Always Better than Yesterday with Ryan Hartley | A Podcast for Heart Centred Leaders

Jessica Butcher is the founder of Power Branding, a marketing agency helping health, wellness and purpose-driven brands increase their visibility, authority and impact through authentic, values-driven marketing.Through strategic marketing, content creation, personal branding, communications and relationship-building, Jessica helps founders and organisations amplify meaningful messages without sacrificing authenticity. Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,Ryan Connect with Jessica ButcherWebsite: https://www.iampowerbranding.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-weesner-butcher-9848a174/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iampowerbranding/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064029490222 Connect with Always Better Than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coachingQuestions and reflections: podcast@abty.co.ukChapters:00:00 – Introduction03:00 – Jessica's Journey Into Marketing08:00 – Marketing Begins With Values15:00 – Trust, AI & The Rise Of Personal Brands21:00 – Consistency, Visibility & Showing Up27:00 – Relationships Before Revenue35:00 – Why Heart-Centered Leaders Resist Marketing42:00 – Authentic Marketing That Actually Works50:00 – Visibility As An Act Of Service58:00 – Final Reflections#personalbranding #heartcenteredmarketing #marketing

In this episode of the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast, host Ryan Hartley welcomes back communicator, podcaster, storyteller and author Ben Veal.Since his first appearance, Ben has transformed an idea into something tangible: a bestselling book, multiple podcasts, growing communities and a body of work built around one simple but powerful belief — that stories change people.At the centre of this conversation sits Ben’s new book, Good Journeys: 25 Inspiring People with 75 Lessons Learned.Built from years of podcast conversations, chance encounters, grief, friendship, curiosity and human connection, the book captures what happens when we stop chasing perfect answers and instead become better students of otherpeople’s experiences.Together Ryan and Ben explore fatherhood, grief, identity, neurodiversity, validation, wrestling, podcasting and purpose — but ultimately this conversation asks a deeper question:What happens when we pay closer attention to the stories shaping our lives?This episode explores why conversations matter, why storytelling matters and why understanding other people may ultimately help us understand ourselves.At its heart, this episode is about discovering that our lives are often changed one conversation at a time.About Good JourneysGood Journeys began as a podcast.It evolved into hundreds of conversations.Eventually, it became a book.Good Journeys: 25 Inspiring People with 75 Lessons Learned brings together lessons from entrepreneurs, authors, athletes, creators, wrestlers, communicators and everyday people attempting to navigate extraordinary lives.The book explores purpose, grief, identity, resilience, fatherhood, success, neurodiversity, failure and belonging.The work includes podcasts, books, YouTube channels, storytelling, communications work and community building.Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanConnect with Ben VealWebsite: https://www.secondmountaincomms.co.uk/Wrestling Life Website: https://www.wrestlinglife.online/Good Journeys Podcast: https://www.secondmountaincomms.co.uk/podcastBook – Good Journeys: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Journeys-Ben-Veal-ebook/dp/B0GTBSH5BLBook – Badd To Good: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Badd-Good-Wrestling-Wildman-Marc/dp/B0D3X9LJ9SLinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/benvealwritesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodjourneyspod/X: https://x.com/BenVealWritesYouTube – Good Journeys: https://www.youtube.com/@goodjourneyspodYouTube – Wrestling Life: https://www.youtube.com/@wrestlinglifeonlineConnect with Always Better Than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men’s Group (Akira): https://abty.co.uk/akiraJoin our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coachingPlease email questions and reflections to:podcast@abty.co.uk

In this episode of the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast, host Ryan Hartley sits down with James Kellock — former international athlete, founder, coach, and kindness advocate whose life’s work is rooted in the belief that small acts of compassion can transform individuals, workplaces, and entire communities.James shares the deeply human story behind his journey: growing up between Scotland, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai, navigating boarding school, elite sport, fatherhood, corporate success, burnout, identity, and ultimately finding a more meaningful path through faith, service, and connection. A former England Masters hockey player and dual international athlete, James reflects on the mindset of competition, the burden of expectation, and how personal adversity became the catalyst for a more purpose-driven life.Today, James is the founder of All We Can Foundation — a global kindness movement built around one simple but radical belief: that kindness should be visible, measurable, and contagious. Through schools, communities, businesses, and grassroots initiatives, the organisation exists to inspire everyday acts of generosity that create lasting ripple effects across the world. Inspired by Christian values yet open to all, the movement champions the idea that compassion is not weakness, but one of humanity’s greatest strengths.https://www.allwecan.co/Alongside the charity, James also founded RippleCore — a workplace culture and employee engagement platform designed to embed kindness into the DNA of organisations. RippleCore helps businesses create healthier, safer, and more connected workplaces through tools focused on wellbeing, culture, social impact, and operational care. What makes the business unique is its mission-driven model: RippleCore exists to help fund and scale the work of All We Can, proving that commercial success and human-centred leadership can coexist.https://www.ripplecore.co.uk/This conversation explores leadership, nervous system regulation, faith, emotional resilience, ADHD, people-pleasing, parenting, vulnerability, belonging, entrepreneurship, and the healing power of authentic community. Together, Ryan and James unpack what it means to truly support others — not through performance, but through presence — and why the future of leadership may depend less on control and more on compassion.At its heart, this episode is about rediscovering humanity in a world that often rewards disconnection. It is a reminder that kindness is not fluffy, soft, or naive — it is courageous, transformative, and capable of changing lives in ways we rarely see immediately.Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanConnect with James KellockLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-kellockAll We Can Foundation: https://www.allwecan.co/RippleCore: https://www.ripplecore.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allwecanfoundation/Connect with Always Better Than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Join our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coachingPlease email questions and reflections to:podcast@abty.co.uk

In this episode of the Always Better Than Yesterday Podcast, host Ryan Hartley sits down with his wife, Liza Hartley, for one of the most raw and revealing conversations on the show to date.Fuelled by a love of bold, heavy sounds and a heart set on truth, Liza Hartley—releasing under the name For Kingdom’s Cause—blends raw emotion, real-life experiences, and unshakable faith into her music.But this didn’t come easily.Liza opens up about losing her sense of identity in the roles of “mum” and “wife,” navigating seasons of self-doubt, and realising that the life she was living—while good—wasn’t fully aligned with who she was created to be.What follows is a story of remembering.Through creativity, faith, and courage, she began reconnecting with a voice that had always been there—one now expressed through her upcoming album Messagesfor Warfare.This episode explores the internal battles we all face: truth vs lies, fear vs faith, and authenticity vs expectation. It’s a powerful reminder that the life you’re searching for might already exist within the one you have.At its heart, this episode is about Messages for Warfare—notjust an album, but a call to stand firm, reject the lies, and live fully in truth.About For Kingdom’s Cause & Messages for WarfareFor Kingdoms Cause isn’t just a name—it’s a calling.Through her music, Liza shares songs that point upward while walking honestly through pain, joy, failure, and hope. Her sound blends heavy, alternative influences with deeply personal lyrics rooted in faith and lived experience.Messages for Warfare is a collection of songs designed toequip, encourage, and awaken. Each track carries a message—something to hold onto in moments of doubt, something to stand on in the middle of life’s battles.This isn’t about perfection. It’s about truth.The goal is simple: to help people recognise the lies, reconnect with who they are, and step into a life marked by courage, purpose, and love.Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanConnect with Liza Hartley (For Kingdom’s Cause)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forkingdomscause/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forkingdomscauseYouTube: https://youtube.com/@forkingdomscause?sub_confirmation=1Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2RYP8OYa7G9W9rqkPaoaI5Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/for-kingdoms-cause/1811879672Producer Joe Marsh: https://www.instagram.com/joemarshrecordingConnect with Always Better Than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men’s Group (Akira): https://abty.co.uk/akiraJoin our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coachingEmail: podcast@abty.co.uk

Master Mingtong Gu is a globally recognized teacher andhealer bringing ancient wisdom to humanity's most urgent modern crisis: our disconnection from our own bodies.Named Qigong Master of the Year, founder of The Chi Center and the 150-acre Southwest Sanctuary for Embodied Wisdom, he has empowered 50,000+ seekers across 47 countries through Wisdom Healing Qigong — a practice he trained in at China's famous "medicine-less" hospital under Grandmaster Dr. Pang Ming, where thousands healed from"incurable" conditions through energy alone.His upcoming book, Coming Home to Embodied Awakening (Spring 2026), offers a map for reclaiming power, presence, and fulfillment in the age of AI. Featured at Wisdom 2.0, Esalen, Omega, and PBS, Mingtong's message is clear: "You are not artificial. You are original." To learn more, visit www.mingtonggu.comThose with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanConnect with Master Mingtong GuWebsite: https://mingtonggu.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wisdomhealingqigong/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicenter/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WisdomHealingQigongConnect with Always Better Than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men’s Group (Akira): https://abty.co.uk/akiraJoin our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coachingPlease email questions and reflections to: podcast@abty.co.uk#Qigong #ChiEnergy #MasterMingtongGu #HealingWisdom

Neale Donald Walsch is the bestselling author of the Conversations with God series and numerous books exploring spirituality, consciousness, human evolution, and the nature of divine love. His work has reached millionsworldwide, challenging fear-based belief systems in favour of compassion, personal authority, and lived spiritual truth.In this conversation, Ryan Hartley sits down with Neale to explore themes from Conversations with God – Book 4 and Awakening the Species, including synchronicity, sentient beings, human evolution, angels, reincarnation, the wisdom of the soul, and what it truly means to live as a highly evolved being in everyday life.The discussion also touches on the Q4 2025 3I/ATLAS event and Neale’s clear assertion that humanity is already in communication with — and being visited by — highly evolved,non-human sentient beings. Importantly, this exploration is not rooted in fear, conspiracy, or speculation, but in love, responsibility, and awakening consciousness.At its heart, this episode is an invitation: to live from pure love, to stop violating one another’s worldviews, to be kinder to ourselves on the path, and to remember that our lives are notabout us — but about everyone whose life we touch.Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanConnect with Neale Donald WalschWebsite: http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NealeDonaldWalschConnect with ABTY Website: https://abty.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men’s Group (Akira): https://abty.co.uk/akiraJoin our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contactSign up for coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coachingPlease email questions and reflectionsto: podcast@abty.co.uk#nealedonaldwalsch #conversationswithgod #3iatlas #awakeningthespecies

In this episode, I welcome back Seth Pepper to the Always Better Than Yesterday podcast.Seth Pepper is a high-performance coach who works with elite athletes, coaches, and leaders to help them access flow state under pressure. A former world champion swimmer who came within a single stroke of making the Olympic team, Seth now works behind the scenes with world-class performers across multiple sports and world's leading organisations— supporting them to perform with presence, purpose, and freedom when it matters most.In this conversation, we explore:• Why love, not trophies or validation, is the common thread of the greats• The paradox of mastery: deep learning paired with being okay with not knowing• Seth’s three core elements of flow: ability, acceptance of unpredictability, and caring• Why pressure isn’t the enemy — pressure is proof you care• The difference between being the prince (seeking validation) and the king (taking responsibility)• How purpose unlocks performance beyond ego and outcome-dependence• Competition through a higher lens: team-first, purpose-first performance• Why “winning is unsatisfying” without meaning• Parenting and coaching young athletes without stealing their inner feedback loop• How returning to joy — being “10 years old again” — can change everything• The question that reframes performance entirely:“If you couldn’t lose… what would that look like?”Those with ears, let them hear.Always love,RyanConnect with SethWebsite: www.sethpepper.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SethPepper Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sethpepper Connect with Always Better Than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men’s Group: https://abty.co.uk/akiraJoin our mailing list: https://abty.co.uk/contactExplore coaching: https://abty.co.uk/coachingPlease email questions and reflections to: podcast@abty.co.uk#SethPepper #HighPerformance #HighPerformanceCoach #RememberWhoYouAre

Stephanie Banks is a highly sought-after intuitive channel, mentor and guide who helps people connect on the soul level. She channels from the perspective of any soul currently on theplanet, souls on the other side, purely non-physical beings such as spirit guides, as well as trees, animals, and Gaia. Connection and communication are the common threads in all of Stephanie’s professional endeavours as a speech-language pathologist, birth doula, lactation consultant, infant massageinstructor, and intuitive channel. When her mother’s dementia made verbal communication impossible, Stephanie began communicating with her mother’s soul – a turning point that opened her unexpected journey into channeling. As a conscious channel, Stephanie is both the vessel receiving messages and a guide who provides depth and context.With humour, love and compassion, she helps clients discern their own inner voice of wisdom, strengthen self-trust, clarify their soul’s purpose, deepen relationships, and rediscover laughter and joy along the way. Author of the best-selling Joining Joanie – Staying Connected To Your Loved One Through Dementia And Beyond, Stephanie is currently completing her second book about her spiritual journey. In her TEDx talk I Am an Intuitive Channel, she shares the story of how her mother’s illness became the doorway to her intuitive gifts and invites others to explore their own.Together, Ryan and Stephanie explore:• Soul vs Ego discernment — how ego feels constricted, shouty and fear-based, while soul communication arrives subtly, softly, and with a sense of openness.• How every human is a channel through creativity, movement, art, presence, and connection.• Why nature communicates — from trees to animals to “the small ones” like insects — and how Gaia is not angry but suffering from human disconnection.• Fear around channeling — often learned through religious or cultural conditioning — and how protection naturally arises when we’re in loving, coherent states.• Children as our greatest teachers — born deeply connected before adults teach them doubt or fear.• How joy, self-care and sacred space keep a channel clear.• The role of guides — and why they require invitation, employment, and gratitude.• A live channeling on Ryan’s soul purpose as a father, bringing through a message about ancient connection, sacred gathering, attentive presence, and modelling belonging.Those with ears, let them hear. Always love Ryan Connect with StephanieWebsite: https://soulinsight.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanieintuitivechannelInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanieIntuitivechannel/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZGlrLUuEbLf9cf_hMmhIg Connect with Always Better than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men’s Group: https://abty.co.uk/akira Join our mail list here for exclusive content here: https://abty.co.uk/contact Sign up for our coaching here: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk #StephanieBanks #Gaia #IntuitiveChannel