Psychology & Resilience | Andrea Mata, Ph.D. | 15 Minutes With #47

Leadership, Purpose & Living A Good Story

Byrd told us he hopes his life can be summarized in one sentence: "He lived a life that inspired hope in others." An All-American athlete. An author of 15 books. A speaker who has influenced thousands of leaders And yet, none of those accomplishments were the most memorable part of our conversation. The people who change us, rarely do it from a stage. They do it across a table. In a hallway. During an unexpected conversation. In the moments where they aren't trying to be impressive but are just being human... and honest. We talked about forgiveness. About fathers. About regret. About the weight people carry that no résumé will ever reveal. And maybe that's the lesson. The most important conversations aren't about success. They're about humanity. About the moments that break us. Shape us. And ultimately teach us how to hope again. Byrd told me he hopes his life can be summarized in one sentence: "He lived a life that inspired hope in others." After spending time with him, I believe that's exactly what he's done. Byrd Baggett [/%C2%A0byrd-baggett-csp-5491bba%C2%A0%C2%A0%E2%81%A0]

Built for This with Jordan Jones, MPH

The bravest thing most of us will ever do is refuse to abandon ourselves in order to be accepted. In this episode Lee Cage Jr. sits down with Jordan Jones [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jellis-2327/], a project and engagement manager at Workday. Jordan talks about leaving public health, looking honestly at the next ten years, and choosing not to let the work turn him into someone he doesn't recognize. He names something a lot of us feel and rarely say out loud, that people can sense when you are performing and they can feel it when you are real. If you have ever felt the pull to armor up and become a more acceptable version of yourself, I hope you stay for all of it. This is a conversation about belonging to yourself first. Guest: Jordan Jones, Project and Engagement Manager at Workday. Find his food page, Meals by Jordan, on Instagram.

Psychology & Resilience | Andrea Mata, Ph.D. | 15 Minutes With #47

Even the people who help others heal are still doing the work themselves. This is the most vulnerable conversation we've ever had on camera. It's easy to see a clinical psychologist and author and assume she has it all figured out. This conversation pulls back the curtain on the real story, how tragedy turned to triumph in Andrea's life and in Lee's, and what it actually takes to keep showing up for your kids and yourself in the middle of it. Who she is: Andrea Mata, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, the founder of BrightSpot Families, and the author of The No. 2 Parenting Book. She's spent her career in the trenches of family life, and like everyone, she's still doing her own work too. What she does: She helps parents build stronger bonds with their children, protect their own mental health, and find clarity in the daily chaos no parenting class ever fully prepares you for. What she believes: That even the people who help others heal are still healing themselves, and that there's strength, not shame, in naming that out loud. How she works: With honesty and hard-won clarity. Andrea meets parents where they actually are, turning her own experience of tragedy and recovery into a path others can follow. In this episode: * What actually matters in raising kids today * How tragedy turned to triumph in Andrea's life and Lee's * Why even the people who help others heal are still doing the work * Protecting your own mental health in the middle of family chaos A powerful close to a powerful month. This one closes out Mental Health Month with a voice every parent and every survivor of tragedy needs to hear.

Caregivers & The Superhero Generation with Sonya Thompson

Leadership is easy when the stakes are low. Sonya Thompson has built her career proving what it looks like when they're not. As President of Compass Connections, Sonya leads an organization devoted to caring for some of the most vulnerable populations in the country. Her work demands operational excellence and deep humanity in equal measure, and she delivers both, every single day, in environments where the margin for error is thin and the meaning of the work is everything. In this conversation, we will talk about what she calls the "Superhero Generation", what it takes to lead a mission-driven organization at scale, why service has to be more than a slogan stitched onto a wall, and how the best leaders show up for people the world too often overlooks. Listen now. Subscribe. Share. 15 Minutes With is live. #SuperheroGeneration [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/superherogeneration] #15MinutesWith [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/15minuteswith] #SonyaThompson [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/sonyathompson]

Veteran x Therapy x Life After Service with Rose Browne

Rose is a licensed therapist and a U.S. Army veteran who knows firsthand what it means to serve, to struggle, and to heal. Her work sits at the intersection of clinical expertise and lived experience, which gives her a perspective most therapists simply can't replicate. In this conversation, Rose talks about what veterans actually need from mental health care, how trauma shows up long after the uniform comes off, and why the work of healing is never linear. A fun, honest, grounded conversation. Subscribe. Save. Share. #15MinutesWith #RoseBrown #MentalHealthMonth #VeteranMentalHealth #Therapy #Healing #PodcastAlert