I'm Mike Hauser, an executive coach and Enneagram practitioner. After more than two decades coaching people through real-life challenges in relationships, leadership, and seasons of pressure and transition, I've seen how many people feel worn down by life or unsure where to turn when things stop working.

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I've always felt called to create something that offers encouragement, clarity, and a safe space to process your story, without pressure, politics, or judgment.

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The moment this podcast became real for me actually started in a conversation with my ADHD doctor. I told him about the book I felt called to write, a down-to-earth, non-churchy guide for navigating our relationship with ourselves, others, and, for those who want to explore it, God.

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He pushed me to explain why I believed it mattered, and after I shared the vision, he looked at me and said:

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“There’s a huge market for this. Publishers are waiting for this exact voice.”

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Then he added the line that changed everything:

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“The first question they’ll ask is: how many people are you bringing with you?”

 

He asked if I’d ever considered starting a podcast around these themes. I told him I had, and shared how one of my teenagers, who doesn’t share my faith worldview, once surprised me by saying:

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“Dad, you should do a podcast. I like the way you talk about stuff, and I think a lot of people would too.”

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Coming from a 16-year-old, that felt like a miracle in itself.

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My doctor leaned in and said with total confidence:

“Do the podcast first. Build the audience. Then walk into a publisher’s office. They’ll jump at it.”

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And that was the day I stopped thinking about this podcast and started building it.