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The Laughter Factor - Supercharge Your Success | Adam Christing

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

Release Date: 12/31/2025

What's Yours to Carry? The Question That Ends Excuses | Dan Sachkowsky

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

He had the mansion, the exotic cars, and every marker of "made it" by age 24 — and none of it was real. It took a heart attack to show him why. In this episode, Stephen sits down with Dan Sachkowsky — performance coach, founder of Big D Coaching, and author of the upcoming book Following Your Way Uphill — for a conversation about what happens when strength becomes the very thing that's holding you back. Dan built his first business at 17 with no idea what he was doing, chased every marker of success he could get his hands on, and lost it all more than once before he understood why. He...

Paralyzed. Suicidal. Then He Surrendered, And EVERYTHING Shifted | Marcus Aurelius Anderson

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

At 40, Marcus Aurelius Anderson was paralyzed from the neck down and, in his own words, suicidal. What finally moved him wasn't willpower, it was surrender. In this episode, Stephen sits down with Marcus Aurelius Anderson — Army veteran, author, speaker, and CEO of Catalyst International — to talk about the four months he spent fighting his own paralysis before he finally stopped resisting it. They dig into why adversity only shows its "gift" in hindsight, the difference between patience and hesitation, and why most leaders are the actual bottleneck in their own business. Marcus also...

Why You Snap At People You Love, The ALIGN Method, & Why ADHD Isn't A Disorder | Sara Hartley

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

Your body knows if a room is safe before your brain even understands why. If you don't know what to do with that signal, it doesn't just disappear, it gets handed to the people who love you most. In this episode, Stephen sits down with Sara Hartley, ADHD and nervous system regulation coach and children's book author, to unpack the hidden physical sequence that happens in your body in the seconds before you snap, and the exact tool she built to interrupt it in under 60 seconds. It's the Lion and Lamb methodology in real time: the strength to lead and perform at a high level, paired with the...

The Car Crash That Changed Everything | Dana Flanagan

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

Most people are chasing visibility while their credibility quietly runs out, and that gap once cost Dana Flanagan's entire team their paycheck. In this episode, Stephen sits down with Dana Flanagan, a real estate authority turned media strategist and founder of The Authority Architects, to unpack the real difference between being seen and being trusted. Dana shares the business partner whose visibility hid the fact he had no money, and the near-fatal car accident that later collapsed her timeline on everything else. It's the Lion and Lamb methodology in action, the conviction to walk away from...

Why This CEO Slept In His Car For His Team | Joel Puthoff

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

Leaders who do deep soul-level work outperform everyone else by 20 to 1, and Joel Puthoff found his way into that number the hard way: sleeping in his car for a week just to make payroll. In this episode, Stephen sits down with Joel Puthoff, CEO and co-founder of Linxy and author of Capability Fuel, to talk about what actually separates leaders who build lasting capacity from those who just borrow it. Joel shares the season he nearly broke himself trying to keep his team paid, the reframe that got him through it, and the philosophy he's built out of it since: choose your hard, or hard will...

The Study That Should Scare EVERY Leader | Lucas Sherraden

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

95% of people believe they're completely self-aware. Only 10% actually are, and that gap nearly cost this week's guest his business, his family, and his sanity. On this episode of One Part Lion, One Part Lamb, Stephen sits down with Lucas Sherraden, pastor turned real estate leader turned author of The Uncaged Leader, to unpack the hidden programming running underneath every decision we make. Lucas shares the moment his eighth-grade daughter's question exposed what was really driving his near-collapse in 2008, and the framework he now teaches leaders to help them see what they can't see in...

He Built a 9-Figure Business & Almost Lost His Family | George Rivera

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

George Rivera built a multiple nine-figure business empire, and quietly trained his own son to stop asking him for anything along the way. The world saw the revenue, the exits, the team of 40. What it didn't see was a father who missed 39 of his own son's 40 basketball games, a deathbed confession that became a life sentence, and a business built on a design flaw he didn't know how to name. Stephen Scoggins sits down with George Rivera, a 31-year entrepreneur, founder of the Buy Back Your Time formula, and creator of Founder Dad Dinners, a table where cash-rich, time-poor founders finally take...

Why "Strong" Leaders Are the Ones Hiding the Most | Tyler Dickerhoof

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

He believed the mirror told him the truth about who he is, until a mentor showed him it only reflects intentions, not actions. That one idea unravels into a story about intensity, insecurity, and a marriage he nearly let his own "strength" wreck. In this episode, Stephen sits down with Tyler Dickerhoof, bestselling author of The Things We Hide and founder of a leadership movement that's impacted more than 200,000 people. Together they dig into the difference between vulnerability and oversharing, why guilt and shame are not the same thing, and why the goal of personal growth was never to...

4 Guests, 4 Gut-Punches: The Best of One Part Lion One Part Lamb

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

This week's episode is a mashup of some of the most talked-about moments from recent conversations on One Part Lion One Part Lamb. Host Stephen Scoggins sits down with four guests — Chris Sain, Dana Grant, Adetayo Ibijemilusi, and Buddy Clay — for a collection of stories and hard truths our audience couldn't stop sharing. Chris Sain opens up about staying grounded when nobody knows your name yet, and the simple rule that keeps rewarding yourself from becoming a distraction. Dana Grant explains what grace really means, and why healing requires integrating every version of yourself rather...

Driving Uber Eats at 2AM to $450k+ a Year | Tayo Lusi

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

A note that said "sorry, mom." A voice that said "it's not your time." That's where this conversation starts. My guest today is Tayo Lusi — founder of the 1% University, where he teaches AWS Cloud Engineering, personal branding, and sales to help people escape the 9-to-5 and build six-figure consulting businesses. But before any of that, Adetayo survived a suicide attempt, dropped out of college, and drove Uber Eats at 2am with a degree and three certifications and nothing to show for them. We talk about the moment his mentor saw something in him he couldn't see in himself. About the word...

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We live in a world starving for attention—but what we’re really craving is connection.

In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Stephen sits down with Adam Christing to explore how humor, vulnerability, and presence shape the way we lead, relate, and live. This episode moves far beyond “being funny” and into something far more meaningful: how laughter becomes a bridge to trust, healing, and authenticity.

From leadership and personal growth to faith, neuroscience, and lived experience, this conversation reveals why humor isn’t a distraction, it’s a discipline, a tool, and a language of connection.

What did they talk about?

We feel before we think - connection is transferred, not explained
Leaders must give themselves the same grace they give others
Authentic presence matters more than polished performance
Humor builds trust faster than perfection ever could

This episode isn’t just for you.

Think about the people in your life, your team, your family, your friends,who could benefit from this conversation. Chances are, three people came to mind immediately.

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