A continuous instrumental journey through the sound of Season One.

This is the full Season One Sound Bed Journey for The Total Person. A continuous instrumental medley built from the atmosphere, emotion, and movement behind Season One. This piece moves through storm, warning, healing, emotional awareness, resilience, leadership, meaning, trust, memory, reflection, mystery, and light.

It begins with the storm taking shape, then moves into the warning beneath burnout, the reach toward healing, the heart inside pressure, the bend before breaking, and the lantern of leadership. From there, the sound shifts through meaning, trust, reflection, river, rising tide, mystery, ritual, and finally, into the light.

This is not a playlist. It is one flowing listening experience. Use it to think, write, rest, reflect, drive, breathe, or sit with the full emotional arc of Season One from start to finish.

0:00 — The Storm Begins

3:12 — The Warning Beneath the Noise

5:24 — Still Healing, Still Reaching

9:49 — The Heart Inside the Storm

13:26 — The Bend Before Breaking

16:28 — Holding the Lantern

19:34 — When the Strong Ones Crack

22:54 — Carrying the Weight of Leadership

26:56 — Meaning in the Dark

29:30 — The First Circle of Trust

32:18 — The Shape of Becoming

33:50 — Looking Back at the Storm

36:25 — Behind It All

38:10 — The Voice and the Witness

39:40 — River After the Rain

40:38 — Alright, Let’s Go

43:12 — The Tide Begins to Rise

45:26 — Echoes Forward

47:26 — The Mystery Opens

50:56 — The Peak and the Fade

53:44 — Desert Ritual

55:28 — Into the Light

One continuous journey from storm, through pressure, into awareness, trust, and light.

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We all talk to ourselves. That part is normal. But the deeper question is whether you are listening long enough before the talker takes over. In this bonus episode of The Total Person, I sit with the difference between reaction and response, the part of us that protects fast, and the quieter part that can slow the moment down enough to actually hear what is happening.

• why talking to yourself is normal, but skipping the listening can cost you
• how childhood, pressure, and survival can train fast reactions
• why reaction is not always wrong, but it cannot lead every moment
• how listening changes marriage, parenting, work, conflict, and communication
• why the listener needs a seat at the table before the talker responds

● Why listen: if you have ever built the comeback before the other person finished talking, this episode will hit close to home.

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This one is personal. Before Season 2 begins, I wanted to sit down and tell you where The Total Person really came from. Not the brand. Not the title. The reason behind it. The lake. The storms. The self-doubt. The pressure. The breath. If you want to understand the heart behind everything in Season 1, this is the episode to hear.

• where the kayak, the lake, and the quiet really come from
• why this project started from survival, not content
• how storms in the mind shaped the message behind Season 1
• why honesty, judging less, and letting people find their own way matter so much to me
• why this bonus episode sets up everything that comes next

● Why listen: if Season 1 spoke to you, this is the episode that opens the door and shows you what was sitting behind all of it.

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Total Person — thanks for listening.

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This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.

Trust and connection sound soft until the storm shows up. Then they become everything. In real pressure — at work, at home, in leadership, in parenting — they are the difference between sinking alone and moving together.

In this episode of Total Person, we talk about what trust and connection really are. Not a vibe. Not a title. Not something you talk about once and assume is there. Trust is a pattern. Connection is a practice. And both of them get tested most when life gets tense, awkward, and inconvenient.

You’ll hear why trust grows in repetition, how connection thins when people start protecting themselves, and why inconsistency does more damage than pressure ever could. We get into leadership, family, parenting, self-trust, repair, and the small moments that quietly teach people what to expect from you.

• how to see trust as a pattern people can actually count on
• how repair, honesty, and consistency strengthen connection under pressure
• how to lead, parent, and show up in a way that helps people move closer instead of bracing

This one gets real. Leadership. Parenting. Relationships. Self-trust. Burnout. The quiet way connection weakens when people stop feeling safe — and the steady way it gets rebuilt through clarity, follow-through, and repair.

Next episode: we move into Trust Systems — what it takes to build environments, habits, and ways of showing up that make trust stronger than mood, pressure, or chaos.

Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake.

I am the total person today.

Total Person — thanks for listening.

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Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake.

This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.

Trust and connection sound soft until the storm shows up. Then they become everything. In real pressure — at work, at home, in leadership, in parenting — they are the difference between sinking alone and moving together.

In this episode of Total Person, we talk about what trust and connection really are. Not a vibe. Not a title. Not something you talk about once and assume is there. Trust is a pattern. Connection is a practice. And both of them get tested most when life gets tense, awkward, and inconvenient.

You’ll hear why trust grows in repetition, how connection thins when people start protecting themselves, and why inconsistency does more damage than pressure ever could. We get into leadership, family, parenting, self-trust, repair, and the small moments that quietly teach people what to expect from you.

• how to see trust as a pattern people can actually count on
• how repair, honesty, and consistency strengthen connection under pressure
• how to lead, parent, and show up in a way that helps people move closer instead of bracing

This one gets real. Leadership. Parenting. Relationships. Self-trust. Burnout. The quiet way connection weakens when people stop feeling safe — and the steady way it gets rebuilt through clarity, follow-through, and repair.

Next episode: we move into Trust Systems — what it takes to build environments, habits, and ways of showing up that make trust stronger than mood, pressure, or chaos.

Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake.

I am the total person today.

Total Person — thanks for listening.

If this episode helped, share it with one person who needs it.

Want to add to the show?

Send me the storm you’re rebuilding from. I read these.

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After breakdown. After burnout. There comes a harder question: what now? Where is this leading? This episode goes right at that question, because purpose does not erase storms — it gives you a reason to keep walking through them.

In this episode of Total Person, we turn to Viktor Frankl and the idea that meaning is what helps a person hold their inner life together when pressure, pain, and uncertainty start closing in. Not comfort. Not status. Not pretending life is easy. Meaning.

You’ll hear why burnout does not only drain your energy, but your why. We get into Frankl’s three paths to meaning, the difference between pressure and purpose, and the quiet truth that even when you cannot choose the storm, you can still choose the stance you take inside it.

• how to recognize when your life is running on pressure instead of meaning
• how purpose can steady you when comfort is not available
• how to choose a real stance inside suffering without letting the storm make you cold

This one goes deep. Viktor Frankl. Fatherhood. Work. Leadership. Identity. The slow way pressure can change you — and the way purpose can help you rebuild a life that feels grounded, honest, and worth carrying.

Next episode: we move into Building Trust & Connection — because meaning is not meant to stay trapped inside you. It has to show up in relationships, repair, and how you move through storms with other people.

Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake.

I am the total person today.

Website: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/

Start here: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/p/the-total-person-space/

Total Person — thanks for listening.

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Burnout does not always show up like a lightning strike. A lot of the time, it looks more like a candle fighting the wind for too long — still lit, still going, but getting smaller without you fully noticing.

In this episode of Total Person, we talk about what burnout really looks like in leadership. Not weakness. Not carelessness. Not failure. A slow thinning out of patience, focus, meaning, and presence while you still keep showing up and handling what needs handling.

You’ll hear why burnout is more than being tired, how functioning can hide fading, and how leaders often rename warning signs until they start feeling normal. We get into the pressure of always being the reliable one, the cost of living in push-through mode, and the hard truth that burnout can keep you moving while you quietly hollow out.

• how to spot the early signs that you are still functioning but fading
• how to tell the difference between commitment and self-abandonment
• how to stop renaming warning signs before your body forces a stop

This one gets real. Leadership pressure. Identity. Survival mode. The stories people run while they work. And the moment you realize the outside version of you still looks steady while the inside version is running out of fuel.

Next episode: Viktor Frankl takes center stage as we ask a deeper question — what gives you the strength to keep going when life does not get easier?

Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake.

I am the total person today.

Website: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/

Start here: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/p/the-total-person-space/

Total Person — thanks for listening.

If this episode helped, share it with one person who needs it.

Want to add to the show?

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Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake.

This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.