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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
- FailCraft
Why the Wellness Industry Is Failing Women: De-Influencing Health - Erica Ballard
What happens when youhold a Master’s degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and spend adecade in global health, yet find yourself waking up every…
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Stoic Recovery: The SOBER Method for Beating Addiction & Burnout - Massimo Rigotti
What happens whenconventional 12-step recovery programs like AA fail to resonate because tellingyourself you are permanently powerless keeps you trapped in a…
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Why I Deleted All Social Media & The 5 Pillars of Stress Reduction - Dr. Alana Atchison
What happens when alicensed clinical psychologist specializing in chronic stress reductionrealizes that the constant noise, visibility demands, and…
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Overcoming Self-Abandonment & Chasing Approval - Angie Hawkins
How do you jump out ofa helicopter into the open ocean Navy SEAL-style and skydive from airplanes, yetstill feel utterly paralyzed by the simple act of being…
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30 Years in Business: The Art of Editing & Marketing to a Narrow Niche - Louise Harris
What does it take for anindependent writing and editing business to thrive for more than three decadesacross the collapse of print journalism, the rise of…
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Overcoming Bankruptcies, Cancer & Near-Death Awakening - Sue Paulson
What do you do when your life is hit bytwo divorces, two bankruptcies, business collapses, a near-death experience,and two battles with cancer—leaving you…
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Gen Z Financial Freedom: The 50/20/30 Rule for Wealth - Steve Short & Mark Schlipman
Why do smart,hardworking young adults graduate college with degrees, land six-figuresalaries, and still find themselves living paycheck to paycheck with…
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Breaking Generational Addiction, Codependency & Setting Boundaries - Jennifer Chase
What happens when yougrow up as the daughter of an alcoholic swearing you will never repeat thosemistakes, only to find yourself battling a 14-year…
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Overcoming Bad Advice, Trauma & Healing Through Extreme Skiing - Robert DeLena
What do you do whenspecialized schools, doctors, and psychiatric experts insist that yourneurodivergent child requires physical restraint holds, heavy…
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Overcoming Addiction, People-Pleasing & Leading from the Heart - Vincent Hazenboom
What happens when ahighly sensitive man spends decades believing that feeling deep emotion makeshim weak, turning to chronic gaming, porn addiction, and…
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Weaponizing Bipolar Disorder into a $200M Business Engine - Todd Hagopian
What do you do whenyour undiagnosed bipolar disorder fuels 20-hour workdays and rapid corporatepromotions by day, but plunges you into blackout drinking…
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Writing Through Tourette’s, Addiction & Crafting "The Second Sun" - Kristof Morrow
What happens when yourphysical tics become so severe that they force you to punch hard surfaces,permanently lose the use of your right thumb, and endure a…
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From Braggadocious Rap to Mental Health Advocacy & Healing - Rich Vysion
What happens when anambitious hip-hop artist realizes that his tough, ego-driven rap persona is justa mask hiding deep childhood trauma, depression, and mental…
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Overcoming Corporate Burnout & Regulating Your Nervous System - Camilla Calberg
What happens when youspend years operating as a high-stakes transformation leader for global giantslike Shell, BP, and IBM—mastering the external art of…
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Reverse-Engineering Banking & Disputing Credit Card Debt - Tommy A. Kilpatrick
What do you do when aninfomercial publishing contract collapses overnight, leaving you holding anunexpected $85,000 bag of credit card debt with no way to pay…
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Why Caffeine Is a Loan Shark: The Science of Breaking Up with Coffee - Steve Frazier
What if your dailymorning cup of coffee isn't giving you genuine energy, but acts like a chemicalloan shark—stealing energy from tomorrow at high biological…
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Keep the Faith, Keep Moving Forward: From Navy Veteran to Spiritual Storyteller - D. Paul Fleming
How do you transitionfrom the rigid, disciplined world of serving on a U.S. Navy submarine to becominga Native American Holy Man, healer, and supernatural…
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Escaping the Confidence Void: 45 Years in Business & Rebuilding Leadership - Rich Ashton
What happens when anambitious entrepreneur building a business during an economic downturn hits thebrink of total failure—not just suffering financial…
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Overcoming Addiction, Bankruptcy & Reframing Failure - Doug Fleener
What do you do whenyou wake up in the middle seat of an airplane mid-blackout, holding a wad ofstolen cash, realizing you have embezzled from your father and…
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Muscle Is Magic After 50: The Fitness Quadrant for Anti-Aging - Timothy Ward
Why do middle-agedadults accept physical decline and frailty as inevitable, and why is"taking it easy" after age 50 a quiet acceleration toward prematuredecay?…
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Why Companies Need a Corporate Fool: Truth-Telling in Leadership - David Firth
What if the primarycause of catastrophic executive failure isn't a lack of strategy or market intelligence,but rather the absence of a designated truth-teller…
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Trauma Lives in the Body: Regulating Your Nervous System After Domestic Abuse - Danielle Young
What do you do whenyou survive a severe domestic violence situation, only to find yourselfrecovering alone as a single mother while traditional talk therapy…
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Influence Customer Behavior Without Feeling Gross - Dr. Chris Gray
Why do businessesstill rely on manipulative, high-pressure sales tactics when tricks only makecustomers feel resentful and guarantee they will never buy from…
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Surviving Childhood Trauma, Addiction & Finding Sobriety - Adriene Caldwell
What does it take tosurvive untreated familial mental illness, severe physical abuse, homelessness,foster care trauma, addiction, and multiple suicide…
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Ending Isolation: Turning Single-Occupancy Houses into Shared Homes - Annamarie Pluhar
Why do 27% ofhouseholds in the United States operate as single-occupancy homes, and is ourmodern obsession with total independence actually a recipe for…
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Navigating Paralysis, Law, and Triplets: High Expectations After Crisis - Ken Kunken
What do you do when asingle football tackle at age 20 leaves you paralyzed from the shouldersdown—in an era nearly two decades before the Americans with…
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When Does Branding Become God's Work? Impact-Driven Branding - Rich Kozak
What happens when anexecutive who spent nearly five decades defining global corporate brandsrealizes that quarterly profits and market share aren't enough—and…
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Divorcing Differently: Mediation, Money & Avoiding Financial Traps - Brenda Bridges
What happens when asingle settlement meeting spending $2,500 on four separate legal professionalsturns into an endless argument over minor acne medication…
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Grief, Near-Death Experiences, and the Joy of "It's Okay to Be Okay" - Leah Chrest
What happens when youspend years studying 500+ near-death experiences (NDEs) to write a book on theafterlife, only for your husband of 13 years to pass away…
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Auditing Your Life & Building Generational Wealth - Albert Butler
What if accountingisn't just a corporate compliance tool, but a survival framework to audit yourchoices, balance your personal life, and build lasting…
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Overcoming Burnout, Self-Doubt, and the Toxic 10 Leadership Patterns - Dr. Elizabeth Pritchard
What happens when anoccupational therapist who spent two decades teaching people how to recoverfrom brain injuries suddenly hits an undeniable physical wall of…
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Why Culture Programs Fail & How Character Compounds Performance - Omar L. Harris
Why do expensivesix-figure corporate culture programs quietly evaporate by Q3, and why dotraditional resumes consistently fail to predict how a candidate will…
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Managing Annoying People, Blind Spots, and Reaction Mastery - Ilene Marcus
What do you do whenyou are overseeing 10,000 employees and multi-billion dollar budgets acrossgovernment and non-profit sectors, only to realize that your own…
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Harnessing Cognitive Diversity & Neuroconversant Leadership - Jeremy Doran
What if the singleemployee or colleague who drives you most crazy at work actually holds the keyto solving your company's most complex problems? Jeremy Doran…
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Burnout Is a Signal, Not a Failure: Reclaiming Identity & Health - Liz Watt
What do you do whenyou are building a booming business, organizing massive conferences, writing abook, and interviewing top medical experts—only to glance down…
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5-Minute Habits to Regulate Your Nervous System & Prevent Burnout - Dr. Melissa Lewis-Duarte
What do you do whenyou are an ambitious high achiever functioning on the outside, only for yearsof chronic stress and a traumatic NICU experience to crash your…
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Overcoming Chronic Career Pivoting & Shadow Work - Samantha Kane
What do you do whenyou spend years shifting across different careers—from corporate positions andteaching to non-profits and a psychic bookshop—only to realize…
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Building Evidence-Based Confidence & Escaping Burnout - Radia Carr
How do you transitionfrom a shy child who was explicitly told in the police academy that shewouldn't succeed into a globally ranked #1 sales performer and…
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Dismantling Subconscious Blocks & Quantum Energy Healing - Dr. G. Rex Kruhly
Why do high achieversoften hit invisible ceilings in health, wealth, and relationships despite usingwillpower and traditional positive thinking? Dr. G. Rex…
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Burnout Is a Nervous System Problem: Somatic Tools to Scale Your Business - Helen Malinowski
Whatdo you do when you are a decade into a career you love, only to find yourselfsitting in a doctor's office hearing that your physical fatigue, jaw…
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Overcoming Public Speaking Fear & Finding Your Stage Message - Terry L. Fossum
Whydo high-achieving, talented professionals get paralyzed when stepping onto astage or speaking in front of an audience—and why do so many speeches fail…
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America on the Couch: Healing Collective Trauma & Division - Phyllis Leavitt
Whatwould happen if the United States walked into a psychotherapist's officetoday—and what diagnosis would explain our nation's escalating politicaldivision…
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Orchestrating Authentic Connections & Surviving Betrayal - David Homan
Whatdo you do when the foundation you lead loses its entire endowment overnight inthe Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, leaving you to rebuild trust and your…
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Fixing Operational Chaos & Cash Flow Leaks in Mid-Market Businesses - Biff Jennings
Whatdo you do when a national 12-facility recycling operator is losing millions indelayed cash flow simply because its billing process is decentralized…
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Why Parents Are Saying "No Gifts Please" & Gifting Experiences Over Toys - Mic Foster
What do you do when asingle themed birthday party leaves you packing 30 plush toys into your car,facing a house already overflowing with clutter? Mic Foster is…
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Managing Focus Over Time: Overcoming ADHD & Procrastination - Cindy Baker
Whatdo you do when a quick 5-minute phone break turns into 30 minutes of mindlessscrolling, sparking the terrifying realization that you are giving away…
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Commando Filmmaking in Moscow & Capturing Truth in 160 Countries - Craig D. Forrest
Whatdo you do when you are secretly filming in communist Moscow's Red Squarewithout a permit and a KGB agent marches directly toward your camera setup? CraigD…
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Why Anger Management Fails & How to Eliminate Rage - Dr. Mort Orman
Whydoes standard anger management fail so many people, leaving them stuck in acycle of counting to 10, deep breathing, and managing symptoms without fixingthe…
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Navigating Emotional Home Sales & Renovation Mistakes - Erica Kalkofen
How do you guide agrieving widow or family through the emotional process of letting go of alegacy home while making smart financial decisions about…
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Hit by Two Trucks: From Career Accidents to Faith & Natural Health - Rob René
Whatdo you do when your dream of a professional running career is crushed overnightafter being hit by a truck, only for a second metaphorical"truck"—the 2020…
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Turning Distressed Senior Homes into Purpose-Driven Assets - Radhika Rastogi
Whatdoes it actually take to acquire an operationally distressed senior livingcommunity, turn around its finances and culture, and capitalize on the…
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Breaking the Problem-Fixing Loop & Midlife Trauma Resolution - Dr. Rochelle Vogt
Whydo so many high-achieving women get stuck treating their anxiety, chronic pain,and past trauma as problems that constantly need to be fixed? Dr.Rochelle…
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Escaping Spiritual Bankruptcy & "Sick-Care" Traps - Justin L. Shaw
Whathappens when you spend years as a stand-up comedian making audiences laughwhile privately battling severe drug addiction, PTSD, and anxiety—only torealize…
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Built to Break: Military Discipline, Addiction, and Finding Faith - Ryan T. Reichert
Whathappens when a decorated U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel with 23 years of serviceand four combat deployments realizes that suppressing his emotions…
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Riding 3,700 Miles Across America for Civil Rights & Unity - Teddy Bloom
Whatwould compel an engineering technician to liquidate his house down payment savingsto fund a 3,700-mile solo bicycle ride from San Francisco to Washington…
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Leaders Are Built, Not Born: Overcoming Tragedy & Building Integrity - Jim Carlough
Aregreat leaders born with innate charisma, or are they built through deliberatepractice, struggle, and personal adversity? JimCarlough is a leadership…
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From 60s Garage Rocker to Law Degree at 50: The Grodes Story - Manny Freiser
Whatdo you do when you are co-leading one of Tucson's most popular mid-60s garagerock bands, only to break it up and gamble everything on a move to…
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Why I Left $500M in Wealth Management to Record 6,000 Podcasts - Adam Torres
Whatdo you do when you've spent 14 years climbing the wealth managementladder—managing over $500 million in client net worth—only to leave behindcorporate…
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Why Humanity Made It & AI Might Replace Us - Chip Walter
Outof at least 27 known human species that evolved over the last 7 million years,why are Homo sapiens the only ones who survived? And are we…
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Overcoming ADHD & Autism Burnout in Executive Leadership - Ronald Sosa
Whatdoes it actually cost to climb from an entry-level position to the executivesuite while silently managing ADHD, autism, and hearing loss in…