How To Heal From Rock Bottom And Start Again w/ Alicia Ann Wade

How to Start a Business When You're Autistic or ADHD w/ Elissa Renee

We're taught from day one that depending on other people is a weakness. What if that belief is the exact thing keeping you stuck? In this episode I sit down with Elissa Renee — a speech language pathologist, CEO, and late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD entrepreneur behind Speech Works. For most of her life she was handed the standard script: be independent, get a stable job, stop relying on anyone. She tried to live it. The 9-to-5 wore her down, her health suffered, and she racked up more absences than anyone she knew. The real conflict wasn't her ability — it was a system that never taught her how to actually function in it. She couldn't read or write for years and quietly paid people to do it for her. Just walking to the mailbox and opening it could trigger a burnout that left her in bed for days. Nobody in school ever taught her how money, mail, or basic adult systems worked. They taught her the history of America instead. The turning point came when she stopped fighting how her brain works and started building around it. She went self-employed and became her own boss. She discovered "body doubling" — and realized the help she was shamed for needing was a legitimate accommodation, not a flaw. She learned to ask for help by going straight to the top. And she got in front of a camera for the first time to put her work into the world. In this conversation, you'll learn: - Why so many autistic and neurodivergent adults thrive self-employed instead of in a 9-to-5 - How "you have to be independent" became a trap — and what changed when she let it go - The school-taught skills that were missing, and the real-life ones nobody teaches - Why asking for help (the right way) became her biggest competitive advantage - How she rebuilt her finances and routine around her actual wiring, not someone else's Guest: Elissa Renee Connect with Elissa 👇 🔗 Facebook: Elissa Renee 🔗 Website: speechworksbyelissa.com [http://speechworksbyelissa.com] 🔗 New project: yourchildcantalk.com [http://yourchildcantalk.com] 🔗 Socials: search “SpeechWorks by Elissa” on your favorite platform 🔔 If this episode stirred something in you, don't ignore it. Share It with someone who needs to hear this. Subscribe, leave a comment and remember, you weren't born to follow the script, you were born to be free.

What to Do When God Goes Silent and Nothing Works w/ Devin Schubert

He had three months left to live. Then he turned down the treatment that could've saved him. Devin Schubert spent years building churches and ministries before his whole life collapsed at once. He came home from a ministry trip to find his wife with her boss. He lost his marriage, his job, his platform, and half his time with his kids. An elder told him he'd never be allowed back in ministry because he was divorced. Then it got worse. His son came to live with him full-time with severe trauma and aggression, and Devin spent five years and over $100,000 trying to find help the system kept refusing to give. The pressure broke his body, not just his spirit. Doctors told him his nervous system was shutting down from stored trauma. They gave him three months. This is the conversation about what happened next, and what he learned about identity, story, and the programming most of us never question. The turning points are wild. The night he prayed to die and says Jesus walked into his room and told him "it's not time yet." The moment he chose a four-month healing process over the instant miracle he wanted. The realization that hiding his accomplishments wasn't humility, it was getting in the way. And the line that reset everything: your identity doesn't come from the creation, it comes from the creator. In this conversation, you'll learn: - Why the story you tell from a place of pain plants pain in everyone who hears it - How "never share a story you haven't healed from" can protect you and your audience - Why he believes the child welfare system is designed around money, not kids - How he hit 100 stages in 9 months starting from total burnout and debt - Why relationship, not money, is the real currency that builds anything - The branding lesson hidden behind why he wears orange every single day Guest: Devin Schubert Connect with Devin Schubert 👇 🔗 Free ebook: createbetterstories.com [http://createbetterstories.com] 🔗 Facebook: Devin Schubert (the man in orange) 🔗 Instagram: Devin Schubert (the man in orange) 🔔 If this episode stirred something in you, don't ignore it. Share it with someone who needs to hear this. Subscribe, leave a comment and remember, you weren't born to follow the script, you were born to be free.

How To Heal From Rock Bottom And Start Again w/ Alicia Ann Wade

What happens when you do everything “right” and still feel completely empty? In this episode of Brainwashed To Be Broke, I sit down with Alicia Anne Wade, also known as Dr. Gratitude, to talk about the hidden programming behind success, self-worth, relationships, money, leadership, and what it really takes to rebuild yourself from the inside out. Alicia ticked all the boxes most people are told to chase: the job, the car, the house, the marriage, the family, the image of success. But underneath it all, she was not fulfilled. After being bullied as a child, struggling with dyslexia, falling into destructive patterns, experiencing a domestic violence relationship, losing everything more than once, and hitting a deep emotional breaking point in 2015, Alicia started asking a different question: What am I actually telling myself every day? That question led her into gratitude, not as a nice quote or surface-level habit, but as a full identity reset. She committed to daily gratitude, created her own gratitude journal, helped people who were at the edge of giving up, and built a movement around using gratitude to shift your mind, your relationships, your leadership, and your life. This conversation goes deep into the stories we inherit, the boxes we chase, the inner dialogue we normalize, and the moment you realize success without fulfillment is not freedom. Some of the biggest turning points in this episode: Alicia realizing that the “perfect life” still left her unhappy. Her first gratitude journal helping people find hope again. The painful connection between her inner dialogue and the relationships she accepted. Learning to respond instead of react, and lead from calm instead of control. Her decision to turn gratitude into a worldwide mission. In this conversation, you’ll learn: Why chasing the traditional success script can still leave you empty How your inner dialogue shapes the relationships and results you tolerate Why gratitude is not toxic positivity, and how to practice it properly How to respond instead of react when life gets heavy Why self-forgiveness is one of the hardest but most freeing resets How to stop living on autopilot and start rewriting your own script Connect with Alicia Ann Wade (Dr Gratitude) 👇 🔗 Website: aliciawade.com.au [http://aliciawade.com.au] 🔗 Facebook: Alicia Anne Wade 🔗 Instagram: Alicia Wade 🔗 TikTok: Dr Gratitude 🔗 YouTube: Alicia Wade Gratitude 🔔 If this episode stirred something in you, don't ignore it. Share It with someone who needs to hear this. Subscribe, leave a comment and remember, you weren't born to follow the script, you were born to be free.

How to Sell Without Feeling Pushy or Fake w/Jennifer Lamprey

What if the thing keeping you broke is not your skill, your offer, or your work ethic? What if it is the version of yourself you were taught to believe in? In this episode of Brainwashed To Be Broke, I sit down with Jennifer Lamprey, sales powerhouse, creator of the 12 Quickest Close Map, and founder of The Quickening. Jennifer grew up around entrepreneurship, but her path was anything but clean or easy. After losing her sister at a young age, surviving abuse, doing crystal meth at 12, and carrying years of trauma, she had a moment at 15 that changed the direction of her life. She says she saw herself the way God saw her, and that moment helped her break a pattern that could have destroyed her. But the story does not stop there. Jennifer went through divorce, foreclosure, single motherhood, financial pressure, and the painful realization that confidence, love, systems, and sales are all connected. This conversation gets into the real stuff most people avoid: why talented people stay broke, why sales is deeply tied to self-worth, why trauma can distort confidence, why “just stay positive” is not always enough, and why love may be the most underrated force in business. Some of the biggest turning points in this episode: Jennifer walking away from drugs at 15 after a life-changing spiritual moment. Losing everything after divorce and realizing she had to sell her way into freedom. Investing heavily into the best sales and marketing training she could find. Teaching her daughter to sell high-ticket coaching as a teenager instead of following the normal $10/hour path. In this conversation, you’ll learn: Why confidence is not fake energy, but remembered evidence How trauma can quietly shape your money and sales beliefs Why high-ticket sales forced Jennifer to rebuild her identity The difference between pressure-based selling and love-based selling Why entrepreneurship without systems can keep you stuck How Jennifer teaches her kids to think outside the traditional script Guest: Jennifer Lamprey Connect with Jennifer 👇 🔗 Facebook: Jennifer Lamprey 🔗 Instagram: @conversionqueens 🔔 If this episode stirred something in you, don't ignore it. Share It with someone who needs to hear this. Subscribe, leave a comment and remember, you weren't born to follow the script, you were born to be free.

How To Stop Depending On A Paycheck And Build Your Own Path w/Brian K Wright

What if your “safe” job was never designed to make you free? Brian K Wright spent years working for other people, trying businesses, going back to jobs, and feeling the same frustration over and over: he was making money, but not building the life he actually wanted. Brian is a writing coach, radio host, magazine publisher, and bestselling author of Success Profiles. He has interviewed major names like Kevin Harrington, Jack Canfield, Bob Burg, and others. But before all of that, he had to face the belief that was keeping him stuck: he did not fully believe he could make entrepreneurship work. In this episode of Brainwashed To Be Broke, Brian breaks down how the system trains people to seek safety, depend on employers, avoid risk, and call their dreams “unreasonable.” The turning point came when he was let go from his final job. At first, he felt free. Then Monday came, and he realized he had nowhere to go. That moment forced him to stop treating entrepreneurship like an option and start making it work. We also get into sales, rejection, self-belief, legacy, and why Brian believes sales is something you do for someone, not to someone. In this conversation, you’ll learn: Why employers often pay just enough to keep you dependent How school trains people to become workers instead of independent thinkers Why hearing “no” might be part of the path to the one “yes” that changes everything How Brian turned writing, teaching, radio, and publishing into one aligned business Why selling works better when you stop pushing and start listening How to surround yourself with coaches, peers, and people you can lift up Guest: Brian K Wright Connect with Brian K Wright👇 🔗Facebook: Brian K Wright 🔗 Website: BrianKWright.com [http://BrianKWright.com] 🔔 If this episode stirred something in you, don't ignore it. Share It with someone who needs to hear this. Subscribe, leave a comment and remember, you weren't born to follow the script, you were born to be free.