Reignite Resilience

Pamela Cass and Natalie Davis

Ready to shake things up and bounce back stronger than ever? Tune in to the Reignite Resilience Podcast with Pam and Natalie! We're all about sharing real-life stories of people who've turned their toughest moments into their biggest wins. Each episode is packed with: tales of triumphPractical tips to help you growExpert advice to navigate life's curveballs Whether you're an entrepreneur chasing your dreams, an athlete pushing your limits, or just someone looking to level up in this crazy world, we've got your back! Join us as we dive into conversations that'll light a fire in your belly and give you the tools to tackle whatever life throws your way. It's time to reignite your resilience, one episode at a time.

  1. 2d ago

    Conscious Relationships: From Shy Nice Guy to 44 Years of Love with Geoff Laughton

    Send us Fan Mail Conscious relationships are built, not found, and Geoff Laughton has spent 33 years proving it. In this first segment of the Reignite Resilience Podcast's conversation with internationally bestselling author and relationship coach Geoff Laughton, cohosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass sit down with the man behind Instant Insights on Building a Conflict-Proof Relationship and Built to Last to hear the origin story behind one of the most compelling love stories you will ever encounter on a podcast.  Before Geoff became the wildly respected relationship and men's work coach he is today, he was a painfully shy young man from the Bay Area with a psychology degree, a 15-year corporate career that took him from technical writer to Chief Operations Officer, and a pattern of attracting the wrong people for all the wrong reasons. By the time he was near 300 pounds, bedridden with a back injury at 34, and hit with a panic attack in the middle of a board of directors meeting, he knew something had to change, and it was more than just his weight.  This segment traces Geoff's journey from the moment he recognized himself as the common denominator in a string of devastating relationships, through a three-year sabbatical where he rebuilt his relationship with himself, and into the serendipitous, fumbling, hot-chocolate-spilling beginning of his 44-year marriage to Sarah. Their love story did not begin with perfect circumstances. Their parents disapproved. The age gap raised eyebrows. The spiked punch, the birthday party, the broken-up-with-girlfriend, none of it was smooth. What it was, was real. And Geoff knew it the moment Sarah went out of her way to make him feel okay after he covered her in hot chocolate on their first date.  This episode is for anyone who has ever been the nice guy or the people-pleaser in relationships, anyone who has ever recognized a pattern and wondered how to break it, and anyone who wants to understand what it actually takes to build love that lasts.  In This Episode:  How 15 years in corporate, rising from technical writer to COO, left Geoff bedridden, anxious, and finally ready to change The pattern Geoff kept repeating in relationships and the three-year solo sabbatical that helped him break it What therapy, group work, and learning to be alone taught him about finding his mojo before finding his person The serendipitous, deeply unglamorous story of how Geoff and Sarah found each other, and almost didn't Why the moment Sarah made him feel okay after spilling hot chocolate on her was the moment Geoff knew she was the one Whether you are doing the work on yourself or looking for the framework to build something that lasts, this conversation is the place to start.  Connect with Geoff Laughton: 🌐 https://yourrelationshiparchitect.com/ 🌐 https://theundauntedman.com/ 📚 Instant Insights on Building a Conflict-Proof Relationship. Available now 📚 Built to Last: Designing and Maintaining a Loving, Lasting, and Passionate Relationship. Available now  Connect with Reignite Resilience: 🌐https://reigniteresilience.com/📘 Facebook | 📸 Instagram 🗓️   Reignite Live 2027- January 22, 2027 | Casa Sagrata, Loveland, Colorado. Geoff Laughton is a featured speaker. Tickets available now.  Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who is ready to do the work. The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

  2. Aug 6

    Joey's Song: Mike on Freezing Man and Epilepsy Awareness (part 2)

    Send us Fan Mail Joey's Song raises money for epilepsy research through a concert unlike any other in the country, and Part 2 of this Reignite Resilience conversation is where hosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass get the full picture of how it works. Mike, founder of Joey's Song, continues his conversation with Natalie and Pam by walking through Freezing Man, the two night concert event held every January in Madison, Wisconsin. Mike describes what makes the show different from a typical tribute concert. Musicians from bands like Cheap Trick, the Goo Goo Dolls, the Bangles, and Tears for Fears do not perform separate sets. Instead they form one time only groups and play together, backed by the house band the Know It All Boyfriends, alongside a rival group called the Know It All Girlfriends who show up every year to steal the show. Mike explains why the event only happens once a year, why January works best around touring schedules, and how the 2,500 seat Sylvie theater sells out two nights running while the concert also live streams for free to anyone, anywhere. From there the conversation shifts to impact. Mike breaks down how listeners can support Joey's Song without spending money, starting with following the nonprofit's social accounts and watching video content long enough to trigger the platform algorithm. He shares the scale of epilepsy in plain numbers: one in 26 people will develop it in their lifetime, and 50 million people live with it worldwide today. Mike also talks honestly about where epilepsy research stands, including the one in three people who still cannot find relief through medication or surgery, and closes with practical advice for recognizing absence seizures and prioritizing self care as a caregiver. In This Episode: What makes the Freezing Man concert format different from a typical tribute showWhy Joey's Song only holds one event per year, in JanuaryHow to support the nonprofit without spending any moneyThe real numbers behind how common epilepsy actually isWhere epilepsy research and treatment stand today, and where progress is still neededListen to Part 1 of this conversation for the full story behind Joey's Song and the son who inspired it. Listen to Reignite Resilience: https://reigniteresilience.buzzsprout.com Learn more about Joey's Song: https://joeysong.org The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

  3. Aug 4

    Joey's Song: Mike's Mission to Honor His Son Joe (part 1)

    Send us Fan Mail Joey's Song exists because one Wisconsin family turned the loss of their son into an ongoing mission to fund epilepsy research. In Part 1 of this Reignite Resilience conversation, hosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass sit down with Mike, founder of Joey's Song, a nonprofit built in honor of his son Joe, who lived with Dravet syndrome, a severe and treatment resistant form of childhood epilepsy. Mike walks through Joe's story from the beginning. Joe was adopted from Guatemala and had his first seizure at three months old, sitting on his grandfather's lap. What followed was four years of misdiagnosis before doctors identified Dravet syndrome, a chromosomal condition that left Joe nonverbal and in need of round the clock care. Joe passed away just before his fifth birthday in 2010. Despite everything he went through, Joe loved to sing and dance, especially to Elmo's song, and that joy became the reason the nonprofit carries his name. Mike explains why he chose a goal over a rigid plan when he started Joey's Song, and how a chance reconnection with college friend and Grammy winning producer Butch Vig turned a small local concert into something neither of them expected. He tells the story of the night a newspaper interview accidentally created demand for a show that had no lineup yet, and how that pressure led to the format Joey's Song still uses: musicians from bands like Cheap Trick, Garbage, and the Bangles forming one time only supergroups on stage together. The second half of the conversation turns to family. Mike and his wife Nori raised their two other children, Julia and Sam, through the loss of their brother, and Mike speaks candidly about how couples who lose a child face some of the highest rates of separation, and what kept his marriage steady through it. He also shares how Julia and Sam are involved in Joey's Song today, and how the volunteer team behind the event grew out of matching friends to the tasks they were already good at. In This Episode: How Joe's story led to the founding of Joey's SongWhy Dravet syndrome is a chromosomal form of epilepsy with no cureThe unplanned story behind the celebrity supergroup concertHow Mike and his wife supported their surviving children through griefWhy Joey's Song runs entirely on volunteers and unpaid artistsPart 2 of this conversation covers the Freezing Man concert itself, along with the scale of epilepsy worldwide and simple ways listeners can help. Listen to Reignite Resilience: https://reigniteresilience.buzzsprout.com Learn more about Joey's Song: https://joeysong.org The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

  4. Jul 23

    What Happened When Our Live Event Got Hacked

    Send us Fan Mail Responding instead of reacting gets tested hardest when the stakes are highest, and that is exactly what happened to Reignite Resilience hosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass. In Part 2 of this two part coffee talk episode, Natalie and Pam close out their Spain and Morocco travel stories, then walk through the moment their own Reignite Live success summit got hacked mid session, live, in front of a room full of attendees. The episode opens with the finish of the paella story from Part 1: eating seafood out of to go containers while sprinting to board a ferry to Morocco, followed by a second sprint back through a storm to catch the return boat. Natalie and Pam use both stories to make the same point they made in Part 1: the memories worth keeping are usually the ones that went wrong first. The real center of this episode is what happened on day one of their recent success summit. Mid conversation with a sponsor about nervous system regulation, a hacker broke into the event's Zoom meeting and put explicit content on screen in front of the entire room. Natalie walks through her real time response: shutting the meeting down in seconds, sending a new meeting link to the full guest list during an extended lunch break, and getting a security briefing from one of their own speakers before day one resumed. Pam and Natalie compare this to a similar incident that happened to a friend during her own book launch event, where the outcome was far worse because no one on her team knew how to respond quickly. The episode closes with an announcement: Reignite Live season two is set for January 22, 2027, in Loveland, Colorado. In This Episode: How Natalie and Pam responded when their success summit got hacked mid sessionThe difference between a three second response and a freeze response, using a friend's book launch as the contrastWhy taking ownership of the incident mattered more than explaining how it happenedHow the hosts rebuilt attendee trust well enough that people came back for day twoWhy unprotected Zoom meetings are still getting hacked in 2026Details on Reignite Live season two, coming January 22, 2027 in Loveland, ColoradoThe Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

  5. Jul 20

    Respond vs React: How to Handle Life's Curveballs

    Send us Fan Mail Responding instead of reacting changes what happens after life throws you a curveball. In Part 1 of this two part conversation, Reignite Resilience hosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass sit down for an unscripted coffee talk episode built around one idea: the gap between an incident and your emotional response matters more than the incident itself. The conversation opens with Natalie recording on the road this summer and Pam catching her watching her plants on camera from a hotel room, which leads into a story about a nest of baby birds that Pam watched fledge at a Fourth of July barbecue. From there, Natalie and Pam turn to a pattern they both notice in their own lives: how often small, unexpected things happen, from medical emergencies on airplanes to a guest canceling an interview an hour before airtime, which is exactly what happened to them today. That last minute cancellation becomes the hosts' live example for the rest of the episode. Natalie breaks down the cycle most people get stuck in after something goes wrong: the physical reaction, the emotional response, and then the judgment that turns into a story you keep repeating to yourself. Pam introduces the "but did you die" philosophy she picked up from a friend's t shirt, and the two hosts trace how focusing on one bad moment invites you to keep finding more of them. The episode closes with Pam's story about a rental car toll booth mishap in Ireland that the hosts turned into one of their favorite travel stories instead of a source of stress. In This Episode: Why the pause between an incident and your response matters more than the incidentWhat happened when today's scheduled guest canceled an hour before recordingThe stimulus, emotion, judgment, story cycle that keeps people stuck after setbacksThe "but did you die" philosophy for putting problems into perspectiveWhy focusing on one bad moment invites you to notice more of themPart 2 of this conversation continues with more unexpected travel stories and closes out the episode. Natalie and Pam prove that the story you tell yourself after something goes wrong matters more than the thing that went wrong. The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

  6. Jul 16

    Play to Your Strengths with Chris Woods

    Send us Fan Mail Playing to your strengths beats fixing your weaknesses every time, and Chris Woods has the framework to prove it. In Part 2 of this Reignite Resilience conversation, hosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass continue their talk with Chris Woods, certified professional coach and author of Balls and Brains, this time digging into how he built his coaching framework long before he wrote the book, and why he coaches clients to spend their energy on what they are already good at. Chris opens by contrasting his own writing process with the discipline he saw in a Jerry Seinfeld interview about joke writing. Chris did not lock himself away and grind. He built the book slowly, around referrals and client conversations he had been having for years. He explains how the phrase Balls and Brains came to him, how he checked that the URL was open and grabbed it, and how the material practically assembled itself once he sat down to write, because the ideas were already tested on real clients. The heart of this episode is Chris's core teaching: play offense on your strengths, not defense on your weaknesses. He traces this back to how school and performance reviews train people to fixate on deficiencies, and he lays out his 80/20 rule for where to spend your effort instead. He uses Michael Jordan's failed baseball career and the movie Rudy to show the difference between talent multiplied by effort and effort alone. He also shares what he calls his biggest discovery from years of coaching corporate clients: the return on investment always outgrows the job title and bleeds into every part of a person's life. Chris closes with what is next for him, including plans for his own podcast under the Balls and Brains name, how listeners can reach him directly, and the two minute gratitude practice he recommends to everyone, morning and night. In This Episode: Why Chris Woods built his coaching framework for years before writing the bookHow the name Balls and Brains came together and why the URL was still availableThe difference between playing offense on strengths and defense on weaknessesWhy Chris uses Michael Jordan and the movie Rudy to explain talent versus effortThe biggest return on investment Chris sees in his corporate coaching workThe two minute gratitude practice Chris recommends every morning and nightChris Woods proves that strengths compound faster than weaknesses ever will. Spend your effort where your talent already lives, and the results follow. The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

  7. Jul 13

    Balls and Brains: Chris Woods on Fear, Strengths and Reinvention

    Send us Fan Mail Overcoming fear starts with facing what holds you back and naming the strengths that move you forward. In this episode of Reignite Resilience, hosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass sit down with Chris Woods, certified professional coach, author of Balls and Brains, and former four time global C-suite executive and Google sales leader, to unpack how fear shapes careers, relationships and self worth, and how to trade fear for strength. Chris grew up the youngest of five in a tough blue collar Boston neighborhood near Tufts University. His father died at 40, and this fact planted a fear in Chris that stayed with him for decades. He spent his twenties, thirties and part of his forties working to pay off student loans and build a career, driven less by ambition and more by a ticking clock he believed he could not escape. At 40, Chris contracted cardiac Lyme disease. His heart stopped in the hospital. Doctors brought him back, installed a pacemaker, and told him he had another 40 or 50 years to live. This moment forced Chris to ask a new question: what happens after you survive the fear you spent your life running from? The answer became Balls and Brains, Chris Woods's framework for helping people, especially men, name their fears and own their strengths instead of hiding from both. Chris walks Natalie and Pamela through the Enneagram and the Clifton StrengthsFinder, two tools he uses with coaching clients to map where fear shows up and where natural strength already lives. He shares the life changing question he borrowed from coach Peter Crone: who would you be in the absence of your concerns? And he explains why he coaches clients toward evolution, not revolution, when they are ready to change direction. In This Episode: Why Chris Woods named his coaching framework Balls and BrainsHow growing up in a tough Boston neighborhood shaped his relationship with resilienceWhat happened when his heart stopped from cardiac Lyme disease at age 40The most common fears holding high achieving men back from playing biggerHow the Enneagram and Clifton StrengthsFinder work together to map fear and talentChris Woods now runs a CEO consulting business, helping leaders align who they are with what they do so success feels energizing instead of exhausting. His story proves fear does not disappear. You learn to work with it instead of running from it. The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

  8. Jul 9

    Goal Setting That Actually Works: Drop What Is Not Yours and Build What Is

    Send us Fan Mail If a goal on your list is not yours, grinding harder will not help. It will burn you out faster. In Part 2 of this recap episode, Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass go deeper into what the Reignite Live Mid-Year Success Summit revealed about the goals most people are chasing. They share how speaker Sheri Engstrom introduced the Four Chambers framework and got attendees moving their bodies after two days of content, and why three minutes of movement made a noticeable difference in how people showed up for the rest of the session. Natalie and Pam also address the goal-setting conversation that hit hardest at the summit. Many attendees were working toward goals that were not actually theirs. Social pressure, FOMO, what a boss assigned, or what an influencer made look successful. These are not goals. They are distractions. Natalie and Pam give listeners direct permission to remove them, tweak them, or replace them entirely with what actually lights you up. The conversation closes with a commitment Natalie and Pam make on air: to read Tim Ferriss's Four-Hour Work Week, apply the Time Bender framework to their own schedules, and report back at Reignite Live 2027. They close with a direct invitation for listeners to hold them accountable in person on January 22, 2027. In This Episode: How Sheri Engstrom's Four Chambers framework and three minutes of body movement shifted the energy of the entire summitWhy goals that belong to someone else will never get you into flow state, and how to identify them on your current listThe direct link between burnout and chasing goals that are not yoursWhy Natalie and Pam are publicly committing to shrink their work week using the Time Bender framework before the next eventWhat Reignite Live 2027 will cover, why it is on January 22 in Loveland, Colorado, and how to save your spot nowThe summit recordings and workbook are available now at $47.  Mark your calendar: Reignite Live returns January 22, 2027, at Casa Sagrada in Loveland, Colorado. You now have six months notice. Connect with Reignite Resilience:  Website: reigniteresilience.com  Email: podcast@reigniteresilience.com The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and Resilience is now available for download as an audible.  Check it out! Support the show Subscribe to Our Weekly ThinkLetter Facebook Instagram Check out our Book Series: The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self Worth and ResilienceMagical Mornings Journal Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The co-hosts of this podcast are not medical professionals. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. Reliance on any information provided by the podcast hosts or guests is solely at your own risk. Pamela Cass is a licensed broker with Kentwood Real Estate Natalie Davis is a licensed broker with Keller Williams Realty Downtown, LLC

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Ready to shake things up and bounce back stronger than ever? Tune in to the Reignite Resilience Podcast with Pam and Natalie! We're all about sharing real-life stories of people who've turned their toughest moments into their biggest wins. Each episode is packed with: tales of triumphPractical tips to help you growExpert advice to navigate life's curveballs Whether you're an entrepreneur chasing your dreams, an athlete pushing your limits, or just someone looking to level up in this crazy world, we've got your back! Join us as we dive into conversations that'll light a fire in your belly and give you the tools to tackle whatever life throws your way. It's time to reignite your resilience, one episode at a time.

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    Pamela Cass and Natalie Davis
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
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