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FailCraft
FailCraft is a podcast about the messy, real side of success. Host Ezekiel Iferia dives into the stories of creators, founders, and everyday people who turned setbacks into stepping stones. From failed ideas to reborn dreams, each episode uncovers how failure shapes mastery — and why learning to fall is part of learning to fly.
Episodes
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Fixing the $8.8T Engagement Deficit & The Science of Connection - Stephen Baer
Why are modernworkplaces more technically connected than ever through Slack, Zoom, andautomated CRMs, yet global employee disengagement costs the world economy…
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Silencing the Inner Voice of Addiction & Purpose-Driven Recovery - Dr. Larry Smith
Why is long-term recoveryfrom addiction not merely about eliminating chemical cravings, but aboutdiscovering a compelling purpose to live—and what happens when…
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Overcoming Suicidal Burnout, Divorce & Rewriting Your Story - Aaron Gambel
What does it take fora man who spent 15 years in the film industry to face severe burnout, standupstairs holding 25 pills ready to end his life, and find the…
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Overcoming Chronic Stress, Consciousness & Awakening at 50 - Dean Graves
What happens when youspend the first 50 years of your life following standard societal scripts, onlyto realize that conventional success fails to provide…
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Solving Her Father’s Cold Case Murder & Childhood Trauma - Allicia Johnson Niles
What does it take togrow up in the shadow of your father's unsolved homicide in the U.S. Navy,navigate decades of complex PTSD and chronic fear, and find the…
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Restoring Your Body's Blueprint & Debunking Wellness Myths - Carlijn Krijger
What happens when yourlife looks picture-perfect on the outside—excelling in medical school andmodeling—while internally your hormones crash, your period…
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Quiet Audacity, The BOLD Framework & Failing Forward - Audley Stephenson
Why do we believe thatboldness requires loud, reckless gestures like fighting sharks or quitting jobsin a blaze of glory—and how can tapping into "quiet…
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Losing Sight at 19, Navigating Grief & Harnessing Courage - Laura Bratton
What does it take tolose your physical sight gradually over a decade as a teenager, let go of thefuture you had planned, and discover that true resilience…
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Understanding Personality Types & Thriving After 60 - Marita Littauer
Why do we naturallygravitate toward marrying our opposites, only to let those exact traits driveus crazy later—and how do you execute bold career pivots to…
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Surviving the Eaton Fire, Screenwriting & Starting at Zero - Richard H. Moon
What does it take tospend decades as an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter and producer, loseyour home and everything you own in a catastrophic wildfire, and…
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Why Smart People Get Stuck: Kolbe Index & Career Alignment - Thea Litsios
What happens when aneconomic crash forces you out of a 26-year creative career into an 8-yeartemporary sales job that feels like an endless loading screen—and…
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Leaving Tesla & Private Equity to Build a Mobile Home Empire - Leo Young
What does it take towalk away from being the #1 regional salesperson at Tesla and working at amulti-billion-dollar private equity fund to invest in one of the…
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Escaping 17 Years of Financial & Emotional Abuse - Amanda J Scott
What does it take torecognize and escape an abusive relationship when there are no physicalbruises, the control is entirely financial and emotional, and 17…
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Overcoming Business Stagnation & Multicultural Turnarounds - Ori Elraviv
What does it take tostep into a declining business in a foreign country, diagnose operationalbottlenecks, and return it to profitability—and why is business…
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Hiking 1,863 Miles at 72: Sobriety, Bear Encounters & Resilience - Rand Timmerman
What does it take fora 72-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran with an artificial knee and fouryears of hard-won sobriety to set out on a 2,200-mile trek…
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Somatic Leadership, Founder Burnout & Identity Transitions - Larissa Nicole
Why do high-achievingexecutives and founders experience severe burnout even when hitting theirgrowth targets—and how do unaddressed internal patterns become…
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Why #1 Amazon Bestseller Is a Vanity Metric & Launches That Drive Revenue - Robbie Samuels
Why do so manyentrepreneurs spend tens of thousands of dollars chasing the coveted orangeAmazon bestseller ribbon, only to discover it produces zero lasting…
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Why Hard Work Won't Get You Promoted & Cultural Intelligence - Eva Aimable-Kolosko
What does it take tomove from an unfamiliar immigrant background with zero local experience to anexecutive managing $100M+ enterprise transformations in under…
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How AI Unlocks the American Dream & Future of Middle Class Wealth - Brad Aman
How can everydayentrepreneurs, workers, and skilled trades professionals leverage artificialintelligence to multiply their productivity and achieve…
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Why High-Functioning Christians Stay Stuck & Emotional Roots - Heather O'Brien
Why do faithful,high-functioning believers often find themselves quietly trapped in exhaustingcycles of anxiety, depression, and shame—and how do we move…
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Turning Sibling Grief into Resilience & The 97/3 Rule - Zander Sprague
What happens whensudden tragedy shatters your world, forcing you to search for answers that willnever come—and how do you transform profound sibling grief into…
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Surviving 20-Foot Ocean Storms & Circumnavigating the Globe - Alison Gieschen
What happens when a30-year career as an educator and equestrian farm director unceremoniouslycollapses—and instead of settling into despair, you and your…
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Surviving Cancer, Amputation & The Power of "AND" - Cheyenne Heflin
What happens whenchildhood cancer, an above-knee amputation, and chronic illness force you toabandon your seven-year dream of becoming a pediatric…
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How to Repurpose Your Pain & Rebuild a Shattered Identity - Cecily Lachapelle
What happens when yourlife implodes through divorce, the death of a lifelong dream, or the agonizingfear of parenting an addicted child—and how do you move…
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Confronting Childhood Trauma, Men's Healing & Breaking Silence - Oscar Luna
What happens when youcarry the crushing weight of childhood trauma in silence for decades, only tofind yourself standing on the exact floor of the South Bronx…
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Breaking the Cycle of Anger & Healing Men's Hidden Pain - Ransom Kong
Why do menconsistently rate their anger higher than their underlying hurt, and what doesit truly take to confront the deep-seated generational patterns of…
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Complex Trauma, Toxic Perseverance & The Science of Attachment - Dr. Christopher Barker
Why do high-achievingindividuals often find themselves trapped in cycles of perfectionism, chronicexhaustion, and toxic perseverance—and what happens when we…
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How Proving Dignity Drives Profit Grew a Business from $1.6M to $4M - Todd Krause
What happens when aninstitutional finance executive walks away from building multi-billion-dollarfund administration units to acquire a struggling residential…
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Art for Your Sanity: Silencing the Inner Critic Through Play - Susan Hensley
What happens whendecades of operating in the high-stakes, analytical world of corporate humanresources collide with the intense pressures of a global crisis…
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Stop Chasing Busy: Shifting from Life-Led to JOY-Led Living - Ted Kopecko
Why do so manyambitious individuals spend decades working 16-hour days and achieving externalmilestones, only to find themselves burned out, financially…
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52 Calls That Redefined Success After Executive Job Loss - Sean Pieri
What happens when youspend nearly four decades climbing to the senior executive ranks of prestigiousinstitutions—serving as Vice President at the College of…
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£35k Debt, Amazon Delivery Vans & The Brutal Reality of Burnout - Joshua Griffin
What happens when youare attending black-tie award galas celebrating multi-million-pound marketingportfolios—while secretly buried under £35,000 of personal…
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Why Hustle Culture Destroys Sleep & The Neuroscience of Rest - Dr. Melissa Milanak
Why do high-performingexecutives, athletes, and ambitious students treat sleep deprivation as a badgeof honor—and what happens to our cognitive resilience…
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Why Capable Kids Lose Drive in Comfortable Homes - Melissa Smith
Why do children raisedin loving, highly supportive, resource-rich homes often struggle toself-motivate, take ownership, or handle everyday friction—and how…
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From Carnival Owner to The Blind Blogger & Accessibility Trailblazer - Maxwell Ivey
What happens when yourfamily carnival business shuts down following the loss of your father, leavingyou blind in 2007 with no digital infrastructure—and…
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Overcoming Burnout, Caregiver Exhaustion & The Inner Critic - Jenny Leigh Hodgins
What happens whendecades of overextending yourself, caregiving for an aging parent in anestranged family dynamic, navigating sudden grief, and serving in…
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Seeing with the Soul: Transforming Disability into Inner Leadership - Tera Ajeet
What happens when youare born into a society obsessed with physical appearance and visual validationwithout the ability to see—and you decide to transform a…
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Why the Body Holds What the Mind Can’t Fix & Somatic Healing - Melanie Smithson
Why do we hoard pastupsets, failures, and emotional wounds in our bodies for years while attemptingto think or talk our way out of pain—and what happens when…
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Court-Appointed Receiver Reveals Why Partnerships Fail & How to Avoid Legal Landmines - Jane Muir
What happens when abusiness collapses under the weight of partner disputes, mismanagement, orfraud, and the court steps in to appoint an outside authority to…
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Fired for Whistleblowing: Turning Career Betrayal into Higher Consciousness - Blair Abee
What happens when youspend 25 years climbing the corporate ladder, do the right thing by blowing thewhistle on an abusive executive—and even after the…
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From Burnout to Soul-Aligned Scaling & Fractional Operations - Joanna Zhang
What happens when youbuild a business through relentless hustle and force, only to experience aninternal collapse where marriage breakdown, financial strain…
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The Light Switch Myth: Why Quick Fixes Fail & Healing Requires Compassion - Kerisma Vere
Why does mainstreamself-help keep us trapped in shame by promising that personal transformation islike flipping a light switch—instant, effortless, and…
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Why Workplace Training Fails & The Nervous System Era of Work - Jennifer Prendergast
Why do companies spendbillions on corporate training, leadership workshops, and communication scriptsthat fail to stick, while workplace conflict…
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Writing Hope in a Dystopian World & Surviving Query Rejections - Carrie Birde
In a modern literarylandscape saturated with dystopian nightmares, cynicism, and catastrophicfutures, what does it take to write a debut novel rooted…
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Befriending Fear & The Tiny Brave Steps Method - Bernice McDonald
What if the secret toovercoming paralyzing fear, navigating devastating midlife transitions, andbreaking out of chronic self-doubt isn't waiting to feel…
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Navigating Executive Succession & Personal Grief: The Third Turn - Dr. Mark L. Vincent
What happens when anaccomplished executive advisor helping multi-million dollar organizationsnavigate complex crises spends 16 years living in parallel with…
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Burnout Is a Structure Problem: Time Blocking & Real Estate Leverage - Jaben Makings
What happens when youspend years chasing shortcuts, jumping from one new business idea to the nextdue to ADHD and shiny object syndrome, only to realize that…
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How We Accidentally Pioneered Electropunk & The AdventurePunk Mindset - Peter Pepper
What happens when agroup of teenagers in Florida start a band with zero musical training, performin homemade cardboard robot suits, and book independent tours…
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From Homeless Newlywed & Failed Pro Athlete to Financial Freedom - Matt Morizio
What happens when your20-year dream of becoming a Major League Baseball player abruptly ends with asingle phone call six months into your marriage—leaving you…
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Why Willpower Fails: Grief, Hypnotherapy & AI-Powered Subconscious Healing - Michelle Walters
What happens when yourlife plan completely shatters after the sudden loss of your partner, and yourealize that all the intellect, logic, and willpower in the…
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Caravaggio, Art Heists & The 9-Year Journey to Write a Masterpiece - Margaret Philbrick
What happens when anunsolved 1969 Sicilian mafia art heist captures your imagination, leading to anine-year research and writing journey into the turbulent…
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From 2008 Debt to Quantum Abundance & Healing Self-Worth - Dr. Victoria Rader
What happens when youenter the real estate market with a mountain of credit card debt right on theeve of the historic 2008 global financial crash—and instead…
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Forgiving the Unforgivable: How to Release Anger & Heal Trauma - Katharine Giovanni
Everyone tells youthat you need to forgive for your own peace, but almost no one gives you apractical, step-by-step framework for how to actually do it when…
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From Distinguished Professor to Murder Mystery Novelist - Nancy Napier
What happens when youspend 35 years reaching the absolute pinnacle of academia—serving as adistinguished professor, authoring books on organizational…
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From Out of Shape at 48 to Ironman & $3B Startup Executive - Jeff Weiss
What happens when youreach age 48 completely out of shape, realize that the window to take yourphysical health seriously is rapidly closing, and decide to go…
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Why History Is the Ultimate Tool for Critical Thinking - Barbara Ann Mojica
What happens when anentire generation becomes consumed by 15-second social media algorithms, losingthe ability to distinguish between provable facts and…
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Why Systems Fail: Decoding Corporate Blame & Tech Disasters - Adam Korga
What if what weroutinely label as "human error" is actually a predictable outcome ofpoorly designed systems, and the culture of blaming individuals simply…
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Overcoming Learning Disabilities, Self-Doubt & Reinventing at 37 - James Lee
What do you do whenthe school system writes you off as a kid, teachers tell you to your face thatyou'll end up begging on the streets, and you spend decades…
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Overcoming Childhood Abandonment & Escaping Victim Culture - Branden LaNette
What do you do whenyour mother signs away her parental rights at age 12, leaving you legallyemancipated at 15 with zero safety net, yet you refuse to become a…
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Why the Stock Market Is Pure Storytelling & The Generalist Edge - Cameron Cowan
What happens when youdecode the chaos of financial markets, geopolitics, and global trends notthrough the lens of traditional finance formulas, but through the…