PiZetta Media: Podcast with a Cause

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PiZetta Media CEO Michael VanZetta talks with people on the frontlines, nonprofit leaders, and mental health stories. Hear what amazing people are doing in communities nationwide.

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March 6, 202616 min

Breaking the Silence: Jovette Simmons Abass on Living With HS

In this episode, Jovette Simmons Abass shares her powerful journey living with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a painful and often misunderstood chronic skin condition. She talks with Michael VanZetta about the physical and emotional challenges of HS, how treatment and telehealth support helped her regain confidence, and the importance of prioritizing mental health. Jovette also discusses the role faith, family, and self-advocacy played in her healing, and why speaking openly about conditions many people suffer with in silence can bring freedom, strength, and hope to others.

March 5, 2026Episode 1623 min

Finding Hope Through Healing

Licensed marriage and family therapist Ibinye Osibodu-Onyali shares how her own experience with postpartum depression led her into the mental health field and shaped her mission to help others heal. In this conversation, she discusses supporting women facing burnout, guiding couples back to connection, and using innovative approaches like brainspotting to help people process trauma. Osibodu-Onyali also explains the importance of support systems, healthy boundaries and removing the stigma around therapy so more people feel empowered to seek help.

March 4, 2026Episode 1522 min

Astrology, Self-Reflection and Finding Meaning

Professional astrologer Rachel Ruth Tate joins Michael VanZetta to discuss how astrology can be used as a tool for self-reflection, personal growth, and understanding life’s timing. Drawing from her background in ancient philosophy and celestial systems, Tate explains how astrology can help people process lived experiences, navigate relationships, and make sense of difficult moments. She also shares her own journey through personal challenges and how practices like yoga, meditation, and breathwork support her mental well-being, while astrology provides a framework that helps people better understand themselves and their place in the larger rhythm of life.

March 3, 2026Episode 1419 min

Built to Scale: Empowering Women and Veteran Entrepreneurs

Corinne Goble, CEO of the Association of Women’s Business Centers, shares how growing up in her family’s trucking company shaped her no-nonsense approach to leadership and impact. In this episode, she explains why nonprofits should be run with a for-profit mindset, how her organization helps women and veteran entrepreneurs access capital and scale, and why platforms like TikTok Shop are opening unexpected doors for the next generation of business owners. It’s a conversation about resilience, innovation, and turning small businesses into powerful economic engines.

March 2, 2026Episode 1221 min

Rewriting the Subconscious: Healing Abandonment, Burnout, and Self-Sabotage

Mahima Razdan, a rapid transformational therapist and hypnotherapist, shares how a painful breakup led her to uncover a childhood fear of abandonment that was silently shaping her relationships and choices. After traditional therapy provided insight but not relief, hypnotherapy helped her access the subconscious memory driving her emotional patterns—and everything changed. In this episode, she explains how Rapid Transformational Therapy works, why burnout is more about safety and meaning than long hours, how emotional wounds can impact weight and self-sabotage, and why the belief “I am enough” can transform confidence, career alignment, and relationships.

February 27, 2026Episode 1221 min

Restoring Control: A Nurse Practitioner’s Mental Health Mission

Erik Larson, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and Army veteran, shares his journey from hospital nursing and military service to building a thriving private practice in Colorado. In this episode, he discusses blending medication management with therapy techniques like cognitive behavioral strategies and motivational interviewing, helping patients regain confidence and control over depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Larson also opens up about addressing fears around medication, supporting treatment-resistant patients with emerging options like transcranial magnetic stimulation, and the importance of family, self-care, and open conversations in sustaining his own mental health.

February 27, 2026Episode 1224 min

Learning to Love Without Losing Yourself

At nine years old, Sanya Bari made a promise that would shape her life: she would figure out how to love without getting hurt. After a painful childhood rejection, she began reshaping herself to meet everyone else’s needs, becoming what she calls a “chameleon” while losing connection with her own identity. Though she later built a life that looked successful on the outside, unresolved trauma left her feeling empty and emotionally frozen. In this episode, the relationship trauma therapist shares how hitting a breaking point led her to develop the “Love Clarity Method,” helping high-achieving individuals untangle past wounds, understand the difference between love that harms and love that heals, and return to a grounded, conscious connection with themselves and others.

February 25, 2026Episode 1119 min

Rewiring the Mind for Confidence

Licensed psychologist and PeakMind co-founder Dr. Ashley Smith shares how her personal experience with vision loss and social anxiety shaped a career dedicated to helping others overcome fear and self-doubt. In this conversation, she explains how the mind often creates misleading narratives that hold people back, why confidence grows through discomfort, and how mindfulness, self-compassion, and real-world action can quiet anxiety. Dr. Smith also discusses burnout, attention control, and practical ways anyone can retrain their thinking to live a more confident and meaningful life.4T4x3nr9SXdxW2fk1XyC

February 24, 2026Episode 1021 min

Team Human: AI, Innovation and the Future of Medicine

In this episode, Acto co-founder and CEO Parth Khanna joins Michael VanZetta to discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming the life sciences industry and reshaping the future of work. From accelerating drug discovery to supporting pharmaceutical professionals in bringing therapies to patients faster, Khanna explains why the real opportunity isn’t replacing people with AI — but empowering them. He shares lessons from scaling a company, overcoming leadership bottlenecks, and how entrepreneurs and innovators can use agentic AI to compete, grow, and unlock human potential in a rapidly changing world.

February 22, 2026Episode 915 min

Three the Hard Way: Turning Obstacles Into Opportunity

Jason A. Jones shares how growing up with three fingers on his right hand shaped a lifelong mindset of resilience, long before career setbacks and a serious car accident tested him even further. From relearning everyday skills and rebuilding professional confidence to confronting vulnerability through writing his book Three the Hard Way: Overcoming Obstacles and Making It Happen, Jones reflects on how adversity became a catalyst for growth. Now the founder of Positive Pieces LLC, he explains how mental, spiritual and physical “pieces” work together to create real progress—and why affirmations, accountability and action can help anyone reclaim their momentum and define their own outcome.