Soul Shift Sessions

Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud
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Welcome to the Soul Shift Sessions Podcast, where we dive deep into transformative conversations that empower you to elevate your mindset, break through limitations, and create the life you truly desire. Hosted by Coach Sapphire Starr & Coach Kyle Mccloud, this podcast is your go-to source for actionable insights, inspiring stories, and expert advice on personal growth, financial freedom, and living with purpose. Each episode is designed to help you shift your mindset, overcome obstacles, and embrace a life of abundance and fulfillment. Whether you're looking to transform your relationship

  1. 5d ago

    67 What's in Your Cookie Jar? Using Your Past Wins to Fuel Your Next Breakthrough

    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud dig into Challenge Six from David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, focusing on the "cookie jar." The concept centers on using your past wins, struggles, and breakthroughs as an internal reserve when current challenges feel overwhelming. What Is in the Jar: The cookie jar is a mental repository of past grit. Kyle points out that while he draws on years of physical endurance from long bike rides, current struggles are actively becoming the next batch of evidence. Even when a workout turns into an absolute grind, getting through it proves capability under pressure. The Elements on the Ropes Course: Kyle adds an untold layer to his 50-foot pole climb story from a youth leadership program. As he reached the top to stand on the barstool, sudden squalls, high winds, and heavy rain began rocking the pole. Making the leap to the trapeze in the middle of a storm reinforced that external chaos does not have to stop the jump. Walking the Long Way Home: Sapphire shares a pivotal memory from age 18. Stranded without bus fare or quarters for a payphone while picking up her daughter from childcare, she faced a four to five-mile walk pushing a stroller across town. Stopping by her former workplace, mentor Estella Shabazz reminded her that the hardship was bigger than that single afternoon and would pay off. That perspective kept her going all the way through earning degrees in biology and medical technology. Mentorship That Redirects: Kyle recalls a college remedial math class he and a teammate landed in despite knowing the material. Professor Cardone pulled him aside, challenging him to stop blowing his potential and take ownership of his future. That conversation shifted Kyle’s entire attitude toward his education. The Comparison Trap and The Gap: Discussing The Gap and the Gain, the hosts explore why people often fixate on what is missing rather than celebrating how far they have come. Kyle admits to sometimes downplaying his own resilience when hearing about single parents doing it all alone. Sapphire emphasizes that minimizing your own journey only robs you of recognizing your strength. Conditioning vs. Ease: Hard situations rarely get easier on their own. Instead, consistent exposure builds capacity. Whether it is marathon training, enduring winter cold showers, or acclimating to Florida’s intense cycling conditions, what once felt impossible eventually becomes manageable because you conditioned yourself to carry it. The Power of Decision: Referencing Bruce Lee, the hosts talk about peace as an intentional choice rather than something you stumble upon. When facing high friction, Sapphire breaks it down: determine the desired outcome, face the worst-case scenario, and reverse-engineer the steps forward. Your cookie jar is not built during easy seasons. It fills up every time you push through rain, heat, self-doubt, or long stretches of uncertainty. When life gets heavy, you do not have to wonder if you have what it takes. Reach back into the jar, pull out the evidence, and take the next step. Final words: Coach Kyle: “Little by little, a little becomes a lot.” Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - ⁠www.inspirelegacyai.com⁠ Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

  2. Sep 30

    66 Visualize Success

    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud dive into Challenge Five from David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, focusing on visualizing success. The hosts explore the gap between daydreaming about the finish line and mentally preparing for the friction, discipline, and environment required to get there. The Origins of the Podcast: Kyle and Sapphire reflect on how Soul Shift Sessions started just months after meeting at Lisa Nichols' Speak and Write event. Sapphire had already visualized launching a podcast with a partner, and Kyle was looking for a collaborative format that leaned into each host's natural strengths. Tools and Evolution: Kyle shares how podcasting technology has improved, highlighting tools like Descript that allow editing directly from transcripts and make producing high-quality episodes far less stressful. Behavior as a Defense Mechanism: Kyle explains how studying human behavior and frameworks like DiSC originally developed from a childhood need for safety, eventually evolving into a professional skill for navigating relationships and team dynamics.Specific Visualization vs. Turbulent Paths: Visualizing an end goal is common, but the route itself is rarely smooth. Kyle focuses his visualization on experiences, like freely gifting things to friends and family, rather than arbitrary numbers. Sapphire emphasizes seeing herself at the closing table when transitioning from laboratory science to real estate investing. Preparing for the Climb: Both hosts challenge the listener not just to imagine the win, but to mentally prepare for the sacrifice. Success requires conditioning the mind for the incline, whether that means hill repeats in marathon training or pedaling through headwind and humidity on a bike ride. Environment and Adaptation: Growth demands surroundings that push you. Kyle highlights the difference between riding solo and being pulled along by a fast pack, while Sapphire points to intentionally entering rooms where she was not the expert to build new business capabilities.Navigating Stress and Emotions: The hosts discuss how their backgrounds shaped a fast pivot toward solutions when trouble hits. While recognizing the need for emotional processing, they touch on having the mental discipline to reset quickly and take action when the timer runs out. Healthy Distractions: Resetting your state can come from physical pattern interrupts, like cold showers or cycling, or mental escapes like reading fiction, to clear mental fatigue before getting back to work. Visualizing success is not about skipping the hard parts. It is about picturing the outcome so clearly that you develop the mental stamina to push through every valley, hill, and obstacle between where you stand and where you are going. Final words: Coach Kyle: “Perceive that which you cannot see with the eyes.” Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - ⁠www.inspirelegacyai.com⁠ Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

  3. Sep 23

    65 Beat Your Opponent

    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud return to their breakdown of David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me, taking on Challenge Four: Taking Souls and Beating the Opponents (or "beating the ops"). The conversation focuses on internal competition, breaking through people-pleasing, and using friction as a catalyst for growth. The Real Opponent: Kyle reflects on growing up between Plainfield and Newark, New Jersey, where navigating rough environments shaped an early tendency toward people-pleasing. Over time, he realized his real competition was never external doubters, but his own internal limits and proving to himself what he is capable of achieving. Doubt as a Catalyst: Sapphire recalls being pregnant on a city bus and hearing a stranger say she would never amount to anything. Instead of letting that projection define her, she used it as fuel to push forward, noting that while proving doubters wrong cannot be your only foundation, it can serve as a powerful spark. Villains and Heroes: Kyle shares a perspective on life balance: you will eventually be the villain in someone’s story without deserving it, just as you will be the hero in someone else’s story without fully deserving that either. Real peace comes from seeking your own approval rather than chasing external validation. Preparation Over Fleeting Motivation: Motivation comes and goes, but daily habits carry you through. Sapphire shares her routine of laying out gym clothes the night before to make 5:00 AM workouts automatic. Kyle points to fellow cyclists and his own habit of prepping gear ahead of time so the only decision left in the morning is walking out the door. Reframing the Obstacle: Kyle recounts a ropes course training where participants had to climb a 50-foot pole and jump from a small platform. A facilitator reframed the moment: the physical obstacle was not the point; the real lesson was identifying where in life you hesitate, stop short, or refuse to take the leap. The Power of the Pack: Kyle shares a recent cycling event where he fell behind the lead group early on, rested, and then pushed up to 28 mph in the final stretch by matching the pace of the front riders. Seeing others perform at high levels expands your understanding of what is possible. Moving in Silence vs. Safe Spaces: While it is often wise to keep big goals quiet from general circles, having a trusted community is essential. Kyle and Sapphire highlight Cloud9, their virtual co-working community, as a space where founders can share raw ideas, iterate freely, and receive real feedback without judgment. Sapphire asks Kyle whether his greatest competition is who he was yesterday or who he wants to become tomorrow. Kyle chooses yesterday: the future self is an evolving idea that cannot be boxed in, but outgrowing yesterday's baseline provides a clear, tangible measure of daily progress. Final thoughts:"I cannot put that person tomorrow in a box. I don't know what he looks like. I don't know what he does. All I know is that he loves his people, he loves his family, and he's on the move." Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - ⁠www.inspirelegacyai.com⁠ Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

  4. Sep 16

    64 High Cast Free Space

    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud take a break from their series on David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me challenges for a “free space” episode focused on perspective, accountability, and the daily choices that shape our lives. Sapphire shares an update on the Money Bus campaign through Wealth Builders Savannah, which has raised $8,000 toward its $85,000 goal. She describes buying the first shuttle, affectionately named “Legacy,” in Jacksonville and breaking down 45 miles outside Savannah on I-95. Instead of reacting with anger, she chose to stay calm, treat the heat like a sauna, visit Buc-ee’s for the first time, and keep moving forward. Kyle and Sapphire talk about how every situation offers a choice in how you respond. When facing big decisions, there is rarely one guaranteed right answer. The real work is picking a path and walking it with focus and commitment. The hosts also explore why failures and expensive lessons are necessary parts of growth. Sapphire reflects on spending four years and thousands of dollars on a biology degree she never used directly, which still built the foundation for her career in laboratory science. Kyle shares how past coaching investments and business pivots gave him the skills he uses today in his AI agency. Thermostat vs. thermometer: Setting the emotional climate instead of just reflecting the room. Not my circus: Learning to release the urge to manage other people's decisions or carry problems that are not yours. As Sapphire puts it, "You can care, but you don't have to carry." That which you resist persists: Acknowledging reality for what it is rather than pretending everything is fine, while training the mental muscle to focus on positive solutions. Pivoting through resistance: Kyle recalls paddling upstream on a river trip with his wife, showing how hard work builds capacity and makes the journey back easier. Life will bring friction, breakdowns, and unexpected detours. You cannot always control the circumstances, but you can always choose how you show up and what meaning you give the experience. Final words: Coach Kyle: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” Coach Sapphire: “Always choose to let your soul glow.” Key Discussion Points Thermostat vs. thermometer: Setting the emotional climate instead of just reflecting the room. Not my circus: Learning to release the urge to manage other people's decisions or carry problems that are not yours. As Sapphire puts it, "You can care, but you don't have to carry." That which you resist persists: Acknowledging reality for what it is rather than pretending everything is fine, while training the mental muscle to focus on positive solutions. Pivoting through resistance: Kyle recalls paddling upstream on a river trip with his wife, showing how hard work builds capacity and makes the journey back easier. Life will bring friction, breakdowns, and unexpected detours. You cannot always control the circumstances, but you can always choose how you show up and what meaning you give the experience. Final words: Coach Kyle: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” Coach Sapphire: “Always choose to let your soul glow.” Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - www.inspirelegacyai.com Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

  5. Sep 9

    63 Walk Boldly: The Confidence to Take Up Space with Special Guest Dora Jenkins

    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud welcome back Dora Jenkins, founder and creative director of Sole of Blaq Pearl, for a conversation about confidence, visibility, and refusing to shrink. Dora created Sole of Blaq Pearl after struggling to find stylish, well-made shoes in her size 11. The brand is more than a footwear boutique. It offers mobile shoe concierge services, size fittings, luxury experiences, worldwide shipping, and a community for women with size-inclusive feet. The conversation explores how the right shoes, fragrance, glasses, and other personal details can change the way someone carries themselves. For Dora, confidence starts with her walk. She says the shift came when she stopped waiting for permission, understood her worth, and began “setting the table” instead of waiting to be invited. Dora also shares the importance of community through the monthly Soul Sisterhood, which brings women together for events such as R&B yoga, glow-in-the-dark Zumba, and mixology classes. The group also supports other local businesses. Working with Live Like Locals helped Dora discover new skills and step into her role as a local and community influencer. She discusses her journey from military service and higher education leadership to entrepreneurship, visibility, and advocacy. The hosts also talk about purposeful choices, time management, and the need to ask whether an opportunity aligns with your purpose, vision, and mission. Rapid Fire Highlights Past victories: Serving in the military, navigating new countries, becoming a campus director by age 30, and launching Sole of Blaq Pearl without footwear manufacturing experience. Discipline over talent: Dora says consistency helped her earn degrees, build a career, serve in the military, and grow her business while working full time. A failure she values: Returning to a nine-to-five after a transportation business struggled taught her about cash flow, sustainability, humility, and building from purpose instead of chasing revenue. Current season: “The Season of No Longer Shrinking.” Taking up space is not about being the loudest person in the room. It is about trusting your preparation, using your voice, and refusing to make yourself smaller for someone else’s comfort. Final words: Coach Kyle: “Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.” Coach Sapphire: “Always remember to let your soul glow.” Connect with Dora through Sole of Blaq Pearl on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, or follow Live Local with Dora. Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - www.inspirelegacyai.com Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

  6. Sep 2

    62 Get Used to Discomfort

    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud continue their season-four series working through David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me. In this episode, they break down Challenge Three: Getting Comfortable in Discomfort—leaning into hard situations, retraining the brain to handle resistance, and building an internal book of evidence. Key Highlights: The Cold Water Test: Kyle shares his routine of taking cold showers to start the day with something difficult, raising his baseline tolerance for whatever friction comes next. Sapphire recalls her experience with cold plunges, noting how the initial panic gives way to calm once you stop fighting the sensation and let your mind adapt. Breaking Free from Insecurities: Sapphire talks about visiting Jeju, a traditional Korean bathhouse in Atlanta. Seeing her young granddaughter run into the open bathhouse area with zero hesitation helped her drop her own hesitation and step outside her comfort zone. Discomfort vs. Meaningless Suffering: The hosts discuss the difference between endurance with a purpose and endurance without a goal. Choosing intentional discomfort builds capacity, resilience, and personal strength, whereas suffering without purpose only drains energy. Building Your Book of Evidence: Kyle explains that confidence doesn't come from wishful thinking. It comes from doing hard things and keeping a track record. Whether it is Kyle completing 142 miles of an endurance bike ride or Sapphire backpacking 170 miles alone across the Camino de Santiago, past milestones prove you can handle the unknown. Networking for Introverts: Sapphire details her practical playbook for overwhelming, noisy networking rooms: connect with five to ten people, exchange contacts, follow up in smaller settings, and connect with fellow "wall sitters." Kyle shares his own rule of focusing on making one genuine, high-quality connection instead of working the entire room. The Entrepreneur's Edge: The reality of running a business when the odds seem stacked against you. Kyle talks about pushing through the friction of launching new ventures during uncertain times, while Sapphire emphasizes that impacting even one person makes the entire struggle worthwhile. Milestone Celebration: Soul Shift Sessions hits 1,000 downloads on Spotify. Soul-Shifting Takeaways: Growth and transformation never happen inside your comfort zone. You don't necessarily feel less resistance over time. You simply build a higher tolerance and a stronger mind. Keep a mental log of every hard thing you have already survived and draw on it when new challenges show up. Find friends and mentors who give you perspective and push you forward without joining your spiral. Final Words from the Hosts: Coach Kyle: "The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on Earth." Coach Sapphire: "Let your soul glow." Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - www.inspirelegacyai.com Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

  7. Aug 26

    61 The Accountability Mirror

    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud continue their journey through David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me challenges. Moving into Challenge Two, the focus shifts to The Accountability Mirror: facing your daily reality, posting your goals and insecurities where you can see them, and building the discipline to follow through. Key Highlights: The Danger of Dismissing the Wins: Kyle and Sapphire talk about the drive that keeps entrepreneurs pushing, even after hitting major milestones. Kyle shares how easy it is to look past a win because the final target is still far off, and why having people around you to call out and celebrate those steps matters. The Engine Behind Accountability: Sapphire breaks down her core framework for staying accountable: set clear intentions, build an action plan, surround yourself with a driven community, and execute. Kyle emphasizes starting each morning asking what specific actions need to get done that day to move the needle. The Power of Virtual Co-Working: The hosts discuss the growth of Cloud9, the virtual co-working community they founded. Spanning from the East Coast to Hawaii, Cloud9 gives entrepreneurs a grounded space to avoid isolation, cut out busywork, and focus on daily revenue-generating activities. Pivoting as Part of the Process: Discussing Adam Grant's book Think Again, Kyle shares how he moved past the fear of looking indecisive when shifting business models. He now builds time into his weekly calendar to evaluate the landscape and pivot without hesitation. Sapphire adds that staying in the game and learning through iterations beats sitting on the sidelines. Concrete Wins from Daily Execution: Kyle: Moving from concept to implementation fast, launching multiple sites for his brand, and building his AI agency, Inspire Legacy AI. Sapphire: Expanding Wealth Builders Savannah and launching the campaign for the Money Bus, raising $8,000 of her $85,000 goal toward bringing financial education directly to the community. Confronting Insecurities: Sapphire: Managing the occasional voice of doubt about timing, which she counters with the mindset of "it is not if, but when," while learning to release guilt around rest and travel. Kyle: Weighing the real personal costs and sacrifices of the journey against the fear of falling short, using past evidence of progress and daily consistency as the fuel to keep moving forward. Soul-Shifting Takeaways: Treat each quarter with the urgency of a full year to cut through procrastination. Surround yourself with people who challenge you to pull yourself out of your comfort zone. Consistency and community turn hard seasons into steady progress. Final Words from the Hosts: Coach Kyle: "Amongst counselors there is safety."Coach Sapphire: "Find your tribe." Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - www.inspirelegacyai.com Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

  8. Aug 19

    60 Can't Hurt Me_ Master Your Mind, Defy the Odds and Unlock the Strength Hidden Within Your Pain

    This season, the conversations center around the themes and mindset shifts inspired by David Goggins' book, Can't Hurt Me. In this episode, Kyle and Sapphire tackle the very first challenge: The Bad Hand Audit—looking back at life's most difficult, painful, or traumatic moments, putting them on paper, and deciding not to use them as excuses, but as fuel. Key Highlights: Navigating Newark and the Shield of Invisibility: Kyle shares what it was like transitioning from a quiet neighborhood in Plainfield to attending a private boys' school in Newark, New Jersey. Experiencing random acts of street violence on his first day taught him to put on a protective layer of "invisibility" and blend into his surroundings. That survival mechanism kept him safe as a kid, but it took well into adulthood to recognize how playing small and keeping the armor on can also block connection. Five Years Old and Standing Guard: Sapphire recalls a defining childhood memory in the Hitch Village projects of Savannah, Georgia. Waking up to her mother's screams, she gathered her younger brothers and banged on the bedroom door, ready to protect her family. That moment marked the start of her father walking out of her life, planting roots of abandonment and anxious attachment, but also shaping her into a natural protector, leader, and survivor. Owning the Coach Role in Your Life: Kyle brings in a football analogy to look at personal responsibility. When everything is going wrong on the field, the coach takes total ownership of the outcome. Acknowledging a "bad hand" isn't about accepting blame for things done to you as a child. It is about taking full responsibility for how you respond, adapt, and lead your life today. Heroes vs. Villains: A conversation on how pain shapes people differently. Hurt people often inflict pain on others or justify extreme measures for what they see as the greater good, while others use the exact same pain as a reason to protect, serve, and build up those around them. Season Four Rapid Fire Round: Past victories that fuel endurance: Kyle: Completing 140 miles of a grueling 170-mile bike ride, pushing past intense physical pain to discover that there is clarity and relief on the other side. Sapphire: Pushing through the final miles of her very first 26.2-mile marathon when her body wanted to quit, proving that the finish line is won in the mind. Accomplishments built on discipline, not talent: Kyle: Long-distance endurance cycling. Starting from getting sick in the driveway after 50 miles on a hybrid bike to consistently putting in high-mileage rides through sheer consistency. Sapphire: Building her real estate investing business from the ground up starting in 2021 with zero prior experience, driven purely by the vision of long-term freedom. A failure they are grateful for: Both: Their past divorces. While painful and difficult at the time, those endings forced growth. For Kyle, it led directly to the family and life he has now. For Sapphire, it was the financial wake-up call that sparked her path to financial wellness and freedom. Current season title: Sapphire: "Becoming" (stepping fully into who she has grown to be). Kyle: "0.4%" (working within the slim margins where the real turnaround happens). Soul-Shifting Challenge:Take time this week to complete your own Bad Hand Audit. Write down the hard moments that tried to define you, look at them honestly, and ask how you can convert that past friction into current power. Final Thought from Coach Kyle:"Give yourself permission to be where you are." Please Like, Comment, & Share! About us - www.soulshiftsessions.com Coach Sapphire Starr - www.sapphirestarr.com Coach Kyle McCloud - www.inspirelegacyai.com Become A Guest - www.soulshiftsessions.com Business inquiry - soulshiftsessions@gmail.com Follow us on IG - @soulshiftsessions

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Welcome to the Soul Shift Sessions Podcast, where we dive deep into transformative conversations that empower you to elevate your mindset, break through limitations, and create the life you truly desire. Hosted by Coach Sapphire Starr & Coach Kyle Mccloud, this podcast is your go-to source for actionable insights, inspiring stories, and expert advice on personal growth, financial freedom, and living with purpose. Each episode is designed to help you shift your mindset, overcome obstacles, and embrace a life of abundance and fulfillment. Whether you're looking to transform your relationship

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  • Creator
    Coach Sapphire Starr and Coach Kyle McCloud
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
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