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Life Well Balanced PodcastYour Definition of Success is Wrong: From Fortune 100 Exec to Purpose-Driven EntrepreneurSend us a textWhat if success wasn’t about doing more but about redefining what matters most?In this insightful and heartfelt episode, Kimberley Schafer, entrepreneur, mentor, and former Fortune 100 leader, joins host Nick Houpt to talk about what it means to build a business, a partnership, and a life that feels truly balanced.From climbing the corporate ladder at IBM and Microsoft to launching and selling a thriving home care franchise, Kim’s journey is a powerful lesson in reinvention, resilience, and rediscovery. She opens up about buil...
2025-12-311h 01Life Well Balanced PodcastConnection Is the Real Cure: The Intergenerational Model Changing Lives Around the WorldSend us a textWhat if healing the world started with healing the way we connect?In this deeply moving and faith-filled episode, Stacy Shewey, founder and CEO of Hands 4 Life, shares how personal tragedy, faith, and community led her to build a global movement uniting orphaned children and isolated seniors through intergenerational living. Her story is one of profound loss, divine purpose, and a vision for a world rooted in compassion, simplicity, and love.We explore:✅ How Hands 4 Life is reshaping elder care and youth mentorship through shared community
2025-12-181h 01Life Well Balanced PodcastThe Movement That's Changing Everything: The Story Behind the ‘Tilting the Balance’ System For Clarity, Purpose, and Transformation with Justin Bullock and Nick HouptSend us a textWhat if your biggest breakdown was actually the beginning of your breakthrough?In this honest and energizing episode, Justin Bullock, co-author of Tilting the Balance, joins host Nick Houpt for a deep conversation on burnout, self-discovery, and the six-year journey behind their book. Together, they explore how friendship, vulnerability, and purpose turned a shared struggle into a movement built on balance, awareness, and aligned living.We explore:✅ The story behind Tilting the Balance and how it came to life ✅ How burnout and personal setb...
2025-12-041h 03Life Well Balanced PodcastYou’re Not Broken, Your Gut Is: Reset Your Diet, Reclaim Your Peace with Dr. Dana CooperSend us a textWhat if healing your body started not with a prescription, but with faith, breath, and the food on your plate?In this transformative conversation, Dr. Dana Cooper, founder of N. Harmony Functional Medicine, shares how his own battle with chronic acid reflux led him from conventional medicine to studying indigenous healing practices in Costa Rica. Today, he’s helping thousands reset their gut, restore energy, and reconnect with purpose through holistic functional medicine.We explore: ✅ How gut health influences your mood, sleep, and mental clarity ✅ The dang...
2025-11-2052 minLife Well Balanced PodcastMeaning Is the New Hustle: Justin Snavely on Creativity, Mindset, and Building a Life You LoveSend us a textWhat if success wasn’t about chasing more, but about creating meaning in what you already do?In this thoughtful and inspiring conversation, we sit down with Justin Snavely, creator, craftsman, and store manager of Mustache Merch in historic downtown St. Augustine. From turning a backyard shed into a thriving lifestyle brand to handcrafting beard balms and men’s grooming products, Justin shares how creativity, patience, and presence transformed his work and his life.We explore: ✅ The mindset shift from “success equals money” to “success equals meaning”...
2025-11-0650 minLife Well Balanced PodcastThe Energy Within: Linda Smiley on Emotional Release, Human Design, and Healing Through StillnessSend us a textWhat if your emotions weren’t meant to be managed, but released?In this healing-centered episode, Linda Smiley, founder of Life Force Healing, takes us deep into the world of body coding, energy work, and human design. After a high-pressure career in corporate sales and a battle with unexplained health issues, Linda found herself on a path of holistic healing that changed her life, and the lives of those she now serves.We explore: ✅ The basics of body coding and muscle testing, and why they work ...
2025-10-2349 minLife Well Balanced PodcastInsurance, Integrity, and the Power of Mindset with Mike ChimentoSend us a textWhat if the key to understanding insurance, and living with less stress, had nothing to do with policies and everything to do with mindset?In this practical and motivating episode, Mike Chimento, founder of The Chimento Group, shares how he built a business rooted in integrity, resilience, and balance. With over a decade of experience helping families and businesses navigate open enrollment, Mike’s approach is refreshingly human, focusing on clarity, compassion, and trust over sales tactics.We explore: ✅ What it means to lead with integrity in bu...
2025-10-091h 00Life Well Balanced PodcastHealing Your Inner Child: Amanda Andrade on Hypnotherapy, Self-Worth, and Emotional ReleaseSend us a textWhat if the key to moving forward was reconnecting with the version of you that’s been buried, ignored, or silenced?In this powerful and soulful episode, we sit down with Amanda Andrade, clinical hypnotherapist, intimacy coach, and author of If You Allow It, You Can Feel It. Amanda unpacks how hypnotherapy, inner child healing, and emotional awareness can unlock decades of suppressed self-worth, and help you rewrite the story you've been living.We explore:✅ How to connect with your inner child and start healing buried emotions✅ How cu...
2025-09-2750 min
Live, Learn, Teach, InspireLife Well Balanced Podcast | The Confidence Code: Philip Sykes on Etiquette, Emotional Intelligence, and Everyday ExcellenceSend us a textWhat if etiquette wasn’t about being “proper”, but about being truly present? In this inspiring episode, Nick Houpt and Steven Baxendale sit down with Dr Philip Sykes, founder of The British School of Excellence, to explore the deeper meaning of etiquette, emotional intelligence, and authentic human connection.Dr Sykes shares the pivotal experiences that shaped his journey, from working at one of South Africa’s top restaurants, The Colony, to his studies at hotel school and his decades of global leadership and hospitality experience. He reflects on how attention to detail...
2025-09-141h 11Life Well Balanced PodcastThe Confidence Code: Philip Sykes on Etiquette, Emotional Intelligence, and Everyday ExcellenceSend us a textWhat if confidence, kindness, and presence could unlock the life you’re really meant to live?In this thoughtful and uplifting episode, we sit down with Philip Sykes, founder of The British School of Excellence, to explore how etiquette and emotional intelligence go far beyond manners, they're essential tools for building balanced, authentic, and empowered lives.Drawing from decades of global experience, Philip breaks down how small habits in the way we speak, show up, and connect with others can change everything, at home, in business, and wi...
2025-09-111h 11Life Well Balanced PodcastBalanced Leadership At Home: with Miguel CamargoSend us a textWhat if your greatest leadership role wasn’t in the office, but at home?In this inspiring and transparent episode, entrepreneur and father of six Miguel Camargo shares what it really looks like to lead with purpose. From battling early insecurities to breaking hustle culture, Miguel walks us through the mindset, faith, and daily habits that keep him grounded while balancing a thriving business and a full house.Together, we explore: ✅ How to lead your family with intentionality, not just provide for them ✅ The difference between burnout and misa...
2025-08-2850 min
Life Well Balanced PodcastRewriting the Playbook: Grayson Marshall Jr. on Faith, Mindset, and Moving ForwardSend us a textWhat happens when survival becomes your catalyst for service?In this powerful episode, Grayson Marshall Jr., Clemson basketball Hall of Famer and founder of the life-changing nonprofit Project 7:13, joins us to unpack what it means to rewrite your narrative. After surviving a near-fatal aortic dissection in 2024, Grayson emerged with a renewed mission: to lead with faith, redefine success, and shift mindsets from “self-made” to “servant-made”Known as “The Coach,” Grayson channels faith, discipline, and resilience into serving others, whether he's mentoring entrepreneurs, guiding athletes through life's next...
2025-08-141h 09Life Well Balanced PodcastThrough the Storm: Mental Health, Mission, and Military Life with Stephen CrookSend us a textWhat happens after 20 years in uniform, when the mission ends, but the mental storm continues?In this vulnerable and energizing episode, Stephen Crook, Coast Guard veteran and founder of Through the Storm Apparel, opens up about PTSD, identity, and the quiet battles veterans face long after deployment. From launching a one-for-one apparel brand to personally stepping in to save fellow service members in crisis, Stephen shares what it takes to lead with heart, heal out loud, and balance life after service.In this episode, we explore:...
2025-07-1656 minLife Well Balanced PodcastTriple-A Resilience: Rob Swymer on Navigating Life’s ChallengesSend us a textWhat if your biggest setbacks were actually setting you up for something greater?In this powerful conversation, host Nick Houpt sits down with bestselling author and international speaker Rob Swymer to talk about surrendering to adversity, leading with heart, and finding purpose through pain. From overcoming addiction and loss to building global teams and coaching leaders, Rob shares the tools that helped him not just survive but thrive.In this episode:Why surrender isn’t giving up—it’s choosing growthRob’s AAA formula for bouncing back str...
2025-07-021h 06Life Well Balanced PodcastLegacy in Action: Chad Anfinson on Leadership, Family, and Reinventing Senior CareSend us a textWhat does real leadership look like when you’re building not just businesses, but people?In this inspiring episode of Life Well Balanced, host Nick Houpt sits down with Chad Anfinson, Executive Vice President of Silver Treasures Senior Living. From washing cars at 14 to overseeing one of the first national senior living franchise models, Chad's journey is packed with grit, vision, and heart.We dive into:Why routines matter more than motivationKnowing when to shut it down and why that’s the real superpowerWhat a Life Well Balanced mean...
2025-06-1855 minLife Well Balanced PodcastBeyond the Mind: Dr. Desh on Balance, Identity & the Science of Mental WellnessSend us a textWhat happens when a psychiatrist blends science, spirituality, and systems thinking to reshape how we view mental health?In this transformative conversation, host Nick Houpt sits down with Dr. Desh, an award-winning, triple-board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Balanced Wellbeing LLC, to explore what it truly means to live a Life Well Balanced. Drawing from personal experience, clinical wisdom, and decades of work in psychiatric care, Dr. Desh offers a refreshing, human-first approach to healing.In this episode, we unpack:Why balance, not perfection, is the foundation of mental...
2025-06-181h 07
Navigating Adulthood and IDDEpisode 7: Jessica Leza- Neuroqueering, Music Therapy, and Individualized Client-Centered WorkIn this episode, Jessica and I discuss an essay she wrote for the Neurodiversity Reader including topics such as neuroqueering, neurodiversity, neuroqueering in music therapy, and radical individualized client-centered work."Jessica Leza is a board certified music therapist originally from Houston, Texas, USA. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Composition from the University of North Texas and a Master of Arts in Music Therapy from Texas Woman’s University. Jessica completed a music therapy internship at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ and has received additional training in Neurological Music Therapy (NMT). Je...
2020-10-2657 min
Diamond Niners WeeklyWeek 12 RecapThis week's episode is dedicated in memory of Riley Howell & Reed Parlier and also in honor of Drew Pescaro, Emily Houpt, Rami Alramadhan, & Sean Dehart. #CharlotteStrong
2019-05-071h 08