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What happens when you stop performing your life and start living it?

What if the exhaustion you're feeling isn't a sign you're doing something wrong, but proof you're finally doing something real?

Mallory Ervin has lived much of her life in front of people—as Miss Kentucky, on The Amazing Race, as a creator who's built an expansive online community, and as the founder of brands like Living Fully and In My Sundays. But what makes her story compelling isn't the resume. It's what she's done underneath all of it. Instead of hardening or hiding, Mallory has softened. She's let her life shape her work, and she hasn't rushed past the hard seasons or cleaned them up before telling the truth.

In this conversation, Mallory opens up about the cost of being known, the weight of building businesses while raising young kids, and the moments that forced her to ask whether she was living fully or just filling her days. She talks about the difference between being busy and being present and why rest became the foundation of her most successful business. She reveals what it's like to rebuild your sense of self when the world already has an opinion about who you are.

This isn't a conversation about balance or having it all figured out. It's about what it takes to stay human in the middle of a life that moves fast, feels full, and demands more than you sometimes have to give.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

• How to stop living in the performance and start living in the presence
• How grief doesn't follow a timeline and why that's okay
• How motherhood forces you to confront who you really are
• How to build a business around rest when you've spent your life running
• How to navigate the gap between who you are in public and who you are at home
• How to stop waiting for permission to take up space
• How to let your life shape your work instead of the other way around
• How to stay soft in a world that rewards being hard
• How to honor the liminal space instead of rushing to the next thing
• How to stop apologizing for being human

Welcome to Human School, where we learn what matters most - Miles Adcox

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What We Discuss:

00:00:00 Intro - Welcome to Human School

00:00:17 Meet Mallory Ervin

00:02:02 Showing Up Tired and Grateful

00:05:19 Why Authenticity Became Non-Negotiable

00:07:32 Why Recovery Was the Greatest Gift of My Life

00:17:20 Rock Bottom, Surrender, and Radical Honesty

00:23:10 You Don’t Have to Hit Rock Bottom to Change Your Life

00:32:57 Distraction, Social Media, and Avoiding Yourself

00:41:15 When Help Turned Into Addiction: Mallory's Journey to Recovery

00:58:52 What Recovery Support Actually Looks Like

01:08:30 Earning a PhD in Yourself

01:13:38 The Temptation to Go Back to Old Patterns

01:18:58 What Recovery Taught Me About Daily Life

01:35:52 Defining What "Live Fully" Really Means in Life

01:40:33 The Balance in Being Driven to Excellence and Staying Present

01:43:44 Creating a Life Your Kids Can Learn From & Be a Part Of

01:55:33 The Entrepreneur: Live Fully & In My Sundays

01:59:03 Closing Reflections on Authentic Living

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What if the worst moment of your life became the foundation for everything that came after?

Country music artist Drake White collapsed on stage in 2019 during a performance in Roanoke, Virginia. He was diagnosed with an AVM (arteriovenous malformation), a tangled mass of blood vessels in his brain that ruptured mid-song, paralyzing his left side. What could have ended his career and his life became the beginning of a deeper story about faith, resilience, and purpose.

In this conversation, Drake shares the surreal experience of having a stroke on stage and waking up in the hospital, unable to move half his body. He talks about how his wife duct-taped her leg to his and helped him relearn how to walk, only to face her own paralysis months later. He reflects on the moment a buck appeared on a trail camera behind his house and how that single image reignited his will to live. Drake goes into the basement of rock bottom, the power of covenant in marriage, and why listening to the quiet pull to “turn right instead of left” has reshaped how he lives.

This is a conversation about losing everything you thought made you who you are and discovering that rebuilding teaches you who you’ve always been.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

• How to find purpose when everything that defined you is stripped away

• Why rock bottom has a basement and how foundations are built there

• How to turn trauma into testimony without skipping the pain

• How to navigate marriage when both partners are hurting

• How nature and hunting became part of Drake’s healing journey

• Why honoring bad days doesn’t cancel hope

• How to break free from negativity loops and victim narratives

• How to listen to the quiet pull guiding your next step

Welcome to Human School, where we learn what matters most—Miles Adcox

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What We Discuss:00:00:00 Intro - Welcome to Human School00:00:30 Drake White's Story: From Collapse to Comeback00:02:31 Rock Bottom Has a Basement: Building a Foundation in the Hole00:03:43 The Building Science Degree and Why Foundations Matter00:04:52 Getting Through Your Twenties Without Real Adversity00:10:40 Being in Her First Wedding: The Story of Pursuing Alex00:14:10 Diagnosed with an AVM: A Mass the Size of a Lime in His Brain00:16:21 August 16th, 2019: Taking the Stage in Roanoke, Virginia00:22:06 "I Thought I Had a Flat Tire, Not That the Engine Was Going Down"00:23:20 Exploration Over Fear: Surfing the Wave Psychologically00:25:19 The Deep Sleep Where He Had His Interaction with God00:26:22 Alex Drives Seven Hours: What Love Looks Like in Crisis00:28:43 Four Months Later: Alex's Paralysis in Steamboat Springs00:30:29 Calling for Help from Their Moms - "Nobody Loves You Like That"00:33:25 Relearning to Walk: The Thread of Hope Running Through It All00:35:39 Growing Up Baptist and Questioning Everything00:44:54 "The Ability to Have a Good Day in Bad Situations Is a Superpower"00:46:52 Taking a Right This Morning: Listening to the Pull00:51:02 Instinct, Intuition, Faith, and Self-Awareness00:53:03 Science and Religion Coexist: The Western Civilization Experiment01:00:05 "There's Always a Deeper Route" - Why Am I Here and Where Am I Going01:02:27 Coming Home After 40 Days and 40 Nights in the Hospital01:03:35 The Trail Camera Behind the House: A 175-Inch Deer01:12:11 Neuroplasticity: The Brain Forms New Pathways Around Lesions01:15:18 Make Your Trauma a Testimony for Somebody Else01:18:30 Ladder to the Sky: A Hunts the Healing Story01:21:38 Breaking the Negativity Loop, Blame Cycle, and Victim Narrative01:24:03 The Benefit for the Brain: A Night of Advocacy and Encouragement01:28:55 Be the Quarterback for Your Own Care

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Have you ever wondered why the villain's journey matters more than the hero's? What if the worst thing that ever happened to you could become your greatest competitive advantage?

Donald Miller didn’t set out to become one of the most influential voices in modern communication. He started by trying to write his way out of pain. From feeling invisible as a kid in Texas to becoming a bestselling author and the creator of StoryBrand, Donald’s work is built on one core truth: clarity creates connection.

In this conversation, Donald opens up about the experiences that shaped him—father abandonment, poverty, ambition, and the inner villain stories we rarely examine. He shares why understanding the villain’s journey matters as much as the hero’s, how pain can become fuel rather than a prison, and why one of the most powerful phrases in leadership and parenting is simply, “Will you forgive me?”

Donald and Miles explore how cognitive load impacts nearly every area of life—from relationships and parenting to business, culture, and politics. Donald reflects on becoming a father at 49, the fear of loving something you can’t control, and why congruence—not perfection—is the most effective parenting tool we have. He also offers a thoughtful critique of modern political messaging and the incentives that keep problems unsolved.

This is a conversation about responsibility, healing, and learning to tell the truth—first to yourself, then to others.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Pain Can Become the Birthplace of Purpose
• Why the Villain’s Journey Deserves as Much Attention as The Hero’s
• How Reducing Cognitive Load Helps People Actually Hear You
• Why "Will You Forgive Me" Is as Powerful as "I Love You"
• How One Single Sentence at Onsite Unlocked Years of Stuck Pain
• Why Congruence Is the Most Powerful Parenting and Leadership Tool You Have
• How to Know When to Get on the Plane and When to Stay Home

What We Discuss:

00:00:00 Intro – Welcome to Human School00:01:37 The Origin Story of Human School00:06:55 When StoryBrand Got Busy and Life Took Over00:08:38 The Three-Ring Binder That Changed Everything at Onsite00:10:26 How Onsite Reshaped Don’s Relationships00:13:07 Connection Is Where You Get the Most Meaning00:14:16 How Early Wounds Quietly Fuel Ambition00:19:12 Heroes, Villains, and The Stories We Avoid Examining00:24:10 "Onsite Healed and Redirected My Villain Story" 00:30:03 When Don Realized Writing Was an Effective Tool for Struggle00:38:15 How Don Went to Onsite in His Mid-Thirties and Everything Changed00:45:27 Having Your Heart Run Around the Room - The Fear and Wonder of Parenthood00:49:51 The Power of an Apology to Your Kid00:54:10 A Costly Business Mistake00:57:50 Why Leaders Fall into the Wizard of Oz Trap01:01:29 From Memoirs to Business Messaging

01:06:15 The Spectrum Brands Story: "Kids Love Aquariums" 01:08:30 The Jeb Bush Campaign vs. "Build a Wall"

01:10:08 Why Cognitive Load Applies to Parenting, Music, and Everything

01:14:05 The Doubling Tool: How Therapists Reduce Cognitive Load in Real Time01:17:48 How Onsite Gave Don His Sister Back01:19:26 AI, Clarity, and Communication01:25:20 Why Political Incentives Rarely Reward Solutions01:33:42 Why Nuance Doesn't Work in Storytelling 01:37:07 America’s Capacity for Self-Correction01:42:21 WeeklySoundbite.com and Don’s current work