What does it take to grow a team from just two people to over 120 across 17 locations? According to Brian McQuilkin, it isn't just about technical skill—it’s about curiosity, self-awareness, and a "servant-first" mindset.

In this episode of the Will Power Project, Brian breaks down his roadmap for building high-performing teams. Whether you are a new hire looking to stand out or a leader trying to scale your culture, Brian’s "Grandma’s Soup" analogy for business processes and his deep
dive into personality testing offers a blueprint for long-term success.

Key Takeaways

• The Curiosity Quotient (CQ): Why asking "How would you start this?" is the most powerful question a new team member can ask.
• Servant Leadership is Redundant: Brian explains why you can’t truly lead without serving others first.
• The Personality Toolkit: How using tests like the Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, and Working Genius prevents "passive-aggressive" office cultures.
• Avoiding Burnout through AMP: The three pillars of Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose that keep team members engaged and fulfilled.
• Writing the "Recipe": Why documenting your core values is essential to ensuring your culture doesn't get "diluted" as you grow.

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Have you ever felt like you’re running against the wind with a parachute strapped to your back? You’re doing the detoxes, taking the supplements, and following the protocols, yet the results just aren't sticking.

In this episode of the Will Power Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Brandy Cummings, a clinical nutritionist and functional medicine expert who discovered that the "missing link" in chronic illness isn't always a physical one. After uncovering her own deep-seated traumas and seeing her physical health transform overnight, Dr. Brandy now helps patients and practitioners address the 95% of the mind that actually runs the show: the subconscious.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

• The 5% vs. 95% Rule: Why your conscious "goal-setter" mind is often at war with your subconscious "goal-getter" programing.
• The "Away-From" Motivation Trap: How the language you use (e.g., "I don't want to be in pain") actually calls in more of the symptoms you're trying to avoid.
• The Physicality of Emotion: How unresolved anger, shame, and fear manifest as chronic neck pain, thyroid issues, and skin conditions.
• Dr. Brandy’s Personal Transformation: A vulnerable look at how clearing 30 years of stagnant emotional energy led to her body releasing 40 pounds of "emotional inflammation" and purging physical toxins.
• The "Analytical Wedge": What hypnosis actually is (and isn't) and how it helps align your mind to stop self-sabotage.
• Perception is Projection: Using your "difficult" patients or relationships as a mirror to find your own areas for growth.

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Are you living in a state of constant "fight or flight"? For many, chronic pain, headaches, and burnout aren't just physical injuries—they are signs of a nervous system that has forgotten how to feel safe. In this episode of the Will Power Podcast, we sit down with Beth Winkler, a Physical Therapist with 30 years of experience and a private practice owner, who shares her personal journey from 12 years of chronic pain to total recovery through brain retraining.

Beth breaks down the emerging science of neuroplasticity and nervous system regulation, explaining why we can’t "think" our way out of trauma and why "microdosing safety" is the key to lasting health. Whether you are a leader looking to show up stronger for your clients or someone battling persistent symptoms, this conversation offers a roadmap to getting back in the driver’s seat of your own healing.

Key Takeaways:

• The "Stress Bucket" Theory: Understand how physical injuries, overdue bills, and past traumas all fill the same neurological bucket, eventually leading to symptoms like back pain or panic attacks.
• Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Healing: Why talking about trauma isn't enough; we must use the body as a "translator" to communicate safety to the brain’s fear center.
• Neuroplasticity – The Science of Hope: If the brain can learn a pain pattern, it can unlearn it. Beth shares the fascinating "Reverse Bicycle" analogy to explain how neural pathways work.
• Microdosing Safety: Why 5 minutes of regulation 3–5 times a day is more effective than an hour-long session once a week.
• The Power of Processing: What "feeling your emotions" actually looks like in practice and how it dissipates physical symptoms in 60–90 seconds.

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: The Way Out by Alan Gordon
• Book: The Way to Integrity by Martha Beck
• Research: Dr. John Sarno’s work on Mind-Body Connection
• Podcast: Bialik Breakdown (Mayim Bialik)
• Podcast: The School of Greatness (Lewis Howes)

Connect with Beth Winkler:

• Website: Magnolia Physical Therapy
• YouTube: Search "Beth Winkler" for educational tools and guided meditations.

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