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

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/

Podcast episode #16 – with Rev. Lezli Goodwin

In this conversation, I sit down with my spiritual mentor, Rev. Lezli Goodwin, to explore what it truly means to grow conscious, courageous spiritual leaders. We covered a lot of ground, but three themes rose to the surface:

•⁠ ⁠What is “good enough?” — letting go of perfectionism and embracing the spiritual freedom of allowing what is.
•⁠ ⁠Coaching leadership — how spiritual leaders learn to see beneath the surface and guide others from clarity rather than reactivity.
•⁠ ⁠Acceptance as empowerment — the shift from resisting life to recognizing that anything created through our thinking can be uncreated and recreated.

If you’ve ever wrestled with the pressure to “get it right,” or wondered how spiritual principles meet real-life leadership, this episode offers grounded wisdom and deeply practical takeaways.

Tune in to explore the inner work behind spiritual leadership, self-compassion, and living in alignment with universal principles.