The Plus One Theory
The Plus One Theory Podcast explores how small, intentional actions can create big, lasting impacts in our personal and professional lives. Each episode features inspiring guests sharing their experiences with kindness, resilience, and the transformative power of doing just one more, The Plus One Theory in action. Join our email list! https://theplusonetheorypodcast.com/
Episodes
We explore why fitting in leaves you hollow and how belonging fills you with breath, courage, and connection. A poem reframes success, practical tools build pause power, and a mustard-smooth act of kindness shows how small moments can change a life.
• origin of the Plus One theory and finish-strong mindset
• difference between fitting in and belonging
• conformity science and the cost of approval-chas...
What if the most powerful change in your life starts with a breath-long pause and a single, small step? We take you from a chaotic church gym to a gritty training village where teenagers haul water, cook over smoky fires, and learn why a clay stove can save a life. The stories are vivid—two days in a simulated slum, cardboard walls shaking under the fists of “slumlords,” kids who miss Taco Bell but gain gratitude—and ...
The Plus One Theory podcast explores how to transform pain and setbacks into stepping stones for growth. Small, intentional steps lead to significant change when we recognize we don't need to start from zero after pausing or facing challenges.
• The power of the pause gives perspective and clarity when we're struggling
• Most advice focuses on why we should pause but lacks practical implementati...
Rock bottom isn't the end but rather the place where you finally see clearly and can choose a new path. When we hit our lowest point with destructive habits, we gain a new perspective that allows us to break cycles of stress-induced behaviors and reconnect with our purpose.
• Quitting isn't failure but redirection when you're on a path that doesn't serve you
• Breaking cycles requires ...
The Plus One Theory podcast launches a new series called "Delay the Binge," exploring how learning to pause before emotional eating can transform our relationship with food and create lasting change. My personal journey from struggling with emotional eating at nearly 300 pounds to developing a simple but powerful pause technique demonstrates how small, intentional actions can lead to meaningful transformatio...
Ever wondered what would happen if your hometown was suddenly surrounded by prehistoric beasts? Or if Earth itself transformed into a video game overnight? These are the imaginative worlds author Tyler Lenz brings to life in his gripping science fiction adventures.
Tyler's journey as a storyteller defies conventional wisdom. Beginning his writing career around age 30, he transformed his background in tec...
What if everything you've been taught about making life choices is fundamentally flawed? Hussein Halek, founder and CEO of Next Decentrum, believes we're approaching life all wrong – and he has a refreshing perspective on how to fix it.
"We never get trained on our choices," Hussein explains, highlighting how our education system prepares us for careers but fails to teach us the most cruci...
We explore the transformative power of pivoting—not as an admission of failure but as a return to purpose when life's challenges threaten to overwhelm us. The journey of growth often leads to moments where our dreams feel heavy, requiring us to realign with our core "why" to continue moving forward authentically.
• Recognizing when your dreams begin to feel heavy and how to pivot back to your t...
We are drowning in noise with the average person receiving over 120 notifications daily and our attention spans dropping to just 8 seconds, less than a goldfish. Finding your signal, your authentic voice, requires creating space amidst the constant barrage of distractions.
• Signal represents your truth while noise is everything that distracts you from it
• When noise is high, your signal gets buried, mak...
Personal growth doesn't have to be perfect—it just needs to be honest. Pam shares the humorous and poignant story of her two vastly different weddings as evidence of her transformation and personal journey.
• Running away at 15 with a boy who became her first husband, living paycheck-to-paycheck and making questionable financial decisions
• Getting married for tax breaks and having a simple courthous...
The truth about binging isn't about willpower or discipline but understanding the pain beneath the pattern and learning to pause before acting on urges.
• The Plus One Theory is about finishing stronger than you started
• Binge behaviors aren't weakness – they're pain responses
• The power is in the pause – delaying rather than fighting the binge
• Five steps of Delay the Binge: pau...
After a year of pursuing my dream with seemingly no traction, I've discovered I'm not broken but simply navigating the difficult middle phase of success. This episode reveals the truth about what happens between starting a dream and achieving breakthrough – that messy, confusing middle where real growth happens unseen.
• Enrolled in a speaker academy and invested in my dream without proof it would p...
Robert Plank shares how podcasting transforms from mere content creation to a powerful relationship-building tool when approached with authenticity and purpose. His experience with over 1,400 episodes demonstrates that meaningful conversations create lasting connections that benefit everyone involved.
• Start where you are with the equipment you have, content quality matters more than production value
• A...
Ever had your entire world collapse in a single day? That's exactly what happened when my thriving digital marketing business imploded after a misunderstanding led to every client canceling their contract simultaneously. The fallout was devastating, no revenue, unable to make payroll, damaged family relationships with my investor, and a complete loss of confidence in my abilities as an entrepreneur.
This...
We wrap up our three-part series on becoming an author by focusing on the essential tools and technologies that can make your writing journey more efficient and effective. Packed with practical recommendations from recording software to email marketing solutions, this episode gives you the exact tech stack you need to succeed.
• Author Media podcast (authormedia.com) - Longest-running book marketing podcast h...
We explore the transformative power of storytelling and how writing about our most painful experiences can lead to profound healing, both for ourselves and others. Your unique perspective and voice matter, even if your story isn't polished or perfect.
• Start your author journey with journal notes and voice recordings
• Visualize painful memories as scenes from a movie to recall details
• Share y...
I'm launching a new series for aspiring authors to guide you through the messy, meaningful, and magical journey of telling your story. My own path to authorship began in a therapist's office and evolved through personal healing, publishing mishaps, and unexpected connections that transformed my book and purpose.
• Started writing from therapy journal entries that made my therapist laugh and cry
...
We've reached the final M in our 3M Weight Management Success series, focusing on maintenance, the critical but often overlooked element that holds everything together after establishing mindset and motivation.
• Starting is exciting, finishing is strong, but maintaining is wisdom
• Maintenance feels harder than starting because it requires intention rather than adrenaline
• The Plus One Theory h...
Motivation doesn't come before action; it follows it. Courage is what gets you started, and only after you begin taking action does motivation actually show up to help keep you going.
• Courage is the first essential component of change, not motivation
• The lower brain doesn't control speech, so saying intentions out loud activates the higher brain
• Formula to remember: Courage + Action = ...
Weight loss requires more than physical changes, it demands a mental shift that starts in your head and continues with small steps toward sustainable health.
• The Plus One Theory focuses on adding one more positive choice, step, or belief to finish stronger than you started
• Weight loss requires more than surgery, medication, or coaching, it needs mindset transformation
• At nearly 300 pounds, my he...
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