Getting Under The Skin

What if the most painful year of your life was actually preparing you for the family you were meant to have?

In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andrew Kimler, Sundance fellow and award-winning creative producer, for a deeply personal conversation about adoption, fatherhood, creativity, and purpose.

After enduring three failed adoptions in a single year, alongside profound personal loss, Andrew reflects on grief, resilience, and what it takes to stay open after repeated heartbreak.

Together, they explore:

- The emotional reality of failed adoptions and how to mourn what almost was

- Why you “can’t get matched with the wrong kid” in the adoption journey

- What patience really means and how to use the waiting season well

- The difference between what a story is about and what it’s really about

- How creativity, writing, and fatherhood reveal your deeper purpose

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What happens when the questions that once got you arrested become the foundation of your life's work?

In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Bryce Hoffman, bestselling author and the only civilian ever to complete the U.S. Army's Red Team Leader Program. As founder of Red Team Thinking, he helps organizations like Google, Salesforce, and the U.S. Marine Corps challenge assumptions and make sharper decisions.

Together, they explore:

- How radical idealism evolves into disciplined critical thinking

- Why ego is the enemy of great leadership

- Failure as a feature, not a flaw

- What it really means to stop pushing the river

This conversation is about learning to ask the tough questions, and having the courage to listen to the answers.

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What happens when the parts of you that were silenced begin to speak again?

In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with award-winning podcaster, empowerment coach, and author Michelle Lamoureux, creator of The Good Life podcast and author of Design a Life You Love.

Michelle reflects on the formative experiences that shaped her: being “othered” as a child, surviving a near abduction, and wearing a scoliosis brace for six years — and how those moments cultivated empathy, resilience, and a drive to create safe spaces for women to reclaim their voice.

Together, they explore:

• Reclaiming your voice after silence

• How early experiences shape identity and empathy

• Success as the courage to try

• Motherhood, safety, and raising a daughter with agency

• Designing a life with intention

This conversation examines what it means to design a life with intention, expand beyond inherited limitations, and stay human in an increasingly AI-driven world.

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