This week, Tammy welcomes back author and executive coach Jacqueline Wales, whose new book Fear Intelligence: A Practical Framework for Leading Beyond Fear offers a powerful, compassionate roadmap for understanding how fears shape our lives and our leadership style. Drawing on her two plus decades of coaching executives, professionals, and creatives, Jacqueline explains how fear, often misunderstood or ignored, offers a deeply influential emotional signal that calls for our attention.

In the conversation, Jacqueline shares the evolution of her work, beginning with her early books The Fearless Factor and The Fearless Factor at Work, and leading to her latest framework, a four-part acronym: Face It, Explore It, Act on It, Rise with It. She and Tammy discuss how fear shows up in our behaviors, especially as avoidance, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or over-functioning, and how intergenerational stories can quietly shape our sense of safety and self-worth. Jacqueline illustrates how fear often runs “in the background,” like a CPU, until we learn to pause, question, and explore what it’s actually signaling.

Listeners will gain a fresh understanding of fear as data, not destiny. Jacqueline emphasizes that growth is not about becoming fearless, a myth she debunks. Becoming fear intelligent means choosing honesty over avoidance and conscious action over self-sabotage. Practical tools, reflective questions, and stories from her coaching practice illuminate how anyone can begin clearing the “old stories” that block their potential and open up space for the life they truly want.

In this week’s Work from the Inside Out podcast, learn more about:

• What Fear Intelligence is and why it matters for leaders and professionals
• The four-step F.E.A.R. Framework: Face It, Explore It, Act on It, Rise with It
• How fear shapes behavior through avoidance, perfectionism, and people-pleasing
• Why fear is often intergenerational, and how those stories get passed along
• Viewing fear as data rather than danger — and how that shift empowers action
• How to identify the stories that quietly reinforce “I’m not good enough”
• Why uncertainty is unavoidable, and why choosing discomfort can open new paths
• Jacqueline’s personal journey from hardship to transformation
• Tools, exercises, and real-life examples from her new book Fear Intelligence
• How to begin building a more honest, compassionate relationship with yourself

Learn more about Jacqueline:

• Read: Fear Intelligence: A practical framework for leading beyond fear
• Visit JacquelineWales.com
• Visit fearintelligence.co
• LinkedIn: Jacqueline Wales



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In this week’s episode of Work from the Inside Out, Tammy welcomes longtime friend and mission-driven leader Steve Zuckerman, whose multifaceted career spans private equity, economic justice work, and co-founding Stroke Onward, the nonprofit he founded with his wife, author and professor Debra Meyerson. Steve shares how his grounded upbringing, infused with values of service and perseverance, informed the choices he made throughout his professional and personal life.

Steve walks us through his career journey, from his entry into consulting, to private equity, to becoming a stay-at-home dad during a major life shift, and eventually pivoting to non-profit leadership. He describes his ‘strategically opportunistic’ mindset which developed over time. Steve reflected on how this approach enabled him to see opportunities beyond conventional pathways and engage with both planned and unexpected situations.

In 2010, the unexpected occurred when Steve’s wife, Deb experienced a life threatening stroke Debra, leaving her with a paralyzed right side and no speech at all. We discuss her continual recovery efforts, limitations imposed by her aphasia, and their collaborative mission to expand the conversation around identity loss and rebuilding after stroke. Steve shares how this experience reshaped his career priorities, leading to the founding of Stroke Onward and the second edition of Deb’s book Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke. Their goal: transform how the medical and rehabilitation systems support the long-term emotional journey of recovery.

In this week’s Work from the Inside Out podcast, learn more about:

• How Steve’s childhood values shaped his lifelong commitment to service and purpose-driven work.
• Why he turned down traditional career pathways in favor of roles aligned with his values.
• The philosophy of being “strategically opportunistic” and how it can guide career decisions.
• The year-long Mediterranean family sailing adventure that changed their perspective on life.
• Deb’s stroke, her life with aphasia, and how Steve supports her identity rebuilding.
• How the book Identity Theft evolved into a second edition and the founding of Stroke Onward.
• The systemic gaps in stroke recovery and why emotional healing needs long-term support.
• Steve’s advice for making career decisions rooted in clarity, compassion, and self-awareness.

Learn more about Steve:

• Learn more about Stroke Onward
• Follow on Instagram: @strokeonward
• Follow on Facebook: Stroke Onward’
• Follow Steve on LinkedIn
• Subscribe on YouTube: @strokeonward
• Read: Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke
• Listen to the audiobook: Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke
• Read: Identity Theft: Second Edition



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This week on Work From The Inside Out, I am joined by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Ken Corigliano, known widely as Air Force Ken. His story is one of extraordinary contrast: early years filled with love and community, followed by intense personal upheaval, homelessness, and loss. Ken’s path could easily have gone in a very different direction, but a pivotal encounter with a sharp-eyed recruiter and the devastating death of his sister sparked an internal shift that changed everything. What followed was a relentless commitment to service, personal responsibility, and rebuilding himself from the ground up.

Ken went on to become an award-winning enlisted Airman, a commissioned officer, an intelligence leader supporting Air Force One, a triathlete striving for the Olympics, and ultimately a decorated lieutenant colonel. But his journey was far from linear. A catastrophic accident derailed his athletic aspirations and left him with an undiagnosed traumatic brain injury that he quietly navigated for seven years while still serving. His recovery, physical, cognitive, and emotional, unfolded slowly and unexpectedly, culminating in breakthrough results from peptide therapy through Transcend, the company he now serves as an executive.

Today, Ken channels his life experience, scientific curiosity, and unmatchable resilience into helping others restore their health, energy, and quality of life. In this conversation, he opens up about trauma, service, rebuilding identity, the limitations of grit, and the importance of choosing the “hardest things” for the sake of becoming who we’re truly meant to be. His story is energizing, humbling, and an unforgettable reminder that transformation is always possible.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about:

• How early childhood shaped Ken’s belief in community, nature, and connection
• The unraveling he experienced during adolescence and the turning point that changed his life
• The recruiter whose tough honesty set Ken on a path of service and growth
• Ken’s rise from struggling student to award-winning Airman and commissioned officer
• His near-Olympic pursuit in triathlon and the extreme dedication behind it
• The life-changing accident that caused a traumatic brain injury—and the seven years he hid it
• How he navigated military service while dealing with cognitive and physical challenges
• His remarkable recovery through peptide therapy and why it transformed everything
• Ken’s work at Transcend and how advanced therapies are helping people regain their vitality
• The philosophy behind his “Seven Gates” leadership model and what drives his passion for hard challenges

Learn more about Ken:

• Read: State of Being by Ken Corigliano
• Watch Ken’s story on YouTube
• Watch the Ultimate Beastmaster on Netflix
• Visit: Transcend Foundation
• Visit: Transcend Company
• Instagram: @airforceken
• LinkedIn: Ken Corigliano

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