{"podcast":{"title":"Wholehearted with Shawn Zajas","slug":"wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588","podcast_index_feed_id":6410588,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/shawn-zajas-show/","website_url":"https://shawnzajas.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ea40e6f8-01bb-4d2e-b5ec-cf48de12c96b/wholehearted-cover-light.jpg","author":"Shawn Zajas","episode_count":93,"summary":"Somewhere along the way, a lot of good men lost heart. Not their nerve — their heart. The part that used to hope, create, and believe it could still be good. It got buried under shame, under failure, under the quiet verdict that it's too late for them now. Wholehearted is for those men. This is a show about the who, not the what. I've spent years sitting across from people in the middle of their story — not the polished \"after,\" the messy middle — and I've never gotten tired of the same thing: the beauty that comes out of brokenness when a person is finally seen and finally honest. So that's what we do here. Real conversations with people who've walked through moral failure, loss, addiction, doubt, or the slow death of a dream — and found their way back to life. No advice. No fixing. No five-step formulas. Just presence, honesty, faith, and the stubborn belief that restoration is real and no one is past it. If you're a man who's quietly given up on part of yourself — or you love someone who has — pull up a chair. You're not as far gone as the shame keeps telling you that you are. It all starts at the root: becoming whole. From there comes authentic brilliance, and a life that crea…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:21:20.464259+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588"},"episode":{"title":"92 : Dino Watt: Why He Walks Different (And Why That Became His Superpower)","slug":"92-dino-watt-why-he-walks-different-and-why-that-became-his-superpower","published_at":"2026-04-24T13:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588/92-dino-watt-why-he-walks-different-and-why-that-became-his-superpower","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wholehearted-with-shawn-zajas-6410588","url":"https://shawn-zajas-show.captivate.fm/episode/92-dino-watt-why-he-walks-different-and-why-that-became-his-superpower","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2cb573a8-7a43-402c-ba01-b57c189bb604.mp3","summary":"Dino Watt grew up in a broken home. His parents divorced when he was eight. He lived in a five-by-ten trailer with no running water as a teenager. He has dyslexia. He never went to college. He is also one of the most respected relationship coaches in the dental industry, a keynote speaker, an author, and a man who has been married to his wife Shannon for 33 years. In this conversation, Dino shares the frameworks, stories, and hard-won truths behind a life that looks nothing like a straight line. You will hear the moment his wife came out of the bathroom after a year-long road trip and told him she could not do another year of financial uncertainty. The stranger at a dental event who looked at him and said \"you walk different\" and changed everything. The talk where he apologized for not having a college degree and his wife met him backstage with four words that stopped him cold. This is a conversation about marriage, money, meaning, and why in a world of curated perfection, the messy is what makes you relatable. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 Why Dino Watt stands out 01:00 Growing up in a broken home 02:30 Dyslexia and learning from television 05:00 The day his dad drove away 09:00 The braces story and becoming his mother's protector 11:30 Living in a trailer with no running water 16:00 The early calling to teach marriage 22:00 The Attribution Model: Being, Output, Outcome 27:00 The night Shannon said she couldn't do another year 30:00 Building a culture before a marriage 33:00 The adult children years nobody warns you about 37:00 Security and validation: the two drivers for women 44:00 Money, shame, and praying over the toilet 50:00 Experience over things 55:00 The gift of range and a multi-skilled career 01:00:00 \"You walk different\" 01:08:00 His son's suicidality 01:11:00 The char…","meta_description":"Dino Watt grew up in a broken home. 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