Dr. Jesse Hanson speaks with Michael Strait about overcoming childhood trauma, grief, and personal hardship through mentorship and somatic healing. They explore vulnerability, authentic leadership, creating psychological safety at work, and finding gratitude and purpose amid divorce and cancer.

Dr. Jesse Hanson and Michael Strait explore trauma, vulnerability, healing, and the journey toward authentic leadership. Michael shares how his past shaped him—and how gratitude, fatherhood, mentorship, and somatic work helped him transform his life and learn to lead with heart.

Dr. Jesse Hanson speaks with Farah Ganjei Gron about leaving Iran as a teenager, building a career in technology, and ultimately pursuing her calling in homeopathy. They discuss whole-person care, spirituality, compassionate boundaries, and her work with autistic children and their families.

• (00:00:09) - Lead With Heart
• (00:02:21) - Farah Naz's Story of Leadership
• (00:04:43) - Tara's story of growing up in Iran
• (00:09:50) - A message from the Life of Meditation
• (00:11:14) - The Bud: Farah's Journey
• (00:12:10) - Lead with Heart
• (00:13:04) - Lead with Heart
• (00:18:52) - How I Learned to Homeopath
• (00:25:19) - Lead With Heart
• (00:26:13) - Lead with Heart
• (00:26:41) - The Blowing Process of Stepping Into the Full Healer's Practice
• (00:32:50) - Coming soon: The Dream
• (00:35:39) - Farah's Message to Her Younger Self
• (00:38:17) - Lead with Heart
• (00:39:14) - What is Homeopathy
• (00:43:29) - Homeopathic Science, The Quantum Science
• (00:47:02) - Meet New Life Homeopathy Dr. Luke
• (00:49:30) - Homeopathic Doctor Working with Autistic Children

Dr. Jesse Hanson speaks with Dr. Christian Le about his journey from a war-torn childhood in Vietnam to a career in hospital medicine. They explore resilience, unresolved trauma, the limitations of conventional healthcare, and his transition toward mind-body-spirit healing, cannabinoid research, consciousness work, and support for veterans with PTSD.

Dr. Jesse Hanson speaks with sustainability consultant and author Zev Paiss about the personal experiences that shaped his environmental work, the importance of intentional communities, and his move to an ecovillage in Costa Rica. They also explore protopian storytelling, sustainable living, food cultivation, and how hopeful fiction can inspire practical visions for a better future.

Dr. Jesse Hanson speaks with transformational wisdom teacher Donna Bond about healing childhood wounds, leaving corporate success to pursue a deeper purpose, and reclaiming one’s authentic voice. They explore spiritual psychology, embodiment, Gene Keys, vulnerability, and the ongoing journey of personal transformation.

Dr. Jesse Hanson speaks with Gaia Goddess Lifestyle founder Maria Marshall about overcoming childhood trauma, rebuilding self-worth, and transforming pain into purpose. Maria shares how breathwork, Reiki, nature, and spiritual healing shaped her personal awakening and inspired her mission to create supportive wellness spaces for women.

• (00:00:00) - Oxygen Jungle Villas in Costa Rica
• (00:02:23) - Meet Gaia Goddess Lifestyle's Maria Marshall
• (00:04:44) - You Reveal How Childhood Shaped Your Life
• (00:12:13) - One Woman's Story of Being unloved as a child
• (00:14:58) - Lead with Heart
• (00:15:51) - Maria Marshall on Growing Up in the Dark
• (00:20:30) - Yaya Dies: The Real Me
• (00:23:32) - A Daughter's Journey Through Her Mother's Death
• (00:25:32) - The Secret to Becoming a Gaia Goddess
• (00:28:51) - Lead with Heart
• (00:30:02) - Maria on Her
• (00:30:40) - Leave With Heart
• (00:36:05) - In the Healing Process, Surrender
• (00:37:06) - Gaia the Goddess Center
• (00:38:37) - The Power of Sequencing
• (00:42:02) - Lead with Heart
• (00:42:56) - The Harvest of Maria Marshall
• (00:50:20) - Maria on her healing from ptsd

Dr. Jesse Hanson speaks with Costa Rican business leader Mauricio Solano about his journey through hospitality, personal growth, and spiritual retreat work. Mauricio shares how life lessons shaped his collaborative leadership style, deepened his connection to community and nature, and inspired his bilingual podcast, Sin Manual (No Playbook).

• (00:00:09) - Lead with Heart
• (00:00:40) - Meet Mauricio Solano
• (00:02:04) - The Role of Leaders in our Life
• (00:06:44) - What, if any, Shadows do you have in your life?
• (00:10:58) - Golden handcuff
• (00:13:22) - Lead with Heart
• (00:14:16) - The Secret to Growing Up in Canada
• (00:18:11) - In the era of the golden handcuff
• (00:19:52) - The culture of the team
• (00:21:21) - In the World of Wisdom
• (00:24:36) - Bring us Back: The Pandemic Experience
• (00:26:55) - Lead With Heart
• (00:27:49) - Lead with Heart
• (00:33:41) - Jungle workers: Enjoy the journey
• (00:35:23) - Mauricio on Humility
• (00:36:21) - Psilocybin and plant-based healing
• (00:37:08) - The Harvest of Sacred Cremations
• (00:40:23) - Lead With Heart
• (00:41:17) - The Harvest
• (00:46:49) - The Making of This Podcast
• (00:47:32) - How to Prepare Your Children for the Future
• (00:51:24) - How to survive childhood trauma
• (00:52:26) - Lead With Heart