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Segregation, poverty, and a complete lack of role models didn't stop pioneering kidney transplant surgeon Dr. Samuel L. Kountz from transforming modern medicine, and his story is finally being told in depth. In this episode of Marketer of the Day, Dr. David Kountz, M.D. shares insights from his book A Life of Impact, a biography of his father's journey from rural Arkansas in the segregated South to worldwide recognition as a transplant innovator. Listeners will hear how a childhood incident watching a surgeon repair a friend's broken leg sparked an “impossible” dream for a young Black boy with no clear path into medicine. The episode explores how Dr. Samuel Kountz navigated racist barriers, built key relationships such as with future Senator William Fulbright, and persisted through under-resourced schooling to eventually enter the University of Arkansas medical school. You'll learn how his background in chemistry and immunology positioned him perfectly to enter the brand-new field of organ transplantation in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This conversation sets the stage for understanding not just one man's rise, but how his determination changed what was medically and socially possible. The episode dives into Dr. Kountz's remarkable surgical career, during which he performed over 500 kidney transplants at a time when the procedure was still viewed as highly experimental. Dr. David Kountz explains how his father combined technical excellence with extraordinary bedside manner, earning the trust of patients and families facing terrifying, unproven treatments. Listeners will hear how consent conversations in that era were radically different from today, requiring patients to take a leap of faith on what felt like science fiction, moving organs from one human to another to save a life. The story highlights that while modern audiences may take kidney, heart, and organ transplants for granted, in the 1960s this work was “like landing on the moon.” Beyond the operating room, the episode emphasizes how Dr. Kountz championed teamwork, insisting that transplant success depended on nurses, surgeons, and the entire care team performing in sync. These details give the audience a vivid look into the human, ethical, and emotional dimensions behind a procedure that is now routine but was once controversial and feared. https://youtu.be/4bX8oFK7iw0?si=4pZP_r7cTEVIgbhq A key highlight of the conversation is the 1976 live kidney transplant on the Today Show, an audacious public education effort that led to roughly 20,000 new organ donors signing up in the weeks after it aired. Dr. David Kountz describes watching that broadcast as a teenager, understanding the enormous risk to his father's reputation if anything went wrong, and witnessing his calm confidence born of repetition and mastery. The episode explores how this national TV moment helped demystify transplantation for both the public and skeptical physicians, shifting it from fringe experiment to mainstream medicine. Listeners also learn how Dr. David Kountz forged his own path in internal medicine and medical education, intentionally avoiding being a “carbon copy” of his father while still being guided by his example of joy, optimism, and purpose-driven work. He shares powerful life lessons, including his personal mantra of taking work seriously but not taking oneself too seriously, and using humor and levity to ease anxiety for students and patients. By the end, the episode frames A Life of Impact not just as a medical biography, but as a universal blueprint for resilience, focus, and staying committed to your goals despite discrimination, doubt, and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Quotes: "He understood he needed to demystify it; to make it a very real kind of event so that people could see transplantation not as science fiction, but as a medical reality that would become more and more common." "You should never not be willing to look for help and look for others who can help you achieve your dreams." "Anywhere he would go and try to start a new transplant program, you could educate one very smart person who's the surgeon, but you also have to educate that entire team." Contact Details: Discover a Legacy That Changed Medicine: Explore the Official Website of Dr. David Kountz Connect With Dr. David Kountz on LinkedIn for Insights that Inspire Healthier, Stronger Leadership Follow Dr. David Kountz on Instagram to Be Inspired; Think Differently; Live Purposefully Follow Dr. David Kountz on Facebook to Discover Insights that Inspire Change A Life of Impact: A Biography of Samuel L. Kountz, MD on Amazon

"Holding the door doesn't mean we're solving someone's pain. It doesn't mean that we're taking away everything that they have to face… But the biggest moment is when you make eye contact with someone and smile. It interrupts their invisibility." —Lisa Costa   Know your value; it's the exact thing keeping so many good leaders stuck. In this episode, Daniel sits down with Lisa Costa, founder of Shift76 and author of Serve: The Currency of Significance, for a conversation that moves from identity and self-worth straight into the practical mechanics of running a service-based business without burning out or giving your work away for free. Lisa unpacks the moment she stopped resisting the label "coach" and started building a career around servant leadership, then walks through the exact mindset shift that let her finally accept payment for her skills. Along the way, she and Daniel dig into affirmations (and the science behind why saying them out loud actually changes something in your body), the difference between serving people and serving yourself broke, and why sales, not a website, is the real engine of a healthy business. This episode is for coaches, entrepreneurs, and faith-driven leaders who undercharge, overgive, or quietly believe their gifts aren't worth paying for. If you've ever apologized for charging what you're worth, this one's for you. Key takeaways: • Undercharging and overgiving come from the same root: an identity that hasn't fully accepted its own value. • Speaking affirmations out loud, not just reading them silently, engages the vagus nerve, which is part of why declaring something aloud feels more powerful than writing it down. • Servant leadership isn't about solving someone's entire problem; small, consistent acts like holding a door or using someone's name interrupt what Lisa calls "invisibility." • It's possible to serve your way broke, and it's often driven by the same pride it claims to avoid, needing to be seen giving, rather than being called to give. • A pricing sheet and a servant's heart aren't in conflict; refusing to charge for your gift can quietly become its own form of pride. • No business survives without sales: you can't help someone who doesn't know what you actually offer. Listen to the full episode for Lisa's take on rebuilding your money story, plus the scripture that reshaped how she leads.    Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube Podcast   Episode Highlights: 01:00 Meet Lisa Costa: Servant Leadership Coach & Shift76 Founder 02:18 The Coaches Summit Moment That Changed Her Path 05:20 The Identity Shift: Learning to See Her Own Value 08:32 Why Affirmations Work (and the Vagus Nerve Science) 15:47 From Self-Pity to a Servant's Heart 19:18 The Smallest Deed Is Greater Than the Biggest Intention 23:17 Breaking Free From Invisibility 25:24 Can You Serve Your Way Broke? 31:30 It's Okay to Charge for Your Gift 37:31 Why Sales Matters More Than a Website 

"There has to be accountability for different actions or actions not taken, and we don't have to impart shame and blame. We can explore and problem-solve, and that calls people up. Shame and blame pushes them down; coaching calls them up— and that's our job as parents, and that's our job as leaders." —Natalie Lavelock   Most leadership advice ignores the one variable that actually determines whether your team listens to you: personality types in leadership. In this episode, Daniel Gomez sits down with registered nurse-turned–executive leadership coach Natalie Lavelock to unpack why so many leaders unconsciously speak their own personality "language" instead of their team's — and how that single habit quietly damages trust at work, in marriages, and with kids. Natalie brings 20+ years of leadership experience and the same root-cause thinking she used as a nurse to break down the four dominant personality colors — red, blue, green, and yellow — and how to identify them by pace, tone, and word choice. She also shares a raw, real-time story from a live event where her own red personality nearly cost her a business relationship, and how she repaired it. This episode is for managers, parents, coaches, and anyone tired of watching the same communication breakdown repeat itself on their team or in their home. • A great leader doesn't speak their own color — they learn to speak their team's color, the same way you'd change languages to be understood. • Replacing "you always do this" with "I've been experiencing this — help me understand" defuses conflict before it escalates. • Reds and blues tend to move and speak fast; yellows and greens slow down, ask questions, and need the plan before they commit. • Comparing siblings or team members ("why can't you be more like...") ignores that each person's personality is wired differently by design. • Life crises — illness, loss, major stress — can temporarily or permanently shift how a person's dominant personality shows up. • When your usual method of leading someone isn't working, the fix is rarely trying harder — it's choosing a different method entirely. Listen to the full conversation and hear Natalie's story of leaving a secure nursing career to build her coaching business on faith.   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube Podcast   Episode Highlights: 00:53 Meet Natalie Lavelock: RN Turned Leadership Coach 02:37 The Real Leadership Crisis Facing Teams Today 04:11 How to Diffuse an "I Already Know" Mindset 07:33 Why the Word "You" Sparks Conflict in Leadership 12:37 The Four Personality Colors Every Leader Needs 17:18 Spotting Someone's Color by Pace and Language 21:50 Parenting and Leading Different Personality Types 31:03 Best Leadership Advice: Do the Next Right Thing 38:39 From Secure RN Job to a Leap of Faith 

You don't become more spiritual by collecting beliefs or escaping your humanity. You become more present—fully awake to yourself and the life unfolding now. In this inspiring spiritual talk, discover how mindfulness, conscious living, acceptance, and nonattachment create inner peace, authentic freedom, deeper awareness, and a more meaningful life through the transformative power of presence. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Are you controlling life or avoiding yourself? In this powerful spiritual talk, Rev. Lee Wolak explores how control, emotional avoidance, self-awareness, and conscious living shape your inner freedom. Discover how to stop managing people and outcomes, face uncomfortable emotions, release resistance, and awaken to authentic personal transformation. Freedom begins when you courageously meet yourself with honest awareness.  Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

You Are More Powerful Than You Think The greatest power in your life is not controlling what happens; it is choosing who you will be when it happens. Your response determines whether an experience imprisons you or awakens you. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

When frustration rises while learning something new, we often blame others instead of acknowledging what we feel. This spiritual talk explores emotional awareness, personal responsibility, self-mastery, and the power of pausing to ask, "What is my next step?" Learn to transform frustration into patience, growth, healthier relationships, and conscious living rather than anger, conflict, or blame. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Stop waiting for approval and start trusting your inner wisdom. In this powerful spiritual talk, discover how self-trust, courage, authentic living, and personal empowerment help you reclaim your life. Learn to overcome fear, release self-doubt, follow your intuition, and take aligned action with confidence. Your transformation begins when you stop asking permission and boldly choose yourself today. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

"No—You hear that word 90% more than you hear yeses… The nos sometimes come from the people closest to you. For the last 20 years I've been told my dream is far-fetched, but the passion in me drives me… So when business people tell me no, [I say] my loved ones tell me no, and that hasn't stopped me. You're not gonna stop me either. I go knock on another door. One of them's gonna open, and they're gonna say yes." —Bert Lopez    Overcoming rejection is the thread that runs through this entire conversation with San Antonio filmmaker Bert Lopez, who built a directing career out of VHS tapes, borrowed favors, and an almost unbelievable number of closed doors. This episode is for anyone chasing a dream that keeps getting told "no" — the entrepreneur, the aspiring author, the creative who's starting to wonder if the door will ever open. Bert walks through his origin story, from watching movies over the fence of a San Antonio drive-in theater as a kid, to filming his first project with his mom's VHS recorder in high school, to now producing faith-based films that stream on Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Tubi. He gets specific about the grind: for one scene in his upcoming film, he was turned down by 10 hotels before the 11th said yes. That kind of persistence, paired with a hard conversation about forgiveness, is what makes this episode land differently than the average "never give up" pep talk. Key takeaways: • Bert was rejected by 10 hotel locations before finding one willing to host a single scene — proof that the "no" is rarely the final answer. • Unforgiveness functions like a mental prison: it blocks creative output the same way writer's block does, according to Bert. • His breakout film ideas came from real pain, including a comedian friend's struggle with anxiety and depression, which became the basis for his upcoming film. • Passion projects — work done without pay, purely for the love of the craft — funded the bigger, paid productions that followed. • Bert's biggest personal takeaway from filmmaking wasn't a directing lesson; it was learning to release decades-old resentment before it could release him. • Streaming revenue from smaller films is what financed each subsequent, bigger production — a slow-build model, not an overnight one. Listen to the full episode for Bert's unfiltered take on chasing a God-given dream through years of rejection.  A story of courage, passion, and the strength to keep going is coming to the big screen. Anxious Mark—Life of Emet, written and directed by Bert Lopez and Rogelio Cirillo, premieres September 5, 2026. We're thrilled to share that our very own Daniel Gomez is part of this special film. So save the date, this one's worth the wait!   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube Podcast   Episode Highlights: 01:50 Meet Bert Lopez: From VHS Tapes to Movie Director 03:04 The Drive-In Theater That Sparked His Filmmaking Dream 05:00 Shooting His First Film on a Borrowed VHS Recorder 08:30 Hearing "No" 90% of the Time in Film Production 09:59 10 Hotel Rejections Before Landing the Right Location 14:25 Passion Over Skill: Where Real Grit Comes From 16:40 Inside Anxious Mark: A Faith-Based Anthology Film 21:14 The Forgiveness Lesson Bert Learned While Writing 23:00 Why Unforgiveness Locks You in a Mental Prison 28:37 What to Expect at the Anxious Mark Red Carpet Premiere 

Stop waiting for approval and start trusting your inner wisdom. In this powerful spiritual talk, discover how self-trust, courage, authentic living, and personal empowerment help you reclaim your life. Learn to overcome fear, release self-doubt, follow your intuition, and take aligned action with confidence. Your transformation begins when you stop asking permission and boldly choose yourself today. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

You don't experience life exactly as it is. You experience it through your beliefs, expectations, emotions, and level of awareness. In this spiritual talk, discover how perception shapes reality and how changing the way you see yourself and your circumstances can transform your experience, relationships, mindset, and personal growth. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Stop waiting to feel ready before you begin. In this spiritual growth talk, discover how courage, confidence, self-trust, and personal transformation are created through action. Learn how to move beyond fear, uncertainty, procrastination, and overthinking so you can take the next step and become more aligned with the life you are here to live. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Spiritual awakening begins with how consciously you meet the present moment. In this spiritual talk, discover how to become both the observer and the experiencer, step out of automatic reactions, deepen self awareness, and respond to life with greater freedom, peace, and clarity. Learn how presence transforms your mind, emotions, relationships, and spiritual growth. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

You don't need to see the whole path to move forward. In this spiritual talk, discover how taking one courageous next step can create clarity, confidence, personal growth, and deeper trust in life. Learn why action reveals possibilities that overthinking cannot and how to move beyond fear, uncertainty, and self-doubt. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Why don't you trust yourself? Discover how self-doubt, people-pleasing, fear, and ignoring your intuition weaken self-trust—and how spiritual awareness can help you rebuild confidence from within. Learn to trust your inner guidance, strengthen self-worth, make aligned decisions, and stop seeking constant outside validation. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

You are spiritually whole, yet human connection still matters. In this inspiring spiritual talk, discover the balance between inner wholeness, healthy relationships, emotional connection, community, love, and spiritual independence. Learn how to stop seeking others to complete you while still allowing meaningful relationships to enrich your life. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Self-acceptance changes the quality of every relationship. In this inspiring spiritual talk, discover how releasing the need for outside validation, approval, and reassurance creates deeper love, healthier relationships, stronger boundaries, and more authentic connection. When you stop asking others to prove your worth, you become free to love from wholeness instead of need. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Spirituality is not somewhere else—it is found in the present moment. In this inspiring spiritual talk, discover how mindfulness, presence, conscious living, and inner awareness can transform everyday life. Learn to stop overthinking, release distraction, experience deeper peace, and recognize the sacred in what is happening right now. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Feeling nervous about something new may not be a warning—it may be a sign you are growing. In this inspiring spiritual talk, discover how to face fear, embrace uncertainty, step outside your comfort zone, trust the unknown, and move forward with courage. Growth begins when you stop letting fear make your decisions. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Stress often comes from caring too much about things you cannot control, change, or that do not truly matter. In this practical spiritual talk, discover how to release anxiety, protect your peace, stop overthinking, set emotional boundaries, and redirect your energy toward what deserves your attention. Freedom begins when you stop giving everything power over you.  Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

The need to be right can quietly sabotage personal growth, emotional intelligence, communication, and healthy relationships. In this powerful spiritual talk, Rev. Lee Wolak explores how ego, defensiveness, and the desire to win create conflict, while humility, self-awareness, and open-mindedness restore connection, peace, and transformation. Discover why understanding matters more than being right in everyday life.  Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Why do so many people never achieve the success they desire? This inspiring spiritual talk reveals how consistent action, persistent effort, focused intention, and an unwavering mindset turn dreams into results. Discover how to overcome procrastination, stay motivated, build momentum, and keep moving forward when progress feels slow. Your breakthrough may be one determined step away. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Your attitude shapes what you notice, believe, and allow into your life. In this powerful spiritual talk, discover how inner change reveals hidden opportunities, opens new doors, and transforms your experience before outer circumstances ever change. Learn to shift your mindset, release limiting beliefs, and create greater peace, possibility, purpose, and personal transformation every single day. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

"Don't worry about it. It's all gonna work out. Everything is figure-outable." —Lisa Cruz   Most people don't need more money to invest in their business — they need to stop seeing that investment as a cost. That's the mindset shift former ER nurse turned auto shop co-owner Lisa Cruz brings to this episode of the Daniel Gomez Inspires Show. Lisa spent 25 years as a registered nurse before walking away to help run her husband Ricky's auto repair business — which, at the time, was operating out of shoeboxes with no bookkeeping, no filed taxes, and no system. She explains exactly how she brought structure to that chaos, why a $400 Chamber of Commerce membership terrified Ricky but changed their business, and how a $1,000 marketing spend turned into a $5,000 job. Along the way, she opens up about forgiving her son's father, letting go of resentment toward her own parents, and the surprising story of how their shop grew from a single cow-pasture location to a second site that sees 30,000 cars drive by every day. This episode is for any entrepreneur who feels stuck between wanting to grow and being afraid to spend — and for anyone still carrying resentment that's quietly holding their life or business back. Key takeaways: Ricky refused to buy clipboards for tracking repair orders, so Lisa bought them herself with her own money — a small decision that became the foundation of their record-keeping system. A $400 investment in a Chamber of Commerce membership generated years of revenue that far outweighed the initial fear of spending it. A $1,000 marketing investment returned a $5,000 job, proving that treating spending as an investment — not a cost — changes what a business can become. Lisa's father used to tell her she had a way of stepping into trouble and coming out "smelling like roses" — a mindset she now credits for staying calm through business setbacks. Forgiving her son's absent father and letting go of childhood resentment toward her parents freed up energy she had been spending on bitterness instead of growth. A change in Texas inspection law cut a nearby shop's revenue in half overnight — Lisa and Ricky bought that "dying" business anyway and turned it into a second location on a road with 30,000 daily cars. Listen to the full conversation for the story behind Lisa's book, Keeping Up with the Cruzes, and how she turned a decade of unfiled taxes into a thriving two-location business. Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube Podcast   Episode Highlights: 01:27 Meet Lisa Cruz: From Registered Nurse to Shop Owner 02:26 Bringing Structure to a Chaotic Auto Repair Business 06:59 Why Business Owners Fear Investing in Growth 09:17 Overcoming the Fear of Spending On Your Business 13:21 What to Tell Yourself Before Paying a Big Invoice 17:40 The "Everything Is Figure-outable" Mindset 21:02 A $10,000 Answered Prayer During a Medical Crisis 22:01 Letting Go of Resentment to Overcome the BS 28:54 From Cows to 30,000 Cars: Spotting a Hidden Opportunity 34:42 Key Takeaways and Where to Find Lisa's Book   

Are you living life or only thinking about it? This spiritual talk explores mindfulness, present-moment awareness, conscious living, inner peace, and the difference between mental analysis and direct experience. Learn how to quiet overthinking, awaken spiritually, reconnect with your true self, and experience life more fully through presence, awareness, and intentional consciousness in every ordinary moment. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Discover how self-acceptance transforms your relationships and attracts people who align with your authentic self. This spiritual talk explores self-worth, healthy boundaries, emotional healing, conscious relationships, personal growth, and the freedom to stop seeking approval. When you accept yourself fully, you create space for deeper love, mutual respect, and relationships rooted in truth. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Learn why setting healthy boundaries and saying no are essential for inner peace, emotional wellness, self-respect, and spiritual growth. This powerful talk explores people pleasing, exhaustion, resentment, burnout, and the courage to protect your time and energy. Discover how one honest no can create greater balance, freedom, authenticity, and healthier relationships in your life. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

meaning, love, creativity, and spiritual growth. In this inspiring talk, discover why your desire to expand is not selfish or accidental. It is life moving through you, calling you toward new possibilities, higher awareness, conscious living, purpose, personal transformation, and a fuller experience of being alive. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Discover how to stop taking life personally and reclaim your inner peace. This spiritual talk explores awareness, the observer within, emotional freedom, conscious living, and the stories the mind creates. Learn to step back from reactions, release unnecessary suffering, and experience life with greater clarity, mindfulness, self-mastery, and spiritual awakening while becoming less reactive, more present, peaceful, and grounded daily. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Life is not meant to be perfectly smooth. In this inspiring spiritual talk, discover how challenges in relationships, health, work, money, family, and personal growth can strengthen your mindset. Learn to master your thoughts, emotions, and actions, respond with awareness, and stop letting difficulty control your peace, purpose, personal power, and spiritual resilience every day. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Stop letting anxiety, overthinking, and imagined problems steal your peace. In this talk, discover how the mind creates stress by reacting to things that have not even happened. Learn to return to the present moment, release fear of the future, and build greater emotional freedom, mindfulness, spiritual awareness, and inner peace. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Discover how balancing discipline and fun can create greater happiness, focus, personal growth, and spiritual well-being. In this talk, learn why staying committed to your goals matters, but so does enjoying the present moment. True balance comes from knowing when to work, when to play, and how to live with purpose, joy, and awareness. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Discover how your focus shapes your reality and influences your happiness, mindset, and spiritual growth. In this talk, learn why what you consistently look for becomes what you experience more deeply. Shift your attention, change your perspective, and create a more peaceful, positive life through conscious awareness, gratitude, and intentional thinking. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

  What is karma, and how can children understand it? Rev. Lee and his eight-year-old granddaughter Claire explore karma as a spiritual law of cause and effect. Discover how thoughts, words, kindness, choices, and actions shape our lives. This simple, uplifting conversation teaches kids and adults that every moment offers a chance to choose love and compassion. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Where you spend your time reveals what you truly value. In this powerful spiritual talk, Rev. Lee Wolak explores priorities, conscious living, self-awareness, and the hidden choices shaping your life. Learn how to align your time, energy, and attention with what matters most, stop making excuses, and begin creating a more intentional, meaningful, and spiritually awakened life.  Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Discover how consciousness and self-awareness can free you from limiting thought patterns, emotional habits, fear, and subconscious conditioning. This inspiring spiritual talk explores mindfulness, personal transformation, conscious choice, and the power of observing your thoughts. Learn how to break old mental cycles, awaken awareness, and create lasting change in your life with clarity and purpose.  Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Spiritual living is not about escaping reality—it is about fully meeting the present moment. In this inspiring spiritual talk, Rev. Lee Wolak explores mindfulness, acceptance, inner peace, conscious living, and the power of now. Discover how dealing with what is directly in front of you can reduce anxiety, deepen awareness, and transform your everyday life. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

"The very thing that you're most embarrassed to talk about at times— that may be the very story that you need to talk about." —Daniel Gomez Everyone has a million-dollar story hiding behind the parts of life they'd rather not mention — and this episode is about why those exact moments are the ones worth telling.  Daniel Gomez opens up about the season his wife's breast cancer diagnosis cracked his life open, and how that crisis became the unlikely start of his speaking career. He walks through the specific turning points that built his business: writing his first book, "You Were Born to Fly," which has generated over a quarter-million dollars in revenue; launching Sticker Shock Speaking Academy after pivoting hard during COVID; and writing "The Makings of a Millionaire Mind" to challenge the poverty mindset so many people are raised with. Then Daniel gets personal in a way most speakers won't — sharing the story of a suicide attempt at 18 and the scar he carried with shame for years, until he reframed it as a mark of grace instead of failure.  The throughline is simple and repeated on purpose: the story you're most embarrassed to tell is often the one that heals you and the one your audience needs most. This episode is a working framework for turning your hardest chapter into impact, income, and a message worth sharing.  Press play, take notes, and start writing down your own million-dollar story.    Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube Podcast   Episode Highlights: 01:24 What Is Your Million-Dollar Story?  09:07 From Book Royalties to Sticker Shock Speaking Academy 11:45 Rewriting Money Beliefs in The Makings of a Millionaire Mind 13:51 Measuring the Real Impact of Your Message 16:20 The Story Behind the Scar: Surviving a Suicide Attempt 18:36 Turning Shame Into Grace Through Forgiveness 23:35 Growing a Bilingual Audience and Staying Humble 25:40 Why Your Voice Matters 27:51 Turn the Page  

Why do you keep investing your time, energy, and love into people and situations that give nothing back? This spiritual talk explores self-worth, boundaries, emotional healing, personal growth, and the courage to stop abandoning yourself. Learn how to release draining relationships, reclaim your peace, and invest in what truly supports your purpose, joy, and transformation in life. Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

Your life reflects what you believe. In this spiritual talk, Rev. Lee Wolak explores how thoughts, beliefs, consciousness, and self-image shape your reality. Learn how to change limiting beliefs, shift your mindset, awaken inner power, and consciously create a more peaceful, purposeful, and abundant life. Change what you think, and the reflection begins to change.   Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Grow With Us. Receive Rev. Lee's Daily Thought and Agape's weekly newsletter—created to bring greater clarity, peace, spiritual awareness, and practical wisdom into your everyday life. Sign up here: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/free-affirmations Help Us Share Healing, Truth, and Transformation When you become a supporting member of Agape Spiritual Center, you are doing more than making a donation. You are helping us create teachings, healing experiences, and a welcoming spiritual community where people can discover their worth, awaken to their power, and transform their lives. Every recurring gift, regardless of the amount, helps us reach more people and expand this work in the world. Join us in making a meaningful difference. Become a supporting member here: https://agapetx.infellowship.com/OnlineGiving/GiveNow/NoAccount/

"You've got to befriend your own self, because your adversary lives within, it's not just on the outside. So, if we want to see peace in the world, be the peace that you seek to see in the freaking world." —Janie Terrazas   What if getting fired, divorced, or "losing everything" was actually your redirection, not your rejection? In this powerful episode, mindfulness coach and creator of PazMesa, Janie Terrazas, shares how she went from top-earning corporate telecom rep to LA TV host and actor, and eventually to a trauma-informed life and relationship coach helping people regulate their nervous systems, process grief, and return to inner peace. Janie doesn't speak from theory. She speaks from corporate burnout, industry darkness, divorce, spiritual awakening, and deep inner work. She breaks down how our unprocessed grief, unresolved trauma, and constant stress quietly run the show—until we finally decide to pause, go within, and heal. If you've ever felt like: • You're "successful on paper" but empty inside • A job loss, breakup, or betrayal wrecked your sense of worth • You're constantly performing, people-pleasing, and overachieving just to feel "enough", this conversation will shift how you see your story. In this episode, you'll learn: • How Janie walked away from a "cush," high-paying telecom career to follow a deeper calling • The surprising way corporate sales rejection prepared her for Hollywood and entrepreneurship • Why misogyny, microaggressions, and being underestimated became fuel for her growth • The real meaning of PazMesa ("peace within") and how it became her life's work • What mindfulness-based stress reduction actually looks like in everyday life • How trauma, grief, and nervous system dysregulation quietly shape our relationships • Why you can (and must) grieve things that didn't "die"—like careers, friendships, and versions of people • The difference between believing and knowing when it comes to faith and inner peace • How to start "powering up the peace within" when you feel lost, ashamed, or stuck   Key themes: Mindfulness, grief, trauma, spiritual awakening, nervous system regulation, authenticity, and turning pain into purpose. If you're in a season of loss, transition, or questioning everything, this episode will help you see your story through a new lens—and remind you that what feels like an ending might actually be your beginning.   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube   Episode Highlights: 01:22 Meet Janie 05:27 Transitioning to Mindfulness Coaching 08:10 Challenges and Resilience in Corporate Sales   17:46 Spiritual Awakening and Personal Growth  22:56 The Role of Mindfulness on Personal and Professional Life 28:12 Dealing with Grief and Loss 35:18 The Power of Authenticity and Connection 40:04 Trust Your Voice   Resources: 

"When you realize who you are by knowing who God is, you show up differently." —Jessica Gabriel    Many leaders and business owners quietly live with constant anxiety, toxic self-talk, and spiritual exhaustion. This conversation dives into how God's Word can break those cycles, rewire the mind, and shift inner talk from shame and fear to authority and peace. It is raw, faith-filled, and rooted in real-life spiritual warfare over thoughts and words. Jessica Gabriel shares how a toxic relationship, depression, and meth addiction became the doorway to a radical encounter with God. Her story traces the journey from retail success at Neiman Marcus to launching Divine Women Institute and mentoring women into a "from empowerment to enthronement" mindset. Hit play to explore how God's truth can reset the inner conversation and reshape our daily lives, ministries, and businesses, including: Breaking toxic cycles of self-hate, shame, and negative inner talk Why words are "spirit" and how they design our future How Scripture and worship rewired Jessica's brain and habits Moving from corporate comfort to faith-led assignment Mirror neurons, metacognition, and Christ-centered self-awareness Two simple, practical steps to start surrender and Bible-based renewal   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube   Episode Highlights: 01:31 Jessica on Helping Women Heal, Grow, and Step Into Their Power 06:26 Rewiring Your Mind: The Power of Scripture and Speech  10:39 How Your Thoughts Shape Your Life: Neuroscience & Mirror Neurons  16:25 From Broken to Abundant: Change Your Vocabulary, Change What You Attract  20:27 Metacognition and Spiritual Warfare: Taking Negative Thoughts Captive  24:33 The Power of Surrender and Feeding on God's Word Daily

"Don't do it alone, because that's the only way you can have resilience and never give up. Entrepreneurship is a lonely, one-man band, but only if you let it be that way. You have a choice. Choose to do it well with the help and support of the people around you, who can help you get there." —Sophie Zollmann    Burnout creeps in fast when revenue stalls, passion fades, and pressure keeps rising. Many entrepreneurs stay stuck in survival mode, clinging to old strategies while the market races ahead.  This episode dives into the hard pivots, bold bets, and quiet breakdowns behind a truly resilient entrepreneur mindset. Farm life, a collapsed family business, and years in underpaid online work shaped a powerful story of grit and reinvention. FMD Strategic Partners founder Sophie Zollmann's journey shows how alignment, faith, and hard choices rebuilt her work around what actually lights her up. Hit play to hear how real-world pivots create unshakable business resilience, then explore: Entrepreneur mindset shifts that keep a business from dying Lessons from farm life that power modern entrepreneurship When multiple income streams help and when they kill focus How alignment and passion rebuild a drained business The cost of a major pivot and starting again from almost zero Why strong support systems beat doing it alone Simple ways to stay in the light during dark seasons in business   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube   Episode Highlights: 01:39 From Farm Girl to Founder  04:41 Farm Lessons: Work Ethic, Pivoting & Multiple Income Streams  08:21 The Truth About Multiple Revenue Streams  14:01 Full Alignment  18:24 Passion, Support Systems & Resilience Through Painful Business Pivots  21:41 Overcoming Challenges and Maintaining Resilience  31:29 Turn the Light On

What if joy isn't just something you feel—but something you do? In this episode, you'll hear from volunteers across The Salvation Army who are showing up in simple, powerful ways—distributing food, helping families in crisis and offering presence when it matters most. Their stories reveal that joy often shows up when we do. If you've ever wondered where to start—or if what you have to offer is enough—this is your invitation. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read more. BE AFFIRMED. Get the Good Words email series. FIND YOUR STORY. Get the email course. WHAT'S YOUR CAUSE? Take our quiz. BE INSPIRED. Follow us on Instagram. DO GOOD. Give to The Salvation Army.

Lately, we've been exploring a simple but powerful idea: Joy is meant to be shared. We've heard how stories shape us. How stability restores dignity. How gifts, when given away, multiply. And again and again, we've seen the same pattern: Someone receives help. Hope takes root. And that hope begins to ripple outward. To close this season, we're turning to two recent stories from Caring Magazine—stories that show how that ripple effect is unfolding right now across The Salvation Army's Western Territory. These stories remind us: Joy doesn't always arrive loudly. Sometimes it looks like steady progress. A safe place to sleep. A mentor who checks in. A class that builds confidence. A plan for tomorrow. This is what sharing the joy looks like. Not just inspiration—but transformation. Not just relief—but renewal. Not just help—but the kind of support that makes paying it forward possible. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read more. BE AFFIRMED. Get the Good Words email series. FIND YOUR STORY. Get the email course. WHAT'S YOUR CAUSE? Take our quiz. BE INSPIRED. Follow us on Instagram. DO GOOD. Give to The Salvation Army.

Are you loved—or just tolerated? In this episode, Pastor Timothy Jones explores the question at the heart of his book "Fully Beloved": Am I loved? In a culture shaped by comparison, loneliness and performance, many of us quietly strive to prove we're enough. Pastor Jones invites us to discover a deeper freedom—rooted not in achievement, but in grace. Together, we explore how the Trinity reveals a relational God, why insecurity about love fuels exhaustion, and what begins to change when we truly believe we are fully beloved. If you've been feeling worn out from striving, this episode is a reminder: You are loved. Listen now and step into the freedom of grace. EPISODE SHOWNOTES: Read more. BE AFFIRMED. Get the Good Words email series. FIND YOUR STORY. Get the email course. WHAT'S YOUR CAUSE? Take our quiz. BE INSPIRED. Follow us on Instagram. DO GOOD. Give to The Salvation Army.

"Culture is what people do when no one is around… when people don't feel safe to speak up, give feedback, they don't really believe in each other, then you can have a really toxic culture, which impacts everything. If you don't have culture in place, you have no ROI." —Kerri Burchill, PhD   Leaders everywhere are stretched, anxious, and stuck in scarcity, while cultures quietly turn toxic. We talk about the shift from control and "I" language to trust, active listening, and modern leadership that actually unlocks team capacity and profit. Leadership Consultant, Kerri Burchill, PHD, shares a journey from fast-tracked leadership in education to rebuilding culture in the Caribbean and then launching a consulting practice that helps organizations slow down to go fast. Hit play for a grounded conversation on modern leadership and culture today, including: How leadership language shapes trust, safety, and performance The "I" problem and what it reveals about control Humble inquiry and the real skill of active listening Moving from helicopter leadership to true empowerment Scarcity mindset, anxiety, and leadership burnout Why slowing down decision-making can speed up results Practical ways to give teams power without losing standards   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube   Episode Highlights: 01:35 Meet Dr. Kerri: From Education to Leadership Consulting 02:24 How Structures Shape Behavior and Culture 07:21 The "I" Problem and Entitled Leadership 11:32 Holding Space and Creating Psychological Safety 16:11 Bottlenecks, Trust, and Profitability in Business 19:53 Leaving Comfort and Redefining Leadership Identity 23:54 Slow Down to Go Fast: New Leadership Mantra 26:09 Managing Scarcity and Mindset as an Entrepreneur 28:51 Transferable Leadership Wins 31:21 Practical Listening Shifts for Sales and Leadership

"You're always going to have blinders on you. You have to be open to sometimes things that go against what you originally believe, but yet are going to best support your business." —Chris Salem   Sales stalls fast when teams talk in features and scripts while buyers think in challenges, results, and personality-driven needs. Many of us pour money into ads and lead gen, then wonder why conversations drag, trust stays low, and deals take too many touchpoints. This episode gets honest about the real gap: misaligned sales communication and mixed signals within the business. Chris Salem, an expert in business communication, shares how years of work in emotional intelligence, business communication, and revenue growth led to a simple, practical way to align messaging with buyer personalities and company culture. His work with small firms and 600-person construction teams shows how inside-out communication shifts can move KPIs, retention, and profit. Hit play to learn, reflect, and upgrade how our businesses talk, decide, and sell, including: The real reason lead gen and SEO underperform How buyer personalities shape decisions and timelines Using simple "what, how, who, why" messaging in sales Turning internal communication into better KPIs and profit Moving from control and reactivity to systems and delegation Why coachability, humility, and vision repetition change results   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube   Episode Highlights: 02:44 Why Your Marketing Fails: The Real Reason Lead Gen and SEO Don't Convert 05:03 The 4 Buying Personalities Explained 09:35 What, How, Who, Why: Aligning Your Sales Message to Personality Types 13:08 Selling Is Serving: Trust, Rapport, and the Inside-Out Growth Formula 18:37 Grow the People, Grow the Business 21:02 Top 3 Small Business Problems: Messaging, Roles, and Delegation 24:02 Letting Go of "This Is How We've Always Done It" in Leadership 29:41 Boundaries, Generosity, and the Law of Prosperity in Business  

"Change your perspective, you change your results; change your perspective, you change your business; change your perspective, you change your life; change your perspective, change your bank account; change your perspective, you change your marriage; change your perspective, you change your happiness; change your perspective, you change the outcome. Nothing hinders you many times like perspective does. " —Daniel Gomez   Some doors in business and life do not respond to harder work. They respond when our perspective changes. Many of us stay tied to old clients, old income levels, and old expectations because small thinking feels safer than trusting God for more. In this conversation, Daniel shares how loss in the family, years of business growth, and working with authors and entrepreneurs forced a new way of seeing revenue, clients, grief, and legacy. That journey reshaped how our team sells, serves, and makes room for bigger opportunities.   Hit play to be challenged into a bigger perspective and a bolder level of faith, as we explore: Why perspective quietly limits income, impact, and opportunities The shift from "selling" to solving real problems for clients How letting go of familiar clients can open higher-level doors A faith-based view of grief, aging, and celebrating legacy Moving from the world's economy to God's favorite economy The teaspoon vs wheelbarrow mindset for business and money Practical declarations that align language with abundance How perspective affects marriage, happiness, and daily decisions Using faith and scripture to lead at higher levels in 2026   Be Inspired! with Daniel:  Website (Makings of a Millionaire Mindset) Website (Daniel Gomez Global) Facebook Facebook Group X Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube   Episode Highlights: 01:48 Changing Perspectives in Business  04:00 A Different Perespective to Sales: Helping Clients Solve Problems  07:19 A Different Perspective on End of Life  11:18 Expanding Perspectives in Business  15:00 Change Your Language, Change Your Life