When was the last time you got quiet enough to hear what your life is already telling you? What powers your best decisions—hustle or quiet? Chef-founder and former actor Vikki Krinsky shares how she turned premonition-level intuition, elite-client kitchen experience, and stubborn resilience into VK Bars, a clean B12 energy bar now landing in luxury hotels—without venture money. From a life-altering choice at 15 to follow her inner signal, to staging in Europe, to cooking for A-listers, to saying “no” to additives and “yes” to athletes, Vikki shows how to stack wins, slow down, and let feelings inform execution.  Show Notes 00:00 – Who is Vikki? “Fuel” as a life theme; movement, mind, and food as energy. 02:00 – Immigrating S. Africa → Canada; early journaling; adversity shaping drive. 04:30 – Premonitions as a kid; learning to nurture intuition. 07:00 – Pivotal choice at 15: soccer scholarship dreams vs. TV pilot—listening to guidance. 10:30 – Industry pressure to get “camera-ready”; shifting into nutrition & training. 13:30 – Walking away from acting; backpacking to Paris; invited to stage in elite kitchens. 18:00 – Self-taught path, asking for a shot in Swiss & Spanish kitchens. 22:00 – Back to LA: Equinox → first celeb client; learning by doing (and owning mistakes). 24:00 – Her real edge: empathy + energy with talent under body-image pressure. 26:00 – Underpaid → create the VK Method → A-List Appetite food delivery. 29:00 – Quiet practices: “staring at walls,” micro-pauses, best-case intention setting. 37:00 – “Stack the wins” as fuel. 38:00 – Cooking for Seth MacFarlane; caffeine problem → B12 exploration. 40:00 – Prototyping energy bites on set; cold-calling manufacturers. 41:00 – Everyone says “don’t do it” → she does it anyway; 2020 launch, pause, reformulate. 42:00 – Clean label differentiators (rosemary as preservative; no “natural flavors”). 43:00 – Door-to-door selling; wins with Four Seasons, Bel-Air, Rosewood; bootstrapping grit. 45:00 – New nudge: fueling female athletes with real ingredients.   **** Release details for the NEW BOOK.   Get your copy of Personal Socrates: Better Questions, Better Life   Connect with Marc >>> Website | LinkedIn | Instagram |   Drop a review and let me know what resonates with you about the show! Thanks as always for listening and have the best day yet! * A special thanks to MONOS, our official travel partner for Behind the Human! Use MONOSBTH10 at check-out for savings on your next purchase. ✈️ * Special props 👇 Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.