Embrace Your Awesome

Welcome to The Embrace Your Awesome Podcast—a transformational space where motivation, mindset, and personal growth come together. Hosted by top selling author and renowned leadership coach John Geyston, this show helps you break through fear, build confidence from the inside out, and discover your God-given purpose.Through inspiring stories, practical coaching, and empowering insights, John guides you to develop the habits, discipline, and belief you need to live your best life.If you’re ready to grow, rise, and embrace who you were created to be… this podcast is your new home.

Embrace Your Awesome is a education podcast hosted by John Geyston, with 62 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

John Geyston hosts Embrace Your Awesome, a education show with 62 episodes published.

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  What if AI isn’t here to replace you… but to help unlock your potential?

  Sep 27, 202632 min

  AI is changing the world—but the real opportunity isn’t simply doing more, faster. It’s removing the bottlenecks so we can spend more time doing what humans do best: Lead Create Mentor ❤️ Connect Make an impact On this episode of Embrace Your Awesome, I sit down with transformational leader and technologist Stephanie Sylvestre to explore how AI can amplify human potential instead of replacing it. If you’re an entrepreneur, leader, coach, educator—or simply wondering how AI fits into your future—this conversation is for you. ️ AI isn’t the future. It’s already here. The question is: How will you use it? Listen to the full episode of Embrace Your Awesome.

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  Thursday Real Talk: The Want is a desire. The Will is a decision.

  Sep 24, 202614 min

  Today I want to talk about something that I believe separates people who simply want something from those who actually create change in their lives. It's the difference between WANT and WILL. Most people want something. They want to be healthier. They want a better relationship. They want to make more money. They want to build a successful business. They want to become more confident. They want to write the book. They want to lose the weight. They want to be a better parent, leader, spouse, or person. There's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting more from your life. But here's the question: Are you willing to do what it takes to get what you say you want? Because WANT is a desire. WILL is a decision. And there's a huge difference between the two. Today, I want to give you 8 things to think about when it comes to WILL versus WANT.

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  Character, Influence, Purpose & Raising the Next Generation of Leaders with Master Allen DePeña

  Sep 21, 20261h 6m

  Welcome back to Embrace Your Awesome, where we talk about leadership, mindset, resilience, purpose, and becoming the very best version of ourselves. I'm your host, John Geyston. Today's guest is someone whose mission really resonates with me personally. Master Allen DePeña is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, leadership coach, and martial artist who has dedicated his life to developing the next generation of leaders. After spending nearly 15 years in technology and IT operations, Allen made a major life decision. He left the corporate world and, alongside his wife and high school sweetheart, Naomy, built ZENTAI Martial Arts. Today, ZENTAI has grown into a multi-location organization serving approximately 1,000 students and families, with a mission that goes far beyond kicks and punches. It's about developing character, confidence, leadership, and purpose. Allen is also the founder of Heart of ZENTAI, a nonprofit providing martial arts and character development to children in underserved communities, and the author of Built to Lead: Develop Character, Master Influence, and Find Your Purpose. Allen, great to see you again and welcome to Embrace Your Awesome.

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  How Parents Can Help Children Build Character, Discipline & a Lifetime of Growth

  Sep 17, 202618 min

  How Parents Can Help Children Build Character, Discipline & a Lifetime of Growth Welcome back to Embrace Your Awesome. I'm your host, John Geyston. Today I want to talk directly to parents about something I've spent much of my life teaching young people: Excellence. There's a famous idea, often connected to the philosophy of Aristotle, that says: “Excellence is not an act, but a habit.” Think about that for a moment. Excellence isn't something we suddenly turn on when there's a championship... A big test... A job interview... Or an important opportunity. It's built long before those moments arrive. It's built through what we repeatedly do when nobody is applauding. And as parents, I think we sometimes make a mistake. We focus on the result. What grade did you get? Did you win? Did you make the team? Did you get the award? But I want to challenge you today to focus on something even more important: Who is your child becoming in the process? Because if we can help our children develop the habits of excellence while they're young, those habits can influence everything they do for the rest of their lives. So today, let's talk about how we plant those seeds.

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  Helping Teens & Parents Build Confidence from the Inside Out with Dr. Carla Caturia

  Sep 13, 202629 min

  Welcome back to Embrace Your Awesome, the podcast where we discover the mindset, habits, and life experiences that help ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things. I'm your host, John Geyston. Today's guest is Dr. Carla Caturia, an elite Mental Performance Coach, speaker, and CEO of The House of Rise. For more than two decades, she's helped over 10,000 teens, young adults, and families develop confidence, resilience, emotional intelligence, and peak performance—without being consumed by stress, anxiety, or overwhelm.

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