The Thought Atlas Podcast

What would you do if you left home with a $50 bill, a one-way ticket, and no clear idea of what your future would become?Frank McKinney did exactly that.After being asked to leave four high schools, leaving his final high school with a 1.8 GPA, and spending time in juvenile detention, Frank left Indiana for Florida at 18 with $50 and a one-way ticket.What followed was a life built around taking...

What happens when you refuse to fit yourself into just one box?Prince George has spent more than two decades moving across creative worlds including comics, music, television, radio, film, entrepreneurship, and more. But his journey isn’t really about collecting titles. It’s about recognizing different gifts, developing them, and finding ways to let them connect.In this episode of Thought Atlas,...

What happens when you repeatedly leave behind everything familiar and force yourself to begin again?In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down with Huw Evans, an author, professional editor, photographer, real estate investor, and self-described “jack-of-all-trades.” Born in the UK and raised across different countries because of his father’s military career, Huw grew up repeatedly entering...

What happens when being strong for everyone else becomes a reason you stop showing up for yourself?Anjelis Oliveira is a mother, grandmother, nurse of 20 years, and wellness coach who focuses on wellness and transformation. Her own journey led her to rethink what it means to survive, care for yourself, and make sustainable changes.In this conversation, Anjelis explains how becoming a teenage...

What if having a life that looks good from the outside isn’t the same as having a good life?Kirana Sidin is an author, strategic life coach, and certified counselor practitioner whose work centers on intentional living, personal growth, relationships, and the everyday choices that shape our lives.In this conversation, Kirana explains why she believes a good life isn’t simply a successful career,...

What does it take to start over when almost everything familiar has been left behind?Huw Evans is a published author, professional editor, photographer, real estate investor, and freelance contractor. Born in the UK and raised across different countries because of his father’s military career, Huw grew up repeatedly entering unfamiliar environments.After university, where he studied European...

What happens when a three-week vacation makes you question the life you’ve been building?Bill Mullen, better known to travelers as “Bangkok Bill,” spent years working in corporate leadership before deciding that the life he was living wasn’t the life he wanted. He describes the work as a grind and says he felt he was making other people rich rather than building the life he had envisioned for...

What happens when surviving something is only the beginning of the journey?Angel Willard is a Canadian author from British Columbia and the author of Fighting to Come Home, a memoir about trauma, survival, motherhood, accountability, chronic pain, loss, incarceration, and rebuilding a life after profound hardship.In 2016, Angel was involved in a catastrophic car accident that almost took her...

What if improving cash flow isn’t about finding more customers—but getting better at collecting the money your existing customers already owe you?Bill Ferrier, founder of Ready, Set, Collect, has more than 40 years of experience in the credit and collections industry. He argues that collections should be treated as an integral part of the business cycle and that collection teams need training...

What happens when you achieve the things you thought would make your life successful—and still find yourself asking what comes next?Katherine Ma grew up in Ohio, attended Emory University, and spent much of her career in consulting, including working at Bain & Company in New York. But the experience of achieving those conventional markers of success led her to question how she was defining a...