John R. Miles

Stay with me because shrinking your world might be the key to growing your impact, your peace, and your meaning.

Welcome to Passion Struck.

I'm your host, John Miles.

This is the show where we explore the art of human flourishing and what it truly means to live like it matters.

Each week, I sit down with changemakers, creators, scientists, and everyday heroes to decode the human experience and uncover the tools that help us lead with meaning, heal what hurts, and pursue the fullest expression of who we're capable of becoming.

Whether you're designing your future, developing as a leader, or seeking deeper alignment in your life, this show is your invitation to grow with purpose and act with intention.

Because the secret to a life of deep purpose, connection, and impact...

is choosing to live like you matter.

Hey friends, welcome back to episode 711 of Passion Struck.

I can't believe it's already January 2nd, 2026.

The tree is down, the inbox is already full, and the world is pushing those familiar new year, new you cliches.

But over the past five weeks, we've taken a much different path.

We call this the season of becoming, because before the resolutions come the revelations.

We started by remembering how to choose ourselves again,

reclaiming our worth after seasons of dimming our own light we saw courage not as some rare trait but as a daily micro choice anyone can make with brent gleason and henner pryor showing us the discipline and the signs of discomfort we discovered how deeply we matter to the people who matter most

That belonging isn't something we wait for, but something we co-create alongside Joshua Green, Rick Hansen, Holly Raisin, Boris McGuire, and Mark Murphy's wisdom on growing the moral circle, tribal adventure, and cultures of true connection.

We tap back into play, improvisation, creativity, and flow, proof that reinvention doesn't have to feel heavy.

through Susan Grau and Ann Libera's beautiful reminders of intuition, healing, and spontaneity.

And this week, David Nurse helped us step into the identity that's been waiting for us.

While Congresswoman Sarah Jacobs reminded us that even inside constraints we never asked for, biology, timing, grief, and limits, we still get to author our own story.