Project Candor: Ordinary People. Unexpected Stories

Everyone has a story worth telling. On Project Candor, host Jeanne Andersen sits down with entrepreneurs, veterans, educators, creatives, leaders, and everyday people to explore the moments that shaped who they became. Through thoughtful conversations and our signature Two Truths and a Lie segment, guests share authentic stories filled with unexpected turns, hard-earned lessons, humor, resilience, and hope. Learn more at ProjectCandor.com

Project Candor: Ordinary People. Unexpected Stories is a society podcast hosted by Jeanne Andersen, with 46 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jeanne Andersen hosts Project Candor: Ordinary People. Unexpected Stories, a society show with 46 episodes published.

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  Episode #47

  Built From The Inside Out with Amy Lenius | Ship's Log #47

  Sep 30, 202648 minS1

  "Most people don't fail because they're doing too little... They fail because they're doing too much of what doesn't actually move the needle." - Amy Lenius Episode Summary Amy Lenius didn't set out to become a personal development coach. She became one because, for years, no one could tell her what was wrong with her own body. Growing up with endometriosis before the internet existed, she navigated years of pain, dismissal, and failed treatments before deciding to take her health into her own hands. That decision - to stop being a victim of her situation and start asking better questions - became the foundation of everything she teaches today. In this episode, Amy walks through the framework she's built around three deceptively simple ideas: self-worth, self-belief, and consistency. But it's her breakdown of the four archetypes - victim, villain, hero, and guide - that stops the conversation cold. She explains how even high achievers can get stuck in the hero role, doing everything for everyone else while quietly starving their own self-worth. The path to the guide, she says, isn't about becoming someone different. It's about becoming more conscious of the fears that are already running the show. Amy also makes the case for the "unsexy fundamentals" - the compounding, unglamorous daily actions that most people abandon too soon because results don't arrive on schedule. And in Two Truths and a Lie, it turns out the bass fishing and metal music are very real. The coffee habit? Not so much. It's all tea. Guest Bio Amy Lenius is a personal development and success coach and Director of Group Coaching at Next Level University. After rebuilding her own health through years of trial and error with endometriosis, she now helps women reconnect with their self-worth, build lasting consistency, and stop doing more of what doesn't move the needle. She's spoken on stages across the health and personal development world - and yes, she bass fishes and listens to metal to unwind. Guest Links Website: https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/group-coaching/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.lenius Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius Guest CTA Join Amy's free Facebook community - Next Level Nation - dedicated to growth and self-awareness: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thenextlevelnation Who do you know who'd make a great guest for the show? Please let us know. Email: info@projectcandor.com Website: https://www.projectcandor.com Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectCandor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/projectcandor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/project.candor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectCandorPodcast

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  Episode #45

  No Map. No Degree. Got There. | Grit Isn't Grinding Harder with Andrew Brummer | Ship's Log #45

  Sep 23, 202648 minS1

  “Plant seeds, wherever you can, that will grow into trees that you will never sit under.” — Andrew Brummer Episode Summary: Andrew Brummer grew up in South Africa knowing early that the world wasn’t going to hand him anything. Born with a medical anomaly that set him apart, he learned from his mother that he couldn’t change what he looked like—but he could decide, every single day, who he’d become. That lesson became the operating system for a life built with no degree, no safety net, and no map. In this conversation, he tells Jeanne about the 2024 moment when the company he was leading nearly shut down and how he chose to respond instead of react—and why the two years since have been the most purposeful of his life. He opens up about a lifetime of serving others at the cost of his own brand and finances, mentoring founders from Botswana to Venezuela, and building My Story Told, a way to help people turn a lifetime of experience into books that outlast them. Then comes the show’s signature game, Two Truths & A Lie—a scuba dive that got a little too close to two reef sharks, a family cruise cut short by COVID in Stockholm, and a mountain summit back in 1999. One of them isn’t quite what it sounds like. Stick around for the reveal. Andrew's Bio: Andrew Brummer is a South African–born business leader, executive coach, and author who built his whole career on demonstrated capability rather than credentials. Today he’s COO at Industry Technologies, co-founder of VeritEye, and CEO of My Story Told, where he helps people turn a lifetime of experience into books. Known as “The Business Polygraph,” he has a knack for hearing what an organization is really telling itself. He’s also the author of two books, You Decide and Leading Magnanimously. Andrew's Links: ● Website: https://ardunan.com ● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewbrummer ● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ardunan.village ● YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Ardunan ● X (Twitter): https://x.com/AndrewBrummer Andrew's Call to Action: Ready to transform your leadership approach or scale your operations? Connect with Andrew to explore fractional executive services, leadership coaching, or simply to share insights over a great conversation. Whether you’re navigating a pivot, building a team, or seeking that next-level breakthrough—Andrew’s door is always open. Who do you know who'd make a great guest for the show? Please let us know. Email: info@projectcandor.com Website: https://www.projectcandor.com Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectCandor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/projectcandor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/project.candor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectCandorPodcast

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  Episode #44

  He Invents. He Ships. He Sings. with David Ask | Ship's Log #44

  Sep 20, 202645 minS1

  "The greatest good you can do for another is not to share with him your riches, but to reveal to him his own." — Benjamin Disraeli Episode Summary David Ask has lived several lives at once — and somehow they all rhyme. He's a Nashville inventor who, with his brother-in-law, built the world's first thermostat guard, StatGuard Plus, now carried in more than 3,700 Home Depot and Lowe's stores — and he'll be the first to tell you the road there was anything but glamorous. He's also a singer who has performed the National Anthem more times than he can count, sang backup for Andrea Bocelli, and opened a legislative session on the floor of the Tennessee House. But the thread David keeps pulling on now isn't invention or music — it's identity. Through the True North Resiliency Program and his forthcoming book, Guardians of Grit, he makes a case that we've got the order backwards: we chase what we do before we ever settle who we are. He draws a hard line between grit and just grinding harder, and for fathers he boils connection down to three words — Notice, Name, Nurture — anchored by the idea that our deepest longing is to be fully known and loved. It's a conversation about building things, losing your footing in your 40s, and being introduced to yourself — held together by the Disraeli line David lives by. Stick around for Two Truths & A Lie, where one of David's wilder claims turns out to have a twist. Guest Bio David Ask is a Nashville-based inventor, entrepreneur, and identity coach — the creator of StatGuard Plus (in 3,700+ Home Depot and Lowe's stores) who now spends his energy helping people figure out who they are before they chase what they do. He's the lead coach for the True North Resiliency Program and is finishing a book for dads called Guardians of Grit. And yes — that's really him singing the National Anthem (and backing up Bocelli). Guest Links Website: https://www.TheAskExperience.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedavidask/ Music / Linktree: https://linktr.ee/davidaskmusic YouTube (singing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ_ub2jU0_g StatGuardPlus: https://StatGuardPlus.com Chorum Global: https://ChorumGlobal.com Contact: hello@davidask.com Who do you know who'd make a great guest for the show? Please let us know. Email: info@projectcandor.com Website: https://www.projectcandor.com Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectCandor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/projectcandor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/project.candor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectCandorPodcast

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  Episode #43

  She Sails Between Two Worlds with Sharon Madsen | Ship's Log #43

  Sep 16, 202653 minS1

  “Somewhere between surviving and achieving, you forgot you were born sacred. Your soul has been waiting in the stillness of your heart for you to remember.” Episode Summary Sharon Madsen has spent 30 years doing work that's hard to put on a business card. She's a regulated health professional, a Reiki Master Teacher, and a self-described psychic medium — and the people who find her are usually the ones who look most put-together from the outside. The house, the marriage, the career, the success. And a quiet, confusing emptiness underneath it all. In this conversation she and Jeanne trace where that emptiness comes from — what Sharon calls being out of alignment with your soul — and why so many of us learned to tamp down our own intuition until we couldn't hear it anymore. Sharon shares astonishing stories from her practice, including channeling a late father's private nickname for a client in a language she doesn't speak, and offers a deceptively simple daily practice: standing at the mirror and learning to love the person looking back. Jeanne brings her own thread too, from a childhood premonition of her father's car accident to the idea that you can't love your neighbor until you love yourself. Then it's Two Truths & A Lie — three unforgettable headlines: healing an elephant with her bare hands, a whitewater rafting accident that nearly killed her, and a meditation-retreat moment she believes was the gift of divine healing. Jeanne makes her guess. Sharon walks through each one. And the reveal is not the one you'd bet on. Stay to the end. Guest Bio Sharon Madsen helps successful people who've achieved everything but still feel empty inside. A regulated health professional, psychic medium, and Reiki Master Teacher for 30 years, she guides people from racing minds and emotional exhaustion back to inner peace — and back to the wholeness they've been searching for all along. Guest Links Website: https://shineyoursoullight.com Private Session: https://shineyoursoullight.com/privatesession Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharonshaymadsen Instagram: https://instagram.com/sharonshaymadsen Email: Sharon@shineyoursoullight.com Who do you know who'd make a great guest for the show? Please let us know. Email: info@projectcandor.com Website: https://www.projectcandor.com Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectCandor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/projectcandor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/project.candor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectCandorPodcast

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  Episode #42

  40 Years Navigating Two Worlds, with Dr. Greg Yuen | Ship's Log #42

  Sep 13, 202646 minS1

  “Through mindful touch, we reconnect and restore our wholeness and health.” — Dr. Greg Yuen Episode Summary When Dr. Greg Yuen was twelve, his grandmother died — and at the funeral, placing paper money on her coffin and touching her pillow to say goodbye, he was hit by the realization that one day he would die too. He handled the fear the way a kid does (a lot of Snickers bars) and made himself a promise: he was going to find the secret to living forever. That vow launched a forty-year voyage between two worlds of healing. Greg became a psychiatrist who prescribed pharmaceuticals for his patients while quietly avoiding them in his own life, studying qigong, tai chi, and massage instead. On this episode he and Jeanne dig into Do-in — the practice of mindful self-massage he now teaches — and the idea at its heart: where the mind goes, the chi goes. He walks Jeanne (and the listener) through a hands-on demonstration of feeling your own vital force, makes the case for treating the whole body rather than chasing one sore spot, and explains why the tools for your own healing are already in your two hands. Then it's Two Truths & A Lie: a medical doctor turned fortune teller, a milk bone dog biscuit that helped heal a staph infection, and a psychiatrist who creates transformation through karaoke. Greg tells all three stories before revealing which one he made up — and closes with a self-healing message and a complimentary gift for listeners. Guest Bio After his grandmother died when he was twelve, Dr. Greg Yuen made a vow to find the secret to longevity. More than forty years later — as a psychiatrist, tai chi instructor, and licensed massage therapist — he teaches Do-in, the practice of mindful self-massage for radiant vitality. His message is simple: the tools for your own healing are already in your hands. Guest Links Website: https://gregyuenmd.com Website (Do-in): https://do-in.us Speaking: https://gregyuenMDspeaks.com YouTube: Do-in International LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/greg-yuen-29423120 Guest CTA Greg is offering Project Candor listeners a complimentary video of his 10 energizing pressure points — his go-to sequence for beating burnout and fatigue. Reach out to him at gregyuen@cs.com to connect and claim it. Speaking Engagement CTA Dr. Yuen leads Do-in workshops and speaks on natural healing, longevity, and the mind-body connection. Learn more at https://gregyuenMDspeaks.com . Who do you know who'd make a great guest for the show? Please let us know. Email: info@projectcandor.com Website: https://www.projectcandor.com Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectCandor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/projectcandor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/project.candor/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectCandorPodcast

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