Keeping it Real on Purpose

This episode features Jonathan Steele—a veteran, scholar, and songwriter who tells the unfiltered truth about starting over when the life you planned no longer fits.
Jonathan shares how military discipline laid the groundwork for creative freedom, why vulnerability is not weakness, and how passion can be redirected into a powerful new purpose at any stage of life. This conversation is about resilience, reinvention, and giving yourself permission to pivot—without shame or delay.
If you’ve ever felt stuck between who you were and who you’re becoming, this episode is for you.
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In this powerful episode, we sit down with Jeff Rasley, a writer, Himalayan expedition leader, lawyer, and global humanitarian, to explore what it truly means to rebuild after life-altering trauma.
Jeff shares two defining moments that reshaped his life: a devastating motorcycle accident in Mexico that left his passenger permanently crippled, and an avalanche in the Nepal Himalayas that claimed the lives of three people. From these experiences, Jeff faced deep PTSD—and ultimately, recovery.
We talk about trauma, survivor’s guilt, resilience, and how purpose can emerge from crisis rather than be destroyed by it.
This episode is for anyone who has been through the wreckage—and is searching for meaning on the other side.

Starting over doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like two people, one tandem bike, and a decision to keep going.
In this episode of Keeping It Real on Purpose, Edna J. White sits down with Bob and Tammy Cranston to talk about what it really means to begin again after loss. After each losing their first spouses to cancer, Bob and Tammy found healing, connection, and renewed purpose by biking through all 50 U.S. states—documenting the journey in what they call The Blank Journal.
This conversation goes far beyond travel. It’s about grief, resilience, remarriage, rediscovering joy, and allowing life to unfold one page at a time. If you’ve ever wondered how to move forward when life doesn’t turn out the way you planned, this episode offers a powerful reminder that starting over is still a form of courage.
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We say “I’m fine” every day—while our bodies tell a very different story.
In this powerful episode of Keeping It Real on Purpose, Edna J. White sits down with Sebastian Uzcategui to explore the disconnect between what we say, what we suppress, and what our bodies are holding onto. From chronic stress and emotional shutdown to burnout and unresolved trauma, this conversation pulls back the curtain on how the body communicates what the mind avoids.
Sebastian breaks down how survival patterns show up physically, why ignoring emotional signals keeps people stuck, and what it really takes to move from coping to healing. This episode is not about pushing through pain—it’s about learning to listen, regulate, and respond before the body forces a wake-up call.
If you’ve been functioning, performing, and pushing while telling yourself you’re “fine,” this conversation may help you recognize the truth your body has been trying to tell you all along.
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Leadership isn’t about control—it’s about clarity, emotional intelligence, and the ability to lead through uncertainty.
In this episode of Keeping It Real on Purpose, we sit down with Amy Jacobson to unpack what it really takes to own your leadership in the midst of workplace chaos. From navigating high-pressure environments to managing emotions—your own and others’—this conversation goes beyond theory and into real-life leadership moments that test resilience, communication, and self-awareness.
Together, we explore how emotionally intelligent leaders create stability without micromanaging, set boundaries without disconnecting, and lead teams through change without losing trust. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by conflict, burnout, or constant demands at work, this episode will help you rethink how you show up as a leader—starting from the inside out.
This is a conversation for professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders who are ready to stop reacting and start leading with purpose.
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