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Nate Smith has been a bricklayer, a youth-camp cabin builder, a World Vision hunger-awareness speaker, a business development hunter who landed the Mob Museum branding from a radio story, and a junior diplomat who helped end the Cold War (he has receipts). Now he runs strategy at Gray Matter, a manufacturing innovation firm — and he thinks the career isn't the point.

In this conversation, Brooks sits down with a 25-yea...

He sold glue bookmarks for fruit roll-ups in the fifth grade. Today he builds expedition vehicles that help people disappear off-grid—and come back more alive than ever.

Pavel Bosovik, founder and CEO of 27 North, joins Brooks Canavesi to explore what happens when movement becomes medicine. From growing up on food stamps to building a company that helps people find freedom on the road, Pavel’s story is about way more tha...

Dr. Cali Estes got sober at 23 on a yoga mat—not in a meeting, not in a treatment center. A friend dared her to survive a hot yoga class, and an instructor in recovery taught her to breathe through trauma before anyone was calling it "breath work."

What followed was 27 years of building a radically different model for recovery. She founded The Addictions Academy (75,000+ students across 40 countries), created "Sober on Demand,...

What happens when the journey to help your child flourish reveals that you've been surviving—not thriving—your whole life?

Yush Sztalkoper spent 20 years masking in high-pressure corporate environments before her son's twice-exceptional diagnosis held up a mirror she couldn't ignore. That recognition became the foundation for everything she's building now.

Today, Yush is the founder of NeuroSpark+, a strat...

What does it truly mean to live a creative life? In this episode, We sit down with Dave Gray—author, visual thinker, and founder of XPLANE—to explore the art of flourishing through creativity.

Dave shares insights on how writing books became his way of learning, why unlearning is essential for growth, and how to navigate the emotional rollercoaster of creative work. We dive deep into liminal thinking, financial s...

Ryan Krinjeck is the rare kind of leader who lives two lives at once — a technologist at the edge of AI innovation, and a lifelong musician whose creativity keeps him sane, steady, and human.

In this episode of The New F Word, we talk about:

The “sanity factor” that keeps Ryan grounded

How music solves hard problems in the background

Teaching kids to trust themselves and chase passion

Professional Dare Devil Gabby Cloutier joins The New F Word Podcast to explain how daring to step outside of comfort zone, look weird, fall down, and get up are key parts to how she lives well. Learn how to be a little bit more daring yourself with this interview. Get your free Flourishing Partner at Baryons.com 

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In this debut episode of The New F Word Podcast, Forbes Shannon and Aaron Bare sit down to unpack the real meaning of living well—from shedding attachments and trusting life’s unfolding to redefining success through the lens of mental wealth. They talk love, laughter, ego, and the power of subtraction in a world obsessed with more.

Through personal stories, philosophy, and humor, Forbes and Aaron explore how flourishing ...