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Comfort To Courage

Comfort to Courage Because courage is contagious. Hosted by Jen Josey, the Bestower of Badassery™, Comfort to Courage is a weekly podcast featuring inspiring conversations with people whose bold decisions changed the course of their lives. Every episode proves one simple truth: when one person chooses courage over comfort, it gives someone else permission to do the same. Maybe you"re standing at the edge of a decision you"ve been avoiding: a career change, a business launch, a difficult

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322 - From Corporate Finance to Craft Beer: Kristie...

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2026/10/05

What if the safest move in your career is the riskiest one? Kristie Nystedt spent more than two decades climbing the corporate finance ladder with zero plans to leave. Then a fourth company merger and her husband's airline filing for bankruptcy hit within two months of each other, and suddenly staying put looked like the bigger gamble. So she walked away from corporate America in 2012 and built Raleigh Brewing Company and ABS Commercial from the ground up, in an industry she had never worked in

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321 - Shame, Not Age, Is Killing Your Sex Life with...

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2026/09/28

What if everything you were told about midlife intimacy was wrong? Most of us were taught that once we hit our 40s and 50s, our sex life quietly fades and that's just the way it goes. Clinical sexologist Dr. Stacy Friedman says the real culprit isn't age at all. It's shame, and it has been running the show in far too many bedrooms for far too long. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Stacy, my very first expert guest on Comfort to Courage, to unpack where that shame comes from and how to break free

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320 - He Nearly Lost His Legs on a Zoom Call: Scott...

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2026/09/21

320 - He Nearly Lost His Legs on a Zoom Call: Scott Hanis on Rebuilding After Rock Bottom What do you do when the body you've been ignoring finally forces the conversation? For Scott Hanis, it happened mid-Zoom call: his legs turned black and blue, swelled up like tree trunks, and within hours he was in the ICU fighting blood clots that ran from his toes all the way to his inferior vena cava. Doctors told him he was fortunate to keep his legs, let alone his life. That single afternoon became the

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43:32

319 - From 20 Years in Corporate to 90,000 Followers:...

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2026/09/14

What happens when the identity you built for two decades stops fitting the life you actually want? Nicole Fiorella spent over 20 years climbing the corporate ladder in pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical talent acquisition, building the kind of career most people would call secure. Then a divorce, a career change, and a location change hit her all at once, not once, but twice in her life, and she chose to rebuild from scratch instead of staying comfortable. In this episode, Nicole breaks down

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50:33

318 - From Corporate SVP to Spiritual Practitioner:...

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2026/09/07

318 - From Corporate SVP to Spiritual Practitioner: Dr. Brandon Croud's Courage to Answer a Deeper Calling What happens when you spend 20 years climbing the corporate ladder, checking every box the world told you to check, and then one night a TikTok rabbit hole cracks your entire identity open? Dr. Brandon Croud knows exactly what that feels like. After building a two-decade career in mortgage underwriting and rising to Senior Vice President, while simultaneously becoming a nationally recognized

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317 - Robin Reed-Hicks Didn't Wait for Cancer. She...

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2026/08/31

After 25 years of biopsies, scans, and being told to just "keep monitoring it," Robin Reed-Hicks finally asked the question most women are too afraid to ask their doctors: why am I waiting for cancer to show up before I'm allowed to do something about it? In this episode, Robin shares the decision that turned her into a previvor: someone who takes proactive action before a diagnosis ever arrives, not after. Robin walks through the entire arc of her 25 year medical journey, from her first surgical

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41:28

316 - From Burnout to Betting on Herself: Kim Kelly...

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2026/08/24

From Burnout to Betting on Herself: Kim Kelly on Leading Under Pressure What happens when the version of you that looks the most successful on paper is actually the most unwell you've ever been? Kim Kelly spent two decades advising Fortune 500 companies, leading global teams, and making decisions with hundreds of millions of dollars riding on the outcome. From the outside, it looked like she had it all figured out. On the inside, she wasn't sleeping, wasn't eating, and was waking up at 2am in a

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43:02

315 - She Was Internally Decapitated. 98% Don't...

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2026/08/17

315 - She Was Internally Decapitated. 98% Don't Survive. Here's How Angie Breaux Rebuilt Her Real Estate Empire From a Hospital Bed In April 2022, real estate investor Angie Breaux was on the verge of closing a 120-home rental portfolio, sitting on a $200,000 stake in a cannabis facility, and building toward becoming the first millionaire in her family. Then a single car accident internally decapitated her, a survivable event in only two percent of cases. Most people who live through it never walk

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50:37

314 - Rock Bottom, Recovery, and the Red Hat: Larry...

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2026/08/10

314 - Rock Bottom, Recovery, and the Red Hat: Larry Roberts on Losing Everything and Choosing Courage He had 12 years of sobriety, a thriving podcast production company, a recognizable personal brand, and a speaking career that put him on stages across the country. And then, quietly and completely, he lost all of it. In this episode of Comfort to Courage, Larry Roberts, founder of Red Hat Media and one of the most recognized voices in the podcasting world, pulls back the curtain on his very public

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28:35

313 - How Alpha Funding Gets Investors to the Closing...

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2026/07/20

You found the deal. You ran the numbers. And then you lost it to another investor because your lender couldn't get you a proof of funds letter over the weekend. If that scenario makes your stomach drop, this episode is about to change how you fund every deal from here on out. Jen sits down with her husband and business partner Vance Josey, real estate broker, general contractor, and hard money lending expert with Alpha Funding, to pull back the curtain on how investors actually get deals financed

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43:37

312 - She Left Caregiving to Build Luxury Memory Care...

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2026/07/13

She watched residents cry alone on the floor, calls for help go unanswered, and a client ask her point blank, "Am I gonna die today?" That first shift as a professional caregiver didn't just break Nicole Becerra's heart. It gave her a mission. Instead of accepting that this was just how senior care worked, she asked a different question: what if it didn't have to be this way? In this episode, Nicole shares how she went from sitting bedside with dementia patients to acquiring raw land, navigating

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42:30

311 - Why This Investor Ditched Multifamily for Hot...

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2026/07/06

What if the smartest move in real estate right now isn't multifamily at all? While thousands of investors keep fighting over the same overpriced apartment deals, Zander Kemp walked away from 23 apartment buildings to chase something almost nobody else was building: luxury glamping and hot spring resorts parked right outside America's busiest national parks. In this episode, Zander, founder of Clear Summit Investments, breaks down exactly how he identified outdoor hospitality as a massively

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51:09

310 - The Pilot's Checklist That Built a $1 Billion...

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2026/06/29

310 - From Airline Pilot to $1 Billion Self Storage Empire: Ryan Gibson's Blueprint for Passive Wealth What if the same checklist that keeps a commercial jet from crashing could also keep your real estate deals from blowing up your bank account? That is the mindset Ryan Gibson brought from the cockpit to the boardroom, and it is the difference between investors who build lasting wealth and those who get burned chasing the next shiny deal. In this episode, Ryan, president of Spartan Investment

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38:45

309 - From Addiction Recovery to 1,100 Lots: The...

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2026/06/22

309 - From $250K to $570K in 14 Months: How Tim Woodbridge Built a Mobile Home Park Empire Through Recovery and Resilience What if the deal everyone told you was bad turned out to be the foundation of an 1,100 lot portfolio? Tim Woodbridge bought his first mobile home park for $250,000 in 2019 with only 10 of 36 lots occupied. Experienced investors told him to walk away. Fourteen months later, after bringing in new homes and raising occupancy, that same property appraised for $570,000 and he

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308 - He Lost 6 Figures as an LP and Then Became the...

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2026/06/15

308 - From 52 Houses to Fund Manager: How Tom St. John Built a Portfolio Powered by Discipline, Loss, and Unshakeable Due Diligence What happens when a single telescope changes everything? For Tom St. John, watching his father retire after 32 years at a power plant with nothing but a telescope as a gift was the moment that cracked his world open. That telescope became a symbol of what following the rules without building real assets actually gets you. Tom made a vow to find another way, and what

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49:32

307 - No W-2? No Problem. The Invisible Prime...

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2026/06/08

307 - The Invisible Prime Borrower: How Efri Argaman Is Unlocking Homeownership for 42 Million Americans What if the biggest barrier to homeownership in America wasn't money, it was the wrong measuring stick? Right now, an estimated 37 to 42 million people in this country have the income to buy a home, pay their rent on time every single month, and are still being turned away by the traditional lending system simply because their income doesn't come with a W-2. That's not a credit problem. That's

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42:32

306 - The Doctor Who Walked Away from $500K a Year to...

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2026/06/01

What if everything you were taught about building wealth was designed for someone else's benefit, not yours? High-income professionals, especially doctors, lawyers, and entrepreneurs, are earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and still ending up financially behind, buried in debt, crushed by taxes, and handing their futures over to Wall Street. In this episode of the Real Estate Investor Growth Network, Jen Josey sits down with Buck Joffrey, MD, a former cosmetic surgeon turned serial

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305 - He Produced 60 Days In and Duck Dynasty and Now...

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2026/05/26

What if the secret to dominating your real estate market had nothing to do with cash offers, fast closes, or undercutting your competition? Emmy-nominated television executive Brad Holcman spent 25 years in Hollywood making people impossible to ignore, and now he's revealing exactly how real estate investors can stop drowning in sameness, stand out in a crowded market, and become the only choice for motivated sellers. If your marketing sounds like everyone else's, this episode will change how you

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304 - Manufactured Housing Is Recession-Resilient?...

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2026/05/18

What if the most "boring" corner of real estate was actually one of the most recession-resilient ways to build durable cash flow, especially when inflation runs hot and interest rates stay high? In this episode, Matthew Riccadella breaks down why manufactured housing communities can see demand rise when the economy gets choppy and why that demand can translate into real pricing power. Matthew Ricciardella is the founder and CEO of Crystal View Capital, a private equity real estate firm

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303 - From Influencer to Micro Resort Owner: Steph...

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2026/05/11

303 - From Influencer to Micro Resort Owner: Steph Weber's Blueprint for Building a Profitable Hospitality Brand What if the biggest mistake short-term rental owners are making has nothing to do with design, pricing, or occupancy... and everything to do with branding? In this powerhouse episode, branding strategist and hospitality entrepreneur Steph Weber breaks down why relying solely on Airbnb is one of the riskiest moves investors can make and how building a real brand creates long-term wealth,

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