🌟 Episode Summary: Children who struggle in school are often labeled lazy, defiant, or unwilling to learn. Zakiya White explains why those judgments frequently overlook the real barriers children are facing. As Academic Supervisor at A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay, Zakiya helps children in foster care navigate interrupted schooling,...
#925 Heidi Weiland: 🎙️ Building a Business That Doesn’t Burn You Out
🌟 Episode Summary: Heidi Weiland built what appeared to be a thriving web agency: steady referrals, corporate clients, established systems and a growing team. Behind the success, however, she was exhausted, anxious and dreading the business she had created. In this conversation with Joey Pinz, Heidi explains how people-pleasing, poor...
#924 Ann Pells: ⏳ Financial Freedom Doesn’t Have to Take 40 Years
🌟 Episode Summary: Financial freedom doesn’t always require earning more—it may require building better systems. When Ann Pells’ husband lost his job, she was home with three children under three and no additional income. The experience shattered her belief that education, employment, and hard work automatically created financial security. It...
#923 Bracha Banayan: 🧠 Why Willpower Isn’t Enough for Weight Loss
🌟 Episode Summary: Is weight loss really a matter of willpower—or have we misunderstood the biology behind hunger? Bracha Banayan, FNP-BC, joins Joey Pinz to explore the rapidly evolving world of GLP-1 medications, metabolic health, food noise, cravings, and sustainable weight loss. Drawing from her clinical experience and personal journey,...
#922 Tash Lankester: 💪 Why Strong Beats Skinny
🌟 Episode Summary: What if your “dream body” became a nightmare to maintain? Body-transformation coach Tash Lankester joins Joey Pinz to explain why sustainable health requires more than eating less, exercising more, and chasing a number on the scale. Tash shares how growing up during the ultra-thin beauty culture of...
#921 A Kids Place July 2026: Brad Gregory – 🏠 Creating a Safe Place for Children in Crisis
🌟 Episode Summary: ⚾ Brad Gregory once dreamed of reaching Major League Baseball. After becoming an All-American pitcher at Florida State University and playing professionally in the Minnesota Twins organization, that dream ended with a letter telling him his baseball career was over. That painful transition eventually led Brad toward...
#920 A Kids Place July 2026: Lauren Slappey – 🏡 Giving Foster Kids a Place to Be Kids
🌟 Episode Summary: What does it take to create a true home for children navigating foster care? Lauren Slappey, Unit Supervisor at A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay, joins Joey Pinz for a candid conversation about supporting children during some of the most difficult and uncertain moments of their lives....
#919 A Kids Place July 2026: Samantha Mellen – 🏠 What Every Child Deserves
🌟 Episode Summary: What happens when children entering foster care are given more than a bed—when they are given stability, trusted adults, opportunities, and the chance to remain with their brothers and sisters? Samantha Mellen, Development Director at A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay, explains how the organization creates a...
#918 A Kids Place July 2026: Jynelle Armstrong – ❤️ More Than a Group Home: Building Real Families
🌟 Episode Summary: Every child deserves a safe place to call home. In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations, Joey Pinz sits down with Jynelle Armstrong, Program Director at A Kid's Place of Tampa Bay, to discuss the life-changing work of providing a loving home for children entering foster...
#917 Jiun Liao: 🧠 Human Marketing in an AI World
🌟 Episode Summary: Artificial intelligence has transformed the way businesses create content, but has it also made marketing less human? In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations, Joey sits down with marketing strategist Jiun Liao, founder of Lobo Media Marketing and host of the Anti-Viral Podcast, to explore why...