Memoirs to Millions
A memoir is part of your life that has something to teach. Your story becomes the reader's medicine. You are the lab. They are the patient. The chapter is the dose.
The goal here is simple: meet interesting people, have a real conversation with them, and share it.
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Episodes
18 episodes
What Happens When Ambition Takes the Driver's Seat | Richard Walsh | Episode 13
He burned his own work uniforms in a bonfire so the business couldn't own him again.Richard Walsh built water features and steel sculptures for twenty years, internationally recognized, award-winning, until November 5, 2008, the day afte...
A Mind Left Unsupervised Will Lie to You First | Adaeze Iloeje-Udeogalanya | Episode 12
Adaeze Iloeje-Udeogalanya is the founder of African Women in STEM. In her TEDx talk, she made the case that cultural identity is the key to unlocking success in STEM. This time, the conversation goes somewhere she's never taken it publicly befo...
Culture Goes in People. Systems Hold the People. | Dr. Ankit Agarwal | Episode 11
Dr. Ankit Agarwal is the founder of Breaking Mental Models. In this conversation, he and Asher take apart the words we use without ever checking what they mean: system, culture, tradition, environment, performance.It starts with a 4am wa...
You're Not Kind. You're Just Scared to Say No. | Joanna Sanchez | EP#10
On this episode of the Memoirs to Millions Podcast, Joanna Sanchez sits down with Asher for a conversation on kindness. They talk about the armor she built around her heart, the cover she kept redesigning so nobody would open the book, and the ...
Surrender Is Not the White Flag You Think It Is | Allison Vaeth | Episode 9
They talk about ending a twelve-year relationship and becoming a full-time nomad. About stepping into work the world still calls taboo. About heartbreak as a door instead of a wound, and why freedom of time outranks freedom of money on her list...
TAKE NO FOR VITAMINS | Weekly Intel Brief #25 | Memoirs to Millions
The first person who doubted your story was you.A friend leans across the table. "You should write your book." Before the sentence lands, you answer for them. Who would read about my life?That is the first no. And you handed it to...
Why Hiding Feels Safer Than Being Seen | Alana Robinson | EP#8
She kept her curls tied back for years. Not straightened, just tucked away, in a place that didn't ask her to take up space.Alana Robinson is a life coach trained through the Hendricks Institute. She spent years reading a room before she...
SEQUENCE IS THE SYSTEM | Weekly Intel Brief #24 | Memoirs to Millions
In 2023, I looked up the symptoms of dyslexia.Before I understood why I was crying, the tears were already falling.I sat in them for thirty minutes.I am not formally diagnosed. What I have is recognition.A pattern I had ...
Why Being Number One Is Not the Same as Winning | Dr. Ankit Agarwal | EP#7
Dr. Ankit Agarwal is the founder of Breaking Mental Models. He teaches about 1,000 students a year how human behavior actually changes. In his first conversation with Asher, he walked through the Hindsight Trap and the journey that built him. T...
Fix Your Position, Fix Your Pay | Jen Fontanilla | EP#6
What looks like a money problem is almost always a positioning problem underneath. Jen Fontanilla spent 25 years in graphic design for Hollywood film and video games. She was great at the craft and still could not see her own worth clearly. The...
Shaken Not Stirred -- Weekly Intel Brief #21 | Memoirs to Millions
Every week I read the Memoirs to Millions Weekly Intel Brief live -- because getting better at reading your own work is part of the process.This week's brief: Shaken Not StirredYou were never afraid of the shake. You were afraid...
Mine Your Memories For More Meaning | Weekly Intel Brief #22 | Memoirs to Millions
Every week I read the Memoirs to Millions Weekly Intel Brief live - because the smartest thing I can do for your memoir journey is stay sharp, stay current, and share what I'm learning in real time.This week's brief: Mine Your Memories ...
The Tree - Weekly Intel Brief #23 | Memoirs to Millions
You stopped noticing your best move the day it became second nature.This is Brief #23 of the Weekly Intel - a newsletter I write and read aloud for the Memoirs to Millions community. Each brief is a short reflection on growth, business,...
She Moved 50 Times Before She Grew Up. Then She Put Down Roots on a Mountain. | Rachel Cronin | EP#5
Rachel Cronin was raised in 19 different states and moved more than 50 times before she graduated high school. Her father struggled with narcissism, the family followed his jobs, and the longest one lasted six hours. She found personal growth a...
She Talks for a Living Now. There Was a Time She Was Not Allowed To. | Tiana Wrightnour | EP#4
Tiana Wrightnour built a coaching business helping driven women step into their power. For a stretch of her life, she was also in a relationship where speaking up felt unsafe. Where she tiptoed. Where she made herself smaller to keep the peace....
Why Growth Feels Like a Drug Once You Start | Riley Gruppo | EP#3
Riley Gruppo spent nearly 8 years in the Army. She commanded soldiers. She led where few women had led before. Then she walked away from the rank, the title, and everything that told her who she was. What she found on the other side surprised h...
How to Stop Reliving the Past You Cannot Change | Dr. Ankit Agarwal | EP#2
Dr. Ankit Agarwal is the Founder of Breaking Mental Models. In this conversation, he walks Asher through the Hindsight Trap, the Johari Window, and the bowl of water analogy he uses to teach how human behavior actually changes.━━━━━━━━━━...
"I Was Spiritually Homeless" | Retired Army Captain Tiara Joseph on the Whisper That Saved Her | EP#1
"I Was Spiritually Homeless" | Retired Army Captain Tiara Joseph on the Whisper That Saved HerIn 2024, Tiara Joseph sat in her dark living room, high on multiple drugs, in the middle of a ritual she believed was healing her. She had the...