{"podcast":{"title":"The ThriveWell Journey | Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Life After Disruption","slug":"the-thrivewell-journey-entrepreneurship-leadership-life-after-disruption-6999442","podcast_index_feed_id":6999442,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/thethrivewelljourney/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.thethrivewelljourney.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/thethrivewelljourney/20251222_021217_f8924c8bbd3115a178545411f87014ae.jpg","author":"L. Michael Burt | ThriveWell Journey - Entrepreneurial Leadership & Life After Disruption","episode_count":88,"summary":"The ThriveWell Journey: Let’s Make Thriving Our New Normal A transformation podcast for entrepreneurs, leaders, and creators navigating disruption, reinvention, and identity shifts while building something meaningful. Hosted by L. Michael Burt, the show explores entrepreneurship, leadership, and sustainable success through the lens of transformation, identity, and alignment. It is designed for those who have experienced burnout, life disruption, health challenges, career shifts, or internal turning points and are seeking a grounded way to move forward without losing themselves in the process. Through recorded conversations with founders, creators, and change-makers, along with Live Friday sessions called \"Friday Night Lives\" focused on real-time recalibration, the podcast offers insight into rebuilding clarity, redefining success, and leading from who you are becoming, not who you used to be. This is not about hustle or grind. It is about navigating change, integrating growth, and building a life and business that supports long-term well-being, purpose, and impact. If you are in a season of reinvention and ready to create what comes next with intention, The ThriveWell Journey is h…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T22:20:28.384891+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thrivewell-journey-entrepreneurship-leadership-life-after-disruption-6999442"},"episode":{"title":"Be the Cause When Life Feels Unstable: Faith, Love, Marriage & Purpose","slug":"be-the-cause-when-life-feels-unstable-faith-love-marriage-purpose","published_at":"2026-04-25T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thrivewell-journey-entrepreneurship-leadership-life-after-disruption-6999442/be-the-cause-when-life-feels-unstable-faith-love-marriage-purpose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thrivewell-journey-entrepreneurship-leadership-life-after-disruption-6999442","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thethrivewelljourney/2765696","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/285553/2765696/thethrivewelljourney/2026_04_25_00_54_59_61be1cb4-c14d-44ed-b180-f0e93fa5d9d5.mp3","summary":"In this Friday Night Live episode of The ThriveWell Journey Podcast , L. Michael Burt brings back Reagan, Chris Gibson, and Marc Davis for an honest, unfiltered conversation about life, love, faith, friendship, marriage, identity, and the pressure people are carrying right now. This episode moves like real life. It starts with old friends catching up, but quickly opens into deeper questions: What changes when you finally become open to love? How do you keep a marriage strong for 24 years? What happens when your children grow up and your home enters a new season? How do you stay hopeful when politics, education, social media, and the economy feel chaotic? Reagan talks about healing, femininity, love after independence, and the courage it takes to admit she is ready to be fully loved. Chris shares his journey toward completing his doctorate, leading as a principal, preparing for an empty nest, and honoring a marriage that has lasted through growth, pressure, and change. Marc brings a grounded perspective on purpose, service, writing, business, and staying open to the next chapter without forcing the outcome. Together, the conversation becomes a living example of what The ThriveWell Journey is about: real people navigating real pressure while choosing faith, responsibility, love, and purpose over fear. This is not a polished panel pretending life is easy. This is a real conversation about becoming, rebuilding, and choosing who you are going to be when the world gives you every reason to react. What You’ll Hear in This Episode Reagan opens up about turning 48, becoming open to love, and realizing that healing has changed how she sees partnership, femininity, and being cared for. Chris Gibson talks about doctoral work, leadership in education, his children graduating, and w…","meta_description":"In this Friday Night Live episode of The ThriveWell Journey Podcast , L. 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