Featured Guest Series Episodes
Welcome to the Guest Series on The Bliss Business Podcast! In this series, we spotlight exceptional leaders of companies that embody the core values of Belonging, Love, Inspiration, Service, and Sustainability. These organizations set the standard for empathy and people-centric business practices, creating positive and inclusive work environments.
Join us as we explore the stories and strategies of these remarkable companies, and gain valuable insights on integrating BLISS principles into your own business practices. Subscribe and follow us to stay updated on the latest episodes and be inspired by leaders who are making a difference.
Join us as we explore the stories and strategies of these remarkable companies, and gain valuable insights on integrating BLISS principles into your own business practices. Subscribe and follow us to stay updated on the latest episodes and be inspired by leaders who are making a difference.
Oct. 21, 2025
Conscious Capitalism: Business Beyond Profit with Raj Sisodia
Raj Sisodia, Co-Founder of Conscious Capitalism and author of Firms of Endearment, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explore healing purpose in business and how love, purpose, and care for every stakeholder build companies that last. Listeners learn why profit follows purpose.
Guest: Raj Sisodia
Oct. 16, 2025
Building Community and Connection in Business with Jonathan Weathington
Jonathan Weathington, CEO of Shuckin Shack Oyster Bar, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain restaurant community building: why culture and community are one idea, how listening cut turnover about 40 percent, and why the people inside the four walls matter most.
Guest: Jonathan Weathington
Oct. 14, 2025
Innovative Work Models for the Future with Ashley Wright
Ashley Wright, Founder and CEO of Plantista, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain AI that scales expertise: how independent garden centers can use guardrails, a customer advisory board, and one measured step at a time to compete while keeping empathy at the center.
Guest: Ashley Wright
Oct. 9, 2025
What Every CEO Needs to Know About Workforce ROI with Mason Duchatschek
Mason Duchatschek, bestselling author and founder and CEO of Workforce Alchemy, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to expose the workforce profit leaks hiding in turnover, disengagement, and misalignment, and shows CEOs how to measure and fix them before they cost another dollar.
Guest: Mason Duchatschek
Oct. 7, 2025
Building Community and Connection in Business with Brooke Clark
Brooke Clark, Founder and CEO of Seat 1A Advisors, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain career visibility strategy: how executives and rising leaders can share what they know as service, not self-promotion, and build a cadence that creates connection and community.
Guest: Brooke Clark
Oct. 2, 2025
Building Community and Connection in Business with Gavin McMahon
Gavin McMahon, author, CEO, and co-founder of Fassforward and Story Business, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain business storytelling systems: why every team needs a shared story, how plain language beats corporate jargon, and why any organizational change takes two stories, a destination and a journey.
Guest: Gavin McMahon
Sept. 30, 2025
The Future of Work in the Age of Generative AI with Professor Joseph Fuller
Professor Joseph Fuller, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain how AI and workforce skills are changing together: why most AI experiments fail, how degree inflation could ease, and why social skills and purpose keep work human.
Guest: Joseph Fuller
Sept. 25, 2025
The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Business with Dr. Ron Stotts
On The Bliss Business Podcast, Dr. Ron Stotts, three-time bestselling author, psychologist, and conscious leadership mentor, explains inner work for leaders: why outer business problems trace back to inner fear, and how self-awareness, breathing, and purpose build stronger, more trusted teams.
Guest: Ron Stotts
Sept. 23, 2025
Building Community and Connection in Business with Craig Larsen and Dr. Peter Fotinos
Craig Larsen, Co-Founder and CEO, and Dr. Peter Fotinos, Chief Medical Officer of Excel Medical (Male Excel and Fem Excel), join The Bliss Business Podcast to explore proactive healthy aging: why prevention beats sick care, how telehealth keeps patients connected, and how compassion shapes their leadership.
Guests: Dr. Peter Fotinos , Craig Larsen
Sept. 18, 2025
Building Community and Connection in Business with Will Bartholomew
Will Bartholomew, Founder and CEO of D1 Training, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explore return on impact leadership: how serving athletes first, hiring franchisees for values, and giving more than you get built a community across 150+ fitness facilities, and what it means for your own team.
Guest: Will Bartholomew
Sept. 16, 2025
Innovative Work Models for the Future with Liza Adams
Liza Adams, AI Advisor, Go-to-Market Strategist, and CEO of Growth Path Partners, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain the move from org charts to work charts, and how empathy, AI literacy, and shared AI teammates help leaders build human-AI organizations that scale.
Guest: Liza Adams
Sept. 11, 2025
The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Business with Brendan Kamm
Brendan Kamm, CEO of Thnks, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain why gratitude and EQ in business go hand in hand. He shares stories of small, thoughtful gestures, how to measure their return, and how leaders can start building a culture of appreciation.
Guest: Brendan Kamm
Sept. 9, 2025
Conscious Capitalism in the Age of AI with Kevin Surace
Kevin Surace, author, keynote speaker, and CEO widely known as the father of the AI virtual assistant, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explore human-centered AI leadership: why the more AI you use, the more EQ you need, and how to lead people through fear of AI.
Guest: Kevin Surace
Sept. 4, 2025
Leadership, Engagement, and Why Purpose Matters with Bob Gappa
Bob Gappa, Founder and CEO of Management 2000, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain putting purpose into practice: how do and don't lists, process, and a simple question, what are you paid for, turn values into daily leadership and real engagement.
Guest: Bob Gappa
Sept. 2, 2025
The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Business with Michael Ward
Michael Ward, Founder and CEO of Paminga, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explore self-honesty in leadership: how authenticity builds trust, why culture beats a formal EQ program, and why his mantra is to tell the truth when in doubt.
Guest: Michael Ward
Aug. 28, 2025
The Role of Empathy in Leadership with Katharine Manning
Katharine Manning, President of Blackbird and author of The Empathetic Workplace, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to explain workplace trauma response: how leaders can acknowledge what someone is going through, connect them to support, and treat everyone fairly when life and work collide, with calm and compassion.
Guest: Katharine Manning
Aug. 26, 2025
The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Business with Kath Allen and Abbey Lee
Kath Allen, Founder of Hike Doggie, and her niece and business partner Abbey Lee share how EQ in family business shapes their dog hiking franchise. They explain why they run at problems, how seven core values let hikers act on their own, and why love is built into the brand.
Guests: Abbey Lee , Kath Allen
Aug. 21, 2025
Fix the Culture, Not the People: Lessons from the Dean of Dumbassery
Garry Ridge, Chairman Emeritus of WD-40 Company and Founder of The Learning Moment, shares his playbook for building a tribal culture: five foundations, the Maniac Pledge, and learning moments that helped WD-40 reach 93% employee engagement while growing revenue sevenfold.
Guest: Garry Ridge
Aug. 19, 2025
Mindfulness in the Workplace with Cindy Van Eeckhout
Cindy Van Eeckhout, certified mindfulness coach and Founder of Alegria Coaching, explores mindful leadership and joy: how a silent burnout reshaped her view of success, a three-minute meeting ritual for skeptical teams, and the daily habits that give driven leaders more presence, not more hours.
Guest: Cindy Van Eeckhout
Aug. 14, 2025
The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Business with David Greer
David Greer, founder of Coach DJ Greer and author of Wind In Your Sails, explains breaking the founder bottleneck with emotional intelligence: listening, curiosity, letting strong leaders do it their way, and treating accountability as kindness. A practical conversation for owner founders who want their company to grow beyond them.
Guest: David Greer
Aug. 12, 2025
Building Community and Connection in Business with Bo Lowery
Bo Lowery, Vice President of Marketing at Wild Birds Unlimited, shares how retail community engagement turns bird feeding stores into gathering places. She explains how franchisees are trained to build local relationships, what customer surveys revealed about loyalty, and why joy and purpose guide a brand built on relationships.
Guest: Bo Lowery
Aug. 7, 2025
Building Community and Connection in Business with Howard Waterman
Howard Waterman, Founder and CEO of The Waterman Group and a communications strategist who spent more than two decades at Verizon, explains how purpose-driven communications builds trust. He shares why leaders must know their audience, explain the why behind change, and prepare a crisis plan before they need one.
Guest: Howard Waterman
Aug. 5, 2025
Kindness and Empathy in Car Sales with Andrew Sardone
Andrew Sardone, Founder of AutoKnerd, joins The Bliss Business Podcast to show how empathy in car sales replaces pressure with partnership. He explains why the first conversation matters more than the close, and how kindness lowers buyer anxiety, reduces salesperson burnout, and builds customers for life.
Guest: Andrew Sardone
July 31, 2025
Mindfulness in the Workplace with Michael Nicolais
Michael Nicolais, CEO of Loyalty Business Brokers, shares how mindful business brokerage keeps emotional company sales grounded. He explains why a service mindset takes daily practice, why caring leadership is not soft, and the simple meeting habits that help teams, clients, and overseas contractors feel like one family.
Guest: Michael Nicolais