Becoming With Precious: The Journey of Personal Growth And Reinvention

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​A podcast for young professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives navigating career transitions, failure, and reinvention. ​Hosted by The Becoming_precious, Becoming with Precious explores the resilience, faith, and quiet courage it takes to rebuild your life after a setback. We move past the highlight reels to have honest conversations about overcoming adversity, the pressure to succeed, and the cost of growth ​Whether you are pivoting in your career or seeking purpose, this show offers practical wisdom and real stories from founders and leaders who found value in the middle of the journey

  1. 15h ago

    The Advice Trap: Why Good Intentions Ruin Connection and How to Pivot- Evan Sanchez

    How do you navigate the brutal pivot from a glamorous music career to surviving multiple corporate layoffs, only to discover that the key to your ultimate comeback lies in teaching parents how to stop fixing their kids?Evan Sanchez spent the 1990s chasing his dream in the music industry, finally landing a coveted spot at Atlantic Records. But the thrill faded, leaving him misaligned and deeply burnt out. Searching for purpose, he pivoted into the high-stakes world of New York advertising, only to face a grueling cycle of grinding work and sudden layoffs. Instead of letting the corporate machine break him, Evan used the raw space of unemployment to confront his own limiting beliefs, eventually realizing that true alignment comes from making progress on your own terms, not the terms dictated by society. This hard-won clarity birthed New Grad Launchpad, where Evan now coaches parents navigating the absolute chaos of raising emerging adults. He pulls back the curtain on why our deepest instinct to give advice actually destroys connection, causing young adults to feel intense shame and judgment. By borrowing gritty, real-world tactics from FBI hostage negotiators, Evan teaches parents the audacious art of tactical empathy. He proves that the ultimate leadership move is biting your tongue, holding space, and letting your kids claim ownership of their own messy, beautiful lives. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: The brutal truth about advice: As kids enter their twenties, even the most loving parental advice lands as criticism, judgment, and shame, causing them to completely shut down. Steal from hostage negotiators: Tactical empathy requires you to repeat what someone says using phrases like it sounds like or it feels like, instantly disarming tension and creating psychological safety. Space is the ultimate catalyst: Getting laid off provides the rare, uncomfortable silence necessary to identify limiting beliefs, process old triggers, and find absolute alignment. Curiosity cures the ego: Instead of forcing an agenda, ask open-ended curiosity questions that empower others to invent their own solutions, because people always execute their own ideas with more grit. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Evan Sanchez on https://newgradlaunchpadcoaching.com/ Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a ⁠Message⁠

  2. 1d ago

    Why Your Teenager Feels Invisible and How to Rebuild Real Connection- Kerre Burley

    How do you survive the chaotic trenches of raising five rowdy boys as a single mother when constant yelling destroys your vocal cords and forces you into six months of absolute silence? Kerre Burley spent her early years of motherhood surviving the relentless chaos of raising five boisterous boys on her own. Like many exhausted parents, she relied on yelling to maintain control, until the intense physical strain caused severe nodules on her vocal cords. Forced into throat surgery and six months of absolute silence, Kerre faced a brutal wake-up call. Stripped of her primary defense mechanism, she had to completely reinvent how she connected with her children, discovering the harsh reality that a raised voice only forces a child to shut down and build walls. That painful pivot transformed her entire career and led her to champion the Sleep Talk process, a radical method that leverages neuroplasticity to instill a deep foundation of unconditional love while a child sleeps. Today, with over fifty years of experience, Kerre is on a global mission to help parents ditch heavy, guilt-ridden textbooks and embrace true parental development. She proves that genuine family leadership does not require a booming voice, but rather the grit to put down our devices, look our kids in the eye, and do the quiet, audacious work of connection. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: Silence is the ultimate teacher: Losing the physical ability to yell forces you to confront your own frustration and find deeper, more intentional ways to connect with a defensive child. Your kids are not ignoring you, they feel invisible: Behind the surly attitude of a teenager is a desperate cry for authentic connection in a world heavily dominated by parental screen addiction. The subconscious absorbs what the conscious rejects: The Sleep Talk method bypasses daytime defenses, using neuroplasticity to rewire a child's brain for unconditional love while they sleep. Parental development is a required skill: Just as professionals train for corporate leadership, parents must aggressively invest in their own emotional intelligence before they can demand it from their kids. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Kerre Burley on https://sleeptalktrainingacademy.com/ Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a ⁠Message⁠

  3. 3d ago

    Wasting No Scars: Stephen Swagstaff on Turning Immense Grief into Swagability-Stephen Wagstaff

    How do you find the audacity to build a global nonprofit and save your 26-year marriage after a split-second diving accident at age 19 leaves you completely paralyzed from the shoulders down?At just 19 years old, Stephen Wagstaff made a split-second decision to dive into a river, hitting a shallow sandbar and instantly becoming a C5 quadriplegic. Doctors told him what he saw was what he would be for the rest of his life. Thrust into a devastating reality, Stephen battled immense grief, watching his friends move on to college while he remained trapped in a hospital bed. Yet, in the midst of profound loss, he experienced an unexplainable peace and eventually discovered a love he thought was impossible with his future wife, Julie. Together, they faced catastrophic challenges, including child loss and the brutal reality of severe caregiver burnout that nearly destroyed their decades-long marriage. Instead of letting bitterness win, Stephen and Julie made a relentless commitment to never waste their scars. They embraced the audacity to ask for help, bringing in professional caregivers to save their marriage and allow Julie to simply be a wife again. This pivot birthed Swagability, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities and their caregivers. In this raw conversation, Stephen unpacks the gritty truth about navigating life-altering trauma, the courage required to embrace a new normal, and why you should never declare that a season of sorrow will last forever. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: Stop saying never: A devastating diagnosis or massive loss can trick you into believing you will never experience love, joy, or success again, but seasons of sorrow do not last forever. Let the right help in: Resisting community or professional help out of stubbornness or fear only accelerates caregiver burnout and destroys relationships. Caregivers must prioritize themselves: You cannot pour from an empty cup; a caregiver is at their absolute best when they take the time to step away and recharge their own life. Do not waste your scars: Transforming your deepest pain into a tool to help others navigate their darkest moments is the ultimate path to finding purpose after a life-altering tragedy. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Stephen Wagstaff https\\:swagability.com Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a ⁠Message⁠

  4. 3d ago

    Dropping the Gold Watch Illusion: Why Long-Term Success Sometimes Feels Like a Trap- Teri Pruitt

    How do you survive moving into a windowless, fifth-floor walk-up in New York City with zero connections, only to find yourself working on the biggest Broadway shows in the world just six weeks later?Growing up in Kansas as the youngest of five exceptional siblings, Teri Pruitt struggled to find her own place until she was bitten by the theater bug. After hitting a financial ceiling in regional theater, she made the audacious pivot to leave the comfort of the Midwest behind. Moving into a windowless New York City apartment with no concrete plan, she hustled her way onto the wardrobe staff of massive Broadway productions like Beauty and the Beast and Les Misérables. Within weeks, she was working full-time on multiple shows, proving that raw grit can outpace formal connections. However, surviving Broadway is not just about the glamorous opening nights. Teri strips away the polished illusion of live theater to reveal the gritty, unvarnished chaos backstage. Having spent twenty years on Wicked, she candidly discusses the disillusionment of long-term success, the danger of falling into a gilded cage, and the crushing realization that the promised corporate gold watch is a complete myth. Teri delivers a masterclass in radical adaptability, proving that true resilience requires the audacity to quickly tape up a broken boot, rewrite the script on the fly, and continually find new ways to let your artistry bloom when you feel stuck. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: The gold watch is a myth. Staying in the same job for decades might provide stability, but for a creative mind, it can quickly turn into a gilded cage. You must find external ways to let your artistry bloom. Imposter syndrome survives success. Even when you are working at the absolute pinnacle of your industry, feelings of inadequacy will follow you. The only way forward is to keep walking toward the fear. Radical adaptability beats perfection. When a zipper breaks or scenery gets stuck during a live show, there is no time to panic. You must execute a gritty, messy fix immediately and create a better backup plan later. Trust your team and stay in your lane. Surviving a crisis requires knowing exactly when to step up and problem-solve, but it equally requires the humility to stay out of the way when the problem belongs to someone else. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Teri Pruitt on https://teripruitt.world/ Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a guest pitch to Precious on PodMatch

  5. 4d ago

    The FRESH Framework:How High-Achieving Women Can Lead Without Losing Themselves- Dr. Cynthia Coy

    How do you find the grit to escape the exhausting trap of people-pleasing and start leading from a place of absolute overflow, especially when you are a high-achieving woman juggling a demanding career and a family?Dr. Cynthia Coy spent twenty years developing her leadership grit in the US Air Force before transitioning to corporate leadership and ultimately founding Uncaged Solutions. Along the way, she recognized a pervasive and toxic pattern: high-achieving women were constantly burning themselves out, trapped in invisible cages of people-pleasing, overwhelm, and the pressure to maintain a flawless facade. Instead of letting this exhaustion become the standard for female leadership, Cynthia made the audacious pivot to become an executive coach, dedicating her life to helping women break free from these destructive cycles. In this raw conversation, Dr. Cynthia exposes the unpolished reality of leaving a structured military career to navigate the wild, unstructured world of entrepreneurship. She breaks down her transformative FRESH framework, proving that true leadership requires treating your finances, relationships, and emotions as sacred responsibilities on loan rather than possessions to hoard. Cynthia challenges listeners to drop the exhausting mask of compliance, set ruthless boundaries, and step fully into a life of overflow and absolute authenticity. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: People-pleasing is an invisible cage. We are conditioned from childhood to prioritize everyone else's happiness over our own. Breaking this habit is the required first step to discovering your true, authentic voice. Stewardship redefines overwhelm. Your money, your relationships, and your emotions do not belong to you; they are sacred assets entrusted to your care. Shifting to a stewardship mindset relieves the pressure of absolute ownership and demands better management. Entrepreneurship demands deep self-awareness. Leaving a structured environment like the military or corporate world means losing your safety net. You must aggressively filter out the noise of others' opinions and trust your own internal compass. Emotional regulation dictates success. Financial stress and relational conflicts are inherently emotional. Taking the time to pause, breathe, and interrogate your emotional triggers before reacting is a critical leadership skill. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Dr. Cynthia Coy on https://www.uncagedsolutions.com/ Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a guest pitch to Precious on PodMatch

  6. 5d ago

    Loving Your Enemies in a Fractured World: Wade Cunningham's Radical Framework

    How do you find the grit to advocate for reconciliation and mutual respect in a world actively being torn apart by a tragic resurgence of religious violence and anti-Semitism?Steven "Wade" Cunningham spent his youth chasing pleasure, trapped in a self-centered and hedonistic lifestyle. At seventeen, a profound personal encounter completely altered his trajectory, giving him the audacity to drop his narcissistic worldview and pursue a higher purpose. After a long career in home health and hospice care, Wade made the gritty pivot to tackle one of history’s most entrenched conflicts. Confronting the dark, brutal history of estrangement between Christians and Jews, he authored "The Affirmation of Reconciliation Between Jews and Christians," a powerful framework demanding mutual respect and raw honesty. In this unfiltered conversation, Wade strips away the comfortable platitudes of modern religion to tackle the uncomfortable truths of global violence. He discusses the sheer terror of taking on century-old religious trauma and the radical, gritty command to love your enemies in an increasingly hostile world. Addressing real-time atrocities, including the brutal religious violence in Nigeria and rising anti-Semitism in America, Wade proves that true reconciliation is never about smoothing over history—it requires the audacity to demand absolute justice and confront our darkest divisions head-on. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: Reconciliation is a radical act. Healing centuries of religious division requires the audacity to confront brutal historical truths rather than hiding behind comfortable, watered-down messages. Mutual respect is the only foundation. Whether in a marriage, a business, or global politics, when mutual respect collapses, everything else falls apart. It must be aggressively maintained. True justice demands absolute accountability. Acquitting the guilty or convicting the innocent are both atrocities that destroy society. You cannot achieve peace without holding violent systems accountable. Loving your enemies requires massive grit. The command to do good to those who harm you is not a passive, weak stance; it is the ultimate, grueling test of resilience in a fractured world. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Steven "Wade" Cunningham on https://www.theaffirmationofreconciliation.com/ Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a guest pitch to Precious on PodMatch

  7. 6d ago

    Plan Your Exit Now: Why Founders Fail to Protect Their Legacy-Scherrie L. Prince

    How do you find the grit to go to law school as a single mother of two babies after losing absolutely everything in the 2008 market crash?Scherrie L. Prince knew the heavy cost of being unprepared long before she became a powerhouse attorney. After losing her mother at sixteen and watching her family struggle over absent estate plans, she learned her first brutal lesson in legacy. Years later, a handshake partnership cost her a successful business, but the ultimate test of her grit arrived in 2008. As a real estate and mortgage broker, Scherrie lost everything in the market crash. Left with a three-year-old and a six-month-old baby, she made the audacious pivot to start entirely over from scratch and enroll in law school. Today, Scherrie operates at the critical intersection of business strategy and estate design, helping founders avoid the exact handshake deals and short-term survival traps that ruin legacies. In this conversation, she breaks down the unpolished reality of navigating massive financial loss and the intense pressure of single motherhood. She exposes why solving short-term cash problems with long-term partnerships is a fatal founder mistake, how to reverse engineer a massive business exit, and why aggressively scheduling your joy first is the ultimate boundary for sustainable success. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: Stop solving short-term problems with long-term commitments. Giving up equity for quick cash or handing out partnerships instead of securing a standard loan will inevitably destroy your business structure down the road. Reverse engineer your exit strategy. Do not just build a business for today. You must make operational decisions based on what makes your company irresistible to future buyers, even if you plan to keep it in the family. Protect your energy by planning your fun first. True resilience requires putting your family activities and personal vacations on the calendar before anything else, forcing your work to adapt to your actual life. One plan is never enough. Assuming your children will take over the family business is a massive risk. You must actively clean up your books and build a secondary plan for an outside sale just in case. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Scherrie L. Prince on https://www.scherrieprince.com/ Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a guest pitch to Precious on PodMatch

  8. Aug 13

    Notes from a Certified Madwoman: Reclaiming Your Life After Severe Trauma- Lisa Lacy

    What happens when you realize the highly successful, polished corporate identity you have built is actually a trauma response masking a severe, private battle with addiction and psychosis?For over three decades, Lisa Lacy hid behind the shiny veneer of corporate success. As a top tier consultant and educator, her outward achievements masked a brutal reality of severe untreated mental illness, addiction, and recurring psychosis. Using workaholism as a survival mechanism to cope with congenital health issues and deep rooted trauma, she became a master of high functioning survival. But turning fifty triggered a massive wake up call. Crying alone in a mountain cabin, Lisa made the gritty decision to drop her exhausting identity, stop performing wellness, and finally expose her absolute truth. In this raw conversation, Lisa strips away the dangerous illusion that professional success equals emotional stability. She breaks down the unpolished reality of moving through multiple addiction recovery programs without carrying the weight of shame when one fails. By writing her memoir and leaning into radical self acceptance, she proves that you do not have to be a flawless survivor to make an impact. Lisa challenges us to look beyond the symptoms of our brokenness, give ourselves unapologetic grace, and find the audacity to finally like who we are becoming. In this episode of Becoming With Precious, you will discover: High functioning survival is a dangerous mask. Corporate success and workaholism often hide deep self hatred and untreated trauma, keeping the people closest to you entirely in the dark about your suffering. Trauma cannot be compared. Two people can experience the exact same event and internalize it completely differently. We must stop asking what is wrong with people and start asking who they had to become to survive. Do not internalize failed recovery. If a specific addiction or trauma modality does not work for you, it does not mean you are broken. You must have the grit to walk away from shame based systems and try a different approach. Healing requires brutal self honesty. Before you can drop the mask for the world, you must have the audacity to sit in silence, audit the toxic parts of your life, and admit to yourself that you are struggling. If this episode resonates with you; like, subscribe and share with someone. You can also leave a review and comment on the show. Connect with Lisa Lacy on https://www.lisalacy.com/ Want to be a guest on Becoming With Precious? Send a guest pitch to Precious on PodMatch

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​A podcast for young professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives navigating career transitions, failure, and reinvention. ​Hosted by The Becoming_precious, Becoming with Precious explores the resilience, faith, and quiet courage it takes to rebuild your life after a setback. We move past the highlight reels to have honest conversations about overcoming adversity, the pressure to succeed, and the cost of growth ​Whether you are pivoting in your career or seeking purpose, this show offers practical wisdom and real stories from founders and leaders who found value in the middle of the journey

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