What's actually standing between you and the life you want? According to Cassandra Britton, it's not strategy, talent, or timing. It's fear — and the courage you haven't found yet to do the thing anyway.

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohy sits down with Cassandra Britton — brand coach, keynote speaker, top 5% global business podcaster, and founder of Voices of Impact. Cassandra launched her first business at 19, scaled it to seven figures, and built a global community helping entrepreneurs master their on-camera presence and marketing message. But what actually got her there was the willingness to stop hiding from the darkest parts of herself and choose differently.

Together, Meg and Cassandra unpack why most entrepreneurs stay invisible, what it really takes to break through fear, and how to build the kind of self-relationship that changes every decision you make. Cassandra shares the breathwork ceremony that cracked her open, how she broke a decade of destructive patterns, and the moment on a long highway from Canada to Austin when she turned down life-changing money to stay true to her mission.

In this episode: fear and the amygdala explained, putting fear in the passenger seat, the yeah-but mindset and how to get out of it, shadow work and hidden rooms, journaling for self-awareness, the line in the sand, intuition in business, feminine and masculine energy, and why curiosity is the most powerful tool you have.

If you've ever felt stuck, invisible, or like everyone else has something you don't, this one's for you.

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What if the success you’ve been chasing is the very thing standing between you and the life you were actually created for?

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with Victoria Washington, faith-driven entrepreneur and founder of a multi–seven-figure brand, for a powerful conversation about faith, sobriety, identity, and the courage to surrender control.

Victoria shares the story behind her transformation — from building a business rooted in New Age doctrines while privately battling alcohol addiction, to a 40-day fast that radically shifted her faith, purpose, and direction in life.

Now three years sober and deeply anchored in her faith, Victoria helps women around the world build businesses aligned with their calling while stewarding the influence they’ve been given.

This conversation explores what happens when ambition meets surrender — and why obedience often leads us to a life far more meaningful than the one we were trying to build on our own.

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Breaking addiction is hard.

Breaking a generational pattern is even harder.

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with entrepreneur and father Matt Sessa for a powerful conversation about sobriety, masculinity, identity, and the courage required to become a different kind of man than the one you inherited.

Matt shares the reality behind addiction, the ego traps that can hide inside success, and the moment he realized that if he didn’t change his life, his children would inherit the same patterns.

This episode explores:

• Addiction and sobriety

• Masculinity and emotional responsibility

• Rebuilding trust in marriage

• Fatherhood and breaking generational trauma

• Leadership inside the home

It’s a conversation about honesty, accountability, and the courage to interrupt the patterns that shaped you.

Because real transformation doesn’t just change your life...

it changes the future of your family.

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What if chronic tension, anxiety, and pain aren’t fixed with more effort — but with awareness?

In this episode, Meg Tuohey sits down with 80-year-old Feldenkrais practitioner LeAnn Brightwell to explore how conscious movement can rewire the nervous system and restore vitality at any age.

LeAnn was among the final students trained directly by Moshe Feldenkrais. She explains:

• Why stretching and strength training don’t change movement patterns

• How anxiety blocks access to your inner self

• What “Awareness Through Movement” does neurologically

• Why slow movement is more powerful than force

• How she maintains strength, flexibility, and energy at 80

This conversation challenges everything we think we know about aging, healing, and the body’s capacity to change.

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When the title goes away… who are you?

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg sits down with Paula Sanders: former Global Head of Membership at Casa Cipriani and now Founder of PSA Membership Strategists; to talk about what really happens after you leave something prestigious.

Not the announcement.

Not the brave decision.

But the quiet grief that follows.

Paula shares:

• The identity crash no one warns you about

• Why chosen endings still require mourning

• The ego detachment that comes after status

• Being the oldest in the room... and growing anyway

• What it means to build quietly instead of publicly

This episode is for anyone who has outgrown something that once felt like a dream.

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You can build the dream life… and still feel like something is missing.

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with wellness leader and entrepreneur Adriana Martin to talk about perfectionism, toxic positivity, midlife awakening, and the courage it takes to admit when the plan you worked so hard for no longer fits.

After immigrating to the U.S. at 21 and building successful businesses, a family, and a “picture perfect” life, Adriana found herself asking a question many high-achievers quietly carry:

Why am I not happy?

This conversation explores:

If you’ve ever felt the quiet nudge that something needs to change, this episode will speak to you.

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Loneliness isn’t just about being alone.

It’s about losing connection to yourself.

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with entrepreneur and podcaster Travis Chappell for a deep, honest conversation about identity, belief systems, and what it really takes to rebuild your inner blueprint when the one you inherited no longer fits.

Travis shares his experience growing up inside a closed religious system, the loneliness that followed leaving it, and how curiosity, learning, and radical honesty helped him rebuild a life rooted in self-trust rather than certainty.

Together, they explore:

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt untethered after questioning what they were taught, or who knows there’s more to who they are than the role they were handed.

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A story about rebuilding belonging from the inside out.

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Why Your Boundaries Aren’t Working

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What if creativity isn’t about what you make — but how you feel, receive, and respond?

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with performer, director, researcher, and PhD candidate Kay Tuckerman to explore creativity as an embodied, healing exchange — where art becomes a bridge between body, intuition, spirit, and science.

Kay shares her journey from Broadway stages to holistic research, unpacking the non-linear nature of creativity, the grief of creative interruption, and how art reconnects us to our humanity when productivity and performance fall short.

This is a conversation about remembering the body, honoring intuition, and allowing creativity to heal what pressure cannot.

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Why Your Boundaries Aren’t Working (Even When You Say Them Clearly)

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What happens when success ends... and identity goes with it?

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with former professional skateboarder turned entrepreneur, investor, and Vice Mayor Pro Tem Mikey Taylor to explore reinvention, faith, leadership, and what it takes to rebuild when the life you knew disappears.

Mikey shares the story behind a career-ending injury, the loss of identity that followed, and the internal reckoning that forced him to confront the question many avoid: Who am I without this?

This is a conversation about discomfort as a teacher, leadership rooted in integrity, and why challenge isn’t a sign to quit... but an invitation to become more.

📕 If this conversation resonates, Meg’s upcoming book HeartPrint goes deeper into these themes of identity, truth, and aligned living.

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This episode is less about answers and more about orientation.
About the quiet realization that nothing in your life is random, nothing is wasted, and nothing is truly out of order, even when it feels unbearable.

In this conversation, Meg sits with Zen practitioner and former biomedical engineer Grant Goulet to explore consciousness, metaphysics, inner knowing, suffering, death, and what it actually means to live aligned with your deeper values, not culturally rewarded ones.

This isn’t abstract philosophy for its own sake.
It’s a grounded invitation to listen differently… to pain, curiosity, discomfort, and the compass already inside you.

You’ll hear reflections on:

If you’ve been craving depth instead of noise, this episode will meet you there.

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January 20 at 7 PM EST

The 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the Peace
And Why They Don’t Work in 2026

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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – “Nothing is ever lost” and why that question matters
01:46 – Grant’s pivot from academia to Zen practice
02:26 – The “pathless path” and living without a map
05:03 – What metaphysics actually means (without the woo)
06:01 – Defining consciousness: experience vs matter
10:21 – Inner knowing, conditioning, and stillness
13:22 – Why advice often misses the point
16:02 – The collective unconscious & “mind at large”
20:27 – Are experiences preserved after death?
23:25 – Struggle, fairness, and the human condition
26:23 – Why women feel disconnected despite “doing the work”
29:33 – Pain, resistance, and unnecessary suffering
33:22 – Curiosity as a nervous system skill
35:48 – Death as dissolution, not disappearance
40:05 – Science, spirituality, and paradigm shifts
45:14 – What meditation really is
49:02 – Thoughts, breath, and being human
54:49 – Compassion as the deepest layer of consciousness
57:05 – Final reflections on curiosity and alignment
58:49 – Why it must start small

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🌍 Website: https://www.path-less.com

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The Wisdom Stripes podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please consult a qualified professional for individualized support.

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