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Adapt ProThe Shift That Changes EverythingIn this AdaptPro episode, I sit down with Nicholas Volinchak, MBA—founder of The Microshift Project and a transformational coach known for helping high-achieving professionals break cycles of imposter syndrome, burnout, and feeling “stuck.”We dive into the concept of micro-shift moments—the small but powerful pivots that can completely change the trajectory of your life, especially when you’re overwhelmed or doubting yourself. Nick opens up about his own journey, the pressure high performers face, and the quiet battles that happen behind success.A real, honest, and empowering conversation for anyone navigating...
2025-11-2830 min
The Microshift Project PodcastResilience & Mastery: Mark Dolan on Turning Trauma Into TransformationWelcome back to The Microshift Project Podcast — where we talk about the moments that change everything. Around here, it’s not about hype or overnight success. It’s about perseverance — and the microshifts that move us from stuck to unstoppable.Today’s guest, Mark Dolan, is the founder of Time Tested Mastery: Life Lessons Sell — a coach, communicator, and teacher whose work blends decades of experience in leadership, real estate, and personal development. His message is simple but powerful: mastery isn’t found in shortcuts — it’s built through daily, deliberate practice.In this conversa...
2025-10-2944 min
Brushwood Media NetworkWhat Happens When You Hit Rock Bottom? Lessons in Micro Shifts and MeaningGuest: Nicholas Volinchak
What happens when your life falls apart—and you realize it’s your wake-up call?
In this deeply moving episode, Dr. Allen Lycka sits down with Nicholas Volinchak—speaker, entrepreneur, and storyteller—to uncover how small daily choices, or micro shifts, can completely transform your life.
From losing his mother at eight, battling addiction and homelessness in his 20s, to rebuilding a thriving business and family, Nicholas’s story is proof that it’s never too late to rewrite your future. With vulnerability and humor, he shares how p...
2025-10-2027 min
LIVE with The Famous Unshakeable Dr. ALWhat Happens When You Hit Rock Bottom? Lessons in Micro Shifts and MeaningGuest: Nicholas Volinchak
What happens when your life falls apart—and you realize it’s your wake-up call?
In this deeply moving episode, Dr. Allen Lycka sits down with Nicholas Volinchak—speaker, entrepreneur, and storyteller—to uncover how small daily choices, or micro shifts, can completely transform your life.
From losing his mother at eight, battling addiction and homelessness in his 20s, to rebuilding a thriving business and family, Nicholas’s story is proof that it’s never too late to rewrite your future. With vulnerability and humor, he shares how p...
2025-10-2027 minThe Microshift Project PodcastPerseverance and Purpose - How Crystal Volinchak Built CNV Creative From AdversityWelcome back to The Microshift Project Podcast — where we get real about the moments that change everything. This isn’t about hype or quick fixes. It’s about perseverance, transformation, and the small shifts that move us from stuck to unstoppable.Today’s episode is personal. I’m sitting down with my wife, Crystal Volinchak — co-founder of CNV Creative, an award-winning marketing strategist, and one of the most resilient people I know. Together, we built a business from scratch after life threw us every curve it could — and through it all, Crystal has been the heart...
2025-10-1558 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 12 - Irina ShehovsovWelcome back to The Microshift Project Podcast — where we shine a light on the small, powerful shifts that change the course of our lives. Around here, it’s not about quick fixes. It’s about perseverance, resilience, and the everyday microshifts that build lasting transformation.In this episode, I sit down with Irina Shehovsov — founder of Reclaim Your Life, transformational coach, and #1 International Best-Selling Author of The Gift Inside. She’s also the host of Single Parent Success Stories and Reclaim Your Life with Irina, and runs the Happiness Academy YouTube channel. Her mission: to empower wo...
2025-10-0844 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 11 - Jan Raeder, The Self Care SenseiWelcome back to The Microshift Project Podcast — where we explore the moments that change everything. Around here, it’s not about hype or quick fixes. It’s about perseverance, hard-earned wisdom, and the small shifts — the microshifts — that add up to transformation.In this episode, I sit down with Jan Raeder, better known as The SelfCare Sensei. Jan is a wellbeing educator, speaker, and gold medal–winning karateka with a master’s degree in wellbeing education. She blends karate wisdom with positive psychology to help people stress less, grow more, and live with purpose. She’s also the autho...
2025-10-0152 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 10 - Breaking the CycleSome cycles run deep — loss, abuse, addiction, trauma. They pass from one generation to the next unless someone decides to break them.In this episode, I share my most personal story yet. I grew up losing my mom young, living with abuse, and carrying anger I didn’t know how to process. Addiction consumed me, leading to homelessness, jail, and estrangement from everyone I loved. That was the cycle repeating — pain leading to destruction, destruction leading back to pain.The turning point came at the Rescue Mission and through mentors who believed in me when I didn...
2025-09-2432 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 9 - From Rock Bottom to RevenueWhat does addiction recovery have in common with building a business? More than you might think.In this episode, I trace the parallels between my journey through recovery and my path as an entrepreneur. Both start at rock bottom. Both demand relentless perseverance. And both are built through the same principles: structure, accountability, community, resilience, and the discipline to keep showing up when it would be easier to quit.For me, recovery was about more than getting clean — it was about learning how to live. Entrepreneurship was about more than making money — it was about lear...
2025-09-1735 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 8 - The Addict's AdvantageWhat once nearly destroyed you can become the very thing that sets you apart.In this episode, I talk about what I call The Addict’s Advantage. Addiction sharpened traits in me — resourcefulness, creativity under pressure, risk-taking, and an ability to hustle relentlessly. Left unchecked, those traits were destructive. But when redirected, they became the same strengths that fuel my work as an entrepreneur and leader today.This conversation isn’t about glorifying addiction — it’s about flipping the script. The very skills that once dragged you down can, with discipline and direction, become the foundation...
2025-09-1022 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 7 - Stop Trying To Force ItFor years, I tried to force everything — outcomes, opportunities, even people. I thought if I pushed hard enough, I could control the timing of my life. But what I’ve learned is that real change doesn’t come from forcing it. It comes from the small, steady shifts that compound over time — what I call microshifts.In this episode, I talk about what happens when you stop trying to bend life to your will and start trusting the process. For me, forcing only led to frustration, setbacks, and wasted energy. But when I leaned into microshifts — the daily, del...
2025-09-0221 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 6 - What Happens During Addiction RecoveryEveryone talks about the moment you decide to get clean. Few talk about what comes next.Recovery isn’t a finish line — it’s the start of a whole new life you have to build from the ground up. After addiction, the real work begins: creating a new community when your old circles pull you back, forcing structure into days that used to be chaos, and facing the loneliness of rebuilding while family and friends expect instant results you can’t deliver.In this episode, I talk about what it’s really like after addiction — the unglamor...
2025-08-2727 min
Time Tested MasteryOne Shift Away from Momentum: Transformation with Nick VolenchakIn this powerful episode of Time Tested Mastery: Life Lessons Sell, I sit down with Nick Volenchak—transformation coach, speaker, and founder of the MicroShift Project.
Nick’s story is raw, real, and inspiring. After losing his mother at a young age, enduring abuse, battling addiction, and experiencing homelessness, he rebuilt his life—celebrating over 20 years of sobriety. From running a professional wrestling company to building a successful digital marketing firm, Nick now dedicates his work to helping high-achieving men move beyond surviving to truly thriving.
Nick shares the philosophy behind his MicroShift framework: the belief...
2025-08-2641 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 3 - My Mirror MomentThere are moments in life that cut through all the noise—the ones where someone tells you the truth you’ve been avoiding. For me, that moment came at exactly midnight on Valentine’s Day, 2005, when I walked into the Rescue Mission at 21 years old. I was broke, homeless, and addicted, and Frank—the man on duty that night—looked me in the eye and asked a question that stopped me cold:“What are you doing with your life that at 21 years old, coming from Canfield, Ohio, you ended up at a homeless shelter?”That wasn’t judgmen...
2025-08-2045 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 4 - The Friend I Couldn't SaveSome stories never leave you. For me, one of those is Larry Sweeney.Larry was a force of nature—charismatic, talented, and the kind of guy who lit up a room. We brought him into our wrestling company back in the mid-2000s, and even then, you could tell he had something special. But behind the energy and the showmanship, he was fighting battles most people never saw.I wanted to save him because I saw so much of myself in him—his struggles, his brilliance, and the weight he carried. But the truth is, I co...
2025-08-2038 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 5 - Finally, It All Makes SenseSometimes it takes someone else seeing greatness in you before you can see it yourself. For me, that person was Tony Lariccia.Tony was a philanthropist, a businessman, and a Youngstown legend. But to me, he became something even more important — a mirror I couldn’t ignore. When others doubted me, Tony stopped in the middle of a conversation one day, turned to the room, and said, “Did you know Nicky used to be a drug addict? Be proud of that. Most people will never have done what you’ve done.”That moment broke me open. For...
2025-08-2026 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 1 - Hope From StrangersSometimes the people who change our lives aren’t the ones we’ve known for years. Sometimes, it’s someone we’ve just met — or barely know — who sees us in a moment when we can’t see ourselves.In this episode, I share the story of a stranger who gave me hope at one of the lowest points in my life. It wasn’t a grand gesture. It wasn’t a motivational speech. It was a simple, human moment that reminded me I wasn’t invisible — and that I still had a future worth fighting for.You’ll hear:
2025-08-1340 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 2 - Unexpected DignityNot every turning point comes from someone close to you. Sometimes it’s an unexpected interaction that stays with you for decades.In this episode, I share the story of a police officer I met during one of the lowest points in my life. I was braced for judgment, criticism, or indifference — but instead, I was met with respect. That moment didn’t erase the challenges I was facing, but it reminded me that I was still a person worth seeing.You’ll hear:The situation that led to that encounterWhat made this off...
2025-08-1332 minThe Microshift Project PodcastThe Microshift Project Podcast - Episode 0 - IntroductionEvery journey has a starting point. For me, it began in a place I never thought I’d be—rock bottom. This first episode is my story, told in full. The early losses, the bad decisions, the years I almost didn’t make it through… and the small, steady shifts that brought me back.I’m sharing the experiences that shaped The Microshift Project—why perseverance matters more than quick wins, and how micro changes can create a life you’re proud of.You’ll hear:Growing up with loss and instabilityThe downward spiral into addiction a...
2025-08-1326 min