The Determined Society with Shawn French | Adversity & Mindset

Jay Roberts, real estate entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Prosper Group, joins The Determined Society for a powerful conversation on adoption, ambition, Wall Street, failure, rebuilding, real estate, health, family, and playing the long game. Shawn French and Jay discuss growing up without a safety net, turning insecurity into drive, learning the value of process, and staying committed when success does not happen overnight. This episode is a reminder that real success is built through vision, resilience, ownership, and the determination to keep going when the path gets hard.

Susan Malzoni joins The Determined Society for a powerful conversation on family, energy, wellness, grief, resilience, purpose, relationships, and the importance of protecting your peace. Shawn French and Susan discuss the value of keeping your circle aligned, creating a home rooted in connection, speaking kindly to your body, and taking fear out of decision-making. Susan also opens up about health and wellness, women’s confidence, the difference between motivation and determination, and why true change requires more than temporary inspiration. The conversation also moves into grief, love, legacy, and service as Susan reflects on the loss of her son, the passing of her husband Victor, their shared passion for dogs, and how she continues to honor his legacy through Big Dog Ranch Rescue. This episode is about resilience, healing, gratitude, purpose, and learning how to turn life’s hardest moments into something meaningful.

Karlton Dennis, CEO of Tax Alchemy and former athlete turned tax strategist, reveals the discipline and identity shift required to build lasting wealth. In this conversation, Shawn French and Karlton explore the mental toughness that helped him transition from sports to entrepreneurship, the tax strategies high-earners use to keep more of what they make, and how breaking norms around money shapes your financial legacy. A powerful conversation on discipline, overcoming obstacles, and the authentic conversations that change lives. Connect with Shawn: https://link.me/shawnmf32 Subscribe to our newsletter for all updates and heavy doses of DETERMINATION: https://thedeterminedsociety.com Subscribe on Apple/Spotify: Apple- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/determined-society-with-shawn-french-adversity-mindset/id1555922064 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/5kS9tkLGQLcVyRgB3mDznw?si=498fc35ecc814a9e The Determined Society is hosted by Shawn French — a show for people who refuse to quit. Every episode goes beyond the highlight reel to explore the real stories behind resilience, reinvention, and the relentless pursuit of a life built on your own terms.Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all others.. If this episode moved you, share it with someone who needs to hear it — and leave a review. It helps more than you know. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Michael Franzese, former Colombo crime family captain, author, speaker, husband, father, and one of the only men to publicly walk away from the mob life and live to tell the story, joins The Determined Society for a powerful conversation on family, loyalty, faith, accountability, forgiveness, and redemption. In this episode, Shawn French and Michael discuss the moment his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison, why Michael left the path to becoming a doctor, what it meant to enter the Colombo family, the blood oath, the gasoline tax scheme, trials, prison, and the decision to walk away from the life publicly. Michael also opens up about the contract placed on his life, his complicated relationship with his father, reconciling with his brother, refusing to cooperate, and how faith helped him rebuild a life rooted in family, purpose, and second chances.

Bedros Keuilian, entrepreneur, author, speaker, founder of Fit Body Boot Camp, and creator of The Project, joins The Determined Society for a raw conversation on success, trauma, anxiety, healing, leadership, fatherhood, and becoming a better man. Bedros opens up about coming to America as an immigrant child, growing up on welfare and food stamps, being bullied, learning to reframe adversity, and building a massive fitness franchise from a place of drive and survival. In this episode, Shawn French and Bedros discuss the anxiety attack that forced him to face what success could not fix, the therapy work that helped him heal old wounds, the weight men carry in silence, why action alleviates anxiety, how trauma can create self-sabotage, and what it means to take the armor off at home. This conversation goes beyond business and into the deeper work of leadership, authenticity, family, masculinity, resilience, and becoming built for the winter.

Trevor Bauer, 2020 Cy Young Award winner and former Los Angeles Dodger, joins The Determined Society for a raw conversation on baseball, pressure, public judgment, media narratives, and refusing to quit. Trevor opens up about his early obsession with the game, his engineering mindset, his rise from UCLA to the Major Leagues, winning the Cy Young, signing a historic Dodgers contract, and the moment his career changed. In this episode, Shawn French and Trevor discuss the controversy that pushed him out of MLB, the suspension and release that followed, his decision to keep competing in Japan, Mexico, and independent baseball, and the mindset that has kept him standing when most people would have walked away. This conversation is about resilience, reputation, competitiveness, and what it really means to keep going when the world expects you to stop.

Aaron Singerman built REDCON1 into one of the fastest-growing supplement brands in the world — sold in 80+ countries, stocked in every major U.S. retailer, and carried on military bases worldwide. What most people don't know is what it cost him to get there: heroin addiction, the violent death of a loved one, a federal conviction, and 11 months in prison. This is the unfiltered story of a man who lost everything more than once and built something greater every single time.

Legendary LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman joins The Determined Society with Shawn French, Ryan Theriot, and Blair Barbier for a powerful conversation on leadership, character, culture, brotherhood, and building champions beyond baseball. From transforming LSU into a national powerhouse to shaping men who went on to lead in business, family, and life, this episode is a masterclass in legacy, belief, and why everything matters.

Anthony Lolli built one of New York City's largest real estate empires by age 23, then lost it all and found something more valuable: his health, his purpose, and his family. TereZa Lolli arrived in America with $300, became a two-time bikini world champion after hormonal collapse, and co-built one of the fastest-growing independent health media platforms in the world. In this raw, unfiltered conversation on The Determined Society, they talk biohacking, longevity, biological dentistry, sleep, stress, raising child investor-actors, and the lawsuit-ridden fall that nobody talks about — until now.