In this episode, I sit down with Ivy Forero to talk about what happens when you stop chasing certainty and start trusting yourself.

We get into the real stuff, moving across the world without a safety net, becoming a parent while rebuilding your identity, letting go of old roles, and learning how optimism becomes a daily choice instead of a personality trait. Ivy shares her journey from Colombia to the US to Dubai, her work in customer success and leadership, and how intuition, self regulation, and inner trust have guided her through uncertainty, career changes, and single motherhood. We talk about the hero’s journey, surrender, personal power, and why growth often starts when logic runs out.

This is a conversation about courage, curiosity, and what it really means to lead yourself in a world that keeps changing.

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Her posts on optimism, growth, and leadership are worth having in your feed.

In this episode of The Sean Trace Show, I sit down with Ben Cochrane, a lifelong marketer who runs an agency in New Zealand and has worked with major global brands, to talk about what real leadership looks like when the work is fast, stressful, and full of opinions. We get into why investing in people is the most underrated leadership skill, not “training programs,” but real coaching, real feedback, and the kind of mentorship that accelerates growth.

Ben breaks down how leaders build a culture where people feel safe to speak up, challenge ideas, and disagree respectfully, without turning the workplace into either a conflict zone or a “nice culture” where creativity goes to die. We talk about mental health in high-pressure environments, how humor can release tension and create clarity, and why strong teams run on habits, consistency, and trust, not long hours and performative busyness. Ben shares how starting his own business shaped him, what he learned at Harvard about scaling versus staying small and profitable, and why defining “enough” can be the difference between a great life and endless drift.

If you are leading a team, building an agency, running a business, or trying to grow without burning out, this conversation is packed with practical leadership lessons, company culture insights, and real-world decision-making that actually holds up when things get intense.

In this episode of The Sean Trace Show, I sit down with Anne Grady to talk about resilience in real life, not the Instagram version.

We get honest about anxiety, depression, burnout, parenting through chaos, leadership under pressure, and why life doesn’t magically get easier when you hit the next milestone. Anne shares her framework for evolvability, the skills that help you move from reacting to intentionally growing forward, even when everything feels unstable. We talk about nervous systems, daily habits, emotional regulation, control, and why sitting with discomfort is where real growth actually happens.

This conversation is for anyone feeling overwhelmed, stuck in survival mode, or tired of being told to just “be positive.” It’s about learning how to work with your brain instead of against it, building resilience one skill at a time, and realizing that happiness isn’t a personality trait, it’s a practice.