Intentional Leadership Podcast

Intentional Leadership

This leadership podcast show will help you break through the barriers holding you back from the true life of significance you are meant to live. With your host Janelle Bruland, I invite you to join me each month as I share leadership lessons and specific strategies to Transform Your Leadership, Crush Your Goals, and Love Your Life.

  1. MAR 27

    How to Transform Your Deepest Pain into a Powerful Global Movement with Willow Weston

    Willow Weston, founder and director of Collide, joins the Intentional Leadership Podcast to share how her personal journey toward healing from childhood trauma "accidentally" launched a global movement serving tens of thousands of women. Willow discusses the transformative power of colliding with Jesus to turn brokenness into wholeness, emphasizing that leaders must actively participate in naming and healing their own pain to avoid hurting those they lead. From insights on leading with vulnerability to practical self-care strategies for soul rest, this episode offers a roadmap for anyone ready to move with their pain toward a life of purpose. Are you ready to choose healing today and help bring healing to a hurting world? Tune in to learn how to collide with a future of wholeness. TIMESTAMPS 0:47 - Introduction of Willow Weston 3:03 - The "Closet Moment" and the Birth of Collide 11:06 - "Do You Want to Get Well?" 14:14 - From Experiment to Global Ministry 21:35 - A Life-Changing Encounter 24:40 - Creating Sacred Spaces for Encounter 27:18 - Support and Sacrifice in Marriage 32:25 - Finding Soul Rest and Staying Hungry 36:36 - Intentional Leadership and Boundaries 42:25 - Upcoming Events and New Book Release 46:06 - Final Words of Wisdom Connect with Willow wecollide.net https://www.facebook.com/willow.weston/ https://www.instagram.com/willowanneweston/ Buy her book "Collide: Running Into Healing When Life Hands You Hurt" https://www.willowweston.com/books/collide

    49 min
  2. MAR 13

    The Dangerous Blind Spot Every Entrepreneur Misses with Justin D Maxwell

    In this episode, Graham speaks with Justin Maxwell, managing partner of Big Life Financial, to discuss the necessary shift for business owners from being an Owner Operator to an Owner Investor. Justin, who transitioned from being a school teacher to an entrepreneur, highlights the importance of building a new identity outside of the business, establishing a financial operating system to consistently build separate wealth, and intentional planning that aligns personal, business, and financial visions. He also introduces the concept of the 150-year Family Vision to break the "boom-or-bust" wealth cycle. Learn in this episode how to achieve true freedom and lasting generational wealth. TIMESTAMPS 0:55 - Guest Introduction and Background: Justin Maxwell, Partner at Big Life Financial 3:15 - The Awakening: Why Business Owners Get Trapped and the Danger of Net Worth Stuck in the Business 9:21 - The Dangers of Having Only the Business as a Pillar of Wealth and Profound Regret After Selling 20:44 - The Owner Operator to Owner Investor Shift Explained 24:56 - The Biggest Blind Spot: The "I'm Fine" Mantra 27:29 - The Process: Aligning Personal, Business, and Financial Visions (Including Case Study) 36:59 - The Disco Ball vs. Laser Beam Analogy and Scaling the Business and Self 40:48 - The 150-Year Family Vision and Generational Wealth 53:42 - Two Pieces of Advice and How to Connect with Justin Maxwell Connect with Justin biglifefinancial.com www.linkedin.com/in/justindmaxwell/

    58 min
  3. 12/22/2025

    How To Win When The Economy Tightens with Christopher Hussain

    In this episode of the Intentional Leadership Podcast, host Graham Youtsey sits down with Christopher Hussain, founder of RealKey and one of the few mortgage professionals ever licensed in all 50 states. Christopher shares his journey from stumbling into mortgage banking during college to becoming the top loan originator in the country and eventually building multiple companies across FinTech, PropTech, and InsurTech. He opens up about navigating the housing crash, the grit required to survive in a volatile industry, and how his tech-forward mindset led him to create RealKey’s smart deal room—an innovation years ahead of its time. Graham and Christopher dive deep into the realities of fundraising, why most entrepreneurs fail due to weak sales and marketing foundations, how founders can avoid “amateur hour” when pitching investors, and why capital efficiency matters more today than ever. Christopher also discusses the decision to pause RealKey, what the market is missing about mortgage tech, and where he sees his career moving next. This honest and insightful conversation highlights resilience, innovation, and leadership—plus a few personal stories about fatherhood, humor, and the mindset needed to thrive through adversity. TIMESTAMPS 02:48 – Building a Paperless Mortgage Brokerage 04:43 – Childhood Hustle and Entrepreneurial Mindset 06:06 – Surviving the Housing Market Crash 07:06 – Bridging Technology and Mortgage Operations 09:09 – Fundraising and the Battery Incubator Experience 10:58 – What Investors Actually Look For 14:24 – Why Most Startups Fail at Sales and Marketing 21:45 – The RealKey Deal Room Innovation 30:31 – The Decision to Pause RealKey Connect with Christopher https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherhussain/ https://www.realkey.com/

    49 min
5
out of 5
7 Ratings

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This leadership podcast show will help you break through the barriers holding you back from the true life of significance you are meant to live. With your host Janelle Bruland, I invite you to join me each month as I share leadership lessons and specific strategies to Transform Your Leadership, Crush Your Goals, and Love Your Life.