podcast-episodes

Shelbi is the founder of Hope Lives Here, a faith-based community walking with chronically ill Christians through prayer, small groups, worship nights, and fellowship.    After years running her own functional nutrition and strength coaching business, Shelbi was diagnosed with POTS, chronic fatigue, and post-viral syndrome, and the season that followed reshaped what she believed

Shelbi spent years building a career as a personal trainer and functional nutrition specialist, coaching clients through fat loss, strength, and hormone health, until her own body started failing her. Three and a half years into a mysterious, debilitating illness, she’s built Hope Lives Here 1513, an online community that walks with chronically ill Christians

Paulina Walters spent years building a thriving fractional COO practice, the kind of behind-the-scenes work that helps founders turn vision into reality. Then God called her somewhere she never expected: into a seat as a C12 chair in North Texas, walking Christian business owners through the same struggle she knew firsthand, the loneliness of leading.

Stephanie Archuleta is the founder of Maid Mi Dia, a woman-owned home cleaning company in El Paso with a team of more than 20 people and over 20,000 homes cleaned.   Her story didn’t start with a business plan. It started with five years of prayer, a word from the Lord while washing dishes, and

Kelsy Chavez spent two decades in advertising and marketing, working with everything from small local businesses to brands like Walmart and Coca-Cola, before God called her to start a Substack called Fire in the Middle. In it, she writes about faith, family, and the way digital influence quietly shapes all of us, especially our kids.

Roberto Garza Jr. spent 21 years serving in the U.S. Army, earning a Purple Heart through deployments in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. When he came home, the real battle was just beginning. Roberto walked through years of PTSD, depression, and suicidal ideation before God used something as simple as a faded highway sign to redirect

Ben Luna Jr. is a 19-year journeyman electrician, multi-business owner, and now a candidate for New Mexico State House District 53. He grew up watching problems go unfixed in his community and decided to do something about it.   In this conversation, Ben shares how a moment of financial trust — accepting a pay cut

Scott Willingham is back. He is the founder and CEO of Wake Effect, a Las Cruces-based consulting firm specializing in sales training and talent optimization.   In this follow-up conversation, we went deep on ASLAN, the sales methodology Scott uses with his clients, and why he chose it. The core idea is simple and countercultural:

Scott Willingham spent more than 20 years leading in sales organizations, running training programs for 500-person teams, and navigating the faith questions that come with corporate success, before stepping out to found Wake Effect, his Las Cruces-based consulting firm. He is one of a handful of Alan certified partners in the country and the only

Jonathan Lopez is a founding partner at Truvize Financial, an El Paso-based advisory firm he built alongside Drew Harris. He and Drew are known for meeting clients where they are, not just with numbers and strategies, but with honest conversations about why money matters and what it is ultimately for.   In this return visit