What if the life you worked so hard to build no longer reflects the life you actually want?

In this episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene sits down with Jess Ringgenberg, founder of Elixir Coaching and Consulting, to explore the complicated intersection of motherhood, career, identity, and ambition. After building a successful corporate career, Jess reached a point where she questioned who she was beyond her professional achievements and the expectations placed on her as a woman and mother. That realization inspired her to forge a new path, helping women navigate their careers, challenge workplace biases, and redefine success in ways that reflect their own values.

Together, Maurice and Jess explore what it means to stop living by someone else's definition of success and start creating a life that feels like your own.

In this conversation, you'll discover:

• The motherhood tax: How workplace biases, caregiving expectations, and the pressure to be the perfect mother can affect women's careers and well-being.
• Redefining success: Why your identity deserves to extend beyond your career or role as a parent, and how to challenge the expectations that keep you stuck.
• Betting on yourself: How self-trust, visualization, and the courage to embrace uncertainty can help you pursue a more fulfilling path.
• Letting go of guilt: Why work-life balance isn't always realistic, and how giving yourself permission to shift priorities can make room for the life you want.

You don't have to follow someone else's blueprint to build a meaningful life. Give yourself permission to question the expectations, trust your own voice, and discover what success looks like on your terms.

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What if the goal isn’t to build more…but to finally have the freedom to live?

In this episode, Maurice Philogene joins The Mailbox Money Show to explore what happens when you stop chasing the next promotion, deal, or milestone and start designing your life around what truly matters. After building wealth through multiple careers, real estate, and entrepreneurship, Maurice shares why he chose to “de-leverage” his life and prioritize time, experiences, purpose, and meaningful relationships over endlessly growing his net worth.

Together, they explore:

• The Five Freedoms: time, financial, geographic, purpose, and relationships
• Why real estate and wealth should be tools for freedom, not another form of work
• Knowing when you have “enough” and refusing to trade more time for more money
• The importance of investing in family, friendships, and experiences while you still have the time
• Learning to shift from “doing” to “being” and rediscovering the wonder of simply living

Maurice’s story is a reminder that success isn’t just about what you build—it’s about what you do with the life you’ve built. If you’ve ever wondered how much is enough, what you’re really working toward, or whether you’re putting off life until “someday,” this conversation will make you stop and think.

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Maurice sits down with Grayson Hogard, co-founder of Grove Cookie Company with his wife, Marie. Grayson spent 14 years working in logistics at Bonneville Power Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, while Marie had a corporate career of her own.

During the pandemic, a simple baking hobby turned into selling cookies from their townhouse, then corporate gifting, a production facility, employees, and eventually a high six-figure business that allowed Grayson to leave his government career.

Their journey is a real-life example of several Try Life On principles: employment is a resource to build life, go from “If Only” to “What If,” find the “Who” instead of studying the “What” forever, and just do and course correct along the way. They didn’t have every detail figured out before they started. They used what they knew, asked for help with what they didn’t, followed opportunities as they appeared, and kept moving.

For anyone sitting in a traditional job wondering how life could feel different, this conversation offers a practical example. You don’t need to build a $20 million company or chase someone else’s definition of success. You can start from exactly where you are, experiment alongside the life you already have, and gradually create more income, time, confidence, relationships and freedom.

Listen to Grayson and Marie’s story through that lens, and ask yourself: What could I start trying on from exactly where I am today?

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What if the space you’re creating in your life isn’t meant to be filled but is preparing you for something you can’t see yet?

In this episode, Maurice Philogene reflects on his years-long journey of “deleveraging”: stepping away from careers, investments, businesses, obligations, and identities that had once defined his life. What began as an instinct to slow down and move from doing to being ultimately created something far more valuable than an empty calendar: the capacity to be present when life suddenly called on him.

Maurice shares how that space unexpectedly became essential when his parents’ health and circumstances changed, bringing them from Florida to live near him in Maryland. He explores the difference between having freedom and having the capacity to respond to what needs you, while reflecting on identity, intuition, relationships, family, and trusting a new season before you understand where it is leading.

In this episode, Maurice explores:

• Why completion doesn’t mean failure
• The difference between an empty calendar and an unencumbered life
• Learning to release identities that have served their purpose
• How “deleveraging” can create space for family, relationships, and purpose
• Why you don’t need to know what comes next before letting go
• The power of listening to your internal voice instead of constantly following the status quo
• How freedom can create greater capacity to be present for others

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On this episode of the Life On Podcast, Maurice Philogene sits down with Barry “Chip” Daniels, a retired U.S. Army Colonel who spent 28 years in the military and experienced firsthand what happens when leaders have the courage to challenge the status quo.

Chip shares the extraordinary story of the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment during its 2007 deployment to Iraq, where conditions on the ground forced leaders to question the strategy they had been trained to follow.

After suffering devastating losses, the unit made the decision to build an unlikely partnership with local Iraqi fighters who had previously been fighting against American forces.

That decision carried enormous risk. But it also helped transform the community, restore trust, push back against Al-Qaeda, and ultimately change what was happening on the ground.

The lessons extend far beyond the battlefield. Chip and Maurice explore institutional thinking, leadership, trusting your judgment, recognizing when the status quo isn't working, and having the courage to step outside the accepted playbook.

Chip also opens up about the challenges of transitioning out of a 28-year military career, recognizing the “blinders” that shape our decisions, and learning to ask what we actually want from our lives.

Sometimes the right answer isn't to follow the playbook. Sometimes it's to recognize that the playbook no longer fits.

About Resilience Warriors Rise

The story of Chip and the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment is also being documented in Resilience Warriors Rise, a documentary project produced with Nicole Amelio Kasper and the team at Amelio Media.

What began as an effort to capture the battalion’s experience has grown into a larger docuseries exploring the devastating losses they endured, the decisions that changed the course of their mission, the unlikely partnership formed between American soldiers and local Iraqi fighters, and what happened after those soldiers returned home.

The project also looks beyond the battlefield at the lasting impact of war. For Chip and the team behind Resilience Warriors Rise, telling these stories is about helping veterans reconnect, talk openly about experiences they may have carried privately for years, and helping soldiers and their families better understand the significance of what they were part of.

Watch and learn more about Resilience Warriors Rise:

https://youtu.be/bJLC1COM3Nk

https://youtu.be/3Oi7tEY_7Mk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g95c5dQOCgQ

More trailers and videos from Nicole Amelio Kasper and Amelio Media:

https://www.youtube.com/@nicoleameliocasper6848/videos

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Welcome to another episode of Try Life On! Today, Maurice sits down with Angela Marturano, co-founder and president of Orchid Holistic Search. Angela's mission is to place executives within the natural products industry, advocating for a shift away from harmful chemicals in daily products towards a more holistic and healthier lifestyle. Her dedication to promoting natural products reflects her deep passion for both individual well-being and environmental sustainability.

Residing in beautiful Costa Rica after relocating from Detroit, Angela now lives on her own farm with rich volcanic soil and grows a plethora of indigenous fruits and vegetables. Maurice is drawn to Angela because she exemplifies intentional living through her life, business, and sustainable farming practices. Her commitment to a holistic lifestyle and dedication to natural products make her a true embodiment of the Try Life On philosophy. Tune in to be inspired by Angela's journey and learn how you too can make more conscious choices in your daily life and try life on yourself!

Feeling inspired to live a more holistic lifestyle? Make sure to connect with Angela and tell her you heard her on Try Life On!

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What if the life you’re working so hard to build is actually keeping you from living?

In this special episode, Maurice Philogene visits Pete Durand on the Feeding Crows Podcast to talk about redefining success, building financial freedom, and creating a life centered on experiences, relationships, and freedom. Pete shares his unconventional journey through the military, law enforcement, corporate leadership, real estate, and entrepreneurship and how those experiences shaped his belief that money should create more options to live, not simply more things to own.

Together, they unpack how to break free from society’s definition of success and intentionally design a life around what matters most.

In this episode:

• Why financial freedom is really about creating life options, not becoming wealthy
• How your mental diet and environment shape the way you experience life
• Why service, relationships, travel, and curiosity can matter more than titles and money
• The three things Pete wants his sons to prioritize: be happy, be good, and learn how to make money grow

The goal isn’t to work harder so you can someday start living. It’s to build a life that gives you the freedom to live now.

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What if changing your life doesn’t mean starting over; it means taking everything you’ve learned and using it somewhere new? Kaj Larsen has built a life that refuses to follow a traditional path: Navy SEAL, war correspondent, investigative journalist, filmmaker, entrepreneur, investor, and now back in military service. But beneath every career move is the same guiding principle: service, adventure, and meaning first…money second.

In this conversation with Maurice Philogene, Kaj breaks down how he navigated major identity shifts, career setbacks, and reinvention without abandoning the experiences that made him who he is. He shares why you don't have to start from zero when you change careers—and how your past can help you leapfrog into your next chapter.

In this episode:

• Why shouldn’t your identity be limited to a single title or career
• How to turn past experiences into an advantage when changing directions
• The difference between technical innovation and transformational innovation
• Why mission, meaning, and adventure can be more powerful guides than money

You don't have to stay trapped in the identity you've already built. Your next chapter may simply require you to see how everything you've done can become the foundation for what's next.

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