Barb Nangle Episode 2 – Boundaries as Safe Spaces
Overcomers Overcoming
Barb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker, author, and podcaster. After nearly 40 years of therapy and personal development, Barb found her way to 12-step recovery at age 52. What began as a journey to address codependence soon expanded to include recovery from intergenerational dysfunction, childhood trauma, and compulsive overeating—issues she hadn’t initially recognized in herself, and decades of personal development had merely scratched the surface. Recovery melted the iceberg of her life. Because codependency was her core wound, learning to set healthy boundaries transformed her at...
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Chris Hallberg – The Business Sergeant
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Chris Hallberg, known as The Business Sergeant, is a military veteran, entrepreneur, and leadership coach who helps organizations turn execution problems into competitive advantages. After serving in the military, Chris built and exited multiple companies, including an energy-efficiency business sold at an 8× multiple during the Great Recession, while competitors collapsed. He later became one of the earliest EOS implementers, coaching more than 100 leadership teams through multi-year growth journeys and helping organizations achieve industry-leading employee engagement and culture outcomes....
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Dr. Jeremy Weisz – Inspired Insider
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Dr. Jeremy Weisz founded multiple businesses, ranging from a health supplement business to a chiropractic and massage business, and now runs a successful digital agency that helps companies build life-changing relationships. He has featured top entrepreneurs in video interviews on www.InspiredInsider.com since 2008, including founders and CEOs of Pixar, P90X, Atari, Einstein Bagels, Mattel, Kettle Chips, RX Bars, Big League Chew, the Orlando Magic, and many more. He runs Rise25, which helps B2B businesses connect with their ‘Dream 200’ clients and referral partners and achieve ROI through...
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Lisa Richer – Journey 2 Bloom
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Lisa Richer has devoted more than 20 years to supporting parents, educators, and professionals who face challenges navigating neurodiversity, both as a consultant and through her own lived experience raising neurodiverse sons. Lisa is the Executive Board Chair at By With & For Autistic Adults, Neurodiversity Advisory Chair at The Mandala School, and Advisory Board Member for Parents Alliance for Inclusion. Her work stands out for its focus on simplifying complex journeys and fostering real collaboration. Many of her clients mention feeling more empowered and seen...
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Jonathan Schwartz – The Effect of Silent Trauma
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Jonathan Todd Schwartz, once a towering figure in Hollywood's elite financial circles, lived a life that many could only dream of. As a power entertainment business manager at GSO Business Management, Schwartz was entrusted with managing the wealth of some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette, Linkin Park, Halsey, and Gwyneth Paltrow. His reputation as one of Hollywood's most "trusted" financial advisors earned him the moniker "diva whisperer," reflecting his ability to cater to the unique needs of his high-profile clients....
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Paul Voss – Raising Two Neurodiverse Children
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Paul Voss is a father of eight children. In 2022, our youngest daughter was diagnosed with autism. Like many families, we were thrust into a world of sleepless nights, constant stress, and the feeling that we were doing everything right yet getting nowhere. There were long stretches when sleep felt impossible, hope felt thin, and the future felt overwhelming. Out of that chaos, Paul wrote my first book, Autism Sucks: Finding Hope in the Chaos. He didn’t write it as an expert or clinician. Rather, he wrote it as a tired dad seeking real solutions. One of his greatest goals was simple: if...
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Joyce Feustel – It’s Never Too Late
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Joyce’s supervisor suggested appealing to baby boomers about social media. Near the end of her sales career, when she was 61, her boss pointed out, “You’ve got a real knack for helping our clients understand social media.” He then asked whether she had ever thought of helping others in her age group understand social media. She had to contemplate that possibility for a while, but she decided to start her own business. Before starting her business as a social media coach, she devoted 17 years to sales, helping businesses grow and succeed. During that time, she discovered her unique...
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Angela Weinberger – Overcoming My PTSD
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Angie Weinberger is an inclusive entrepreneur based in Zurich, Switzerland. She combines executive coaching with expertise in global mobility. She is an interculturalist, a certified Master Coach with a background in systemic consulting and the VERMEULEN® method, and a transactional analysis practitioner. Weinberger also serves as a workshop facilitator, intercultural trainer, guest lecturer, speaker, and consultant. She has coached more than 600 clients. Her company, Global People Transitions, was founded in 2010. As an entrepreneur, she brings strategic...
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Leah Ellis – Children are Entrepreneurs
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Leah Ellis is self-professed and diagnosed as neurodiverse. She is an entrepreneur. When working with her and other neurodiverse children, she understands that children can also be entrepreneurs. It’s about discovering and nurturing their talents. Leah founded The Society of Child Entrepreneurs after seeing how much kids can surprise us with their bravery, ideas, and grit, especially when they're given the chance to build something from the ground up. Whether that’s writing engaging stories like Astra & Zeke or guiding young leaders through the Ignite – Empower - Lead...
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Jim Anderson – Losing a Business
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Jim Anderson recovered from losing a very profitable information technology business he had started. Through his business failure, he also lost his wife and business partner. That was because he now realizes his business was profitable on paper, but only in the short term. He was unaware of what negative cash flow was, which led to his business's collapse. However, Do you want to know if your business is as stable as it seems on paper? If the market changes tomorrow, would your company be ready? Most founder-led, privately held businesses earning between $500k and $20M are profitable,...
info_outlineBarb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker, author, and podcaster. After nearly 40 years of therapy and personal development, Barb found her way to 12-step recovery at age 52. What began as a journey to address codependence soon expanded to include recovery from intergenerational dysfunction, childhood trauma, and compulsive overeating—issues she hadn’t initially recognized in herself, and decades of personal development had merely scratched the surface. Recovery melted the iceberg of her life. Because codependency was her core wound, learning to set healthy boundaries transformed her at every level—her relationship with herself, with others, and with the world around her. The ripple effect of these changes even reached her professional life, profoundly affecting her team at Yale University, where she worked at the time. Before recovery, she was acutely aware of her history of unhealthy, unsatisfying romantic relationships. She also struggled with years of substance use and overeating, carrying over 100 pounds more than she does now. Despite these struggles, she maintained an outward appearance of having it all together. She once believed she was a positive, optimistic person. Recovery revealed the truth: she was trapped in negativity and fear. She ruminated about the past, catastrophized about the future, complained frequently, engaged in "if only" thinking, and blamed others for her difficulties. She was terrified of judgment, rejection, abandonment, and being seen as a bad person. She didn’t realize how deeply these patterns affected her until they began to change. Combining her life experience and education has shaped her purpose: to help professional women stop saying yes when they mean no and to end the cycle of self-neglect by reclaiming their focus and power. She achieves this through her boundary-setting coaching, professional speaking engagements, and her podcast, “Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery.” You can learn more about Barb Nangle at https://higherpowercc.com/meet-barb/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbnangle/.