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Listen now →stories from inside the system — before the redesign
You know those moments:
- when your nervous system knows what the spreadsheet won’t admit.
- when the business says the right things — but the systems tell a different story.
- when leading means losing parts of yourself you didn’t agree to give up.
- when you finally stop pretending it’s working — and start rebuilding it so it can.
This is where we talk about that.
It’s behind-the-scenes, and it’s inside-the-nervous-system. Less “case study,” more “confession booth.”
what we talk about
Because even the best-built businesses break sometimes. It’s what we do next that matters.
inside season one
conversations that rewire the system
EP 00
Brittany Martin — This Is Bigger Than Business
The moments that led to this series — and why structural misalignment isn’t only a strategy problem.
EP 01
Rae McDaniel — The Magic of Messy, Imperfect Leadership
Leading from self-trust, not certainty — building with honesty instead of performed competence.
EP 02
Amina AlTai — Beyond Burnout: Why Capitalism Fears Your Zone of Genius
Nervous system recovery, reorienting around genius, and the myth that good leadership means holding it all.
EP 03
Trudi Lebron — Business as a Portal: Reimagining Equity, Leadership, and Regenerative Growth
What’s possible when we decenter urgency and design systems for wholeness — not just output.
EP 04
Barrett Brooks — You Can Build Anything. So Why Are You Repeating the Past?
What it costs to build based on expectations — and choosing vision over validation.
EP 05
Tamu Thomas — Hustle Won’t Save You: Redefining Success from the Nervous System Out
Grief, growth, and how the body knows what the business isn’t ready to admit.
EP 06
Bob Gower — The Hidden Extraction: Emotional Manipulation Inside Mission-Driven Companies
The subtler forms of control, power-hoarding, and creating real agreements inside teams.
EP 07
Sarah Paikai — We’re Building in Real Time. Stop Waiting for Clarity.
Creative risk, strategic ambiguity, and building from practiced trust — not premature polish.
EP 08
Brittany Martin — What We Practice
A closing synthesis — misalignment, repair, and what it means to design systems that hold.
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