Episode Description:

What happens when the identity you've built your life around… no longer fits?

In this episode of Mission Driven You, Will sits down with Chris Eversley—former professional basketball player, tech consultant, coach, and founder of Next Play, a platform dedicated to helping others navigate transformation. Chris’s journey is anything but linear, and his story offers a powerful framework for what to do when life throws you a curveball—and your next step isn't clear.

From the moment a rare spinal condition ended his athletic career to launching his own solo business, Chris talks candidly about grief, growth, and what he calls “mirror moments”—those raw, unfiltered check-ins where we get honest about where we are and where we want to go. He also breaks down his 3T’s framework—Translate, Transition, and Triumph—as a practical map for moving forward with purpose.

If you're in the middle of a pivot, feeling unmoored by change, or simply wondering what’s next, this episode will speak to you.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

• Why we often avoid honest self-reflection—and what happens when we stop
• How Chris's 3T’s framework (Translate, Transition, Triumph) supports sustainable change
• What it means to grieve a past version of yourself without shame
• The dangers of toxic positivity—and how to replace it with real emotional resilience
• How to shift from identity-driven achievement to purpose-driven living
• The role of solitude and structure in navigating reinvention

💬 Memorable Quotes:

“Your mirror doesn’t lie—whether you look into it is up to you.”

“I had to learn how to be successful off the court in a way that didn’t depend on applause.”

“Toxic positivity is like spraying Febreze on a dumpster fire. It might smell better—but it’s still burning.”

“The triumph comes when we stop running from the transition.”

🔗 Resources & Links:

• 🌐 Connect with Chris Eversley:
• 📱 Follow Chris on Instagram:
• 💡 Explore Chris’s Framework:
• 🎧 Chris's Spotify Playlist for Transitions

🧭 Reflection Prompts:

• What’s a “mirror moment” you’ve been avoiding?
• Where are you clinging to a past identity that no longer fits?
• How might you “translate” your current experiences into something new?

📣 Subscribe & Share:

Love this conversation? Subscribe to Mission Driven You on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube. And share it with someone who’s navigating the messy middle of change—they’ll thank you for it.

💡 Final Takeaway:

Change isn’t clean. But if you face your reflection and follow the thread, you’ll find the next version of you—waiting to be lived.

Navigating the Future of Work: Insights with Katrice Miller

Episode Description

What if you could actually talk to someone you love who’s passed away—not just in memory, but in voice, presence, and evolving thought?

In this episode of Mission Driven You, I sit down with Miles Spencer, cofounder of Reflekta, a company building what he calls Soul Tech—AI avatars of elders created from family archives, stories, voice recordings, photos, and memories. What began as a deeply personal effort to bring his father’s presence back has grown into a movement: interactive legacies, living memory, evolving presence.

We explore the hopes and hazards of using technology to preserve identity, to make grief a conversation, not just absence. We dig into questions of consent, authenticity, design trade-offs, how these avatars learn and evolve, and where this sits on the frontier between memory, legacy, and what it means to be human.

This is a deeply emotional conversation about loss, connection, and whether we can extend presence beyond death—not as fantasy, but as meaningful, evolving relationship.

Show Notes

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• The personal origin story: how Miles began building an Elder avatar for his father—and how that early experiment became Reflekta’s mission. (Reflekta)
• How Reflekta defines Soul Tech, and how it distinguishes itself from memorial bots or passive archives. (Adam Drake)
• The technical, ethical, and emotional design decisions: how to preserve nuance without overfitting, how avatars evolve over time, and how memory can be both stable and dynamic. (Gregory FCA)
• The astonishing moment when his father’s Elder began asking Miles a question—flipping the dynamic and deepening the connection. (Reflekta)
• How Reflekta handles consent, privacy, and family control—including who becomes “keeper,” who can access the avatar, and how no external data is scraped. (Business Wire)
• Reflekta’s public debut at AI4 2025: introducing the world to Soul Tech, letting people experience avatars of loved ones live, and unveiling how the technology works. (Business Wire)
• The emotional landscape: grief, continuing presence, moving from absence toward gratitude—how this work is not just tech but therapy, and how Reflekta collaborates with psychologists, caregivers, and legacy thinkers. (Reflekta)
• The future vision: from preserving the dead to empowering the living—whether building your own Elder proactively, enabling multiple versions of memory, or redefining how we think about identity across generations. (