
Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily
Andy Vasily
52 episodes listed below
Leadership, resilience, and purpose in long form.
The gist
Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily sits with people whose work turns on character, service, learning, and recovery. Its conversations move patiently through leadership, emotional literacy, inquiry, coaching, and the personal histories that shape how people help others.
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About Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily
Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily is a reflective interview series about leadership, education, sport, emotional growth, and the work of becoming useful to other people. It moves slowly enough for context to matter. Instead of treating excellence as performance alone, the show keeps returning to the habits beneath it: self-awareness, trust, inquiry, belonging, emotional language, and the decision to keep acting with purpose when life becomes difficult. The recent run of conversations gives the show a clear shape. Nancy Lhoest-Squicciarini speaks in the world of psychological safety, feedback, cognitive conflict, and professional learning. Dan Newby brings emotional literacy into leadership and service work. Harry Lumley’s episode frames coaching and mentorship through belonging, discipline, school, sport, and the adults who notice potential before a young person can see it. Conrad Hughes brings moral principles, self-awareness, teacher agency, and artificial intelligence in schools into the leadership conversation. Kath Murdoch’s episode connects inquiry with learning, childhood, teaching, and the inner work of leaders. Jill Wheatley’s conversation centers grief, visual impairment, shame, optimism, action, and purpose. Nina Sossamon-Pogue’s story reaches from Olympic dreams into joy, difficult choices, identity, college athletics, and helping others succeed. Anthony Calvillo’s episode connects elite football with preparation, mentors, confidence, domestic violence awareness, and the inner voice of an athlete. The show is earnest without becoming abstract. It often begins by placing the guest inside a larger theme, then lets the conversation move through memory, values, and practical meaning. Andy Vasily’s presence is guiding rather than combative, with questions that invite guests to connect lived experience to what they now teach, coach, or model. The emotional register is warm and serious. There is gratitude, but also real weight: grief, family instability, shame, frustration, and the hard work of trust are allowed into the room. For PlayNext discovery, the show is best understood as a patient archive of formative stories and leadership practice, where sport, schools, and personal adversity keep meeting at the same question: how does a person grow in a way that helps others grow too?
Made for: Suits a listener who wants reflective interviews about leadership, education, coaching, emotional literacy, and personal resilience. It fits someone who prefers patient context and life lessons over debate or quick-take advice.
What sets it apart: The show connects school leadership, sport performance, coaching, and personal hardship without treating them as separate worlds. Its strength is the way guest stories become practical reflections on trust, belonging, purpose, and service.
In their own words
Host Andy Vasily interviews inspiring leaders from professional sports, the field of education, and the health/wellness industry to unpack what striving for excellence means and to learn more about the guiding principles that shape their work.
As heard by us
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Andy Vasily turns leadership principles into grounded conversations about emotion, mentorship, setbacks and the everyday work of helping other people grow.
Andy Vasily builds patient conversations around the choices people make when leadership becomes personal. Rather than leaving ideas such as self-awareness or resilience at the level of principle, he asks guests to connect them to classrooms, workplaces, sporting setbacks and…
Why you'd press play
Cupcakes alone won't build psychological safety; Andy Vasily has harder questions for your next staff meeting.
Press play if you want
- to ask what happens after the workshop, when the folded arms are still in the room
- to hear how missing an Olympic team can unsettle your identity without ending your love of the sport
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Episodes
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#297- Building a Business From the Inside Out with Jason Moss
Apr 8, 2026·1h 19m - 2
#296- One Family's Walk Through Loss with Frank Stepnowski and Sam Welch
Mar 14, 2026·59m - 3
#295- The Story Behind the You Are Beautiful Campaign with Matthew Hoffman
Mar 8, 2026·1h 10m - 4
#294-Permission to Be Yourself: Creating a Life That Matters
Feb 8, 2026·1h 19m - 5
#293- Building Resilience Through Mental Fitness With Hadleigh Fischer
Dec 22, 2025·1h 7m - 6
#292- The Journey Within: Self-Discovery, Health & Healing with Udo Erasmus
Dec 8, 2025·1h 29m - 7
#291- The Long Run: Stuart Jenkins on Purpose and Performance
Nov 16, 2025·1h 42m - 8
#290- 4 X Mindfulness: Conversations about Love, Connection & Coping with Grief with Neila Steele
Oct 19, 2025·46m - 9
#289- Sharing Courage: Josh Berghuis on the Power of Resilience, Optimism and Gratitude
Oct 4, 2025·1h 18m - 10
#288- The Power of Becoming: Lessons in Growth, Resilience, and Health with Ted Temertzoglou
Sep 19, 2025·1h 28m - 11
#287- True to Yourself: Authenticity and Growth in Leadership with Nancy Lhoest-Squicciarini
Hidden gemAndy Vasily interviews Nancy Scorini, a New Yorker who has lived and worked in Luxembourg for more than 30 years and who says her leadership style is built on “human-centeredness, connection, humility, vulnerability.” Nancy ties her career in education to sixth-grade teacher Lana Gluck, and she uses Drew Dudley’s “lollipop moments” to show how small acts of encouragement can shape culture over time.
Sep 13, 2025·1h 33m·5 clips - 12
#286- Why Emotional Literacy Matters—A Conversation with Dan Newby
Hidden gemAndy Vasily speaks with Dan Newby, founder of the School of Emotions and Dignity Inc., about emotional literacy, emotional regulation, and why Dan calls emotions a “new human technology.” Dan says he learned emotions by example from a father who was a pastor and a mother who was a teacher, but not through explicit language, and he later discovered the work after difficult years in his late 30s and 40s.
Sep 5, 2025·1h 23m·5 clips - 13
#285- From Habit to Healing: Dr. Judson Brewer on the Power of Mindful Awareness
Aug 16, 2025·1h 5m - 14
#284- The Legacy of a Coach: Harry Lumley on Life, Leadership, and Belonging
Hidden gemAndy Vasily speaks with Coach Harry Lumley of WF Herman Academy, where Harry says he has coached football since 1967 and won 27 city championships.
Aug 6, 2025·1h 19m·1 clip - 15
#283- The Courage To Believe with Max Fox
Jul 30, 2025·1h 9m - 16
#282- The Moral Principles of Leadership with Dr. Conrad Hughes
Hidden gemRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily features Dr.
Jul 19, 2025·1h 14m·5 clips - 17
#281- The Art of Collaborative Leadership with Mazda Canada CEO/President David Klan
Jul 9, 2025·1h 24m - 18
#281- The Art of Collaborative Leadership with Mazda Canada CEO/President David Klan
Jul 8, 2025·1h 14m - 19
#280-Timeless Insight and Life Lessons from 2X Stanley Cup Champ Daniel Carcillo
Jun 10, 2025·1h 3m - 20
#279- From Refugee to Marine to CEO: A Life of Service and Mission with Quang X. Pham
Jun 2, 2025·1h 4m - 21
#278- Timeless Insight and Life Lessons from NY Times Best-Selling Author Sharon Salzberg
May 25, 2025·1h 9m - 22
#277: Finding Our Own Courage: When Action Calls by Andy Vasily
May 7, 2025·1h 13m - 23
#277: Finding Our Own Courage: When Action Calls by Andy Vasily
May 7, 2025·1h 18m - 24
#276: Timeless Insight and Life Lessons from NY Times Best-Selling Author Cal Fussman
Apr 21, 2025·1h 18m - 25
#275: Snapshot Reflections on Well-Being Ep.1 with Andy Vasily
Apr 15, 2025·5m - 26
#274: Timeless Life Lessons and Insight From NY Times Best-Selling Author Daniel Pink
Apr 14, 2025·47m - 27
#273: Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times with Father Greg Boyle
Mar 31, 2025·1h 18m - 28
#272: Climbing Beyond Limits- A Story of Courage and Transformation with Jill Wheatley
Mar 26, 2025·1h 20m - 29
#271: Leading with Impact: Building Open Conversations in Education and Beyond with Alex Gray and Andy Vasily
Mar 20, 2025·1h 19m - 30
#270: Paying It Forward: Amadou Ba on Gratitude, Growth, and Giving Back
Mar 9, 2025·1h 41m - 31
#269: Beyond True: Multiple Perspectives and Living Well with Derek Sivers
Feb 19, 2025·1h 41m - 32
#268: Redefining Resilience: From Olympic Dreams to Emmy-Winning Success with Nina Sossamon-Pogue
Hidden gemNina Sossamon Pogue links her purpose to a color-coded review of two months of her corporate calendar, where the value moments were the times she helped people through tough situations.
Feb 14, 2025·1h 15m·2 clips - 33
#267: The Psychology of Mattering with Dr. Gordon Flett
Jan 15, 2025·1h 17m - 34
#266: Leading with Heart: Stef Okamoto on Courage, Vulnerability, and Impact
Dec 8, 2024·1h 15m - 35
#265: Transforming Schools: How Culture Shapes Learning and Leadership with Anne van Dam
Nov 29, 2024·1h 9m - 36
#264: Radical Candor in Practice with Amy Sandler (Part 1)
Nov 18, 2024·57m - 37
#263: Healing Through Compassion: Dimitra Kalogeropoulou’s Journey of Recovery
Nov 11, 2024·1h 11m - 38
#262: The Science of Motivating Young People with Dr. David Yeager
Nov 1, 2024·58m - 39
#261- Wisdom of Alignment Series: Being the Lead Learner in Your Life
Oct 14, 2024·13m - 40
#260- Mastering Performance: How Actions Shape Our Success with Mark Bennett
Oct 6, 2024·1h 21m - 41
#259- Building and Maintaining Trust in the Workplace with Charles Feltman
Sep 28, 2024·1h 18m - 42
#258- Always Asking the 'Why' Behind Learning & Leadership with Kevin Bartlett
Aug 3, 2024·1h - 43
#257- Wisdom of Alignment Series: Human-Centered Leadership
Jul 26, 2024·14m - 44
#256- The Wisdom of Alignment Series: Finding the Right Path
Jul 22, 2024·18m - 45
#255- Disciplined for Greatness: The Inspiring Story of Munashe Masawi
Jul 16, 2024·1h 4m - 46
#254- The Wisdom of Alignment Series: The Shadow Side of Leadership
Jun 30, 2024·11m - 47
#253- Beyond the Ice: Daniel Carcillo's Path to Purpose, Meaning and Impact in Life
Apr 26, 2024·1h 4m - 48
#252- Real Life-The Journey From Isolation to Openness and Freedom with Sharon Salzberg
Apr 14, 2024·1h 9m - 49
#251- Cultivating Authenticity in Coaching: Wisdom from Dr. Jim Knight
Mar 23, 2024·50m - 50
#250- The Heart of Life and Leadership: Insights From Ila Edgar
Mar 15, 2024·1h 23m - 51
#216- Leading and Learning Through the Lens of Inquiry with Kath Murdoch
Oct 15, 2022·51m - 52
#176 - The Mindset of a Champion With Anthony Calvillo
Apr 24, 2021·1h 4m