Total Person Podcast

 
SEASON 1 • BONUS EPISODE
 
The Talker and the Listener
Learning When to React, When to Listen, and When to Respond
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.
WHAT YOU’LL HEAR
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.
LINKS
Website: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/
Start here: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/p/the-total-person-space/
Total Person — thanks for listening.
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. Email: cpierrea11@gmail.com (or) DM me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pierre   Watch and follow: YouTube: Chris J. Pierre   More links will be added here as the show rolls out on other platforms.       Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake. This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.

 
SEASON 1 • BONUS EPISODE
 
Behind It All
The Story Behind The Total Person
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.
WHAT YOU’LL 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.
LINKS
Website: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/
Start here: https://totalpersonpodcast.podbean.com/p/the-total-person-space/
Total Person — thanks for listening.
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. Email: cpierrea11@gmail.com (or) DM me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pierre   Watch and follow: YouTube: Chris J. Pierre   More links will be added here as the show rolls out on other platforms.       Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake. This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.

 
SEASON 1 • EPISODE 12
SEASON FINALE
The Path Forward
Don’t chase motivation. Build a rhythm that holds.
 
Episode Description
This is where surviving the storm turns into building a life.
 
Motivation fades.
Pressure doesn’t.
Most people try to push harder when life gets loud.
But the real path forward isn’t about pushing.
It’s about building a rhythm that can actually hold your life together.
Because the storms you face don’t just show up at work.
• They show up in your sleep
• In your money stress
• In the way pressure leaks into your relationships
This season finale shifts the conversation from surviving storms… to building structure that steadies your life.
• Why emotional intelligence begins with a pause
• How small resets change how you show up at home
• Why identity built on performance eventually cracks
• How rhythm protects you when motivation disappears
The real question
What rhythm is your life quietly training you to live?
This episode isn’t about reinventing yourself.
It’s about becoming steadier.
Because the goal isn’t to defeat storms.The goal is to stop letting storms decide who you become.
🟤 Round Table
 
At the 🟤 Round Table, the conversation comes back to one idea: your life already runs on patterns. The question is whether those patterns build stability… or quietly keep you stuck in survival.
Reflection
 
• Where is pressure leaking across different parts of your life?
• What small reset could change how you show up tonight?
• If someone studied your weekly rhythm… what would it reveal?
Press play. Then build one rhythm that holds.
Small structure. Real stability.
I’m Chris.
This is The Total Person.
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. Email: cpierrea11@gmail.com (or) DM me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pierre   Watch and follow: YouTube: Chris J. Pierre   More links will be added here as the show rolls out on other platforms.       Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake. This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.

 
SEASON 1 • EPISODE 10
 
Building Trust & Connection
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.
YOU’LL LEAVE WITH A STRONGER WAY TO BUILD TRUST
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.
CLICK HERE TO KEEP GOING
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Start Here: 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? Send me the storm you’re rebuilding from. I read these. Email: cpierrea11@gmail.com (or) DM me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pierre   Watch and follow: YouTube: Chris J. Pierre   More links will be added here as the show rolls out on other platforms.       Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake. This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.

 
SEASON 1 • EPISODE 10
 
Building Trust & Connection
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.
YOU’LL LEAVE WITH A STRONGER WAY TO BUILD TRUST
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.
KEEP GOING
Visit the Total Person Website
Start Here: 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? Send me the storm you’re rebuilding from. I read these. Email: cpierrea11@gmail.com (or) DM me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pierre   Watch and follow: YouTube: Chris J. Pierre   More links will be added here as the show rolls out on other platforms.       Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake. This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.

 
SEASON 1 • EPISODE 9
 
Finding Meaning Through Purpose
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.
YOU’LL LEAVE WITH A CLEARER SENSE OF PURPOSE
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.
LINKS
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? Send me the storm you’re rebuilding from. I read these. Email: cpierrea11@gmail.com (or) DM me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pierre   Watch and follow: YouTube: Chris J. Pierre   More links will be added here as the show rolls out on other platforms.       Stay in. Stay alive. Stay awake. This is Total Person. I’m Chris. Talk soon.