
Episode 92 | What Working Mothers Get Wrong About Having It All | Desiree Shank

No one is coming to save you. And when you know that, you figure it out really quickly.

In this energising and surprisingly tender episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with Desiree Shank, one of Shopify's first US hires, early digital commerce pioneer, TikTok shop strategist, and solo mum who built an entirely remote digital agency before remote work was a concept anyone had heard of. She brought her kids to board meetings in the Trans-American Building in Chicago. She homeschooled them through every pivot. And she figured it all out one yes at a time.

This is a conversation about designing your life when the odds are against you, and what you give up when you spend too long moving millions of miles a minute.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
How Desiree built a remote digital agency as a solo mum before remote work existed

What it was like being one of Shopify's first US hires, and riding the rocket ship from day one

Why TikTok live shopping is the next frontier, and how to get started with one product

What she would tell her younger self: enjoy the moment more

How she raised two entrepreneurial kids by treating them as part of the team from the start
You can design your life. No matter what odds are stacked against you. This episode is proof. 💚

💡 Featured Resources:
TikTok shop community: socialcollective.io
Follow Desiree: @DesireeShank on Instagram and LinkedIn

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45 min
July 0991. How to Help Your Dyslexic Child Build Confidence | Dr. Rebecca Troy
Episode 91 | How to Help Your Dyslexic Child Build Confidence | Dr. Rebecca Troy

The science of how to support a dyslexic child has existed for 40 years. Most parents have never been told it exists.

In this powerful episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with Dr. Rebecca Troy, nationally board-certified teacher, neuroscience and literacy researcher, and founder of a framework that rewires how children with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia learn. Both of Dr. Troy's own children have dyslexia. Using 10 to 15 minutes a night, her daughter moved from struggling to winning the reading award at the end of her school year. That result is what she now teaches other families to replicate at home.

This conversation is for every parent who has ever felt the system wasn't listening, and who is ready to take the work into their own hands.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
What dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia actually are, and what's happening in the brain

Why 90% of special educators say they are not confident teaching a child to read

How the brain can fully reorganize within a 16-week period, even in adults

What to do when teachers and pediatricians tell you not to worry

How to advocate for your child in an IEP meeting without destroying the relationship

You know your child best. This episode gives you the science to back what you already sense. 💚

💡 Featured Resources:
Free 45-minute webinar + screening tools, connect with Dr. Troy online for details

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48 min
July 0290. How to Stop Doing It All Alone and Start Asking for Help | Mina Elias
Episode 90| How to Stop Doing It All Alone and Start Asking for Help with Mina Elias

You only fail when you quit. And if you never quit, you'll never fail.

In this high-energy, deeply practical episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with Mina Elias, a multiple seven-figure entrepreneur, MMA fighter, founder of Trivium Group (one of the top Amazon advertising agencies in the world), and one of the most systematic thinkers you will ever hear. Born in Egypt, raised in Abu Dhabi, and forged by moving to Connecticut with a scholarship, $20K in student debt, and no one to ask for help, Mina built his way from chemical engineer to e-commerce empire through one principle: find someone who has been there, done that, and follow the plan.

This episode is a masterclass in how to build systems for every area of your life and why asking for help is the highest-leverage move most people refuse to make.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
The 11-category life system Mina uses to close the gap between where he is and where he wants to be

Why ready, fire, aim and 1% better every day are not just sayings but actual operating principles

How to hire an expert in something you don't know and not get burned

What to do when a vendor, partner, or employee is underperforming and leveraging the relationship to stay

Why integrity is the one thing that compounds forever learned from his grandfather, a general who refused every bribe

If you know exactly where you're going, the way there gets 10 times easier. This episode will help you get clear. 💚

💡 Featured Resources:
Trivium Group: triviumco.com
Follow Mina: @TheMinaElias on Instagram
YouTube: Mina Elias

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53 min
June 2589. The Betrayal That Was Alchemized Into Art | Tracey Yarad
Episode 89 | The Betrayal That Was Alchemized Into Art

Forgiveness doesn't make what they did right. It sets you free.

In this rich, moving, and at times jaw-dropping episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with Tracey Yarad, award-winning songwriter, jazz vocalist, composer, and creator of the one-woman show All These Pretty Things. Tracey has had more than one life: a tumultuous first marriage to a man 17 years her senior who designed the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's costumes, seven years as a celibate meditator in a white sari, a 23-year marriage that ended when her husband left her for their goddaughter, and a solo move to Brooklyn with a dog named Billy Ray and a bag of music to write.

Her show has toured Edinburgh Fringe, London, Manchester, and Adelaide. Her wisdom is something else entirely.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
Why forgiveness is sometimes a single moment, sometimes a process, and sometimes a choice you have to make over and over

How seven years of celibate Raja Yoga meditation gave her a new way of being in the world and why she came back

What gaslighting looks like when you're deep inside it and love someone

How creativity becomes the container for the things words can't hold

What she did when she had nothing left and why laughter was part of the answer

Whatever it takes to get through the darkness, this episode will help you find it. 💚

💡 Featured Resources:
Follow Tracey: @TraceyYarad on Instagram
All These Pretty Things, tour dates and show info via Instagram
Australian tour: February 2026, Adelaide Fringe and Blue Mountains
Tracey's Shows:
- Hollywood Fringe at the The Actors Company Theatre June 25th, 27th and 28th.
- New York (The Australian Theatre Festival) September 28 to October 4, 2026, held at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in New York City.
Tickets here: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/12741?tab=details

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49 min
June 1888. He Built a 10 Billion Dollar Company. At 47 He Still Can't See the Road to Love. | Nick Sansone
Episode 88 | He Built a 10 Billion Dollar Company. At 47 He Still Can't See the Road to Love. | Nick Sansone

When you win, give the credit to the team. When you lose, the first person you look at is yourself.

In this grounded and deeply generous episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with Nick Sansone, principal at Sansone Group, one of the top real estate development firms in the United States. With 60 million square feet in its portfolio and close to $10 billion in total value, Nick's firm didn't get there through ego. It got there through humility, hard work, faith, a round boardroom table with no head, and a Sicilian grandfather who once had a fruit stand.

This conversation is about what it actually means to lead people with integrity, and what happens when you don't.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
Why humble leadership isn't about getting it right, it's about owning it when you don't

How Nick's family went from stealing coal to heat the house to building a billion-dollar portfolio

The vacant warehouse with terrible soil that became their industrial pivot, and why they did it anyway

What happens when three equal principals have to make decisions together, every day

Why faith is the backstop of everything, and how it carries you through the dark without answers

Humility doesn't hold you back. It elevates you. This episode is proof.

💡 Featured Resources:
Learn more about Nick: nickgsansone.com
Sansone Group: sansonegroup.com

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54 min
June 1187. How Storytelling Heals: A Screenwriter's Journey Through Loss and Forgiveness | Simbi Hall
Episode 87 | How Storytelling Heals: A Screenwriter's Journey Through Loss and Forgiveness | Simbi Hall

What if the stories we tell on screen are actually the stories we need to heal within ourselves?

In this raw, layered, and quietly extraordinary episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with Simbi Hall, screenwriter, director, producer, and storyteller whose work spans film, television, and live shows, including the Academy Awards red carpet. Simbi joined this conversation days after losing her father and her aunt in the same week, while her mother was in the ER. She recorded it anyway, because she had something to say.

This conversation is about grief, storytelling, forgiveness, community, and the radical act of staying soft when life tries to make you hard.

🎧 Tune in and learn:
What it means to catch yourself hardening and why staying soft is the braver choice

Why storytelling is how we get to world peace and comedy is how we let it in

Sometimes your biological family is just relatives and that distinction can set you free

How directing live TV and directing grief require the same skill set

Is what I'm about to do creating peace, or the opposite? The question that changes everything.

Have the coffee. Get the hug. Ask for what you need. This one will stay with you. 💚

💡 Featured Resources:
Follow Simbi: @simbihall on Instagram
Watch her film, Long Story Short: https://watch.afi.com/movie/long-story-short-4

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49 min