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Inside Personal Growth provides listeners with over 1000 high quality interviews featuring leading authors in the field of personal development. This online podcast program is curated with content from international experts in the art of transformation. It is our mission here to tune listeners into an audio experience that will entertain and educate to help improve every facet of their lives. Since 2007, Inside Personal Growth has connected people with the wisdom and resources they need to work through challenges and strengthen their internal compass on the pursuit toward wellness and mastery. Our archive features over 800+ podcasts. Each show offers insight into the minds of writers behind leading book titles. Visit the website to browse our archive. We hope you enjoy this important, public resource. Are you an author, speaker or publisher in the field of personal growth? Contact us to learn more about how to get interviewed, advertise on our site and become an affiliate member. Find more information on our website: www.insidepersonalgrowth.com

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October 28, 202653 min

Podcast 1370: Visionary: Escape The Trap & Scale Without Burnout by Mark C. Winters

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with Mark C. Winters to discuss his book, Visionary: How Driven Entrepreneurs Get What They Want Without Doing It All Themselves. What happens when a founder's biggest strength becomes the company's greatest bottleneck? Visionaries often struggle with a "Ferrari brain with bicycle brakes"—generating brilliant ideas while accidentally causing organizational whiplash, micromanaging low-value tasks, and stalling real growth. Mark reveals how visionary leaders can harness their innate superpowers, stop doing everything alone, and partner with an Integrator to unlock true operational freedom. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - Balancing Superpowers and Kryptonite: How to channel big-picture ideation without triggering organizational whiplash or lack of focus. - Escaping the Joy-Competence Trap: How to stop doing tasks you hate—even if you are good at them—and treat delegation like a trained muscle. - The Intrinsic Genius Formula: How combining Competence, Joy, and Drive (using the Learn, Create, Deliver model) maximizes founder impact. - The "Same Page" Discipline: Why quick hallway chats fail and how regular, dedicated check-ins maintain a united leadership front. - The Rule of "Do No Harm": How to avoid derailing your team by recognizing the hidden hazards of thinking out loud and losing vision clarity. Connect with Our Guest, Mark C. Winters: ➥ Book: Visionary: How Driven Entrepreneurs Get What They Want Without Doing It All Themselves ➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/0i40TagR https://www.markcwinters.com/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcwinters/ ➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markcwinters ➡️Twitter/ X: https://x.com/MarkCWinters ➡️Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/markcwinters Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 26, 202650 min

Podcast 1369: Living Strong Through Martial Arts: A Lifetime Journey of Martial Virtue by Peter Liciaga

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with Peter Liciaga, author of Living Strong Through Martial Arts: A Lifetime Journey of Martial Virtue. From sleeping under newspapers on the streets of New York at sixteen to facing total hip replacements at the height of his physical peak, Peter reveals how a street kid became a fifth-degree master, professional dancer, and mentor. But what happens when the physical body fails and everything you built your identity on is stripped away? In this raw, gripping conversation, Peter takes you off the mat and into life's real battleground—showing you how to transform trauma, failure, and unexpected loss into purpose, humility, and unbreakable hope. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - The Identity Shift: Why asking "What kind of human being am I becoming?" matters far more than chasing the next belt or accolade. - 3 Crisis Questions: The exact prompts to resolve conflict and tough moments: What makes this better? What makes it not worse? What am I missing? - The "A Game" Framework: How using Awareness, Assessment, and Appropriate Action helps you navigate everyday life and business. - The White Belt Mindset: Why masters and high achievers must stay humble enough to remain beginners to truly grow. - Turning Failure into Lessons: How to stop resisting hardship, identify your part in mistakes, and build indomitable courage (Yong Gi). Connect with Our Guest, Peter Liciaga: ➥ Book: Living Strong Through Martial Arts: A Lifetime Journey of Martial Virtue ➥ Buy Now: https://www.peterliciaga.com/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterliciaga/ ➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterliciaga Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 23, 202658 min

Podcast 1368: Black Eyes for BlackRock by Barry James Dyke

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with Barry James Dyke, author of Black Eyes for BlackRock, to expose the disturbing realities hidden inside America’s retirement system. As the world’s largest asset manager nears $15 trillion under management, Dyke reveals how Wall Street shifts massive risks onto everyday investors while quietly pocketing billions in fees. Is your 401(k) actually a high-risk gamble masquerading as a safe haven? From the risky private equity pushes threatening retirement accounts to the startling financial strategies used by the nation's biggest banks, this eye-opening conversation pulls back the curtain on who really profits off your hard-earned savings—and how you can take control before it's too late. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - The 401(k) Reality Check: How the 401(k) morphed from a growth tool into a high-risk savings model that forces employees to carry all the financial risk without guaranteed income. - Global Retirement Standards: Why the U.S. retirement system ranks dead last among top nations—behind countries like Mexico, Denmark, and the Netherlands—and what foreign models do differently. - The Hidden Truth About Wall Street Fees: How giant firms generate immense fee-related income regardless of whether the market goes up or down. - Risks of New Investment Mandates: Why opening 401(k)s to private equity, private credit, and cryptocurrencies could expose ordinary savers to severe financial instability. - How Institutions Protect Their Own Money: The surprising tax-free, guaranteed financial strategies major banks like JPMorgan and Bank of America use for themselves while selling riskier products to the public. Connect with Our Guest, Barry James Dyke: ➥ Book: Black Eyes for BlackRock ➥ Buy Now: https://www.barryjamesdyke.com/product-page/black-eyes-for-blackrock ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryjamesdyke/ Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 20, 202649 min

Podcast 1367: Space Is Not Empty: Unlocking Hidden Energy by Alan Briskin & Mary V. Gelinas

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with Alan Briskin & Mary V. Gelinas to discuss their book, Space Is Not Empty: How Hidden Fields Are Shaping Your Life and Our World. What if the invisible spaces around us—the unspoken tensions in a room, the atmosphere of a workplace, or the deep connection felt in nature—aren't empty at all, but are actively shaping our thoughts, emotions, and decisions? Starting from a serendipitous moment over an eight-foot sheet of paper to a seven-year journey of exploration, this conversation dives into the hidden forces governing human connection. Are we truly separate individuals operating in a Newtonian vacuum, or are we constantly swimming in a shared "bone broth" of personal, social, and noetic energy? Tune in to uncover how tuning into these unseen fields can transform how you navigate conflict, heal personal trauma, and help mend a polarized world. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - The Definition of Fields: Understand how invisible fields act as dynamic spaces of interaction that shape emotions, physical sensations, thoughts, and imagination. - The Three Interconnected Fields: Learn the distinctions between the Personal Field (internal emotions, physical body sensations, thoughts), the Social Field (group dynamics, environment, and history), and the Noetic Field (cosmic intelligence, connection to nature, and the larger universe). - Disrupting Destructive Fields: Discover how self-awareness, humility, and intentionality can help disrupt toxic environments, inherited trauma, or polarization without becoming part of the destruction. - The Power of Synchronicity: Gain insights into how Carl Jung and Wolfgang Pauli conceptualized synchronicity to explain meaningful coincidences where psyche and matter interconnect. - Practical Field Awareness Tools: Acquire actionable techniques such as pausing, grounding, tuning into body sensations, and extending the exhale to manage reactivity and self-regulate in complex situations. ➥ Book: Space Is Not Empty: How Hidden Fields Are Shaping Your Life and Our World ➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/07bXXyHb https://www.spaceisnotempty.net/ Connect with Our Guests, Alan Briskin & Mary V. Gelinas: ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-briskin/ ➡️Website: https://www.gelinasjames.com/ Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 19, 202651 min

Podcast 1366: The California Pizza Kitchen Story: How Two Federal Prosecutors Changed the Way America Eats Pizza by Rick Rosenfield

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with Rick Rosenfield, co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen and author of The California Pizza Kitchen Story: How Two Federal Prosecutors Changed the Way America Eats Pizza. How do two federal prosecutors prosecuting organized crime and handling cases before the U.S. Supreme Court abruptly walk away from successful legal careers to open a pizza restaurant in a spot known as a "restaurant graveyard"? In this compelling episode, Rick opens up about the pivotal trials, personal turning points, and bold leaps of faith that transformed a single 67-seat Beverly Hills eatery into a global empire with hundreds of locations and frozen pizzas in over 20,000 stores. He pulls back the curtain on the high-stakes trade-offs between capital and control during corporate expansions, surviving economic recessions, and why a culture built on respect, opportunity, communication, and kindness (ROCK) mattered even more than their famous Barbecue Chicken Pizza. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - Trusting Your Instincts Over Conventional Wisdom: Discover how walking away from comfortable careers and choosing a "failed" restaurant location paid off through strong intuition and clear vision. - Building a WINNING Company Culture (ROCK): Learn how prioritizing Respect, Opportunity, Communication, and Kindness bridged the gap between front-of-house and back-of-house teams to scale the business. - Navigating Capital vs. Control: Gain critical entrepreneurial insights on the risks, hidden traps, and trade-offs when partnering with major corporate investors or private equity. - Resilience Through Business Cycles: Understand how leadership navigates severe market downturns, stock volatility, and corporate restructuring while keeping long-term core values intact. - Empowering People as the Ultimate Asset: Uncover why sustainable brand success relies far more on elevating, respecting, and empowering your workforce than on products alone. Our Guest, Rick Rosenfield : ➥ Book: The California Pizza Kitchen Story: How Two Federal Prosecutors Changed the Way America Eats Pizza ➥ Buy Now: https://amzn.in/d/0iJdJpGH https://www.rickrosenfield.com/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-rosenfield-9185933a9/ Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 16, 202652 min

Podcast 1365: The Radical Promise: How 100% accountability builds leadership trust by Steve Farber

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with leadership authority Steve Farber to unpack a shockingly simple yet rare leadership secret: what happens when you hold yourself 100% accountable to every single word you say? Co-authored alongside legendary researchers Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner (The Leadership Challenge), Steve's book, The Radical Promise: Mastering The Art of Doing What You Say You Will Do, directly addresses our current era of collapsed institutional trust. Through engaging storytelling and practical frameworks, Greg and Steve reveal the hidden "say-do gaps" that quietly erode your credibility—including the dangerous, implied promises you don't even realize you are making. Whether you have struggled with overcommitting, maintaining trust across remote teams, or bridging the gap between corporate value statements and real-world actions, this conversation offers an unfiltered blueprint to mastering follow-through and becoming a leader people willingly choose to follow. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - The Core Law of Credibility: Why constituents won't believe your message if they don't believe in you as the messenger—and how credibility serves as the foundation of true leadership. - The "Say-Do" Gap & Invisible Promises: How to spot implied or accidental commitments you make in casual conversation before they damage your reputation. - The Weekly Commitment Audit: A practical journaling method to track overt and subtle promises, measure follow-through, and fix negative behavioral patterns. - Saying "No" Without Guilt: Strategies to stop overcommitting and people-pleasing so that every promise you do make is 100% intentional. - Aligning External Brand with Internal Culture: How leaders can bridge the disconnect between company value statements and daily workplace behavior to foster genuine trust and psychological safety. Connect with Our Guest, Steve Farber : ➥ Book: The Radical Promise: Mastering The Art of Doing What You Say You Will Do ➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/06ydQKGJ https://www.stevefarber.com/ - https://theradicalpromise.com/ - https://extremeleadership.com/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefarber/ Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 14, 202649 min

Podcast 1364: Productiveness: Stop Doing More & Start Being More by Mike Vardy

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with guest and author Mike Vardy to uncover why modern productivity feels so broken and why we’ve become obsessed with doing more instead of being more. After years of chasing factory-like output, life hacks, and mechanical systems, Vardy reached a breaking point that led him to a forgotten word from 1727: productiveness. Why did society abandon a state of being for a relentless push for volume? How can embracing qualities like humanness, grace, and tolerance actually unlock deeper fulfillment? Tune in as Vardy breaks down how shifting from rigid willpower to true devotion can transform not just how you manage your work, but how you measure your life. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - The Difference Between Productivity and Productiveness: Why productivity focuses strictly on external output and quantity, whereas productiveness restores focus to internal state, quality, and well-being. - The Danger of Operating Like a Machine: How modern work culture demands inhumane standards and how to break free from the burnout trap (including why scheduling "rest" on a to-do list fails). - The 9 Principles of Productiveness: An overview of foundational concepts—starting with humanness and ending with will—that allow you to bring soul and effectiveness back into your existing workflow. - AI, Critical Thinking, and Quality Control: How to leverage generative AI to absorb task volume so human beings can focus on critical evaluation, nuance, and higher-level reflection. - Return on Intention (ROI): How to move beyond standard time management matrices by qualifying tasks using the Might, Can, Must, Will framework to align daily actions with personal growth. Connect with Our Guest, Mike Vardy : ➥ Book: Productiveness ➥ Buy Now: https://amzn.eu/d/07O9Ni9v https://mikevardy.com/productiveness/ - https://mikevardy.com/beyond-productiveness/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevardy/ Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 9, 202651 min

Podcast 1363: Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts by Rick Hanson, PhD

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with psychologist, senior fellow at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson, PhD, to unpack the powerful practices behind his book, Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Connection, and Fostering Love. Relationships don't just happen by chance—they are built, nurtured, and transformed through the choices we make every single day. Why do so many of us default to conflict or disconnection when we hold the power to shape our interactions? How can changing your internal dialogue instantly alter the dynamics of your personal and professional life? Hanson pulls back the curtain on the brain science of connection, revealing how simple neural shifts and intentional habits can pull your relationships out of deadlock and unlock deep, lasting love and mutual respect. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - How to Be on Your Own Side: Discover why self-loyalty, compassion, and inner strength form the non-negotiable foundation for building healthy, balanced connections with others. - The "Let Be, Let Go, Let In" Framework: Master a practical three-step process to navigate negative thoughts, release old grievances, and hardwire positive emotional experiences into your brain. - Strategies to Break Relationship Deadlocks: Learn the power of "unilateral virtue" (the 80/20 rule) to take responsibility for your side of the street and invite positive behavior from your partner. - How to Assemble an Inner "Caring Committee": Build internal neural supporters to silence your inner critic and bolster your emotional resilience. - Navigating Communication & Conflict: Understand how to reframe miscommunications, shift power dynamics with gentle curiosity, and apply disentangled forgiveness even when the other person never acknowledges the harm. Our Guest, Rick Hanson, PhD : ➥ Book: Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Connection, and Fostering Love ➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/0btQqVTs https://rickhanson.com/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrickhanson/ ➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickhansonphd/ ➡️Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.rick.hanson ➡️Twitter (X): https://x.com/drrhanson/ Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/

October 5, 202654 min

Podcast 1362: This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning by Robert Jensen

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with author and emeritus professor Robert Jensen to confront the four core questions that keep most deep thinkers awake at night: Is there a God? Is a spiritual plane real? Can nature offer us ultimate meaning? And do we actually possess free will? Unpacking his raw, introspective book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, Jensen opens up about surviving a traumatic childhood, walking away from hyper-individualism, and coming to terms with a world stripped of transcendent guarantees. From a near-fatal motorcycle ride at 100 mph to decades spent in academia and activism, this candid conversation challenges the notion that you need grand cosmic purpose to build a deeply satisfying, joy-filled life. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - How to Find Contentment Without Transcendent Purpose: Discover how ground-level routines, meaningful labor, and genuine human connection can cultivate a deeply fulfilling life without requiring belief in a higher power or spiritual plane. - The Danger of the Moral High Ground: Why holding rigid, self-righteous convictions—even when warranted—destroys open dialogue, and how to approach conversations across deep theological and ideological divides with true humility. - Overcoming Trauma and Intellectualization: Insights into how early life abuse can lead to emotional detachment, and why cognitive analysis alone cannot heal deep wounds without making peace with what remains unknown. - Balancing Grief and Joy: Learn how to acknowledge the reality of ecological and social crises without sinking into despair, holding space for both sorrow and everyday gratitude. - The Delusion of Self-Creation: Why extreme self-reliance and libertarian ideals often mask fear, and how accepting our shared human vulnerability leads to stronger community and self-acceptance. Our Guest, Robert Jensen : ➥ Book: This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning ➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/0ikg5Evh https://robertwjensen.org/ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-jensen-75405b33/ ➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert.jensen.3701/ ➡️Twitter(X) https://x.com/jensenrobertw Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/

September 30, 202646 min

Podcast 1361: Success Is a Numbers Game: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds by Kyle Austin Young

In this podcast, Greg Voisen sits down with strategy consultant and author Kyle Austin Young to unpack his book, Success Is a Numbers Game: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds. After surviving back-to-back layoffs, Kyle discovered a counterintuitive truth: motivation doesn't guarantee results, but mastering probabilities does. In this conversation, he reveals why relying on positive thinking often leads to hidden failure, how the dangerous "averaging trap" secretly ruins your plans, and why "thinking negatively" is actually the key to systematically engineering your biggest goals. 🎯 What Listeners Will Learn - The Averaging Trap: Why three steps with a 70% success rate each actually leave you with a dismal 34% chance of overall success. - Probability Hacking: How to boost your odds by intentionally identifying every potential risk and systematically eliminating it. - The 4 Paths to Success: How to leverage high-probability goals, luck, volume of attempts, and risk reduction to win faster. - The Power of Volume: Why historical breakthroughs—from Thomas Edison's 6,000 lightbulb filaments to Olympic hockey triumphs—rely on multiple attempts rather than raw talent alone. Our Guest, Kyle Austin Young : ➥ Book: Success Is a Numbers Game: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds ➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/0cr8THpQ ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleaustinyoung/ Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen: ➥ https://gregvoisen.com ➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/ ➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/