He Built a 7-Figure Business While Battling Stage 4 Cancer | Buddy Clay
One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins
Release Date: 05/20/2026
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Driving Uber Eats at 2AM to $450k+ a Year | Adetayo Ibijemilusi
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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 Adetayo Ibijemilusi — 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...
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Ego vs. Soul: Why Successful Leaders Keep Self-Sabotaging | Dana Grant
One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins
She spent years building a record-breaking, multi-million dollar business while the man she trusted most was quietly poisoning her. The world saw the awards, the income, the beautiful home. What it didn't see was 80 pounds of unprocessed grief, a staph infection eating away her legs, and a truth she wasn't allowed to say out loud. What she rebuilt after that truth finally broke open will change how you think about faith, ego, and what you're actually carrying for other people. Dana Grant is the bestselling author of Truth Within the Lie and co-founder of Cauliflower Foods, where she set...
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He Built It From Nothing, Got Betrayed at the Top, and Lost Everything in One Morning | Josh Kosnick
One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins
What does it actually cost to win at work while slowly losing everything that matters most? I've been sitting with that question since this conversation ended. My guest today, Josh Kosnick, was at the absolute peak of his career, leading a firm of 250 people, hitting every metric, checking every box, and in one morning at a Marriott, it was gone. A fabricated lawsuit from someone he mentored. A company he loved that chose the easy way out. And a drive home where he had to pull over and fall apart in a parking lot because his whole world had just collapsed. But here's what got me. It wasn't...
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He Built a 7-Figure Business While Battling Stage 4 Cancer | Buddy Clay
One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins
He was 33, healthy, building a mental health company from scratch, and a routine mole check came back stage three cancer. Four years later, it came back stage four. What he built in the middle of that will change how you think about leadership, faith, and what you're actually standing on. Buddy Clay is the founder of New Hope Institute, a multi-seven-figure mental health and addiction recovery organization, and he built it while battling cancer twice, delivering his daughter on his kitchen floor two weeks before opening his doors, and learning to lead a team through the most vulnerable...
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She Asked His Credit Score on the First Date, Now They Run a Multi-Million Dollar Business
One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins
She asked his credit score on the first date. He showed up thinking it was a date, she showed up with a five-year plan. What happened next built an empire. Dedric and Krystal Polite are the husband-and-wife real estate powerhouse and stars of the hit show 50/50 Flip. After corporate layoffs, betrayal from business partners, and building from nothing, they turned their relationship into a multi-million dollar brand, without losing their marriage in the process. This conversation is about what it actually looks like to be equally yoked, build with intention, and create something that outlives...
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How He Built Wealth Starting With $250 (And Why Rich People Aren't Who You Think) | Chris Sain
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Chris Sain built a million-subscriber community and retired at 37, starting with just $250 a month. No inheritance. No silver spoon. Just consistency, faith, and a refusal to run in the victim Olympics. In this episode, Stephen and Chris go beyond the tactics and into the real conversation behind wealth, the mindset traps, the biblical principles, the emotional discipline required, and why being generous can sometimes do more harm than good. What you'll take away: - Why 80% of pro athletes go broke 3–5 years after their playing career ends - How to start building real wealth with whatever...
info_outlineHe was 33, healthy, building a mental health company from scratch, and a routine mole check came back stage three cancer. Four years later, it came back stage four. What he built in the middle of that will change how you think about leadership, faith, and what you're actually standing on.
Buddy Clay is the founder of New Hope Institute, a multi-seven-figure mental health and addiction recovery organization, and he built it while battling cancer twice, delivering his daughter on his kitchen floor two weeks before opening his doors, and learning to lead a team through the most vulnerable season of his life. After corporate norms, health crises, and moments of pure overwhelm, he chose to stop performing and start leading from the truth of his story.
This conversation is about what it actually looks like to lead through the fire, build with faith, and come out on the other side more whole than when you went in.
If you're scaling a business while carrying something heavy, wondering if your team can survive without you, or just trying to stay anchored when nothing feels stable, this one is going to shift something in you.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why minimizing your first crisis almost guarantees a bigger one, and what to do differently when the storm first hits
- How a stage four cancer diagnosis forced Buddy to stop being the bottleneck and finally build a team that runs without him
- The difference between motivational speaking and real authority, and why the people you lead can always tell which one you are
- What stress does to cancer, cortisol, and your company at the same time, and why "pushing through" is often the most dangerous choice
- Why identity isn't something you find, it's something you surrender to, and how crisis strips away the performance to reveal who you actually are
- How to show up for your team when you don't have the answers, don't have the energy, and aren't sure of the outcome
- The three steps Buddy uses to lead through any crisis: authenticity, boundaries, and building the foundation before the storm arrives
Connect with Buddy Clay: Website: buddyclay.com
Follow Stephen Scoggins: Website: stephenscoggins.com Instagram & TikTok: @stephen_scoggins
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