Learn how to build confidence and identity that doesn't depend on performance, praise, or results.

Sydney Minarik, author of Make Your Impact: Transform Yourself to Serve Your Team, shares the lessons that helped her overcome self-doubt, redefine success, and become a stronger teammate and leader. From navigating role changes at Clemson to playing soccer in Australia, Sydney's story offers practical wisdom for athletes, professionals, and anyone facing transition.

Key takeaways:

• How to build an identity beyond achievement
• Why habits shape your ability to serve others
• What championship teammates do differently

Curious what it would look like to share your story and expand your influence? https://shareyourstory.com/

Break free from toxic shame and discover a healthier, grace-centered faith.

Orthopedic surgeon and author David Hockman shares the powerful story behind Surgeon Unmasked: A Journey from Shame to Grace. From childhood anxiety and perfectionism to healing from religious legalism, David reveals how grace transformed his faith, relationships, and purpose.

Key takeaways:

• How toxic shame affects mental health and self-worth
• The difference between legalism and grace-based faith
• Practical hope for anyone healing from religious trauma or spiritual wounds

Curious what it would look like to share your story and expand your influence? https://shareyourstory.com/

Signs influence how people navigate, make decisions, and remember businesses — often without realizing it. Matt Wren explains the hidden impact of signage, why visibility matters, and how communication shapes customer experience.

Inspired by a moment of getting lost in the mountains as a teenager, Matt turned signage into both a career and a mission through his book Here’s Your Sign.

In this episode:

• Why better signs can increase business revenue
• The psychology behind memorable signage
• How every sign tells a story

Curious what it would look like to share your story and expand your influence? https://shareyourstory.com/

Failure, vulnerability, and accountability are some of the greatest leadership teachers. Coach and author John Perry explains why losses create growth, why every successful leader needs coaching, and how people skills will matter even more in the future.

John shares lessons from coaching football, hosting the Never Stop Getting Better podcast, and writing his first book on leadership and personal growth.

In this episode:

• Why there’s growth hidden inside every loss
• How vulnerability makes leaders more effective
• Why coaching principles apply far beyond sports

Curious what it would look like to share your story and expand your influence? https://shareyourstory.com/

Build a stronger team culture by rewarding effort, accountability, and care instead of just results. Former basketball coach and pastor Hunter Price shares the mindset that helped him create winning programs and mentor leaders far beyond sports.

Hunter explains the four leadership types from his book — Sloth, Vortex, Ally, and Heartbeat — and how leaders can identify unhealthy team dynamics before they damage culture.

In this episode:

• Why effort and communication win more than talent
• How leaders lose trust when standards become flexible
• What it means to become the “heartbeat” of a team

Curious what it would look like to share your story and expand your influence? https://shareyourstory.com/

Build stronger confidence, overcome impostor syndrome, and stop shrinking yourself in rooms you already belong in.

Psychologist and author Kasi Lacey joins the podcast to talk about confidence, anxiety, leadership, burnout, and the emotional habits that shape how we show up at work and in life. Kasi shares lessons from writing Your Confidence Comeback, including why confidence is a skill, not a personality trait.

You’ll learn:

• How impostor syndrome quietly limits growth
• Why confidence does not have to be loud
• How psychological safety changes leadership and team culture

Curious what it would look like to share your story and expand your influence? https://shareyourstory.com/

Hidden insecurities can quietly shape your leadership, relationships, and sense of self-worth, and Tyler Dickerhoof explains how to recognize them before they control your life.

In this episode, Tyler shares the personal story behind his book, The Things We Hide, including the tragedy that influenced his leadership journey and how mentorship from John C. Maxwell helped him grow into a more authentic leader. The conversation explores leadership development, emotional resilience, vulnerability, and the hidden fears that drive performance and burnout.

In this episode:

• Why insecurity often drives high achievers
• How unresolved grief affects leadership
• The difference between authenticity and performance
• What it means to lead through service instead of validation

Curious what it would look like to share your story and expand your influence?

⁠https://shareyourstory.com/

Do you have a process for absolving conflict? Whether it's in your work life or personal life, we all endure painful conflict. Life is too short to not have unity with those around you! I'm joined by Brandon Bigelow, author of Unity and Beyond: 5 Simple Steps to Stop Letting Conflict Win.

We discuss

- Finding a calling in conflict resolution.

- His UNITY steps.

- How emotion clouds our judgment.

- Shifting from a "what" to a "why" mindset.

Find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPGRPKPG?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_D8XS8EGSRTP249J0GJYX&bestFormat=true