Inspire and Impact - The Podcast Interviews

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Looking for powerful, real stories to inspire your next breakthrough? Tune into the Inspire and Impact Podcast, where entrepreneurs, coaches, and everyday changemakers share honest journeys of transformation, growth, and purpose. These deep conversations explore mindset shifts, overcoming adversity, and finding meaning through struggle. If you're into self-help or personal development, this podcast is for you. Press play and let these stories move you. One story can change everything.

  1. 2d ago

    Why Developing Your Intuition Is the Most Important Skill for Wealth, Love, & Happiness

    What if the secret to building a six-figure business isn't working harder—but trusting yourself, developing your intuition, and recognizing the true value of your gifts? In this powerful episode of Inspire and Impact – The Podcast Interviews, host Daniel Rosenstein sits down with Shakti Sharma, founder of the Feminine Wealth Movement, entrepreneur, intuitive mentor, and creator of the $100K Offer System. After spending 12 years in corporate finance, investment banking, and consulting—including experience with JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Accenture, and Wells Fargo—Shakti walked away from corporate success to follow her heart. She built her first yoga and healing business to six figures within 15 months, only to lose her studios during the pandemic. But that devastating setback became the beginning of an extraordinary transformation. In this deeply personal conversation, Shakti reveals how she moved from charging $99 for coaching sessions to creating $12,000, $25,000, and even $100,000 offers. 🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE, DISCOVER: ✨ The emotional awakening that led Shakti to leave corporate America and pursue her true purpose. 💰 How she built a six-figure yoga business despite making only $25 during its opening weekend. 💔 What losing two successful yoga studios during the pandemic taught her about resilience, identity, and rebuilding. 🧠 Why emotional intelligence and self-trust may be more important than hustle when growing a business. 🔮 How she combines intuition, spirituality, energy work, and traditional business strategy to create financial success. 🚀 How entrepreneurs, consultants, coaches, and healers can reposition their expertise into premium $100K offers. 💵 Why making money and keeping money require different skills—and how our relationship with loss influences financial decisions. 🤝 How community building and meaningful human connections can help grow a business without a large marketing budget. 🌟 How one of her clients landed a $100,000 fractional CFO contract after working with her. 🔥 Why it's never too late to reinvent yourself after job loss, financial setbacks, or business failure—even in your 40s, 50s, or 60s. ❤️ Why true wealth means more than financial success: it's about freedom, fulfillment, meaningful relationships, health, and living life on your own terms. 🌟 DESIGN YOUR $100K SOVEREIGN OFFER™ IN 5 DAYS Ready to break through your income ceiling and design an offer that reflects the true value of your expertise? 👉 Explore Shakti's $100K Sovereign Offer program: https://femininewealthmovement.com/sovereign 🌸 CONNECT WITH SHAKTI SHARMA 🌐 Website:https://femininewealthmovement.com/ 📘 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/officialshaktisharma 📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialshaktisharma/ ▶️ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialShaktiSharma 💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaktisharmaofficial/ 🎧 Podcast: The Feminine Wealth Show 🎙️ ABOUT INSPIRE AND IMPACT Inspire and Impact brings you inspiring conversations with entrepreneurs, thought leaders, coaches, healers, and extraordinary individuals who share their stories of personal transformation, resilience, spiritual growth, and success. If you're an entrepreneur, life coach, healer, business owner, or someone searching for greater purpose and financial freedom, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on what it means to create lasting wealth. 👍 Like this episode, subscribe to Inspire and Impact, and share it with someone who's ready to take their life or business to the next level. 💬 QUESTION FOR YOU: Would you rather build a high-paying career that doesn't fulfill you, or create a business that aligns with your passion and purpose? Share your thoughts in the comments! #ShaktiSharma #FeminineWealthMovement #InspireAndImpact #MoneyMindset #FinancialFreedom #Entrepreneurship #Intuition #SpiritualEntrepreneur #HighTicketSales #BusinessGrowth

  2. 4d ago

    The Power of Resilience: How Great Leaders Overcome Stress & Burnout

    Why do some managers thrive under pressure while others struggle with stress, burnout, and self-doubt? What separates resilient leaders from those who are simply surviving each day? In this inspiring episode of the Inspire & Impact Podcast, host Daniel Rosenstein interviews Nagham Alsamari, founder of Imkan Leadership Development, leadership coach, behavioral resilience trainer, and former school principal. Nagham shares her extraordinary journey from surviving war under Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq to spending four years in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia before rebuilding her life in America. After overcoming language barriers, bullying, and a fear of public speaking, she became a school principal, entrepreneur, and leadership expert. Today, Nagham specializes in helping middle managers develop resilience, prevent burnout, improve communication, and become more effective leaders. Her powerful message: Don't just bounce back from adversity. Bounce forward! 🔥 IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS: 💼 RESILIENCE & BUSINESS LEADERSHIP Why resilience is essential for successful leadership The difference between resilience and simply enduring stress How challenges can strengthen leadership abilities Why middle managers face unique workplace pressures 🧠 OVERCOMING STRESS & BURNOUT How negative thoughts and limiting beliefs affect performance Developing self-awareness and emotional strength Overcoming fear, rejection, and self-doubt Why constant endurance isn't the same as resilience 👥 BUILDING STRONGER TEAMS How poor communication contributes to employee turnover Why psychological safety matters in the workplace Helping employees feel heard, respected, and valued How better management creates healthier workplace cultures 💪 NAGHAM'S FIVE PILLARS OF RESILIENCE Self-Awareness Decision Integrity Communication Burnout Recovery Adaptability Nagham also introduces her Train Your Resilience Muscle framework to help people respond more effectively to challenges and develop lasting resilience. ✅ TAKE THE FREE MANAGER RESILIENCE QUIZ! Are you a manager, business owner, or team leader struggling with workplace stress or burnout? Discover your strengths and identify opportunities to become a more resilient leader. 👉 Take Nagham's Free Manager Resilience Scorecard: https://imkanleadership.com/managers 🎙️ ABOUT NAGHAM ALSAMARI Nagham is the founder of Imkan Leadership Development, helping middle managers and organizations strengthen leadership skills, improve workplace communication, and develop behavioral resilience. 🔗 CONNECT WITH NAGHAM 🌐 Website: https://imkanleadership.com/ 🧠 Free Resilience Quiz: https://imkanleadership.com/managers 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nalsamari 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadwithimkan 🎧 ABOUT INSPIRE & IMPACT The Inspire & Impact Podcast features conversations with entrepreneurs, business leaders, coaches, and inspiring individuals sharing lessons about resilience, leadership, personal growth, and success. Whether you're managing employees, building a business, overcoming setbacks, or dealing with burnout, this episode offers valuable insights to help you move forward. 👍 LIKE this episode, SUBSCRIBE for more inspiring interviews, and SHARE it with someone who wants to become a stronger leader. 💬 COMMENT BELOW: What's your biggest challenge as a manager or leader? #LeadershipDevelopment #Resilience #ManagerBurnout #BusinessLeadership #NaghamAlsamari

  3. Sep 30

    From Childhood Trauma to Captain America Superhero: Army Veteran, Microsoft & Mentalist

    From Foster Care to Army Intelligence: How Charles Peterson Turned Trauma Into Strength Charles Peterson’s life began with foster care, adoption, trauma, and uncertainty—but he refused to let his past define his future. In this powerful episode of the Inspire & Impact Podcast, Charles shares his remarkable journey from a difficult childhood to serving 20 years in the U.S. Army as a counterintelligence agent, working in Iraq, building a career at Microsoft, becoming a husband and father, and launching his own mentalism business. Charles opens up about discovering his Choctaw heritage, overcoming the emotional effects of his childhood, learning resilience through military training, adjusting to civilian life, and developing what he calls a “relentless optimist” mindset. He also explains how his counterintelligence experience taught him to understand body language, human behavior, influence, truth, and deception—and even demonstrates his mentalism skills during the interview. In this conversation, you'll discover: • How childhood trauma can influence adult relationships and behavior• Why your past does not have to determine your future• How Charles developed resilience during 20 years in the Army• What he learned from serving as a counterintelligence agent in Iraq• How to change your mindset from “I have to” to “I get to”• Why communication is essential for healthy relationships• How body language and behavior can reveal discomfort or deception• How military intelligence skills translated into corporate life at Microsoft• The difference between a magician, illusionist, and mentalist• How Charles turned adversity into purpose and a desire to help others Charles’ message is simple but powerful: difficult experiences may shape you, but they do not have to define who you become. Learn more about Charles Peterson and The Veteran Mentalist:https://veteranmentalist.com/ Subscribe to Inspire & Impact for more inspiring conversations about resilience, personal growth, success, healing, purpose, and transformation.

  4. Sep 20

    Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: A Powerful Conversation with Zolal Habibi

    What does it take to dedicate your life to standing up for women’s rights, equal rights, freedom, and human dignity? In this powerful episode of Inspire & Impact, Daniel Rosenstein sits down with Zolal Habibi, a human rights and women’s rights advocate of Iranian descent who has spent more than 25 years advocating for human rights and political change in Iran. For Zolal, this mission is deeply personal. Her father, an Iranian writer and political dissident, was killed when she was only seven years old. Rather than allowing tragedy to define her through anger or revenge, Zolal explains how love, compassion, perseverance, and a belief in something greater than herself have helped sustain her lifelong commitment. We discuss the importance of women’s rights in Iran and around the world, equal rights, women in leadership, political prisoners, freedom, and the importance of refusing to give up—even when change seems impossible. Zolal also shares a powerful lesson about dealing with anger and adversity: lasting change cannot simply be fueled by revenge. For her, love and compassion provide the positive energy necessary to keep moving forward. Our conversation also explores the extraordinary richness of Iranian and Persian culture. We discuss Persian poetry and thinkers such as Rumi and Sa'di, the importance of love and our shared humanity, and the long history of Iranian contributions to literature, art, philosophy, science, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and culture. Above all, Zolal reminds us that each of us can make a difference. Her message is to stand for your principles, take responsibility, keep moving forward, and never give up. 🌎 LEARN MORE Zolal’s advocacy and the Iranian opposition movement discussed in this interview: National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI):https://ncr-iran.org/ NCRI on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/IranNCR/ X:https://x.com/Ashrafi4ever NCRI — Gender Equality & Women’s Rights:https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/gender-equality/ Learn more about women’s and human rights in Iran: UN Women:https://www.unwomen.org/ United Nations Human Rights Office:https://www.ohchr.org/ Explore the richness of Iranian and Persian history and culture: Encyclopaedia Iranica — an academic resource covering Iranian history, literature, art, science, religion, philosophy, and civilization:https://www.iranicaonline.org/ The Metropolitan Museum of Art — explore Persian and Iranian art and cultural history:https://www.metmuseum.org/ Persian civilization has influenced the world across centuries through poetry and literature, art and architecture, philosophy, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, scholarship, and scientific thought. Persian literary culture also helped transmit knowledge, history, philosophy, science, medicine, mathematics, and spirituality across a vast geographic area. This conversation is about more than politics. It is about women, equality, courage, culture, love, resilience, human dignity, and believing that positive change is possible. 👍 Subscribe to Inspire & Impact for more conversations with inspiring people who are turning adversity into purpose and making a difference in the world. #ZolalHabibi #WomensRights #Iran #IranianWomen #EqualRights #HumanRights #PersianCulture #IranianCulture #WomensEmpowerment #Freedom #Equality #NeverGiveUp #Love #InspireAndImpact

  5. Sep 16

    Best Advice From an Award-Winning National Geographic Photographer & Coach

    What happens when you finally achieve your biggest childhood dream—and realize it still doesn’t make you happy? In this powerful episode of Inspire & Impact, Daniel Rosenstein sits down with Jen Guyton, an award-winning National Geographic photographer, scientist, storyteller, and transformational coach, for a fascinating conversation about success, ambition, happiness, and discovering who you really are beyond your achievements. Jen spent years pursuing a dream she had carried since childhood: becoming a National Geographic photographer. After years working as a scientist and photographer in Africa, her work eventually led to a National Geographic assignment photographing spotted hyenas. She ultimately achieved one of the biggest milestones of her career—a National Geographic cover story. But something unexpected happened. After the excitement and congratulations faded, Jen realized she didn't feel fulfilled. She had accomplished what she thought would finally make her happy, yet she still felt stressed, anxious, and disconnected from herself. Jen calls this “the achievement trap”—the belief that once we get the career, recognition, money, relationship, house, or other accomplishment we've been pursuing, we'll finally feel happy and complete. Her experience taught her that external achievement may provide temporary validation, but it can't create lasting self-worth. In this conversation, Jen shares her remarkable journey from scientist to National Geographic photographer to transformational coach. She talks about working in Africa, photographing wildlife, coming within feet of a male lion, and taking the bold opportunities that helped launch her photography career. But the conversation goes much deeper than photography. Jen explains why she eventually had to slow down and discover who she was without her career defining her identity. She shares how therapy, self-reflection, spiritual exploration, and other experiences changed the way she viewed success and ultimately inspired her to become a coach. Today, Jen helps high achievers reconnect with themselves through what she calls the Rewild Method. Instead of simply adding more routines, habits, and self-improvement practices, her approach explores what beliefs, behaviors, expectations, and patterns can be removed so people can reconnect with what genuinely feels true to them. Jen also shares an important message for anyone who feels successful on the outside but unfulfilled on the inside: slow down, get honest about what's working and what isn't, and pay attention to the tension between what you think you should be doing and what you genuinely want. Whether you're an entrepreneur, executive, creative professional, photographer, or simply someone questioning what success really means, this conversation may help you look at ambition, happiness, and your own definition of a meaningful life differently. 🌿 CONNECT WITH JEN GUYTON Website & Coaching:https://www.wildbeyondcoaching.com/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/jenguytonphotography/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jenguyton/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenguyton/ Substack:https://substack.com/@wildbeyond 🎙️ ABOUT INSPIRE & IMPACT Inspire & Impact features meaningful conversations with inspiring people who share their experiences, challenges, lessons, and insights to help others create positive change in their lives. If this conversation inspires you, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and share it with someone who may need to hear Jen's message.

  6. Sep 14

    Stop Living on Autopilot: How to Design the Life You Really Want | Joy-Yafit Pascal

    What if you've built a successful life—but deep down, you know it isn't the life you truly want? In this episode of Inspire & Impact, Daniel Rosenstein talks with Joy-Yafit Pascal about walking away from a successful 14-year marketing career, moving from Israel to Germany, overcoming fear and self-doubt, and learning how to intentionally design your life. Joy shares the unforgettable New Zealand experience that helped change the direction of her life, her involvement in the Tony Robbins community, and the frightening rafting accident in Nepal that taught her an important lesson: we can't always choose the river life puts us in, but we can choose how we navigate it. You'll also discover Joy's powerful “Ticket to Life” philosophy and why she believes one of our biggest mistakes is assuming we'll always have more time. Joy explains how meaningful change doesn't necessarily require quitting your job, moving across the world, or completely starting over. Sometimes transformation begins with what she calls a “two-millimeter shift”—one conversation, one decision, one question, or one small action that begins moving your life in a different direction. Daniel and Joy discuss: • How to recognize when you're living on autopilot• Success versus genuine fulfillment• Fear, self-doubt and limiting beliefs• Reinventing yourself in midlife• Lessons from Tony Robbins• Asking yourself better questions• Rediscovering forgotten passions• Making small changes when you feel stuck• Joy's “Ticket to Life” philosophy• Creating a life that feels more intentional 🎁 SPECIAL OFFER: Joy is offering Inspire & Impact listeners a FREE 30-minute one-on-one coaching session. Contact her on Facebook or Instagram and tell her you discovered her through the Inspire & Impact Podcast. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoyYafitInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyyafit Follow Inspire & Impact for more conversations about personal growth, transformation, purpose and the experiences that change our lives.

  7. Sep 11

    You Don’t Need to Earn Your Worth

    What happens when you achieve outward success—but still don’t feel happy, fulfilled, or at peace? In this episode of Inspire & Impact, host Daniel Rosenstein speaks with high-performance executive coach and author Steve Barton, creator of the registered coaching process The Game of Ten®. Steve shares how he helped grow his family’s floral business from approximately $200,000 to $2 million in annual revenue—only to discover that financial success alone could not provide the happiness and inner stability he was seeking. That realization launched a decades-long journey into personal development, awareness, emotional intelligence, and intuitive leadership. Steve explains the difference between The Game of Ten®—operating from awareness, confidence, and intentionality—and what he calls “The Game Often Played,” a reactive state shaped by fear, self-doubt, guilt, shame, overthinking, and old emotional patterns. In this conversation, you’ll discover: • Why “I’ll be happy when…” can become a limiting personal contract• How hidden beliefs can influence leadership, relationships, and major decisions• Why high achievers often become their own harshest critics• The difference between reacting under pressure and responding with awareness• How coaching can reveal patterns that are difficult to recognize alone• Why Steve teaches, “I am enough, I do enough, and I have enough”• A simple 15-second awareness practice for interrupting overthinking• How Steve’s personal transformation changed his understanding of success• What writing a book with his 18-year-old son taught him about parenting and accountability• Why becoming unapologetically yourself is one of Steve’s most important lessons Steve also discusses his remarkable personal awakening, the challenging period when he rebuilt his life after divorce, and how those experiences contributed to the development of The Game of Ten®. His central message is both simple and powerful: You do not have to earn your worth. You begin as a ten—and personal growth is often about releasing the thoughts, stories, and conditioning that prevent you from experiencing it. Learn more about Steve Barton, download his book, or schedule a discovery call:https://www.stevebartoncoaching.com/ Connect with Steve on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/coach-steve-barton/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction00:44 Who is Steve Barton?02:43 Growing a family business from $200K to $2 million05:32 Achieving success but still feeling unhappy07:33 What is The Game of Ten®?10:03 How overthinking limits awareness14:44 Why successful entrepreneurs still need coaches17:30 The “I’ll be happy when” trap20:38 Steve’s six awareness statements28:25 Fear versus responsible decision-making33:30 Steve’s life-changing spiritual experience40:00 Rebuilding life after divorce and anxiety45:42 Awareness, creativity, and high performance50:10 What does “I am enough” really mean?55:03 Writing a book with his 18-year-old son64:00 Letting go of fear, guilt, self-doubt, and shame67:26 What’s next for Steve Barton?69:25 How to connect with Steve71:27 Steve’s final message Subscribe to Inspire & Impact for more conversations with coaches, authors, entrepreneurs, healers, and inspiring people transforming their lives and the lives of others. #SteveBarton #GameOfTen #HighPerformanceCoaching #ExecutiveCoaching #PersonalDevelopment #Leadership #SelfAwareness #Overthinking #Entrepreneurship #InspireAndImpact

  8. Aug 24

    The Dyslexic Brain’s Hidden Strengths | Reading, Writing, Confidence and AI

    What if a child struggling with dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, or another learning disability isn’t lazy or unintelligent—but simply hasn’t been taught in a way that works with their brain? In this episode of Inspire & Impact: The Podcast Interviews™, host Daniel Rosenstein speaks with Russell Van Brocklen, a New York State Senate-funded dyslexia researcher and founder of Dyslexia Classes. Russell shares his journey from having first-grade reading and writing skills to succeeding in law school, conducting dyslexia research, training educators, and developing strategies to help struggling students become confident readers, writers, and learners. His story demonstrates why reading difficulties should never be mistaken for a lack of intelligence, creativity, curiosity, or potential. Russell explains what dyslexia can feel like from the inside and why many bright children can discuss a subject intelligently but struggle to organize their thoughts on paper. He explores how dyslexia, ADD, and ADHD can affect motivation, reading, writing, organization, and classroom performance—and why labeling a struggling student “lazy” can damage their confidence. One of Russell’s central ideas is to begin with a child’s strongest interest or “specialty.” A student may resist generic assignments but become engaged when reading about superheroes, history, science, technology, movies, sports, Disney, or another subject they love. Russell explains how parents can combine printed books with audiobooks and use interest-based learning to strengthen reading and writing. In this conversation, you’ll learn: • Why dyslexia does not mean low intelligence• How dyslexic children may process information differently• Why a child’s interests can increase motivation• Why early screening and intervention are important• How parents and teachers can rebuild confidence• What families should consider when evaluating tutors and programs• How students can turn fast-moving ideas into organized writing• How schools can better support different learning styles• When AI can support learning• What to do when you suspect a learning disability Russell also discusses strengths dyslexic thinkers may possess in creativity, pattern recognition, big-picture thinking, entrepreneurship, research, and problem-solving. This episode is for parents, teachers, homeschool families, tutors, administrators, special-education professionals, and anyone supporting a child with dyslexia, ADHD, reading difficulties, writing challenges, or other learning differences. CONNECT WITH RUSSELL Website: https://dyslexiaclasses.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dyslexiaclasses/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_cqwfxn9FqFx1Idl0YbeHgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dyslexiaclassesus/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-van-brocklen-2007ab87 RESOURCES Dyslexia Classes Resource Center:https://dyslexiaclasses.com/resources/ Free guide—The 3 Reasons Your Child’s Dyslexia Education Isn’t Working and How to Fix It:https://mailchi.mp/dcacd9a6f9ae/3-reasons-ebook Free eBook—Dyslexic Students: What It Takes to Succeed in College and Graduate School:https://mailchi.mp/2eccc29abb00/dyslexic-students-ebook Independent resources: International Dyslexia Association, https://dyslexiaida.org/; Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity, https://dyslexia.yale.edu/; Understood, https://www.understood.org/; Learning Disabilities Association of America, https://ldaamerica.org/; CHADD, https://chadd.org/; and Reading Rockets, https://www.readingrockets.org/. These resources are educational and do not replace an evaluation from a qualified medical, psychological, reading, or educational professional. If this conversation helped you, follow Inspire & Impact and share this episode with a parent or teacher. What do you wish every school understood about children who learn differently? #Dyslexia #ADHD #LearningDisabilities #SpecialEducation #Parenting #ReadingHelp #Neurodiversity

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Looking for powerful, real stories to inspire your next breakthrough? Tune into the Inspire and Impact Podcast, where entrepreneurs, coaches, and everyday changemakers share honest journeys of transformation, growth, and purpose. These deep conversations explore mindset shifts, overcoming adversity, and finding meaning through struggle. If you're into self-help or personal development, this podcast is for you. Press play and let these stories move you. One story can change everything.

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