Think Outside the Lines

At sixty, in the span of a single year, Amanda Udis-Kessler ended a thirty-year relationship, left the home she shared, walked away from a two-decade career in higher education, and became the pastor of a small church. From the outside it can look like one dramatic reinvention. Up close, it was anything but.There was no single lightning-bolt moment. There was a cancer diagnosis that reminded her she would not live forever. There was a health crisis that interrupted a lifelong eating disorder and, for the first time, left her unable to numb what she was feeling. There was a quiet, years-long knowing that something was off, and a marriage she could not bring herself to leave until her partner found the courage to ask the question first.Amanda is a writer, a musician, and now a pastor in Colorado Springs, a city she calls the Evangelical Vatican of the United States. In this first of two conversations, she traces how all of these threads came together, and what it took to finally say yes to a life that fit.This is a conversation about the slow, stumbling nature of real change, the difference between numbing a feeling and facing it, codependency and the boundaries that finally set her free, and why creating the life you want is rarely one big leap and more often a series of small, brave gates you walk through one at a time.In this episode, we explore:Why a wake-up call is rarely one dramatic moment, and more often a slow stumble through many smaller onesHow ending a long relationship, leaving home, and changing careers all unfolded in a single yearWhat it means to finally say yes to a change you have avoided for yearsHow a lifelong eating disorder kept hard emotions at bay, and what surfaced when she could no longer numb themCodependency in both a marriage and a career, and the boundaries that made a healthier life possibleThe boundary described as "the distance at which I can love both you and myself"Why you cannot change another person, only model change through the work you do on yourselfChoosing progressive Christianity as a form of resistance, and stepping into ministry in a deeply conservative cityHow to sit with a discomfort you can't yet name, and gently ask it what it is aboutResources & Links:Connect with Amanda, her books, music, and work → amandaudiskessler.comHer free progressive worship music → queersacredmusic.comReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

There's something you want to do. You've thought about it for months, maybe years. You've imagined it, researched it, talked around it with friends who told you to go for it. And still, you haven't started. If someone asked you why, you'd have a list of good, practical reasons. But underneath all of them is a simpler one you probably haven't said out loud: you're waiting for permission.This short solo episode sits with that quiet truth. Nobody hands out permission slips for career changes, creative projects, or hard conversations, and the signal you keep waiting for is never going to come, because that is not how permission works. The people who love you can tell you they're proud, that they support you, that you're ready, and it helps, but you still go home and don't start. The permission gap was never between you and them. It's between you and yourself.In this episode, I explore:Why "the timing isn't right" and "I need to learn more first" are often permission-seeking in disguiseWhere the habit of looking up for approval begins, and why it outlives the childhood that taught itThe difference between managing, waiting for the green light, and leading, giving it to yourselfWhy no one in any hierarchy is going to authorize the choices that matter most to youWhat it looks like to grant yourself permission, quietly and without apology, and start nowResources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

At fifty-something, Gila Melamed gave away ninety-eight percent of what she owned, converted first a small car and then a minivan into a home, and drove off to live nomadically in the wild she had always felt she belonged to. She does not call it an escape. She calls it an experiment in alignment.The road was the last step in a much longer story. Years earlier, at her lowest point, Gila survived a moment that nearly ended her life. A single sentence from her therapist, that a decision made seventeen years ago could be remade, gave her back her breath. She asked for a divorce that same day, and slowly began the years-long work of coming back to herself.Underneath it all was a childhood shaped by an abusive father, a loneliness she carried for decades, and the belief that her sensitivity was something wrong with her. Through her own healing, she came to understand it as her greatest strength. On a hot morning in Yosemite, off the trail and drawn toward the view like a magnet, she had the realization that anchors her life now: she had been on the right path all along.Gila is a former home and color designer turned nomad, writer, and self-published author of three books who documents her journey on Substack. She lives simply, works seasonally to fund her travels, and treats fear not as something to eliminate but as a dance partner she walks with every single day.This is a conversation about surrender, learning to trust yourself after a lifetime of other people's voices, the difference between fear and intuition, breaking generational patterns, and what becomes possible when you stop waiting and finally give yourself the life your heart has been asking for.In this episode, we explore:Leaving a conventional life to live on the road, not as an escape but as an experiment in alignmentThe turning point that gave her back her life, and the single sentence that changed everythingComing home to yourself after decades of living by other people's voicesWhy she came to see her sensitivity as a strength rather than a flawBreaking generational trauma, and choosing to parent differently than she was raisedThe realization in Yosemite that she had been on the right path all alongFear as a dance partner, and how to tell the difference between fear and intuitionSurrender, uncertainty, and finding aliveness in not having a planHow solitude in nature became a mirror and a teacherThe quiet ceremony of a slow morning, and presence as a daily practiceWriting as a way to process, and letting a loud inner voice lead her to finally share her storyIf you or someone you know is struggling, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7 in the US. Call or text 988.Resources & Links:Connect with Gila, find her three books, and follow her blog → gilacolorguru.comReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Here is a question that sounds simple and gets uncomfortable fast. What would you choose if no one was watching? Not what would you do without consequences. That is a different question. This one is about audience. Because most of us are performing all the time, and we have been doing it so long we have forgotten we are doing it.This short solo episode looks at the quiet cost of that performance. The steady editing of yourself for the room. Saying what will land instead of what you actually think. Choosing the path that makes sense to other people instead of the one that makes sense to you. It adds up slowly, choice by choice, until someone asks what you truly want and you realize you are not sure. The good news is that authenticity is far less exhausting than performance, and deciding for yourself is a skill you can practice, starting small.In this episode, I explore:How performing becomes invisible, until the edited version of you is the only one you rememberThe real reason it is so draining: living your life while monitoring how it looks to everyone elseThe difference between managing your image and leading from the insideWhy deciding for yourself is a skill, and why it can feel exposed at firstSmall places to start choosing for you, from what you order at dinner to when you leave the partyResources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Alenka Kyslik spent more than a decade as a corporate overachiever, a product manager who ran her projects like a mini CEO and pushed through every deadline, until her body simply shut down. Some mornings it took hours to get out of bed. She was grinding her teeth so hard her jaw shot with pain. On the worst days, she could barely write a few emails.She left that environment and slowly started to recover. Then, a year later, distracted and overwhelmed and not really present, she stepped off a curb and tore her ankle to shreds. What followed was a long, frustrating collision with a healthcare system that kept telling her to just live with it.So Alenka took ownership. She read the studies, asked the questions no one had thought to answer, paid out of pocket, and pieced together a more holistic path back to health, one that finally worked. Along the way she noticed something. Most people, when they are drained and overwhelmed, do not have the energy to put those pieces together for themselves.That is what led her to build Saha Collective, a marketplace that matches people with holistic health providers who actually fit them, and lifts the administrative weight off the practitioners so they can do what they do best. She traded the false stability of corporate for the terrifying, energizing work of building something she believes the world needs.This is a conversation about burnout and the signals we ignore, the difference between what drains you and what brings you back to life, taking ownership of your own health, and what it takes to bet on a mission that is stronger than your fear.In this episode, we explore:What burnout actually looked like, and why it built slowly long before she had a name for itThe body's early warning signs, from grinding teeth to a shut-down nervous system, and why we learn to ignore themThe added weight of doing all of this as an immigrant, where losing a job can mean leaving the countryPeople-pleasing, and how putting everyone else's comfort first quietly costs you yourselfFocusing on what gives you energy rather than what drains you, in work and in relationshipsGiving yourself grace, and why catching the signs early can keep you from lasting damageTaking ownership of your health when the conventional path keeps telling you to just live with itThe difference between "doing your own research" as real ownership and the internet version of itThe hardest part of navigating holistic care, where there is no clear path and no easy way to find the right personWhy a mission has to be stronger than the fear, and how obsession with a problem becomes a businessUsing AI as a tool without letting it replace the human conversations that matterResources & Links:Connect with Alenka and learn more about Saha Collective → sahacollective.comFind Saha Collective on Instagram → @saha.collectiveReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Most of us have a complicated relationship with boundaries. We know we need them. We have read the books and heard the podcasts. And then someone asks for something we do not want to do, and we say yes anyway, because in the moment the discomfort of saying no feels worse than the resentment of saying yes.This short solo episode reframes what a boundary actually is. Not rejection, but clarity. When you set one, you are not pushing someone away, you are showing them how to be in your life in a way that works for both of you. Some people walk through that door, some do not, and both are information rather than failure. It also sits with the part nobody talks about, the guilt that shows up right after, and why that guilt is a signal, not a verdict.In this episode, I explore:Why saying yes when you mean no quietly costs you the time, energy, and presence that matter mostThe cultural lie that boundaries are rejection, and the truth that they are clarityWhy the people you respect most tend to be the ones with the clearest limitsHow to read the guilt that follows a boundary as a sign of something unfamiliar, not something wrongSimple, honest lines that set a boundary without cruelty, because clarity never requires itResources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Ginny Priem had the life that looks like success from the outside. A high-performing corporate career leading teams, a beautiful home, a partner...the whole picture. On the inside, she was exhausted, over-functioning, and quietly falling apart.Then it all came undone in a single night. A friend sat her down with a stack of evidence, and Ginny learned that the partner she had built a life with was not who he claimed to be. The life she thought she had was gone.What stays with her most, looking back, is how loudly her body had been trying to warn her. Precancerous lesions. Her hair breaking off. Shingles across her face in her thirties, an attack on her nervous system that could have cost her sight. The signals were there long before her mind was ready to listen.Ginny didn't just leave the relationship. She eventually walked away from the corporate career too, and returned to a version of herself she had been hiding for forty years. Today she is a bestselling author, a keynote speaker, and a coach, and the creator of Unsubscribe, a simple way to let go of the people, roles, and expectations that ask you to override yourself.This is a conversation about the quiet signals we ignore, the cost of over-functioning, what it means to lose yourself and find your way back, and why creating the life you want is less about blowing everything up and more about paying attention to what feels off and having the courage to adjust before you have all the answers.In this episode, we explore:Why change rarely requires blowing up your life, and how small, honest adjustments can add up to a big transformationHow a life can look like success from the outside while quietly falling apart on the insideThe signals the body sends when the mind isn't ready to listen, and what Ginny's shingles were really telling herOver-functioning, hustle culture, and the myth that working the hardest and longest is what success looks likeThe night a friend's stack of evidence changed the trajectory of her lifeWhy we sometimes refuse to believe the truth even when it is laid out in front of usHow to recognize the people and patterns that ask you to override yourselfUnsubscribe, and its four moves: manage, swap, mute, and blockRedefining success from money and status to time, freedom, experiences, and impactWhy healing is ongoing rather than a finish line, and how old patterns creep back when you stop paying attentionWhat it costs to stay in things that no longer fit, and how to know when you have paid too muchPrioritizing yourself without guilt, and why you belong on your own listResources & Links:Connect with Ginny, and find her books, newsletter, and speaking → linktr.ee/ginnypriemReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelines

When was the last time you made a real decision, a life decision, without running it past someone first? If you are like most people, you cannot quite remember. Somewhere along the way, checking with everyone else became second nature, and trusting yourself quietly slipped away.This short solo episode is about how self-trust erodes. Not through one dramatic failure, but slowly, decision by decision, every time you ask someone else before you ask yourself. Their advice was probably good. That was never the problem. The problem is that their clarity is not your clarity, and the more you borrow someone else's compass, the harder it gets to hear your own. The good news: self-trust can be rebuilt the same way it is rebuilt with anyone, through small kept promises.In this episode, I explore:How self-trust erodes quietly, one outsourced decision at a time, until your life runs mostly on other people's inputThe hidden message you send yourself every time you check with everyone else before checking with youWhere the habit comes from: early conditioning and years inside systems that trained you to seek approval before actingThe shift from managing yourself, second-guessing every instinct, to leading yourself with curiosity and trustHow to rebuild through small kept promises, and why the clarity you have been searching for was never out there to begin withResources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Angela Harvey spent more than twenty years as a social worker, a therapist, and a counselor. She resuscitated spirits, revived friendships, and showed up for thousands of people who told her she saved their lives. What almost no one could see was that, the whole time, she was dying inside. She was dispensing medicine from her mouth that she never once inhaled herself.Then everything came apart at once. A relationship ended and left her single for the first time in her adult life. She lost her sister. She stepped away from her family and her closest friends after she reached out for help and no one reached back. She moved to Texas, the pandemic arrived, and she found herself sheltering alone, forty-five pounds lighter, holding a phone with no one on the other end.That is where Angela finally met the things she had spent a career helping other people face. Codependency she describes as an addiction. People-pleasing so complete that loving others had become the only way she knew how to feel loved. And a hard, freeing truth: no one was coming to save her, and the healing would have to begin with taking responsibility for herself.Today Angela is a writer, a speaker, and the voice behind Angie Harvey Speaks. She talks about learning to say no at fifty-nine, celebrating herself with zero expectations, and a line that could be its own mission: shared stories save souls.This is a conversation about people-pleasing and codependency, loneliness inside a crowded life, the valley and the lessons hidden in it, and what it actually takes to heal in public and on purpose.In this episode, we explore:What it costs to be the strong one everyone leans on, while quietly falling apart where no one can seeWhy inside injuries go unnoticed in a way a broken arm never wouldCodependency described as an addiction, and how extreme people-pleasing becomes the only way some of us know how to feel lovedThe idea that only a strong friend can truly hold a strong friend who is strugglingThe season that broke everything open: a breakup, a loss, an estrangement, a move, and a pandemic all at onceWhy Angela walks toward the valley instead of away from it, asking "what do you feel and what do you fear" to find the lessonReframing the quiet knowing as a pause, the signal that something needs to changeWhy transformation does not begin until you take responsibility for your own healingHealthy expectations, and why the ones we never say out loud are the ones that hurt usLoneliness as disconnection rather than simply being aloneRedefining love, why "selfless" may not be the compliment we think it is, and saving unconditional love for yourselfShared stories save souls: healing in public and on purpose, and passing what you learn to the next personResources & Links:Connect with Angela and learn more about her work as Angie Harvey Speaks → http://angieharveyspeaks.comReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Think about the last time you stood on the edge of something new. A decision you were weighing. A leap you were considering. A conversation you kept rehearsing. Notice what your mind was doing in that moment. Odds are it was running worst-case scenarios in exquisite detail, and calling that being realistic.This short solo episode sits with a quiet flip. We rehearse failure constantly and hand fear the microphone, while possibility stays on mute. What would change if, just once, you gave the best-case scenario the same airtime as the worst? Not as toxic positivity, but as simple fairness. Fear asks what if you fail. Possibility asks what if you fly. They are both just questions, and most of us have been answering the wrong one.In this episode, I explore:Why rehearsing the worst case feels responsible, when it is often just fear dressed up as logicThe uncomfortable reason we avoid imagining things working out, that it puts the choice back on usHow the worst-case scenario quietly becomes permission to stay exactly where you areWhat shifted for me when I finally gave "what if it works" the same weight as the fear of leaving corporateA simple practice for the next time you are on the edge of something: pause and ask what if it all works outResources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Brian Sachetta spent nearly a decade treating his anxiety as something to manage. Deep breathing. Meditation. Mantras. The in-the-moment tools that help you get through a hard wave. And they worked, until they didn't.Then he hit a wall. After years of managing, a quiet question surfaced: what if all of it had been surface level, and the real work was waiting underneath?There is an old analogy Brian keeps coming back to. You can spend your life pulling people out of the river, or you can walk upstream and ask why they keep falling in. Managing anxiety is pulling people out. Understanding it is going upstream.Brian is the author of the Get Out of Your Head book series and the founder of the brand by the same name, work that helps people navigate anxiety and depression. His own path ran through panic attacks, avoidance, generational patterns of silence, and eventually a psychedelic journey that surfaced what he had been suppressing since childhood.This is a conversation about the difference between managing your anxiety and actually understanding it, why insight alone rarely changes behavior, and what it takes to stop building a life around what you fear instead of what you want.In this episode, we explore:The difference between managing anxiety and understanding it, and why the tools that help in the moment can quietly keep you stuckThe river analogy that reframes the whole approach: pulling people out versus going upstream to ask why they keep falling inA grounded definition of anxiety as future-oriented fear, the fear signal you can't quite point toWhat a panic attack actually feels like from the inside, and why the fear of the next one can take over a lifeHow avoidance shrinks a world one small "no" at a time, until you are organized around what scares youWhy agoraphobia rarely starts at the front door, and how the walls actually close inTrauma as something that happens to the nervous system, not only the result of a single dramatic eventThe generational patterns of silence many of us inherit, and what it takes to interrupt themWhy "everyone is doing the best they can" and "we can still do better" are both true at onceThe golden mean of self-awareness, and how constant self-monitoring can feed the very anxiety it is trying to solveThe gap between knowing and doing, and why understanding the "why" beneath a pattern is what finally frees you to change itResources & Links:Connect with Brian and explore the Get Out of Your Head book series → getoutofyourhead.comFollow Brian on Instagram → @getoutofyourheadReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

What If You Don't Need to Figure It Out First?How many times have you told yourself you just need to figure it out first? Before the career change. Before the creative project. Before the hard conversation, the move, the thing you keep circling but never landing on. It sounds responsible. Strategic, even. But waiting until you have it all worked out is one of the most effective ways to never start.This short solo episode sits with a quiet reframe: clarity is not something you think your way into. It is something you move your way into. The best decisions of your life probably did not begin with a perfect plan and total confidence. They began with a pull, a small step, and the willingness to learn along the way.In this episode, I explore:Why "I need to figure it out first" so often becomes a way to never beginHow clarity is a byproduct of action, not a prerequisite for itThe difference between preparation and procrastination, and how one quietly becomes the otherWhy the more you analyze a big decision, the bigger and more overwhelming it tends to getWhat it looks like to give yourself permission to start before you feel ready, one small step at a timeResources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Taylor Apolonio spent years learning how to make workplaces better for the people inside them. A first degree in interior design, then a graduate degree in workplace psychology, all rooted in one simple belief: systems should support humans, not the other way around. Taylor had the training, the tools, and the heart for the work.And then Taylor landed inside a workplace that didn't want any of it.The questions that should have made things better, why are we doing it this way, how could we support people more, turned out to be the wrong questions to ask. The backlash came quietly. A glowing six-month review became a lackluster one a year later, with almost no honest feedback in between. Taylor started to feel pushed out of a place they had come ready to give everything to.So Taylor walked away. Not to another job, and not from a dramatic blowup, but from the most money they had ever made, to bet on themselves instead. Today Taylor is building Habitat Interiors Co, blending interior design and behavioral psychology to help people create homes that actually support their wellbeing. And they are doing it on their own terms, including the choice to build a business almost entirely without social media.This is a conversation about alignment, the cost of not feeling valued, what it means to lower the stakes, and why getting comfortable being uncomfortable might be exactly where the real magic lives.In this episode, we explore:What it costs to have the exact training to fix a broken system, and still not be able to survive inside oneWhy the questions that would make a workplace healthier are so often the ones that get you pushed outHow power dynamics turn emotional, and what it feels like to threaten a status quo that has gone unquestioned for decadesThe gap between a glowing six-month review and a lackluster one a year later, with no honest feedback in betweenWhat dissociating at work actually looks like, especially when you genuinely care about the workWhy feeling valued matters more than the paycheck, and what happens when people stop believing they bring anything to the tableWhat it means to lower the stakes, and how rigid timelines and inherited expectations quietly run our livesThe difference between comfort as safety and comfort as a trapBuilding a business around your own values, including why Taylor is doing it without social mediaWhere design psychology meets everyday life, and how the spaces we live in shape how we feelThe honest role financial freedom plays in being able to walk awayWhat is helping Taylor trust the decision, even this early inResources & Links:Connect with Taylor and learn more about Habitat Interiors Co → https://www.habitatinteriorsco.comWatch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/taylorapolonioReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Here's something that doesn't make sense on the surface.You know something needs to change. You can feel it. You've said it out loud — to a friend, to a therapist, to yourself in the car at 7 AM. You're clear about it. You're motivated. You might even be ready.And then nothing happens.Not because you don't care. Not because you're lazy or broken or not trying hard enough. But because every time you get close to actually doing the thing — making the call, having the conversation, taking the step — something pulls you back. And that something feels stronger than your motivation. Stronger than your logic. Stronger than everything you know to be true about what you need.That's resistance. And most of us have a deeply unhealthy relationship with it.We treat it like the enemy. Like if we could just push through — just be disciplined enough, brave enough, focused enough — we'd finally get to the other side. But what if resistance isn't the enemy at all? What if it's trying to protect you?Your nervous system doesn't know the difference between physical danger and emotional risk. It doesn't know the difference between a bear in the woods and a hard conversation with your boss. All it knows is: this feels unsafe. And its only job is to keep you safe.The problem is, the thing that kept you safe at one point in your life can become the thing that keeps you small. The armor that got you through a difficult childhood. The people-pleasing that kept the peace. The overwork that made you feel valuable. Those patterns made sense once. But they're still running in the background — making decisions for you that you didn't consciously choose.So what do you do with that? You don't fight it. You get curious about it.Resources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed this episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Mariah Sheridan grew up wanting one thing above everything else — normal. A stable home, a loving partner, kids, a life that looked nothing like the one she came from. She built exactly that. A successful real estate career, a marriage people admired, three daughters, a home nestled in the Rockies. From the outside, it looked like arrival.And then, after nearly two decades, she walked away from it.Not because of a crisis. Not because of a dramatic turning point. But because of a quiet knowing she'd been carrying for years — a distance between the life people could see and the one she was actually living inside of. And because she realized she would never want any of her three daughters to stay in a marriage the way she had been staying in hers.Mariah is a real estate agent, a mother of three, and a writer working on a memoir built from journals she's kept since she was ten years old. Her story begins in a complicated childhood and ends, for now, in the messy, honest, hopeful middle of becoming someone new.This is a conversation about perfectionism, the weight of the highlight reel, what it really means to choose yourself, and why keeping going is sometimes the only thing you can do.In this episode, we explore:What it means to grow up carrying a secret — and how that shapes the life you spend decades trying to buildWhy the white picket fence dream was deeply personal, not just cultural, for MariahWhat she knew long before she said it out loud — and what finally made her say itThe experience of telling her daughters the same day she told her husband, and why she couldn't imagine doing it any other wayWhat the four months after her announcement revealed about the relationship she was actually inWhy the people closest to us often can't see the gap between our highlight reel and our real life — and what that isolation costsThe purgatory of divorce proceedings — the holding pattern nobody warns you aboutWhat codependency work taught her about how she showed up in her marriageThe moment her 15-year-old daughter read her memoir pages and forgot, for a few minutes, that the story was about her momThe belief she's had to release most — and why "perfect" was always a two-dimensional imageWhat she wishes her friends had known to do when everything on the outside still looked fineWhat it means to keep going when you can't yet see what's coming nextResources & Links:Connect with Mariah and follow her journey at mariahrealestatefernie.caFollow Mariah on Instagram → @mariah_in_fernieReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Picture this. You're at dinner with friends. Someone asks how things are going. And you say, "Good. Really good, actually." And you smile. And you mostly mean it.Because things are good. The job is solid. The relationship looks healthy. The routine works. From the outside, your life is something people would look at and say, they've got it together.And that's exactly what makes this so confusing.Because underneath the "really good, actually" — there's something else. A quiet hum you can't quite name. It's not crisis. It's not depression. It's not even unhappiness, exactly. It's more like a distance. Between the life people see and the one you're actually living inside of.That's the gap.And if you've never had a name for it before, this might be the first time someone has given you one. But if you've been carrying it — you already know exactly what I'm talking about. And you know how exhausting it is. Because maintaining the gap takes real energy. The energy of saying yes to things that don't excite you because they're supposed to. Of performing competence and confidence while quietly wondering whether any of this is actually what you want.Here's what I want you to hear: the gap doesn't mean something is wrong with you. It means something is right with you. It means you're aware enough to notice.And closing it doesn't require blowing up your life.It starts with one quiet, honest question — not the kind you post about, not the kind that requires a dramatic conversation. Just the private kind. The kind where you sit with yourself and ask: what am I holding onto because I'm afraid of what it would mean to let it go?Resources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed this episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Colleen Budde holds two mechanical engineering degrees, spent nearly a decade navigating the automotive and defense industries, and walked away from a combined household income of $300,000 — not because of a crisis, not because of a disaster, but because the system she was operating inside of was never going to bend.She and her husband purchased an Office Evolution franchise in January 2020, survived a pandemic with a newborn, found a building that would take a chance on them, and built something real. Today Colleen runs her coworking space alongside Budde Consulting Group, where she works with small business owners navigating the messy, honest, unglamorous middle of building something on their own terms. She also writes and builds community through her Mompreneur Facebook page and Substack — creating space for people at every stage of the journey to find each other and realize they're not doing it alone.This is a conversation about discomfort as information, time as wealth, and what it actually looks like to build a life the system never offered you.Connect with Colleen: 🌐 buddeconsultinggroup.com 📸 Instagram: @colleen_the_ 💼 LinkedIn: Colleen BuddeIn this episode, we explore:How growing up with a father who got fired repeatedly — and kept moving — shaped Colleen's relationship with change and riskWhy changing jobs early in her career wasn't instability, it was strategy — and what the numbers provedWhat it's actually like to be a woman in mechanical engineering, and what the defense industry added to thatThe moment Colleen stopped waiting for the system to change and started building an exitWhy she and her husband bought a franchise in January 2020 — and how they survived what came nextThe childcare situation that crystallized everything — and the meeting that pushed her over the edgeWhat "rage quitting" actually looked like, and how her husband's response said everythingThe difference between the golden handcuffs keeping most people stuck and the financial clarity that made leaving possibleWhy discomfort isn't a personal flaw — it's informationWhat entrepreneurship is actually harder than she expected — and what she didn't anticipate getting backThe medical emergency that reminded her exactly why she built this lifeWhat wealth actually looks like when time is the currencyResources & Links:Connect with Colleen, explore her consulting work, and find her community at buddeconsultinggroup.comFollow Colleen on Instagram → @colleen_the_Connect on LinkedIn → Colleen BuddeReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Here's a question worth sitting with: why isn't kindness the default?Not the performative kind. Not the kindness that gets posted about. The quiet, unglamorous kind that asks something real of you — the kind that requires you to stay open when the easier thing would be to shut down.Because somewhere along the way, we started confusing hardness with strength. And they are not the same thing.This episode starts with a simple question that completely reframed the way I think about how we show up for each other: Do you want notes or do you want compliments? That's it. Just ask. Because not everyone who shares something with you is asking you to evaluate it. Sometimes people just want to be seen.But it goes deeper than that. Most of us were raised inside systems that trained us to manage, evaluate, optimize, find the gap, and fix it. And that conditioning doesn't stay at work. It bleeds into our friendships, our partnerships, our parenting — every moment where someone shows up and says, here's what I've got.And then there's social media. Over a decade of training ourselves to react instead of respond. To form opinions about strangers in seconds. To comment without context. That conditioning doesn't stay online either. It changes the texture of real life — makes us quicker to judge, slower to listen, more comfortable being dismissive, less comfortable being sincere.The world feels heavy right now. And a lot of people are responding to that heaviness by getting sharper, more guarded, more defended. But what if more armor isn't the answer?What if it's just more kindness?Resources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed this episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Peter Moore spent thirty years catching a wave. As a top editor at Playboy and Men's Health, he interviewed presidents, shaped some of the most widely read magazines in the country, and ghostwrote three New York Times bestsellers — none of them under his name. He was very good at speaking in other people's voices. Then the wave carried him to shore, the tide went out, and the silence arrived.What followed wasn't a crisis. It was, eventually, a calling. Today Peter is a writer, cartoonist, NPR commentator, and Substack creator with 16,000 subscribers — blending humor, illustration, and sharp cultural observation into a body of work that is entirely, unmistakably his. He got there by taking an art class in Pennsylvania, putting rabbits and foxes on a landscape painting, and following the laugh.This is a conversation about the seeds you plant before you know what you're cultivating — and what becomes possible when you finally stop asking for permission.Connect with Peter: 🌐 petermoore.substack.comIn this episode, we explore:How Peter rode a wave of magazine publishing for thirty years — and what the silence felt like when it finally endedWhy being laid off from Men's Health turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to himThe painting class in Pennsylvania where rabbits and foxes changed everythingWhat it means to spend decades writing in other people's voices — and the moment you realize you're ready to write in your ownHow the old version of your career can quietly fund the new oneWhy imposter syndrome hits hardest right before the breakthroughThe Substack post about Vincent Van Gogh that went from 400 subscribers to 10,000 readers in three daysWhat the disappearance of editorial gatekeepers has cost us — and what it's made possibleHow collaboration on Substack works, and why the rising tide really does lift all boatsWhat to do with the time you're spending on things that aren't moving you forwardWhy you lose a hundred percent of the life initiatives you never startThe difference between comfort and alignment — and why now is exactly the right time to find out which one you've been choosingResources & Links:Connect with Peter and explore his work at petermoore.substack.comReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Have you ever driven somewhere and arrived without remembering a single moment of the drive? You weren't asleep. You just weren't there. Your body was going through the motions while your mind was somewhere else entirely.That's autopilot. And the uncomfortable truth is — you can live your whole life that way.Same routine. Same conversations. Same goals you set three years ago that you haven't stopped to revisit. Not because they're wrong, necessarily. But because you stopped asking whether they still fit.Most people call that feeling stuck. But stuck implies something's broken — that there's a wall in front of you and you're not strong enough, disciplined enough, or clear enough to push through. What if that's not what's happening at all?Because there's a real difference. Stuck means you can't move. Autopilot means you're moving — just not intentionally. You're checking the boxes, going through the motions, doing what's expected. But you're not really choosing any of it.And autopilot is comfortable. Efficient. That's exactly why your brain defaults to it. But comfort and alignment are not the same thing.The good news? Autopilot has an off switch. It's not dramatic. It doesn't require a reinvention. It just requires one honest question — even once a day:Am I choosing this? Or is this just what I've always done?Resources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed this episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Cheryl Whitelaw built a life around planning. Bright, capable, and deeply achievement-oriented, she moved through academia and a career in intercultural education the way most of us do — by mapping the path ahead and executing it. Then one day, sitting in a windowless office she believed in, something shifted. Not a thought. A feeling. A knowing she couldn't explain and couldn't ignore.What followed was a years-long journey into somatic intelligence — the Aikido dojo, the Feldenkrais method, the study of how the body holds wisdom the mind can't always access. Today, Cheryl is a Feldenkrais practitioner, martial artist, certified integral coach, and the founder of Kind Power Studio in Canada, where she helps individuals and organizations develop the embodied presence needed to navigate conflict, uncertainty, and change.This is a conversation about what it means to stop living five seconds ahead of yourself — and what opens up when you finally come home to your body.Connect with Cheryl: 🌐 kindpower.ca 📺 YouTube: Peace and PowerIn this episode, we explore:What it means to live entirely from the mind — and the moment Cheryl's body finally said enoughHow she left a career she believed in without a clear next step, guided only by a feeling she couldn't rationalizeWhat somatic intelligence actually is, and why Western culture consistently undervalues itThe practice of grounding and centering — and how it creates a physiological calm you can retrieve under pressureWhy by the time we realize we're afraid, the body has already been doing fear for at least a minuteWhat it looks like to enter a conflict situation from a place of presence rather than adrenalineHow Cheryl navigated one of the most charged DEI conversations of the past decade — with 16 activists ready for battle — and what actually shifted the roomThe difference between authentic and true — and why that distinction matters in coaching, conflict, and self-understandingWhat "softly evolving ambition" means, and why Cheryl is reconditioning her entire relationship with productivity and successKronos versus Kairos — clock time versus right timing — and what it looks like to actually live by the latterWhy the body is not something you have. It's something you are.Resources & Links:Connect with Cheryl and explore her work at kindpower.caFind Cheryl on YouTube → Peace and PowerReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Kimberly Lee spent ten years as a trial attorney — four as a public defender in downtown Los Angeles, six running her own practice. She had the pedigree, the credentials, and a career that looked like everything was figured out. She also had a throat that hurt every time she left the courtroom, a Sunday dread that never went away, and a quiet inner voice that kept growing louder.Today, Kimberly is a writer, workshop facilitator, and retreat leader who works with creatives and emerging writers. She's the author of Have You Seen Him? — a thriller available now — and the creator of a body of work that exists because she finally stopped outsourcing her sense of self to a title.This is a conversation about what it means to trust yourself when the path isn't clear, let go of an identity that no longer fits, and build something new without a roadmap.Connect with Kimberly:  kimberlylee.me In this episode, we explore:What it felt like to follow the "right" path into law — and when Kimberly first started to sense it wasn't hersThe physical signals her body sent before her mind was ready to listen — and what she did with themWhat it costs to perform a version of yourself for years, and how that performance eventually runs out of steamWhy identity gets so tangled up in impressive-sounding titles — and the quiet act of resistance it takes to let that goThe moment at a birthday party that became an unexpected test of who she was becomingWhat actually transfers from a high-stakes legal career into creative work — and what she was more than happy to leave behindImposter syndrome, the non-linear path, and why forging your own way requires a tolerance for uncertaintyThe difference between people who thrive in hard environments and those who carry that environment home with themPeople pleasing, saying yes to the wrong things, and how Kimberly learned to pause before committingFear as fuel — and the Nelson Mandela quote she adopted to replace the win/lose binary she left behindWhat "I either win or learn" looks like in practice when you're building something from scratchResources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Most of us never chose the rules we live by. We didn't have to — they were already everywhere. In what our parents valued, what our teachers rewarded, what our culture quietly insisted a good life was supposed to look like.Go to school. Get the degree. Find the stable career. Hit the milestones in the right order.And most of us followed those lines without ever questioning them. Not because we agreed — but because we didn't realize there was another option.That's the thing about inherited expectations. They don't announce themselves. They just become the water you swim in. You end up building a life that looks right but doesn't quite feel like yours. And that low-grade friction — that constant, quiet misalignment — takes more energy than most people realize.This episode isn't about burning it all down. It's about something quieter and more honest than that — learning to tell the difference between the lines that genuinely fit you and the ones that were drawn by someone else's anxiety, someone else's definition of enough.Because there's a version of your life where you get to choose. Maybe for the first time.Resources & Links:Ready to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed this episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Toni Will is the General Manager of the Kalamazoo Wings professional hockey team, a role she's held for over a decade after a 13-year career in banking and a brief, pivotal stop at the Chamber of Commerce. She's a speaker, coach, conference organizer behind empowHER, host of the Women In podcast, and author. She is also the force behind Rainbow Ice, making the Kalamazoo Wings the first professional hockey team ever to dye the ice rainbow in a statement that everyone is welcome.In a culture where drinking is practically in the job description, Toni made a quiet but profound decision to go alcohol-free in October 2020. What followed wasn't just sobriety — it was a full reclamation of identity, clarity, and the kind of leadership that only becomes possible when you stop outsourcing your ability to cope.This is a conversation about what it means to redefine yourself — as a leader, as a woman in a male-dominated industry, and as a person who decides that "normal" simply isn't working anymore.Resources & Links:Connect with Toni, explore her coaching, podcast, conference, and pick up her book Rebellious Success at toniwill.comReady to step off autopilot? Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to access free worksheets designed to help you cut through the noise, ask the right questions, and finally hear yourself clearlyExplore 1:1 coaching and other resources at thinkoutsidethelines.comFollow along on all platforms → @thinkoutsidethelinesEnjoyed the episode? Please share it with someone who might need to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next.

Shawn is returning to the conversation with one inescapable question: In a world dominated by five-step systems and polished highlight reels, what kind of conversations actually help us live better?This isn't just a rebrand; it’s a return to the "messy middle." Shawn shares the evolution of Think Outside the Lines and explores why the search for a life that actually feels true is more urgent than ever. If you’re done checking boxes and ready to step off autopilot, this conversation is for you.In this episode, we explore:The Evolution of a Mission: Moving from "improving your life" to finding true alignment.Lived Experience: Why the tools that matter most are the ones we use to navigate our own transitions as they unfold.Closing the Gap: Identifying when you’re succeeding at the wrong things and how to pivot toward what’s real.Design vs. Default: Learning to stop performing your life and start actually creating it.Join the Conversation:Subscribe: Follow on your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode.Go Deeper: Visit thinkoutsidethelines.com to download the Alignment Check-In and other resources designed for the moments when you’re ready to do the deeper work on your own.Share this episode: If this resonated with you, share it with one person who might need to hear it today.

After a decade of podcasting, Shawn is returning with one inescapable question: What kind of conversations actually matter right now?Welcome to the new era of Think Outside the Lines—a space for anyone who is done checking boxes, ready to step off autopilot, and looking to create a life that actually feels true.We aren't here for five-step systems, quick fixes, or polished highlight reels. We are here for honest, grounded conversations about what it actually takes to find alignment and lead from who you are, rather than the script you were handed.What to expect this season:Real stories from people navigating the "messy middle" of career and life transitions.Conversations about closing the gap between external success and internal alignment.Honest explorations of what it means to stop performing your life and start actually living it.Join the conversation:Hit subscribe right now so you don't miss the first official episode.Ready to step off autopilot? Head over to thinkoutsidethelines.com to download free resources like The Alignment Check-In and start doing the work at your own pace.Let's think outside the lines.

Terry Tucker: Unlocking Your Extraordinary Potential Terry Tucker is a sought-after speaker who believes in the power of a good story to motivate, inspire, and encourage others to lead their uncommon and extraordinary lives. By combining his eleven-year cancer journey with his diverse business, athletic coaching, and law enforcement expertise, he delivers compelling yet relatable presentations for conferences, virtual events, panels, meetings, and seminars. Terry is the Founder of Motivational Check LLC and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The Citadel and a Master's degree from Boston University. He has been an NCAA Division I college basketball player, a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, a customer service manager, a SWAT Hostage Negotiator, a business owner, a high school basketball coach, and a cancer warrior. He is the author of the book Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life. Terry has been featured in Authority, Thrive Global, and Human Capital Leadership magazines. In addition, he is quoted in the new book, Audaciousness, Your Journey To Living A Bold And Authentic Life by Maribel Ortega and Helen Strong For more information: https://www.motivationalcheck.com/ More information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

Cappi Pidwell: Unleashing the Power of the Subconscious Mind Cappi Pidwell is a Master of NLP & Hypnotherapy. As a Professional Speaker. Author Mindset Strategist, and Product Developer, she has been coaching and consulting audiences, corporations, associations, business owners, and Entrepreneurs on how to get rapid results with her mindset programs for over 29 years. Her keynotes and presentations are involved, experiential, and very powerful. Her audiences always leaves wanting more! Cappi goes beyond, and provides solutions that work as she helps people reach their peak performance. For more information: https://www.cappipidwell.com/ More information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

Mark Williams' new book “The Connected Species: How understanding the evolution of our brain can change the world” is a #1 Best Seller. Mark has worked with thousands of students, teachers, health professionals, and company directors keen to understand how their brain works, how to perform optimally and maintain a healthy brain. He runs programs on the neuroscience of learning, the neuroscience of emotions, how our brains create our reality, and the impact of modern technologies on our brains. Mark has an extensive academic background in brain research and teaching. He is a professor of cognitive neuroscience, with over 25 years experience conducting behavioral and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills. He has taught the fundamentals of neuroscience to a wide range of students, as well as publishing more than 70 scientific articles and worked at MIT in the USA and multiple universities in Australia. He draws on his extensive scientific background to work with schools, companies and the public to develop evidence-based practices using neuroscience to enhance our education, work and personal lives. His work has been highlighted in the media both locally [e.g., Mirror Mirror (Channel Ten), Our Brain, Magic and the Brain, Music and the Brain, Making Australia Happy (ABC), Sunrise (Channel 7), Screen Time is Affecting Learning (SkyNews)] and internationally [e.g., The Guardian (UK), New York Times (USA), Economist, New Scientist, Leading Edge, (BBC: UK), Science in Action (BBC; International)]. For more information: https://rethinkingthebrain.com/ More information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

Reneau Peurifoy holds a master’s degree in counseling and is the author of four books: “Why You Feel the Way You Do,” "Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic: Taking Charge and Conquering Fear", "Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Recovery", and "Anger: Taming the Beast." Reneau was in private practice for twenty years as a marriage and family therapist specializing in anxiety disorders. He retired from private practice to teach at a local College in Sacramento, California. He now is spending his time writing, speaking, and talking to various groups. He has also developed a YouTube channel that features videos on practical life skills. For more information: www.whyemotions.com More information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

This conversation is with someone I have literally known for my entire life. We actually grew up together, and while we have gone on to forge our own paths in life, we reconnected for this conversation where she provides so many nuggets of wisdom that you're probably going to want to take some notes. She's an ex-corporate girl turned online marketing expert and CEO of her own multimillion-dollar business. Through her best-selling courses and top-ranked marketing podcast Online Marketing Made Easy, she has helped hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs to trade burnout for freedom, income, and impact and find professional autonomy, independence, and success far beyond what a corporate glass ceiling would traditionally allow. She has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, CNBC, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and her company has twice been awarded the Inc. 5000 Award as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. She runs her growing business from Nashville, Tennessee. She recently released her New York Times bestselling book: Two Weeks Notice. She is such a kind and amazing human being, and she shares tons of amazing insight in our conversation. I'm confident that if you aren't already, by the end of this episode, you will most certainly be a fan. I invite you to think outside the lines with the lovely, Amy Porterfield. For more information: https://www.amyporterfield.com/ For more information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com/

My guest today co-founded Team Builders Plus, one of the first team building companies in the United States, back in 1991. In 2012, he reinvented how people learn about themselves through the personality styles and started his second company, Take Flight Learning. He is the author of five books about tapping into the power of your personality, including *The Chameleon* and *Which Bird Are You?*. He’s worked with more than half of the Fortune 100 companies in the U.S. and worldwide. Under his leadership as CEO of Take Flight Learning, his company has been selected as the *New Jersey Business of the Year by NJ* Biz Magazine and has repeatedly been named as one of the *Fastest Growing Companies* and *Best Places to Work* by the Philadelphia Business Journal. This was a really fun conversation about leadership, building relationships, and better understanding personality styles. It’s time to think outside the lines with Merrick Rosenberg. For more information: Websites: MerrickRosenberg.com, TakeFlightLearning.com Twitter: @MerrickR Instagram: Merrick_Rosenberg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MerrickR LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/merrickrosenberg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TakeflightLearning More information about the podcast; https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

My guest today has worked globally promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and furthering democracy. His work has taken many forms including writing and producing an award winning documentary on learning about the Holocaust at the Concentration Camps in Poland, Working on the Ghanaian Constitution, coordinating and producing events leading to Ukrainian independence, producing events for the first AIDS day treatment center in the nation, pushing for the decriminalization of homosexuality in Ukraine (the first Soviet Republic to do so). Currently, he serves as the Executive Director of the Stonewall National Museum and Archives, where he connects his LGBTQ+ community engagement with a commitment to utilizing history to shape our response to today and tomorrow. I invite you to think outside the lines with Robert Kesten. // Guest bio: Robert Kesten (he/him/his) has worked globally promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and furthering democracy. This work has taken many forms including writing and producing an award winning documentary on learning about the Holocaust at the Concentration Camps in Poland, Working on the Ghanaian Constitution, coordinating and producing events leading to Ukrainian independence, producing events for the first AIDS day treatment center in the nation, pushing for the decriminalization of homosexuality in Ukraine (the first Soviet Republic to do so). Kesten comes to Stonewall National Museum and Archives with national and international experience, taking ideas and bringing them to life. This position brings full circle his active engagement in the LGBTQ+ community and his commitment to using history as a tool to make sense and fashion a response to today and tomorrow. For more information: https://www.stonewall-museum.org More information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

My guest for this episode was at the top of my list of people I wanted to interview when I embarked on this crazy endeavor of creating a podcast--and she's proof that if you ask, the answer might just be a resounding YES! She embodies everything about my mission with this show, and I guarantee you: She'll have some significant tools to improve your life. She's a bestselling author, motivational speaker, and success coach who's made appearances on Oprah, and countless other shows. If you're someone who's looking to make any real, lasting changes in your life, this might be one of the most impactful conversations you'll listen to. I invite you to think outside the lines with Lisa Nichols. // Lisa Nichols is one of the world’s most-requested motivational speakers, as well as a media personality and corporate CEO whose global platform has reached nearly 80 million people. From a struggling single mom on public assistance to a millionaire entrepreneur, Lisa’s courage and determination has inspired fans worldwide and helped countless audiences breakthrough, to discover their own untapped talents and infinite potential. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Motivating the Masses, Inc., Lisa has developed workshops and programs that have transformed the lives of countless men and women, and altered the trajectory of businesses throughout the country and across the world. Lisa is also a best-selling author of six books, and her 7th book ABUNDANCE NOW, was published in 2016 by HarperCollins. In ABUNDANCE NOW, Lisa continues her journey with her fans, providing a clear and practical blueprint for personal success, drawn directly from the life experiences of its beloved author. ABUNDANCE NOW is the follow-up to Lisa’s New York Times Best Seller, NO MATTER WHAT. Lisa’s extraordinary story of transforming her own life from public assistance for her family to leading a multi-million dollar enterprise is the inspiration behind her bold mission to teach others that it is possible to do the same. Today, fans worldwide revere Lisa for her mastery of teaching people how to accomplish unfathomable goals and tap their limitless potential. A noted media personality who has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, The Dr. Phil Show, The Steve Harvey Show, and Extra – just to name a few, is also celebrated for the impact she has on the lives of teens. Through Lisa’s non-profit foundation Motivating the Teen Spirit, she has touched the lives of over 270,000 teens, prevented over 3,800 teen suicides, supported 2,500 dropouts in returning to school, and has helped thousands reunite with families. Among the prestigious awards and honors bestowed upon Lisa for her extensive work are the Humanitarian Award from the country of South Africa, The Ambassador Award, and the LEGO Foundation‘s Heart of Learning Award. The City of Henderson, Nevada named November 20th as Motivating the Teen Spirit Day; the City of San Diego named April 25th Motivating the Masses Day, and the City of Houston, Texas named May 9th as Lisa Nichols Day for her dedication to service, philanthropy and healing. For more information on Lisa: https://motivatingthemasses.com For more information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

My guest today is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, investor, and policy advisor. He is also the author of Containing Big Tech: How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy. He was the founder and CEO of Centrify, a leading cybersecurity cloud provider that amassed over two thousand enterprise customers, including over 60 percent of the Fortune 50. For his leadership, he was named by Ernst & Young as Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in Northern California. He is also an active Silicon Valley angel investor, with seed investments in over a dozen tech start-ups with a focus on privacy and cybersecurity. In addition, he has served as a technology policy advisor for political campaigns and advocacy groups, including leading the campaign marketing efforts in 2020 to pass California Proposition 24—the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)—and co-authoring bills such as the California Delete Act of 2023. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and in history from the University of Michigan. It’s time to think outside the lines with Tom Kemp. For more information about Tom: https://www.tomkemp.ai/home https://twitter.com/TomKemp00 For more information about this podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

This conversation is with someone who was part of the inspiration for this show. I had gone to one of her events when she was in Los Angeles, and I asked her if she would be on my show. She graciously obliged, and our conversation has been among my most memorable. I was incredibly nervous when we recorded this interview (which you can actually hear in my voice if you listen closely). The conversation was ultimately everything I hoped it would be and more, and I received a ton of positive feedback when the episode originally aired. If I could ask every human on the planet to listen to this conversation, I would. She’s a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 and the former director of a future studies think tank in Washington, DC, where she managed a team creating global scenario plans. She now speaks about the intelligence of the heart. Her most recent book is How To Be Loving…when your heart is breaking open and the world is waking up. She is also the author of The Fire Starter Sessions, White Hot Truth, and The Desire Map, and producer of dozens of meditation kits and online programs for spiritual support. Her podcast, With Love, Danielle, often ranks in iTunes’ top 10 for wellness. Her website is visited by millions of people each month, and was named one of the top 100 Websites for Women by Forbes. I invite you to be inspired as we think outside the lines...with Danielle LaPorte. For more information on Danielle: https://daniellelaporte.com For more information about the podcast: https://www.thinkoutsidethelines.com

The upcoming election in the United States is the most important of our lifetimes. I thought it would be interesting to have a conversation on this topic, but through a slightly different lens than you might be used to in these polarizing times, and I hope this conversation is thoughtful in that respect.  My guest today is back for her third time on the show. She’s dedicated the last 20 years of her career studying, building and reinventing brands. Her work as an executive brand strategist gives her a unique perspective on the language used to describe an experience and the behavior that follows. And It’s inspired her latest project, Rebranding America: A new show premiering this week on YouTube—that explores question, “Who would America be if it actually became who it said it was?”  Please enjoy my conversation with Krysta Masciale.  Follow Krysta on Instagram @krystamasciale Rebranding America:  Instagram  YouTube  // Below are some additional resources to educate friends, family, and acquaintances. You can also learn more about how you can volunteer to be a poll worker, or make phone calls or send texts on behalf of your local representatives, senate, or presidential candidate.  vote.org - You can register to vote, check your registration status, find your polling place, check for mail-in voting deadlines in your state, and so much more.  VoteSaveAmerica.com - Another great resource where you can learn more about all the candidates—you can even adopt a swing state, and work to educate voters in these states on how to make an informed decision, and help them get to the polls on Election Day. All from the comfort of your home.  // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

Guest Bio: Lara Heacock is a Leadership Coach and Talent Acquisition consultant on a mission to end burnout and help leaders and business owners bring more kindness into their businesses. Lara is a certified coach, author of Practical Kindness, and co-host of the podcast Doing (good) Business. She is Editor in Chief of popular personal development blog KindOverMatter.com where she writes a weekly Monday Motivator.  For more information, please visit:  http://www.laraheacock.com/ http://www.kindovermatter.com/ // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

In this episode, we talk with world-renowned podcaster, John Lee Dumas. Guest Bio: John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of EOFire, an award winning Podcast where he interviews today's most successful Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. JLD has interviewed over 1200 Entrepreneurs and EOFire generates over 1 million monthly listens. John's latest project is The Freedom Journal; a gorgeous leather bound journal that guides you in accomplishing your #1 goal in 100 days. Launched on Kickstarter, it raised 453k in 33 days and became the #6 most funded publishing project of all time. For more information, please visit John on the web: http://eofire.com  http://thefreedomjournal.com // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

In this episode, we discuss 7 tips for cultivating a healthy mind, body & spirit. Join me for Part two of my conversation with Mental Performance Coach, Wilma Wong. Guest Bio: Wilma began her journey as a healer by trying to solve one of her own health problems. Since then she has studied EFT, TAT, Matrix Energetics, Yuen Method, Healing Codes, Emotion Code, Demartini Breakthrough method, Theta Healing, and meditation---all contributing to her own style of healing, applying the best of each method and tailoring it to the client. Just as no one drug is a perfect fit; no one method is a perfect healing tool. Wilma has lectured at UCLA, Salvation Army, Junior League of Los Angeles, to name just a few, on different techniques for coping with stress. For more information, please visit her website: http://wilmawong.com Be sure to mention Think Outside the Lines for a special offer on her coaching package!    // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

In this best-of episode, I chat with Mental Performance Coach Wilma Wong about what it takes to truly love yourself and find happiness. You don't want to miss this episode! Guest Bio: Wilma began her journey as a healer by trying to solve one of her own health problems. Since then she has studied EFT, TAT, Matrix Energetics, Yuen Method, Healing Codes, Emotion Code, Demartini Breakthrough method, Theta Healing, and meditation---all contributing to her own style of healing, applying the best of each method and tailoring it to the client. Just as no one drug is a perfect fit; no one method is a perfect healing tool. Wilma has lectured at UCLA, Salvation Army, Junior League of Los Angeles, to name just a few, on different techniques for coping with stress. For more information, please visit her website: http://wilmawong.com Be sure to mention Think Outside the Lines for a special offer on her coaching package!    // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

Guest Bio: Kate Swoboda (aka, “Kate Courageous”) Kate Swoboda is creator of YourCourageousLife.com, Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification at TeamCLCC.com and author of The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life. She helps individuals, teams, and companies see where old, fear-based habits have kept people stuck or started to limit what’s possible for an organization, and then start creating more courageous lives by getting into “the courage habit,” a four-part process for behavioral and organizational change. Kate has appeared in MindBodyGreen, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, Business Insider, and more, and her website Your Courageous Life was named a top-50 blog for happiness by Greatist. She’s spoken at conferences and seminars on the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques. For more information, please visit: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com   // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

Guest Bio: Kate Swoboda (aka, “Kate Courageous”) Kate Swoboda is creator of YourCourageousLife.com, Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification at TeamCLCC.com and author of The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life. She helps individuals, teams, and companies see where old, fear-based habits have kept people stuck or started to limit what’s possible for an organization, and then start creating more courageous lives by getting into “the courage habit,” a four-part process for behavioral and organizational change. Kate has appeared in MindBodyGreen, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, Business Insider, and more, and her website Your Courageous Life was named a top-50 blog for happiness by Greatist. She’s spoken at conferences and seminars on the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques. For more information, please visit: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com   // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

In this episode, I’m excited to share a rebroadcast of one of my favorite interviews I’ve conducted so far on the podcast. I’ll be mixing these episodes in with brand new interviews over the next few months…I encourage you to check them out if you are new to the show—and if you’ve been a long-time listener, first of all—thank you!—I encourage you to listen again, as you might just catch some insight that you didn’t before. Enjoy!  Guest Bio: California-based certified yoga teacher, Kimi Dawn, has been practicing yoga for several years, exploring a variety of yoga disciplines and is focused on the therapeutic and nurturing modalities in which yoga can bring balance, peace and healing into her student's busy lives. Her approach focuses on the intuitive movement of each unique body, mindful of anatomical variations, Kimi Dawn, teaches slow, deliberate sequencing to allow time for experiencing the postures, checking in and being in the center of strength and acceptance of the body. Kimi Dawn's offerings lead students back to themselves; with the possibilities of rediscovering their innate wisdom through meditative movement and breath. She teaches yoga in studio environments, city organizations, donation based park and private/small group sessions. Certified through Tamal School of Yoga; Tamal Dodge & Sesa O'Connor (200 hours of Vinyasa Flow) and Silk Roads Sangha; Daniel Hickman & Denise Antonini (200 hours Mulit-disciplinary Yoga). Kimi completed 1st and 2nd degree Reiki training with EarthSoul Holistic Healing and an 8-week "Daily Love Mastery" life coach course with Mastin Kipp, founder of The Daily Love, in 2014. Influenced by master teachers, Kimi Dawn has practiced with Seane Corn, Annie Carpenter (35 hours of SmartFLOW training), Kathryn Budig, Brian Kest, Ashley Turner, Saul David Raye, to name a few. She's been practicing from Thailand to Italy and wants to share it all with you. Follow Kimi on Instagram // Listen and Subscribe to the Think Outside the Lines Podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify Player FM Stitcher IHeartRadio Pocketcasts // For more information about the show, coaching services, and more, please visit: http://thinkoutsidethelines.com // Follow @ThinkOutsideTheLines on Instagram

Happy New Year! My guest today is a world-renowned bootcamp Pilates specialist. With a decade of experience in the fitness industry, she has certified coaches in over 80 cities across the US and developed fitness programs for over 20 studios across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. More recently, she spent the last year as Program Director at a Santa Monica tech start-up, launching their live-stream fitness program. Prior to a career in fitness, she was a fashion designer, competitive rock climber, and a contestant on the 14th season of CBS’s Survivor. She’s a dear friend of mine, and I’ve been wanting to introduce you to her for a while now, so I’m so glad we finally made it happen. She’s joining us today to help us get our new year off to an amazing stat, with some of her top tips for living your best 2019. It’s time to think outside the lines with Piper Michelle. Guest Bio: Piper Michelle is a world-renowned bootcamp Pilates specialist. With a decade of experience in the fitness industry, she has certified coaches in over 80 cities across the US (200+ studio locations) and developed fitness programs for over 20 studios across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Most recently, Piper spent the last year as Program Director at a Santa Monica tech start-up, launching their live-stream fitness program. Prior to a career in fitness, Piper was a fashion designer, competitive rock climber, and a contestant on the 14th season of CBS’s Survivor. Piper’s greatest joy is to experience the world around her, learn as much as she can, and share with others. Follow Piper on Instagram @hellopipermichelle // Shawn's new project/podcast: I want to tell you about another project I’ve been working on. Some friends and I have launched a new podcast called THE MARTINI SCALE, where we discuss all things film. Film is a huge passion of mine, and I’m excited to share this new adventure with you. You can learn more about the show at themartiniscale.com, and of course you can download and subscribe to the show wherever you listen to this podcast.  // Think Outside the Lines Podcast Subscribe / Leave a review on iTunes Subscribe on Player.FM Subscribe on IHeartRadio Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Spotify // If you would like to stay updated on all things podcast-related, click here to sign up for the mailing list.

We’ve got an incredibly special episode for you today. I’m gonna go out on a limb, and say that its probably one of the most fascinating and insightful conversations I’ve ever had on this podcast. I strongly encourage you to suspend your disbelief and just listen with an open mind. It’s people like my guest today, who are out there helping to facilitate just some really intelligent conversation on the topic of consciousness— he’s written an incredible new book entitled AN END TO UPSIDE DOWN THINKING, where he explores some of life’s most challenging questions about who we are as human beings. In the book, he explores the idea that, contrary to mainstream assumptions, consciousness is NOT produced by the brain. This book has been endorsed by well-known thinkers like two time Nobel prize nominee, Dr. Ervin Laszlo, Harvard Neurosurgeon and #1 New York Times bestselling author, Eben Alexander MD. Even Goldie Hawn said that while reading this book, “New pathways of the mind will open and perhaps shift your perception of reality, time and space, and above all consciousness!” I can tell you that I first discovered him on another podcast, and knew immediately that I wanted to have a conversation of my own with him. I really hope that you enjoy this incredibly insightful conversation…as we think outside the lines with Mark Gober. Guest Bio: Mark Gober is an author whose worldview was turned upside down in late 2016 when he was exposed to world-changing science. After researching extensively, he wrote An End to Upside Down Thinking to introduce the general public to these cutting-edge ideas – all in an effort to encourage a much-needed global shift in scientific and existential thinking. Mark has long sought answers to life’s challenging questions. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, he was drawn to astrophysics because he wanted to understand the universe. But because due to commitments as a member of Princeton’s Division I Tennis Team, he decided that astrophysics would be too demanding. So instead of studying the invisible forces that govern the universe, he studied the invisible forces that secretly drive human behavior, getting a degree in psychology, focusing on behavioral economics. After college, he explored the universe through books for fun. But it wasn’t until the summer of 2016 that he randomly stumbled across a series of podcasts that exposed him to some radical new ideas. Those ideas put into question the most basic assumptions about who and what we are as human beings. The more he researched, the more he realized that he needed to rethink everything that he thought he knew. When he began relating to friends his research, they told him it changed the way they looked at life. Their lives started to improve. After he’d heard that multiple times, he realized it was time to share his research with a broader audience through his book and podcast so he could help more people. For more information, please visit: https://markgober.com   // Think Outside the Lines Podcast Subscribe / Leave a review on iTunes Subscribe on Player.FM Subscribe on IHeartRadio Subscribe on Stitcher // If you would like to stay updated on all things podcast-related, click here to sign up for the mailing list.

My guest today is a former dentist turned Freedom Entrepreneur who helps people escape the mundane and fearlessly explore life through the power of passion and purpose. He’s written an amazing book entitled, “UNBOX YOURSELF”, in which he helps the reader to discover their passions and purpose in life. This is the sort of conversation that continues to motivate me to do this show. And I believe you will feel immensely better after listening. Its time to think outside the lines with Dr. Chris Hahn. // Guest bio: I am a hopeless optimist - few things manage to penetrate my positive mindset. Life is all about choices and I firmly believe that how we feel and think affects the outcome of each and every one of them. Professionally I am a dentist, entrepreneur, inventor, author, speaker and coach. I use my problem solving gift and passion to aid other souls in unboxing themselves so they can live a life of greatness. Success can mean just about anything - the meaning will change with time... In my teens I attributed academic achievement to success, graduating as a Valedictorian from my High School. Shortly thereafter I graduated from the USC School of Dentistry, Magna Cum Laude, at age 24. Only a few years later I became one of, if not the youngest AACD Accredited Cosmetic Dentist in the World. I was climbing this ladder of success as quickly as I could and became a millionaire before the age of 30. Then everything changed. I began looking at life a little differently. Contributing to the happiness of others, including myself became my focus. I studied happiness for many years and consequentially made many significant changes in my life. Purpose, passion, freedom, peace and love overshadow any level of financial success anyone could ever achieve and this is where I dedicate my energy to now. If you are looking to be infected with success, happiness, passion and purpose, then I am your vector. For more information, please visit: https://www.drchrishahn.com   //   Think Outside the Lines Podcast Subscribe / Leave a review on iTunes Subscribe on Player.FM Subscribe on IHeartRadio Subscribe on Stitcher // If you would like to stay updated on all things podcast-related, click here to sign up for the mailing list.

My guest this week is a keynote speaker and bestselling author who’s famous for inventing Af-for-mations® and helping small business owners make more money, help more people, and have more fun. His sought- after advice is known as the “secret sauce” in business and personal growth. Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: says that “his work is about discovering within ourselves what we should have known all along – we are truly powerful beings with unlimited potential.” His dynamic and down-to-earth speaking style always gets high marks from audiences. As the leading authority on how to eliminate limiting beliefs, he delivers keynote speeches and mastermind programs that have been called “The only training that FIXES every other training!” It's time to think outside the lines with Noah St. John. Guest Bio: NOAH ST. JOHN is known as “The Power Habits Mentor” and is famous for helping entrepreneurs get rid of their head trash and make more money. Noah is the ONLY author in history to have works published by Hay House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Mindvalley, Nightingale-Conant, and the Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher. He also appears frequently in the news worldwide, including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Parade Magazine, Forbes.com, and The Huffington Post. For more information, please visit: http://noahstjohn.com Download Noah's free book for Think Outside the Lines listeners: Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money: SendMeaBookNoah.com   //   Think Outside the Lines Podcast Subscribe / Leave a review on iTunes Subscribe / Listen on Google Play Music Subscribe on Soundcloud Subscribe on Player.FM Subscribe on IHeartRadio Subscribe on Stitcher // If you would like to stay updated on all things podcast-related, click here to sign up for the mailing list.

My guest today is an internationally bestselling author, seminar leader, lecturer, musician and CEO/co-founder of Living from Vision. For more than 30 years, she has inspired thousands of people worldwide to discover the power of their consciousness and how to create a successful life. Her new book “Dream Big: The Universe Is Listening” offers real-life stories of transformation as well as practical tips anyone can use to shapeshift their lives from the inside out. Its time to think outside the lines with Ilona Selke. Guest Bio: Ilona Selke is an internationally bestselling author, seminar leader, lecturer, musician and CEO/co-founder of Living from Vision. Over 30+ years, Ilona has inspired thousands of people worldwide to discover the power of their consciousness and how to create a successful life. Her new book “Dream Big: The Universe Is Listening” offers real-life stories of transformation as well as practical tips anyone can use to shapeshift their lives from the inside out. For more information, please visit: www.ilonaselke.com LIVING FROM VISION COURSE PART I  Free book on radionics   //   Think Outside the Lines Podcast Subscribe / Leave a review on iTunes Subscribe / Listen on Google Play Music Subscribe on Soundcloud Subscribe on Player.FM Subscribe on IHeartRadio Subscribe on Stitcher // If you would like to stay updated on all things podcast-related, click here to sign up for the mailing list.

My guest today wants to get us talking about the science behind relationships, and draw attention to the things in our relationships that we should be paying more attention to. His goal is to help create a world where couples live in loving, intimate and respectful relationships, enabling their children to grow up loved. He is a keen observer of human psychology, a master in Neuro Linguistic Programming, Ericksonian Hypnosis and a certified Results Coach. There are a ton of gems in this conversation, where we explore how our behavior takes place at both a conscious and unconscious level. My hope is that there is something you can take away from this conversation and apply it to a relationship in your life. Its time to think outside the lines with Jürgen Schmechel. Guest Bio: Jürgen Schmechel was born 1960 in Hamburg, Germany as the second son to his parents. He lived, studied, worked and married in Hamburg – to then be raising two sons himself. In 2004 his family moved to Australia to learn and live in a different culture. Jürgen is a keen observer of human psychology, he is a master in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Ericksonian Hypnosis and a certified Results Coach. Over the past 24 years Jürgen realized that he and his wife are doing things differently in their marriage from others. Some of their behavior was conscious, some more on the unconscious level. And with more and more relationships all around the world deteriorating, Jürgen decided to bring his wisdom and coaching to the people. He started his Inspiring Relationships only in January 2017, but already had so many discussions and sessions with people searching him out for advice and guidance. His mission is to inspire thousands of men yearly to stay in loving, respectful relationships. Which has a ripple on effect to their Children and the World. For more information, please visit: inspiring-relationships.com.au   //   Think Outside the Lines Podcast Subscribe / Leave a review on iTunes Subscribe / Listen on Google Play Music Subscribe on Soundcloud Subscribe on Player.FM Subscribe on IHeartRadio Subscribe on Stitcher // If you would like to stay updated on all things podcast-related, click here to sign up for the mailing list.