Talk With TAS Show

Dr. Teresa A. Smith, aka Dr. TAS

Welcome to Talk With TAS, where stories, expertise, and opportunities meet. Hosted by Dr. Teresa A. Smith, known as Dr. TAS, this syndicated podcast features conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, advocates, entertainers, and community leaders whose experiences, insights, and lessons help others learn, grow, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence. Each episode explores the ideas, challenges, decisions, and defining moments that shape personal and professional journeys. Guests share their expertise, discuss the obstacles they have overcome, and offer practical insights listeners can apply to their own lives, careers, businesses, and communities. Whether the conversation centers on leadership, communication, resilience, personal growth, faith, education, business, storytelling, or service, every episode is designed to inform, encourage reflection, and expand possibilities.Join us for conversations that connect stories, expertise, and opportunity. Connect with Dr. TAS at askdrtas.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support.

  1. 4h ago

    Is Your Past Still Shaping Your Present? How Faith Can Help You Heal | Kayla Roth

    If painful experiences continue to shape how you see yourself, what happened to you does not have to become your identity. Kayla Roth joins Dr. TAS to discuss loss, suicidal crisis, family addiction, faith, and practical ways to renew your mind while reconnecting with purpose. Watch for the step that meets you where you are, share this conversation with someone who needs support, or add your perspective in the comments. If you are experiencing emotional distress or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 in the United States. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support. Thanks for listening to Talk With TAS with Dr. Teresa A. Smith, also known as Dr. TAS. Through conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community leaders, Talk With TAS connects stories, expertise, and opportunities that inspire learning, growth, and new possibilities. Prefer to watch instead of listen? Catch full video episodes and exclusive conversations at: https://www.talkwithtas.com/ Follow Dr. TAS for daily encouragement, personal growth insights, emotional wellness conversations, and transformation content: Dr. TAS YouTube Channel  Dr. Teresa Smith Instagram  Teresa Smith Facebook Dr. Teresa A. Smith aka, Dr. TAS Blog Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to support the show and help more people discover stories, expertise, and opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and new perspectives. Share this episode with someone who could benefit from today's conversation and the lessons, exper

    Is Your Past Still Shaping Your Present? How Faith Can Help You Heal | Kayla Roth
  2. Sep 11

    Trying to Grow Your Business? Stop Trying to Do Everything Alone | Dr. Kevin A. Vaughan

    You cannot build a sustainable business by trying to handle every need alone. Learn how to define your business model, choose collaborators, earn trust, and build relationships that support growth. Dr. Kevin A. Vaughan also shares how faith, education, and mentorship shaped his journey. Watch, share, or apply one strategy to your next business decision. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support. Thanks for listening to Talk With TAS with Dr. Teresa A. Smith, also known as Dr. TAS. Through conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community leaders, Talk With TAS connects stories, expertise, and opportunities that inspire learning, growth, and new possibilities. Prefer to watch instead of listen? Catch full video episodes and exclusive conversations at: https://www.talkwithtas.com/ Follow Dr. TAS for daily encouragement, personal growth insights, emotional wellness conversations, and transformation content: Dr. TAS YouTube Channel  Dr. Teresa Smith Instagram  Teresa Smith Facebook Dr. Teresa A. Smith aka, Dr. TAS Blog Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to support the show and help more people discover stories, expertise, and opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and new perspectives. Share this episode with someone who could benefit from today's conversation and the lessons, exper

    Trying to Grow Your Business? Stop Trying to Do Everything Alone | Dr. Kevin A. Vaughan
  3. Sep 7

    How to Turn Pain Into Purpose | Ruthie Bolton on Faith, Resilience, and Service

    If you are rebuilding after hardship, searching for purpose, or supporting someone experiencing domestic violence, Ruthie Bolton offers perspective grounded in lived experience. The winner of two Olympic gold medals, WNBA pioneer, Hall of Famer, military veteran, and humanitarian joins Dr. TAS to discuss faith, resilience, service, women’s basketball, and using your gifts to lift others. Listen to the conversation, share it with someone who needs it, or tell us which lesson you are carrying forward. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support. Thanks for listening to Talk With TAS with Dr. Teresa A. Smith, also known as Dr. TAS. Through conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community leaders, Talk With TAS connects stories, expertise, and opportunities that inspire learning, growth, and new possibilities. Prefer to watch instead of listen? Catch full video episodes and exclusive conversations at: https://www.talkwithtas.com/ Follow Dr. TAS for daily encouragement, personal growth insights, emotional wellness conversations, and transformation content: Dr. TAS YouTube Channel  Dr. Teresa Smith Instagram  Teresa Smith Facebook Dr. Teresa A. Smith aka, Dr. TAS Blog Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to support the show and help more people discover stories, expertise, and opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and new perspectives. Share this episode with someone who could benefit from today's conversation and the lessons, exper

    How to Turn Pain Into Purpose | Ruthie Bolton on Faith, Resilience, and Service
  4. Aug 28

    Living the Story You Chose, Rewriting the Story 4 of 4

    Change does not always continue feeling new. Over time, healthier boundaries, intentional choices, and respect for personal capacity can become part of an ordinary day rather than a project someone is constantly trying to complete. In the final episode of Rewriting the Story, Dr. Teresa A. Smith shares the story of Renee, a woman whose small decisions gradually become the life she is living. Renee stops apologizing for expressing preferences, protects time for herself, pauses before saying yes, and learns to decline responsibilities she cannot handle well.  This episode brings recognition, decision, and action together while exploring quiet clarity, honest choice, and lived change. Dr. TAS explains why consistency often shapes a life more than intensity and how growth may become so natural that other people recognize it before we do.  Rewriting the Story is a four-episode solo series and the fourth lane of the STRONGER Transformation Framework. Presented through Talk With TAS, the series explores how people recognize what no longer fits, choose a new direction, take action, and continue living the story they selected.  Listen, consider what someone from your past might notice about the person you are today, and share this episode with someone whose progress may be more visible than they realize. Until next time, take care of you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support. Thanks for listening to Talk With TAS with Dr. Teresa A. Smith, also known as Dr. TAS. Through conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community leaders, Talk With TAS connects stories, expertise, and opportunities that inspire learning, growth, and new possibilities. Prefer to watch instead of listen? Catch full video episodes and exclusive conversations at: https://www.talkwithtas.com/ Follow Dr. TAS for daily encouragement, personal growth insights, emotional wellness conversations, and transformation content: Dr. TAS YouTube Channel  Dr. Teresa Smith Instagram  Teresa Smith Facebook Dr. Teresa A. Smith aka, Dr. TAS Blog Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to support the show and help more people discover stories, expertise, and opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and new perspectives. Share this episode with someone who could benefit from today's conversation and the lessons, exper

    Living the Story You Chose, Rewriting the Story 4 of 4
  5. Aug 21

    When the Rewrite Changes More Than You Expected, Rewriting the Story 3 of 4

    Choosing differently can affect more than one decision. It may change relationships, routines, expectations, and the roles people have grown accustomed to seeing you fulfill. In Episode 3 of Rewriting the Story, Dr. Teresa A. Smith shares the story of Evelyn, a woman who regularly places everyone else’s preferences before her own. A simple birthday question helps Evelyn recognize how rarely she considers what she wants, and small choices begin reconnecting her with the voice she had stopped hearing. This episode explores the discomfort that can follow personal change, especially when others are still responding to an earlier version of you. Dr. TAS discusses expressing preferences without apology, giving yourself space inside conversations, and allowing other people time to adjust without returning to old patterns. Rewriting the Story is a four-episode solo series and one lane of the STRONGER Transformation Framework. Presented through Talk With TAS, the series moves through recognition, decision, and action while exploring quiet awareness, personal choice, and lived change. Listen, notice one moment when someone asks for your opinion, time, or energy, and pause before answering. Share this episode with someone learning to let their own voice have a place at the table. Until next time, take care of you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support. Thanks for listening to Talk With TAS with Dr. Teresa A. Smith, also known as Dr. TAS. Through conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community leaders, Talk With TAS connects stories, expertise, and opportunities that inspire learning, growth, and new possibilities. Prefer to watch instead of listen? Catch full video episodes and exclusive conversations at: https://www.talkwithtas.com/ Follow Dr. TAS for daily encouragement, personal growth insights, emotional wellness conversations, and transformation content: Dr. TAS YouTube Channel  Dr. Teresa Smith Instagram  Teresa Smith Facebook Dr. Teresa A. Smith aka, Dr. TAS Blog Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to support the show and help more people discover stories, expertise, and opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and new perspectives. Share this episode with someone who could benefit from today's conversation and the lessons, exper

    When the Rewrite Changes More Than You Expected, Rewriting the Story 3 of 4
  6. Aug 14

    The Quiet Decision, Rewriting the Story 2 of 4

    Many decisions are made before people check their capacity, preferences, schedules, or emotional energy. The response comes automatically because saying yes has become part of a familiar role. In Episode 2 of Rewriting the Story, Dr. Teresa A. Smith shares the story of Marcus, a dependable man who realizes he has been responding to requests on autopilot. His shift does not begin with a dramatic refusal. It begins when he pauses long enough to consider whether he has the capacity to follow through. This episode explores the space between recognition and action, the difference between reacting and choosing, and how a pause can help someone respond from where they are instead of where others expect them to be. Dr. TAS also explains how recognition, decision, and action often work together rather than appearing in a fixed order. Rewriting the Story is a four-episode solo series and one lane of the STRONGER Transformation Framework. Presented through Talk With TAS, the series moves through recognition, decision, and action while exploring quiet awareness, personal choice, and lived change. Listen, identify one area where you respond automatically, and give yourself permission to pause before making your next commitment. Share this episode with someone learning to protect their capacity without abandoning the people they care about. Until next time, take care of you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support. Thanks for listening to Talk With TAS with Dr. Teresa A. Smith, also known as Dr. TAS. Through conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community leaders, Talk With TAS connects stories, expertise, and opportunities that inspire learning, growth, and new possibilities. Prefer to watch instead of listen? Catch full video episodes and exclusive conversations at: https://www.talkwithtas.com/ Follow Dr. TAS for daily encouragement, personal growth insights, emotional wellness conversations, and transformation content: Dr. TAS YouTube Channel  Dr. Teresa Smith Instagram  Teresa Smith Facebook Dr. Teresa A. Smith aka, Dr. TAS Blog Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to support the show and help more people discover stories, expertise, and opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and new perspectives. Share this episode with someone who could benefit from today's conversation and the lessons, exper

    The Quiet Decision, Rewriting the Story 2 of 4
  7. Aug 7

    When the Story No Longer Fits, Rewriting the Story 1 of 4

    A life can continue functioning while something inside begins asking for attention. The responsibilities remain, people still depend on you, and nothing appears broken, yet the version of life you worked hard to build may no longer fit who you are becoming. In Episode 1 of Rewriting the Story, Dr. Teresa A. Smith explores recognition, personal capacity, and the quiet moments that signal change. Through the story of a dependable woman who realizes she has been surviving the life she built, Dr. TAS examines what happens when growth stretches someone beyond roles, routines, and expectations that once served them.  This episode does not pressure listeners to make an immediate decision. It invites them to notice where they may be answering today’s questions with yesterday’s story and to consider what changes when they pause before automatically saying yes.  Rewriting the Story is a four-episode solo series and one lane of the STRONGER Transformation Framework. Presented through Talk With TAS, the series moves through recognition, decision, and action while exploring quiet awareness, personal choice, and lived change.  Listen, notice where your current life may no longer fit, and share this episode with someone learning to honor what they have outgrown. Until next time, take care of you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support. Thanks for listening to Talk With TAS with Dr. Teresa A. Smith, also known as Dr. TAS. Through conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community leaders, Talk With TAS connects stories, expertise, and opportunities that inspire learning, growth, and new possibilities. Prefer to watch instead of listen? Catch full video episodes and exclusive conversations at: https://www.talkwithtas.com/ Follow Dr. TAS for daily encouragement, personal growth insights, emotional wellness conversations, and transformation content: Dr. TAS YouTube Channel  Dr. Teresa Smith Instagram  Teresa Smith Facebook Dr. Teresa A. Smith aka, Dr. TAS Blog Follow, subscribe, and leave a review to support the show and help more people discover stories, expertise, and opportunities that encourage learning, growth, and new perspectives. Share this episode with someone who could benefit from today's conversation and the lessons, exper

    When the Story No Longer Fits, Rewriting the Story 1 of 4

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Welcome to Talk With TAS, where stories, expertise, and opportunities meet. Hosted by Dr. Teresa A. Smith, known as Dr. TAS, this syndicated podcast features conversations with authors, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, advocates, entertainers, and community leaders whose experiences, insights, and lessons help others learn, grow, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence. Each episode explores the ideas, challenges, decisions, and defining moments that shape personal and professional journeys. Guests share their expertise, discuss the obstacles they have overcome, and offer practical insights listeners can apply to their own lives, careers, businesses, and communities. Whether the conversation centers on leadership, communication, resilience, personal growth, faith, education, business, storytelling, or service, every episode is designed to inform, encourage reflection, and expand possibilities.Join us for conversations that connect stories, expertise, and opportunity. Connect with Dr. TAS at askdrtas.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/talk-with-tas-show--6128538/support.