John Weathington Interview | Grow Your Business UP!, Leadership Strategy & Building High-Performance Cultures

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with executive coach, leadership strategist, management consultant, and author John Weathington.

With more than three decades of experience helping organizations grow and thrive, John has become a trusted advisor to executives, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams across a wide range of industries. His latest book, Grow Your Business UP!, provides practical strategies for creating stronger organizations, developing leaders, and building sustainable growth.

Throughout his distinguished career, John has worked with leaders at major organizations including Chevron, Salesforce, Wells Fargo, Adobe, Cisco, and Dell Technologies. His expertise spans leadership development, organizational design, executive coaching, team effectiveness, culture transformation, and strategic business growth.

John's approach focuses on creating people-centered organizations where leadership, innovation, accountability, and culture work together to drive long-term success. Drawing on decades of consulting experience and research-based methodologies, he helps leaders navigate complexity while building stronger teams and healthier organizations.

In this conversation, we discuss leadership, business growth, organizational culture, executive coaching, team development, strategy, innovation, employee engagement, and the key lessons behind Grow Your Business UP!.

Whether you're a CEO, entrepreneur, manager, business owner, or aspiring leader, this episode delivers practical insights that can be applied immediately.

It's an excellent conversation full of wisdom and experience.

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Valerie Johns Interview | Night Flights, Dreams, Soul Retrieval & The Poetry of the Unconscious

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we welcome back veteran psychotherapist, writer, and gifted poet Valerie Johns for a fascinating conversation about her new 2026 book Night Flights: The Poetry of Soul Retrieval and life in modern America.

Valerie is a remarkable storyteller whose keen intellect, deep curiosity, and grounded wisdom have made her a respected voice in the worlds of psychology, creativity, healing, and personal growth. In Night Flights, she invites readers into the mysterious landscape of dreams, exploring how the unconscious mind communicates through symbols, images, emotions, and stories that often disappear upon waking.

Every night, without effort or intention, we receive messages from deep within ourselves. Most of us forget them by morning. Night Flights challenges us to pay attention. In this powerful new work, dreams become more than metaphors—they become direct transmissions from the soul, offering guidance, healing, insight, and opportunities for self-discovery.

In this conversation, we discuss dreams, psychology, poetry, creativity, the unconscious mind, spiritual growth, healing, self-awareness, modern life, and the profound ways that paying attention to our inner world can transform our outer lives.

As a longtime psychotherapist and writer, Valerie shares perspectives that are both deeply thoughtful and accessible, making this an inspiring discussion for anyone interested in personal development, dream work, creativity, spirituality, and the human experience.

It is always a pleasure to have Valerie back on the show.

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Irvine Nugent Interview | Conflict EQ, Leadership Under Pressure & Emotional Intelligence at Work

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with leadership expert, speaker, and Co-Founder of Conflict EQ, Irvine Nugent.

Irvine specializes in helping leaders, teams, and organizations build the capacity to stay grounded, clear, and constructive under pressure—so that conflict becomes an opportunity for stronger communication, better relationships, and improved results rather than breakdown or avoidance.

His core insight is simple but powerful: most people don’t actually have a conflict problem—they have a capacity problem when stress levels rise. Drawing from lived experience, leadership development, and behavioral science, Irvine helps people expand that capacity so they can navigate difficult conversations without damaging trust, morale, or performance.

Through his work at Conflict EQ, he combines storytelling, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership tools to help individuals and organizations transform the way they handle tension, disagreement, and high-stakes communication.

In this conversation, we discuss leadership under pressure, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, workplace communication, resilience, mindset, self-awareness, organizational culture, and practical strategies for handling difficult conversations with confidence and clarity.

This is a powerful discussion for leaders, managers, executives, coaches, and anyone looking to improve how they show up when it matters most.

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Ryan Nichols Interview | Subconscious Academy, Confidence, Habit Change & Entrepreneurial Growth

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with entrepreneur coach, subconscious behavior expert, and Co-Founder of Subconscious Academy, Ryan Nichols.

For more than 15 years, Ryan has helped entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals understand why they often stall, self-sabotage, lose momentum, or fail to follow through—even when they have the right strategy in place. His work focuses on identifying the subconscious patterns and internal obstacles that can prevent people from reaching their goals.

Drawing from an impressive background that includes coaching, clinical hypnotherapy, leadership development roles with Apple, work with the Tony Robbins Organization, and conflict-resolution initiatives connected to the United Nations, Ryan brings a unique perspective to personal and professional development.

His approach helps people build confidence, overcome limiting beliefs, improve execution, create lasting behavioral change, and achieve greater consistency in both business and life. Through Subconscious Academy, he teaches practical methods for understanding how subconscious programming influences decisions, actions, habits, and results.

In this conversation, we discuss mindset, entrepreneurship, leadership, confidence, habit formation, behavioral change, personal development, self-sabotage, peak performance, coaching, and the science behind sustainable growth.

This is a fascinating discussion for entrepreneurs, leaders, coaches, and anyone looking to break through internal barriers and create lasting success.

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Kalindi Jordan Interview | Conscious Intimacy, Sexual Healing, Relationships & Embodied Transformation

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with renowned sex, intimacy, relationship, and transformational coach Kalindi Jordan.

For more than 30 years, Kalindi has guided thousands of individuals toward deeper self-awareness, healing, authentic connection, and embodied transformation. Widely recognized as a leading voice in the fields of conscious intimacy, sexual vitality, relationship growth, and personal development, she has dedicated her career to helping people create more meaningful and fulfilling lives.

As the founder of Sensual Mastery for Women, Amrita Tantra, Sex, Blood and Bone, and Massage for Lovers Retreats, Kalindi combines psycho-spiritual wisdom, somatic awareness, scientific understanding, and energetic practices to help people reconnect with themselves and others in powerful ways.

Her work bridges ancient wisdom traditions with modern therapeutic approaches, creating practical pathways for healing, emotional growth, self-discovery, intimacy, and relationship development. After more than 15 years focused on sex coaching and sexual somatic healing, Kalindi is now entering a new chapter devoted to teaching, mentoring, and supporting the next generation of practitioners and coaches.

In this conversation, we discuss conscious relationships, intimacy, personal growth, healing, transformation, emotional intelligence, connection, coaching, mentorship, and the evolving nature of human relationships in the modern world.

This is an insightful discussion about what it means to live, love, and connect more authentically.

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James Chesterton Interview | Ashes of the Republic, Political Thriller, AI, Privacy & America's Future

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with former educator, banking professional, and author James Chesterton.

We take a deep dive into his provocative new political thriller Ashes of the Republic, a work of speculative fiction and satire set in the year 2046. The novel imagines an America transformed by the consolidation of theocratic power, where government surveillance, artificial intelligence, data-driven control, and the fusion of religion and state have fundamentally altered everyday life.

Drawing inspiration from contemporary debates surrounding privacy, technology, governance, reproductive surveillance, civil liberties, and the growing role of AI in society, Ashes of the Republic explores how current trends could shape the future if left unchecked. Through a compelling narrative, the book raises important questions about freedom, power, technology, democracy, and the future of individual rights.

Before becoming an author, James spent more than three decades in the banking industry. A graduate of Hunter College, he began his professional journey teaching high school English before earning an MBA from University of Connecticut and transitioning into corporate banking.

In this conversation, we discuss the inspiration behind the novel, political satire, speculative fiction, artificial intelligence, privacy concerns, current events, leadership, career transitions, writing, and the broader social questions that shaped the book.

This is a fascinating discussion about storytelling, technology, democracy, and the future we may be creating today.

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Jobert E. Abueva Interview | The Janus Plan, Reinvention, TEDx Speaker & Marketing Leadership

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with TEDx speaker, marketing executive, philanthropist, and author Jobert E. Abueva.

Jobert's story is one of transformation, resilience, and reinvention. Born in the Philippines and raised across Nepal, Thailand, and Japan through his father's academic career, he developed a global perspective at an early age. Those experiences taught him that the most challenging journeys are often internal—and that personal growth begins when we are willing to cross our own thresholds.

Drawing from decades of leadership experience, Jobert authored The Janus Plan, a framework designed to help individuals navigate change, rediscover purpose, and create meaningful new beginnings.

As a senior marketing and philanthropy executive at ETS (Educational Testing Service) in Princeton, New Jersey, Jobert has built a distinguished career spanning Fortune 500 leadership, international branding, and global business development. Earlier in his career, while leading one of the world's most recognizable beauty brands, Herbal Essences, he experienced a profound period of burnout that ultimately became the catalyst for personal reflection, transformation, and the creation of The Janus Plan.

In this conversation, we discuss leadership, burnout, reinvention, personal growth, marketing, global business, purpose-driven work, philanthropy, resilience, and the lessons learned from a life lived across cultures and industries.

From his homes in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and New York City, Jobert shares valuable insights on finding clarity, embracing change, and building a more meaningful life.

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