Unfiltered Conversations

Michael Yearby
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Unfiltered Conversations is where professionals get real, raw, and downright unfiltered. No fluff, no fakery—just bold, brash, and brutally honest conversations with leaders, creators, and changemakers. We laugh, we go deep, we drop gems. If you’ve ever wanted the truth with style, this is your Friday fix. We’re not here to impress—we’re here to connect. So pull up, plug in, and let’s get unapologetically real.

  1. Kelly Schuknecht Says Stop Being the Best-Kept Secret in Your Industry

    6D AGO

    Kelly Schuknecht Says Stop Being the Best-Kept Secret in Your Industry

    Kelly Schuknecht joins Unfiltered Conversations for a real, raw, and practical conversation about personal branding, thought leadership, entrepreneurship, AI, and what it really takes to become the trusted authority in your space.Kelly is the founder and CEO of Two Mile High Marketing, a personal brand agency that helps experts move from being the best-kept secret to becoming recognized, credible, and visible leaders. With more than 20 years of experience in publishing and marketing, Kelly has spent much of her career helping CEOs, founders, authors, and business leaders step into the spotlight. Now, she is doing that same work through her own company, her book Unlocking Your Authority X Factor, her Visibility, Credibility, and Consistency framework, and her work helping entrepreneurs build stronger speaking platforms, LinkedIn presence, and personal brands.In this episode, we talk about why authenticity matters more than ever, especially in a world where AI can generate content faster than people can read it. Kelly breaks down why human connection, real stories, speaking opportunities, books, podcasts, and consistent visibility are becoming major differentiators for business owners and experts.We also get into the emotional side of entrepreneurship: losing a job, stepping out from behind the scenes, becoming the face of your own company, dealing with imposter syndrome, growing too fast, hiring challenges, and learning how to keep showing up even when business gets uncomfortable.This conversation is for entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers, consultants, authors, leaders, and professionals who know they have value but have been hiding in plain sight.Watch the full conversation and ask yourself the uncomfortable question: are you building authority, or are you still waiting for people to discover you?#UnfilteredConversations #KellySchuknecht #PersonalBranding #ThoughtLeadership #AuthorityXFactor #TwoMileHighMarketing #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #MarketingStrategy #LinkedInMarketing #AIAndBusiness #HumanConnection #ProfessionalBranding #SpeakerBranding #AuthenticLeadership

    38 min
  2. You Are Not Your Job Title: Larry Keslin on Ego, Joy, Purpose, and Real Connection

    MAY 11

    You Are Not Your Job Title: Larry Keslin on Ego, Joy, Purpose, and Real Connection

    In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Larry Kesslin, entrepreneur, community builder, speaker, coach, and author of The Joy Molecule.Larry brings a powerful message for anyone who has ever achieved success on paper but still felt something missing inside. This conversation breaks open the difference between identity and self, achievement and alignment, and status and real joy.Larry shares how a life-changing trip to rural Uganda in 2012 helped reshape his understanding of joy, purpose, service, and human connection. He also explains the core idea behind The Joy Molecule: conscious connection plus purpose equals joy.This episode goes deep into ego, childhood programming, negative self-talk, success addiction, service, identity, inner work, and the question too many people avoid asking:What are you, who are you, and why are you here?If you are a leader, entrepreneur, creator, coach, author, or professional who has been chasing success but questioning whether it is actually bringing peace, this conversation will hit differently.Watch the full episode, sit with the questions, and ask yourself whether your true self is actually driving your life or just locked in the trunk while your identity performs for the world.Like, comment, subscribe, and share this episode with someone who looks successful but may need to reconnect with joy, purpose, and real human connection.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #LarryKeslin #TheJoyMolecule #JoyMolecule #PurposeDrivenLife #ConsciousConnection #PersonalGrowth #LeadershipMindset #Entrepreneurship #InnerWork #AuthenticSuccess #ServiceLeadership #MindsetShift #HumanConnection

    51 min
  3. West Point, Alcohol, Ayahuasca, and the Brutal Truth About Rebuilding Your Identity: The Scottie Schneider's Story

    MAY 4

    West Point, Alcohol, Ayahuasca, and the Brutal Truth About Rebuilding Your Identity: The Scottie Schneider's Story

    Scottie Schneider’s story is not clean, polished, or fake inspirational.He grew up homeschooled in a strict religious environment, went to West Point, entered the Army, nearly lost part of his foot from severe frostbite, lost the military future he thought would define him, battled alcoholism, built businesses, made money, sabotaged success, and still found himself asking the same brutal question:Why am I still not happy?In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Scottie Schneider for a raw conversation about military transition, identity loss, entrepreneurship, self-sabotage, spiritual healing, indigenous wisdom, plant medicine responsibility, and the kind of community modern people are starving for.Scottie opens up about losing the uniform, losing family, blowing up relationships and businesses, and eventually building a community rooted in one powerful rule: no doors.This conversation goes deep into preparation, integration, ayahuasca safety, emotional accountability, veteran purpose, healing after trauma, and why no breakthrough means anything if you refuse the boring daily work afterward.This is not a conversation about escaping responsibility.It is a conversation about finally taking it back.Watch the full episode, leave a comment with the part that challenged you most, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and share this with someone who is rebuilding their life after losing the identity they thought would carry them forever.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #ScottieSchneider #MilitaryTransition #VeteranHealing #IdentityCrisis #PersonalTransformation #AyahuascaIntegration #PlantMedicineSafety #SpiritualGrowth #EntrepreneurshipJourney #SelfSabotage #CommunityHealing #LeadershipLessons #EmotionalAccountability

    47 min
  4. Paul Musson Exposes Why Money Printing Makes Main Street Pay While Wall Street Wins

    APR 28

    Paul Musson Exposes Why Money Printing Makes Main Street Pay While Wall Street Wins

    In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Paul Musson, investment veteran, former fund manager, author of Capital Offense: Why Some Benefit at Your Expense, and creator of Paulitical Economy, for a powerful conversation about money, capital, markets, housing, AI disruption, and the economic system most people feel but do not fully understand.Paul does not come into this conversation trying to rage bait, scare people, or throw around financial jargon. He breaks down complicated economic ideas in plain language, including why money and capital are not the same thing, how central bank policies have inflated asset prices, why housing has become unaffordable for younger generations, and how Wall Street bailouts can quietly shift pain onto Main Street.This episode also gets deeply human. Paul talks about personal honesty, how he went from trying to impress clients to educating them, why his principle of “be free and do no harm” shapes his work, and why people need truth, not ego, when making financial decisions. He also shares lessons from owning a brew pub, working in investment management, watching AI disrupt careers, and seeing how ordinary people can still pivot, adapt, and fight for a better future.If you care about financial education, wealth inequality, housing affordability, AI disruption, capitalism, leadership, truth, investing, and the future of work, this conversation is for you.Watch the full episode, drop your biggest takeaway in the comments, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and share this conversation with someone who needs a clearer understanding of what is really happening with money.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #PaulMusson #CapitalOffense #MoneyAndCapital #FinancialEducation #WealthInequality #HousingCrisis #CentralBanks #WallStreet #MainStreet #InflationExplained #PersonalFinance #EconomicTruth #FutureOfWork

    58 min
  5. Ronald "Zion" Roseboro: Why Silent Men Eventually Explode

    APR 21

    Ronald "Zion" Roseboro: Why Silent Men Eventually Explode

    In this powerful episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Ronald Zion Roseboro, founder of The Shame Free Life, trauma-informed coach, author, speaker, and voice helping men tell the truth about shame, silence, identity, healing, faith, and redemption.This conversation goes straight into the emotional battles many men hide behind success, leadership, ministry, money, marriage, fatherhood, and public image. Ronald breaks down what he calls the Emotional Miranda Law, where men feel like they have the right to remain silent, but that silence slowly becomes a prison.Michael and Ronald discuss men suffering in silence, emotional incarceration, trauma, rejection, pride, masculinity, faith, rest, inner child healing, the difference between guilt and shame, and why redemption is still possible even when a man feels too broken, too ashamed, or too far gone.Ronald also shares his work through The BRICK Method, which stands for Breakthrough, Resilience, Identity, Clarity, and Kickstart, along with Samson Restored and his book Is There a Samson in You? His message is clear: the bricks from your past can either weigh you down or become the foundation you rebuild with.This is not just a conversation about men’s pain. This is a conversation about truth, identity, spiritual restoration, and what healing actually requires.Watch the full conversation, drop your thoughts in the comments, like the episode, subscribe to the channel, and share this with someone who needs to know they are still redeemable.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #RonaldZionRoseboro #ShameFreeLife #MensHealing #TraumaRecovery #FaithAndHealing #Masculinity #MensMentalHealth #Redemption #Leadership #PersonalDevelopment #Identity #EmotionalHealth #PodcastInterview

    41 min
  6. Joseph Bolton: The Soldier Who Turned Grief Into Folklore

    APR 13

    Joseph Bolton: The Soldier Who Turned Grief Into Folklore

    In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Joseph E. Bolton, military veteran, author, historical storyteller, and creator of Old Grandmother’s Tree, a deeply illustrated folklore series rooted in French-Canadian ancestry, Algonquin heritage, family memory, and the power of preserving stories before they disappear.This conversation goes far beyond books.Joseph opens up about tracing his ancestry back through Quebec, discovering the powerful story of Mimete Wiyawagwe, and realizing that family history is not just information on a chart. It is identity. It is responsibility. It is unfinished business.Michael and Joseph also explore the cost of silence, the importance of talking to elders before their stories vanish, the grief of losing loved ones, and how Joseph’s military background sharpened his writing while his creativity waited for the right season to break open.This episode is about legacy, memory, grief, imagination, service, authorship, and the uncomfortable truth that if we do not preserve our stories, nobody else may do it for us.Watch the full conversation, sit with the message, and ask yourself one serious question: what story in your family is waiting on you to carry it forward?Like, comment, subscribe, and share this episode with someone who believes stories matter.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #JosephBolton #OldGrandmothersTree #AuthorInterview #Folklore #Ancestry #FamilyLegacy #MilitaryVeteran #Storytelling #FrenchCanadianHeritage #AlgonquinHistory #PersonalLegacy #CreativeWriting #LeadershipLessons

    46 min
  7. Bryan Charleau Exposes The Real Cost Of Bad Mentors

    APR 6

    Bryan Charleau Exposes The Real Cost Of Bad Mentors

    Sales is not just about closing deals.It is about rejection, ego, pressure, mentorship, identity, integrity, and whether you can keep picking up the phone when nobody is coming to save you.In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Bryan Charleau, author of Pitching Sales: A Complete Guide to Become a Sales Professional, for a raw and honest conversation about what it really takes to build a career in sales.Bryan breaks down why so many new salespeople struggle in the first six months to one year, why rejection can destroy confidence before tactics ever matter, and why the best sales professionals are not the loudest people in the room. They are the ones who listen, ask better questions, build trust, and help customers make the right decision without pressure or manipulation.This conversation goes deep into cold calling, bad mentors, good mentors, internal competition, athletic identity, ACL injuries, career pivots, commission pressure, personal integrity, and the difference between having a sales job and building a sales career.If you are in sales, leadership, business, coaching, entrepreneurship, or any profession where rejection and trust matter, this episode will hit home.Watch the full conversation, like the episode, drop your thoughts in the comments, subscribe to the channel, and share this with someone who is trying to build a real career without losing themselves in the process.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #BryanCharleau #PitchingSales #SalesTraining #SalesCareer #SalesLeadership #SalesMindset #SalesMentorship #ProfessionalDevelopment #BusinessGrowth #Entrepreneurship #AuthenticSelling #RejectionResilience #IntegrityInSales

    47 min
  8. Why More Cameras Won’t Save Us: Robert Mahoney's Story

    MAR 30

    Why More Cameras Won’t Save Us: Robert Mahoney's Story

    In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Robert Mahoney of TVTP Solutions for a serious, eye-opening conversation about targeted violence prevention, community safety, and why so many organizations confuse protection with real prevention.Robert brings over 15 years of experience in targeted violence and terrorism prevention, and his message is direct: communities do not just need more cameras, guards, drills, fences, and hardened buildings. They need better coordination, earlier care, stronger information-sharing, and a deeper understanding of the human pathway that can lead someone toward violence.This conversation breaks down why the phrase “random act of violence” can be dangerously misleading, why “see something, say something” is not enough by itself, and why many communities do not have a reporting problem as much as they have a coordination problem.Michael and Robert also discuss behavioral threat assessment, care teams, school safety, public safety leadership, identity, community, purpose, radicalization, crisis intervention, and how small “paper cuts” in a person’s life can stack up when nobody connects the dots.This episode matters for leaders, educators, public safety professionals, entrepreneurs, parents, military members, coaches, and anyone responsible for people. The deeper lesson is simple but powerful: real prevention starts before the threat becomes obvious.Watch the full conversation, drop your thoughts in the comments, like the episode, subscribe to the channel, and share this with someone who cares about leadership, safety, and protecting communities before tragedy happens.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #RobertMahoney #TVTPSolutions #ViolencePrevention #TargetedViolencePrevention #Leadership #CommunitySafety #ThreatAssessment #CareTeams #SchoolSafety #PublicSafety #PreventionMatters #HumanBehavior #CrisisPrevention

    48 min
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Unfiltered Conversations is where professionals get real, raw, and downright unfiltered. No fluff, no fakery—just bold, brash, and brutally honest conversations with leaders, creators, and changemakers. We laugh, we go deep, we drop gems. If you’ve ever wanted the truth with style, this is your Friday fix. We’re not here to impress—we’re here to connect. So pull up, plug in, and let’s get unapologetically real.

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  • Creator
    Michael Yearby
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    43
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Michael Yearby
  • Show Website
    Unfiltered Conversations