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Bestselling Author Podcast

Bestselling Author Podcast

By: Pat Mesiti
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We interview the most successful, best-selling mindset, life coach, and business authors to get their best secrets about being healthy, wealthy, and wise. They are co-authors with Pat Mesiti and David Cavanagh.Mesiti Pty Ltd Christianity Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Personal Development Personal Success Spirituality
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  • Biblical Dream Interpretation: Meaning, Not Superstition with Christian Dream Interpreter Danielle Steckis
    May 25 2026

    Christian dream interpretation teacher and biblical discernment guide Danielle Steckis shows how dreams, often written off as random, confusing, or even scary, can actually be one of the key ways God offers direction, healing, and deeper intimacy when they’re interpreted through a biblical lens. Drawing on real stories of financial guidance, emotional rescue, and even a prophetic dream that accurately foreshadowed her future husband, she explains why symbols don’t have fixed universal meanings, why context and emotion matter as much as imagery, and how rushing to generic interpretations keeps people stuck in fear and confusion.

    Instead of treating every dream as equally spiritual or blindly trusting dream dictionaries, Danielle Steckis invites believers to become “spiritual detectives” with the Holy Spirit, discerning whether a dream is from God, the enemy, or their own soul, and letting meanings emerge over time. Through her chapter “When God Speaks: Discern His Voice and Grow in Clarity” in The Freedom Blueprint and her one-on-one work, she helps listeners replace superstition and guesswork with clear, biblically grounded frameworks so they can hear God more clearly, respond wisely, and turn their night visions into a practical, ongoing source of guidance and spiritual growth.

    Danielle Steckis is a Christian dream interpretation teacher and biblical discernment guide who helps believers stop treating their dreams as random, frightening, or confusing and start recognizing them as one of the key ways God speaks. Having walked through grief, loneliness, and years of learning to hear God clearly, Danielle Steckis specializes in helping people discern what is from the Lord, what is from their own soul, and what is not from Him at all. A contributing author to The Freedom Blueprint with her chapter “When God Speaks,” she equips you with clear, biblically grounded frameworks so you can interpret dreams responsibly, grow spiritually, and walk in greater clarity.

    Resources:

    The Freedom Blueprint on Amazon

    Talking Points:

    [0:00] When Dreams Aren’t Random: How God May Be Speaking at Night

    [1:50] “Multiplex” in a Dream and a $2,000 Stock Market Surprise

    [3:39] The #1 Mistake People Make When Interpreting Their Dreams

    [5:39] Why the Same Symbol Can Mean Peace for One Person and Fear for Another

    [8:00] A Drowning Dream That Exposed Emotional Overwhelm Not Literal Danger

    [9:06] The Dream That Quietly Foreshadowed Danielle’s Future Husband

    [11:35] Can Dreams Really Bring You Closer to God?

    [12:34] Not All Dreams Are from God: Discerning the Real Source

    [13:39] When a Dream Makes You Feel Small or Condemned What That Really Means

    [15:16] Dream Interpretation as “Spiritual Detective Work” with the Holy Spirit

    [19:29] “Don’t Rush the Meaning”: Letting the Dream’s Message Emerge Over Time

    [20:50] Turning Long, Complex Dreams into Step-by-Step Spiritual Insight

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    23 mins
  • Money Rules for Real Freedom: Escape the Default Path with Wealth Coach Ross Wilkin
    May 25 2026

    Australian financial educator and co-author of The Freedom Blueprint Ross Wilkin shows listeners how a life marked by debt, divorce, grief, and confusion about money can be transformed through understanding the “rules of money,” long-term thinking, and a radical shift in self-worth. Growing up in a sheltered small town and then being thrown into a big city at 15, Ross Wilkin stumbled through adulthood as what he later called “a monkey with a machine gun” in property, treating every crisis as a short-term emergency, mistaking liabilities for assets, and doing what banks, relatives, and culture told him rather than what actually builds wealth. He describes how focusing only on monthly payments, financing depreciating cars, and trying to “be responsible” by paying everyone else first kept him trapped on a financial hamster wheel where it always seemed to “rain” and savings never stuck.

    Ross Wilkin explains that his turning point came not from a new loan or a quick fix, but from finding the right mentor, Peter, who quietly modeled a different way of thinking. From him, Ross Wilkin learned the simple but ignored principles that separate the 5% who can fund their own retirement from the 95% who end up dead broke, still working, or reliant on others: clearly distinguishing assets from liabilities, paying yourself first through a 10% account used only for assets, and planning life five to ten years ahead instead of living month to month. He challenges the assumptions baked into modern education, where employees teach children how to become employees, and no one teaches wealth creation, and reframes the core question from “What do you want to be?” to “How do you want to live your life?” Having rebuilt his own finances after devastating setbacks, Ross Wilkin now helps others escape the default path by upgrading their mindset, choosing mentors wisely, and recognizing that the person in the mirror is the only one coming to save them, because when you finally understand how money really works, you can design a future that isn’t ruled by debt, fear, or short-term thinking.

    Ross Wilkin is a money mentor and financial educator who helps everyday people escape the 95% who end up broke, stressed, or still working at retirement. Once buried in debt, reeling from divorce, and guessing his way through property like a “monkey with a machine gun,” Ross Wilkin knows what it’s like to work hard yet never feel financially safe. Co-author of The Freedom Blueprint, he specializes in teaching the rules of money schools ignore, how to tell an asset from a liability, pay yourself first, and think decades ahead. If you’re tired of paycheck-to-paycheck chaos, Ross shows you how to take back control.

    Resources:
    • Ross Wilkin Official Website
    • The Freedom Blueprint on Amazon
    Talking Points:

    [0:00] From Broke and Grieving to the 5% Who Win with Money

    [1:52] Band-Aid Money Fixes vs. Solving the Real Problem

    [3:36] The Car Payment Trap: Why Monthly Repayments Lie

    [4:14] Assets vs. Liabilities: What Banks Don’t Tell You

    [6:24] Pride, Ego, and the Cost of Short-Term Money Thinking

    [9:23] “Instant Society” and the Death of Delayed Gratification

    [10:21] Playing the Money Game Without Knowing the Rules

    [12:15] The 10% Rule: Paying Yourself First the Right Way

    [13:58] The 5% vs. 95%: Who Really Wins at Retirement

    [16:48] “When the Student Is Ready…” The Mentor Who Changed Everything

    [20:23] The Question Parents Should Ask: How Do You Want to Live?

    [25:00] Discovering Your Self-Worth and Designing Your Financial Future

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    28 mins
  • From Anger to Purpose: Faith That Transforms Life with Christian Life Coach Robert Ford
    May 24 2026

    Christian businessman, mentor, and co-author of The Freedom Blueprint, Robert Ford, shows listeners how an inner life of anger, shame, and rejection can be transformed into purpose, joy, and service through faith, obedience, and a change in attitude. Growing up in a hard‑working family, Ford carried deep resentment from being told he wasn’t smart or good enough, which led to fights, a brief stint in jail, and a constant urge to lash out. He explains how reading the Bible, renewing his mind. The steady encouragement of his wife began to reshape his speech, his reactions, and his view of other people, moving him from violent outbursts and the F‑word as his default language to gratitude, appreciation, and a belief that there is “gold” and greatness inside every person.

    Now living in Australia after building food-related businesses in South Africa that helped families in poverty, Robert Ford devotes himself to mentoring young people through weekly meals, fellowship, and Bible study, modeling the same patience and non‑judgmental guidance that changed him. He shares stories of youths who gradually dropped foul language, found jobs, and discovered purpose. He connects these changes to biblical examples like Gideon and to the idea that belief plus hard work activate destiny. Drawing on lessons from personal encounters; such as an evening when Nelson Mandela’s humility over a simple parking spot revealed the power of attitude and focus; Robert Ford challenges listeners to choose gratitude, embrace the refining process of life’s “valleys,” and trust that, no matter how long they’ve lived a certain way, real transformation is possible: tough times never last, but tough people anchored in faith and obedience do.

    Robert Ford is a faith-driven life coach and mentor who helps people move from anger, shame, and self-sabotage to purpose, joy, and transformation. Raised in hard circumstances, fueled by inner rage, and even landing in jail for a day, Robert Ford knows what it means to look strong on the outside while battling turmoil inside. Through his Christian faith, supportive wife, and a radical shift in attitude and speech, he rebuilt his life and now pours into young people, families, and communities. Robert Ford shows you that no matter how long you’ve lived a certain way, change is possible, one choice at a time.

    Resources:
    • Robert Ford Official Website
    • The Freedom Blueprint on Amazon
    Talking Points:

    [0:00] From Anger to Purpose: Robert Ford’s Turning Point
    [2:00] “There’s Gold in Every Person” – Finding Inner Greatness
    [4:53] Shame, Rejection, Fights, and a Night in Jail
    [7:56] How God and a Good Wife Saved His Life
    [9:30] Replacing the F‑Word: Changing Speech, Changing Destiny
    [12:48] Feeding Youth, Fellowship, and Quiet Transformation
    [15:10] Gideon, Belief, and Being Called to Greatness
    [18:52] Destiny, Free Will, and Choosing the Hard Right Path
    [20:57] Happiness vs. Joy: Why Joy Survives the Storms
    [22:14] Nelson Mandela’s Parking Lot Lesson in Humility
    [28:18] Using Business to Feed Families in Deep Poverty
    [32:14] “Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do”

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    35 mins
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