Self Improvement, Mindfulness and Mental Health Tips - The Coached Soul Podcast
Self-Improvement, Mindfulness, and Mental Health Tips – The Coached Soul Podcast is your go-to resource for personal growth and emotional well-being. Hosted by Dr. Steve Hudgins, a mental health professional and author, and co-hosted by Kenya Evelyn, a transformational therapeutic coach, this podcast dives deep into self-improvement, mindfulness, and mental health. From managing anxiety and depression to improving relationships and embracing a mindful lifestyle, Dr. Steve and Kenya explore life-changing topics that empower you to grow. Through open conversations, expert insights, and inspiring guest interviews, they provide practical strategies to enhance mental wellness and personal development. This podcast isn’t just about listening—it’s about transforming. If you seek guidance on mental health, self-improvement, and mindfulness, tune in to discover the tools and support you need to thrive. A New Episode is released every week!
Episodes
What happens when you grow up in circumstances that seem to define your future, but you decide to create a different path?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins sits down with Leah Garcia, a “Dynasty Builder,” to explore her journey from childhood poverty and family adversity to building wealth, resilience, and a new future for her family.
Growing up on the east side of San Jose, Leah experienced poverty, f...
What if getting older isn't about slowing down, but about becoming more intentional about how you live?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins welcomes Dr. Kyle Hulsebus, a third-generation chiropractor, author, speaker, and health and human potential specialist, for a practical conversation about healthy aging, personal growth, mindset, and productivity after 40.
Dr. Kyle shares why lasting change isn't built on short ...
What happens in your mind doesn't always stay in your mind. Our emotions, stress, past experiences, and deeply rooted patterns can influence how we feel, respond, and function physically.
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins welcomes Dr. Kyle Hulsebus, a third-generation chiropractor and advocate for holistic health, for a powerful conversation about the connection between emotional health and physical well-being.
Dr....
Why do some of life's challenges seem to keep happening over and over again?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins and Kenya Evelyn explore the idea of life as a classroom and the possibility that recurring struggles can reveal lessons we haven't fully recognized, accepted, or applied.
From relationships and emotional patterns to pain, disappointment, and personal challenges, they examine why we sometimes find ourselve...
What if some of life's hardest experiences are actually part of the curriculum?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins and Kenya Evelyn explore the idea of the "University of Hard Knocks", the lifelong classroom where our experiences, relationships, disappointments, and challenges become opportunities for growth.
Through candid reflections on family dynamics, faith, personal identity, and difficult experiences within co...
In this heartfelt episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins sits down with educator, student leadership advisor, and coauthor Yvette Leal to explore family relationships, blended families, heartbreak, healing, and the courage to break generational patterns.
Drawing from her own experiences as a single mother, her journey through higher education, and the challenges of building a blended family, Yvette shares how difficult seasons ...
How much of your adult life is shaped by the family you grew up in?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins welcomes Yvette Leal, an experienced high school educator from Texas, for an honest conversation about growing up in a blended, or "mosaic," family and the lasting impact of childhood divorce, attachment, and generational trauma.
Drawing from her own life experiences, Yvette reflects on navigating family separation...
What if finding peace didn't require having all the answers just asking the right questions?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins welcomes award-winning coach, author, and TEDx speaker Anne Barry Jolles, creator of the Grace Trail, a simple yet powerful framework designed to help people move from overwhelm to clarity through five transformative questions.
Rather than trying to fix every problem, Anne explains how slo...
What if the greatest freedom isn't found by changing your circumstances - but by changing the way you see yourself?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins and Kenya Evelyn explore how comparison, past experiences, and limiting beliefs can quietly keep us disconnected from who we were created to be. Together, they share practical tools for grounding yourself in the present, embracing self-compassion, and finding the cour...
What does it truly mean to be free?
In this inspiring episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins and Kenya Evelyn explore a different kind of independence the freedom that comes from healing emotional wounds, letting go of limiting beliefs, and reclaiming your authentic self.
As we reflect on the meaning of freedom, they invite listeners to look beyond external celebrations and consider the internal battles that often keep us feeli...
Burnout doesn't happen overnight - and neither does healing.
In this powerful episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins welcomes Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, author, and speaker Keith Cole for an honest conversation about recovering from burnout, overcoming trauma, and finding hope through faith.
After experiencing the realities of combat in Vietnam, Keith carried the emotional weight of grief, loss, and unresolved trauma for yea...
What does it take to heal after experiencing profound loss and the realities of war?
In this meaningful Fourth of July episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins, licensed professional counselor and Army veteran, welcomes Keith Cole - a United States Marine Corps combat veteran, retired CPA, and author - for an honest conversation about grief, military service, resilience, and finding purpose after trauma.
Keith shares how the loss...
What happens when millions of people lose everything - and the world barely notices?
In this powerful episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins continues his conversation with humanitarian Brad Brandon, founder of Across Nigeria, to uncover the realities facing families living inside Nigeria's Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.
Brad shares firsthand stories of communities displaced by violence, the devastating effects of co...
What happens when everything you've worked for suddenly changes?
In this episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins sits down with Brad Brandon, founder and CEO of Across Nigeria, to discuss how a near-death experience transformed his understanding of success, purpose, and service.
After leading a successful megachurch in Connecticut, Brad found himself fighting for his life in an ICU. That experience forced him to reevaluate every...
In this special Father's Day episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins explores the profound impact fathers have on the emotional, relational, and spiritual development of their children.
Drawing from both personal experience and professional insight, Steve discusses why fatherhood is about far more than providing financially - it's about presence, connection, guidance, and creating a safe foundation where children can thrive.
In ...
In this powerful episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins welcomes Isik Abla, an international speaker, author, and survivor whose life story is a remarkable testimony of resilience, healing, and transformation.
Growing up in Turkey amid violence, abuse, and religious extremism, Isik faced unimaginable challenges that shaped her identity, relationships, and understanding of herself. After escaping a life marked by fear and trauma...
In this deeply reflective episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins and Kenya Evelyn explore the hidden layers of grief, emotional numbness, and the “family masks” many of us learn to wear in order to survive pain.
Grief is not always loud. Sometimes it shows up as avoidance, emotional shutdown, anger, guilt, or the constant feeling of being disconnected from yourself and others. Together, Steve and Kenya unpack how un...
In this heartfelt Memorial Day episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins and Kenya Evelyn explore the emotional realities of grief, remembrance, and healing for the families left behind after military loss.
While Memorial Day is often centered around honoring fallen soldiers, this conversation shines a compassionate light on the spouses, children, parents, and loved ones who continue carrying that sacrifice long after the ceremoni...
In this heartfelt Memorial Day episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins and Kenya Evelyn reflect on the powerful role trust plays in our lives - from military service and sacrifice to relationships, healing, and personal growth.
Through honest conversation and personal insight, they explore how trust is built through courage, vulnerability, and connection and why learning to trust again can be one of life’s greatest challen...
What happens when a cancer diagnosis forces you to rethink everything about life, healing, and purpose? In this powerful episode of Coached Soul, Dr. Steve Hudgins sits down with Glenn Sturm for an honest conversation about navigating cancer with resilience, self-advocacy, and hope.
Glenn shares his personal cancer journey, the importance of speaking up within the healthcare system, and why multidisciplinary care teams, nurse navig...
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