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

Job vs Starting a Business: Which Is Actually Safer? w/ Eric Thayne

What if the "safe path" everyone pushed on you is actually the riskiest move you could make? Eric Thayne grew up in an extremely traditional family — college, get a job, work the job. Everyone around him followed it. He didn't. He started his first real business at 13, designing graphics for bands on MySpace and collecting $20 payments through a brand-new thing called PayPal. By the time he "learned" graphic design in college, he already had 11 years of paid experience and realized the classroom couldn't teach him what real reps already had. Eric has since helped scale multiple seven-figure brands with organic content that's pulled over 500 million views. But this conversation isn't a flex reel. It's about the programming most of us never question: that a job equals safety, that failure is real, and that grinding yourself into the ground is the price of success. The friction runs deep. Eric pushes back on the idea of "risk" entirely — arguing that every decision carries a possible future you don't want, so the imagined downside is just a story you're making up. If you're going to make one up, why not a good one? And the real way to shrink risk isn't to play small — it's to stack skills until the deck tips in your favor. A few moments that turn the conversation: — Why a full-time job can leave you with less control, not more — The reframe that quietly erased "failure" from his vocabulary — Why he refuses to schedule mornings and works with his body's rhythm instead of fighting it — The final-message gut-punch: realizing the "need" to be successful was never real In this conversation, you'll learn: - Why "stable" jobs can carry more hidden risk than starting a business - How to reframe failure as data instead of an ending - The skill-stacking approach that makes risk shrink as you grow - Why peak mornings + free-flowing blocks beat the 8-hour grind - How hustle culture is engineered to scare you into buying and burning out - What it actually means to teach kids (and yourself) how value is created Guest: Eric Thayne Connect with Eric👇 🔗 Website: ericdain.com [http://ericdain.com] 🔗 Facebook: Eric Thayne 🔗 Eric’s book: createdontcapture.com [http://createdontcapture.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.

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.