Living Your Legacy
A podcast that brings you closer to the individuals who have built the brands, businesses, and movements that inspire us all. Each episode features an in-depth conversation with one of the dynamic entrepreneurs from all walks of life, offering listeners a front-row seat to their journeys, insights, and expertise. Through candid dialogue, discover how these innovators turned their ideas into thriving enterprises, the challenges they overcame, and the lessons they learned along the way. From behind-the-scenes stories of building their legacies to actionable advice on leadership, marketing, mindset, and more, this podcast is your guide to applying their wisdom to...
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How a Plastic Surgeon Turned His Son’s Diagnosis Into a Lifelong Mission
<p>What happens when a surgeon encounters a medical condition he knows nothing about in his own child? Dr. Marcelo Hochman, founder of The Facial Surgery Center, reveals how his son's hemangioma opens an unexpected chapter in his career, leading him into the world of pediatric facial reconstructive surgery and humanitarian medicine. From treating children with complex vascular anomalies to building an independent medical practice, his journey challenges conventional ideas of success. He also confronts the dangers of social media beauty standards, misleading facelift trends, and the pursuit of impossible perfection. Through personal experiences, difficult decisions, and decades of patient...
Why This Speech Therapist Left Traditional Healthcare
<p>When her son's unexplained health struggles are dismissed as normal, speech-language pathologist Margaret Stoch begins questioning everything she knows about healthcare. Her search for answers exposes overlooked connections between tongue ties, airway health, sleep, and chronic dysfunction, including symptoms she experiences herself. Frustrated by the limitations of traditional treatment, she leaves the hospital system and builds Advanced Therapy & Wellness Center around root-cause care. On Living Your Legacy, Margaret challenges conventional speech therapy, explores the importance of patient advocacy, and reveals why families must question what they are told is normal. As she prepares to release her book and reach...
How a Contractor Built a Business Without Doing Construction
<p>What if building a successful construction company doesn't require doing the construction yourself?</p><p>Vladimir Svirsky, founder of Right Image Builders, challenges the traditional contractor business model by focusing on sales, trust, and strategic partnerships instead of hands-on labor. Starting with little construction knowledge, he learns to build customer relationships, assemble skilled subcontractors, and manage projects through a largely virtual operation.</p><p>But expanding from California to Florida introduces an entirely new challenge: finding reliable people in an unfamiliar market. How does he maintain quality, protect his reputation, and keep projects moving without personally supervising every job?<...
How a Widowed Entrepreneur Rebuilt Her Life After Tragedy
<p>What happens when the life you've built disappears overnight? After losing her husband to suicide in 2020, entrepreneur and actress Paula Kim faces an unimaginable reality: raising two young children while navigating grief, family conflict, and overwhelming responsibility.</p><p>On Living Your Legacy, Paula opens up about the emotional weight of loss, the turning point that leads her to seek therapy, and the resilience required to keep moving forward. From running a tax business and investing in real estate to pursuing filmmaking and supporting fellow widows, she challenges the idea that tragedy must define your future.</p><p>But...
Why This Award-Winning Psychologist Says We're Living a Lie
<p></p><p>What if everything people believe about reality is wrong? Dr. M. Teri Daunter, clinical psychologist and three-time international award-winning author of The Quantum Life, challenges conventional thinking about consciousness, identity, and human potential. After an extraordinary personal experience transforms her understanding of existence, she dedicates her work to bridging psychology and spirituality. In this episode of Living Your Legacy, she explores quantum consciousness, the power of meditation, and how societal conditioning shapes human behavior. With four decades of clinical experience, she reveals why people surrender control over their thinking, what it means to question accepted reality, and...
How a Tax Entrepreneur Scaled From 50 to 4,500 Clients
<p>What does it take to grow a home-based tax service into a thriving accounting business without becoming trapped by its success? On Living Your Legacy, entrepreneur Liliana Hernandez shares the journey from serving 50 clients to building three offices and a team of 22. But behind that growth lies a challenge many founders recognize: the fear of letting go.</p><p>From long hours and burnout to difficult decisions about delegation, Liliana explores the personal cost of entrepreneurship and the mindset shifts that redefine leadership. She also reflects on growing up in a crowded household, working alongside her siblings, and honoring...
How a Mom Built a National Sportswear Brand
<p>What does it take to build a national fashion brand while raising three children? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Kate Davis, founder and CEO of Love All, to explore her journey from launching a luxury stationery business as a new mother to creating a growing women's sportswear brand. After successfully selling her first company, Kate identifies an unmet need for timeless, stylish tennis apparel and turns it into an opportunity. But entering the fashion industry brings unexpected challenges, from manufacturing mistakes and international sourcing to betting on inventory before securing orders. As Love All expands...
How a Female Tattoo Artist Redefined the Industry
<p>What happens when a female tattoo artist refuses to follow the industry's rules? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Daila McGee, known professionally as Love Her Inc., to explore her journey from working the front desk at a male-dominated tattoo shop to owning Heart and Hand Luxury Body Adornments in Brandon, Florida. After watching female clients struggle to find artists who understood their vision, Daila discovers an opportunity to turn her creativity into a career. But building a luxury tattoo studio means more than mastering technique. She navigates difficult client requests, ethical boundaries, and the growing...
Why Most Construction Business Owners Never Scale
<p>What does it take to turn one construction job into a business built for growth? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Adam Kiger, founder of Good Old Boys Construction, to explore his leap from heavy equipment operator to construction entrepreneur. Starting with a single deck project and no guaranteed pipeline, Adam builds his business through word-of-mouth referrals, reputation, and relentless determination. But as projects multiply, doing everything himself becomes his biggest obstacle. From hiring crew leaders to delegating responsibilities and developing a business growth strategy, Adam confronts the difficult transition from hands-on contractor to company leader...
How a Single Mom Built a Sales Empire
<p>What happens when losing your job becomes the opportunity to build your own future? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Jenn Hildebrandt, founder of TfL Collective, to explore her journey from 14 years in corporate sales to coaching women in high-ticket entrepreneurship. After losing her job, Jenn takes a leap of faith and builds a business around financial independence, flexibility, and motherhood. She shares why monetizing existing skills, understanding sales psychology, and building a personal brand can open new opportunities. But leaving a nine-to-five requires more than ambition. Jenn explores the limiting beliefs, fear, and inconsistency that...
