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He was lying in a hospital bed as one of the most senior executives at a public company, wealthy by any measure, when the first thought that crossed his mind was whether he could survive on food bank groceries. Art Blanchford had already built a fortune, lost it, and built it again. The fear never checked his bank statement before it showed up. Art grew up inside a religious cult where love and safety were conditional on performance. That belief followed him into a corporate career where he ran multibillion-dollar divisions of a global company, and it was still running the show even after he had rebuilt a fortune he had once lost entirely. This conversation traces what it actually took to see that belief clearly, and what changed once he did.   What was covered: Why a childhood survival pattern can hide inside decades of real professional success What it took to rebuild a fortune after losing nearly three quarters of a million dollars in a failed business The freedom gap between being an employee and being a business owner A plant medicine experience that led directly to a career pivot with no prior experience behind it Why a six-month depression in 2025 turned out to be part of the path, not a detour from it What Art's nature-based men's intensives are actually built to do   About Art Blanchford: Art Blanchford is an expert in midlife transition where he helps men find meaning after achieving what they thought would make them happy.  He is an devoted husband and father, spiritual seeker, avid adventurer and endurance athlete, executive coach, author, podcast host, speaker, and former senior, global business executive that lived and ran businesses on three continents.   Links: Website: https://lifeintransitionpodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Life-In-Transition/100095280279752/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-blanchford/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeintransitionpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeInTransitionPodcast   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richersoul Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro appointment 15 minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ [email protected] Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast

What an 83-Year-Old's Daily Habits Reveal About Aging   Most people assume chronic disease is just a normal part of getting older. Michael Dorfman, an 83 year old health and nutrition coach, has spent the last 18 years proving otherwise, and he's still playing competitive pickleball to show for it. If you've ever wondered whether it's too late to change your trajectory, or whether the version of aging you've been told to expect is the only one available, this episode will reframe the question entirely.   In This Episode: Why chronic disease usually starts decades before it's diagnosed, not the year it shows up The friend's heart disease reversal that changed the direction of Michael's life and work Why doctors are trained for sick care, not health care, and what that means for your decisions What the Blue Zones research actually found in common across five unrelated places on earth Why fiber, not protein, is the real deficiency in most people's diets The daily practices Michael uses now: breathwork, intermittent fasting, cold and hot therapy, and movement over formal exercise What changed when Michael stopped judging his father, and what that taught him about everyone else   Key Insights: The body keeps a record long before symptoms appear. Type 2 diabetes in children and colon cancer in men under 50 are signs the timeline has shifted, not random bad luck. A surgeon's job is surgery. Lifestyle medicine is rarely part of the training, which means the responsibility for prevention sits with you, not your doctor. The Blue Zones populations didn't exercise in the way we think of it. Their environments simply required constant, ordinary movement. Letting go of judgment, of a parent, a stranger, a different point of view, was one of the latest and most valuable lessons of Michael's life.   About Michael Dorfman: Michael J. Dorfman is an 83-year-old certified Health & Nutrition Life Coach, investigative author, and thriving example of plant-based longevity. Based in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, he has spent the last 17+ years living—and coaching—on how to age vibrantly without chronic disease. Michael adopted a vegetarian diet in 1976, transitioned to a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle in 2008, and earned his certification in Plant-Based Nutrition in 2019. His book, The Thriving Vegan, exposes how the food and pharmaceutical industries mislead the public—and how individuals can reclaim their health. In his latest book, The Longevity Wellness Revolution, Michael shares practical tools from the Blue Zones, as well as his discoveries, including breathwork, intermittent fasting, stress reduction, and more. He's passionate about showing that it's never too late to live with energy, purpose, and joy.   Links: Website: https://longevitywellnessrevolution.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.dorfman.353/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrivingvegan1/ X: https://x.com/readmide Substack: https://substack.com/mike82   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richersoul Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro appointment 15 minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ [email protected] Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs. 

Why Your Business Won't Let You Go - Letting Others Take Ownership   You have hired good people. You have tried to step back. And yet, every time something important goes sideways, it still lands on your desk. Jason Henneberry says that is not a people problem or a systems problem. It is a dependency problem, and it has a specific structural cause. Jason is the founder of Dependency Design, a senior partner in a national Canadian mortgage brokerage with more than 600 professionals, and the author of "Why Your Business Won't Let You Go," which you can download free at dependencydesign.com. He built and sold a technology product to Rocket Mortgage, nearly went bankrupt in 2008 after committing a full consumer marketing budget into a market that was about to collapse, and has started from scratch at least twice. He knows what the trap looks like from the inside.   In This Episode: Why handing over a task and handing over accountability are two completely different acts The moment you step in to fix something, what you actually teach your business The blast radius principle: how to let your team fail safely and build real ownership Jason's three C's framework: Clarity, Capacity, and Commitment How to design compensation so salespeople, administrators, and leaders each care about what they actually control Why launching a new product line before your core is stable is a structural trap, not just a strategic mistake What Jason learned from losing nearly everything in 2008   Key Insights: Every time you rescue your team from a problem, you teach the entire business that you are the solution. The rescue and the trap are the same act. Real delegation means handing over the outcome, not just the task, including the outcome of failure. Before branching into anything new, ask honestly: could I generate the same return by doing five to ten percent more of what I am already good at? Compensation alignment is structural. Sales on revenue, administration on task fulfillment, and leadership on gross profit creates a team where everyone cares about what they control. Starting over with hard-won knowledge is not losing. It is compounding.   About Jason Henneberry: Jason Henneberry is the founder of Dependency Design and the author of Why Your Business Won't Let You Go. He has built and operated multiple successful companies, serves as a senior partner in a national brokerage with more than 600 professionals, and has spent 30 years leading founder-driven organizations. Jason works with producing team leads, small business owners, and operators who feel the weight of growth but cannot clearly see where it's coming from.  His work challenges the common advice to simply delegate more, work harder, or install better systems. Instead, Jason helps leaders see where responsibility has quietly settled inside their organization. Through his structural lens, founders learn to distinguish between chosen dependency and accidental dependency, reduce invisible fragility, and build businesses that grow without getting heavier. His approach is observational, practical, and grounded in real operational experience, not motivation or hustle culture.   Links: Website: https://dependencydesign.com/    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhenneberry/    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonhenneberry/    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JasonHenneberry      Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richersoul Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro appointment 15 minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ [email protected] Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.

Why Your Best People Want You to Leave Them Alone   There is a pattern Nathan Jamail has seen across hundreds of organizations, in every industry, at every level. Ask employees what their professional goal is, and most will eventually tell you: to be so good their boss leaves them alone. That is not apathy. That is a signal about how leadership is being experienced. In this episode, Nathan and Rocky go deep on why coaching cultures fail not because leaders lack intention, but because they spend their attention on exactly the wrong people.   In This Episode: Why 90% of employees at every level aim to be left alone by their manager, and what that reveals about leadership The distinction between coaching those who need attention and those who deserve it Why the leader in the middle is the most powerful and most overlooked force in any organization How AI will eliminate the leader who manages through process and amplify the one who leads through genuine connection Why promoting the best salesperson into management is often the most costly mistake a company makes What "serve up, coach down" actually requires at every layer of an organization Why accountability and mandating behavior are acts of belief, not control   Key Insights: Leaders default to spending time with struggling employees while leaving high performers alone. The consequence: high performers learn that good performance means less coaching, and they plateau. The goal is not buy-in. Buy-in is compliance. The goal is belief, and belief is built through alignment from the very top down. AI will not replace the leader. It will replace the manager who adds no human value. Connection, trust, and accountability cannot be automated. The leader in the middle (the director, the senior manager) holds more organizational power than anyone above or below them. They make or break alignment. Accountability is not control. It is the highest form of belief in another person's capacity.   About Nathan Jamail: Nathan Jamail is a record-setting performer, CEO, Adjunct Professor in the MBA program at SMU's Cox School of Business, where he has earned more than 18 Teacher Excellence Awards, and a bestselling author of leadership and sales books. During his tenure as an Executive Director at a Fortune 100 company, Nathan built and led seven #1 producing teams across five states and Puerto Rico. He has also built, scaled, and sold multiple small businesses, bringing real-world corporate and entrepreneurial leadership experience to everything he teaches. For more than two decades, Nathan has coached and developed leaders on three continents and thousands around the world. His leadership principles now serve as the backbone for organizations across manufacturing, finance, technology, communications, hospitality, and more. In a business climate shaped by AI acceleration and constant disruption, Nathan helps organizations leverage technology without losing their human edge, building teams that win through clarity, discipline, accountability, and trust.   Links: www.NathanJamail.com Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: @nathanjamail https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanjamail/ Facebook: @jdgroup https://www.facebook.com/jdgroup Instagram: @nathan_jamail https://www.instagram.com/nathan_jamail   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richersoul Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro appointment 15 minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ [email protected] Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.

The Changed Mind: From Broken Start to Built Legacy   At 15, Jonathan Berryhill had no stable home. By his late twenties he had a military career, a law enforcement career, a college degree he earned as a walk-on linebacker at 25, three kids, and a marriage he was quietly destroying. The moment he saw what he was doing, he made a phone call that split his life in two. This is not a story about hustle or habits or morning routines. It is a story about what happens when a person decides, with no return clause, to stop being who they have been.   In this episode: Why Jonathan nearly lost his marriage in his twenties, and what the phone call that saved it actually cost him How military infantry training built the discipline framework he still uses in business and fatherhood Why comfort is the primary enemy of change, and what it takes to get uncomfortable enough to move The compound math of starting today versus starting Monday, and the specific dollar cost of a three-day delay What "Warrior to Wealth" actually means, and why it has almost nothing to do with a bank account How homeschooling six children became the foundation for three generations now working together on a 200-acre farm His five pillars: identity, discipline, financial stability, time freedom, and standards, and why identity has to come first   Key insights: Identity precedes every lasting change. Jonathan did not fix his finances or his marriage first. He decided who he would no longer be. Everything else followed. Intentionality is not a time-management system. Thirty deliberate minutes with the people you love produce more than twelve hours of physical presence. Comfort is not a rest stop. It is a destination that forecloses every other destination. The people around you today are shaping the person you are becoming. If you would not introduce your current circle to the version of yourself you are working toward, that is information worth acting on. Compounding is invisible in both directions until the gap becomes irreversible.   About Jonathan Berryhill: Jonathan Berryhill is a former U.S. Army Infantry Sergeant, law enforcement officer, and entrepreneur who built multiple 7- and 8-figure businesses — but only after confronting the one thing that was quietly holding him back: his identity.  He didn't grow up with stability. By 15, he was on his own, navigating life without a foundation. He found structure in the military, adrenaline in law enforcement, and success in business — but nearly lost his marriage in the process. That moment changed everything.  Jonathan rebuilt his life through faith, discipline, and personal responsibility — not just fixing his marriage, but redefining who he was as a man, a leader, and a father. From there, he went on to build businesses across real estate, healthcare, and government contracting — with his current focus in real estate, where he went from new agent at 43 to building three brokerages, recruiting 50+ agents, and generating seven figures in commissions in just five years.  Today, as the author of Warrior to Wealth, Jonathan speaks to men and entrepreneurs who feel stuck between where they came from and where they know they're meant to go — helping them stop drifting, take ownership, and build a life that actually lasts.    Links: Website: https://jonberryhill.com/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jon.berryhill   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonhannah.berryhill     Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richersoul Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro appointment 15 minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ [email protected] Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.

The Root Cause Most Doctors Never Look For with Dr. Yi Song   You have been through the tests. You have the results. You have the prescription. And something still feels unresolved, because the system you went through was built to find what is broken in one place, not to read the whole picture. Dr. Yi Song has practiced at the intersection of traditional Chinese medicine, Western pathology, and regenerative therapy for 25 years. Her argument is not that modern medicine is wrong. It is that it stops too soon, and that the philosophy behind Chinese medicine was already asking the right questions 6,000 years ago.   In This Episode: Why Chinese medicine reads pulse, tongue, complexion, voice, and personal history together, and why that picture is more complete than isolated biomarkers alone The six principles of lasting health from Dr. Song's forthcoming book: body constitution, early prevention, root cause diagnosis, tending the body like a garden, natural rhythm, and combining modalities designed for your specific constitution What stem cell therapy actually does, and what it cannot do. Dr. Song has administered stem cells to herself more than 30 times over five years and still pairs them with red light therapy, infrared sauna, and targeted Chinese medicine How long-term stress silently degrades the digestive system over years, and why treating the downstream symptom without addressing the upstream cause almost never holds The Taoist root of mental wellness: the actual source of unhappiness is comparison, not a lack of meditation practice Why your prenatal constitution cannot be eliminated, only understood and managed   Key Insights: Your reference range is not your range. Western benchmarks are population averages. What is normal for your body may look abnormal for someone else's, and vice versa. A symptom is almost always downstream of something upstream. Treating the symptom while the root stays intact is like watering the wilting plant while the irrigation line stays blocked. Stem cells are a jump-starter, not a cure. Their value multiplies when combined with modalities matched to the individual's constitution, not a generic longevity stack. The meaning of life lives in the process. Not the destination, not the outcome, and not how your outcome compares to anyone else's.   About Dr. Yi Song: Dr. Yi Song, raised in Beijing in a 17-generation medical family, trained in Pathology at Brown University before focusing on regenerative and holistic healing. She has operated a holistic clinic in Boston since 2004 and founded the Zenerchi Retreat in Colombia in 2018, where she offers advanced stem cell therapies. Integrating stem cell therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and anti-aging treatments, Dr. Song aims to help people live longer, healthier lives.   Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dr.yi.song.stemcellexperts https://www.facebook.com/regenerationeffect/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-yi-song/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerationeffect/  X: https://x.com/regenerationFx  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@regenerationeffect   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richersoul Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro appointment 15 minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ [email protected] Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.

Turn Setbacks Into Wins With Neutral Thinking   Success does not protect you from feeling stuck. In fact, for many high achievers, the pressure to keep performing can bury the deeper questions that actually matter. This conversation with Joshua Lifrak is about what happens when the old way of thinking stops working and you need a more honest framework for resilience, growth, and living with intention. Joshua knows this terrain from both sides. He grew up around financial scarcity, built a career in elite performance, and lived through bankruptcy before rebuilding. Along the way, he worked with top athletes and organizations, including the Chicago Cubs during their 2016 World Series run, and built a framework for performing under pressure that now serves business leaders as well.   In This Episode: How childhood scarcity shaped Joshua's early relationship with money Why bankruptcy became a turning point instead of an ending What elite athletes understand about mental preparation that most executives do not The power of neutral thinking in high-pressure moments Why knowledge without action changes nothing How to stop living by default and start living by design What "Mile Zero" means for your next chapter   Key Insights: The story you attach to a setback often creates more damage than the setback itself. Neutral thinking creates space for better decisions. Real performance is built before the pressure moment arrives. Growth comes from repetition, not occasional inspiration. The past only controls the future if you keep giving it that power.   Money Learnings from Joshua: He grew up with a scarcity-based relationship to money and remembers what it felt like when finances were tight at home. School did not teach him much about money, and he says he did not truly begin to understand how money could work for you until later in life. He credits his wife, Karen, with helping shape a more thoughtful financial approach through long-term planning, investing, and thinking differently about how to use money to create freedom and better choices.   Why This Conversation Matters: It speaks directly to entrepreneurs and high achievers who know what pressure feels like. Success does not eliminate setbacks, self-doubt, or emotional overreaction. In many cases, it raises the stakes. Joshua brings a rare perspective because he connects personal financial struggle, elite athletic performance, and business leadership into one practical framework. For anyone building a company, leading a team, or trying to grow through a difficult season, this episode is a reminder that better results often begin with better thinking. This is what makes the conversation so relevant for entrepreneurs and high achievers. Success does not remove pressure. It often amplifies it. And when pressure rises, the real question is whether you will react emotionally or respond with intention. Joshua's concept of neutral thinking offers a grounded way forward.   About Joshua Lifrak: Joshua Lifrak, M.S., author of WIN TODAY, is Director of Performance and Coaching at Limitless Minds, a mental performance consultancy, delivering keynotes and advising individuals, small businesses, and top multinationals including McDonalds, Novartis, Pfizer, KPMG, and Amazon. He started his career as a mental conditioning consultant with IMG Academy, working with MLB players, NBA and NFL draft picks, the US Soccer U-17 Men's National Team and many elite college programs. He then joined the Chicago Cubs as director of their mental skills program. His work there culminated in the Cubs' 2016 World Series victory. After his stint with the Cubs, he went on to be the Major League Mental Skills Coach for the New York Mets. Lifrak, who has a Master's Degree in Exercise Science with a specialization in Sports Psychology from Ithaca College, lives in Sarasota, Florida.   Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-lifrak-59ab5442/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jlifrak/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshualifrak/  And here's a link to an advance copy of the book:    https://app.box.com/s/qgi7q7093iaqmh0twvhlyx877y8xs9t9    Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richersoul Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro appointment 15 minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ [email protected] Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.