Letting Go of Old Patterns: Why Success Did Not Satisfy Him
Letting go of old patterns, according to coach and ceremonialist Michael Peterson, starts with asking how you want to be rather than only what you want to do. After two master's degrees left him searching, he turned to energy work and plant medicine. In this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, he explains emotional armor, failure and what a short coaching session looks like.
Selling Without Being Pushy: Sales Skills for Good People
Selling without being pushy is possible when you treat sales as a service and your message as something the market helps you refine. That is the view of author and thought leadership coach Nicky Billou, who joins Jeremy Van Wert to explain why good people with weak sales skills struggle, how messaging gets tested, and why serving your network builds lasting business.
Success vs Fulfillment: What a Quarter-Life Crisis Taught Alan
Success vs fulfillment is the question Alan Lazarus faced at 26, when he had a six-figure engineering career and still felt something was missing. A car crash set off his quarter-life crisis. In this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, he describes how he moved from achieving at any cost to building fulfillment from the inside out.
Love Bombing Explained: Covert Narcissism Warning Signs
Love bombing explained: it is intense early praise and attention that can later give way to control, according to Laura Richards, who describes a 32-year marriage to a covertly narcissistic man. In this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, she shares how love bombing, gaslighting, moving goalposts and DARVO felt from the inside, and what helped her find her voice.
IQ EQ GQ Explained: The Happiness Formula Born After Rock Bottom
IQ EQ GQ is the three-part framework in Cassandra Vitaka Mitchell's book The Happiness Formula: what you know, how you feel and act, and what you believe. A Stanford graduate and former teacher of Jeremy Van Wert, she explains how a hard childhood, a decade of darkness and a turning point led her to build it, and why she says feelings are flags, not facts.
Rebuilding Life After Loss: Lessons in Choice and Community
Rebuilding life after loss often begins before you know what comes next. Coach Tracie Root tells Jeremy Van Wert how she moved forward after losing her husband while raising two small children, left a 17-year corporate career and built a community. She shares what helped: treating things as choices, learning to receive help and finding people to face fear with.