Previous Episodes

In this episode of The Spiritual Speakeasy, Brian is joined by Vanessa Medina for an honest conversation about healing after trauma, rebuilding life after loss, and learning to trust your village when everything falls apart.

Vanessa shares her journey through survival, grief, and growth—revealing how showing up for her future self, even on the hardest days, helped her find stability, purpose, and joy again.

Season 01 | Episode 03

Season 01 | Episode 02

In this episode, Brian sits down with Brian Bogert for a powerful conversation about intent, impact, emotional safety, and the ways we unknowingly protect ourselves at the cost of real connection.

Together, they explore why good intentions don’t always land, how nervous system patterns influence communication, and why performance, control, and perfectionism often originate as survival strategies..

Season 01 | Episode 01

In this episode, Brian sits down with Jeff Grogan for a powerful conversation about resilience, identity, fear, and faith. While undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for a second cancer diagnosis, Jeff chose to keep moving forward—building a business, staying present for his family, and refusing to let his circumstances define who he is.

In this episode of The Spiritual Speakeasy, Brian is joined by Vanessa Medina for an honest conversation about healing after trauma, rebuilding life after loss, and learning to trust your village when everything falls apart.

Vanessa shares her journey through survival, grief, and growth—revealing how showing up for her future self, even on the hardest days, helped her find stability, purpose, and joy again.

In this episode, Brian sits down with Brian Bogert for a powerful conversation about intent, impact, emotional safety, and the ways we unknowingly protect ourselves at the cost of real connection.

Together, they explore why good intentions don’t always land, how nervous system patterns influence communication, and why performance, control, and perfectionism often originate as survival strategies..

In this episode, Brian sits down with Jeff Grogan for a powerful conversation about resilience, identity, fear, and faith. While undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for a second cancer diagnosis, Jeff chose to keep moving forward—building a business, staying present for his family, and refusing to let his circumstances define who he is.