Scott W. Mills, Ph.D. is a writer, educator, and strategic advisor whose work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, relational psychology, and what he calls "honest wealth" — the kind that doesn't cost you your life to build.

He holds a doctorate in Religion and Psychology from the Claremont School of Theology and spent years as a university professor and social worker before bringing that rigor into the world of coaching and consulting.

Over more than thirty years, his work has reached hundreds of thousands of people through platforms including Mindvalley and the Shift Network. He co-created the Money EQ course with Ken Honda, Japan's top-selling personal development author — a course that has now enrolled nearly 120,000 students worldwide.

]He has worked as a strategic advisor and business partner to some of the most recognized names in personal development, and his marketing work has put clients on the USA Today bestseller list in their first week.

He is also the author of Love & Other Survival Skills, a Substack publication and podcast exploring what becomes possible when people whose minds work in patterns and constellations — rather than straight lines — finally stop trying to fit into systems built for someone else.

His writing asks the questions the personal development industry tends to avoid. He lives intentionally in Guadalajara, Mexico, where the unhurried pace of life is not an accident but a practice. In this episode of "Hopenning 2.0" Fran and Scott discuss how hope can be built for neurodivergent thinkers:

Dr. Scott Mills can be found at: drscottwmills.substack.com drscottwmills.systeme.io

Who are the hidden powers in any organization, and how do we get around the glass ceiling that prevents so many of us from reaching our career and work goals?

On this episode of “Hopenning 2.0”, Fran and Ann Kelley Greville discuss her recent book, “Roof Rules: How Hidden Power Dynamics Shape Personal Development”. "Roof Rules" navigates the workplace culture, interactions, and teaches how to achieve workplace and personal growth without losing who we are. It’s written for students, young professionals, early leaders, and anyone searching for confidence and purpose in systems that don’t always make sense. Ann Kelley Greville is an author, speaker, and former corporate executive with more than twenty years of leadership experience in complex organizations with a practical approach to understanding systems, leadership, and human behavior. Ann believes no one is ordinary. We are layered, capable, and original, even when life tries to sort us into neat categories. What we reach for, tolerate, and believe we are allowed to want, shapes our success. By recognizing these patterns and choosing our next step with intention, we can break through the glass ceiling. Through her books, Ann offers readers thoughtful frameworks and practical language for navigating the forces that shape our lives while staying true to who we are!

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Author of "Beneath the Graffiti - a De-Churched Christian's Search for Christianity", CJ Penn shares words of hope for listeners, encouraging them, if they are de-churched, or considering leaving the Christian church, to explore the reality of the Holy Spirit through reading the Gospels, particularly John, and to find comfort in this presence during challenging times.

After becoming an almost-every-Sunday Christian churchgoer in his mid-thirties, CJ Penn helped lead the church junior high youth group.

Then, in his late-forties, CJ left church and joined the ranks of the de-churched. He soon discovered he wasn’t alone. Shortly after becoming another church refugee, CJ fell into writing as a way to express his devotion to Jesus, a devotion that, if anything, grew after he stopped attending church.

More recently, CJ retired from his longtime technology career, finally allowing him to devote much more time to his writing. He no longer gets up at 4:30am to squeeze in some prayer and writing before heading off to his day job, and he’s grateful for that. In fact, “gratitude” pretty much captures how he feels about his life, his family, his friends, and his relationship with God and Jesus.