1086. Divine Downloads: How to Lead with Faith and Creativity in the Age of AI with Sara Connell
Release Date: 11/13/2025
1106. 8 Unexpected Moves That Set Up Our Next Chapter
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In this episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly pulls back the curtain on the eight biggest unexpected shifts that reshaped her companies this year (many of which came from frustration, pressure, or deep uncertainty). From radically overhauling live events and flipping the entire portfolio business model, to narrowing the company’s niche, shifting ad strategy, ending beloved programs, launching Substack, and rebuilding around daily sales — this episode is a masterclass in strategic adaptability. Kelly explains what changed and why, and how you can apply these same lessons inside...
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1105. 5 Winning Sales Trends For 2025 That We’re Doubling Down On For 2026
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In today’s episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly breaks down the six sales trends that consistently produced results in 2025 and explains exactly why these strategies are imperative as we move into 2026. From how we approach live selling and live-only bonuses, to text message conversions and single session intensives, this episode is for online service providers who want faster sales cycles, stronger trust, and more predictable revenue, without ads, massive teams, or exhausting launches. If you’ve felt the effects of the trust recession, shrinking attention spans, or slower buyer...
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1104. Why Tying Your Happiness to Business Success Is Holding You Back
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
Most entrepreneurs believe that if they just work harder, push longer, and sacrifice more, success will finally bring peace, happiness, and fulfillment. But what if tying your happiness to your business success is the very thing preventing your business from growing? In today’s episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly breaks down the 3 B's that quietly derail entrepreneurs who emotionally attach their worth and happiness to business performance, and why learning to separate the two is essential for long term growth, health, and leadership. Drawing from over a decade of building multiple...
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1103. Substack as a Long-Term Asset: Monetization, Ownership, and Strategic Use for 2026
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
Substack has quickly become one of the most talked-about platforms in our community, and for good reason. In this episode, I’m breaking down exactly why I’m going all in on Substack in 2026, how we’re monetizing it inside our business, and how it fits into a long-term strategy for freedom, thought leadership, and scalable income, all without ads, sales calls, or constant live content. You’ll learn: How we’re using archived thought leadership to build a paid ecosystem Why Substack is one of the most powerful tools for authors, deep thinkers, and established leaders The exact...
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1102. The Leadership Evolution Every CEO Must Make For 2026 with John Wang
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In this powerful conversation, Kelly sits down with leadership teacher and author John Wang, author of Big Asian Energy, to unpack why so many successful leaders feel exhausted, disconnected, and stuck despite “doing everything right.” John shares his deeply personal journey from achievement-driven success to near-collapse, and the inner leadership shift that changed how he builds businesses, leads people, and teaches others to do the same. This episode is for CEOs, founders, and business owners who know they’ve outgrown an old identity but feel uncertain about what's next. Together,...
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1101. The 6 Offer Layers That Built (and Rebuilt) My Business, Ranked for 2026
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In today’s episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly breaks down the six core offer layers and go-to-market strategies she's used across her business portfolio, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly of each. From selling my time one-to-one, to physical products, to network models, digital products, coaching and consulting, community, and memberships, she walks through what worked, what didn’t, and how her perspective has evolved heading into 2026. You’ll hear: Why some “popular” business models are massively overrated Which models quietly outperform everything else long-term ...
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1100. Turning Your Biggest Challenges Into Your Most Powerful IP
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
As 2025 comes to a close, many entrepreneurs are eager to “turn the page” and move on. But here’s the truth: nothing actually changes unless you do. In today’s episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly introduces a powerful concept every leader needs to reflect on before stepping into 2026: your resilience resume. Kelly walks through how the biggest challenges she faced in 2025, including a massive business model reinvention, became the foundation for deeper authority, stronger IP, and greater impact. If you’re wrapping up 2025 feeling stretched, tested, or exhausted, this episode will...
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1099. What Consumers Will Actually Pay For in 2026: The 5 Key Market Trends Driving Growth
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
The way consumers buy has fundamentally changed (and, the businesses that win in 2026 will be the ones that understand why). In this episode, Kelly breaks down the five most important consumer trends shaping buying behavior in 2026 and beyond, and explains how to build your offers, marketing, and sales systems to match where the market is actually going. This episode will give you insight into long-term shifts in trust, spending habits, personalization, community, and brand values, and how to use them to create predictable, sustainable growth. If you want to scale without burnout, stop...
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1098. Why I’m Betting on Substack for the Future of Thought Leadership and Books
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
After a decade of watching platforms rise and fall, trends come and go, and algorithms work against creators, Kelly is breaking down Substack, the platform she didn't expect to love. In this episode, Kelly shares why Substack has quickly become one of the most exciting platforms she’s seen for thought leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs who want to monetize depth, not trends. You’ll hear the numbers that caught her attention, why smaller audiences are outperforming massive followings, and how Substack creates a rare combination of trust, reach, and ownership that most platforms no longer...
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1097. How to Strategically Design Your Best Year In Business
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In this BONUS live training, Kelly Roach walks you through a 5-pillar mind mapping framework for creating your most aligned, impactful, and profitable year yet. You’ll learn why time, not talent, money, or hustle, is the ultimate differentiator between where you are now and where you want to go. This training challenges the two extremes entrepreneurs often fall into: over-planning without execution or over-executing without strategy, and shows you how to bring both into alignment. Kelly explains why congruence with your calling, intentional life architecture, and clarity of vision must...
info_outlineIn this powerful and soul-stirring conversation, Kelly Roach sits down with bestselling author and thought leadership coach Sara Connell for a raw discussion about what it means to be a true thought leader in today’s world; one where most people are unknowingly outsourcing their thinking.
Kelly and Sara unpack how to reclaim your mind, restore your creativity, and reconnect with divine intelligence in an era dominated by distractions, nosie, and artificial intelligence.
You’ll learn how to reprogram your inputs, listen to your divine downloads, and reignite your creativity so that your voice, your work, and your business reflect your truest self and God-given purpose.
This episode is a must-listen for entrepreneurs, creators, and leaders who feel burned out, creatively blocked, or disconnected from their original spark.
Timestamps:
03:01 – 06:30 — What true thought leadership means in the next era — and why it starts with leading your own thoughts.
06:31 – 10:00 — The collective brainwashing we’re all part of — and how to reclaim control over your own mind.
10:01 – 14:00 — How algorithms manipulate what we think, and Kelly’s experiment that transformed her feed in 24 hours.
14:01 – 18:30 — Rebuilding creative capacity: silence, nature, and the “gamma walk.”
18:31 – 23:00 — Burnout, overstimulation, and how to hear God’s voice again.
23:01 – 28:00 — Sara’s book The Download: where divine, creative, and artificial intelligence meet.
28:01 – 32:00 — When God feels silent: the spiritual aridity phase and why waiting seasons matter.
32:01 – 35:00 — Living the work: how writing The Download is transforming Sara’s life and leadership.
35:01 – 38:00 — How to rekindle creativity through play, joy, and presence — and final takeaways on divine downloads.
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Follow Sara Connell on Instagram and send her a DM to join the early interest list for her upcoming book, The Download → @saraconnell
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Join Kelly's upcoming LIVE Million Dollar Game Plan intensive on December 19th, to learn how to align faith, leadership, and growth to WIN in 2026: https://thekellyroach.com/2026planner
- Follow Kelly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyroachofficial/
- Follow Kelly on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelly.roach.520/
- Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyroachint/