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The Personal Success Podcast with Ryan Watts
by Ryan Watts
We explore the paths to living authentically, finding fulfillment, and defining success on your own terms.
Episodes
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#192 - Power Changes Every Leader with Nik Kinley
Nik Kinley spent over a decade as a forensic psychotherapist in prisons before moving into business, and he has assessed and advised senior leaders ever since. In this conversation he explains why the moment you gain power over someone, they start filtering what they tell you, and why you are the...
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#191 - When Success Stops Holding You Together with Steven Ferrara
Steven Ferrara built a small family insurance business in Newark, New Jersey into a large financial services firm and served as CEO for 25 years. He was 49 when his son Christopher died in a car accident at 23. In this conversation he tells I talk with Steven about what that did to a spiritual...
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#190 - Why You Know What to Do and Still Don't Do It || Marty Hofmann
Complacency rarely looks like laziness. It looks like a full calendar. I sit down with Marty Hofmann, author of Kill Complacency and host of the podcast by the same name, for a conversation that starts with a confession. Their first attempt at this recording was unusable, and Ryan pushed through...
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#189 - The Goal That Was Never Yours: Andrea Mancuso on The Space Between
Most people never ask whether the goal belongs to them. Andrea Mancuso is a licensed mental health counselor, an ICF-certified coach, and a former New York City public school psychologist who spent 14 years in the system before founding Intentional Healing & Wellness. Her book, The Space Between:...
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#188 - Turning Setbacks Into Fuel || When Life Falls Apart, with John Ulsh
John Ulsh was a thirty-six-year-old marathon runner with a young family and a good life. One turn onto a scenic road ended it in an instant. What followed was eighteen days in a coma, forty-five surgeries, and a long stretch in a nursing home where he could not brush his own teeth. The comeback...
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#187 - Reinvention: Why it’s never too late to change, credentials don’t matter, and there are no small moments
Jay Sargeant has never had a job. At 79, he is building his eighth working life. Before that he was a community organizer, a tennis professional, a franchise developer, an NLP training consultant, the builder of a distributor network, and, starting at 72, a pickleball coach. He started most of...
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#186 - The Barbarian in You: Vigor, Wonder, and Fellowship | Ed Hinman
Ed Hinman graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, played four years of college football, served eight years in the Marine Corps, earned a master's degree in history, and has spent the last seventeen and a half years in public figure protection at Gavin de Becker & Associates. On paper that reads...
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#185 - Why Motivation Fades in a Week and Rhythm Doesn't | David Ray Fullmer
David Ray Fullmer moved 29 times before he turned 17, was homeless at 15, and grew up as one of thirteen children. He is now a roofing contractor working across 18 states, and the creator of a seven-day framework he calls Becoming Seven, or B7. The premise is that you cannot hold every personal...
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#184 - Dan Shapiro on Chess, Confidence, and Kids Who Don't Fit the Mold
Not every kid finds their confidence on a field, a stage, or a court. Dan Shapiro's son found his across sixty-four squares. Dan Shapiro has spent nearly three decades in the investment industry. When remote school arrived in 2020, he and his wife started noticing things in their younger son that...
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#183 - Why Success Isn't Enough: Larry Kesslin on Joy and Identity
Larry Kesslin achieved his own definition of success and found out it was not enough. He had defined it at 28 as the ability to do what he wanted whenever he wanted. Twenty years later he spent a month in rural villages in eastern and northern Uganda, met people with almost nothing who were…
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Bonus: Leadership Fatigue: The Internal Negotiation No One Sees | Skot Waldron Interviews Ryan Watts
Most leaders who feel worn down are not failing. They are running a constant internal negotiation about whether a decision is really theirs to make, and that negotiation is where the energy goes. This week is a role reversal. Ryan sits in the guest chair while Skot Waldron, internal communication...
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#182 - Julian Reeve: Perfectionism, Burnout, and the Identity AI Cannot Copy
Julian Reeve was the music director on the first national tour of Hamilton. Three months into the job, at 43, he had a stress-related heart attack. He was diagnosed on a Sunday, received two stents, and was back conducting ten days later. In this conversation, Julian tells Ryan Watts what he…
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#181 - Inner State as Performance: J. Johnson Jr on Mental Frequency
What if your next level does not begin with a better strategy…but with the state you bring to the starting line? In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts speaks with multidimensional athlete, inventor, and entrepreneur J Johnson Jr. about the relationship between consciousness,...
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#180 - Healing Trauma Bonds: Somatic Work and Healthier Relationships With Nima Rahmany
What if the ambition driving your success is also protecting a part of you that still feels unworthy, rejected, or afraid of being abandoned? In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts speaks with Nima Rahmany, a former chiropractor and the creator of the Trigger Proof…
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#179 - Luxury Design and Family Legacy with Sebastian Saavedra
Most people think luxury is about price. Sebastian Saavedra says it is about the people behind the product. He grew up watching his parents build businesses between Ecuador and Canada, and today he leads Metaval Canada, a brand carrying fifty years of Latin American craftsmanship into the North...
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#178 - What Men Need Now: Identity, Purpose and Real Direction
Men's mental health and identity crisis explained. Bill McCamley breaks down why so many men feel confused, isolated, and stuck, and what actually helps. This episode covers the core argument of Bill McCamley's book "Now What, My Dudes?", out August 4th. The conversation works through male...
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#177 - From Stage 4 Cancer to No Evidence of Disease: Dale Atkinson on Self Advocacy, Patient Trust, and Fighting for More Time
In this powerful episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan sits down with Dale Atkinson for a conversation about cancer, self advocacy, patient trust, fatherhood, and what happens when life strips away the illusion of unlimited time. Dale’s story is almost impossible to hold lightly. After...
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#176 - Leaders: Your Nervous System Teaches the Room || Amar Dahll
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Dr. Amar Dhall for a deep conversation on leadership, coherence, nervous system regulation, power, authenticity, and meaning. Dr. Dhall’s mission is simple, but not small… To support powerful people in becoming good…
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#175 - The Three Headed Dragon of Transformation With Misha Saidov
The Three Patterns Keeping Successful People from Feeling Alive In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Misha Saidov for a deep conversation on psychology, behavior change, mysticism, leadership, identity, and real transformation. Misha’s work lives at the...
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#174 - When Success Still Feels Unsafe: Dr. Maria Elena Lukeides on Fear, Flow, and Self Love
In this profound episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Dr. Maria Elena Lukeides, a clinical psychologist, meditation and mindfulness teacher, speaker, trainer, and psychedelic assisted therapist. This conversation moves through psychology, spirituality, fear, flow,...
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#173 - Retire, Refire, Rewire: George Jerjian on Purpose After Retirement
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with George Jerjian, author, retirement mindset mentor, and creator of the DARE Method, for a powerful conversation about retirement, identity, purpose, and the courage to begin again. George’s life changed when an oncologist...
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#172 - Mental Toughness Is a Skill: 10 Reps to Train Your Mind with Jeff Jones
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan sits down with Jeff Jones, a strength and conditioning coach, performance coach, speaker, and author of The Intentional Edge: 10 Reps to Mental Toughness. Jeff has spent more than 20 years coaching college football athletes. Early in his…
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#171 - Mental Health Is Solvable: Data, AI, and the Future of Care with Nawal Roy
Ryan sits down with Nawal Roy, Founder and CEO of Holmusk, for a powerful conversation about the future of mental health care, the role of data, and why one of the world’s most complex problems may also be one of the most solvable. Nawal brings a rare combination of conviction, humility, and...
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#170 - Spiritual Bodybuilding: Healing Trauma, Masculinity, and the Body with Nahum Vizakis
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Nahum Vizakis…also known as The Spiritual Bodybuilder…for a powerful conversation on trauma, masculinity, bodybuilding, nervous system regulation, plant medicine, authenticity, and what it means to build real strength from...
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#169 - Leadership Begins in the Body with Croft Edwards
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan speaks with Croft Edwards, MCC, leadership and change coach, retired military officer, author, and President of CROFT + Company. Croft has spent decades studying one central question… What is leadership? The conversation begins with a powerful...
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#168 - Externalizing Executive Function: How Organization Frees Your Time, Energy, and Self Trust with Lisa Woodruff
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Lisa Woodruff, founder and CEO of Organize 365, creator of the Sunday Basket, host of the Organize 365 Podcast, and author of Escaping Quicksand. This conversation explores the hidden weight of modern life…the paper,...
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Subscribe For FREE: ryanwattscoaching.com/leadershippodcast The Hidden Cost of Being Able to Handle Anything In this episode of The Private Leadership Reset Podcast, Ryan Watts explores a quiet but powerful leadership tension inspired by a clip from Misha Saidov, founder of the Metacognitive...
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#167 - Reset Your Life: Burning Bright with Mikael Avatar
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan sits down with Mikael Avatar…Inner Freedom Architect, artist, coach, creator of The Mikael Avatar Method, and author of Life Reset: Practical Guide to Resetting Your Life. Mikael’s story begins in a way few stories do. He was born clinically...
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#166 - How TRE Helps the Body Release Stress, Trauma, and Burnout with Richmond Heath
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Richmond Heath, an Australian physiotherapist, TRE Certification Trainer, and National Coordinator of TRE in Australia. Richmond shares how chronic pain, high functioning anxiety, and the inability to switch off led him…
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#165 - How to Engineer Belonging in a Disconnected World With Matt Kaufman
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan sits down with Matt Kaufman, summer camp director and author of The Campfire Effect: How to Engineer Belonging in a Disconnected World. Matt explains why summer camp is more than fun. It is a designed environment for belonging, trust…
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#164 - The Laptop Life Is Real (But It Takes Reps) | Matt Raad on Escaping the Corporate Grind
Featuring Matt Raad In this episode, Ryan sits down with Matt Raad, entrepreneur, website investor, educator, and co founder of eBusiness Institute. Matt and his wife, Liz Raad, have spent decades buying, building, renovating, and selling businesses, eventually moving into digital assets and…
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#163 - Turning the Ship: David Schnurman on Moving from Stuck to Living
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan sits down with David Schnurman, CEO of Lawline, author, speaker, podcast host, and father, for a powerful conversation about purpose, family, success, freedom, and what it really takes to stop thinking about the life you want and start living...
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#162 - Todd Graves on Moe Norman, Simplicity, and the Intelligent Golf Swing
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan speaks with Todd Graves, founder of Graves Golf and one of the leading voices in teaching Moe Norman’s Single Plane Golf Swing. Todd’s mission is simple…to teach people an easier way to play golf. But this conversation goes far beyond golf.…
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#161 - Why Successful People Still Feel Lost | Julian Lighton on Navigating Your Next
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Julian Lighton, Silicon Valley strategy executive, board advisor, former McKinsey partner, executive coach, and author of Navigating Your Next: How to Decide What You Want and Get There on Purpose. Julian brings more than…
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#160 - How to Build a Life Plan That Actually Changes Your Future || with David Howe
What if the difference between drifting through life and living with clarity is not effort…but a plan? In this episode, Ryan talks with Dave Howe…retired Army colonel, former consulting executive, and leader working with the Comfort Peace and Freedom Foundation. Together, they explore what it…
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#159 - How Consciousness Shapes Leadership, Healing, and Success | Dr. Ron Stotts
What if the next level of leadership is not about more force, more strategy, or more control? In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan sits down with Dr. Ron Stotts for a deep conversation on consciousness, healing, emotional intelligence, authenticity, and the inner work of...
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#158 - How to Define Success For Yourself | Career Reinvention, Food As Love Language and Fulfillment | with Lisa Parda
What does success really mean when your life does not fit neatly into one label? In this episode, Ryan sits down with Lisa Parda for a rich and wide ranging conversation about ambition, reinvention, food, grief, curiosity, and what it means to build a life that actually feels like your own. Lisa...
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#157 - How to Find Work You Love | Money, Meaning, AI, and Career Reinvention with Mirav Ozeri
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast with Ryan Watts, Ryan sits down with Mirav Ozeri, journalist, storyteller, and host of How Much Can I Make? for a wide ranging conversation about work, success, money, meaning, AI, and the courage it takes to follow what feels true. Mirav shares how…
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#156 - Why The World Needs More Women Leaders || With Nancy Lynn Griffin
What does it really take for more women to lead boldly in today’s world? In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Nancy Lynn Griffin, founder of Women, Worth & Wellness, to explore the deeper issues that shape women’s leadership, self worth, financial confidence,...
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#155 - Conviction, Courage, and the Cost of Playing Small || With Jim Effner
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Jim Effner for a wide ranging conversation on mindset, conviction, performance, adversity, and what it really takes to bridge the gap between potential and execution. Jim shares the philosophy behind his work with…
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#154 - Feng Shui for Stress, Sleep, and Success || Lisa Morton
What if your home is affecting your stress, sleep, focus, and sense of success more than you realize? In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan Watts sits down with Lisa Morton, holistic interior designer, feng shui master teacher, author of Aligned at Home, and host of the Feng Shui...
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#153 - The Paradox of AI || Why Emphasizing Humanity Will Save Us from Oblivion with Dr. Borodowski
In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast, Ryan sits down with Dr. Alfredo Borodowski for a timely conversation on positive psychology, character strengths, leadership, purpose, and the human future in the age of AI. Dr. Borodowski shares why the real crisis inside organizations is not a…
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#152 - Job Loss Is Grief || How to Rebuild Confidence and Find Your Next Role || with Michelle Schafer
Episode summary Career transitions can feel like identity loss…not just job loss. In this conversation, Michelle Schaefer shares a grounded way to move from shock…to structure…to momentum. You will hear why restructures are business decisions…not personal verdicts…and how small systems rebuild...
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#151 - What Is Your World Made Of? || A Conversation on Identity and Intuition || with Jordan Alexandra Blizzard Planit
This is a conversation that does not try to fit you into a box…it breaks the box…then hands you the tools to build your own world on purpose. Jordan Alexandra Blizzard Planit joins Ryan to explore Planit Butter…a playful, immersive world made out of peanut butter…built to normalize non...
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#150 - Private Money Explained: How to Raise Capital Without Chasing Investors with Jay Conner
In this episode, Jay Conner breaks down the private money system that changed everything after his bank closed his line of credit in January 2009…with zero notice. Instead of chasing banks or pitching deals, Jay learned how to raise private money by teaching ordinary people how to earn strong...
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#149 - Emotional Safety vs Emotional Comfort || How to Build Capacity With Jessica Fern and David Cooley ||
Why do we avoid discomfort…even when it’s the very thing that leads to growth? In Part 2 of this conversation, Ryan, Jessica, and David go deeper into one of the most misunderstood ideas in personal development and relationships…the difference between emotional safety and emotional comfort. This...
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#148 - Shame Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Map With Jessica Fern and David Cooley
What if shame isn’t something to eliminate…fix…or outgrow? What if shame is actually information…a map pointing toward what matters most? In Part 1 of this powerful two-part conversation, Ryan sits down with therapist and author Jessica Fern and restorative relationship facilitator David Cooley…
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#147 - The Skill of Boldness || How Fred Joyal Built 1 800 DENTIST and a Life Without Regret
Part 2 takes the conversation deeper…and more personal. Fred Joyal shares the moments that taught him boldness isn’t about bravado…it’s about emotional resilience. From missed opportunities to painful regrets, and from speaking when it mattered to staying silent when it didn’t, this episode...
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#146 - Super Bold Living || Why Confidence Follows Action, Not the Other Way Around
In Part 1 of this powerful conversation, Ryan sits down with legendary entrepreneur and author Fred Joyal, co founder of 1-800-DENTIST, to dismantle one of the most common myths about success…that confidence comes first. Fred shares how boldness, not confidence, became the skill that shaped his...
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#145 - More Than a Diagnosis || Honoring Difference, Power, and the Child Within || Victoria Lenormand
In Part 2, the conversation deepens. We explore what becomes possible when we stop trying to fit… and start listening inward. Ryan and Victoria move from diagnosis to discernment… examining how personal power is reclaimed not through force… but through alignment… nervous system safety… and self...
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