GIVE A HECK

Dwight Heck
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In the last 20 years, I have lived a life like many, by accident, going to work, go home get paid than the next day starting all over again, living on a proverbial hamster wheel. I can tell you though through coaching and mentorship, I learned that living a life on purpose is less stressful and ensures I am happy more days than not. My goal is to introduce you to guests, ideas, and thoughts that can help you learn that you to can “LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE, NOT BY ACCIDENT”.

  1. 300 Conversations Later, Dwight Heck on Regret, Money and Purpose

    9h ago

    300 Conversations Later, Dwight Heck on Regret, Money and Purpose

    For episode 300, Dwight Heck steps out of the guest chair for the first time to tell the whole story himself. He takes listeners back to Camrose, Alberta, where he grew up with no lessons about money, through raising five kids alone as a single dad, and into the 2002 decision that turned quiet desperation into a 24-year career in financial services. He reflects on five years of guests who shaped the show, from a Holocaust survivor to people who worked alongside Robin Williams, and shares the three hardest lessons 300 conversations have taught him about money: most people are living somebody else’s financial plan, money problems are usually emotional ones wearing a financial costume, and regret is the most expensive thing anyone will ever buy. What you will learn: Why most people are living somebody else’s financial plan What money monsters are and why naming them matters Why regret is the most expensive thing you will ever buy How a 2001 health scare led Dwight into financial services Connect with Dwight Heck: Website: https://www.giveaheck.com Podcast Page: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheck Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heck Work With Me / Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me

    26 min
  2. Find Your Purpose Before AI Finds Your Job, Derek Rydall on Human Potential

    Jun 23

    Find Your Purpose Before AI Finds Your Job, Derek Rydall on Human Potential

    What does AI actually threaten to take from you, and what does it have no power to touch? Derek Rydall returns for Part 2 with the answer hidden inside your core wound, your lived experience, and the life code that no algorithm can ever replicate. Derek Rydall has lost a son, a fortune, a marriage, and his sense of self more than once, and came back each time with more clarity, not less. In this episode, he makes the full case for why AI is not simply a technology story. It is a meaning and identity crisis unlike anything humanity has faced before. He breaks down why the very disruption you fear may be the initiation you were made for, explains the core wound as the gateway to your greatest purpose, and shares what writing A Whole New Human truly cost him on a soul level. Dwight opens with a deeply personal reflection on grief and the perennial plant that dies in the fall and returns stronger in spring. Together they explore service as the master pattern of awakening, the monastery story, and why the goal you are not yet capable of achieving is exactly the right goal. What you will learn in this episode:Why the real danger of AI is not job loss but the loss of human meaning and purposeWhat your life code is and why AI can never replicate itHow the core wound functions as a core initiation into your truest purposeWhy self-improvement is an oxymoron and what to do insteadWhat Derek's attempt to live as a monk revealed about who he was meant to beWhy the goal you are not yet capable of achieving is the right goalWhat writing A Whole New Human cracked open that Derek did not expect Connect with Derek Rydall:Website: https://derekrydall.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DerekRydall-YourLegendaryLifeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekrydallFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerekRydall/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drydall/Twitter / X: https://x.com/derekrydall Connect with Dwight Heck and the Give A Heck Podcast:Website: https://www.giveaheck.comPodcast Page: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheckFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heckInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heckLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheckTwitter / X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heckWork With Me / Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me

    1h 19m
  3. You Are Not Broken, You Are Unheard, with Dr. Fred Moss

    Jun 16

    You Are Not Broken, You Are Unheard, with Dr. Fred Moss

    YOU ARE NOT BROKEN, YOU ARE UNHEARD, WITH DR. FRED MOSS What if healing without a diagnosis is not just possible, but the most natural thing in the world? Dr. Fred Moss spent more than four decades inside the mental health system as a board-certified psychiatrist, treating over 30,000 patients. Then he asked a different question: not what is wrong with this person, but what actually heals a human being. His answer challenges almost everything the mental health system is built on. The real problem is not a chemical imbalance. It is not a diagnosis. It is disconnection. When someone is not being heard, not being seen for who they truly are, no medication in the world addresses that. But genuine human connection does. Every single time. In 2006, Dr. Moss began taking low-risk patients off their medications with their permission. Almost all of them healed profoundly, often losing the very diagnosis that had justified the medication in the first place. That experience changed everything. In this conversation, you will hear: - Why healing without medication is possible for far more people than the system admits - How psychiatric diagnosis is fundamentally different from every other medical field - What Dr. Moss discovered when he took patients off their medications - Why men block emotional expression rather than feel things more deeply - What healthy reinvention looks like when AI is reshaping entire industries - Why gratitude practiced out loud every morning changes everything Dr. Moss is the author of Creative Eight: Healing Through Creativity and Self-Expression, Find Your True Voice, and his forthcoming memoir Welcome to Humanity: A Psychiatrist's Case Against the Mental Health System, arriving July 2026. He is the creator of the Welcome to Humanity movement and is known to many simply as the indoctor. CONNECT WITH DR. FRED MOSS Website: https://welcometohumanity.net/ eSpeakers: https://www.espeakers.com/marketplace/profile/52547/preview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drfredmossmd Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/drfredmoss YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drfredmoss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drfredmoss/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drfredmoss/ September Retreat: https://welcometohumanity.net/ CONNECT WITH DWIGHT HECK Website: https://www.giveaheck.com Podcast: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheck Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heck Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me

    1h 15m
  4. How to Build Income That Actually Lasts, with Mark Kollar

    Jun 9

    How to Build Income That Actually Lasts, with Mark Kollar

    What is the difference between having money saved and actually having income you can depend on in retirement? For most people, nobody has ever answered that question clearly. Mark Kollar has spent 35 years answering it. He started his career on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade watching first-hand how markets can be manipulated and how quickly a lifetime of savings can disappear when someone does not know what they do not know. The experience that drove all of it started much earlier, in second grade, when he watched bad advice, failed estate planning, and a devastating health event strip his father of everything he had built. In this episode, Mark and Dwight cover: - Why accumulation and income distribution are completely different retirement disciplines - The red money versus green money framework and how to think about risk at different life stages - The four tax baskets and why how you draw down your savings is as important as how much you saved - Black swan events, excess fees, ego, and the emotional decisions that quietly derail well-funded retirements - What a fiduciary standard means versus a suitability standard, and why it matters who you choose - Why the wealthiest clients Mark works with all share one habit: multiple advisors Mark is the owner of Kollar Wealth Advisors, a registered investment advisory firm, a certified senior advisor, a certified estate planning professional, and the author of The Retirement Navigator. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNBC, the Washington Post, and Fox Business. Get his free Seven Retirement Mistakes Report: https://sevenmistakes.subscribepage.io/ Connect with Mark Kollar: Website: https://www.kollarinsuranceservices.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkKollarRetirementExpert LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markakollar/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kollarinsuranceservices Connect with Dwight Heck and the Give A Heck Podcast: Website: https://www.giveaheck.com Podcast: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheck Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heck Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me

    1h 14m
  5. Small Town Kid, Big Life | Jim Tracy on Building Men of Character

    Jun 2

    Small Town Kid, Big Life | Jim Tracy on Building Men of Character

    Jim Tracy grew up as the sixth of eight kids in rural South Dakota, where thirteen people waited at the dinner table until his father came home, and summers meant fishing and hunting at a cabin with no running water. He became a CEO, jet pilot, Wireless History Foundation Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of the Amazon number one bestselling book Building Men: Character Lessons from Influencers. Not because of advantages. Because of the people who poured into him and refused to let him quit. In this conversation with Dwight Heck, Jim traces the full arc of a life built on character. From a grandfather who took chickens as payment during the Depression, to starting a telecom company from a garage with his son. Burning through his entire 401k on the first bid, to learning to fly jets at 62. To top it all, he wrote a book where every chapter is named after a person rather than a principle. IN THIS EPISODE: ✅ How rural roots and a grandfather's unwavering character built the foundation of everything ✅ How Jim started Legacy Telecommunications in a garage and burned his 401k on the first bid ✅ What the Culture Revival Blueprint is and why every business needs one ✅ Why handwritten birthday cards were the most important thing Jim did as a CEO ✅ What it took to learn to fly jets at 62 ✅ How tenacity is a superpower that only comes from muscle memory ✅ What building men of character actually requires WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/858oP35jTyo CONNECT WITH JIM TRACY: Website: https://thegrampion.com/ Website: https://thejimtracy.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@jimtracygrampion LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jim-tracy-istowerjim/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGrampion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/towerjim/ Twitter / X: https://x.com/Towerjim Speaking: https://www.espeakers.com/marketplace/profile/48319/jim-tracy CONNECT WITH DWIGHT HECK: Website: https://www.giveaheck.com Podcast: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheck Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heck Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me RATE THE SHOW: https://ratethispodcast.com/giveaheck Give A Heck | Helping People Live Life on Purpose and Not by Accident

    1h 53m
  6. STOP FIXING YOURSELF | Derek Rydall and the Law of Emergence

    May 26

    STOP FIXING YOURSELF | Derek Rydall and the Law of Emergence

    Most people spend their entire lives trying to fix, change, and improve themselves into something better. Derek Rydall nearly died before he discovered the flaw in that approach. Everything you are looking for is already inside you. The only question is whether you are willing to let it emerge. In this first of two conversations, Dwight Heck and bestselling author Derek Rydall explore the Law of Emergence, the principle behind Derek's work and his case for why the Law of Attraction, as most people practice it is built on the wrong foundation entirely. Derek survived a near-death experience in a coral reef off Jamaica, lost his son, had his fortune stolen, and came through all of it more alive than before. Part 2 is coming soon and goes deep into Derek's new book A Whole New Human: 10 Ways We Must Evolve to Survive and Thrive in the AI Age, published February 2025. IN THIS EPISODE: ✅ What the Law of Emergence is and how it differs from the Law of Attraction ✅ Why trying to fix and improve yourself may be keeping you stuck ✅ How a near-death experience became the turning point of Derek's life ✅ What the acorn teaches us about human potential and purpose ✅ Why painful conditions may be activating what was always inside you ✅ How losing his son put a fire in Derek that changed everything he teaches ✅ A preview of A Whole New Human and the identity crisis of the AI age WATCH ON YOUTUBE: YOUTUBE WATCH CONNECT WITH DEREK RYDALL: Website: https://derekrydall.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DerekRydall-YourLegendaryLife LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekrydall Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerekRydall/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drydall/ Twitter / X: https://x.com/derekrydall CONNECT WITH DWIGHT HECK: Website: https://www.giveaheck.com Podcast: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheck Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heck Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me RATE THE SHOW: https://ratethispodcast.com/giveaheck Give A Heck | Helping People Live Life on Purpose and Not by Accident

    1h 2m
  7. WHY AI IS BREAKING YOUR ORGANIZATION | Sira Laurel

    May 19

    WHY AI IS BREAKING YOUR ORGANIZATION | Sira Laurel

    AI is not a technology problem. It is a human problem. And organizations rushing past that truth are already paying the price in burnout, disengagement, and talent they will never get back. In Part 2, Dwight Heck and leadership strategist Sira Laurel go deep on what AI adoption is really doing to the people inside your organization. Stalled adoption, cultural fracture, and mass disengagement are not technology failures. They are human transformation failures that no training program can fix. If you have not listened to Part 1 yet, start there first. This episode builds directly on that foundation.Part 1: https://giveaheck.com/podcast-detail/why-leadership-burns-out-high-performers-sira-laurel/ IN THIS EPISODE:✅ Why AI adoption is failing inside most organizations right now✅ How identity threat is the real barrier to change, not training✅ What psychological safety actually requires a leader to do✅ Why organizations are living systems, not machines✅ What self-trust has to do with becoming the leader you are designed to be✅ Why staying human is the most strategic competitive advantage available WATCH ON YOUTUBE:https://youtu.be/dMvbbTDO9hs CONNECT WITH SIRA LAUREL:Website: https://www.leadnorthofnormal.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiraLaurel-NorthofNormalLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siralaurelInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/northofnormalbysiralaurelSubstack: https://substack.com/@thehighlysensitiveleader CONNECT WITH DWIGHT HECK:Website: https://www.giveaheck.comPodcast: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@giveaheckFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heckInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heckLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheckTwitter / X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heckBe a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me RATE THE SHOW:https://ratethispodcast.com/giveaheck Give A Heck | Helping People Live Life on Purpose and Not by Accident

    1h 26m
  8. Caught Between Adult Kids, Aging Parents, and Your Retirement | Dwight Heck

    May 12

    Caught Between Adult Kids, Aging Parents, and Your Retirement | Dwight Heck

    Are you caught between supporting your adult kids and your aging parents while trying to fund your own retirement? You are not alone, and the math is real. In this solo episode of the Give A Heck Podcast, Dwight Heck unpacks the Canadian sandwich generation, one of the most pressing financial and emotional pressures facing Canadians in 2026. Drawing on more than 24 years in financial services and his own lived experience as a single father of five, Dwight breaks down the real numbers behind the pressure and the practical steps to start carrying the weight on purpose instead of by accident. What you will learn in this episode: ✅ Why more than one in three Canadian young adults under 34 are living with at least one parent ✅ The three invisible withdrawals quietly draining the sandwich generation's retirement ✅ The 2026 cost of long-term care in Alberta and British Columbia ✅ Why the RRSP is not always the right tool, and when the TFSA should take the lead ✅ Three questions every Canadian needs to ask to start living on purpose ✅ The exact conversation to have this week with your adult kids and your ageing parents ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Welcome and Introduction 0:57 Why This Solo Episode Matters 4:30 The Pressure Is Real, 2025 RBC and iPaaS Data 7:00 A Global Pattern, A Canadian Reality 9:30 The Other Side of the Sandwich, Ageing Parents 11:30 The Three Invisible Withdrawals 16:00 Three Questions to Live on Purpose 18:30 The Canadian Financial Toolkit 24:30 Why Segregated Funds Earn Their Keep 27:00 The Conversation to Have This Week 30:00 How Dwight Can Help and Final Thoughts 🔗 Full show notes with links and resources: https://giveaheck.com/podcast-detail/caught-between-adult-kids-aging-parents-retirement/ 🤝 Connect with Dwight Heck: 🌐 Website: https://www.giveaheck.com 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.giveaheck.com/podcast 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-heck-65a90150/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@giveaheck 🐦 Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/give_a_heck 🎤 Work With Me / Be a Guest: https://www.giveaheck.com/work-with-me ⭐ Leave a review: https://www.ratethispodcast.com/giveaheck 🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast platform: 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/give-a-heck/id1538446144 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wc2pFuCWhtLzAGYLSknzG ❤️ iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-give-a-heck-90577620/ 🎵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/d865a2cf-8368-482e-b1c1-187b4fdbe965/give-a-heck 🎙️ Audible: https://www.audible.ca/pd/GIVE-A-HECK-Podcast/B08K5X3D84 About Dwight Heck: Dwight Heck is the host of the Give A Heck Podcast, a best-selling author, speaker, and financial coach with more than 24 years in financial services. A single father of five who raised his children through some of the hardest financial years of his life, Dwight now helps Canadian families build coordinated financial strategies that protect their retirement, support the people they love, and create the freedom to live life on purpose, not by accident. #SandwichGeneration #CanadianFinance #RetirementPlanning #GiveAHeck #FinancialFreedom #LiveOnPurpose #AdultChildren #AgingParents

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In the last 20 years, I have lived a life like many, by accident, going to work, go home get paid than the next day starting all over again, living on a proverbial hamster wheel. I can tell you though through coaching and mentorship, I learned that living a life on purpose is less stressful and ensures I am happy more days than not. My goal is to introduce you to guests, ideas, and thoughts that can help you learn that you to can “LIVE YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE, NOT BY ACCIDENT”.

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  • Creator
    Dwight Heck
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    302
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Dwight Heck
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