Getting Under The Skin https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin en The Skin Deep Welcome to Getting Under The Skin (GUTS)! Where the stories of our lives can be medicine for each other. Where reflection and curiosity opens up paths of conversation for us to explore together. Join us for an exploration through conversation. This is an expedition, a journey in search of the stuff that makes us feel most human, the stuff that stirs your soul and reminds you of what really matters. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. They are an antidote to superficial small talk or marketing in disguise. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived, and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Hosted by Topaz Adizes, Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and experience design architect exploring the transformative power of human connection. He is the founder and executive director of THE SKIN DEEP, creator of {THE AND} and author of 12QFL. If you're ready to Get Under The Skin — we’ll meet you here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2ecfe42e-4354-11f1-9520-632f8028abb3/image/4de6afb85a33e7ae9474202be4f5facb.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Getting Under The Skin https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin no episodic GUTS Podcast The Skin Deep Welcome to Getting Under The Skin (GUTS)! Where the stories of our lives can be medicine for each other. Where reflection and curiosity opens up paths of conversation for us to explore together. Join us for an exploration through conversation. This is an expedition, a journey in search of the stuff that makes us feel most human, the stuff that stirs your soul and reminds you of what really matters. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. They are an antidote to superficial small talk or marketing in disguise. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived, and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Hosted by Topaz Adizes, Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and experience design architect exploring the transformative power of human connection. He is the founder and executive director of THE SKIN DEEP, creator of {THE AND} and author of 12QFL. If you're ready to Get Under The Skin — we’ll meet you here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin (GUTS)! Where the stories of our lives can be medicine for each other. Where reflection and curiosity opens up paths of conversation for us to explore together.


Join us for an exploration through conversation. This is an expedition, a journey in search of the stuff that makes us feel most human, the stuff that stirs your soul and reminds you of what really matters. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. They are an antidote to superficial small talk or marketing in disguise. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived, and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Hosted by Topaz Adizes, Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and experience design architect exploring the transformative power of human connection. He is the founder and executive director of THE SKIN DEEP, creator of {THE AND} and author of 12QFL.


If you're ready to Get Under The Skin — we’ll meet you here.

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]]> The Skin Deep info+679be8912ca2b62f97b5851f@mg-eu.acast.com Unlocking the Healing of ALS: Facing Fear & Finding Joy with Aaron Lazar What happens when the body breaks down but the spirit refuses to follow? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Aaron Lazar, Broadway star, actor, and division one athlete, who was diagnosed with ALS and chose to face it not with force or fear, but with radical joy and presence. Through stories from his career, his recovery, and his daily 20 foot walks between a wheelchair and a chair, Aaron reveals what it really means to show up for yourself from a place of love instead of will. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up with a Jewish mother who taught him the power of a handwritten note - Navigating hundreds of rejections in Hollywood while losing his heart for the craft - What ALS forced him to confront about patterns, energy and self-abandonment - The difference between hammering through life and moving from joy - How shifting your inner state changes your physical reality - What it means to find magic in washing your own hands Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com #gutspodcast #aaronlazar #topazadizes #ALSawareness #healingjourney #mindsetshift #radicalacceptance #purposedriven #deepconversationpodcast #joyandfear #selfhealing #presenceoverperformance #Broadway #neuraldisease #unlockinghealing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 May 2026 15:00:00 -0000 full The Skin Deep What happens when the body breaks down but the spirit refuses to follow? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Aaron Lazar, Broadway star, actor, and division one athlete, who was diagnosed with ALS and chose to face it not with force or fear, but with radical joy and presence. Through stories from his career, his recovery, and his daily 20 foot walks between a wheelchair and a chair, Aaron reveals what it really means to show up for yourself from a place of love instead of will. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up with a Jewish mother who taught him the power of a handwritten note - Navigating hundreds of rejections in Hollywood while losing his heart for the craft - What ALS forced him to confront about patterns, energy and self-abandonment - The difference between hammering through life and moving from joy - How shifting your inner state changes your physical reality - What it means to find magic in washing your own hands Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com #gutspodcast #aaronlazar #topazadizes #ALSawareness #healingjourney #mindsetshift #radicalacceptance #purposedriven #deepconversationpodcast #joyandfear #selfhealing #presenceoverperformance #Broadway #neuraldisease #unlockinghealing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when the body breaks down but the spirit refuses to follow? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Aaron Lazar, Broadway star, actor, and division one athlete, who was diagnosed with ALS and chose to face it not with force or fear, but with radical joy and presence. Through stories from his career, his recovery, and his daily 20 foot walks between a wheelchair and a chair, Aaron reveals what it really means to show up for yourself from a place of love instead of will. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up with a Jewish mother who taught him the power of a handwritten note - Navigating hundreds of rejections in Hollywood while losing his heart for the craft - What ALS forced him to confront about patterns, energy and self-abandonment - The difference between hammering through life and moving from joy - How shifting your inner state changes your physical reality - What it means to find magic in washing your own hands Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com #gutspodcast #aaronlazar #topazadizes #ALSawareness #healingjourney #mindsetshift #radicalacceptance #purposedriven #deepconversationpodcast #joyandfear #selfhealing #presenceoverperformance #Broadway #neuraldisease #unlockinghealing

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]]> 4140 To Feel Seen: Building Community & Finding Purpose with Sugary What happens when the person who makes everyone feel seen has never felt it himself? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Gary Su, known as Sugary, a cultural curator who built a community of 30,000 people in New York City and nearly lost his life doing it. After a health crisis landed him in the ICU last August, Sugary had to confront the one person he had never really shown up for: himself. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up as the only child of Taiwanese immigrants - How bullying became the birthplace of a superpower - Building a city's community while practicing self-abandonment - The ICU moment that forced a hard reset - What it means to finally feel seen from the inside out - Connection, healing, and learning to receive what you give Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:00 -0000 full The Skin Deep What happens when the person who makes everyone feel seen has never felt it himself? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Gary Su, known as Sugary, a cultural curator who built a community of 30,000 people in New York City and nearly lost his life doing it. After a health crisis landed him in the ICU last August, Sugary had to confront the one person he had never really shown up for: himself. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up as the only child of Taiwanese immigrants - How bullying became the birthplace of a superpower - Building a city's community while practicing self-abandonment - The ICU moment that forced a hard reset - What it means to finally feel seen from the inside out - Connection, healing, and learning to receive what you give Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when the person who makes everyone feel seen has never felt it himself?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Gary Su, known as Sugary, a cultural curator who built a community of 30,000 people in New York City and nearly lost his life doing it. After a health crisis landed him in the ICU last August, Sugary had to confront the one person he had never really shown up for: himself.


In this episode, we explore:

- Growing up as the only child of Taiwanese immigrants

- How bullying became the birthplace of a superpower

- Building a city's community while practicing self-abandonment

- The ICU moment that forced a hard reset

- What it means to finally feel seen from the inside out

- Connection, healing, and learning to receive what you give

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]]> 4342 The Game of Serendipity with Lue Kraltchev What if the story you're telling about someone else is the wall keeping you from ever reaching them? In this episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with Lue Kraltchev, culture strategist, polyglot, and doctoral researcher who spent 30 years in corporate hospitality studying what actually breaks people apart at work and at the table. Her answer? The narratives we carry about each other, mostly without knowing it. In this episode: The lavender moment that made her go back and get the girl she left behind Why the stories leaders tell about their people create divides no training can fix How warmth isn't something you perform, it's something you design What hospitality taught her about the biology of belonging Why AI always lands in the danger zone of storytelling Gathering people around stories of meaning Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 May 2026 09:55:00 -0000 full The Skin Deep What if the story you're telling about someone else is the wall keeping you from ever reaching them? In this episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with Lue Kraltchev, culture strategist, polyglot, and doctoral researcher who spent 30 years in corporate hospitality studying what actually breaks people apart at work and at the table. Her answer? The narratives we carry about each other, mostly without knowing it. In this episode: The lavender moment that made her go back and get the girl she left behind Why the stories leaders tell about their people create divides no training can fix How warmth isn't something you perform, it's something you design What hospitality taught her about the biology of belonging Why AI always lands in the danger zone of storytelling Gathering people around stories of meaning Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if the story you're telling about someone else is the wall keeping you from ever reaching them?

In this episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with Lue Kraltchev, culture strategist, polyglot, and doctoral researcher who spent 30 years in corporate hospitality studying what actually breaks people apart at work and at the table. Her answer? The narratives we carry about each other, mostly without knowing it.

In this episode:

  • The lavender moment that made her go back and get the girl she left behind
  • Why the stories leaders tell about their people create divides no training can fix
  • How warmth isn't something you perform, it's something you design
  • What hospitality taught her about the biology of belonging
  • Why AI always lands in the danger zone of storytelling
  • Gathering people around stories of meaning

Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

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]]> 4590 Be Like the Bamboo with Iván Saldaña https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/be-like-the-bamboo-with-ivan-saldaa What happens when the most productive thing you can do is learn to bend? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Ivan Saldaña, PhD biologist, master distiller, and co-founder of Casa Lumbre. After years building brands at the intersection of biology, culture, and commerce, Ivan has arrived at a new chapter, one that asks him to look inward as fiercely as he has always looked outward. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up in a household where storytelling was survival - Why agaves only become extraordinary under restriction - Building brands rooted in biology, not mythology - What it means to lead a growing team through your own transformation - Moving from achievement to legacy, and learning to teach what you know Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0000 Be Like the Bamboo with Iván Saldaña full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What happens when the most productive thing you can do is learn to bend?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with <strong>Ivan Saldaña</strong>, PhD biologist, master distiller, and co-founder of Casa Lumbre. After years building brands at the intersection of biology, culture, and commerce, Ivan has arrived at a new chapter, one that asks him to look inward as fiercely as he has always looked outward.</p><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><br><p>- Growing up in a household where storytelling was survival</p><p>- Why agaves only become extraordinary under restriction</p><p>- Building brands rooted in biology, not mythology</p><p>- What it means to lead a growing team through your own transformation</p><p>- Moving from achievement to legacy, and learning to teach what you know</p><br><p>Listen to GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What happens when the most productive thing you can do is learn to bend? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Ivan Saldaña, PhD biologist, master distiller, and co-founder of Casa Lumbre. After years building brands at the intersection of biology, culture, and commerce, Ivan has arrived at a new chapter, one that asks him to look inward as fiercely as he has always looked outward. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up in a household where storytelling was survival - Why agaves only become extraordinary under restriction - Building brands rooted in biology, not mythology - What it means to lead a growing team through your own transformation - Moving from achievement to legacy, and learning to teach what you know Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when the most productive thing you can do is learn to bend?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Ivan Saldaña, PhD biologist, master distiller, and co-founder of Casa Lumbre. After years building brands at the intersection of biology, culture, and commerce, Ivan has arrived at a new chapter, one that asks him to look inward as fiercely as he has always looked outward.

In this episode, we explore:


- Growing up in a household where storytelling was survival

- Why agaves only become extraordinary under restriction

- Building brands rooted in biology, not mythology

- What it means to lead a growing team through your own transformation

- Moving from achievement to legacy, and learning to teach what you know


Listen to GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

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]]> 3860 no Different Types of Love with Shan Boodram ​ https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/different-types-of-love-with-shan-boodram-t What happens when you reach the top and it still doesn't feel like enough? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Shan Boodram, board-certified sexologist, bestselling author, and one of the most recognized voices in modern intimacy. After more than a decade of building a career around human connection, Shan hit a wall, a moment of hyper-isolation that forced her to question everything she had been running toward, and whether she had actually been running away from something deeper. Through stories from her upbringing, her marriage, her creative work, and her relationship with social media, Shan opens up about the tension between needing validation and finding genuine purpose, and what it looks like to finally explore the different types of love that were missing from her life. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up with immigrant parents and professional caregivers - The sediments that shape a life - Intimacy, desire, and building a body of work - Social media, discardability, and the fear of being forgotten - Finding meaning beyond performance - What it looks like to stop running and start living Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0000 Different Types of Love with Shan Boodram ​ full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What happens when you reach the top and it still doesn't feel like enough?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Shan Boodram, board-certified sexologist, bestselling author, and one of the most recognized voices in modern intimacy. After more than a decade of building a career around human connection, Shan hit a wall, a moment of hyper-isolation that forced her to question everything she had been running toward, and whether she had actually been running away from something deeper. </p><br><p>Through stories from her upbringing, her marriage, her creative work, and her relationship with social media, Shan opens up about the tension between needing validation and finding genuine purpose, and what it looks like to finally explore the different types of love that were missing from her life.</p><br><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>- Growing up with immigrant parents and professional caregivers</p><p>- The sediments that shape a life</p><p>- Intimacy, desire, and building a body of work</p><p>- Social media, discardability, and the fear of being forgotten</p><p>- Finding meaning beyond performance</p><p>- What it looks like to stop running and start living</p><br><p>Listen to GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What happens when you reach the top and it still doesn't feel like enough? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Shan Boodram, board-certified sexologist, bestselling author, and one of the most recognized voices in modern intimacy. After more than a decade of building a career around human connection, Shan hit a wall, a moment of hyper-isolation that forced her to question everything she had been running toward, and whether she had actually been running away from something deeper. Through stories from her upbringing, her marriage, her creative work, and her relationship with social media, Shan opens up about the tension between needing validation and finding genuine purpose, and what it looks like to finally explore the different types of love that were missing from her life. In this episode, we explore: - Growing up with immigrant parents and professional caregivers - The sediments that shape a life - Intimacy, desire, and building a body of work - Social media, discardability, and the fear of being forgotten - Finding meaning beyond performance - What it looks like to stop running and start living Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when you reach the top and it still doesn't feel like enough?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Shan Boodram, board-certified sexologist, bestselling author, and one of the most recognized voices in modern intimacy. After more than a decade of building a career around human connection, Shan hit a wall, a moment of hyper-isolation that forced her to question everything she had been running toward, and whether she had actually been running away from something deeper.


Through stories from her upbringing, her marriage, her creative work, and her relationship with social media, Shan opens up about the tension between needing validation and finding genuine purpose, and what it looks like to finally explore the different types of love that were missing from her life.


In this episode, we explore:

- Growing up with immigrant parents and professional caregivers

- The sediments that shape a life

- Intimacy, desire, and building a body of work

- Social media, discardability, and the fear of being forgotten

- Finding meaning beyond performance

- What it looks like to stop running and start living


Listen to GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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]]> 3278 no Approve of Oneself with Mitchell Goldman https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/approve-of-oneself-with-mitchell-goldman What happens when you realise no one is coming to save you, and you have to face yourself? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Mitchell Goldman to unpack the moment everything shifted. From a breaking point in front of the mirror to confronting suicidal thoughts, Mitchell shares how he stopped seeking validation and took responsibility for his own life. This conversation explores identity, self-perception, and what it really means to approve of yourself. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your own patterns or disconnected from who you are, this episode offers a direct perspective on doing the inner work and rebuilding from within. In this episode, they explore: • The mirror moment that changed everything • Suicidal thoughts and self-confrontation • Taking responsibility for your own life • Approval vs external validation • Identity and self-perception • Healing from within Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:00 -0000 Approve of Oneself with Mitchell Goldman full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What happens when you realise no one is coming to save you, and you have to face yourself?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Mitchell Goldman to unpack the moment everything shifted. From a breaking point in front of the mirror to confronting suicidal thoughts, Mitchell shares how he stopped seeking validation and took responsibility for his own life.</p><br><p>This conversation explores identity, self-perception, and what it really means to approve of yourself. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your own patterns or disconnected from who you are, this episode offers a direct perspective on doing the inner work and rebuilding from within.</p><br><p>In this episode, they explore:</p><p>• The mirror moment that changed everything</p><p>• Suicidal thoughts and self-confrontation</p><p>• Taking responsibility for your own life</p><p>• Approval vs external validation</p><p>• Identity and self-perception</p><p>• Healing from within</p><br><p>Listen to GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What happens when you realise no one is coming to save you, and you have to face yourself? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Mitchell Goldman to unpack the moment everything shifted. From a breaking point in front of the mirror to confronting suicidal thoughts, Mitchell shares how he stopped seeking validation and took responsibility for his own life. This conversation explores identity, self-perception, and what it really means to approve of yourself. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your own patterns or disconnected from who you are, this episode offers a direct perspective on doing the inner work and rebuilding from within. In this episode, they explore: • The mirror moment that changed everything • Suicidal thoughts and self-confrontation • Taking responsibility for your own life • Approval vs external validation • Identity and self-perception • Healing from within Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when you realise no one is coming to save you, and you have to face yourself?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Mitchell Goldman to unpack the moment everything shifted. From a breaking point in front of the mirror to confronting suicidal thoughts, Mitchell shares how he stopped seeking validation and took responsibility for his own life.


This conversation explores identity, self-perception, and what it really means to approve of yourself. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your own patterns or disconnected from who you are, this episode offers a direct perspective on doing the inner work and rebuilding from within.


In this episode, they explore:

• The mirror moment that changed everything

• Suicidal thoughts and self-confrontation

• Taking responsibility for your own life

• Approval vs external validation

• Identity and self-perception

• Healing from within


Listen to GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3532 no Starting From Victory With Pastor Tim Johnson https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/starting-from-victory-with-pastor-tim-johnson What does it mean to stop proving yourself and start living with purpose, identity, and faith? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Pastor Timothy Johnson, a former NFL player turned pastor, to explore the shift from performance-driven success to a purpose-driven life. Through stories of football, fatherhood, and spiritual growth, Timothy unpacks how chasing validation can disconnect us from who we truly are and what it looks like to start from victory instead of striving for it. This conversation explores identity, self-worth, faith, and mindset, from navigating fatherlessness to redefining success beyond achievement. If you’ve ever felt stuck chasing goals that don’t fulfill you, this episode offers a grounded perspective on purpose, belief, and living with intention. In this episode, they explore: • Finding purpose vs chasing success • Identity and self-worth • Faith and personal growth • Growing up without a father • Control vs surrender mindset • Overcoming the need for validation Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0000 Starting From Victory With Pastor Tim Johnson full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What does it mean to stop proving yourself and start living with purpose, identity, and faith?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Pastor Timothy Johnson, a former NFL player turned pastor, to explore the shift from performance-driven success to a purpose-driven life. Through stories of football, fatherhood, and spiritual growth, Timothy unpacks how chasing validation can disconnect us from who we truly are and what it looks like to start from victory instead of striving for it.</p><br><p>This conversation explores identity, self-worth, faith, and mindset, from navigating fatherlessness to redefining success beyond achievement. If you’ve ever felt stuck chasing goals that don’t fulfill you, this episode offers a grounded perspective on purpose, belief, and living with intention.</p><br><p>In this episode, they explore:</p><p>• Finding purpose vs chasing success</p><p>• Identity and self-worth</p><p>• Faith and personal growth</p><p>• Growing up without a father</p><p>• Control vs surrender mindset</p><p>• Overcoming the need for validation</p><br><p>Listen to GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What does it mean to stop proving yourself and start living with purpose, identity, and faith? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Pastor Timothy Johnson, a former NFL player turned pastor, to explore the shift from performance-driven success to a purpose-driven life. Through stories of football, fatherhood, and spiritual growth, Timothy unpacks how chasing validation can disconnect us from who we truly are and what it looks like to start from victory instead of striving for it. This conversation explores identity, self-worth, faith, and mindset, from navigating fatherlessness to redefining success beyond achievement. If you’ve ever felt stuck chasing goals that don’t fulfill you, this episode offers a grounded perspective on purpose, belief, and living with intention. In this episode, they explore: • Finding purpose vs chasing success • Identity and self-worth • Faith and personal growth • Growing up without a father • Control vs surrender mindset • Overcoming the need for validation Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What does it mean to stop proving yourself and start living with purpose, identity, and faith?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Pastor Timothy Johnson, a former NFL player turned pastor, to explore the shift from performance-driven success to a purpose-driven life. Through stories of football, fatherhood, and spiritual growth, Timothy unpacks how chasing validation can disconnect us from who we truly are and what it looks like to start from victory instead of striving for it.


This conversation explores identity, self-worth, faith, and mindset, from navigating fatherlessness to redefining success beyond achievement. If you’ve ever felt stuck chasing goals that don’t fulfill you, this episode offers a grounded perspective on purpose, belief, and living with intention.


In this episode, they explore:

• Finding purpose vs chasing success

• Identity and self-worth

• Faith and personal growth

• Growing up without a father

• Control vs surrender mindset

• Overcoming the need for validation


Listen to GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3537 no What to Do With What You Have with Susan Asiyanbi https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/what-to-do-with-what-you-have-with-susan-asiyanbi What does it really mean to show up for others and why do we struggle to do it consistently? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Susan Asiyanbi, a leader working at the intersection of relationships, culture, and organizational change. Susan reflects on how her parents’ values shaped her understanding of service, community, and the belief that every day offers a chance to try again. Through stories of grief, friendship, and personal evolution, Susan challenges the idea that we are “good friends” by default. She explores the gap between how we see ourselves and how we actually show up, the tension between independence and community, and why relationships require more honesty than we’re comfortable with. From navigating loss to redefining what it means to give without expectation, this conversation exposes the complexity of connection. Together, they explore: • Why we’re not always the friends we think we are • The difference between giving freely and giving with expectation • How grief shifts perspective and what actually matters • Why asking for help is uncomfortable but necessary • The tension between independence and needing a village • What it means to be complete but not resolved Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0000 What to Do With What You Have with Susan Asiyanbi full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What does it really mean to show up for others and why do we struggle to do it consistently?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Susan Asiyanbi, a leader working at the intersection of relationships, culture, and organizational change. Susan reflects on how her parents’ values shaped her understanding of service, community, and the belief that every day offers a chance to try again.</p><br><p>Through stories of grief, friendship, and personal evolution, Susan challenges the idea that we are “good friends” by default. She explores the gap between how we see ourselves and how we actually show up, the tension between independence and community, and why relationships require more honesty than we’re comfortable with. From navigating loss to redefining what it means to give without expectation, this conversation exposes the complexity of connection.</p><br><p>Together, they explore:</p><p>• Why we’re not always the friends we think we are</p><p>• The difference between giving freely and giving with expectation</p><p>• How grief shifts perspective and what actually matters</p><p>• Why asking for help is uncomfortable but necessary</p><p>• The tension between independence and needing a village</p><p>• What it means to be complete but not resolved</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What does it really mean to show up for others and why do we struggle to do it consistently? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Susan Asiyanbi, a leader working at the intersection of relationships, culture, and organizational change. Susan reflects on how her parents’ values shaped her understanding of service, community, and the belief that every day offers a chance to try again. Through stories of grief, friendship, and personal evolution, Susan challenges the idea that we are “good friends” by default. She explores the gap between how we see ourselves and how we actually show up, the tension between independence and community, and why relationships require more honesty than we’re comfortable with. From navigating loss to redefining what it means to give without expectation, this conversation exposes the complexity of connection. Together, they explore: • Why we’re not always the friends we think we are • The difference between giving freely and giving with expectation • How grief shifts perspective and what actually matters • Why asking for help is uncomfortable but necessary • The tension between independence and needing a village • What it means to be complete but not resolved Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What does it really mean to show up for others and why do we struggle to do it consistently?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Susan Asiyanbi, a leader working at the intersection of relationships, culture, and organizational change. Susan reflects on how her parents’ values shaped her understanding of service, community, and the belief that every day offers a chance to try again.


Through stories of grief, friendship, and personal evolution, Susan challenges the idea that we are “good friends” by default. She explores the gap between how we see ourselves and how we actually show up, the tension between independence and community, and why relationships require more honesty than we’re comfortable with. From navigating loss to redefining what it means to give without expectation, this conversation exposes the complexity of connection.


Together, they explore:

• Why we’re not always the friends we think we are

• The difference between giving freely and giving with expectation

• How grief shifts perspective and what actually matters

• Why asking for help is uncomfortable but necessary

• The tension between independence and needing a village

• What it means to be complete but not resolved


Listen GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4116 no Strong, Kind, Confident & Resilient with Luis Velasquez https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/strong-kind-confident-resilient-with-luis-velasquez What does it mean to choose your life, even when everything feels stacked against you? In this episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with Luis Velasquez, executive coach, Stanford leadership facilitator, and author of Ordinary Resilience. This is a conversation about resilience that isn’t performative. It’s lived. Through stories of survival, identity, fatherhood, and near breaking points, Luis unpacks how reframing reality can become a tool for transformation and how the smallest shifts in perspective can change everything. In this episode, they explore: • Why resilience is built through choice, not circumstance • The difference between fearlessness and fearing less • How identity shapes behavior and long term growth • Reframing pain into purpose and forward movement • Parenting, legacy, and what it means to truly prepare your children for life _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:43:12 -0000 Strong, Kind, Confident & Resilient with Luis Velasquez full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What does it mean to choose your life, even when everything feels stacked against you?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with Luis Velasquez, executive coach, Stanford leadership facilitator, and author of Ordinary Resilience. This is a conversation about resilience that isn’t performative. It’s lived. Through stories of survival, identity, fatherhood, and near breaking points, Luis unpacks how reframing reality can become a tool for transformation and how the smallest shifts in perspective can change everything.</p><br><p>In this episode, they explore:</p><p>• Why resilience is built through choice, not circumstance</p><p>• The difference between fearlessness and fearing less</p><p>• How identity shapes behavior and long term growth</p><p>• Reframing pain into purpose and forward movement</p><p>• Parenting, legacy, and what it means to truly prepare your children for life</p><br><p>_____________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What does it mean to choose your life, even when everything feels stacked against you? In this episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with Luis Velasquez, executive coach, Stanford leadership facilitator, and author of Ordinary Resilience. This is a conversation about resilience that isn’t performative. It’s lived. Through stories of survival, identity, fatherhood, and near breaking points, Luis unpacks how reframing reality can become a tool for transformation and how the smallest shifts in perspective can change everything. In this episode, they explore: • Why resilience is built through choice, not circumstance • The difference between fearlessness and fearing less • How identity shapes behavior and long term growth • Reframing pain into purpose and forward movement • Parenting, legacy, and what it means to truly prepare your children for life _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What does it mean to choose your life, even when everything feels stacked against you?


In this episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with Luis Velasquez, executive coach, Stanford leadership facilitator, and author of Ordinary Resilience. This is a conversation about resilience that isn’t performative. It’s lived. Through stories of survival, identity, fatherhood, and near breaking points, Luis unpacks how reframing reality can become a tool for transformation and how the smallest shifts in perspective can change everything.


In this episode, they explore:

• Why resilience is built through choice, not circumstance

• The difference between fearlessness and fearing less

• How identity shapes behavior and long term growth

• Reframing pain into purpose and forward movement

• Parenting, legacy, and what it means to truly prepare your children for life


_____________________________________________________________________


Listen GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3800 no The Musicality of Life with Didier Sylvain https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/the-musicality-of-life-with-didier-sylvain What does it mean to truly come home to yourself, and what happens when you stop performing and start creating from your soul? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Didier Sylvain, coach and creative practitioner working at the intersection of personal liberation and collective transformation. Didier has guided executives and teams at organizations like Lionsgate, WME, and the NBA Foundation, drawing from a background that spans Deloitte Consulting, somatics, sound healing, and a deep lineage of embodied practice. Through decades of inner work, loss, and creative discovery, Didier reflects on what it really means to lead from your values, why music is the marrow of his soul, and how the work we do for others is often the work we most need to do ourselves. Together, they explore: • What it means to be alive in your soul vs. hiding from it • How lineage and ancestry shape who we become • The dance between dreaming and discipline • Why the opposite of fear might be play • Creating beauty as a spiritual practice • Grief, vision, and learning to trust the unseen • What it feels like to finally come home _____________________________________________________ Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:00:00 -0000 The Musicality of Life with Didier Sylvain full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What does it mean to truly come home to yourself, and what happens when you stop performing and start creating from your soul?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Didier Sylvain, coach and creative practitioner working at the intersection of personal liberation and collective transformation. Didier has guided executives and teams at organizations like Lionsgate, WME, and the NBA Foundation, drawing from a background that spans Deloitte Consulting, somatics, sound healing, and a deep lineage of embodied practice.</p><br><p>Through decades of inner work, loss, and creative discovery, Didier reflects on what it really means to lead from your values, why music is the marrow of his soul, and how the work we do for others is often the work we most need to do ourselves.</p><br><p>Together, they explore:</p><p>• What it means to be alive in your soul vs. hiding from it</p><p>• How lineage and ancestry shape who we become</p><p>• The dance between dreaming and discipline</p><p>• Why the opposite of fear might be play</p><p>• Creating beauty as a spiritual practice</p><p>• Grief, vision, and learning to trust the unseen</p><p>• What it feels like to finally come home</p><br><p>_____________________________________________________</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What does it mean to truly come home to yourself, and what happens when you stop performing and start creating from your soul? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Didier Sylvain, coach and creative practitioner working at the intersection of personal liberation and collective transformation. Didier has guided executives and teams at organizations like Lionsgate, WME, and the NBA Foundation, drawing from a background that spans Deloitte Consulting, somatics, sound healing, and a deep lineage of embodied practice. Through decades of inner work, loss, and creative discovery, Didier reflects on what it really means to lead from your values, why music is the marrow of his soul, and how the work we do for others is often the work we most need to do ourselves. Together, they explore: • What it means to be alive in your soul vs. hiding from it • How lineage and ancestry shape who we become • The dance between dreaming and discipline • Why the opposite of fear might be play • Creating beauty as a spiritual practice • Grief, vision, and learning to trust the unseen • What it feels like to finally come home _____________________________________________________ Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What does it mean to truly come home to yourself, and what happens when you stop performing and start creating from your soul?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Didier Sylvain, coach and creative practitioner working at the intersection of personal liberation and collective transformation. Didier has guided executives and teams at organizations like Lionsgate, WME, and the NBA Foundation, drawing from a background that spans Deloitte Consulting, somatics, sound healing, and a deep lineage of embodied practice.


Through decades of inner work, loss, and creative discovery, Didier reflects on what it really means to lead from your values, why music is the marrow of his soul, and how the work we do for others is often the work we most need to do ourselves.


Together, they explore:

• What it means to be alive in your soul vs. hiding from it

• How lineage and ancestry shape who we become

• The dance between dreaming and discipline

• Why the opposite of fear might be play

• Creating beauty as a spiritual practice

• Grief, vision, and learning to trust the unseen

• What it feels like to finally come home


_____________________________________________________


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4938 no Good Conversations: The Art of Connection with Emma Templeton https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/good-conversation-the-art-of-connection-with-emma-templeton What makes a conversation truly good and why are those moments of connection so rare? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Emma Templeton, social psychologist and researcher studying the science of human connection. Emma explores what happens in the precise moments when conversation clicks and why some interactions leave us feeling deeply understood while others fade away. Through her research on real, unscripted dialogue, Emma reflects on the invisible forces shaping how we connect and why meaningful conversation may be one of the most powerful tools we have. Together, they explore: • Why we dread social interactions we end up loving • What makes conversations feel meaningful • The science of conversational chemistry • Why social scripts limit deeper connection • The value of long, undistracted conversations • Communicating complex ideas simply _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:50:00 -0000 Good Conversations: The Art of Connection with Emma Templeton full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What makes a conversation truly good and why are those moments of connection so rare?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Emma Templeton, social psychologist and researcher studying the science of human connection. Emma explores what happens in the precise moments when conversation clicks and why some interactions leave us feeling deeply understood while others fade away.</p><br><p>Through her research on real, unscripted dialogue, Emma reflects on the invisible forces shaping how we connect and why meaningful conversation may be one of the most powerful tools we have.</p><br><p>Together, they explore:</p><p>• Why we dread social interactions we end up loving</p><p>• What makes conversations feel meaningful</p><p>• The science of conversational chemistry</p><p>• Why social scripts limit deeper connection</p><p>• The value of long, undistracted conversations</p><p>• Communicating complex ideas simply</p><p>_____________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What makes a conversation truly good and why are those moments of connection so rare? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Emma Templeton, social psychologist and researcher studying the science of human connection. Emma explores what happens in the precise moments when conversation clicks and why some interactions leave us feeling deeply understood while others fade away. Through her research on real, unscripted dialogue, Emma reflects on the invisible forces shaping how we connect and why meaningful conversation may be one of the most powerful tools we have. Together, they explore: • Why we dread social interactions we end up loving • What makes conversations feel meaningful • The science of conversational chemistry • Why social scripts limit deeper connection • The value of long, undistracted conversations • Communicating complex ideas simply _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What makes a conversation truly good and why are those moments of connection so rare?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Emma Templeton, social psychologist and researcher studying the science of human connection. Emma explores what happens in the precise moments when conversation clicks and why some interactions leave us feeling deeply understood while others fade away.


Through her research on real, unscripted dialogue, Emma reflects on the invisible forces shaping how we connect and why meaningful conversation may be one of the most powerful tools we have.


Together, they explore:

• Why we dread social interactions we end up loving

• What makes conversations feel meaningful

• The science of conversational chemistry

• Why social scripts limit deeper connection

• The value of long, undistracted conversations

• Communicating complex ideas simply

_____________________________________________________________________


Listen GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

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Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4222 no Winning the Lottery with Andrew Kimler https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/winning-the-lottery-with-andrew-kimler What if the most painful year of your life was actually preparing you for the family you were meant to have? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andrew Kimler, Sundance fellow and award-winning creative producer, for a deeply personal conversation about adoption, fatherhood, creativity, and purpose. After enduring three failed adoptions in a single year, alongside profound personal loss, Andrew reflects on grief, resilience, and what it takes to stay open after repeated heartbreak. Together, they explore: - The emotional reality of failed adoptions and how to mourn what almost was - Why you “can’t get matched with the wrong kid” in the adoption journey - What patience really means and how to use the waiting season well - The difference between what a story is about and what it’s really about - How creativity, writing, and fatherhood reveal your deeper purpose _____________________________________________________________________ Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:00:00 -0000 Winning the Lottery with Andrew Kimler full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What if the most painful year of your life was actually preparing you for the family you were meant to have?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andrew Kimler, Sundance fellow and award-winning creative producer, for a deeply personal conversation about adoption, fatherhood, creativity, and purpose. </p><br><p>After enduring three failed adoptions in a single year, alongside profound personal loss, Andrew reflects on grief, resilience, and what it takes to stay open after repeated heartbreak.</p><br><p>Together, they explore:</p><p>- The emotional reality of failed adoptions and how to mourn what almost was</p><p>- Why you “can’t get matched with the wrong kid” in the adoption journey</p><p>- What patience really means and how to use the waiting season well</p><p>- The difference between what a story is about and what it’s really about</p><p>- How creativity, writing, and fatherhood reveal your deeper purpose</p><br><p>_____________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if the most painful year of your life was actually preparing you for the family you were meant to have? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andrew Kimler, Sundance fellow and award-winning creative producer, for a deeply personal conversation about adoption, fatherhood, creativity, and purpose. After enduring three failed adoptions in a single year, alongside profound personal loss, Andrew reflects on grief, resilience, and what it takes to stay open after repeated heartbreak. Together, they explore: - The emotional reality of failed adoptions and how to mourn what almost was - Why you “can’t get matched with the wrong kid” in the adoption journey - What patience really means and how to use the waiting season well - The difference between what a story is about and what it’s really about - How creativity, writing, and fatherhood reveal your deeper purpose _____________________________________________________________________ Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if the most painful year of your life was actually preparing you for the family you were meant to have?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andrew Kimler, Sundance fellow and award-winning creative producer, for a deeply personal conversation about adoption, fatherhood, creativity, and purpose.


After enduring three failed adoptions in a single year, alongside profound personal loss, Andrew reflects on grief, resilience, and what it takes to stay open after repeated heartbreak.


Together, they explore:

- The emotional reality of failed adoptions and how to mourn what almost was

- Why you “can’t get matched with the wrong kid” in the adoption journey

- What patience really means and how to use the waiting season well

- The difference between what a story is about and what it’s really about

- How creativity, writing, and fatherhood reveal your deeper purpose


_____________________________________________________________________


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4241 no Explore with Curiosity | Bryce Hoffman https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/explore-with-curiosity-bryce-hoffman What happens when the questions that once got you arrested become the foundation of your life's work? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Bryce Hoffman, bestselling author and the only civilian ever to complete the U.S. Army's Red Team Leader Program. As founder of Red Team Thinking, he helps organizations like Google, Salesforce, and the U.S. Marine Corps challenge assumptions and make sharper decisions. Together, they explore: - How radical idealism evolves into disciplined critical thinking - Why ego is the enemy of great leadership - Failure as a feature, not a flaw - What it really means to stop pushing the river This conversation is about learning to ask the tough questions, and having the courage to listen to the answers. _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUPrK1EksczxTm35F_GeUA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:47:08 -0000 Explore with Curiosity | Bryce Hoffman full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What happens when the questions that once got you arrested become the foundation of your life's work?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Bryce Hoffman, bestselling author and the only civilian ever to complete the U.S. Army's Red Team Leader Program. As founder of Red Team Thinking, he helps organizations like Google, Salesforce, and the U.S. Marine Corps challenge assumptions and make sharper decisions.</p><br><p>Together, they explore:</p><p>- How radical idealism evolves into disciplined critical thinking</p><p>- Why ego is the enemy of great leadership</p><p>- Failure as a feature, not a flaw</p><p>- What it really means to stop pushing the river</p><br><p>This conversation is about learning to ask the tough questions, and having the courage to listen to the answers.</p><br><p>_____________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUPrK1EksczxTm35F_GeUA</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What happens when the questions that once got you arrested become the foundation of your life's work? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Bryce Hoffman, bestselling author and the only civilian ever to complete the U.S. Army's Red Team Leader Program. As founder of Red Team Thinking, he helps organizations like Google, Salesforce, and the U.S. Marine Corps challenge assumptions and make sharper decisions. Together, they explore: - How radical idealism evolves into disciplined critical thinking - Why ego is the enemy of great leadership - Failure as a feature, not a flaw - What it really means to stop pushing the river This conversation is about learning to ask the tough questions, and having the courage to listen to the answers. _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUPrK1EksczxTm35F_GeUA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when the questions that once got you arrested become the foundation of your life's work?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Bryce Hoffman, bestselling author and the only civilian ever to complete the U.S. Army's Red Team Leader Program. As founder of Red Team Thinking, he helps organizations like Google, Salesforce, and the U.S. Marine Corps challenge assumptions and make sharper decisions.


Together, they explore:

- How radical idealism evolves into disciplined critical thinking

- Why ego is the enemy of great leadership

- Failure as a feature, not a flaw

- What it really means to stop pushing the river


This conversation is about learning to ask the tough questions, and having the courage to listen to the answers.


_____________________________________________________________________


Listen GUTS:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUPrK1EksczxTm35F_GeUA

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4469 no Creating Safe Spaces with Michele Lamoureux https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/creating-safe-spaces-with-michele-lamoureux What happens when the parts of you that were silenced begin to speak again? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with award-winning podcaster, empowerment coach, and author Michelle Lamoureux, creator of The Good Life podcast and author of Design a Life You Love. Michelle reflects on the formative experiences that shaped her: being “othered” as a child, surviving a near abduction, and wearing a scoliosis brace for six years — and how those moments cultivated empathy, resilience, and a drive to create safe spaces for women to reclaim their voice. Together, they explore: • Reclaiming your voice after silence • How early experiences shape identity and empathy • Success as the courage to try • Motherhood, safety, and raising a daughter with agency • Designing a life with intention This conversation examines what it means to design a life with intention, expand beyond inherited limitations, and stay human in an increasingly AI-driven world. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:06:10 -0000 Creating Safe Spaces with Michele Lamoureux full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What happens when the parts of you that were silenced begin to speak again?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with award-winning podcaster, empowerment coach, and author Michelle Lamoureux, creator of The Good Life podcast and author of Design a Life You Love.</p><br><p>Michelle reflects on the formative experiences that shaped her: being “othered” as a child, surviving a near abduction, and wearing a scoliosis brace for six years — and how those moments cultivated empathy, resilience, and a drive to create safe spaces for women to reclaim their voice.</p><br><p>Together, they explore:</p><p>• Reclaiming your voice after silence</p><p>• How early experiences shape identity and empathy</p><p>• Success as the courage to try</p><p>• Motherhood, safety, and raising a daughter with agency</p><p>• Designing a life with intention</p><br><p>This conversation examines what it means to design a life with intention, expand beyond inherited limitations, and stay human in an increasingly AI-driven world.</p><br><p>______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What happens when the parts of you that were silenced begin to speak again? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with award-winning podcaster, empowerment coach, and author Michelle Lamoureux, creator of The Good Life podcast and author of Design a Life You Love. Michelle reflects on the formative experiences that shaped her: being “othered” as a child, surviving a near abduction, and wearing a scoliosis brace for six years — and how those moments cultivated empathy, resilience, and a drive to create safe spaces for women to reclaim their voice. Together, they explore: • Reclaiming your voice after silence • How early experiences shape identity and empathy • Success as the courage to try • Motherhood, safety, and raising a daughter with agency • Designing a life with intention This conversation examines what it means to design a life with intention, expand beyond inherited limitations, and stay human in an increasingly AI-driven world. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when the parts of you that were silenced begin to speak again?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with award-winning podcaster, empowerment coach, and author Michelle Lamoureux, creator of The Good Life podcast and author of Design a Life You Love.


Michelle reflects on the formative experiences that shaped her: being “othered” as a child, surviving a near abduction, and wearing a scoliosis brace for six years — and how those moments cultivated empathy, resilience, and a drive to create safe spaces for women to reclaim their voice.


Together, they explore:

• Reclaiming your voice after silence

• How early experiences shape identity and empathy

• Success as the courage to try

• Motherhood, safety, and raising a daughter with agency

• Designing a life with intention


This conversation examines what it means to design a life with intention, expand beyond inherited limitations, and stay human in an increasingly AI-driven world.


______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Listen GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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]]> 4282 no How Great Leaders Think About Talent and Ego with Yoseph Ayele https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/how-great-leaders-think-about-talent-and-ego-with-yoseph-aye What does leadership look like when certainty falls away? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Yoseph Ayele, Ethiopian-born entrepreneur and founder of LAVA, for a wide-ranging conversation about talent, ego, purpose, and the courage to not know. From growing up in Ethiopia to building across borders, Yoseph reflects on what happens when control loosens and attention shifts toward listening, humility, and service. Moving between leadership, inequality, and self-awareness, this conversation explores talent as energy, not status, contradiction as a source of truth, and why learning to let go may be one of the most important leadership practices of our time. In this episode, we explore: • What talent really is and how it develops • Ego, humility, and self-awareness in leadership • Inequality, access, and reframing prosperity • Letting go of control and certainty • Purpose as service rather than achievement • Parenting, legacy, and what we pass forward _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:00:00 -0000 How Great Leaders Think About Talent and Ego with Yoseph Ayele full 2 The Skin Deep <p><strong>What does leadership look like when certainty falls away?</strong></p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Yoseph Ayele, Ethiopian-born entrepreneur and founder of LAVA, for a wide-ranging conversation about talent, ego, purpose, and the courage to not know. From growing up in Ethiopia to building across borders, Yoseph reflects on what happens when control loosens and attention shifts toward listening, humility, and service.</p><br><p>Moving between leadership, inequality, and self-awareness, this conversation explores talent as energy, not status, contradiction as a source of truth, and why learning to let go may be one of the most important leadership practices of our time.</p><br><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>• What talent really is and how it develops</p><p>• Ego, humility, and self-awareness in leadership</p><p>• Inequality, access, and reframing prosperity</p><p>• Letting go of control and certainty</p><p>• Purpose as service rather than achievement</p><p>• Parenting, legacy, and what we pass forward</p><p>_____________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What does leadership look like when certainty falls away? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Yoseph Ayele, Ethiopian-born entrepreneur and founder of LAVA, for a wide-ranging conversation about talent, ego, purpose, and the courage to not know. From growing up in Ethiopia to building across borders, Yoseph reflects on what happens when control loosens and attention shifts toward listening, humility, and service. Moving between leadership, inequality, and self-awareness, this conversation explores talent as energy, not status, contradiction as a source of truth, and why learning to let go may be one of the most important leadership practices of our time. In this episode, we explore: • What talent really is and how it develops • Ego, humility, and self-awareness in leadership • Inequality, access, and reframing prosperity • Letting go of control and certainty • Purpose as service rather than achievement • Parenting, legacy, and what we pass forward _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What does leadership look like when certainty falls away?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Yoseph Ayele, Ethiopian-born entrepreneur and founder of LAVA, for a wide-ranging conversation about talent, ego, purpose, and the courage to not know. From growing up in Ethiopia to building across borders, Yoseph reflects on what happens when control loosens and attention shifts toward listening, humility, and service.


Moving between leadership, inequality, and self-awareness, this conversation explores talent as energy, not status, contradiction as a source of truth, and why learning to let go may be one of the most important leadership practices of our time.


In this episode, we explore:

• What talent really is and how it develops

• Ego, humility, and self-awareness in leadership

• Inequality, access, and reframing prosperity

• Letting go of control and certainty

• Purpose as service rather than achievement

• Parenting, legacy, and what we pass forward

_____________________________________________________________________


Listen GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4547 no What Matters: Fatherhood and Compassion with Airrion Copeland https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/what-matters-fatherhood-and-compassion-with-airrion-copeland What matters when fear enters your life through the people you love most? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Airrion Copeland, a filmmaker, writer, and nonprofit leader, for a raw conversation about fatherhood, fear, and the moments that change how you see everything. After a near-death experience involving his young son, Airrion reflects on what breaks open when control disappears and what’s revealed in its place. From early trauma and storytelling to compassion, uncertainty, and raising children in an unpredictable world, this conversation explores suffering as a teacher, purpose as service, and why letting go of certainty may be the only honest way forward. In this episode, we explore: • Fatherhood and fear • Near-death experiences and wake-up calls • Suffering as a teacher • Letting go of certainty and control • Purpose as service • Raising children in an uncertain future _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000 What Matters: Fatherhood and Compassion with Airrion Copeland full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What matters when fear enters your life through the people you love most?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Airrion Copeland, a filmmaker, writer, and nonprofit leader, for a raw conversation about fatherhood, fear, and the moments that change how you see everything. After a near-death experience involving his young son, Airrion reflects on what breaks open when control disappears and what’s revealed in its place.</p><br><p>From early trauma and storytelling to compassion, uncertainty, and raising children in an unpredictable world, this conversation explores suffering as a teacher, purpose as service, and why letting go of certainty may be the only honest way forward.</p><br><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>• Fatherhood and fear</p><p>• Near-death experiences and wake-up calls</p><p>• Suffering as a teacher</p><p>• Letting go of certainty and control</p><p>• Purpose as service</p><p>• Raising children in an uncertain future</p><p>_____________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What matters when fear enters your life through the people you love most? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Airrion Copeland, a filmmaker, writer, and nonprofit leader, for a raw conversation about fatherhood, fear, and the moments that change how you see everything. After a near-death experience involving his young son, Airrion reflects on what breaks open when control disappears and what’s revealed in its place. From early trauma and storytelling to compassion, uncertainty, and raising children in an unpredictable world, this conversation explores suffering as a teacher, purpose as service, and why letting go of certainty may be the only honest way forward. In this episode, we explore: • Fatherhood and fear • Near-death experiences and wake-up calls • Suffering as a teacher • Letting go of certainty and control • Purpose as service • Raising children in an uncertain future _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What matters when fear enters your life through the people you love most?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Airrion Copeland, a filmmaker, writer, and nonprofit leader, for a raw conversation about fatherhood, fear, and the moments that change how you see everything. After a near-death experience involving his young son, Airrion reflects on what breaks open when control disappears and what’s revealed in its place.


From early trauma and storytelling to compassion, uncertainty, and raising children in an unpredictable world, this conversation explores suffering as a teacher, purpose as service, and why letting go of certainty may be the only honest way forward.


In this episode, we explore:

• Fatherhood and fear

• Near-death experiences and wake-up calls

• Suffering as a teacher

• Letting go of certainty and control

• Purpose as service

• Raising children in an uncertain future

_____________________________________________________________________


Listen GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5117 no The Value Is In The Question: Presence with Andy Tudhope https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/the-value-is-in-the-question-presence-with-andy-tudhope What if progress isn't about moving faster, but about remembering what's sacred in what we build? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andy Tudhope, a technologist, writer, and builder, for a wide ranging conversation about code, consciousness, and community. Andy reflects on formative experiences with violence, near death, and ego dissolution, and how those moments shaped his relationship with love, presence, and meaning. From Zen and Sufism to poetry, programming, and rethinking money as a communal habit rather than a fixed truth, this conversation explores sincerity, humility, and what it means to live inside the question rather than rush toward answers. In this episode, we explore: • Progress beyond speed and scale • Death, presence, and love as practice • Language, silence, and meaning • Code, money, and trust • Why better questions matter more than certainty _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com #GUTSPodcast #ConsciousTechnology #Philosophy #MeaningAndPurpose #RethinkingProgress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:59:48 -0000 The Value Is In The Question: Presence with Andy Tudhope full 2 The Skin Deep <p>What if progress isn't about moving faster, but about remembering what's sacred in what we build?</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andy Tudhope, a technologist, writer, and builder, for a wide ranging conversation about code, consciousness, and community.</p><br><p>Andy reflects on formative experiences with violence, near death, and ego dissolution, and how those moments shaped his relationship with love, presence, and meaning. From Zen and Sufism to poetry, programming, and rethinking money as a communal habit rather than a fixed truth, this conversation explores sincerity, humility, and what it means to live inside the question rather than rush toward answers.</p><br><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>• Progress beyond speed and scale</p><p>• Death, presence, and love as practice</p><p>• Language, silence, and meaning</p><p>• Code, money, and trust</p><p>• Why better questions matter more than certainty</p><br><p>_____________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>Listen GUTS:</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933</p><br><p>Follow GUTS:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><p>Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com </p><br><p>#GUTSPodcast #ConsciousTechnology #Philosophy #MeaningAndPurpose #RethinkingProgress</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if progress isn't about moving faster, but about remembering what's sacred in what we build? In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andy Tudhope, a technologist, writer, and builder, for a wide ranging conversation about code, consciousness, and community. Andy reflects on formative experiences with violence, near death, and ego dissolution, and how those moments shaped his relationship with love, presence, and meaning. From Zen and Sufism to poetry, programming, and rethinking money as a communal habit rather than a fixed truth, this conversation explores sincerity, humility, and what it means to live inside the question rather than rush toward answers. In this episode, we explore: • Progress beyond speed and scale • Death, presence, and love as practice • Language, silence, and meaning • Code, money, and trust • Why better questions matter more than certainty _____________________________________________________________________ Listen GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com #GUTSPodcast #ConsciousTechnology #Philosophy #MeaningAndPurpose #RethinkingProgress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if progress isn't about moving faster, but about remembering what's sacred in what we build?


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Andy Tudhope, a technologist, writer, and builder, for a wide ranging conversation about code, consciousness, and community.


Andy reflects on formative experiences with violence, near death, and ego dissolution, and how those moments shaped his relationship with love, presence, and meaning. From Zen and Sufism to poetry, programming, and rethinking money as a communal habit rather than a fixed truth, this conversation explores sincerity, humility, and what it means to live inside the question rather than rush toward answers.


In this episode, we explore:

• Progress beyond speed and scale

• Death, presence, and love as practice

• Language, silence, and meaning

• Code, money, and trust

• Why better questions matter more than certainty


_____________________________________________________________________


Listen GUTS:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933


Follow GUTS:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com


#GUTSPodcast #ConsciousTechnology #Philosophy #MeaningAndPurpose #RethinkingProgress

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]]> 4578 no Our Gift: The Truth About Healing with Charlie Goldsmith https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/our-gift-the-truth-about-healing Belief is easy when you’re understood. Conviction is what remains when you’re not. In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Charlie Goldsmith, Healer and Explorer, for an honest conversation about healing, belief, and what it means to follow a calling that challenges how people understand reality. Charlie shares the moment at eighteen when he first realized he could heal someone and the fear, disbelief, and isolation that followed. From family disapproval and years of having to prove himself, to being studied by major institutions and working to create pathways for others like him, this conversation explores resilience, empathy, and the cost of trusting your inner knowing. In this episode, we explore: • Discovering a gift no one believes in • Healing, chronic pain, and the placebo question • Family disapproval and self trust • Trauma, empathy, and purpose • Why not everything real needs explanation ______________________________________________________________________________ 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:30:00 -0000 Our Gift: The Truth About Healing with Charlie Goldsmith full 2 13 The Skin Deep <p>Belief is easy when you’re understood. Conviction is what remains when you’re not.</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Charlie Goldsmith, Healer and Explorer, for an honest conversation about healing, belief, and what it means to follow a calling that challenges how people understand reality.</p><br><p>Charlie shares the moment at eighteen when he first realized he could heal someone and the fear, disbelief, and isolation that followed. From family disapproval and years of having to prove himself, to being studied by major institutions and working to create pathways for others like him, this conversation explores resilience, empathy, and the cost of trusting your inner knowing.</p><br><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>• Discovering a gift no one believes in</p><p>• Healing, chronic pain, and the placebo question</p><p>• Family disapproval and self trust</p><p>• Trauma, empathy, and purpose</p><p>• Why not everything real needs explanation</p><br><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> Belief is easy when you’re understood. Conviction is what remains when you’re not. In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Charlie Goldsmith, Healer and Explorer, for an honest conversation about healing, belief, and what it means to follow a calling that challenges how people understand reality. Charlie shares the moment at eighteen when he first realized he could heal someone and the fear, disbelief, and isolation that followed. From family disapproval and years of having to prove himself, to being studied by major institutions and working to create pathways for others like him, this conversation explores resilience, empathy, and the cost of trusting your inner knowing. In this episode, we explore: • Discovering a gift no one believes in • Healing, chronic pain, and the placebo question • Family disapproval and self trust • Trauma, empathy, and purpose • Why not everything real needs explanation ______________________________________________________________________________ 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Belief is easy when you’re understood. Conviction is what remains when you’re not.


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Charlie Goldsmith, Healer and Explorer, for an honest conversation about healing, belief, and what it means to follow a calling that challenges how people understand reality.


Charlie shares the moment at eighteen when he first realized he could heal someone and the fear, disbelief, and isolation that followed. From family disapproval and years of having to prove himself, to being studied by major institutions and working to create pathways for others like him, this conversation explores resilience, empathy, and the cost of trusting your inner knowing.


In this episode, we explore:

• Discovering a gift no one believes in

• Healing, chronic pain, and the placebo question

• Family disapproval and self trust

• Trauma, empathy, and purpose

• Why not everything real needs explanation


______________________________________________________________________________


🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4694 no Accepting Yourself with Kyrus Keenan Westcott https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/11-accepting-yourself-with-kyrus-keenan-westcott Accepting yourself isn’t a quote. It’s a practice. In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes, sits down with Kyrus Keenan Westcott, also known as KY, creator of The Vibe With Ky, to talk about mental health, ADHD, depression, and what it really means to stop pretending you’re fine. Ky shares the roller coaster moment that shaped how he understands fear, acceptance, and growth. From losing his friend Ashton, to a ruptured Achilles and a painful breakup, to being late diagnosed with ADHD, depression, anxiety, and OCD, this conversation explores humor as a coping mechanism, neurodivergence, mental health stigma, and why honesty can be strength, connection, and survival. In this episode, we explore: • ADHD, late diagnosis, and neurodivergence • Depression, anxiety, OCD, and mental health awareness • Fear, acceptance, and the roller coaster metaphor for life • Humor as survival and emotional regulation • Boundaries, vulnerability, and avoiding toxic positivity • What it means to stop pretending and start healing ______________________________________________________________________________ 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:30:54 -0000 Accepting Yourself with Kyrus Keenan Westcott full 2 11 The Skin Deep <p>Accepting yourself isn’t a quote. It’s a practice.</p><br><p>In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes, sits down with Kyrus Keenan Westcott, also known as KY, creator of The Vibe With Ky, to talk about mental health, ADHD, depression, and what it really means to stop pretending you’re fine.</p><br><p>Ky shares the roller coaster moment that shaped how he understands fear, acceptance, and growth. From losing his friend Ashton, to a ruptured Achilles and a painful breakup, to being late diagnosed with ADHD, depression, anxiety, and OCD, this conversation explores humor as a coping mechanism, neurodivergence, mental health stigma, and why honesty can be strength, connection, and survival.</p><br><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>• ADHD, late diagnosis, and neurodivergence</p><p>• Depression, anxiety, OCD, and mental health awareness</p><p>• Fear, acceptance, and the roller coaster metaphor for life</p><p>• Humor as survival and emotional regulation</p><p>• Boundaries, vulnerability, and avoiding toxic positivity</p><p>• What it means to stop pretending and start healing</p><br><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> Accepting yourself isn’t a quote. It’s a practice. In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes, sits down with Kyrus Keenan Westcott, also known as KY, creator of The Vibe With Ky, to talk about mental health, ADHD, depression, and what it really means to stop pretending you’re fine. Ky shares the roller coaster moment that shaped how he understands fear, acceptance, and growth. From losing his friend Ashton, to a ruptured Achilles and a painful breakup, to being late diagnosed with ADHD, depression, anxiety, and OCD, this conversation explores humor as a coping mechanism, neurodivergence, mental health stigma, and why honesty can be strength, connection, and survival. In this episode, we explore: • ADHD, late diagnosis, and neurodivergence • Depression, anxiety, OCD, and mental health awareness • Fear, acceptance, and the roller coaster metaphor for life • Humor as survival and emotional regulation • Boundaries, vulnerability, and avoiding toxic positivity • What it means to stop pretending and start healing ______________________________________________________________________________ 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Accepting yourself isn’t a quote. It’s a practice.


In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes, sits down with Kyrus Keenan Westcott, also known as KY, creator of The Vibe With Ky, to talk about mental health, ADHD, depression, and what it really means to stop pretending you’re fine.


Ky shares the roller coaster moment that shaped how he understands fear, acceptance, and growth. From losing his friend Ashton, to a ruptured Achilles and a painful breakup, to being late diagnosed with ADHD, depression, anxiety, and OCD, this conversation explores humor as a coping mechanism, neurodivergence, mental health stigma, and why honesty can be strength, connection, and survival.


In this episode, we explore:

• ADHD, late diagnosis, and neurodivergence

• Depression, anxiety, OCD, and mental health awareness

• Fear, acceptance, and the roller coaster metaphor for life

• Humor as survival and emotional regulation

• Boundaries, vulnerability, and avoiding toxic positivity

• What it means to stop pretending and start healing


______________________________________________________________________________


🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

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]]> 4379 no #010 The Heart of an Entrepreneur with Don MacPherson https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/10-the-heart-of-an-entrepreneur What if the real measure of a life was not success but the love and trust we leave behind? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with entrepreneur and mentor Don MacPherson (he/him) to talk about family, resilience, risk and the lessons that shaped him. Don shares: • The gifts each of his four parents passed on to him • How loss and change shaped his view of life and relationships • The summer adventure that set him on a new path • Why he put off surgery for years and what it taught him when he finally said yes • How trust, curiosity and love guide the way he leads and lives This is a conversation about facing hardship, choosing gratitude and discovering the power of love in leadership and in life. What has life designed you for? These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/donmacpherson/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:48:49 -0000 #010 The Heart of an Entrepreneur with Don MacPherson full 1 10 The Skin Deep <p>What if the real measure of a life was not success but the love and trust we leave behind?</p><br><p>In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with entrepreneur and mentor Don MacPherson (he/him) to talk about family, resilience, risk and the lessons that shaped him.</p><br><p>Don shares:</p><p>• The gifts each of his four parents passed on to him</p><p>• How loss and change shaped his view of life and relationships</p><p>• The summer adventure that set him on a new path</p><p>• Why he put off surgery for years and what it taught him when he finally said yes</p><p>• How trust, curiosity and love guide the way he leads and lives</p><br><p>This is a conversation about facing hardship, choosing gratitude and discovering the power of love in leadership and in life.</p><br><p>What has life designed you for?</p><br><p>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.</p><br><p>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</p><br><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin</p><br><p>🔗 Learn more about our guest</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/donmacpherson/</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.</p><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if the real measure of a life was not success but the love and trust we leave behind? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with entrepreneur and mentor Don MacPherson (he/him) to talk about family, resilience, risk and the lessons that shaped him. Don shares: • The gifts each of his four parents passed on to him • How loss and change shaped his view of life and relationships • The summer adventure that set him on a new path • Why he put off surgery for years and what it taught him when he finally said yes • How trust, curiosity and love guide the way he leads and lives This is a conversation about facing hardship, choosing gratitude and discovering the power of love in leadership and in life. What has life designed you for? These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/donmacpherson/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if the real measure of a life was not success but the love and trust we leave behind?


In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with entrepreneur and mentor Don MacPherson (he/him) to talk about family, resilience, risk and the lessons that shaped him.


Don shares:

• The gifts each of his four parents passed on to him

• How loss and change shaped his view of life and relationships

• The summer adventure that set him on a new path

• Why he put off surgery for years and what it taught him when he finally said yes

• How trust, curiosity and love guide the way he leads and lives


This is a conversation about facing hardship, choosing gratitude and discovering the power of love in leadership and in life.


What has life designed you for?


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin


🔗 Learn more about our guest

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donmacpherson/

______________________________________________________________________________


🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

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LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 7034 no #009 How Great Leaders Combine Skills Into a Superpower with David Lancefield https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/009-how-great-leaders-combine-skills-into-a-superpower What if leadership wasn’t about having the answers - but holding the right space for the right questions? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with strategist, leadership coach, and catalyst for change David Lancefield (he/him), whose work helps leaders expand their thinking, embrace discomfort, and step into deeper impact without losing themselves in the process. David shares: - Why presence matters more than perfection in leadership - How to balance ambition with genuine connection - The hidden cost of avoiding difficult conversations - Why curiosity is the ultimate leadership superpower - How to create environments where people -and ideas- can thrive This is a conversation about leading from the inside out. About slowing down to see more clearly, and realizing that growth is less about adding and more about uncovering. What has life designed you for? These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://davidlancefield.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidclancefield/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:11:42 -0000 #009 How Great Leaders Combine Skills Into a Superpower with David Lancefield full 1 9 The Skin Deep <p>What if leadership wasn’t about having the answers - but holding the right space for the right questions?</p><br><p>In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with strategist, leadership coach, and catalyst for change David Lancefield (he/him), whose work helps leaders expand their thinking, embrace discomfort, and step into deeper impact without losing themselves in the process.</p><br><p>David shares:</p><p>- Why presence matters more than perfection in leadership</p><p>- How to balance ambition with genuine connection</p><p>- The hidden cost of avoiding difficult conversations</p><p>- Why curiosity is the ultimate leadership superpower</p><p>- How to create environments where people -and ideas- can thrive</p><br><p>This is a conversation about leading from the inside out. About slowing down to see more clearly, and realizing that growth is less about adding and more about uncovering.</p><br><p>What has life designed you for?</p><br><p>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. </p><br><p>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</p><br><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin</p><p> </p><p>🔗 Learn more about our guest</p><p>https://davidlancefield.com/</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidclancefield/</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.</p><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if leadership wasn’t about having the answers - but holding the right space for the right questions? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with strategist, leadership coach, and catalyst for change David Lancefield (he/him), whose work helps leaders expand their thinking, embrace discomfort, and step into deeper impact without losing themselves in the process. David shares: - Why presence matters more than perfection in leadership - How to balance ambition with genuine connection - The hidden cost of avoiding difficult conversations - Why curiosity is the ultimate leadership superpower - How to create environments where people -and ideas- can thrive This is a conversation about leading from the inside out. About slowing down to see more clearly, and realizing that growth is less about adding and more about uncovering. What has life designed you for? These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://davidlancefield.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidclancefield/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if leadership wasn’t about having the answers - but holding the right space for the right questions?


In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with strategist, leadership coach, and catalyst for change David Lancefield (he/him), whose work helps leaders expand their thinking, embrace discomfort, and step into deeper impact without losing themselves in the process.


David shares:

- Why presence matters more than perfection in leadership

- How to balance ambition with genuine connection

- The hidden cost of avoiding difficult conversations

- Why curiosity is the ultimate leadership superpower

- How to create environments where people -and ideas- can thrive


This is a conversation about leading from the inside out. About slowing down to see more clearly, and realizing that growth is less about adding and more about uncovering.


What has life designed you for?


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin

🔗 Learn more about our guest

https://davidlancefield.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidclancefield/

______________________________________________________________________________


🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5412 no #008 How Baseball, Dreams & Fatherhood Shaped a Leader with Joe Ferraro https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/008-how-baseball-dreams-fatherhood-shaped-a-leader What if the true measure of a life isn't success – but rather how you show up for others? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz talks with educator, coach, podcast host, and father Joe Ferraro (he/him). Joe's journey has been shaped by baseball, family, and an unwavering pursuit of self-awareness. From Sunday dinners to national championships, his story reflects discipline, vulnerability, and deep reflection. Joe shares: - The quiet legacy of his dad and how food became their love language - What a recurring dream about losing his glove taught him about purpose - How becoming a coach at 21 compelled him to grow before he felt ready - The fears he still holds about being "too soft" with his students - Why learning to lead by voice, not just by example, is both a gift and a responsibility This conversation explores the gifts we inherit and those we discover, the tension between being a public voice and a private seeker, and the courage it takes to listen to what life is trying to offer us, even when it's unexpected. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/jferraro1/ https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/ https://www.damngoodconversations.com/joe-ferraro ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:58:56 -0000 #008 How Baseball, Dreams & Fatherhood Shaped a Leader with Joe Ferraro full 1 8 The Skin Deep <p>What if the true measure of a life isn't success – but rather how you show up for others?</p><br><p>In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz talks with educator, coach, podcast host, and father Joe Ferraro (he/him). Joe's journey has been shaped by baseball, family, and an unwavering pursuit of self-awareness. From Sunday dinners to national championships, his story reflects discipline, vulnerability, and deep reflection.</p><br><p>Joe shares:</p><p>- The quiet legacy of his dad and how food became their love language</p><p>- What a recurring dream about losing his glove taught him about purpose</p><p>- How becoming a coach at 21 compelled him to grow before he felt ready</p><p>- The fears he still holds about being "too soft" with his students</p><p>- Why learning to lead by voice, not just by example, is both a gift and a responsibility</p><br><p>This conversation explores the gifts we inherit and those we discover, the tension between being a public voice and a private seeker, and the courage it takes to listen to what life is trying to offer us, even when it's unexpected.</p><br><p>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. </p><br><p>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</p><br><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.</p><br><p>🔗 Learn more about our guest</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jferraro1/</p><p>https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/</p><p>https://www.damngoodconversations.com/joe-ferraro</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.</p><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if the true measure of a life isn't success – but rather how you show up for others? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz talks with educator, coach, podcast host, and father Joe Ferraro (he/him). Joe's journey has been shaped by baseball, family, and an unwavering pursuit of self-awareness. From Sunday dinners to national championships, his story reflects discipline, vulnerability, and deep reflection. Joe shares: - The quiet legacy of his dad and how food became their love language - What a recurring dream about losing his glove taught him about purpose - How becoming a coach at 21 compelled him to grow before he felt ready - The fears he still holds about being "too soft" with his students - Why learning to lead by voice, not just by example, is both a gift and a responsibility This conversation explores the gifts we inherit and those we discover, the tension between being a public voice and a private seeker, and the courage it takes to listen to what life is trying to offer us, even when it's unexpected. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/jferraro1/ https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/ https://www.damngoodconversations.com/joe-ferraro ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if the true measure of a life isn't success – but rather how you show up for others?


In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz talks with educator, coach, podcast host, and father Joe Ferraro (he/him). Joe's journey has been shaped by baseball, family, and an unwavering pursuit of self-awareness. From Sunday dinners to national championships, his story reflects discipline, vulnerability, and deep reflection.


Joe shares:

- The quiet legacy of his dad and how food became their love language

- What a recurring dream about losing his glove taught him about purpose

- How becoming a coach at 21 compelled him to grow before he felt ready

- The fears he still holds about being "too soft" with his students

- Why learning to lead by voice, not just by example, is both a gift and a responsibility


This conversation explores the gifts we inherit and those we discover, the tension between being a public voice and a private seeker, and the courage it takes to listen to what life is trying to offer us, even when it's unexpected.


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.


🔗 Learn more about our guest

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jferraro1/

https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/

https://www.damngoodconversations.com/joe-ferraro

______________________________________________________________________________


🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

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]]> 6194 no #007 Question Askers To Question Masters with Dr. Jeff Wetzler https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/007-question-askers-to-question-masters What if your work in the world wasn’t your purpose - but your practice? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with co-founder of Transcend Education, author, and creative strategist Dr. Jeff Wetzler (he/him), whose life’s work has been about bringing people together - from mountaintop gatherings to deep conversations on meaning, identity, and impact. Jeff shares: • Why “holding space” isn’t a tactic, it’s a way of being • How chasing significance can distract us from actually living • The tension between being a public leader and a private seeker • What real service looks like in an ego-driven world • How relationships - not accolades - are the true measure of a life This is a conversation about practice over perfection, presence over performance. About letting go of the script, and listening for the deeper invitation underneath it all. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-wetzler-9ba3824/ https://transcendeducation.org/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:43:58 -0000 #007 Question Askers To Question Masters with Dr. Jeff Wetzler full 1 7 The Skin Deep <p>What if your work in the world wasn’t your purpose - but your practice?</p><br><p>In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with co-founder of Transcend Education, author, and creative strategist Dr. Jeff Wetzler (he/him), whose life’s work has been about bringing people together - from mountaintop gatherings to deep conversations on meaning, identity, and impact.</p><br><p>Jeff shares:</p><p>• Why “holding space” isn’t a tactic, it’s a way of being</p><p>• How chasing significance can distract us from actually living</p><p>• The tension between being a public leader and a private seeker</p><p>• What real service looks like in an ego-driven world</p><p>• How relationships - not accolades - are the true measure of a life</p><br><p>This is a conversation about practice over perfection, presence over performance.</p><p>About letting go of the script, and listening for the deeper invitation underneath it all.</p><br><p>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. </p><br><p>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</p><br><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin</p><br><p>🔗 Learn more about our guest</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-wetzler-9ba3824/</p><p>https://transcendeducation.org/</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.</p><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if your work in the world wasn’t your purpose - but your practice? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with co-founder of Transcend Education, author, and creative strategist Dr. Jeff Wetzler (he/him), whose life’s work has been about bringing people together - from mountaintop gatherings to deep conversations on meaning, identity, and impact. Jeff shares: • Why “holding space” isn’t a tactic, it’s a way of being • How chasing significance can distract us from actually living • The tension between being a public leader and a private seeker • What real service looks like in an ego-driven world • How relationships - not accolades - are the true measure of a life This is a conversation about practice over perfection, presence over performance. About letting go of the script, and listening for the deeper invitation underneath it all. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about our guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-wetzler-9ba3824/ https://transcendeducation.org/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if your work in the world wasn’t your purpose - but your practice?


In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with co-founder of Transcend Education, author, and creative strategist Dr. Jeff Wetzler (he/him), whose life’s work has been about bringing people together - from mountaintop gatherings to deep conversations on meaning, identity, and impact.


Jeff shares:

• Why “holding space” isn’t a tactic, it’s a way of being

• How chasing significance can distract us from actually living

• The tension between being a public leader and a private seeker

• What real service looks like in an ego-driven world

• How relationships - not accolades - are the true measure of a life


This is a conversation about practice over perfection, presence over performance.

About letting go of the script, and listening for the deeper invitation underneath it all.


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin


🔗 Learn more about our guest

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-wetzler-9ba3824/

https://transcendeducation.org/

______________________________________________________________________________


🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

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]]> 4650 no #006 How Storytelling Creates Real Connection with Wayne Price https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/the-power-of-presence What if the real magic wasn’t in the story you tell, but in the energy you bring? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with filmmaker, storyteller, and community catalyst Wayne Price (he/him), whose life has been shaped by curiosity, connection, and the courage to not follow the script. Wayne shares: - How choosing community over convention shaped his creative path - Why energy - not achievement - is what truly moves people - What the Grateful Dead taught him about belonging - How he used {THE AND} Long-Term Couples deck to unlock a breakthrough family conversation - What it means to create spaces that bring people closer, in work, art, and real life From parking lots to premieres, Wayne has always been a host, a conductor of energy, a gatherer of people, and a reminder that the how matters just as much as the what. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about Wayne Price https://www.instagram.com/hiwayneprice/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:20:15 -0000 #006 How Storytelling Creates Real Connection with Wayne Price full 1 6 The Skin Deep <p>What if the real magic wasn’t in the story you tell, but in the energy you bring?</p><br><p>In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with filmmaker, storyteller, and community catalyst Wayne Price (he/him), whose life has been shaped by curiosity, connection, and the courage to not follow the script.</p><br><p>Wayne shares:</p><p>- How choosing community over convention shaped his creative path</p><p>- Why energy - not achievement - is what truly moves people</p><p>- What the Grateful Dead taught him about belonging</p><p>- How he used {THE AND} Long-Term Couples deck to unlock a breakthrough family conversation</p><p>- What it means to create spaces that bring people closer, in work, art, and real life</p><br><p>From parking lots to premieres, Wayne has always been a host, a conductor of energy, a gatherer of people, and a reminder that the how matters just as much as the what.</p><br><p>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. </p><br><p>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</p><br><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin </p><br><p>🔗 Learn more about Wayne Price</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/hiwayneprice/</p><br><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.</p><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if the real magic wasn’t in the story you tell, but in the energy you bring? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with filmmaker, storyteller, and community catalyst Wayne Price (he/him), whose life has been shaped by curiosity, connection, and the courage to not follow the script. Wayne shares: - How choosing community over convention shaped his creative path - Why energy - not achievement - is what truly moves people - What the Grateful Dead taught him about belonging - How he used {THE AND} Long-Term Couples deck to unlock a breakthrough family conversation - What it means to create spaces that bring people closer, in work, art, and real life From parking lots to premieres, Wayne has always been a host, a conductor of energy, a gatherer of people, and a reminder that the how matters just as much as the what. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about Wayne Price https://www.instagram.com/hiwayneprice/ ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if the real magic wasn’t in the story you tell, but in the energy you bring?


In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with filmmaker, storyteller, and community catalyst Wayne Price (he/him), whose life has been shaped by curiosity, connection, and the courage to not follow the script.


Wayne shares:

- How choosing community over convention shaped his creative path

- Why energy - not achievement - is what truly moves people

- What the Grateful Dead taught him about belonging

- How he used {THE AND} Long-Term Couples deck to unlock a breakthrough family conversation

- What it means to create spaces that bring people closer, in work, art, and real life


From parking lots to premieres, Wayne has always been a host, a conductor of energy, a gatherer of people, and a reminder that the how matters just as much as the what.


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin


🔗 Learn more about Wayne Price

https://www.instagram.com/hiwayneprice/


______________________________________________________________________________


🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

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]]> 5182 no #005 Turning Trauma Into Truth with Tracey Arcabasso Smith https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/005-turning-trauma-into-truth What if your life’s purpose was to break the silence that held your family together? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with artist and filmmaker Tracey Arcabasso Smith (she/her), whose documentary Relative explores the generational trauma of sexual abuse in her family, and the healing that followed. Tracey shares: - The spiritual shifts that helped her redefine “mother” - Why the courage to speak out didn’t feel like a choice - How she balances her corporate leadership with a deep commitment to inner truth - The tension between healing, parenting, and staying clear in a world full of pain From vulnerability to visionary leadership, Tracey invites us to look within and reflect on what we’re really here to do. What has life designed you for? These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about Tracey and her work https://www.instagram.com/tracey_arcabasso_smith 🎥 Watch her documentary, "Relative" https://www.relativedocumentary.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Relative-Tracey-Arcabasso-Smith/dp/B0CBD67WSW?dplnkId=a1c63457-4732-4a10-ab97-c5444d224bbd&nodl=1 ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ #GenerationalTrauma #HealingJourney #FamilySecrets #TraceyArcabassoSmith #GUTSpodcast #podcast #newpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:24:33 -0000 #005 Turning Trauma Into Truth with Tracey Arcabasso Smith full 1 5 The Skin Deep <p>What if your life’s purpose was to break the silence that held your family together?</p><p>In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with artist and filmmaker Tracey Arcabasso Smith (she/her), whose documentary Relative explores the generational trauma of sexual abuse in her family, and the healing that followed.</p><br><p>Tracey shares:</p><p>- The spiritual shifts that helped her redefine “mother”</p><p>- Why the courage to speak out didn’t feel like a choice</p><p>- How she balances her corporate leadership with a deep commitment to inner truth</p><p>- The tension between healing, parenting, and staying clear in a world full of pain</p><br><p>From vulnerability to visionary leadership, Tracey invites us to look within and reflect on what we’re really here to do. What has life designed you for?</p><br><p>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.</p><p>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</p><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin</p><br><p>🔗 Learn more about Tracey and her work</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/tracey_arcabasso_smith</p><p>🎥 Watch her documentary, "Relative"</p><p>https://www.relativedocumentary.com/</p><p>https://www.amazon.com/Relative-Tracey-Arcabasso-Smith/dp/B0CBD67WSW?dplnkId=a1c63457-4732-4a10-ab97-c5444d224bbd&amp;nodl=1</p><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p><br></p><p>🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.</p><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><br><p>#GenerationalTrauma #HealingJourney #FamilySecrets #TraceyArcabassoSmith #GUTSpodcast #podcast #newpodcast</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if your life’s purpose was to break the silence that held your family together? In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with artist and filmmaker Tracey Arcabasso Smith (she/her), whose documentary Relative explores the generational trauma of sexual abuse in her family, and the healing that followed. Tracey shares: - The spiritual shifts that helped her redefine “mother” - Why the courage to speak out didn’t feel like a choice - How she balances her corporate leadership with a deep commitment to inner truth - The tension between healing, parenting, and staying clear in a world full of pain From vulnerability to visionary leadership, Tracey invites us to look within and reflect on what we’re really here to do. What has life designed you for? These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 🔗 Learn more about Tracey and her work https://www.instagram.com/tracey_arcabasso_smith 🎥 Watch her documentary, "Relative" https://www.relativedocumentary.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Relative-Tracey-Arcabasso-Smith/dp/B0CBD67WSW?dplnkId=a1c63457-4732-4a10-ab97-c5444d224bbd&nodl=1 ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ #GenerationalTrauma #HealingJourney #FamilySecrets #TraceyArcabassoSmith #GUTSpodcast #podcast #newpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if your life’s purpose was to break the silence that held your family together?

In this episode of Getting Under the Skin, Topaz sits down with artist and filmmaker Tracey Arcabasso Smith (she/her), whose documentary Relative explores the generational trauma of sexual abuse in her family, and the healing that followed.


Tracey shares:

- The spiritual shifts that helped her redefine “mother”

- Why the courage to speak out didn’t feel like a choice

- How she balances her corporate leadership with a deep commitment to inner truth

- The tension between healing, parenting, and staying clear in a world full of pain


From vulnerability to visionary leadership, Tracey invites us to look within and reflect on what we’re really here to do. What has life designed you for?


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.

Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.

Welcome to Getting Under The Skin


🔗 Learn more about Tracey and her work

https://www.instagram.com/tracey_arcabasso_smith

🎥 Watch her documentary, "Relative"

https://www.relativedocumentary.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Relative-Tracey-Arcabasso-Smith/dp/B0CBD67WSW?dplnkId=a1c63457-4732-4a10-ab97-c5444d224bbd&nodl=1

______________________________________________________________________________



🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/


#GenerationalTrauma #HealingJourney #FamilySecrets #TraceyArcabassoSmith #GUTSpodcast #podcast #newpodcast

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]]> 5002 no #004 Uncovering the Truth Behind a Legendary Life with Dr. Ichak Adizes https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/004-a-fatherson-conversation-on-grief-aging-legacy What if your greatest strength came from your deepest wound? In this unscripted and deeply human conversation, Dr. Ichak Adizes — one of the world’s most influential business thinkers — opens up to his son, filmmaker and host Topaz Adizes, in a raw dialogue about love, aging, grief, legacy, and healing. At 87 years old, Dr. Adizes reflects on the life that shaped him, the legacy he's still writing, and the emotional wounds he's only now beginning to confront. Together, father and son explore: - What he regrets passing down to his children — and what he’s proud to have given - How a childhood without love became the fuel for global impact - Why success was never about achievement, but about being loved - What aging feels like when time no longer stretches endlessly ahead - The paradox of gaining wisdom while losing memory This is more than a father-son conversation, it’s a powerful reflection on mortality, meaning, family, vulnerability, and emotional truth. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours, or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. 🔗 Learn more about Dr. Adizes and his work https://www.adizes.com/ 📖 Read his autobiography, The Accordion Player https://publications.adizes.com/products/the-accordion-player-english ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:11:04 -0000 #004 Uncovering the Truth Behind a Legendary Life with Dr. Ichak Adizes full 1 4 The Skin Deep <p><strong>What if your greatest strength came from your deepest wound?</strong></p><p>In this unscripted and deeply human conversation, Dr. Ichak Adizes — one of the world’s most influential business thinkers — opens up to his son, filmmaker and host Topaz Adizes, in a raw dialogue about love, aging, grief, legacy, and healing.</p><p>At 87 years old, Dr. Adizes reflects on the life that shaped him, the legacy he's still writing, and the emotional wounds he's only now beginning to confront. Together, father and son explore:</p><p>- What he regrets passing down to his children — and what he’s proud to have given</p><p>- How a childhood without love became the fuel for global impact</p><p>- Why success was never about achievement, but about being loved</p><p>- What aging feels like when time no longer stretches endlessly ahead</p><p>- The paradox of gaining wisdom while losing memory</p><br><p>This is more than a father-son conversation, it’s a powerful reflection on mortality, meaning, family, vulnerability, and emotional truth.</p><p>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours, or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</p><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.</p><br><p>🔗 Learn more about Dr. Adizes and his work</p><p>https://www.adizes.com/</p><p>📖 Read his autobiography, The Accordion Player</p><p>https://publications.adizes.com/products/the-accordion-player-english</p><br><p>______________________________________________________________________________</p><br><p>🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.</p><p>🌐 Subscribe for updates</p><p>https://topazadizes.com</p><p>👉 Follow us on social media:</p><p>Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/</p><p>TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast</p><p>LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if your greatest strength came from your deepest wound? In this unscripted and deeply human conversation, Dr. Ichak Adizes — one of the world’s most influential business thinkers — opens up to his son, filmmaker and host Topaz Adizes, in a raw dialogue about love, aging, grief, legacy, and healing. At 87 years old, Dr. Adizes reflects on the life that shaped him, the legacy he's still writing, and the emotional wounds he's only now beginning to confront. Together, father and son explore: - What he regrets passing down to his children — and what he’s proud to have given - How a childhood without love became the fuel for global impact - Why success was never about achievement, but about being loved - What aging feels like when time no longer stretches endlessly ahead - The paradox of gaining wisdom while losing memory This is more than a father-son conversation, it’s a powerful reflection on mortality, meaning, family, vulnerability, and emotional truth. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours, or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. 🔗 Learn more about Dr. Adizes and his work https://www.adizes.com/ 📖 Read his autobiography, The Accordion Player https://publications.adizes.com/products/the-accordion-player-english ______________________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. 🌐 Subscribe for updates https://topazadizes.com 👉 Follow us on social media: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if your greatest strength came from your deepest wound?

In this unscripted and deeply human conversation, Dr. Ichak Adizes — one of the world’s most influential business thinkers — opens up to his son, filmmaker and host Topaz Adizes, in a raw dialogue about love, aging, grief, legacy, and healing.

At 87 years old, Dr. Adizes reflects on the life that shaped him, the legacy he's still writing, and the emotional wounds he's only now beginning to confront. Together, father and son explore:

- What he regrets passing down to his children — and what he’s proud to have given

- How a childhood without love became the fuel for global impact

- Why success was never about achievement, but about being loved

- What aging feels like when time no longer stretches endlessly ahead

- The paradox of gaining wisdom while losing memory


This is more than a father-son conversation, it’s a powerful reflection on mortality, meaning, family, vulnerability, and emotional truth.

These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours, or productivity hacks. Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.

Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.


🔗 Learn more about Dr. Adizes and his work

https://www.adizes.com/

📖 Read his autobiography, The Accordion Player

https://publications.adizes.com/products/the-accordion-player-english


______________________________________________________________________________


🎧 Watch the full season of GUTS on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4epHaaofIRu1qr0AK7PnwrYJDp2O_FTZ or listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

🌐 Subscribe for updates

https://topazadizes.com

👉 Follow us on social media:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/

TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@guts.podcast

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/

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]]> 2562 no #003 Imbalances in Tech, Industry and AI with Lauren Celenza https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/003-imbalances-in-tech-industry-and-ai What if the key to our future isn’t smarter answers — but better questions? Lauren Celenza is a designer, technologist, writer, and deeply curious human navigating the complex intersections of connection, technology, and imbalance. From redesigning Google Maps for informal transit systems across the Global South to building the first free direct IRS tax-filing tool in U.S. history, Lauren’s work is all about making the invisible visible — and helping people find their way. In this episode, Topaz and Lauren explore: • Why curiosity often begins with dissatisfaction • The human cost of deindustrialization and distance — and how it shaped her family • How asking “where is the imbalance?” became her guiding compass • Why independence isn’t enough — and how interdependence could save us • What we might lose — and long for — in a world increasingly shaped by AI This is a conversation about grief and grasping. About navigating the spaces between what’s lost, what’s possible, and what’s still worth holding onto. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.  Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin  👉 Mentioned in this episode: • Monika Jiang’s “Sharing Our Loneliness” — https://www.monikajiang.org/sharing-our-loneliness • Inside the beloved IRS Direct File tool — and why it’s under threat — https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/?oref=ng-homepage-riverand • Why Direct File is now open-source (and what that means) — https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/ • On deindustrialisation and its lasting impact on working-class communities — https://inthesetimes.com/article/deindustrialization-offshoring-manufacturing-factory-factories-unemployment-layoff-work-labor-workers-working-people-working-class-industry-ohio-michigan-south-carolina-pepsi-gm Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:48:21 -0000 #003 Imbalances in Tech, Industry and AI with Lauren Celenza full 1 3 The Skin Deep <p><strong><em>What if the key to our future isn’t smarter answers — but better questions?</em></strong></p><br><p><em>Lauren Celenza is a designer, technologist, writer, and deeply curious human navigating the complex intersections of connection, technology, and imbalance. From redesigning Google Maps for informal transit systems across the Global South to building the first free direct IRS tax-filing tool in U.S. history, Lauren’s work is all about making the invisible visible — and helping people find their way.</em></p><br><p><em>In this episode, Topaz and Lauren explore:</em></p><p><em> • Why curiosity often begins with dissatisfaction</em></p><p><em> • The human cost of deindustrialization and distance — and how it shaped her family</em></p><p><em> • How asking “where is the imbalance?” became her guiding compass</em></p><p><em> • Why independence isn’t enough — and how interdependence could save us</em></p><p><em> • What we might lose — and long for — in a world increasingly shaped by AI</em></p><br><p><em>This is a conversation about grief and grasping. About navigating the spaces between what’s lost, what’s possible, and what’s still worth holding onto.</em></p><br><p><em>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.&nbsp;</em></p><br><p><em>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</em></p><br><p><em>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin&nbsp;</em></p><br><p>👉 Mentioned in this episode:</p><p>• Monika Jiang’s “Sharing Our Loneliness” — https://www.monikajiang.org/sharing-our-loneliness</p><p>• Inside the beloved IRS Direct File tool — and why it’s under threat — https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/?oref=ng-homepage-riverand</p><p>• Why Direct File is now open-source (and what that means) — https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/</p><p>• On deindustrialisation and its lasting impact on working-class communities — https://inthesetimes.com/article/deindustrialization-offshoring-manufacturing-factory-factories-unemployment-layoff-work-labor-workers-working-people-working-class-industry-ohio-michigan-south-carolina-pepsi-gm</p><br><p>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if the key to our future isn’t smarter answers — but better questions? Lauren Celenza is a designer, technologist, writer, and deeply curious human navigating the complex intersections of connection, technology, and imbalance. From redesigning Google Maps for informal transit systems across the Global South to building the first free direct IRS tax-filing tool in U.S. history, Lauren’s work is all about making the invisible visible — and helping people find their way. In this episode, Topaz and Lauren explore: • Why curiosity often begins with dissatisfaction • The human cost of deindustrialization and distance — and how it shaped her family • How asking “where is the imbalance?” became her guiding compass • Why independence isn’t enough — and how interdependence could save us • What we might lose — and long for — in a world increasingly shaped by AI This is a conversation about grief and grasping. About navigating the spaces between what’s lost, what’s possible, and what’s still worth holding onto. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.  Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin  👉 Mentioned in this episode: • Monika Jiang’s “Sharing Our Loneliness” — https://www.monikajiang.org/sharing-our-loneliness • Inside the beloved IRS Direct File tool — and why it’s under threat — https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/?oref=ng-homepage-riverand • Why Direct File is now open-source (and what that means) — https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/ • On deindustrialisation and its lasting impact on working-class communities — https://inthesetimes.com/article/deindustrialization-offshoring-manufacturing-factory-factories-unemployment-layoff-work-labor-workers-working-people-working-class-industry-ohio-michigan-south-carolina-pepsi-gm Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if the key to our future isn’t smarter answers — but better questions?


Lauren Celenza is a designer, technologist, writer, and deeply curious human navigating the complex intersections of connection, technology, and imbalance. From redesigning Google Maps for informal transit systems across the Global South to building the first free direct IRS tax-filing tool in U.S. history, Lauren’s work is all about making the invisible visible — and helping people find their way.


In this episode, Topaz and Lauren explore:

• Why curiosity often begins with dissatisfaction

• The human cost of deindustrialization and distance — and how it shaped her family

• How asking “where is the imbalance?” became her guiding compass

• Why independence isn’t enough — and how interdependence could save us

• What we might lose — and long for — in a world increasingly shaped by AI


This is a conversation about grief and grasping. About navigating the spaces between what’s lost, what’s possible, and what’s still worth holding onto.


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. 


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 


👉 Mentioned in this episode:

• Monika Jiang’s “Sharing Our Loneliness” — https://www.monikajiang.org/sharing-our-loneliness

• Inside the beloved IRS Direct File tool — and why it’s under threat — https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/direct-file-beloved-its-users-internal-irs-report-says/405883/?oref=ng-homepage-riverand

• Why Direct File is now open-source (and what that means) — https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/

• On deindustrialisation and its lasting impact on working-class communities — https://inthesetimes.com/article/deindustrialization-offshoring-manufacturing-factory-factories-unemployment-layoff-work-labor-workers-working-people-working-class-industry-ohio-michigan-south-carolina-pepsi-gm


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4354 no #002 Facing ALS with Heart Wide Open with Aaron Lazar https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/002-unlocking-the-healing-of-als What if healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken — but remembering who you really are? Aaron Lazar is a celebrated Broadway actor, a father, a fighter, and a man in the middle of radical personal transformation. Diagnosed with ALS, Aaron now finds himself walking a path that demands more than physical strength — it calls for spiritual clarity, emotional courage, and a new kind of presence. In this episode, he sits down with longtime friend and host Topaz Adizes for one of the rawest, most soul-opening conversations ever captured on GUTS. Together, they unpack: • How chasing success can disconnect you from yourself • Why love from sympathy isn’t the same as love from love • What it means to rehearse the energy you want to live in • How joy and imagination are essential tools for healing • The real difference between pushing through and showing up fully This isn’t just a story of illness. It’s a story of rebirth. It’s about shifting your inner script, one distinction at a time — and showing up, over and over, with more love than before. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.  Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:17:41 -0000 #002 Facing ALS with Heart Wide Open with Aaron Lazar full 1 2 The Skin Deep <p><strong><em>What if healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken — but remembering who you really are?</em></strong></p><br><p><em>Aaron Lazar is a celebrated Broadway actor, a father, a fighter, and a man in the middle of radical personal transformation. Diagnosed with ALS, Aaron now finds himself walking a path that demands more than physical strength — it calls for spiritual clarity, emotional courage, and a new kind of presence.</em></p><p><em>In this episode, he sits down with longtime friend and host Topaz Adizes for one of the rawest, most soul-opening conversations ever captured on GUTS.</em></p><br><p><em>Together, they unpack:</em></p><p><em> • How chasing success can disconnect you from yourself</em></p><p><em> • Why love from sympathy isn’t the same as love from love</em></p><p><em> • What it means to rehearse the energy you want to live in</em></p><p><em> • How joy and imagination are essential tools for healing</em></p><p><em> • The real difference between pushing through and showing up fully</em></p><br><p><em>This isn’t just a story of illness. It’s a story of rebirth.</em></p><p><em> It’s about shifting your inner script, one distinction at a time — and showing up, over and over, with more love than before.</em></p><br><p><em>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.&nbsp;</em></p><br><p><em>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</em></p><br><p><em>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken — but remembering who you really are? Aaron Lazar is a celebrated Broadway actor, a father, a fighter, and a man in the middle of radical personal transformation. Diagnosed with ALS, Aaron now finds himself walking a path that demands more than physical strength — it calls for spiritual clarity, emotional courage, and a new kind of presence. In this episode, he sits down with longtime friend and host Topaz Adizes for one of the rawest, most soul-opening conversations ever captured on GUTS. Together, they unpack: • How chasing success can disconnect you from yourself • Why love from sympathy isn’t the same as love from love • What it means to rehearse the energy you want to live in • How joy and imagination are essential tools for healing • The real difference between pushing through and showing up fully This isn’t just a story of illness. It’s a story of rebirth. It’s about shifting your inner script, one distinction at a time — and showing up, over and over, with more love than before. These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.  Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken — but remembering who you really are?


Aaron Lazar is a celebrated Broadway actor, a father, a fighter, and a man in the middle of radical personal transformation. Diagnosed with ALS, Aaron now finds himself walking a path that demands more than physical strength — it calls for spiritual clarity, emotional courage, and a new kind of presence.

In this episode, he sits down with longtime friend and host Topaz Adizes for one of the rawest, most soul-opening conversations ever captured on GUTS.


Together, they unpack:

• How chasing success can disconnect you from yourself

• Why love from sympathy isn’t the same as love from love

• What it means to rehearse the energy you want to live in

• How joy and imagination are essential tools for healing

• The real difference between pushing through and showing up fully


This isn’t just a story of illness. It’s a story of rebirth.

It’s about shifting your inner script, one distinction at a time — and showing up, over and over, with more love than before.


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. 


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.


Welcome to Getting Under The Skin.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4140 no #001 Is the Clarity You Seek Already Within You? with Ants Cabraal https://shows.acast.com/getting-under-the-skin/episodes/001-what-if-the-clarity-youre-seeking-is-already-within-you What if the clarity you're seeking is already within you, waiting for the noise to quiet down? In this premiere episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with creative collaborator and longtime friend, Ants Cabraal, for a conversation about the stories we tell ourselves, the ones we outgrow, and what happens when our actions don’t align with our supposed ambitions.  Together, they explore: • Why chasing the wrong dream can still teach the right lesson • How clarity doesn’t come from control, but from attention • What it means to “steward your energy”, and how to know when you’re wasting it • The power of small, serendipitous moments to show you you’re on the right path • How building community is both a calling and a compass These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.  Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:01:30 -0000 #001 Is the Clarity You Seek Already Within You? with Ants Cabraal full 1 1 The Skin Deep <p><strong><em>What if the clarity you're seeking is already within you, waiting for the noise to quiet down?</em></strong></p><br><p><em>In this premiere episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with creative collaborator and longtime friend, Ants Cabraal, for a conversation about the stories we tell ourselves, the ones we outgrow, and what happens when our actions don’t align with our supposed ambitions.&nbsp;</em></p><br><p><em>Together, they explore:</em></p><p><em> • Why chasing the wrong dream can still teach the right lesson</em></p><p><em> • How clarity doesn’t come from control, but from attention</em></p><p><em> • What it means to “steward your energy”, and how to know when you’re wasting it</em></p><p><em> • The power of small, serendipitous moments to show you you’re on the right path</em></p><p><em> • How building community is both a calling and a compass</em></p><br><p><em>These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.&nbsp;</em></p><br><p><em>Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.</em></p><p><em>Welcome to Getting Under The Skin&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> What if the clarity you're seeking is already within you, waiting for the noise to quiet down? In this premiere episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with creative collaborator and longtime friend, Ants Cabraal, for a conversation about the stories we tell ourselves, the ones we outgrow, and what happens when our actions don’t align with our supposed ambitions.  Together, they explore: • Why chasing the wrong dream can still teach the right lesson • How clarity doesn’t come from control, but from attention • What it means to “steward your energy”, and how to know when you’re wasting it • The power of small, serendipitous moments to show you you’re on the right path • How building community is both a calling and a compass These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks.  Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way. Welcome to Getting Under The Skin  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What if the clarity you're seeking is already within you, waiting for the noise to quiet down?


In this premiere episode of GUTS, Topaz Adizes sits down with creative collaborator and longtime friend, Ants Cabraal, for a conversation about the stories we tell ourselves, the ones we outgrow, and what happens when our actions don’t align with our supposed ambitions. 


Together, they explore:

• Why chasing the wrong dream can still teach the right lesson

• How clarity doesn’t come from control, but from attention

• What it means to “steward your energy”, and how to know when you’re wasting it

• The power of small, serendipitous moments to show you you’re on the right path

• How building community is both a calling and a compass


These conversations are not performative interviews, book release tours or productivity hacks. 


Genuine curiosity is the compass for these honest, human-to-human exchanges of stories. We explore how people are formed by the lives they’ve lived and celebrate the wisdom gained along the way.

Welcome to Getting Under The Skin 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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