The Audacious Living Podcast

Designing in the Dark with George Sully

Some people wait to be seen. George Sully stopped waiting and built the thing that made his whole community impossible to ignore. Signature Quote "you seek that light,

Become the Person Your Future Requires: Barbara Daoust on the Terror Barrier and the Next Chapter

What if the next chapter of your life is not a reinvention, but a becoming? Barbara Daoust spent decades directing other people's performances, then lost the person she h

The Mentor You Need May Already Be in Your Life with Dave Schmit

Who helped you become the person you are today, and have you ever told them? Sometimes the relationships that shape us most begin long before we recognize them as mentors

Your Strongest Point Is Your Equilibrium: Joseph Coco on Audacity, Work, and Calling

Some people chase the highs of life and dread the lows. Joseph Coco says he have it backwards. Signature Quote "It's not about being dominant or it's not about overpowe

Leave Your Bubble: Wesley Warshawer on Curiosity, Courage, and Finding Common Ground

What would you learn about your own country if you moved to the place you understand the least? Signature Quote "It's the audacity to have the guts to choose curiosity

Who Needs to Hear from You Today? with Janice Porter

Someone crossed your mind today. Did you reach out, or did you talk yourself out of it?   Signature Quote   "Send the unexpected note or card. Send a card to someone

Rewrite the Story Your Childhood Wrote with Rochelle Cook

What if the reason you keep ending up in the same place has nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with a story you learned before you were old enough to ques

Audacity Without a System Is Just Hope with Jason Vanderground

What if your dream is not stalling for lack of passion, but for lack of a plan?   Signature Quote   "Audacity without a system is probably just hope. And hope's great

It Took 20 Years to Finish His Book: Paul Hlabse on Grief, Faith, and "Violent Disturbance"

Some books take a weekend to read and twenty years to write. Paul Lapsey knows, because his sat on a shelf for eighteen of them.   Signature Quote   "Whatever you sta

From Napkin Sketch to QVC: Lisa Ascolese on Inventing the Right Way

You have an idea. Maybe you have had it for years, sketched on a napkin or sitting in a journal. The difference between you and the inventor on QVC is not talent. It is k

Don’t Take a Coward’s Way Out: Green Beret Ray Dillman on Courage, Purpose, and Faith

What does it take to choose the fight when every instinct tells you to run? Retired Green Beret Major Ray Dillman spent 23 years in the Army answering that question, risi

What Hypnosis Really Is (and Isn’t) with Jason Palter

Most of what you believe about hypnosis came from a movie or a cruise ship stage show. Jason Palter has spent more than a decade undoing that damage. A former professiona

Breaking the Bias That Keeps Great Leaders Invisible with Michael Dowling

What if the reason you have never seen yourself as a leader is not a flaw in you, but a flaw in the picture you were given? Michael Dowling spent years in Hollywood perfo

Undefeated: What a Pastor Turned FBI Agent Learned About Human Nature

What if the person sitting across from you in the interrogation room is not a monster, but a human being who lost their way? Eric Robinson spent 24 years in the FBI learn

The Performed Man: When the Armor That Protects You Starts Keeping Out the People You Love

What happens when the armor that protects you starts keeping out the people you love? Mike Poliwoda knows. He wore it for years. Signature Quote "Remove it slowly. Conn

Say Yes Scared: Toronto Hip-Hop Legend DJX on Courage Before Confidence

DJX was handed the number one hip-hop radio show in the country and was too scared to open the microphone. He stayed silent for the first two hours. Signature Quote "Ha

Praise the Progress: Dr. Christiane Schroeter on Small Steps and Unshakable Confidence

What if confidence was never the starting line? Dr. Christiane Schroeter has spent years studying how belief actually gets built, and her answer reverses everything most

How to Trust Yourself and Create Real Freedom | Jackie Cote

What if your life looks successful from the outside, yet something within you knows it no longer fits? Signature Quote “The only person I had to ask permission from was

Beyond Brain Rot: How to Stop Scrolling Your Life Away with Axel Burlin

How often do you reach for your phone without deciding to? A few minutes of scrolling can feel harmless until you wonder what else you might have done with that time. Si

The Patterns Protecting You May Be the Ones Keeping You Stuck | Krishna Avalon

What if the very patterns that helped you feel safe are now the ones quietly keeping you from the life you want? Sometimes growth isn't about pushing harder, fixing your