Doing Business with a Servant's Heart
Welcome to "Doing Business with a Servant's Heart," where compassion meets business and life. Join us as we explore the soul of business, guided by the unwavering principle that serving others is not just ethical – it’s transformative. Hosted by Steve Ramona, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for uplifting people and businesses, each episode of our podcast is a deep dive into the stories, insights, and practical strategies of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who have mastered the art of leading with love and empathy. Through heartfelt conversations and inspiring anecdotes, we reveal the practical impact of servant leadership on personal and professional growth. Discover how to foster a culture of kindness, engage with customers authentically, and build successful businesses that prioritize serving before selling. Whether you're a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or simply someone seeking to make a positive impact, "Doing Business with a Servant's Heart" offers actionable advice, moral encouragement, and a refreshing perspective on what truly matters in the world of business. Tune in and join our community of compassionate leaders striving to change the world, one act of service at a time. Because in the end, the heart of business is the business of the heart.
Episodes
Have you ever felt the headwinds of life or work push you down — instead of using them to lift you higher? In this episode, guest Nolan recalls sitting in a dim‑lit theater in 2018, hearing the song “A Million Dreams,” and feeling a powerful pull toward a bigger purpose. That moment cracked open a vision for a life where work and heart intersect. From producing video at Virginia Tech Athletics to traveling Washington,...
What if your illness isn’t just physical, but a message from within? In this soul-stirring conversation, Steve Ramona welcomes Dr. Dolores Fazzino—a surgical nurse, medical intuitive, and energy healer—who reveals how unresolved emotions and disconnected inner lives can silently shape our health. From assisting in surgical suites to intuitively reading energy fields, Dr. Dolores offers a transformative bridge between ...
“I lived with a shame cloud for 41 years.”
What if the weight you carry isn’t yours to bear forever? In this episode, you meet Jill Schultz — a woman who lived under a “shame cloud” for 41 years, hiding a deeply painful secret while building businesses, pouring wine, and showing up with a smile. As a child, Jill experienced sexual trauma and spent decades acting, hiding, and believing she was alone in her pa...
Have you ever felt so broken that you couldn’t imagine rising again? Today’s episode opens with a heart‑wrenching confession: what began as a family’s darkest hour — a child’s suicide attempt — became the spark that ignited a radical transformation. Colleen Greco joins me to share how she turned gut‑wrenching pain into a mission of healing, joy, and service.
Colleen’s story begins as a scared, shattered parent living t...
What if the biggest return on education isn’t just a diploma, but financial peace and real choice for your family. In this episode of Doing Business With a Servant’s Heart, Steve Ramona sits down with college‑planning expert Brad Baldridge. Brad shares how many families dive into college planning too late and end up scrambling — financially and emotionally. He unpacks what he calls “late stage college planning” — the ...
What if the biggest barrier between you and real connection is noise? In today’s episode, you sit down with Steve Woodruff — a seasoned communicator who’s spent decades refining one essential tool: clarity. We plunge right into a powerful truth: no matter how noble your intentions, without clear communication your message gets lost in the fog. Listeners will feel the weight and urgency of that struggle.
You’ll follow S...
What if a single decision could change everything? When Dan Capello looked at a photo and didn’t recognize the man staring back, it triggered a reckoning. At over 300 pounds, Dan had reached his physical limit—but the weight of unprocessed childhood trauma was far heavier. In this vulnerable and powerful episode of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart, Steve Ramona sits down with Dan to explore his radical journey of...
“A testimonial is just an endorsement. A case story is a story about a person, their struggle, and their transformation.”
Have you ever sat quietly and asked yourself, “How will I serve someone today and make an impact that matters?” On this episode of EPIC Impact™ with Steve Ramona, we dive into exactly that. Today’s guest, Ian Garlic, is the storyteller behind the scenes transforming ordinary testimonials into...
What if building culture wasn’t just a “nice‑to‑have,” but the very backbone of business success and human fulfilment? In this episode of the EPIC Impact™ podcast, Steve Ramona sits down with Lyndsay Dowd, seasoned leader turned author and culture disruptor, to explore how culture and impact are inseparable in business and life.
Lyndsay’s story begins in the high‑pressure world of corporate sales, managing a $150 milli...
What if the quiet story you’ve carried could become the guiding light someone else needs? In this conversation, host Steve Ramona invites Diane Wyzga to uncover how she turned deep personal pain into powerful purpose and crafted a path of service through story.
Diane shows up as the character who once felt invisible, rooted in the fear and pain of being silenced. She shares the genuine emotion of survival and re‑emerge...
What happens when the greatest of all time kneels to honor someone we’ve almost forgotten? In this powerful conversation, Roy Firestone takes us behind the scenes to a moment with Muhammad Ali that forever changed how he sees what a champion truly is.
Roy, the Emmy‑Award winning journalist and master interviewer, brings to life the story of an elderly fan in a nursing home in South Beach, how Ali listened, how he...
What if the way you support your team becomes the very thing that elevates your business? In this episode I sit down with Marshall, founder of Stretch Dollar, and we explore how small businesses can serve their people by rethinking health benefits, and in doing so create something bigger than just a paycheck.
We meet Marshall: a fellow Monarch‑alumnus, innovator, former startup teammate, now builder. He shares th...
What if the very job you dismiss as “just work” could become your anchor, your launchpad, and your story of purpose? In this episode, host Steve Ramona invites author and entrepreneur Ken Rusk onto the show to explore how a fifteen‑year‑old ditch‑digger can rise to build a multi‑million‑dollar blue‑collar business and help others find their own path to comfort, peace and freedom.
From that hole in the fence behind his ...
What if the key to business success isn’t selling harder, but serving deeper? In this episode of the Podcast, host Steve Ramona welcomes networking leader Chris Borja into a candid conversation about rebuilding business around human connection, intention, and service.
Chris opens up about his journey—from introverted professional who dreaded networking to founder of a vibrant community grounded in connection rath...
Have you ever thought about how fragile the world is when the internet stops working—and what it means to build something that lasts, even when storms come? In this episode of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart, your host Steve Ramona sits down with cyber‑pioneer and risk strategist George Usi, whose journey from backbone design engineer to CEO of a cyber‑governance company mirrors the transformation businesses mus...
Have you ever felt like something unseen was guiding your business or your life, yet you couldn’t quite identify what it was? In this episode, we dive into that invisible realm with Gail Hoag and Gregory Hoag—two pioneers of sacred geometry who have spent decades turning spiritual insight into practical service.
Gail (artist, intuitive, business consultant) and Gregory (scientist, sacred‑geometry technologist) ar...
What happens when you lose over $100 million and everything you thought defined your worth? For David Meltzer, it became the moment that saved his life.
In this emotionally raw and powerfully honest episode, Steve Ramona welcomes global thought leader David Meltzer, a man who once stood at the top of the sports agency world, only to hit rock bottom in public view. But David’s story isn’t about loss. It’s about what you...
What if doing business wasn’t just about profit—but purpose? Today on EPIC Impact™, host Steve Ramona sits down with international strategist Philippe Szolota—broadcasting live from Zagreb, Croatia—to explore how a servant’s heart changes the game in business and life.
Philippe begins as our relatable character: an entrepreneur who’s launched his business in Croatia, then expanded into the U.S. and U.K. markets, naviga...
What happens when you go from wearing a uniform to powering homes, and discover that service is the true currency of business? In this episode of the EPIC Impact™ Podcast, your host Steve Ramona sits down with international‑minded entrepreneur Anders Nilbrink — born in Sweden, veteran of the Swedish Armed Forces for 22 years, now helping homeowners in California choose a brighter path through solar energy.
Anders’ stor...
What if everything you thought you were doing “right” with your money was actually setting you up to lose? In this gripping and gut-punching episode, Steve Ramona welcomes Joe Lombardi, a man whose wisdom about wealth is born not just from strategy, but from soul. Joe is a financial strategist with a servant’s heart who reveals how most people make all the right moves for all the wrong reasons—buying term life, maxing...
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