Catherine Plano is an executive coach, leadership expert, author, and host of The Catherine Plano Podcast. Drawing from psychology, emotional intelligence, and decades of coaching leaders, Catherine helps people understand the patterns, beliefs, and emotional reactions that quietly shape how they experience the world.

In this conversation, we explore what our emotional triggers are actually trying to tell us, why curiosity is one of the most powerful tools for personal growth, and how the stories we carry influence the way we respond to conflict, relationships, and ourselves. Catherine shares practical ways to create space between reaction and response, challenge unconscious patterns, and better understand the inner narratives driving our behavior.

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TOPICS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What your emotional triggers are really trying to tell you
• How curiosity interrupts reactive thinking
• Why the stories you believe shape the life you experience

CONNECT WITH CATHERINE PLANO:

• Website: https://www.catherineplano.com.au/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catherineplano
• Listen to ‘The Catherine Plano Podcast’: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8vdgXprgfHf9wrSJnPbn

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Jeremy Jernigan spent two decades in ministry, eventually leading a megachurch before walking away from the role that had defined his entire adult life. Today, through his book The Edge of the Inside, he helps people navigate the difficult space between who they've been and who they're becoming.

In this conversation, we explore the psychology of identity loss, the hidden cost of bitterness, and why healing requires more than simply moving on. Jeremy shares what it took to let go of the need to defend himself, why becoming fully present to our pain is part of recovery, and how embracing the "death" of an old life can become the beginning of a more authentic one.

WATCH EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/heatherparady

TOPICS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• How to move through bitterness without minimizing what happened
• Rebuilding your identity after losing the role that once defined you
• Being deeply misunderstood (while following your calling)

CONNECT WITH JEREMY JERNIGAN:

• Order ‘The Edge of Inside’: https://www.jeremyjernigan.com/edge-of-the-inside

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• Follow Heather on IG: https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/
• Access Full Show Notes Here: https://www.heatherparady.com/blog/176

Quique Escamilla is a Mexican Mayan-Zapotec singer-songwriter, storyteller, and cultural advocate whose work explores identity, history, and the stories we choose to preserve. Drawing from his upbringing in Chiapas, Mexico, Quique creates music that invites people to look beyond headlines and rediscover the humanity behind the issues that shape our world.

In this conversation, we explore how an artist's worldview is formed, the responsibility of creative work, and what it means to remain faithful to your convictions when it comes at a personal cost. Quique discusses curiosity as a creative discipline, why meaningful art often begins with asking better questions, and how music can preserve history, challenge assumptions, and help us see people (and ourselves) more clearly.

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TOPICS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• How curiosity can become an artist's greatest creative tool
• Why staying true to your work sometimes means sacrificing opportunity
• How to create art that helps people see the world differently

CONNECT WITH QUIQUE ESCAMILLA:

• Website: https://www.quiqueescamilla.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quique_escamilla/

CONNECT WITH HEATHER:

• Follow Heather on IG: https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/
• Access Full Show Notes Here: https://www.heatherparady.com/blog/175