Personal Branding: Why Followers Don't Equal Business Success
Personal branding works best when you measure results, not follower counts. That is the view of Shem, an entrepreneur who helped build Safety Pup XD, a company that began when a friend's dog ran into a dark forest. In this conversation with his childhood friend Jeremy Van Wert, he explains why a smaller group of people who believe in your mission is worth more than a big audience.
Family Trauma and Addiction: One Man's Path to Sobriety
Family trauma and addiction often travel together, and Jordan Turbyfill says he lived both. He grew up watching a parent struggle with addiction, then found himself drinking to numb the same hurt. In this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, he explains what pushed him to sobriety and how faith, routine and boundaries help him stay on course.
Never Giving Up: A Drummer's Story of Reinvention and Sobriety
Never giving up, for professional drummer JD Lyon, means being willing to evolve when a career, a relationship or a plan stops working. In this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, JD explains how he moved from touring to producing and mixing, how faith helped him get sober, how he lives with bipolar disorder and how he faces fear.
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.
Motorcycle Accident Survivor Stories: Waking Up Blind After a Coma
Among motorcycle accident survivor stories, Kijuan Amey's stands out for what came after the crash. On May 5, 2017, a car pulled out in front of the Air Force boom operator, and he woke a month later from a medically induced coma unable to see or speak. He tells Jeremy Van Wert how faith, humor and forgiveness shaped his recovery.
Addicted to Certainty: How Comfort Makes Us Fragile
Being addicted to certainty means staying so comfortable that taking a risk starts to feel impossible. That is the idea Christian Ray Flores, a coach and former pop star in post-Soviet Russia, shares with Jeremy Van Wert. He explains how it makes people fragile, what being anti-fragile looks like, and how the parable of the talents shapes his coaching.