{"podcast":{"title":"Leading Visionaries Podcast","slug":"leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551","podcast_index_feed_id":6419551,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/leading-visionaries-pod/","website_url":"https://www.leadingvisionariespodcast.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/48a1f9c3-862c-46ad-be8a-fc06a5e02ce5/LVP-8X-Award-Winning.jpeg","author":"Anjel B Hartwell & The Creative Age Consulting Group","episode_count":179,"summary":"Featuring emerging and established Leading Visionaries from across industries, areas of expertise and new fields that may not yet be on everyone’s radar, Leading Visionaries is where audiences can expect stellar conversations that spotlight, celebrate and elevate the people thinking differently, seeing new possibilities, dreaming big, taking inspired action and creating conscious change. Our guests are visionary founders and seasoned leaders who have already made an impact within their organizations, industries and orbits of influence - and who are bringing even bigger visions into reality. Through candid, deep-dive conversations, we explore the courage, clarity and confidence required to create what does not yet exist, along with the decisions, strategies, resources and transformations involved in moving a vision from idea to reality. Leading Visionaries is produced by the Creative Age Consulting Group, where we work with visionary founders and seasoned leaders to monetize their vision, expertize their leadership, or further capitalize on what they’ve already built. Because big visions require more than inspiration. They require a clear, revenue-amplifying business strategy capab…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-29T16:22:49.429405+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551"},"episode":{"title":"From Homeless Teen to Financial Wellness Visionary with Matt Paradise - 120","slug":"from-homeless-teen-to-financial-wellness-visionary-with-matt-paradise-120","published_at":"2026-02-10T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551/from-homeless-teen-to-financial-wellness-visionary-with-matt-paradise-120","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551","url":"https://leading-visionaries-pod.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://growx.podkite.com/https/PKjvk092tx/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8ffc2255-09d3-4f82-ad2b-86e1ee41dd13.mp3","summary":"What does it really mean to lead from lived experience? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Matt Paradise, a financial wellness speaker, award-winning author, and resilience-driven leader whose life journey spans homelessness, addiction recovery, cancer survival, and entrepreneurship. This episode is a reminder that vision requires capacity, leadership requires hope, and sustainable success begins when we humanize the bottom line. What You Will Learn: How lived experience can become a powerful foundation for visionary leadership. Why financial stress is never just about money, and how it impacts emotional health, decision-making, and performance. The difference between financial wellness and financial survival. How the eight domains of wellbeing are interconnected and inseparable. Why vision without stability is difficult to sustain. How mentors and external intervention can radically alter life trajectories. What it means to lead from service rather than status. Why healthcare professionals are uniquely vulnerable to financial stress and burnout. How reducing financial stress improves focus, creativity, and organizational outcomes. Why hope is an essential ingredient in leadership, healing, and long-term success. Resource: Matt Paradise Website Leading Visionaries Podcast Join the Leading Visionaries Community Make a Donation to Support the Show Creative A ge Consulting Group","meta_description":"What does it really mean to lead from lived experience? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Matt Paradise, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1788,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551/episodes/from-homeless-teen-to-financial-wellness-visionary-with-matt-paradise-120/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551/from-homeless-teen-to-financial-wellness-visionary-with-matt-paradise-120.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}