A Conversation of Hope With Brett
Positive and hope-filled; with simple, practical steps to live your best life.
Episodes
105 episodes
Financial Hope - Live in Abundance and Freedom!
This episode lays out keys to financial success, opening with motivation and a blunt personal story: starting broke, living ultra-frugal, building a real-estate/options nest—then losing it all in 2007 and learning to keep expenses low, plan for...
The POWER of your WORDS
This week on A Conversation of Hope, Brett explores the incredible power our words have to shape our mindset, our future, and the people around us. He challenges listeners to stop speaking negatively over themselves and instead intenti...
But Brett, I'm Dying Inside
This episode centers on encouragement and resilience. The host begins by affirming listeners’ worth and reminding them they are “victors, not victims.” He leans on lessons from Elizabeth Lesser’s Broken Open, explaining how hardship ca...
It’s More Fun When Your Growing
This week on A Conversation of Hope, Brett focuses on the power of intentional personal growth and why becoming better doesn’t happen by accident. Drawing from John Maxwell’s The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, he explores how c...
Accelerating YOUR SUCCESS!!! You DESERVE IT!!
This episode focuses on the life-changing principle of the compound effect, which states that small, consistent actions done over time lead to massive, lasting results. The host breaks it down into seven key points, emphasizing that habi...
Finding Your Best You
This week on A Conversation of Hope, Brett focuses on rediscovering the person you were before disappointments, setbacks, and life’s challenges caused you to stop dreaming as big. Inspired by Joel Osteen’s Rediscovering the Forgott...
Buckle Up - It's YOUR time to SHINE!
This episode of A Conversation of Hope focuses on ten key principles for building a successful, fulfilling life, from mastering your mindset and caring for your body to investing in relationships, managing finances wisely, and reassess...
VICTORY FOCUSED
Brett’s episode is all about becoming victory-focused by training yourself to notice everything that’s going right instead of letting one or two problems dominate your perspective. He explains that gratitude doesn’t mean ignoring difficu...
It's All About the E
This episode of A Conversation of Hope focuses on the importance of bringing positive energy—what the host calls "BTE" (Bring The Energy)—into every area of your life. He encourages listeners to act as thermostats who set the emotional...
Winning With People
This episode of A Conversation of Hope focuses on the importance of relationships and what it really means to “win with people,” drawing on lessons from John Maxwell about empathy, encouragement, forgiveness, listening, and putting relat...
Great Habits + A Strong Why = SUCCESS
This week’s Conversation of Hope is a heartfelt tribute to the host’s wife, Shannon, who recently made major health changes after alarming test results during a routine doctor’s visit. By adopting clean eating habits and setting weekly...
FRESH START
This week’s A Conversation of Hope with Brett is all about the power of a fresh start and remembering that yesterday doesn’t get to determine what happens today. Brett shares the incredible underdog story of Indiana football and Fernan...
Words of Wisdom from Eleanor Roosevelt and Warren Buffet
In this uplifting episode, Brett reminds listeners that they are more than enough, sharing powerful quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt and Warren Buffett about emotional strength and self-worth. He highlights two heartwarming stories—one about a com...
Always BETTER—NEVER BACKWARDS
This week's episode, "Always Better, Never Backwards," reminds listeners that their past does not define their future and encourages them to focus on becoming a better version of themselves every day. Brett's main message is inspired by ...
A Great Joy Hack - Simple Strategy for More Joy
In this uplifting episode, the host explores the concept of “DOPA magic,” a joy hack inspired by Atomic Habits by James Clear, which explains how anticipating future positive events can trigger dopamine and boost happiness
ABUNDANT LIVING
Brett’s main message this week is that the words you speak to yourself shape your future, so replacing negative self-talk with encouragement, gratitude, and hope can change the direction of your life. He shares leadership advice from former Dis...
Episode 18 The Words of Victory Spoken By a Champion
In this episode of A Conversation of Hope, Brett encourages listeners to use empowering language—the “vocabulary of a champion”—to shift their mindset and uplift themselves and others. He shares affirmations for confidence, resilience,...
Connecting with Purpose
Brett's podcast focuses on the difference between simply communicating and truly connecting with people, drawing on John Maxwell's book Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. He explains that meaningful relationships are built by listenin...
Bullet Proof Self Confidence with a Championship Mindset
In this powerful episode of A Conversation of Hope, Brett encourages listeners to build bulletproof self-confidence by remembering that no one on Earth is better than them—regardless of status, setbacks, or past failures. He draws less...
The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
This week's A Conversation of Hope focused on the powerful lessons from The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware, encouraging listeners to live authentically, prioritize relationships over work, express their feelings, ...
5 Zero Cost Health Hacks for a Better Life
In this inspiring episode of A Conversation of Hope, Brett shares five simple, powerful, and totally free health hacks that transformed his own journey—from battling weight struggles to becoming fit and energized at 54. Learn how inter...
Made For More
Brett's podcast reminds listeners that each person is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, created with unique gifts, purpose, and value, and encourages them to stop comparing themselves to others and instead embrace who they were created to be. He emp...
Let's Dream Big Together!
This episode centers around the power of dreaming big, urging listeners to break out of survival mode and reignite their passions and imagination, no matter their age. The host emphasizes that believing in your dreams fuels action and inspires ...
Serving Others is the SECRET SAUCE
In this episode, Brett shares how serving others is one of the greatest sources of joy, purpose, and fulfillment, reminding us that even the smallest acts of kindness can have a lasting impact. He reflects on Father's Day, the importance of for...
It's A Lifelong Quest to Master This...But it's Worth It
This episode centers on the transformative power of self-discipline and how it can lead to long-term success, confidence, emotional control, and personal freedom in every area of life—from health to relationships to career. The host encourages ...