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What if the life you’ve become good at living isn’t the life you truly want? Sometimes the hardest change isn’t starting over. It’s giving yourself permission to become who you’ve always been underneath the expectations.───Signature Quote“At 42 years old, I gave myself permission to be who I wanted to be on the inside.”Todd Malloy───Why This Quote MattersTodd’s words capture the heart of this conversation: the freedom that comes when we stop living according to inherited expectations and start making intentional choices about who we want to become.───Episode DescriptionHow much of the life you’re living today was actually chosen by you?In this deeply reflective conversation, psychotherapist Todd Malloy joins Audley Stephenson to explore intentional living, self-awareness, identity, emotional neglect, the stories we inherit and the courage required to let go of what no longer serves us. Todd challenges us to examine the narratives underneath our choices and recognize that being successful on the outside doesn’t necessarily mean we’re fulfilled on the inside.Drawing from his own journey from engineering to ministry to psychotherapy, Todd shares how he eventually gave himself permission to pursue the life he had wanted all along. Together, Todd and Audley unpack what it means to choose yourself, redefine success on your own terms and trust the next step even when you can’t yet see the entire bridge ahead.───This Episode Is For You If...You’ve built a life that looks successful but doesn’t completely feel like yoursYou’re questioning old beliefs, expectations or stories that no longer serve youYou’re standing at a crossroads and struggling to trust your next moveYou’re learning to choose yourself without guiltYou’re ready to define success on your own terms───Guest BioTodd Malloy is a psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, certified sex therapist and certified sexuality educator whose work centers on helping people become more fully who they are. At the heart of his approach is intentionality: understanding yourself, examining the narratives shaping your life and making conscious choices about where you want to go.Todd’s perspective is deeply personal. Raised in a single-parent household, he took on adult responsibilities at a young age before eventually building a successful career in engineering. Yet professional achievement couldn’t silence the realization that he wanted his work to directly impact people’s lives. His path eventually took him through seminary, seven years as a senior pastor and, at age 42, back to the calling he had felt years earlier: becoming a therapist.Today, Todd brings those experiences together to help people better understand themselves, communicate more honestly and build lives and relationships rooted in authenticity, intention and self-awareness.───Guest LinksToddMalloy.com───Listen on Major Platforms🎧 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2jVR6V7X2kRiCCDXE0FTyl?si=IR3TsfEWR3WA6BzfBRnVXQ🍎 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-audacious-living-podcast/id1547447345📦 Amazon Music → https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9f7902bb-dec8-4bd9-918d-d1fef21b7c67/the-audacious-living-podcast?ref=dm_sh_pGv57yQvAmAQVp2IIaXoDwtFt───Call To ActionEnjoying the show? Share this episode with someone who needs to hear this.⭐ Leave a review:👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/audacious
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You have an idea. Maybe you have had it for years, sketched on a napkin or sitting in a journal. The difference between you and the inventor on QVC is not talent. It is knowing the right way to move. Signature Quote "Do not share your information until the ink dries." Lisa learned the hard way that an unprotected idea is a vulnerable one. This line from her book is the rule she lives by, and the one she wants every new inventor to hear first. Lisa Ascolese, known as The Inventress, has spent decades turning everyday frustrations into products that sell. Her first invention came from being embarrassed to breastfeed in public, so she created the Bosom Buddy nursing cape. A sock she used to tie her hair into a church-ready bun became the Bun Tie, her first product on QVC. A lost pair of scissors while wrapping gifts became the Wrap and Store organizer, which sold out on QVC. In this conversation, Lisa shares what inventing the right way actually means. Do your due diligence. Build a working prototype before you ever call a patent attorney. Do not add so much to a simple product that it can never get made. And keep your idea close until it is protected, because the naysayers will talk you out of it before it has a chance. She also talks about the audacity it took to pick up the phone and call buyers and celebrities, including a 30-year relationship with Dionne Warwick that started with one cold call, and why she founded the Association of Women Inventors and Entrepreneurs to lift other women up. This is a practical, no-fluff conversation for anyone sitting on an idea. This episode is for you if... - You have an idea sketched somewhere and no clue what to do next - You have wondered whether to patent first or prototype first - You want to get a product onto QVC, HSN, or a store shelf - You have been burned before and want a trustworthy guide this time - You believe inventors should lift each other up Lisa Ascolese is known as The Inventress, a name her publicist coined years ago and one she has since trademarked. Born in London and raised in Brooklyn by West Indian parents, she was inventing as a child, taking things apart around the house and making them work for her. Her first product, the Bosom Buddy breastfeeding cape, sold nationally and internationally, and she went on to sell multiple products on QVC, including the Bun Tie, the Wrap and Store organizer, and the Perfect Pockets organizer, which she later redesigned for HSN. Today Lisa helps inventors go from a napkin idea all the way to the marketplace, teaching them to do it the right way with due diligence, working prototypes, and protected ideas. She is the founder of the Association of Women Inventors and Entrepreneurs, now celebrating its 13th year, and host of The Inventors Podcast. Her book is "The Inventress Guide to Inventing the Right Way: All or Nothing, Now or Never." Her mission is simple: lifting each other up two hands at a time. 🌐 Website: https://inventingatoz.com/ Her podcast, The Inventors Podcast, and her social channels are all linked from her website. Listen on Major Platforms 🎧 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2jVR6V7X2kRiCCDXE0FTyl?si=IR3TsfEWR3WA6BzfBRnVXQ 🍎 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-audacious-living-podcast/id1547447345 📦 Amazon Music → https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9f7902bb-dec8-4bd9-918d-d1fef21b7c67/the-audacious-living-podcast?ref=dm_sh_pGv57yQvAmAQVp2IIaXoDwtFt Enjoying the show? Share this episode with someone who needs to hear this. ⭐ Leave a review: 👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/audacious