Hidden Foundations
Hidden Foundations explores how childhood environments shape the leaders, performers, and high achievers we admire today. Each week, I sit down with entrepreneurs, athletes, creators, and operators to uncover the early family dynamics, money conversations, sibling roles, and first adversities that forged their resilience and ambition.
This show isn’t about polished success stories, it’s about the real scenes at home that built their operating system long before the world noticed. As a father of two daughters, I started this podcast to understand what actually helps kids develop grit, confidence, and long-term success.
If you’re a parent, founder, coach, or anyone curious about human performance, these conversations break down the hidden patterns that drive lifelong growth. We dig into emotional environment, childhood influence, and the habits that shaped today’s top performers.
New episodes every week. This is where high performance begins, at home.
Hidden Foundations
Latest Episodes
Ed O’Brien on Family Secrets, Money & Building With Integrity | Hidden Foundations Ep. 20
What shapes an entrepreneur who refuses to sacrifice integrity? For Ed O’Brien, it started with childhood money pressure, a complicated father-son relationship, family secrets, and early lessons in responsibility.In this episode of Hidden F...
Matthew Rehrig on Type 1 Diabetes, Gym Ownership & Fatherhood | Hidden Foundations Ep. 19
In this episode of Hidden Foundations, Kendall is joined by Matthew Rehrig, a gym owner, father, and Type 1 diabetic, to unpack the pressure behind building a business while managing a relentless health condition. Matt shares how 2015 changed e...
Ari Simmons on Becoming a World Champion and Chasing the Olympics | Hidden Foundations Ep. 18
In this episode of Hidden Foundations, Kendall is joined by Ari Simmons, a world champion epee fencer, coach, and Olympic hopeful, to explore what elite sports really build inside a person. Ari shares how he went from being kicked out of fencin...
Amjad Pervez on Escaping the Army, Deportation, and $500M Real Estate | Hidden Foundations Ep. 17
Viewer discretion is advised. This episode includes conversations about sexual violence, forced marriage, honor violence, prostitution, deportation proceedings, depression, war, family trauma, and difficult cultural practices.A...
Jeff Pelaccio on Losing His Mom, Corporate Layoffs, AI & Reinvention | Hidden Foundations Ep. 16
Viewer discretion is advised. This episode includes conversations about childhood loss, Alzheimer’s, physical discipline, career instability, and difficult family memories.Jeff Pelaccio’s foundation was shaped early by loss, lo...