Stephen Scoggins returns raw vulnerability to the REAL Mentors Podcast, revealing how pride led to homelessness at 22—and humility built a 9-figure empire.

Scoggins discusses the five constraints that hinder leadership and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of humility, presence, and faith. He reflects on his experiences with faith, personal challenges, and the transformative power of intentionality in relationships. The conversation highlights the significance of focusing on personal growth and the impact of mentorship in overcoming life's obstacles.

This Episode Explores:

- Emphasizes the importance of calling leaders higher.

- Homelessness from pride: Rock bottom to resilience

- The 5 Constraints costing millions, divorces, and legacy

- Presence is crucial in personal and professional relationships.

- Insecurity decoded: "Ego is inside you." Build compounded confidence.

- Faith reset: Truth over wounds, breaking church hurt

- Inner alignment: From chasing toys to "I am whole"

- Fatherhood hacks: "Let me tell you about you" affirmations

- Business flow: Scale without burnout or betrayal

- The power of intentionality in relationships and personal growth.

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🔗 Connect with Stephen Scoggins

Website: https://stephenscoggins.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/stephen_scoggins

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Instagram: https://instagram.com/realmentorspodcast

Host Sean Martin: https://instagram.com/theseanmartin

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Tags & Keywords

Stephen Scoggins, REAL Mentors Podcast, Sean Martin, homelessness to millionaire, 9-figure exit, 5 constraints, arrogance humility, presence parenting, insecurity ego, faith journey, business scaling, fatherhood lessons, generational healing, inner wholeness, leadership alignment, podcast motivation, entrepreneur mindset, resilience story, personal development, family legacy, spiritual growth, business failure lessons, overcoming fear

Jessica Rivera joins the REAL Mentors Podcast sharing her raw journey from Brooklyn food stamps to leading a $4 billion organization as a young Latina single mom – and now transforming leaders through her coaching firm, JRCC.

From welfare rejection and imposter syndrome in male-dominated corporate spaces to doubling her income at a Flatbush car lot, Jessica reveals how she broke free from toxic bosses to coach high-performers at Turner Construction, LVMH and Chase. She gets real about self-betrayal, identity work and stopping generational trauma before it hits your kids.

This podcast episode explores:

1. When you first betrayed yourself (and how it’s still sabotaging you)
2. Leading $4B revenue teams as the only woman of color
3. From broke at 30 to homeowner and high-earner as a single mom
4. Why "polished" brands fail. Be bold, not copy and paste.
5. Ending generational trauma: Stop passing your pain to your kids
6. God’s poke-push-kick to your true purpose
7. Building authentic communication from identity, not scripts
8. A masterclass in grit, self-awareness and turning survival into soul-aligned success.

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🔗 Connect with Jessica Rivera

Instagram: @jessicarivera.co

Website: https://jessicarivera.co/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmentorspodcast/

Host Sean Martin: https://www.instagram.com/theseanmartin/

Book Beyond The Bronx: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebronxbook/

Get your copy: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Bronx-Purpose-Sean-Martin/dp/B0G549HF8Y/

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Tags & Keywords

Jessica Rivera, JRCC, Sean Martin, REAL Mentors Podcast, self-betrayal, generational trauma, imposter syndrome, Latina leader, corporate coaching, identity work, single mom success, food stamps to millionaire, toxic boss, Brooklyn grit, Queens Village, Long Island entrepreneur, communication coaching, leadership development, breaking cycles, purpose alignment, work ethic, Puerto Rican roots, corporate ladder, authenticity branding, people pleasing recovery, soul work​

Josh York, GymGuyz founder, gives raw energy to REAL Mentors Podcast, revealing how he scaled in-home fitness from a kitchen table to 3,000+ cities across 32 states and 7 countries, providing insights about true discipline, and why most people will never achieve success in life.

From a tough Long Island upbringing with no direction, Josh built a rebellion against failing gyms by prioritizing accountability, street smarts over book smarts, and an unbreakable mindset. He shares firing 70 trainers before breakthroughs, no sick days ever, and raising "no softies" kids who stock vending machines. Faith, execution over busyness, and discomfort as fuel drive his unstoppable empire.

This Episode Explores:

- Believing to achieve. Faith and mindset are foundational; without belief, success stays out of reach.

- Mindset mastery: "If you're not first, you're last"

- Street smarts vs. school: Why grades don't predict success

- Hard beginnings fuel wins. Turn tough upbringings and bad cards into positive drive, never drugs or excuses.

- Rebellion against gyms, apps, treadmills

- Raising driven kids with no softness to create good leaders.

- The power of not quitting to achieve success

- Business systems and perfect processes before franchising; delegate weaknesses to smarter people.

- Real grit, real scale, real results when you do what others won't.

- How comfort kills growth.

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🔗 Connect with Josh York

Instagram: https://instagram.com/joshyorkgg

https://instagram.com/gymguyz

GymGuyz: https://gymguyz.com

Follow REAL Mentors Podcast

Instagram: https://instagram.com/realmentorspodcast

Host Sean Martin: https://instagram.com/theseanmartin

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Tags & Keywords

Josh York, GymGuyz, Sean Martin, REAL Mentors Podcast, in-home fitness, fitness franchise, mindset mastery, street smarts, never quit, 70 trainers failed, no sick days, GymGuyz scaling, fitness rebellion, accountability training, Long Island entrepreneur, faith in business, raising driven kids, AI workouts, discomfort growth, execution over busy, unstoppable discipline, personal training business, franchise success, anti-gym movement, early riser hustle, protein over donuts