Wisdom Stripes with Meg Tuohey

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.

🔔 FREE LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT
Meg is hosting a free live roundtable on:

January 20 at 7 PM EST

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

👉 Register here:
https://megantuohey.com/the-3-lies-women-tell-themselves-to-keep-the-peace/

⏱️ 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

🌐 Connect with Grant Goulet
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mountaincloudzencenter
🌍 Website: https://www.path-less.com

📕 Meg Tuohey is a renowned expert in relationships, leadership, and personal growth. Learn more about her work and mission here:
https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

🎓 The Wisdom Lab, a transformational space for women reclaiming inner authority and emotional clarity:
https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

📰 Learn more about Wisdom Stripes:
https://bit.ly/3U9V5OZ

📺 Watch Wisdom Stripes every Thursday at 5AM EST on YouTube:
https://bit.ly/3BO3Mbk

📱 Connect with Meg Tuohey
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW
Facebook: https://bit.ly/3BILKXU
TikTok: https://bit.ly/4f7M8he
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4hbXJOb

🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP
🎙️ Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

🚨 DISCLAIMER:
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.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when success, faith, endurance, and love are no longer theoretical... but lived?

In Part 2 of Meg Tuohey’s conversation with entrepreneur and investor Andrew Cartwright, the dialogue moves deeper into commitment, responsibility, leadership, and what it really means to live without treason... internally or relationally.

Andrew shares stories spanning Ironman endurance races, rebuilding after loss, long-term partnership, discernment in chaos-driven media, and why true authority is rooted in truth rather than titles.

This episode is a reflection on resilience, discernment, and love without transaction.

🔔FREE LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT

Meg is hosting a free live roundtable on:

January 20 at 7 PM EST

The 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the Peace

And Why They Don’t Work in 2026

👉 Register here:

https://megantuohey.com/the-3-lies-women-tell-themselves-to-keep-the-peace/

⏱️Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction to Part 2 and why this conversation was split

01:12 – Failure as a convenient excuse to quit

02:02 – Authority vs truth and the cost of chaos

03:24 – Dragon Ridge, energy vortexes, and decentralized systems

04:10 – Blockchain, AI, and the future of trust

08:44 – Building Dragon Ridge through intuition

10:40 – Ironman, endurance, fear, jellyfish, and sharks

13:51 – HeartPrint roundtable invitation

15:33 – Commitment patterns among high achievers

22:06 – Partnership as a multiplier for success

24:01 – The next frontier of personal growth

25:08 – Experience vs concept of love

27:25 – Love as a daily practice

31:51 – Integrity, loyalty, and treason in relationships

33:50 – The science of trust and commitment

35:13 – Final reflections on love and responsibility

45:51 – Closing remarks

🌐Ways to Connect with Andrew Cartwright

🌍 Website: https://www.andrewcartwright.com/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewxcartwright

📕Meg Tuohey is a renown expert in relationships, leadership and personal growth. Learn more about her mission and how she is changing lives here: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Meg Tuohey continues her dialogue with entrepreneur and investor Andrew Cartwright, exploring what sustains success beyond achievement.

This episode goes deeper into truth vs authority, discernment in chaos, commitment, endurance, and love as a lived experience (not a rulebook).

🔔 FREE LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT

January 20 at 7 PM EST

The 3 Lies Women Tell Themselves to Keep the Peace

And Why They Don’t Work in 2026

Register for FREE: https://megantuohey.com/the-3-lies-women-tell-themselves-to-keep-the-peace/

⏱️ Episode Chapters

00:00 – Part 2 intro + recap

01:16 – “I don’t quit” and finding a way

02:02 – Truth vs authority

02:20 – Media, chaos, and why “truth” gets buried

03:24 – Decentralization, trust, and systems

08:44 – Dragon Ridge and building from intuition

10:44 – Ironman, endurance, fear, jellyfish, and sharks

14:56 – Free live roundtable invitation

24:40 – Next frontier: applying “love” to every area of life

25:08 – Experience of love vs the concept/rules of love

29:44 – Commitment, integrity, and “treason” in relationships

33:51 – The Gottman Institute and the pillars of trust

44:31 – Thoughts, emotions, and personal evolution

45:51 – Closing remarks + where to connect

🌐 Connect with Andrew Cartwright

Website: https://www.andrewcartwright.com/

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

🌐 Connect with Meg Tuohey

HeartPrint: https://megantuohey.com

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some conversations are too layered to rush.

In this New Year’s Day episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey shares Part 1 of a powerful, wide-ranging conversation with entrepreneur, investor, and strategist Andrew Cartwright.

Andrew has built and sold 32 companies across 17 industries, experienced massive financial highs and devastating losses, and rebuilt himself multiple times over. In Part 1, Andrew and Meg explore identity, resilience, personal responsibility, and the internal decisions that make quitting impossible.

This episode moves from early life experiences and entrepreneurship into deeper conversations about consciousness, self-awareness, leadership shadows, faith, and what it means to observe your own thoughts instead of being ruled by them.

Stay tuned for Part 2!

📌 Upcoming Free Live Event

Meg is hosting a free live roundtable on January 20 at 7 PM EST called:

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

To pre-register and be the first to receive the link, email [email protected] with the word CLARITY in the subject line.

⏰ TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS

00:00 – Cut off at 12: being forced into responsibility
01:12 – Starting businesses as a child
02:10 – Meeting a mentor and giving everything to learn
03:05 – Becoming a multimillionaire by 17
04:10 – Arrogance, ego, and success without connection
05:28 – “People don’t care what you know”
06:40 – The moment that unraveled the ego
07:55 – Welcome to Wisdom Stripes
08:30 – Episode theme: resilience and rebuilding
09:20 – Meet Andrew Cartwright
11:05 – From broke and homeless to $100M+
12:45 – The Origin of Opportunity and inner freedom
14:10 – Opening wisdom question
14:40 – “You are bigger than you think you are”
16:05 – Identity beyond name, role, or history
17:40 – Watching thoughts instead of obeying them
19:30 – Discovering distance from the mind
21:15 – Studying beingness and awareness
23:10 – Multiple inner voices and inherited narratives
25:20 – Finding the quiet self underneath
27:05 – Nothingness, zero, and creative space
29:30 – The State of Zero
32:00 – Zero, infinity, and human consciousness
34:15 – Being the observer of the human experience
36:40 – Business as a playground for self-mastery
38:55 – Blind spots, unknown self, and growth
41:30 – Leadership shadow and self-awareness
44:10 – Time, control, and flexibility
47:20 – The three human traps: looking good, being right, control
50:10 – Losing everything and staying present
53:30 – Stewardship, character, and long-term vision
56:45 – Early survival shaping identity
59:00 – Reading the binder: refusing to quit
59:47 – What if you gave up three-quarters of the way?
59:51 – “I didn’t have a choice”
59:54 – Reaching the exceptions
1:00:00 – Failure as a convenient excuse
1:00:05 – “I don’t quit. I would have found a way.”

🔗 CONNECT WITH Andrew Cartwright

Instagram: @andrewxcartwright

Website: capitalvelocity.com

🌿 CONNECT WITH MEG TUOHEY

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Website: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

🚨 DISCLAIMER

The Wisdom Stripes podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this New Year’s Day episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey shares Part 1 of a deep, expansive conversation with entrepreneur and investor Andrew Cartwright.

Andrew’s journey includes building and selling dozens of companies, losing over $100 million, rebuilding from massive debt, and developing a grounded, reflective approach to success and leadership. In Part 1, Meg and Andrew explore identity, resilience, self-awareness, leadership blind spots, faith, and the internal decisions that shape a life.

This episode ends at a defining moment... the story that explains why Andrew never quit.

📌 Upcoming Free Live Event

Meg is hosting a free live roundtable on January 20 at 7 PM EST called:

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

To pre-register and be the first to receive the link, email [email protected] with the word CLARITY in the subject line.

⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Welcome and episode context

03:20 – Andrew Cartwright’s background

05:40 – Leaning into possibility

13:40 – Observing thoughts and identity

18:30 – The “state of zero”

24:10 – Blind spots and leadership shadows

31:45 – Business as personal development

36:50 – Losing everything and rebuilding

46:55 – Being cut off at 12

49:40 – Ego, success, and identity

54:20 – The breakthrough moment

59:20 – Failure, quitting, and resolve

1:00:04 – End of Part 1

🔗 CONNECT WITH Andrew Cartwright

Instagram: @andrewxcartwright

Website: capitalvelocity.com

🌿 CONNECT WITH MEG TUOHEY

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Website: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey welcomes entrepreneur and insurance agency owner Nicholas Sakha for a thoughtful conversation about faith, discipline, responsibility, and the inner practices that shape sustainable success.

Nicholas shares his upbringing in a large family, the responsibility he carried early in life, and how faith and structure guided him through seasons of uncertainty. Together, Meg and Nicholas explore balance, parenting, intuition, prayer, and what it means to take the first step when you don’t yet see the whole path.

📕 HeartPrint Holiday Bundle

Pre-order HeartPrint by Meg Tuohey and receive exclusive holiday bonuses.

👉 https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Faith as a foundation

01:52 – Episode introduction

02:07 – Nicholas’s journey

03:18 – Writing things down

04:22 – Growing up with less

06:05 – Early responsibility

08:46 – Family dynamics

12:10 – Self-development

14:34 – Gratitude and answered prayers

16:20 – Calling and service

21:03 – Fatherhood and balance

23:11 – Business growth and creativity

29:11 – Navigating hard seasons

33:44 – Strategy and journaling

35:05 – Relationships and alignment

40:42 – Ownership after failure

48:32 – Final wisdom

49:05 – Breaking point and prayer

52:09 – Faith beyond religion

56:03 – Back against the wall

56:39 – Take the first step

57:03 – Closing reflections

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey welcomes entrepreneur and funding expert Demario McCowan for a powerful conversation about hustle culture, survival mode, and what happens when success stops feeling fulfilling.

Demario shares how reaching financial milestones left him feeling empty, how fatherhood shifted his priorities, and why sustainable success requires patience, structure, and a willingness to move beyond survival thinking. Together, Meg and Demario explore entrepreneurship, fulfillment, intuition, and the courage to trust yourself when you’re standing at a crossroads.

⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Making money and feeling empty

01:56 – Episode introduction

03:26 – Hustle culture and long-term damage

05:12 – Patience as the antidote

07:32 – Social media and distorted reality

11:23 – Hustle vs presence

13:03 – Parenting and modeling being

15:44 – Leaving survival mode

20:21 – Financial milestones and emptiness

22:36 – Outgrowing old strategies

28:00 – The labyrinth metaphor

33:40 – Turns vs dead ends

45:43 – Navigating uncertainty

49:27 – Choosing intuition

52:28 – Redefining fulfillment

59:38 – Stewardship beyond money

01:01:22 – Final wisdom

01:02:01 – Taking the bet on yourself

📕 HeartPrint Holiday Bundle

Pre-order Meg Tuohey’s new book HeartPrint and receive exclusive holiday bonuses.

👉 https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

✨ Learn more about Meg: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

🎓 The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey welcomes entrepreneur and funding expert Demario McCowan for a powerful conversation about hustle culture, survival mode, and what happens when success stops feeling fulfilling.

Demario shares how reaching financial milestones left him feeling empty, how fatherhood shifted his priorities, and why sustainable success requires patience, structure, and a willingness to move beyond survival thinking. Together, Meg and Demario explore entrepreneurship, fulfillment, intuition, and the courage to trust yourself when you’re standing at a crossroads.

⏰ EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 – Making money and feeling empty

01:56 – Episode introduction

03:26 – Hustle culture and long-term damage

05:12 – Patience as the antidote

07:32 – Social media and distorted reality

11:23 – Hustle vs presence

13:03 – Parenting and modeling being

15:44 – Leaving survival mode

20:21 – Financial milestones and emptiness

22:36 – Outgrowing old strategies

28:00 – The labyrinth metaphor

33:40 – Turns vs dead ends

45:43 – Navigating uncertainty

49:27 – Choosing intuition

52:28 – Redefining fulfillment

59:38 – Stewardship beyond money

01:01:22 – Final wisdom

01:02:01 – Taking the bet on yourself

📕 HeartPrint Holiday Bundle

Pre-order Meg Tuohey’s new book HeartPrint and receive exclusive holiday bonuses.

👉 https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

✨ Learn more about Meg: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

🎓 The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you move through the holidays with more compassion, grounding, and self-awareness?

In this special episode of Wisdom Stripes, I’m joined by Coach Moe Poole and Paula Rao, LPC to explore why the holidays are so emotionally intense... and how to support yourself when stress, expectations, family patterns, or grief begin to take over.

We talk about:

• Why holiday pressure activates old patterns

• Emotional labor, comparison, and “hallmark expectations”

• Boundaries without guilt

• What to do when you feel overwhelmed or “flip your lid”

• Grieving loved ones or lost seasons of life

• How to return to your growth instead of falling into old roles

• Reconnecting with what actually makes the holidays meaningful

This conversation will support anyone feeling stretched thin, triggered, depleted, or unsure how to stay grounded in a busy, emotionally loaded season.

✨ HeartPrint Holiday Bundle Bonuses

Preorder HeartPrint and receive:

Claim your bundle:

https://megantuohey.com/megan-book-heart-print/

Connect with Today’s Guests

Coach Moe Poole — Transformational Mindset & Energy Coach

Facebook: facebook.com/moe.poole.9

Instagram: instagram.com/theecoach.moe

Paula Rao, LPC — Therapist & Trauma Specialist

Website: https://westhoustoncounseling.com/paula-rao/

Connect with Meg Tuohey

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW

Facebook: https://bit.ly/3BILKXU

TikTok: https://bit.ly/4f7M8he

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4hbXJOb

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3NtUF24

The Wisdom Lab: https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N

Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP

Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj

⏰ Timestamps (Chapters)

00:00 — HeartPrint Holiday Bundle

01:19 — Why the holidays feel intense

02:31 — Introducing Coach Moe & Paula

04:52 — Expectations & emotional pressure

07:29 — Fear, obligation & guilt

09:05 — Emotional load of being “the leader”

10:39 — Seasonal shifts & lowered capacity

12:48 — Protecting your growth

14:21 — Boundaries & planning ahead

16:21 — Staying present & regulated

17:29 — Old patterns resurfacing

20:24 — Reconnecting with values

22:18 — Emotional tipping point

24:24 — What to do when you flip your lid

27:34 — Processing without harming relationships

31:10 — Regulation tools

33:42 — “Honor the occasion” mindset

34:49 — Navigating grief

39:01 — The grief “software update”

43:05 — Accepting the gap between hope & reality

47:43 — Making holidays meaningful again

51:14 — The “yeah, but…” inner narrative

53:04 — Creating 10 minutes of joy

57:24 — HeartPrint philosophy

1:00:10 — Becoming your future self

1:03:11 — Closing &a...

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we truly making the most of the days we’re given? In this episode, I sit down with Parker Patterson, entrepreneur, caregiver, and co-owner of Silverleaf Elder Care, to explore the profound wisdom that comes from serving people at the end of their lives.

We talk about:

💛 The reality of aging in America

🏠 How boutique-style elder care preserves dignity and belonging

🧠 Memory care, emotional needs, and the importance of continuity

🌿 What peaceful death looks like, and what regretful death teaches us

👨‍👩‍👧 How Parker’s upbringing in a family of 12 (with 7 special needs siblings) shaped his worldview

🔥 Leadership, purpose, and building a mission-driven life

💫 Preparing for death, legacy, and living intentionally before it’s too late

If you’re curious about life, meaning, purpose, aging, death, or how to build a legacy you’re proud of, this conversation will move you deeply.

Connect with Parker Patterson

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

Website: ⁠https://www.silverleafeldercare.com⁠

About Meg Tuohey

📕 HeartPrint by Megan Tuohey is now available for pre-order!⁠https://bit.ly/4qTGXbc⁠

✨ Meg Tuohey is a renowned expert in relationships, leadership, and personal growth. Learn more about her mission and how she is changing lives here:

⁠https://bit.ly/3NtUF24⁠

🎓 Shatter emotional barriers and reclaim your power with The Wisdom Lab—designed for women seeking profound breakthroughs in personal growth and emotional healing:

⁠https://bit.ly/4eI8S7N⁠

📰 Learn more about Wisdom Stripes here:

⁠https://bit.ly/3U9V5OZ⁠

📺 Watch “Wisdom Stripes” every Thursday at 5 AM EST on YouTube:

⁠https://bit.ly/3BO3Mbk⁠

Connect with Meg Tuohey

Instagram: ⁠https://bit.ly/4f6B0AW⁠

Facebook: ⁠https://bit.ly/3BILKXU⁠

TikTok: ⁠https://bit.ly/4f7M8he⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://bit.ly/4hbXJOb⁠

🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://apple.co/3Yp2vjP⁠

🎙️ Listen on Spotify: ⁠https://spoti.fi/4f8xTsj⁠

⏰ Timestamps (Chapters)

00:00 – The beauty of multigenerational care

00:33 – Welcome to Wisdom Stripes

00:47 – Meet Parker Patterson

01:01 – Parker’s upbringing & family of 12

03:12 – How adoption shaped his worldview

09:04 – The state of elder care in America

10:23 – Why Parker built boutique-style communities

11:44 – Eastern vs Western aging philosophies

13:18 – Creating a home-like environment

14:14 – Launching home care to help seniors age in place

16:03 – Blending family values into elder care

17:26 – Supporting caregivers through grief

23:06 – Leadership with heart: co-leading with his wife

25:07 – The sacred difficulty of end-of-life care

27:44 – Wisdom from witnessing death

32:10 – The “door between worlds”: birth & death

33:11 – Signs of peaceful transition

35:24 – The beauty of crossing over

36:05 – Parker’s vision for life, purpose & legacy

40:00 – The hardest thing Parker is working on

42:01 – Overcoming shiny object syndrome

46:02 – How his wife keeps him grounded

48:56 – Parker’s final wisdom

49:21 – Preparing for death responsibly

54:00 – Where to find Parker & closing remarks

🚨 DISCLAIMER

The Wisdom Stripes podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The host, Meg Tuohey, shares personal stories, experiences, and knowledge aimed at helping listeners gain new insights for personal growth. However, the content is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Listeners should not use the information as a replacement for consultations with qualified mental health, medical, or other professionals. If you are seeking professional help, please consult with a licensed specialist.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices