
Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Ep. 215: Comfort Is a Trap — David Schnurman on Choosing the Hard Path On Purpose (Pt.2) Episode Summary Comfort feels safe. David Schnurman says that's exactly the problem. In part two of this conversation, David and Sonnie dig into the second year of his family's life abroad — the year that almost didn't happen. When summer camp got cancelled due to COVID, the Schnurmans didn't go home. Instead, they opened a map, picked a route through Spain and France with no real plan,...
Jun 30
27 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Ep. 214: How to Stop Playing It Safe and Start Living the Life You Want with David Schnurman (Pt. 1) What does it look like to stop waiting on someday? In this rich, deeply human conversation, Sonnie sits down with David Schnurman — entrepreneur, two-time author, TEDx speaker, and CEO of Lawline — to unpack what it really takes to trade comfort for the life you actually want. David shares the winding, non-linear path that took him from Brooklyn to law school to building one...
Jun 23
31 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Ep. 213: How to Rewire Your Brain for Peak Performance and Lead at Your Best When It Matters Most | Dr. Izzy Justice (Pt. 2) What if everything you thought you knew about peak performance, stress, and confidence was missing the one thing that actually matters? In Part 2 of this conversation, neuroscientist and performance expert Dr. Izzy Justice is back — and this time, we're getting practical. We're talking about what's actually happening in your brain in the seconds befor...
Jun 12
31 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Ep 212: What Your Brain Does Before Greatness | Dr. Izzy Justice on Flow, Fear & Peak Performance (Part 1) There is a moment right before the swing, before the speech, before the decision that changes everything. And in those seconds, your brain is either working for you — or against you. Dr. Izzy Justice has spent his career studying exactly that moment. As Chief Neuroscience Officer at Neuro580 and one of the world's leading sports neuroscientists, Dr. Izzy has conduc...
Jun 2
32 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Ep. 211 How to Organize Your Life, Protect Your Energy and Put Yourself Back on the List | Lisa Woodruff (Pt. 2) You started Part 1 understanding the weight you've been carrying. Now it's time to put it down. In Part 2 of this conversation, Lisa Woodruff is back and we are going deeper. We're talking about the practical, no-excuses systems that will change how your home runs — and how you show up everywhere else because of it. We're talking about the invisible projects pili...
May 20
24 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Ep. 210 How to Stop Drowning in Clutter and Reclaim Your Mental Clarity | Lisa Woodruff (Pt. 1) 📝 Show Notes What does the pile of paper on your counter have to do with your capacity to lead? More than you think. Lisa Woodruff is the founder of Organize 365 and author of the upcoming book Escaping Quicksand. She has spent decades helping women build functional systems for their homes and lives. And she is quick to say: organization is not about color-coded bins. It is about...
May 12
27 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode 209: Dominance vs. Prestige, Human Skills, and the Science of Leadership Influence | Dr. Benjamin Granger (Pt. 2) 📝 Show Notes What does evolutionary biology have to do with your leadership style? More than you think. In Part 2 of this conversation, Sonnie and Dr. Benjamin Granger go deeper into the science of leadership, from the two paths humans use to gain social status, to why your physical environment shapes behavior in ways you never see coming. Benjamin unpac...
Apr 28
39 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode 208: Becoming a Leader Worth Following | Dr. Benjamin Granger (Part 1) 📝 Show Notes What separates a leader people genuinely want to follow from one they simply tolerate? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Sonnie sits down with Dr. Benjamin Granger, organizational psychologist and author of A Leader Worth Following, to explore the human side of leadership that most managers never learn in a training room. Benjamin traces how a lifelong curiosity about human be...
Apr 21
27 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode 207: How to Find Your Voice at Work and Stop Playing Small, with Minda Harts (Part 2) What is staying quiet at work actually costing you? Not just the missed moment… But the opportunity, the growth, the confidence, and the standard you’re setting for what you’re willing to tolerate. In Part 1 of this conversation, I sit down with Minda Harts to unpack the hidden cost of silence… and why so many high-performing leaders find themselves navigating environments where sp...
Apr 14
23 min

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode 206: Why Speaking Up at Work Is Harder for Some Leaders, with Minda Harts Part 1 What is staying quiet at work actually costing you? Not just the missed moment… But the opportunity, the growth, the confidence, and the standard you’re setting for what you’re willing to tolerate. In Part 1 of this conversation, I sit down with Minda Harts, Author of Talk to Me Nice: The Seven Trust Languages for a Better Workplace, to unpack the hidden cost of silence, and why s...
Apr 7
24 min
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