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Design Review - podcast for Engineering Your Life

Design Review - podcast for Engineering Your Life

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Welcome to "Design Review"!


With host, Robert Haines, this is the podcast for Engineering Your Life. Robert interviews people who have an active or planned project that contributes to others. The style is casual, engaging and enthusiastic.


Following the format of an engineering design review, Robert chats with guests about their project or objective, what led them to pursue it, how it's going, future plans and any connections they are seeking to support their efforts.


Along the way, there is always animated discussion about life, philosophy, boundaries, and always a discussion about uplifting others.


Come watch an episode - or more - and be uplifted by Robert's amazing, inspired, and inspiring guests from all over the world!

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Episodes
  • Design Review - Engineering Your Life Podcast - Robert Haines & Sara Berry - 20260107
    Feb 14 2026

    I’ve known Sara Berry for a while now, and every time we talk, I’m reminded why I respect her so much. She’s one of those people who doesn’t just teach video — she lives it. Sara is a video educator and she helps business owners become confident on camera and use video to grow their brands authentically.

    What I love about Sara is that she practices what she teaches. She doesn’t hide behind polished perfection — she shows up consistently, experiments publicly, and helps others do the same. In this episode, we talk honestly about what it really takes to build visibility through video, especially when fear and self-doubt show up.

    Here’s what you’ll take away from this conversation:

    • Why showing up imperfectly is more powerful than waiting to be “ready”
    • How repetition builds confidence on camera
    • The difference between creating content and building trust

    We also dig into three big themes:

    1. Overcoming imposter syndrome while building in public
    2. Creating sustainable content systems (instead of relying on motivation)
    3. Pricing and positioning yourself with confidence

    Sara helps entrepreneurs and professionals use video strategically — not just to post more content, but to build authority, connection, and trust. If you’ve ever felt hesitant about being on camera, this episode will change how you think about it.

    If you want to get more comfortable showing up, this one’s for you.

    Get to know Sara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berry-sara/

    Learn more about EYL: https://www.engineeringyourlife.net/

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    49 mins
  • Design Review - Engineering Your Life Podcast - Robert Haines & Holly Pyle - 20251229
    Dec 29 2025

    In this episode of Design Review, Robert Haines sits down with Holly Pyle—jazz looping vocalist, vocal coach, and mindset coach—for a deeply honest conversation about voice, vulnerability, and authenticity.

    Holly shares her journey from perfectionism and self-pressure to a way of singing and living rooted in presence, permission, and emotional integrity. Together, they explore the difference between performative vulnerability and the kind of vulnerability that actually heals.

    This conversation dives into how voice training touches on inner wisdom, how being perfect and "pretty" can be inauthentic, and how creative pursuits mirror inner work. They also unpack fear, emotional safety, and what it means to feel threatened even when no real danger is present—because sometimes, as they put it, the caller is in the house.

    If you’re navigating growth, healing, or learning to trust your own voice—literally or metaphorically—this episode offers thoughtful insight grounded in lived experience.


    Get to know Holly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-pyle-b342378a/

    Learn more about EYL: https://www.engineeringyourlife.net/

    Watch the full YouTube video: https://youtu.be/FmGsnFbltqM

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    48 mins
  • Design Review - Engineering Your Life Podcast - Robert Haines & April K Mills - 20251216
    Dec 19 2025

    Podcast episode – with April K. Mills, founder of Engine-for-Change

    I met April after a suggestion and introduction from my friend and colleague, Hilbert Robinson, when we were discussing organizational transformation. When Hilbert recommends that I meet someone, I know I need to connect—and that was absolutely true about April!

    In this episode, I sit down with April, a nuclear engineer turned change accelerator, to explore the art of driving meaningful change. April shares her journey—from a young nuclear engineer at the shipyard to founding Engine-for-Change.

    Our discussion pulls many examples from observations and insights in her first book, Everyone Is a Change Agent: A Guide to the Change Agent Essentials.

    Whether you’re in engineering, sales, community work, or any field that navigates change, this conversation invites you to discover your inner Change Agent and make the powerful difference that is uniquely yours to make—with what you have right now.

    Connect with April: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilkmills/

    Learn more about EYL: https://www.engineeringyourlife.net/

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    45 mins
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