What if aging isn’t something to fight, fix, or freeze, but something to express?

In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Cathy Goldstein, with nearly four decades in holistic medicine. Cathy challenges cultural narratives that tell us to chase youth, erase expression, and disconnect from our innate wisdom as we age.

If you’re a visionary leader, entrepreneur, or changemaker who wants to age well without losing authenticity, reclaim confidence without erasing your story, and bring your innovative ideas into the world with courage and clarity, this conversation will expand the way you think about beauty, healing, and leadership.

What You Will Learn:

Why visionary leadership isn’t just about seeing the future but about making vision practical, useful, and embodied.

How emotional experiences, stress, and trauma become stored in the muscles of the face over time.

Why facial expression is directly connected to brain chemistry, nervous system regulation, and emotional resilience.

What functional aesthetics is and how it fundamentally differs from traditional beauty and anti-aging models.

How releasing facial tension supports brain health, energy flow, and authentic self-expression.

Why freezing the face disrupts emotional communication and disconnects us from inner truth.

How facial muscles differ from body muscles and why they hold lifetime patterns of emotion and stress.

The role of the limbic brain and amygdala in facial expression, emotion, and perception.

How smiling, expression, and movement influence neurotransmitters and emotional states.

Why premature aging is often about tension and fatigue rather than wrinkles or skin texture.

How lymphatic drainage plays a critical role in detoxification, vitality, and facial health.

What it means to retrain the body rather than simply fix or override symptoms.

How frequency, energy medicine, and bio-photon technology support cellular communication and healing.

Why authenticity, not perfection, is what draws people to leaders and visionaries.

How cultural conditioning around beauty impacts confidence, relevance, and self-worth as we age.

Why aging can be a process of gaining wisdom, resilience, and deep beauty rather than loss.

How to recognize when an idea or innovation is ahead of its time and why that’s often a sign of true leadership.

The importance of trusting your work even when others don’t fully understand it yet.

Why knowing your product or vision deeply is more powerful than any external marketing strategy.

How tenacity, resilience, and self-belief shape long-term entrepreneurial success.

Why shelving your own vision can create future regret and how to keep going despite obstacles.

How to lead from embodied experience rather than external validation.

What it truly means to age well without losing expression, vitality, or identity.Sparkling

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What if the biggest thing blocking your vision is not your strategy, but your nervous system. In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Luis Mojica, somatic therapist, trauma nutritionist, musician, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation, for a powerful conversation about what it really takes to lead, create, and build sustainably. Luis shares how his lineage shaped his visionary capacity, why he experiences creativity as a kind of natural “psychedelic” communion, and how developmental trauma can become an initiation into purpose.

If you are a visionary who wants to create without burning out, this episode is a great place to reset.

What You Will Learn:

How Luis defines visionary leadership through lineage, migration, and the courage to leave what is familiar.

Why imagination and “psychic” creativity can be a natural lived experience, not something you have to force through rituals.

How developmental trauma can function as an initiation that shapes purpose over time.

What “capacity” means in somatic terms and why it determines how well you can metabolize stress.

How constriction in the body impacts leadership, marketing, and decision-making.

Why money can be the biggest challenge for service-led visionaries and how boundaries create healthier reciprocity.

How Food Therapy reframes nutrition as a tool for trauma recovery, anxiety relief, and stress navigation.

Why lowering stress hormones changes the quality of imagination from scarcity and urgency into spacious possibility.

How Luis grew Holistic Life Navigation by responding to need rather than following a rigid long-term vision.

Why building a team based on trust, relational fit, and shared mission can be more effective than hiring on credentials alone.

A simple leadership filter you can use quarterly: keep what you love doing and delegate what drains you.

Resource:

Luis Mojica

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What does real leadership look like in a world obsessed with celebrity, conflict, and short-term wins? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Saji Madapat, a global transformation architect, author, and cultural myth-maker whose work spans Fortune 10 boardrooms, geopolitical strategy rooms, and ancient ritual traditions of Southern India. With more than 30 years of experience across 40+ countries, Saji brings a rare and provocative perspective on what leadership has become and what it must return to if we are to navigate the economic, social, and cultural disruptions of our time.

This episode is an invitation for founders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and conscious leaders to rethink what they are building, who they are becoming, and how they are leading in the Creative Age.

What You Will Learn:

Why modern leadership has shifted toward celebrity and conflict, and how that shift is eroding trust, stability, and long-term impact.

How the core leadership qualities of charisma, confidence, and character have been diluted in today’s short-term, attention-driven culture.

What it truly means to lead from behind and why this approach is essential in knowledge-based and people-powered organizations.

How short-term “hunter” mindsets undermine organizational resilience during economic and cultural disruption.

Why building sustainable, values-driven organizations requires patience, foresight, and a long-term leadership horizon.

How historical leaders modeled strength without performative leadership or ego-driven authority.

What Eastern leadership philosophies reveal about endurance, diagnostics, and long-term nation and business building.

Why surrounding yourself with people who challenge your thinking is critical for innovation and conscious leadership.

How leaders can prepare their organizations to weather uncertainty, volatility, and systemic change.

Why character-based leadership outlasts charisma when markets shift and crises emerge.

Resource:

Saji Madapat

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What if the fastest way to scale isn’t doing more, but touching less. In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Max Lewis, author of Who Is Max Lewis? Max went from selling mangoes as a kid to building a propane tank exchange business that ultimately sold for $37 million.

This episode is a masterclass for founders, CEOs, and visionaries who feel capped by their own effort and are ready to step into the next version of leadership.

What You Will Learn:

Why vision is often developed through experience and small wins rather than arriving fully formed at the beginning.

How staying the “single point of failure” quietly limits growth no matter how hard you work.

Why the transition from operator to owner requires a complete identity shift, not just better systems.

How learning to “not touch anything” becomes the most uncomfortable and necessary leadership upgrade.

Why hiring friends may feel supportive early on but can cap the long-term potential of a business.

How intentional thinking time becomes a strategic advantage for solving bigger problems and scaling faster.

Why asking questions like what a $25M business owner knows clarifies exactly what you need to learn next.

How learning just enough about a subject allows you to hire the right experts without becoming one yourself.

How role playing reveals what your team does when you are not present and gives you the power to coach proactively.

Why investing in education compounds forever because knowledge is something you never lose.

How designing your physical environment can keep your vision, focus, and priorities aligned daily.

What it looks like to scale through coaching, training, and trust instead of effort and exhaustion.

Resource:

Max Lewis

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What does it mean to lead when your path doesn’t follow a straight line—and your vision unfolds in seasons rather than deadlines? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Lori A Andrus, creator of the Stone Speak Oracle and Journey Jewels Sacred Adornments, the founder of the Sanctuary Circle Community, and host of the Luminary Life Podcast. Lori shares her personal visionary journey. Rather than choosing a traditional healer’s path, Lori followed a quieter inner calling, allowing her gifts to emerge organically through art, jewelry, and eventually sacred tools that now serve people around the world.

This episode is an invitation to trust your timing, honor your body’s wisdom, and lead in harmony with the earth rather than in opposition to it.

What You Will Learn:

What it looks like to follow a nontraditional leadership path without forcing clarity too soon.

Why saying yes to your gifts can create tension in relationships and how to navigate that with compassion.

How self-leadership becomes the foundation for leading others authentically.

Why honoring personal rhythm and cycles leads to more sustainable impact and less burnout.

Why healing often happens before we recognize ourselves as healers.

How entrepreneurship can unfold organically rather than through rigid business models.

What it means to trust divine timing when bringing a vision into the world.

Why pauses and delays are often preparation, not failure.

The internal shifts required before a soul-led offering is ready to be shared publicly.

How to discern when to push forward and when to allow space for integration.

Why investing in aligned support can be essential when personal networks cannot meet you there.

How group containers and mentorship accelerate growth without bypassing the messy middle.

What it means to lead in harmony with the earth rather than in opposition to it.

How to listen to the body as a guide for decision-making and leadership.

Why visionary leadership often requires redefining success on your own terms.

How to remain committed to your vision even when outcomes are uncertain.

Why trusting yourself is an act of leadership that opens possibility for others.

How honoring your inner wisdom strengthens confidence, clarity, and direction.

What it truly means to live and lead a soul-aligned life.

Resource:

Lori A Andrus

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What if one podcast, one book, or one idea could permanently change the direction of your life? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Nick Hutchison, founder of Book Thinkers, to explore how reading became the catalyst for leadership, entrepreneurship and conscious growth. From building a side hustle while still employed to hosting large-scale author events and serving visionary leaders around the world, Nick’s story is a powerful reminder that slow, intentional growth often creates the strongest foundations.

This conversation dives deep into leadership development, vision-building, community, and why books remain one of the most accessible tools for transformation in an ever-changing world.

What You Will Learn:

How podcasts can act as a gateway to deeper learning through books.

Why most successful leaders credit reading as a key factor in their growth.

How to develop leadership skills by learning from a wide range of perspectives.

Why revisiting the same book at different stages of life creates new insights.

How reading expands global awareness and challenges limited worldviews.

What it really takes to transition from a side hustle to a sustainable business.

Why financial runway matters when leaving full-time employment.

How intuition, timing, and signs can guide major life decisions.

What it means to lead other visionaries while honoring individual strengths.

Why community is essential for authors, creators, and thought leaders.

How events create safe spaces for growth-oriented, mission-driven people.

Why “slow and steady” leadership often outperforms rushed success.

How books can serve as both personal development tools and business assets.

What it looks like to build a life and business rooted in peace, purpose, and impact.

Resource:

Nick Hutchison

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What if the real reason you feel stuck isn’t a lack of knowledge but old programming running your life on autopilot? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Deekron Krikorian, MBA, and transformation coach for high achievers and the founder of the Identity Liberation Movement. Deekron shares how a “survival identity” forms in childhood, how it silently drives perfectionism and why inner work is the missing piece for high achievers who want authentic leadership. You’ll also hear why metabolic health matters for your mind, your mood, and your decision-making.

What You Will Learn:

How early life experiences shape a subconscious identity that continues to influence leadership, decisions, and behavior.

Why high achievement often comes from survival patterns rather than true self-expression.

How perfectionism and people-pleasing can limit entrepreneurial success and personal fulfillment.

Why leaving corporate environments can trigger anxiety and loss of direction for high performers.

How identity work reveals the hidden patterns behind procrastination, burnout, and self-sabotage.

Why information and credentials alone are not enough to create lasting transformation.

How internal emotional stress differs from external stress—and why both must be addressed.

The role cortisol and chronic stress play in decision-making, energy, and long-term health.

Why habits and mindset tools fail when layered over unhealed emotional programming.

How metabolic health directly impacts cognition, clarity, and leadership capacity.

What self-leadership looks like beyond discipline, including emotional mastery and boundaries.

How to communicate without triggering fear or defensiveness in high-stakes conversations.

Why vision requires autonomy, sovereignty, and internal alignment to come to life.

How identity liberation can release long-held pressure and restore a sense of freedom.

Why individual inner work contributes to collective leadership and cultural change.

Resource:

Deekron Krikorian

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What if the challenge in front of you isn't here to break you, but to bring you back to who you really are? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Felicity Ashley, mother of three, former corporate marketer, ocean rower, cancer survivor, motivational speaker and #1 bestselling author of Stronger Than the Storm.

If you've been feeling the nudge to start something bigger, this episode will invite you to trust your "why," ask for help, and lead yourself into a life that feels truly your own.

What You Will Learn:

How early life experiences and family dynamics quietly shape leadership of self.

Why challenging expectations and doing things differently is a powerful leadership trait.

The difference between being inspired by someone and feeling personally called to a challenge.

Why knowing your “why” is essential for staying committed when obstacles arise.

How physical setbacks or adversity can reconnect you with your core identity.

Why opportunities that create a full-body “pull” are worth paying attention to.

How shared challenges can strengthen relationships and deepen personal connection.

What parts of a corporate career can become assets when starting a new business.

How to navigate the financial uncertainty of entrepreneurship with courage and clarity.

Why founders must seek expertise instead of trying to do everything themselves.

How asking for help becomes a strength that accelerates growth and resilience.

What it looks like to build a personal “support crew” for business and life.

Why most regret comes from missed opportunities rather than failed attempts.

How personal struggles can evolve into platforms for service and inspiration.

Why long-term goals require emotional endurance, structure, and self-leadership.

How to reclaim parts of your identity that were set aside during challenging seasons.

Resource:

Felicity Ashley

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