No Negative Energy Presents: The "Due To Expire" Podcast with Corey L. Kennard

Can We Talk? - An Interview with Jermaine Ee

Text Us With This Link And Let Us Know How You Feel About This Episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2592690/fan_mail/new] Avoiding end-of-life planning is easy until you watch confusion and regret hit the people you love. We sit down with Jermaine Ee, founder of HeirLight.com, to talk about why so many families still don’t have a will and why the real obstacle usually isn’t legal knowledge, it’s avoidance, fear, and the belief that estate planning “isn’t for people like us.”  Jermaine shares how his immigrant family story and a near-failure moment in high school shaped his grit, and how a career spanning YouTube marketing, augmented reality ads, and political campaign finance taught him how systems really work. Then the conversation gets personal: the loss that pushed him to start asking better questions, documenting what matters, and building a guided, AI-driven will-making platform designed to help people start the first conversation. If you’ve been searching for estate planning help, a simple way to write a will, or a calmer approach to end-of-life planning, this is a powerful place to begin.  We also go beyond paperwork into the daily practice of meaning. Jermaine unpacks his line “clarity is love in practical form,” including a practical exercise with your credit card statement to spot what actually brings joy. From traveling through Albania and seeing how other cultures relate to contentment, to humanitarian logistics connected to Ukraine and lessons from Rotary International, we keep coming back to the same question: are we building a life that feels true, or just chasing titles.  Listen through, share it with someone who needs a gentle push to plan ahead, and then subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what conversation you’re finally ready to have.

Life Is Like A Carton Of Milk

Text Us With This Link And Let Us Know How You Feel About This Episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2592690/fan_mail/new] You can smell a carton of milk and panic over 24 hours, yet still treat your own life like it has no expiration date. We challenge that default setting and make a bold case: mortality is not a dark thought to avoid, it is the ultimate clarity tool for productivity, happiness, and intentional living. When we stop pretending time is infinite, we stop sleepwalking through the days that actually shape our lives. We dig into the psychology of why avoidance feels so natural, including terror management theory and the “cultural anxiety buffers” that keep us busy and distracted, like doomscrolling, status chasing, and spending money to impress people we do not even like. Then we flip the script with research on post traumatic growth and socioemotional selectivity theory, showing how a shorter time horizon can reduce shallow social games and pull us toward meaning, deep relationships, and real priorities. We also confront what people regret when the clock runs out, including the painful truth that many wish they had lived a life true to themselves instead of meeting everyone else’s expectations. From there, we offer a practical tool you can use immediately: a regret audit that looks at your calendar through the eyes of 90 year old you, plus a three step system to confront the numbers, filter the noise, and schedule the some days with real dates. If you’re ready to stop waiting for a crisis to wake you up, press play and take one action today. Subscribe, share this with a friend who keeps saying “someday,” and leave a review with the change you’re making next.

Structure Eats Stress For Lunch!

Text Us With This Link And Let Us Know How You Feel About This Episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2592690/fan_mail/new] Discipline has a branding problem. The moment we hear the word, many of us picture restriction, punishment, and a rigid life that squeezes out joy. But when we avoid structure, “going with the flow” often turns into three hours of doom scrolling, a messy kitchen, and the sinking feeling that we spent our day reacting instead of living. We unpack the behavioral science behind why that happens, starting with decision fatigue and why willpower is such a fragile strategy. Your brain makes hundreds of micro decisions daily, and self-control runs on limited fuel. So if your plan depends on feeling motivated at the right moment, you are setting yourself up to lose. I explain the comfort loop too: your brain craves safety and efficiency, so it will talk you into staying comfortable with convincing lies like “start tomorrow” or “you’re too tired today.” The goal is not to argue with the lie, it’s to expect it and build around it. Then we get practical with three tools you can use immediately: anchor habits (habit stacking) to attach new behaviors to routines you already do, environmental design and friction management to make good habits easy and bad habits inconvenient, and the two minute rule to beat activation energy and create momentum fast. We also talk about overcrowded calendars, time tracking, and why “no” is a complete sentence when your life is filled with other people’s priorities. If you want more focus, calmer days, and a system that supports your goals, press play now, then subscribe, share this with a friend who feels “too busy,” and leave a review with the one habit you’re anchoring tomorrow.

Failing Forward

Text Us With This Link And Let Us Know How You Feel About This Episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2592690/fan_mail/new] Think back to the most spectacular mess you’ve ever made. The one that still makes you wince. Now imagine that moment wasn’t proof you’re broken, but proof your brain is learning. Host Corey Kennard walks through why failure hurts so much, why we get stuck, and how to turn a setback into a launch pad without pretending it didn’t happen. We dig into the behavioral science behind the sting, including how the anterior cingulate cortex functions like an internal alarm system that reacts fast when you blow it. From there, we name the psychological traps that quietly keep smart people frozen: avoidance that buries feedback, the blame game that protects ego, and rumination that turns a single event into a personal identity. If you’ve ever replayed a mistake at 3 a.m., you’ll recognize the pattern. Then we build the rebound. We talk cognitive reframing and Carol Dweck’s growth mindset research, plus a practical “failure file” approach that treats missteps like experiments: distance the ego, isolate the one variable that broke, and keep what still works. We also explore psychological safety and why teams and individuals recover faster when mistakes can be surfaced without humiliation. Finally, we lay out a simple comeback sequence you can use immediately: acknowledge, analyze, act, and get back in the game. If this helped you, subscribe to Due To Expire, share the episode with someone who’s being too hard on themselves, and leave a quick review so more people can learn to fail forward. What’s one mistake you’re ready to turn into data today?

Staying Lit: Fueling the Fire Of Your Passion

Text Us With This Link And Let Us Know How You Feel About This Episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2592690/fan_mail/new] You look in the mirror and feel the creak before you feel the spark. That moment can feel personal, like you somehow “ran out” of motivation, but I argue it is not a willpower problem at all. It is a predictable collision between biology and burden: chronic stress, endless routine, and other people’s priorities piling up until your inner fire feels like it is out. We break motivation down using a simple framework rooted in the physics of a fire: oxygen, fuel, and heat. I walk through the “science of the smolder,” including how novelty drives dopamine when we are younger, how habituation quietly lowers that spark over time, and why your brain’s neuroplasticity can stall when you stop challenging it. If you feel tired all the time, it may be because you are doing too much of what drains you and too little of what lights you up. Then we get practical. Oxygen becomes high-vibrational health through movement, deep breathing, hydration, and breaking the screen-bound patterns that suffocate energy. Fuel becomes radical ownership of time, with clear boundaries and the courage to say no when your calendar is full of someone else’s emergencies. Heat becomes positive friction: the intentional discomfort of learning, creating, speaking up, and stretching your limits so your comfort zone does not turn into a cage. We close by dismantling the “it’s too late” story and using urgency as the heat that turns a dull smolder into a roaring blaze. If this hits home, subscribe for more, share it with a friend who feels stuck, and leave a quick review so more people can find the reset. What is one small boundary or brave action you will take this week?