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Abstract Essay

Abstract Essay is a podcast that explores the deeper layers of thought, creativity, and the human experience. Blending the reflective tone of personal essays with the conversational energy of an intimate dialogue, each episode takes listeners on a journey through ideas that challenge, inspire, and illuminate. From philosophy and art to culture and identity, the podcast invites guests who are thinkers, storytellers, and visionaries to share their insights in a free-flowing, thought-provoking format

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24:07

Liz Watt: Overcoming Burnout and Achieving Holistic...

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2026/09/01

Liz WattHelping leaders and individuals achieve holistic success—personally and professionally.I share a real-life, grounded approach to holistic wellness and success. I’ve walked through burnout, health challenges, leadership pressure, and the constant pull to do more while trying not to lose yourself in the process. Through that journey, I’ve learned that true success doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from learning how to support your mind, body, and purpose in sustainable ways.As an author,

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33:54

Alan Gillanders: Quantum Spirituality and the Sacred...

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2026/08/31

Alan GillandersAuthor, Speaker, Teacher of Quantum Spirituality. In the silence, the only sound that exists is “The Sacred Hum of I AM.Alan Gillanders has always had an inquiring mind, asking, "What is truth?", a timeless question at the core of existence. With decades of study in metaphysics, quantum theory, consciousness, and ancient spiritual teachings and traditions, Alan weaves together the mystical and the scientific, offering a voice that is both intuitive and analytical. Having witnessed and

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22:31

Bryan Kramer: Why Being Human Is Your Best...

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2026/08/30

Bryan KramerBeing Human is Your Best Competitive AdvantageCalled the “Zen Master to Digital Marketers” by Forbes, Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, two-time bestselling author and Forbes contributor.He is CEO of H2H Companies, an executive coaching company, and co-owner of PureMatter, a Silicon Valley marketing agency founded in 2001, which earned a spot as one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” by the Silicon Valley Business

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19:14

Podcasting and the Law: Gordon Firemark on Copyright,...

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2026/08/29

Gordon FiremarkThe Podcast Lawyer™Gordon Firemark has practiced media, entertainment and business law in solo practice since 1992. In podcasting circles, he is known as The Podcast Lawyer™, and is producer and host of the Entertainment Law Update podcast (since 2009), and author of the Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’’s Legal Survival Guide. His undergraduate degree in radio, television and film and experience in live theatre production informs his thinking about all things legal. In addition

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25:42

Michelle Masters: The Coaches’ Coach on Money Magic,...

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2026/08/28

Michelle Mastershe Coaches' CoachA Personal Development Trainer and Coach since 1995, Michelle Masters’work is an innovative alchemy of Neuro-Science based change techniques, Family Constellation work, and quantum healing modalities, combined with profound understandings of what creates transformation and lasting change for people.Her popular Money Magic workshop, and the book that followed, have helped people all over the world to transform their lives and money. She has been nicknamed The Coaches’

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25:00

Miriam Groom: How Behavioural Psychology Can...

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2026/08/22

Miriam GroomMiriam Groom, Behavioural Profiler & Career TherapistMiriam Groom is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Career, a psychologist-led career strategy firm helping individuals align their careers with who they are, psychologically and professionally.With a Master’s in Psychology and over 20 years of experience in recruitment and human capital, including leadership roles at KPMG, Miriam combines behavioural science with real-world market insight to help people make clear, confident career

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27:54

Matt Thomas: From Software Engineering Executive to...

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2026/08/19

Matt ThomasMatt Thomas PoetryMatt Thomas is a smallholder farmer, engineer, and poet. His poetry has appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review, Ponder Review, Hampden-Sydney Review, Hiram Review, Dunes Review, Avalon Literary Review, Galway Review, Milk House Review, Cleaver Magazine, Elm Leaves Review, River Heron Review, The Thieving Magpie, Common House Magazine, The Broken Plate, Hawk & Whippoorwill, Spellbinder Magazine, Pinhole Poetry, Slab Magazine, Kestrel, Susurrus Magazine, Temz Review,

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23:46

Master the Art of Managing Violence: Christopher...

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2026/08/15

Christopher ThompsonInstructor Thompson of Dragonfly academy of integrated defensive arts and My self defense studio..Salutatuons!I'm instructor Thompson, a firearms instructor, range safety officer, certified firearms specialists ( allows me to testify in court on firearms and ammunition) and a martial arts instructor. I have twenty seven years in as a teacher, and a practitioner of 31 in Ed Parkers Kenpo.To keep it brief in 2014 a student of mine was brutally, murdered with a knife. He wasn't just

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29:31

Todd Sarner: The Calm and Connected Parent...

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2026/08/11

Todd SarnerTodd Sarner is a licensed psychotherapist, parent coach, and founder of Transformative Parenting. Since 2004, he has helped thousands of parents create calmer homes, stronger relationships, and more cooperation with their children without relying on punishments, scripts, or constant power struggles.Todd’s work is grounded in attachment science, developmental psychology, and neuroscience. He is a former faculty member of the Neufeld Institute and was mentored within Dr. Gordon Neufeld’s

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31:51

Kasey Jackson: Inventing the Hunkerin Stool,...

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2026/08/07

Kasey JacksonThe BattleAxe, Son Of God, Husband, Father, Warrior: Body, Mind & Soul, Entrepreneur, Inventor, Martial Artist, BJJ Blackbelt, Builder, Autodidact, Bushido, Kaizen, & Ikigai.I'm Kasey F. Jackson, a husband, father and the inventor of the Hunkerin Stool. I have been an athlete my whole life, football, MMA, Ju-Jitsu and strongman competitor. After years of destroying my body, I was led to invent the Hunkerin Stool so I had a better way to rest in a deep squat. Alongside my wife,

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25:40

Abstrac Essay, now in its sixth season, welcomes...

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2026/08/03

Sarah TurnerBrain Red Light ExpertSarah is the founder and CEO of CeraThrive, with a science background and a focused interest in how light influences biology, particularly circadian rhythms, mitochondrial function, and brain health.Her perspective is shaped not only by research, but by hands-on experience, including involvement in clinical trials in neurodegeneration, where she saw first-hand the impact that targeted light therapies can have.What makes her valuable to podcast audiences is her

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27:44

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features Ingeborg...

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2026/08/01

Ingeborg MooiweerSuccessful in business. But Love hurts?Ingeborg Mooiweer is an executive coach with 35 years of experience helping high-achieving executives break the patterns that make them brilliant at work and struggling at home.She helps executives who have built everything they wanted, except a love life that works.I grew up with a narcissistic mother. I didn't have language for it then, I just knew that love felt conditional, that being enough meant being safe, and that I learned to read

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00:26:55

Abstract Essay, now in its sixth season, welcomes...

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2026/07/31

Thomas AddisonNot Just Talk! I have been there. Business Consulting Services for Growth Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), and Duke MBAThomas Addison is an exit planning advisor, AI strategist, and serial business owner who has been on every side of the transaction table. He lost $1.55M on a business re-entry that looked right on paper — then used what he learned to acquire a garage door company, make money and sell it, execute a 2x exit on a sandwich franchise, and build a federal contracting

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00:26:47

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features Jobert...

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2026/07/24

Jobert E. Abueva Author, The Janus Plan (Sept 2026) | TEDx Speaker | Driving Global Impact: Philanthropy, Marketing, Nonprofit Board ServiceJobert E. Abueva grew up between worlds. Born in the Philippines and raised across Nepal, Thailand, and Japan through his father's academic work, he has spent his career learning that the hardest threshold to cross is the one inside yourself. The Janus Plan is what he found on the other side. A global marketing and philanthropy executive at ETS (Princeton,

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00:28:23

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features Anne P....

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2026/07/19

Anne P. Mitchell is an attorney, and law professor and dean emeritus. A graduate of Stanford Law School, she has had a a storied career first as one of the first two attorneys in the United States advocating for children to have an ongoing relationship with their fathers after the disuniting of the family, and then as the first anti-spam lawyer in the U.S., and going on to write part of our Federal anti-spam law.In January of 2025 she started battling the misinformation on social media around the

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00:27:54

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features Jeaneen...

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2026/07/16

Jeaneen TangJeaneen Tang, MS, CCC-SLPJeaneen Tang is a speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of experience working with early intervention (0-3 years old) to the elderly. She specializes in early language development and has a passion for training parents, caregivers, and other educators on how to best to address the needs of young children with learning to understand and express themselves. Her goal is to shake up how we approach language development and to decrease the number of children

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00:25:50

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features James...

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2026/07/15

James PerdueProfessor of PerseveranceJames became a quadriplegic, dislocating three vertebra in his neck, from playing a football game. The doctor said, "James, I'm sorry. You'll never walk again and you might be paralyzed from your neck down." Later, the doctor advised his family to place him in a nursing home; he would be too much of a burden for them to take care.Dr. James Perdue, Professor of Perseverance, worked hard to achieve success as an award-winning educator and

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00:20:45

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features Jennifer...

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2026/07/14

Jennifer BallowSocial Worker Writes Book About Tooth Fairy to Help Kids Connect with CaregiversMy name is Jennifer Ballow and I’m a social worker and children’s book author in Austin. I wrote a children's picture book about the Tooth Fairy, called Under My Pillow.The story is about five-year-old Sam, who loses her first tooth. At her mom’s direction, Sam puts the tooth under her pillow for the tooth fairy, but the following day, it’s gone! No tooth and no present. Sam writes a letter to the

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00:24:19

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features Adrienne...

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2026/07/13

Adrienne Wilkerson is the co-founder and CEO of Beacon Media + Marketing, a national digital marketing agency specializing in mental and behavioral health organizations. She started her first business in 2001, is an Inc. 5000 winner for three consecutive years, a published author, and the host of The Beacon Way podcast. Adrienne helps founders and leaders stop second-guessing their marketing and start showing up in a way that actually reflects the mission they built their business around, because

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00:25:45

Abstract Essay in its sixth season, features Joe Hehn...

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2026/07/12

Joe HehnMindset Expert + Spiritual Teacher | Helping Leaders and Teams Show Up as Souls, Not Roles | Mastering Consciousness to Transform Work + LifeJoe Hehn (pronounced Hayne) is a mindset expert and spiritual teacher helping leaders and teams show up as souls, not roles by mastering their consciousness. He works with entrepreneurs as well as companies like eBay, Salesforce, and Novartis, bridging spirituality and science to transform how people experience work and life.

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