Patricia Gagic is a world-renown artist, photographer, and author. Her work has appeared in the Vatican Museum Library, the Société National des Beaux Arts in Paris, and the Whitney Commons Gallery in Toronto, to name just a few, and she has won dozens of awards and recognition of the highest order.

Her skills developed young. Patricia picked up her first pencil and started drawing Elizabethan ball gowns at age three.

"I would finish a drawing. I would take it to my mom and dad and say, 'Oh, look at this,' and they would just stare at me like, 'Who are you?'"

But art wasn't her first career. An avid reader who excelled in school, she was encouraged by her parents to start a practical career, so in the 1970s she decided to join the good old boys' network of Canadian banking.

"I loved the whole idea of the business of banking," she said.

By time she was age 25, she was a branch manager. But that wasn't all. She excelled at property management and built a large portfolio of properties. Her studies and successes helped her mentor young business students.

But something else lingered. A polymath, Patricia felt the "spark of God" drive her not just toward artwork, but also to the relationship of art to math and the universe. This sense of unity with everything inspires her creations.

It also helped her to come out the other side after the death of her daughter.

"When you have the awareness that you have Christ consciousness, Buddha consciousness, that you have consciousness, it's like I've been able to separate and look at it in that duality and not let it be an absorption," she said.  

Patricia has been on a karmic journey of detachment and connection her whole life, and it is a strength that has propelled her to dizzying heights of discovery and contentment.

"When you allow yourself to experience being in the fullness of time ... your Zen, your bliss, when you see that you're exactly where you need to be then you are allowing spirit to emulsify," she said.

Patricia has worked in multiple artistic media, though she gained her mastery in the Matisse palette — the result of years of study under a master artist in France. But she has also impacted communities around the world, including in Peru, Nepal, and Cambodia, where she has built a library and schools.

Patricia's success is impressive, but her spirituality and her empathy are truly inspiring. I could talk to her for hours, but we had to stop somewhere. I am certain you will feel the fullness of connection after listening to this week's episode of Chiseled.

When we hear the word "intimacy," most of us thinkabout sex. But in reality, intimacy refers to honest connections with others,whether they be with a partner, child, friend, or even God.

Dr. Stormy Hill, whom I met while working on my book chapter for NextLevel Your Life, takes a broad approach to enhancing intimacy.An occupational therapist, mental health and substance abuse specialist, andintimacy coach, Dr. Stormy dove into studies on intimacy while navigating thewaters of raising an autistic son.

"It was interesting, sort of a mom-world collision with aprofessional-world collision," she said.

Dr. Stormy, who is one of the celebrity authors of The Transformational Journey: Lessons from Bus…, now helps individuals and couples explore how to buildintimacy through self-confidence, self-love, bliss, and pleasure in and outsidethe bedroom. Dr. Stormy says having a growth mindset for life, love, and sexteaches us how to develop relationships for maximum satisfaction and spiritualfulfillment.

"The only thing about emotions is that they will change,which is why I don't think love is an emotion, it's a force," she told me.

In this week's Chiseled podcast, Dr. Stormyshares effective tools to connect with your partner, children, friends, andGod, and to overcome the challenges that confront us every day withpsychological and physical mastery. If you're interested in how your brain andbody work together, you must hear her insights.

Once you listen to this podcast, which is full of tips andexercises for building intimacy, you will probably want to learn more. On her website, Dr. Stormy offers a free"Compassionate Self-Care Guide," which is full of practices, videos,guided mediations and links to additional resources for developing intimacymore deeply. I'm betting you will want to check it out.

If you have questions or want even more of her incredibleguidance, you can reach Dr. Stormy by email or follow her on Instagram. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this enlightening episode of Chiseled.

One day business and health coach Kelli Calabrese thought she had the perfect life — a successful career, a beautiful home, a 25-year marriage, and two great kids. But the next day, her husband came home and told her the marriage was over. He walked out, filed for divorce, and soon after married someone else.
It was a huge shock to Kelli, who had spent her marriage trying to be a great wife.
"It took me to my knees, it emptied me out," she said.
After three years of doing a deep dive and peeling back the layers of her trauma, Kelli emerged a new woman. 
You might have thought there were five stages of grief, but Kelli says it's more like 14. And she knows because she went through all of them and now teaches them as a divorce and mental health care coach.
Kelli explains the stages of grief concisely and powerfully in this week's episode of Chiseled. But her story isn't just one of turning lemons into lemonade. It's one of personal discovery, finding joy, and falling "madly in love" with God.
Her journey is also not the only one she's offering. Kelli is making available to Chiseled listeners an e-copy of her latest bestselling book, Success Habits of Super Achievers, which shares the stories of 80 people who had something "unreasonably difficult" happen to them and made something great out of it. Just go to her website to download a copy or email her at kelli@kellicalabrese.com. You can also find Kelli on Facebook or LinkedIn.  

This episode of Chiseled is intense. If you're exploring your faith or are hard-core religious — whatever your religion — Rob Foy has some deep thoughts about having a "real" relationship with God.
Rob is a long-time friend of mine and a real estate agent in central Maryland. He grew up in an Irish Catholic household, but his family stopped attending weekly services around the time he was nine.
Flash forward 20+ years, and Rob and his brother found themselves one weekend abandoning a golf vacation in Myrtle Beach with a bunch of their buddies to check out rumors of Virgin Mary sightings in Conyers,Georgia.
It changed his life.
"So much grace was put on me at once that Ididn't know which way to go," Rob said of the experience.  
The event, which he describes in detail on this week's show, triggered a spiritual journey that has taken many ups and downs,including an incredible physical challenge that he explains in this episode. But through it all, Rob persisted, and has reached a level of faith that few of us can imagine.
This week's episode of Chiseled isn't just for the Catholics among us. It's for anyone who wants to hear another person's spiritual awakening and the incredible impacts that it has had on his life. Rob is extremely knowledgeable about his faith and discusses it in emotional and intellectual terms that you will find deeply engaging.
I promise, you're going to be intrigued by this episode of Chiseled. It may even inspire you to explore your own relationship with God. If you do, Rob's happy to discuss your journey with you. You can reach himat robfoy3@me.com. Or if you want to reach out to me, I am curious to hear what you think.

You must be a pretty good comedian if your roommate is Drew Carey, your opening acts are Rosie O'Donnell, Chris Rock, and Sam Kinison, and you’re sharing the stage with Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, and Ellen DeGeneres. That’s how big Steve Rizzo was in the comedy world. But his story is about much more than laughter. In eighth grade, a guidance counselor told him he’d never amount to much. In high school, he was voted “least likely to succeed.” Instead of accepting those labels, Steve used them as fuel. With support from his brother, he earned two college degrees and returned to that same school — as a teacher. Then, one night in New York City, he jumped on stage during an open mic and completely ad-libbed a seven-minute set. The audience gave him a standing ovation. In a flash, his life changed. He went from classrooms to comedy clubs — headlining across the country and earning a Showtime special. But deep down, he knew there was more. The real calling wasn’t just to make people laugh — it was to help them laugh their way to success. Inspired by Tony Robbins and guided by faith, Steve left Hollywood behind to share a message about mindset, humor, and God’s sense of timing. Now, as one of the top motivational speakers in the country, he combines laughter and life lessons to help others find joy in the process and faith in the journey.  Tune in to this week’s episode of Chiseled for stories, laughter, and a few divine punchlines. You’ll walk away inspired — and smiling.

"I do not fit into a box. I'm certainly not a typical attorney."

Brandy Wilson Edwards was experiencing hardcore burnout.Working as an attorney for many years, she wondered where her passion went. She loved speaking, writing, and helping people live better lives, all activities she did as an attorney. But it wasn't fueling her own sense of fulfillment.

So Brandy took a "pause" to figure out what drove her happiness. She realized that she didn't have to choose between professional and personal goals. She could have it all — if she knew how to pursue it.

Now working as a motivational speaker, author, yoga and mindfulness instructor — and attorney, Brandy turned her passion for personal wellbeing into a mission to empower the legal community and other professionals to become zealousadvocates for themselves, not just their clients. You could say it's not even work at all for Brandy.

"I turned burnout into a blessing," she said.

In this episode of Chiseled, Brandy shares the difference between contentment and complacency, and gifts and skills, and shares how to "PAUSE," her five step method for setting priorities, taking action, understanding the consequences of your choices, self-care, and existing with intention to "live with more courage and less regret."

Brandy is a bundle of energy and I can see why sitting at a desk is not the greatest use of her talents. I am blessed to have met her and look forward to seeing what she does next to craft memorable messages and spread her contagious spirit.

Interested in hearing more from Brandy? You can take a look at her website or email her

at brandy@brandywilsonedwards.com.

Growing up in New York, Jim Poole wrestled, played football, and earned two black belts in martial arts. The downside? A lifetime of head injuries. “I was hospitalized 14 times with concussions,” Jim recalls. “And I was probably knocked unconscious 20–30 times without going to the hospital.” Despite the damage, Jim graduated with honors from two universities and became a successful entrepreneur. Years later, while exploring his next startup, fate intervened. He met Dr. Blake Holloway, a neurologist and inventor who gave him life-changing news. “He said, ‘Jim, you have traumatic brain injury. When you turn 50, you won’t be able to tie your shoes.’” That was in 2009. Rather than succumb to fear, Jim tried Dr. Holloway’s creation — a technology designed to calm the brain and help it heal. What started as a personal test became a shared mission. Dr. Holloway told him, “I’ll keep you healthy if you make me wealthy.” Jim accepted. He became CEO, chairman, and president of NuCalm, a neuroscience company that developed a first-of-its-kind system to slow brain waves, improve recovery, and optimize focus. Originally a $6,000 medical-grade device used by doctors and even in surgeries instead of anesthesia, NuCalm evolved into a mobile app in 2021 — making this groundbreaking technology available to everyone. “Now things have gotten a lot easier,” Jim said. “We’re not where we should be, but I’m not sure where we were supposed to be anyway.” Curious if it works? A quick search reveals countless unsolicited reviews describing profound calm, clarity, and mental reset. As someone who battles the same daily struggles — overthinking, overworking, and an inability to fully rest — I was intrigued. Whether you believe in the science or not, you’ll be fascinated hearing Jim explain how the brain evolves, adapts, and heals. As he says, “You’re never going to get bored in brain science.” You won’t be bored listening to this episode either — and I promise, you’ll walk away with more questions than answers. 🎧 Tune in to this week’s Chiseled and join me on a journey into the mind. 

If you know anything about me, you know I love words. I'm an avid reader, a public speaker, and a burgeoning author. Mybook, Better Than You Think, is a study of some of my favorite words and how they shape us and our relationships.
I am not alone in this love of language, which is why I really enjoyed my interview with Kevin Eastman for this week's episode of Chiseled.
Eastman is the former assistant coach of the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics. He is also the former assistant coach and vice president of operations for the L.A. Clippers. He has worked with the likes of Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Paul Pierce, and many others.
You may know Kevin as the Amazon best-selling author of Whythe Best Are the Best: 25 Powerful Words That Impact, Inspire, and Define Champions. This was one of my favorite reads over the last year.
In this week's podcast, Kevin describes some of the words that motivate him, among them "truth" and "preparation." He offers great insight into the meaning of "humility" and "curiosity." These words are just a few of the many that champion athletes internalize and live by. They are also guideposts for us to use to live with purpose.
Kevin packs a ton of incredible insights into our fast-paced discussion. This episode is dripping with remarkable stories of how successful athletes, coaches, and others learn and succeed. It's no accident that he found so many of the people he interviewed use the same vocabulary repeatedly.
I'm blessed to have had the opportunity to interview Kevin and I really appreciate all he shared. As a professional speaker, Kevin can be booked at kevineastman.net. You can also discover moregreat bits of wisdom from Kevin on his X (Twitter) handle, @kevineastman.

As a 9-year-old, Missouri native John O'Leary wasnearly killed while playing with fire. Burned on 100 percent of his body with89 percent covered in third-degree burns, John was not expected to live thefirst night. 
But then something happened, call it a miracle. Through thepower of countless people all striving to keep John alive, not to mention thewell wishes from near and far, including President Ronald Reagan, Pope JohnPaul II, sports announcer Jack Buck, NHL star Gino Cavallini and the entire St.Louis Blues hockey team, John pulled through. 
But that's just John's origin story. John survived, but hefelt lost trying to fit in. Throughout his youth, he would try to be likeeveryone else by taking big risks, whether physical feats, drinking, or otherextreme behavior.
"Anything someone else would do I would do even biggerand better to prove that I was ordinary," he said. "I wasn'tchiseled, I was bandaged. I was just raft with lies and a mask." 
At age 28 while working construction, John was asked to sharethe story of how he was burned — and he said "yes" for the firsttime. So, he spoke to a Girl Scout troop of three. 
"I did a lousy job. I was not even paid with a box ofSamoas," he joked. 
But one of the girl's fathers asked John to speak at hisRotary Club. That grew to another speaking gig and then more and more speakingengagements, not to mention two books, including the Number 1 bestseller,"On Fire, The Seven Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life,"which has sold 250,000 copies and been translated into 12 languages.
"I'm not afraid of the scars anymore," John said."By saying 'yes' to others, I began to realize the dignity of my ownstory."
Over the years, John has spoken publicly 2,500 times andreached several million people to reveal "what happens when we allowourselves to be used for something bigger than ourselves." 
I am so inspired by John, not only because of the greatbaseball stories he shares about Jack Buck and the dozens of signed baseballshe received, but also because John embodies the principles of faith, healing,and dedication to purpose. 
John shares his story and the lessons he's learned in thisweek's episode of Chiseled. If you'd like to reach John, you can do soon one of his two websites, JohnOLearyInspires.com and readinawe.com, whichwill also give you the opportunity to take the 21-day challenge to spark inspiration, meaning, and joy. Check it out and enjoy this episode of Chiseled.

Real estate agent Garrett Maroon has never made a cold call,hosted an open house, or bought a lead. He started in real estate in 2014 with just 40 people in his referral database and has since built a business on relationships and referrals only, doing very well selling 550 homes in under nine years.
But about seven years after starting his career, Garrett felt that he was dancing around a subject he really wanted to discuss — his faith. So the Newport News, Virginia-based agent began talking about it with other realtors and even clients, and found that connecting his faith to his work could be wildly successful.

Garrett turned his faith into a successful business model. He operates the "Faithful Agent," a real estate business and a coaching company of the same name. He hosts a podcast with his buddy Tyler Wilson, runs a large Facebook community, and last year began holding faith-based business conferences for agents. He is also publishing a book on his faithful agent strategy.

"We want to be a place ... where a Christian can say, 'I need to gettrained in my business but I want it to come from someone who has the same mentality as I do with this eternal perspective, with Christ in mind,'" he said.
 
Garrett told me that he wants to make sure that people understand he's not using his faith to try to make a buck.

"At the end of the day, for me, as a Christian, my job is to first andforemost honor the Lord."

I recorded my interview with Garrett a while back. He is afast-talker and extremely animated about his goals, which he is rapidly achieving. I firmly believe that Garrett, a husband and father of four young children, is going to have great success in his endeavors, and after you hear this episode of Chiseled, you will too. 
 
Interested in learning more about Garrett? You can check out his website or email him at garrett@faithfulagent.com.

I couldn’t be more honored to welcome today’s guest on Chiseled: Brian Buffini. For more than 20 years, Brian has been a coach to me, a role model, a guide in my faith journey — and an all-around good guy. He’s someone I deeply admire, and I’m humbled he agreed to join me on this episode. You’ve probably heard me mention Brian before: he’s the founder of Buffini & Company, the largest business coaching company in North America — not bad for an Irishman who came to America at 19 with nothing but determination. His journey hasn’t been easy. Just weeks after committing his life to faith, Brian survived a near-fatal motorcycle accident that required 13 surgeries and two years of recovery. Yet he says he’d do it all again, because it set him on the path that shaped his family, his career, and his calling. As a young real estate agent, Brian rejected the “find ’em, fleece ’em, and forget ’em” approach that was common in the industry. Instead, he built his business like a country doctor — caring for clients, serving their needs, and building lifelong relationships. That relationship-first model grew into a coaching system that has now impacted millions of people around the world. In this conversation, Brian shares the faith, resilience, and perspective that shaped him — and why he believes greatness begins with service. You’ll hear wisdom, humor, and stories that continue to inspire me after two decades of learning from him. I hope you enjoy this powerful exchange. And if you want to learn more about business coaching with Brian Buffini, I’d be happy to share more or you can also go to BuffiniandCompany.com 

You can also watch episodes of "Chiseled" on my YouTube channel. Go to https://www.youtube.com/rcommodari to subscribe. Thanks you!

Many of you have been listening to Chiseled since I started podcasting in 2021. I love interviewing new people and hearing what they have to say. I hope you have found some useful insights from my guests on personal and professional growth.
Most of all, I hope the podcast has entertained you.

Turns out podcasting has brought me closer to an already strongband of brothers. In this week's Chiseled, I talk to four of my buddies in real estate who also have a taste for the mic and have launched their own shows.

We're not making a lot of money from these labors of love, butthe return on investment has been enormous. Not only have we found our voices, but we've learned several profound lessons.  

"Your compensation is directly impacted to how well youserve people and how many people you serve," said Louisville, Kentucky's Mike Gandolfo, who co-hosts the Horse Racing Happy Hour.

"If I can help other people win, I'm winning," saidBrad Noll, who explains how to become a great communicator.  

The five of us had several laughs discussing our adventures inpodcasting. Hopefully, the conversation will make you laugh too and perhaps even help you eliminate any hesitation that may be holding you back from pursuing a creative outlet of your own.
 
Interested in checking out my friends' podcasts? You can findthem here:

The Horse Racing Happy Hour hosted by Mike Gandolfo.
Student of the Game hostedby Brad Noll.
Inspire Campfire hosted by Scott Wurtzbacher.
The Karl Miller Show hosted by Karl Miller.

Meantime, enjoy the five guys (not the burger joint) on this episode of Chiseled.

When Chad Kneller was in his 20s, he “was all about sex, drugs, and rock and roll.” Laser-focused on being a singer in a rock band, Kneller figured life ends at age 27, just as it did for a host of famous musicians who burned hot and diedyoung.

Through the lens of that existentialism, Chad drank too much, partied too hard, and ignored basic rules of society. Eventually, the warrants piled up and Chad found himself doing a coupletwo-week stints in jail. During one of those sojourns, he picked up a Bible and read it cover to cover. He then approached the prison minister.

“I said, ‘Hey, I got some questions,’ and he didn't know I have three hours’ worth of questions. He answered them all. Andthat was the beginning of a new life for me,” he said.

Upon his release, Chad returned to his new girlfriend and the two set upon a path of finding their future together. A marriage, two military stints, and three kids later, Chad and his wife are nowserial entrepreneurs.

Chad has also published a book called Finding Happy, which seeks to help people, especially young people, getbeyond the intensity of their emotions and gain context to get through the most difficult seasons of their lives.

“I feel like if someone would have given me a booklike that when I was in my early 20s I could have saved a whole lot of time. I wouldn't have wasted almost a decade after that.”

Finding Happy has received great reviews and Chad says he’s even been told it saved one person’s life, a true win if ever there was one.

It was a pleasure talking to Chad and I know his chiseling is going to continue to help others. If you want to reach Chad, hisemail is findinghappy1@gmail.com or you can check him out on all his social media channels @chadkneller or on his website.

Fazeena Haniff was just seven years old when she witnessed her three-year-old cousin killed by a drunk driver. Visiting family in New York City for her birthday, she ended up attending a funeral instead of a celebration.

The pain of the event was immediately suppressed in a family that tended to hide its emotions, so Fazeena never got to process the guilty feeling that she was to blame for the accident.

That is, until nearly 30 years later when she found herself miserable in a failing marriage and re-traumatized by an incident while driving her own car.

"I clearly had been holding onto this for how many decades, and it's playing a part in my marriage, and it's blocked me my entire life," she said. "I literally would self-sabotage myself to punish myself."

Having been in a self-imposed prison, Fazeena, who is now a communications and leadership coach, finally got the help she needed. She used training in neurolinguistic programming to learn how to process trauma and disconnect the tragedy from her thoughts about herself. She now uses that technique and others to help her clients recognize how their own traumas are holding them back.

Fazeena is very candid and transparent, and her level of self-awareness is admirable. I think you will find her story and the lessons she learned about forgiveness to be highly recognizable and maybe even helpful.

If you're moved by her story — or any of my guests on Chiseled — I welcome your feedback. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this week's episode.

Will Heaven be boring? During a trip to the Grand Canyon a couple years ago, I looked out at the vastness of it all and thought, if this is Heaven, I can't wait.

One step closer to the edge and I may have found it. But I'm not ready yet. I have a lot of life left in me, plus I really don't know what I'm going to do with myself when I get there.

Apparently, I'm not the only one. Many years ago, D. Scott Smith's five-year-old son asked him a similar question. In fact, seemsthat a lot of people are wondering about the afterlife when they haven't yet figured out what to do with themselves right here on earth. Scott began pondering questions about time, space, and how we maneuver through them, and he came up with some amazing ideas about how to best live our lives in the moment.

Scott noted that age matters. At five years old, time feels like it's moving six times more slowly than it does for an older person. So, when he tells his son, it will be an hour until dinner, it's nosurprise his son starts questioning whether he is going to be bored in Heaven.

But the questions don't stop as we age.

"We're notoriously dissatisfied," he said.

On this week's episode of Chiseled, Scott offers his "octodecim" or rule of 18. In short, we live through seasons of life, which are designed for growing, learning, establishing, reaping, and benefiting, not to mention enjoying a little bonus time at the very end. But in Scott's theory, most of us aren't living the experience appropriate for their octodecim and are instead spending too much time evaluating the past or anticipating the future.

From the first minute of this week's episode of Chiseled, I'm certain you will be pleased with how you're spending yourtime. This was a fun, logical, metaphysical discussion (if such a thing is possible) and a great conversation no matter what age you are.
Want to reach Scott? You can catch up with him onhis website or follow him on YouTube, LinkedIn, or X (Twitter). Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this episode of Chiseled.

Growing up in a "poor family" with "a lot of violence, drugs and alcohol in the house," Ken was a succesful entrepreneur from a young age, having started working at 8 years old. But by time he was 34, his success could not keep him from hitting rock bottom. "I had no business trying to run a business of any kind in the state of mind that I was in constantly, which was drunken at all times," he said. When he finally surrendered, through the "grace of God" and a lot of Alcholics Anonymous meetings, Ken knew it was time to pay it forward. And so he did, setting out to help any person he could. "If you help enough other people get what they want out of life, you will have way more than you could ever possibly imagine having in your own life," he said. Ken has had incredible success in business, with the help of some of the biggest names in the fields of personal growth and sales. It's no surprise. He is so energetic, so positive, so forceful, and so funny, you're going to be wound up listening to him, and will leave this episode of Chiseled buzzing with motivation and ready to act.

Justin Breen was an enterprising journalist in a Midwest media market when his bosses started slashing staff salaries in 2017. With a wife and two young children, Justin knew it was time to take his next step.
It wasn't nearly as challenging for Justin as you'd think it might be. Tapping into his visionary mindset, Justin reached out to his 5,000-plus social media fanbase. Just six weeks later, he had started a public relations company from scratch.
"Someone either can get back into a plane after another one's been shot down without a parachute or they make an excuse. At the highest level, there are no excuses. You just do it," he said of launching a new venture.
From there, the sky was the limit for Justin. During COVID, Justin really started discovering that he could achieve success by living with gratitude, recognizing a higher power, and developing a great networking community. In 2022, he started his next company.
"That's when I went fully global," he said. "The trauma creates the triumph."
Working with entrepreneurs, Justin has turned BrEpic Communications into a global PR firm and runs the exclusive connectivity platform BrEpic Network. His first book, Epic Business, was a bestseller in six countries and No. 1 for entrepreneurship in the U.S. He followed up with Epic Life, which teaches, as the subtitle says, "how to build collaborative global companies while putting your loved ones first."
Justin has a lot on his mind and you can almost hear the wheels spinning in his brain in this clip from this week's Chiseled. He offers so many insights about visionary traits, you need to listen closely to unlock all the tips for discovering your true potential. I encourage you to buckle your seatbelt for this episode of Chiseled.
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Want to talk to Justin? Find him on LinkedIn or his website.

For Amy Somerville, life happens in the transitions. Amy was in the real estate business for 18 years with RE/MAX — as a realtor, broker, team leader, franchise consultant, and coach. She readily admits that throughout it all, she was not a public speaker.
But after nearly two decades in business, Amy needed to help her young family transition to the next stage of their lives. She chose to "take one for the team” and begin a very public-facing position running the professional development department. Within two years, she transitioned from senior vice president at RE/MAX to an independent consultant to an employee with Buffini and Company, whom she lovingly describes as "monsters" in the high-end real estate coaching space (I agree).
Just a year later, while attending a real estate conference in New York, she was approached by eXp Realty CEO Glenn Sanford, a fan of Jim Collins, whose Good to Great book series offers incredible organizational management principles. One of Colins’ principles says you may not know your "what" or your "why," but you are better positioned to take a leap in business when you find your "who."
Sanford, who owns Success Enterprises, which happens to publish Amy's favorite magazine, SUCCESS, told her that she may be his "who."
And shortly thereafter she transitioned again, becoming the new CEO of Success Enterprises.
“It's heavy to carry a brand that has such a reputation and such an impact on so many people, and me included, so it's wild," she said.
With its reputation for excellence, Amy is energized by the challenge of carrying the 127-year-old media group to its next level — by pursuing her own mission to LIVE — lead, inspire, provide value, and empathize.
With her energy, focus, faith, and fortitude, I have no doubt that SUCCESS is in good hands. I was honored to interview her and believe you will feel the positivity and intention in everything she says during this Chiseled podcast.
Amy is a source of strength and inspiration, with which I am sure you will agree after listening to this episode of Chiseled. Want to contact Amy? Listen to the end to get her email address so you can give her a buzz.

My guest this week, Dr. Robb Kelly, grew up in the projects of Manchester, England. Blessed with musical talent, he was performing on stage by the time he was 9 years old. 

The music career led him to college, and even to a job as a session musician at the famous Abbey Roads Studio in London, but it also led him to drink. While he was able to get his PhD in psychology at University of Oxford, his habit eventually landed him on the street, put out from his wife, children, and everyone he knew.  

"I definitely had an illness, a disease that was fatal," he said.

After 14 months living next to trash cans, a kindly stranger picked Robb up and took him home. A recovered alcoholic himself, his friend took him to an AA meeting, which led Robb to a fateful meeting with someone named "John."

John agreed to act as Robb's spiritual adviser for 12 weeks. Not only did Robb spend the time recovering, but he also learned how he would spend the rest of his life — successfully in a faraway land, helping thousands of others to overcome their addictions.
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"He was definitely an angel," Robb says, and he means it literally. John disappeared, never to be seen again. And it wasn't long afterward, that Robb ended up in America.

"When I got wealthy ... I spent thousands upon thousands (of pounds) at a private detective agency, and they could never find him. But what he taught me is 90 percent of what I do today," he said.

As a neuroscientist, Robb studies the relationship between what you ingest and how your brain thinks and changes your perception. His deeply interventionist method of treatment teaches clients how to own their identity to make authentic choices, how self-perception changes physical health, and how the mind's fleeting decision to jump from thought to action can propel or limit you. 

He wraps up all this addiction treatment in the science of neuroplasticity — changing the way the mind works through neuro-linguistic programming, somatic experiencing techniques, and trauma therapy — with a side of nutritional and behavioral training.

"Your mind is energy, power. You can't touch it, feel it, but when it connects to another power outside you, neural pathways are changed. Your DNA changes."

Dr. Kelly has treated 10,000 patients with a "98 percent, bordering on 99 percent recovery" rate. That's compared to a relapse rate of 40-60 percent in the United States.

Dr. Kelly calls himself a "recovered" alcoholic. That's right, not "recovering." And when you hear him explain how he went through it and how he gets others through it, you will be amazed, even as your jaw drops in disbelief.

So, sit back, adjust to the Mancunian accent, and join us for a wild story of getting chiseled.

At a tender age, Craig Moody moved with hisfamily to a new town. His educator mother and a businessman father wanted the best for their son, but while going to stay with family friends during thetransition, Craig felt unwelcome and unliked. Later, at school, he was bullied and had trouble making friends despite his best efforts.

Flash forward two decades and Craig was stillfeeling uprooted. With no job prospects and trouble making fraternal and romantic relationships, a nasty look from a clerk in a grocery store pushed Craig to the brink.

"I went home that night and just thoughtabout that stare I got and was like 'I'm done,'" he said.

And he nearly did himself in save for the beseeching voice of his father. As it turned out, however, Craig's dad wasnowhere near the house.

"It was God's voice," Craig said with certainty. "It was a defining moment in my life."

From there, Craig decided to turn his life around.He joined a local church, connected with an old friend who never gave up on him, and jumped into personal growth, studying the works of John Maxwell andothers. It wasn't long before Craig was flush — starting his own home restoration business, getting married, and having kids. He later started several other businesses and has gone from despondent "loser" tosuccessful business coach.

The co-author of the books Think Big and Next Level YourLife, in which, Craig tells a story about getting outof your own way and avoiding self-sabotage, lessons that we all need to learn some time in our lives.

"I acknowledge the imposter in me. It creeps up and I don't let him in," he said.

Craig's story may sound familiar to you; it even may sound like your own, and that's okay — because we all can learn from each other's versions of our own stories. I know after sharing my own stories with Craig, we will stay connected in the future.

Want to talk to Craig? Look him up on craigmoody.co or reach out to him at the email address he shares at the end of this episode of Chiseled.