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Nicole Poulton - Why Sobriety Was Never About the Drug

July 31, 2026

Nicole Poulton is a sobriety coach who survived childhood sexual abuse, years of addiction to prescription pills, cocaine, and alcohol, and a near-fatal overdose before rebuilding her life from the ground up.Most people think addiction is about the substance. But here's the problem: it's not. Nicole spent years using drugs and alcohol to numb pain she didn't even know she was carrying, until an overdose forced her to confront just how far she'd drifted from herself. Her conclu...

Jim Marshall - The 35 Hidden Scales That Predict Every Human Being's Behavior

July 06, 2026

Jim Marshall is a polymathic intellectual, a Human Development Engineer with a Bachelor of Science cum laude from City University of New York, and the discoverer of Septemics — a body of natural phenomena he spent 25 years developing into the book Septemics: Hierarchies of Human Phenomena.Most people believe personal growth is unpredictable — that you either "figure yourself out" over years of therapy or you don't. But here's the problem: Jim spent decades running biofeedbac...

Nisha Srivastava - Why 80% of Healing Has Nothing to Do With Exercise

July 03, 2026

Nisha Srivastava is a movement and manual therapist, Pilates and yoga specialist, and holistic health coach who works with clients navigating chronic pain, anxiety, and depression.Most people think healing is about finding the right exercise, the right stretch, the right treatment plan. Nisha spent years teaching Pilates before realizing something uncomfortable: movement is only 20% of the puzzle. The other 80% is diet, lifestyle, and — most importantly — belief. If a client doesn't belie...