Prioritizing Family Over Business: David Peck on Sports, Risk Taking & Living Fully

Relationships as Mirrors: Jamie on Perspective, Self-Discovery & Learning Without Limits

Beyond achievements, Jamie is accepting, passionate, and curious. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in Psychology with a focus on Spirituality, Mind, and Body at Teachers College, Columbia University. In this episode, Jamie shares how growing up in a self-directed, Sudbury-style school shaped their love of learning, openness to different perspectives, and fascination with people's stories. Together, we explore the power of curiosity, how perspective can help us navigate anxiety and uncertainty, and why relationships often serve as mirrors for self-discovery and growth. Jamie reflects on the role of conflict in deepening connection, questions the labels we place on ourselves and our relationships, and shares why acceptance and nonjudgment are essential to truly knowing another person. This conversation is an invitation to stay curious, embrace different perspectives, and approach both yourself and others with greater openness and understanding. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2600831/support]

Trusting Your Intuition: Onima on Self-Trust, Awareness & Letting Go of Labels

Beyond achievements, Onima considers herself curious, orderly, and sensual. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in Psychology with a focus in Spirituality, Mind, and Body at Teachers College, Columbia University. In this episode, she starts by sharing how she needs both external and internal order to feel at peace and how structure helps her hold spirituality’s “gray” areas. Rachel and Onima unpack identity and language, including Onima’s guiding quote, “When you define yourself, you limit yourself,” and how labels like being “the smart one” once created pressure around school and career choices. Onima defines intuition as awareness and explains different ways people receive intuitive information through the “claires,” plus tools like synchronicities, oracle cards, and a simple body-based choice exercise. They also discuss social media and AI as distractions that can weaken self-trust, and Onima shares why fashion feels like sensual, intuitive creative expression and encourages listeners to drop limiting labels and follow what they’re drawn to. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2600831/support]

Prioritizing Family Over Business: David Peck on Sports, Risk Taking & Living Fully

Rachel Peck welcomes her dad, David Peck, to Unmasked - a Beyond Worthy podcast as he visits New York after becoming a new grandfather to twins. David describes himself as sporty, provocative, and a dreamer, sharing his lifelong passion for competition through hockey, lacrosse, squash, motocross, and especially windsurfing, plus how he’s adapted to chronic back pain from scoliosis. He explains “provocative” as using humor to challenge the status quo, including playing tournament squash doubles with Rachel’s mom. As a dreamer, he reflects on building projects, unconventional work in early solar heating, later real estate pursuits, and building a heated shop in Bozeman, Montana, where he moved after 9/11 to decompress from the pressure of the Chicago suburbs. They discuss prioritizing family over wealth, marriage lessons, honoring his mother, Fay Peck’s artistic legacy, grief after losing his parents, maintaining friendships, turning 70, and memorable European travel to Norway and Greece. To see more of Fay Peck's work, check out her website: https://www.faypeck.com/ Join The Beyond Worthy Collective and support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2600831/support [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2600831/support]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2600831/support]

The Power of Introversion: Plearn on Feeling Misunderstood & Trusting Herself Anyway

Beyond the achievements, Plearn is passionate, introverted, and a dreamer. In this episode, she shares what introversion truly feels like for her, the experience of being misunderstood, and how deep listening helps others feel seen and understood. Plearn reflects on leaving an eight-year corporate marketing career to pursue a master’s in psychology and education focused on spirituality, mind, and body. She opens up about navigating fear, external validation, and family expectations while learning to trust herself more deeply. We also explore her work as a Reiki master and tarot reader, including Reiki’s origins and her perspective on emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual healing. The conversation expands into perfectionism, self-compassion, journaling practices, intergenerational patterns, and the contrast between life in Bangkok and New York. This episode is an honest reflection on intuition, authenticity, and the power of embracing your inner world. Here is how to connect with Plearn: Instagram: @plearnsoulsister LinkedIn: Plearn Pitikarn Suriyamongkol Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2600831/support]

Burnout, Identity, & Letting Go of Comparison: Alex on Finding Meaning Beyond Music

Beyond the labels, Alex is multilayered, compassionate, and intellectual (plus animated). Alex shares the many chapters that have shaped him, from growing up in New York City and training in the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Choir, to studying at Penn, working in corporate marketing at PepsiCo, and pursuing music in both New York and Los Angeles. He explains how turning music into a career led to burnout, identity fusion, and painful rejection. He reflects on the toll of comparison and how meditation and Buddhist practice helped him begin to disidentify from his thoughts and reconnect with a deeper sense of self. After pivoting into SAT tutoring and college essay consulting, Alex traveled to Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu in 2024, an experience that further shaped his perspective and sparked a growing interest in psychotherapy. You can connect with Alex on LinkedIn: Alex Utay  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2600831/support]