Episodes

Send us a text What if the biggest return on education isn’t just a diploma, but financial peace and real choice for your family. In this episode of Doing Business With a Servant’s Heart, Steve Ramona sits down with college‑planning expert Brad Baldridge. Brad shares how many families dive into college planning too late and end up scrambling — financially and emotionally. He unpacks what he calls “late stage college planning” — the critical stretch in high school when you visit schools, submi...

Send us a text What if the biggest barrier between you and real connection is noise? In today’s episode, you sit down with Steve Woodruff — a seasoned communicator who’s spent decades refining one essential tool: clarity. We plunge right into a powerful truth: no matter how noble your intentions, without clear communication your message gets lost in the fog. Listeners will feel the weight and urgency of that struggle. You’ll follow Steve’s journey — from early experiences in sales, marketing,...

Send us a text What if a single decision could change everything? When Dan Capello looked at a photo and didn’t recognize the man staring back, it triggered a reckoning. At over 300 pounds, Dan had reached his physical limit—but the weight of unprocessed childhood trauma was far heavier. In this vulnerable and powerful episode of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart, Steve Ramona sits down with Dan to explore his radical journey of healing, purpose, and service. You’ll hear how Dan went from...

Send us a text Have you ever sat quietly and asked yourself, “How will I serve someone today and make an impact that matters?” On this episode of EPIC Impact™ with Steve Ramona, we dive into exactly that. Today’s guest, Ian Garlic, is the storyteller behind the scenes transforming ordinary testimonials into emotionally charged case‑stories that convert, connect, and cascade into success. Ian walks us through his journey—from seeing Google searches, YouTube funnels and marketing noise, t...

Send us a text What if building culture wasn’t just a “nice‑to‑have,” but the very backbone of business success and human fulfilment? In this episode of the EPIC Impact™ podcast, Steve Ramona sits down with Lyndsay Dowd, seasoned leader turned author and culture disruptor, to explore how culture and impact are inseparable in business and life. Lyndsay’s story begins in the high‑pressure world of corporate sales, managing a $150 million quota at IBM, where she discovered that the real breakthr...

Send us a text What if the quiet story you’ve carried could become the guiding light someone else needs? In this conversation, host Steve Ramona invites Diane Wyzga to uncover how she turned deep personal pain into powerful purpose and crafted a path of service through story. Diane shows up as the character who once felt invisible, rooted in the fear and pain of being silenced. She shares the genuine emotion of survival and re‑emergence — the moment when she chose to reclaim her voice and hel...

Send us a text What happens when the greatest of all time kneels to honor someone we’ve almost forgotten? In this powerful conversation, Roy Firestone takes us behind the scenes to a moment with Muhammad Ali that forever changed how he sees what a champion truly is. Roy, the Emmy‑Award winning journalist and master interviewer, brings to life the story of an elderly fan in a nursing home in South Beach, how Ali listened, how he bowed, how he affirmed dignity—and in that moment revealed ...

Send us a text What if the way you support your team becomes the very thing that elevates your business? In this episode I sit down with Marshall, founder of Stretch Dollar, and we explore how small businesses can serve their people by rethinking health benefits, and in doing so create something bigger than just a paycheck. We meet Marshall: a fellow Monarch‑alumnus, innovator, former startup teammate, now builder. He shares the emotional weight of layoffs, the spark of waking up with a...

Send us a text What if the very job you dismiss as “just work” could become your anchor, your launchpad, and your story of purpose? In this episode, host Steve Ramona invites author and entrepreneur Ken Rusk onto the show to explore how a fifteen‑year‑old ditch‑digger can rise to build a multi‑million‑dollar blue‑collar business and help others find their own path to comfort, peace and freedom. From that hole in the fence behind his high school—walking into an industrial park, dumping trucks ...

Send us a text What if the key to business success isn’t selling harder, but serving deeper? In this episode of the Podcast, host Steve Ramona welcomes networking leader Chris Borja into a candid conversation about rebuilding business around human connection, intention, and service. Chris opens up about his journey—from introverted professional who dreaded networking to founder of a vibrant community grounded in connection rather than transactions. We meet him at a pivotal moment when h...

Send us a text Have you ever thought about how fragile the world is when the internet stops working—and what it means to build something that lasts, even when storms come? In this episode of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart, your host Steve Ramona sits down with cyber‑pioneer and risk strategist George Usi, whose journey from backbone design engineer to CEO of a cyber‑governance company mirrors the transformation businesses must undergo today. George opens up by sharing a moment of child...

Send us a text Have you ever felt like something unseen was guiding your business or your life, yet you couldn’t quite identify what it was? In this episode, we dive into that invisible realm with Gail Hoag and Gregory Hoag—two pioneers of sacred geometry who have spent decades turning spiritual insight into practical service. Gail (artist, intuitive, business consultant) and Gregory (scientist, sacred‑geometry technologist) are our characters. Their emotion: a deep longing to serve, to...

Send us a text What happens when you lose over $100 million and everything you thought defined your worth? For David Meltzer, it became the moment that saved his life. In this emotionally raw and powerfully honest episode, Steve Ramona welcomes global thought leader David Meltzer, a man who once stood at the top of the sports agency world, only to hit rock bottom in public view. But David’s story isn’t about loss. It’s about what you find when the noise of ego, status, and striving fades. You...

Send us a text What if doing business wasn’t just about profit—but purpose? Today on EPIC Impact™, host Steve Ramona sits down with international strategist Philippe Szolota—broadcasting live from Zagreb, Croatia—to explore how a servant’s heart changes the game in business and life. Philippe begins as our relatable character: an entrepreneur who’s launched his business in Croatia, then expanded into the U.S. and U.K. markets, navigating cultural shifts, setbacks and breakthroughs. You’ll fee...

Send us a text What happens when you go from wearing a uniform to powering homes, and discover that service is the true currency of business? In this episode of the EPIC Impact™ Podcast, your host Steve Ramona sits down with international‑minded entrepreneur Anders Nilbrink — born in Sweden, veteran of the Swedish Armed Forces for 22 years, now helping homeowners in California choose a brighter path through solar energy. Anders’ story begins with a relatable character (himself) at a crossroad...

Send us a text What if everything you thought you were doing “right” with your money was actually setting you up to lose? In this gripping and gut-punching episode, Steve Ramona welcomes Joe Lombardi, a man whose wisdom about wealth is born not just from strategy, but from soul. Joe is a financial strategist with a servant’s heart who reveals how most people make all the right moves for all the wrong reasons—buying term life, maxing out 401ks, blindly following accountants—without truly under...

Send us a text What if your business could stop the annual review grind and instead create a culture where every month your team feels seen, heard, and empowered? That’s the question we explore in this episode of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart as host Steve Ramone sits down with workplace culture visionary Noah (co‑founder of ripplefeedback.com). Noah opens up as the character in this story whose mission began in 2014 when a simple idea — “make the workplace a better place to work” — ...

Send us a text What if everything your business stands for can begin with one word? In today’s episode of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart™, host Steve Ramona sits down with branding‑maven Alexandra Watkins to explore how naming isn’t just a marketing checkbox—it’s a profound act of service and impact. Meet Alexandra: she spent 16 years writing advertising copy until a chance discovery revealed her true calling—crafting brand names that don’t just sell, they serve. With a contagious laug...

Send us a text Have you ever felt like life is pulling you in every direction — and the one place it’s hurting most is at home or within yourself? In this episode, I sit down with Cory Carlson — known to many as “Mr. Impact” — to uncover how he’s helping leaders rise again and build legacies that matter in both boardroom and living room. Cory grew up reading stories of resilience (he’s a historical fiction fan). Those stories taught him that even in the darkest moments, people found a way bac...

Send us a text What if your story could ripple out and change lives — not just earn a paycheck? In this episode of Doing Business With a Servant’s Heart Steve and Everett dig into what it really means to publish with purpose. Everett helps us see that becoming an author is more than fame or royalties — it’s claiming authority, amplifying impact, narrowing the gap between your heart and your audience. We begin in the messy, hopeful tension of every would‑be author: “Someday, I’ll write my book...

Send us a text Have you ever felt stuck driving hard toward your goals—only to realize something deeper is calling you? In this episode, Steve Ramona sits down with visionary author and leader Kute Blackson to explore a radical shift: surrender not as weakness, but as the breakthrough to your next level. Kute reveals how he resisted writing his book The Magic of Surrender even though it had already begun writing itself. He walks us through the tension, the mental resistance, and the moment he...

Send us a text “If you have a team, they need to know you care—that’s love.” What if the missing edge in your business isn’t more tactics—but more heart? On today’s episode of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart, Steve Ramona sits down with Mark, a longtime entrepreneur who blends Sufi spiritual wisdom with business practice. Their conversation begins with the quirky origin of “Heart of Business” (including a story about an erotic photographer and a name change!), then gently opens into ...

Send us a text “Being malleable in God’s hands allows the masterpiece to emerge, even through impurity or pressure.” Have you ever faced something so overwhelming you wondered if you’d ever return to “normal”? In today’s episode, Steve Ramona sits down with Dr. Janet Palmer, whose journey through cancer became the catalyst for a mission: guiding others into the purpose God created them for. From the moment of diagnosis to her decision to pole‑dance in the infusion center—bringing laughter and...

Send us a text What if your body is trying to talk to you — through fatigue, brain fog, skin, even hair — and you’ve been missing the language? In this episode, Barton draws us into the moment when his mother’s health began to slip and how that crisis ignited his mission. From growing up in the Louisiana wilderness to pursuing chemical engineering, he found himself wrestling — literally and metaphorically — with hidden nutritional deficiencies that no standard lab test would reveal. We journe...