Episodes

You can build a life that looks successful on paper and still know, deep inside your soul, that something isn't right. Ryan Hanley knows that feeling at a visceral level. In 2017, after years of chasing more of everything - more opportunities, more speaking engagements, more recognition, more success - Ryan collapsed backstage at a conference. From the outside, his career was taking off. Behind the scenes, he was exhausted, anxious, disconnected from his family, and beginning to realize he mig...

Quick before you forget: the life you've been waiting for doesn't begin when you feel ready, but rather when you decide to take one small step anyway. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with leadership strategist, innovation expert, and entrepreneur Bryan Davis to explore what it really means to build a life with intention. Bryan has helped launch more than 700 ventures, and this conversation is about the courage and curiosity it takes to succeed. It's about choosing action ...

There comes a moment when life asks you a simple but uncomfortable question: Are you finally ready to tell yourself the truth? This week's guest, TEDx speaker and creator of the WallBreaker Method, Raheel Siddiqui, shares one of the most honest, shocking, and inspiring stories we've ever had on Quick Before You Forget. After reaching 405 pounds, being told he'd likely die before 40, losing his father, battling chronic pain, facing infertility, and rebuilding his life more than once, Raheel dis...

Most people don't fail because they have bad ideas. They fail because they never take the first step. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, and two-time Shark Tank guest Chris Guerrera to...

Most of us spend our lives trying to become someone better, but somewhere along the way, many of us forget who we already are. I think that's exactly when and why life starts to feel too heavy, making this meaningful conversation with Kristin Mackey perfectly time for you. Yes you. Right now, right here, you need this message in your life. How do I know? Because I need the reminder too. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, Kristin Mackey reminds us that growth doesn't necessarily mean ...

What happens when your brain won't cooperate but you refuse to stop living anyway? This conversation feels personal in more ways than I expected. I laughed so hard my face hurt. We cried together too. And somewhere between stories about panic...

This one feels personal. Because when I look back at the moments that changed my life, they all have one thing in common: people. A conversation. A person. A connection. That's why I started Quick Before You Forget. And that's why this...

Last July, my family and I were standing in the Badlands when I asked a stranger to take our picture. That stranger was Henry Manuel. At the time, he was riding a motorcycle around the world. We talked for a few minutes, exchanged information, and...

The most powerful force in leadership, and in life, isn't strategy, intelligence, authority, or reps. It's human connection. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with my friend Anne Chow, transformational leader, former CEO of...

What happens when life disrupts everything you thought you wanted? In this powerful conversation, leadership expert, former Army officer, professor, and bestselling author Patrick Leddin, PhD, shares what it really means to turn disruption into...

In weakness there is purpose and in purpose there is strength. In this deeply moving and highly conversational episode of Quick Before You Forget, I am joined by singer-songwriter Tony Memmel, a keynote speaker and musician born with one hand who...

What happens when a near-fatal crash forces you to confront how little time is truly guaranteed? In this deeply emotional episode of Quick Before You Forget, Ty sits down with marketing strategist and community builder Brant Johnson for a...

I started this Quick Before You Forget journey after getting laid off in January 2026 from what I believed and hoped was my dream job. There was no master plan, aside from intentionally embracing the chaos of building the rocket ship in the air. There is just me on my yellow brick road making a conscious decision to keep showing up, keep creating, and trust who I’d meet along the way. In this special Mother's Day episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sat down with Sharon Johnson, who I’ve been...

This episode of Quick Before You Forget is one of the most honest, raw, and empowering conversations about motherhood, identity, and doing hard things you can find on the internet. In a conversation years in the making, I sit down with content creator and author Emily Feret, known for her viral “normalizing normal motherhood” videos that have helped millions of women feel seen, understood, and less alone. With over two million followers, Emily has built a powerful platform rooted in honesty, h...

This episode of Quick Before You is literally years in the making. Receipts and all, this is a wild ride you're not going to want to skip. In this deeply honest conversation on Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with New York Times bestselling...

Welcome to Coach Doc and Ty's circle of trust. Things get real in this second conversation with Dr. Antonio Harrison on Quick Before You Forget and it's meant to meet you exactly where you are. In this deeply honest episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with behavior scientist and coach, Dr. Antonio Harrison (Coach Doc), to talk about identity, addiction, self-awareness, and what it really takes to rebuild your life from the inside out. We explore: The moment he realized he was becomi...

Today we’re talking about money. Budgeting. Saving. Investing. Debt. Mindset. But not in the “cut your Starbucks treat and buy a house” kind of way. We’re talking about it in a way that actually feels achievable, empowering, and grounded in real...

You don’t feel lost because you’re broken. You feel lost because you’ve stopped looking up. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, host Ty Schmidt sits down at Lazy Pickle Studios in LA with actor, storyteller, and abundant and inspiring human...

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything “right” but still feel exhausted, anxious, or unfulfilled, this episode will change the way you see your life. In this powerful and deeply human conversation on Quick Before You Forget, we learn from Madeleine Huot, the social worker and mindset expert behind Successful Female Mindset. Madeleine and host Ty Schmidt explore how high achievers can rewire their thoughts, redefine success, and finally feel aligned from the inside out. From years of ...

Most leaders think leadership is about being the strongest person in the room. Mick Hunt learned the hard way that it’s not. After watching his company drop from 400 employees to less than 200 in 90 days, Mick was forced to confront a brutal...

He walked away from the dream people spend their whole lives chasing. And it led him straight to the life he was actually meant to live. In this deeply emotional and wildly honest episode of Quick Before You Forget, host Ty Schmidt learns from Jason Fitz, a Juilliard-trained violinist, former touring musician with platinum records, and now one of the most respected voices in sports media, to talk about what it really takes to build a life that feels like yours. This is a conversation about bet...

In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, host Ty Schmidt engages in a meaningful conversation with Ruchi Shah, industrial-organizational psychologist and author of We, Humans, for a deeply grounding conversation about what it means to come home to yourself when you feel burned out, lost, or disconnected. Ruchi shares why so many of us learn to hide our humanness, how we “play peekaboo” with parts of ourselves (our emotions, our light, our shadow), and what it looks like, practically, to own ...

When life changes in an instant, who are you without the identity you built? In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, host Ty Schmidt learns from Jeff Griffin, Paralympic medalist, speaker, and resilience expert, about rebuilding your life after adversity, overcoming self-doubt, and rediscovering who you are when everything feels lost. After a devastating accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, Jeff had to face the ultimate identity crisis. What he discovered wasn’t just resilience. ...

What do you do when rejection is constant and life still requires you to keep going? In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, Ty Schmidt welcomes actor Brent Bailey (yes — Kris K / Target Santa but also so many more amazing roles) to talk about...