REAL Mentors Podcast

S1E88 She Managed $40 Million Before Age 22 | Alexis Morgan on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 88

Alexis Morgan founded her first real estate investment fund at twenty years old. By twenty one she was managing over forty million dollars. No Wall Street connections. No family money. Just a young…

S1E87 The Truth Is Funnier Than the Lie | Esther Acosta on REAL Mentors Podcast SP 87

Esther Acosta didn't see herself as a comedian. Then one open mic she flourished and found her calling. Three years later she's sold out over thirty shows, performed at the Laugh Factory in Chicago…

S1E86 A Drug Dealer From Facing 60 Years to 8 Figure CEO | Kelly Siegel on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 86

Kelly Siegel grew up with alcoholic parents who beat him when they came home drunk. He learned early that showing fear meant weakness and that survival required toughness. By college he was shipping…

S1E85 Homeless, Handcuffed in Front of His Son, Then Found God | Jonnie Parsons on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 85

Jonnie Parsons had the $70,000 truck, the four bedroom house and the white picket fence. He gave it all away chasing a void he couldn't fill. What followed was meth, opiates, fentanyl, eighteen…

S1E84 From Manhattan Prosecutor to Passion Coach | Kereen Evans on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 84

Kereen Evans migrated to the United States at eleven years old. She went on to become a Manhattan prosecutor, a legal advisor, a podcast host in the top ten percent of all podcasts worldwide and a…

S1E83 Arrested, Broke and Built an Empire Anyway | Jarred Elmar on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 83

Jarred Elmar bought his first properties on courthouse steps right out of high school with no college, no capital, no connections and no safety net. Just a scrappy kid from South Florida who refused…

S1E82 From Overdoses to 9 Figures | Ryan Zofay on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 82

Ryan Zofay started using drugs at 11. By his late teens he was incarcerated, facing a potential life sentence. Most people don't come back from that but Ryan built a 9-figure business from it.The…

S1E81 From Corrections Officer to Content Creator | Franjez on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 81

Franjez grew up in Yonkers with nothing and says that's exactly why he appreciates everything. Raised in a Dominican household where daily drinking was just part of life, he spent years as a New York…

S1E80 The Loneliness Epidemic Nobody's Talking About | Vinny Brusco on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 80

Men's mental health is in crisis. The statistics prove it. The disconnection proves it. And nobody wants to sit with that long enough to actually fix it.Vinny Brusco decided to build the fix. He's a…

S1E79 Your Nervous System Is Running Your Business | Ian Garfinkel on REAL Mentors Podcast EP79

High-pressure leaders don't fail because they lack strategy. They fail because their nervous system is running a program their ambition can't override. Ian Garfinkel is a Neural Performance and…

S1E78 Emmy Winner Traci Mitchell on Rewriting Your Life Story | REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 78

S1E77 From Drug Addiction to Half Marathons EVERY DAY | Trevor Cowley on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 77

From streets and needles to $700K business turnarounds, Trevor Cowley shares his brutal path: extreme poverty, 4 years of IV heroin addiction, homeless rock bottom, and cold-turkey mountain detox.…

S1E76 The #1 K*ller of Entrepreneur Wealth | Angela Goodman on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 76

From managing a $25M P&L in male-dominated HVAC to building a thriving restaurant franchise (and recently exiting amid "financial debris"), Angela Goodman reveals how core wounds—like…

S1E75 Ex-NASA Scientist: Tap Your Own Power, Ditch the Experts | Rajiv Mehta on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 75

From Princeton/Stanford engineer and ex-NASA scientist to culture pioneer, Rajiv unveils why elite teams win through simple pencil-and-paper maps—not tech or offsites. He shares the SEAL captain's…

S1E74 Erika Rothenberger on Surviving Assault & Rewriting the Law | REAL Mentors Podcast | Ep. 74

She had the corner office, the MBA, two kids, a husband, and the suburban dream. Then a stranger punched her in the face, threw her to the asphalt, and strangled her until she blacked out in a…

S1E73 Reinventing Yourself Using Your Voice | Matt Berthot on REAL Mentors Podcast | Ep. 73

Your voice is your ultimate superpower and Matt Berthot proves it.Former choir director Matt Berthot joins Sean Martin on the REAL Mentors Podcast to reveal how vocal power unlocked Sean's prison…

S1E72 From Welfare Office to Seven‑Figure Exits | Chaz Wolfe on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 72

In this episode of the REAL Mentors Podcast, serial entrepreneur and Gathering The Kings founder Chaz Wolfe sits down with Sean Martin to unpack how self‑belief, faith, and intentionality can…

S1E71 Why Gen Z Lacks Faith with Andelina Storm on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 71

Andelina Storm brings a raw, faith-filled Gen Z perspective to mental health on the REAL Mentors Podcast with Sean Martin. A 20-year-old psych student and author of Sanity in the Storm, Andelina…

S1E70 From Immigrant Grit to Self-Storage Millions | David Perlleshi on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 70

David Perlleshi, Albanian-American broker (Bronx-born to '89 Kosovo immigrants) reveals how he ditched corporate paychecks for uncapped potential, scaling mom-and-pop storage facilities into…

S1E69 Finding Hope in America's Most Dangerous Cities | Belinda Ramos on REAL Mentors Podcast Ep. 69

In this episode of The REAL Mentors Podcast, Belinda Ramos, now Executive Director of Community Connections for Youth in the South Bronx, reveals why the most effective way to prevent youth…