In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Brett Hurt, serial entrepreneur behind Coremetrics, Bazaarvoice, and data.world, whose pattern-spotting instinct lets him imagine technological futures before they arrive.

Brett grew up between two models of intelligence: an inventive father and an academically minded mother. Computers gave him a brain-to-brain connection he couldn't find at school, where he was bullied and learned how it feels to win physically and still lose emotionally. He went on to build the success he thought he wanted, only to find it didn't answer a deeper question: what kind of challenge is actually worth pursuing?

This conversation goes deep into the emptiness Brett calls "successful sleepwalking," why presence matters after extraordinary experiences, and how to keep an open heart while practicing discernment. He shares how his wife Deborah's intuition complements his pattern-seeking mind, why he invites trusted people to tell him he's wrong, and how tikkun olam, healing the world, gives him a purpose larger than stimulation.

If you've ever reached the goal and wondered why the days still disappear, this one's for you.

Key topics

• Taking apart Pong and finding connection through computers
• Being bullied: winning physically, losing emotionally
• Conventional success vs. feeling fulfilled
• Is what he's doing enough, and what does "enough" mean?
• Tikkun olam: a purpose rooted in healing the world
• Material abundance vs. spiritual abundance

Timestamps
02:41 - Two very different models of intelligence at home
07:12 - Why Brett believes the future can be hopeful
08:59 - Achieving success—and still feeling empty
12:00 - Bringing spiritual insight back to ordinary life
14:23 - Finding purpose beyond financial return
18:51 - The role of the heart in business
21:13 - What openness costs—and why discernment matters
23:00 - Practicing self-compassion and making better choices
26:48 - How inner values shape business decisions
32:38 - "I'm trying to figure out if what I'm doing is enough"
38:48 - Tikkun olam and a purpose larger than stimulation
47:00 - What stands in the way of abundance
49:59 - Jonathan challenges the idea of spiritual abundance

Connect with Brett Hurt:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/
• Website: www.lucky7.io

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with David Pichette, founder of Mainstage Multimedia, a touring musician who now runs his agency like a band.

His takeaway isn't that he needed fixing, but that kids need to know they're wired differently, not weird. Violin at five gave him something to hold onto, and by 2011 that same wiring pulled him from touring into founding an agency built to run like a band.

This conversation goes deep, from finding structure inside chaos, to what an artist's path costs the people who love him, to how AI is amplifying creativity rather than replacing it.

If your mind works differently, is that something to fix, or to build a life around?

In this conversation:

• Why kids need to know they're wired differently, not weird
• How violin at five became his stabilizing anchor
• From childhood creativity to a professional music career
• Why 2011 brought the shift from touring to founding his agency
• What touring taught him about real production work
• Why his team operates like a band, in sync
• Finding structure inside chaos and messy ideas
• The selfish side of art and its cost to family
• Teaching his kids to follow purpose over safety
• Learning AI as a way to amplify creativity, not replace it

Timestamps

01:54 - Why kids need to know they are not weird for thinking differently

04:02 - From childhood creativity to a professional music career

05:01 - Why a creative agency felt like the next chapter

07:39 - The musician's skill of listening and translating ideas into collaboration

10:05 - Finding structure inside chaos and messy ideas

10:53 - Why his brain rejects "that's impossible" thinking

12:25 - The selfish side of art and what it costs the people around you

14:16 - Teaching his kids to follow purpose instead of safety

15:59 - Learning AI and why it can amplify creativity

17:05 - A parent using AI to write custom songs for his kids

18:28 - Tools making creativity more accessible to non-experts

21:13 - The cocooning phase of personal growth and inner transformation

22:24 - Why modern life has more convenience but also more anxiety and loneliness

23:43 - Why schools and culture can unintentionally suppress creativity

26:24 - Growth, plateaus, and why cocooning matters before reinvention

27:22 - Normalizing midlife reflection and the urge to rethink direction

28:21 - Permission to stop performing for others and ask what you actually want

Connect with David Pichette:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpichette-director/
• Website: mainstage.pro

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Tamara Loehr, an entrepreneur whose zone of genius is challenging conventional business assumptions.

Tamara reverse-engineers strategy from the true why and the North Star, and she's using that instinct to bridge the gap in female entrepreneurship — acquiring established businesses and creating paths for the women already operating them to gain equity, the "first lady syndrome" she often finds hiding in plain sight.

This conversation goes deep on why so few women-led businesses cross seven figures, her "work-life blend" philosophy from her book Balance Is BS, and why she believes business can be a force for good in a rapidly changing world.

If you've ever needed permission to step fully into what you're capable of — or wondered whether you're the "first lady" in your own business — this one's for you.

• Being labeled the "black sheep" early on became a source of pride, not shame
• Her mission: bridge the gap in female entrepreneurship by acquiring established businesses and creating equity paths for women operators
• "First lady syndrome": women who effectively run a business but don't own the equity
• How support, infrastructure, and mentorship move women from operator to entrepreneur
• Her "work-life blend" philosophy — integrating family, travel, business, and personal life
• The cost of masking, and why embracing creativity and authenticity matters
• How business can be a force for good in a rapidly changing world

00:00 — The black sheep origin story
04:49 — Creative thinking as her zone of genius
06:11 — Reverse-engineering from the North Star
07:51 — Bridging the gap in female entrepreneurship
08:59 — How Enterprise Growth Systems drives growth
10:00 — Finding the "first lady" already inside
12:19 — Cultural pushback and stepping into worthiness
13:45 — Why women thrive with support and permission
15:31 — Balance Is BS and redefining work-life blend
18:34 — The power of being a courage-giver
22:27 — The cost of suppressing creativity
27:00 — Growth, transition, and knowing when to move on
29:37 — Using business as a force for good

Connect with Tamara Loehr:

·      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamaraloehr/

·      Website: www.egrowthsystems.com   

Connect with Jonathan:

·             LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·             Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·             YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Ennis Olson, who spent years leading innovation at companies like Google and now champions what he calls neuro-convergent leadership.

People always called Ennis creative, imaginative, and smart. It took his first job after college to see how differently his mind actually worked. He followed his interests, spotted opportunities in the data, and moved toward problems worth solving. Then an ADHD and autism diagnosis in his early 40s explained the masking, the social exhaustion, and the subtext he kept missing. His conclusion: neurodivergence isn't a niche issue. It's a large part of normal human variation.

This conversation goes deep — from curiosity versus deliberate creativity, to the tone shift that changed how people treated him and the line between adapting and self-erasure, to building the Neurodiversity Network inside Google.

If you've ever wondered whether the answer is to fit the room or to find your people, this one's for you.

In this conversation:

• Why smart, capable kids still need coaching and direction
• Teaching himself SQL and saving $600,000 in a week
• Curiosity vs. deliberate creativity: why innovation takes discipline
• Neuro-convergent leadership: bringing neurotypes together
• Late diagnosis, masking, and taking things literally
• When adapting helps and when it becomes self-erasure
• Relationships, unwritten social rules, and intensity as focus
• Leading by understanding what motivates people

Timestamps:

1:58 Why smart kids still need coaching and direction

3:15 Following curiosity into business opportunities

4:56 Why innovation requires deliberate creativity

6:09 Neuro-convergent leadership and the 30 to 40 percent stat

12:28 Finding community at Google through shared experience

13:53 A tone shift that changed how people treated him

15:01 When adapting helps and when it becomes a compromise

17:07 Building the Neurodiversity Network inside Google

20:41 Relationships, texting, and unwritten social rules

25:53 Intensity as focus in professional settings

30:09 Leadership as understanding people, not just executing tasks

Connect with Ennis Olson:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ennisolson/
• Website: ennisfranklin@gmail.com

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Kristina Proctor, who turned a childhood of being misunderstood into a business helping others reduce shame, build structure, and create environments where they can thrive.

Kristina grew up feeling "dumb" or "aloof" — delayed reading, repeating first grade, punished for asking clarifying questions. That mislabeling distorted her relationship to her own intuition, until therapy, coaching, and what she calls a "care team" helped her rebuild self-trust.

Her father's death pushed her toward entrepreneurship, where she finally had the freedom to build systems that work with her brain instead of against it. Today she coaches clients on executive functioning — planning, organization, emotional regulation — helping them replace "should" with "what can I do now?"

This conversation goes deep on the difference between deficient and different, the real cost of 17 years of masking, and what it took for Kristina to stop performing for others. They get into the everyday places shame hides — mail, hygiene, bills, follow-up — and how hobbies like painting and meditation became her way back to herself.

If you've ever built a version of yourself just to feel acceptable at work, this episode is for you.

Topics

• Early school experiences that led to feeling "dumb" or "aloof"
• How shame and rejection sensitivity distort a person's relationship with their own intuition
• Entrepreneurship as freedom to design systems that work with her brain
• Executive functioning support: planning, organization, emotional regulation, follow-through
• Replacing "should" with "what can I do now?"
• The emotional and physical cost of 17 years of masking at work

Timestamps
01:27 – The story she told herself about being "dumb" or "aloof"
03:08 – Learning to trust intuition alongside data
09:18 – Why her father's death pushed her toward entrepreneurship
11:57 – Realizing she had already become an expert in her own struggles
15:04 – Real-world examples: mail, inboxes, and practical support systems
16:50 – The cost of 17 years of masking
20:36 – Painting, writing, and quiet as a path back to self
26:07 – Scheduled unstructured time and letting the "ADHD beebopping" happen
27:56 – Working with clients who resist structure
31:05 – When excitement gets misread as force or aggression
32:41 – Why she uses an always-on out-of-office message

Connect with Kristina Proctor:

·      LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/kristinaeproctor

·      Website: www.neurodivergentventures.com

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, I sit down with Sammi Ford — serial entrepreneur, mentor, poet, artist, and host of From Start to CEO — to talk about curiosity, tenacity, and what it takes to build a life around how your brain works, not against it.

Sammi was the kid who kept asking why until the adults ran out of patience — the one who was called "weird" for struggling with imaginative play and relating more easily to grownups than to other kids. That same wiring carried her through the Air Force and Air Cadets, into translation work in French and German, and eventually into founding SPCB UK Limited, an industrial air filtration and wastewater business she's run for three decades.

This conversation goes deep on masking, late diagnosis, alexithymia, and the moment Sammi realized burnout has a shape — one others can often see before she can. We talk about how diagnosis changed the way those closest to her know when she needs rest, needs to say no, or needs to stop pushing.

If you've ever been told you were too much, too curious, or too intense — and built your whole life trying to prove that was actually your edge — this one's for you.

Topics covered

• Being labeled "weird" as a child for asking why and struggling with imaginative play
• Generational trauma and the message Sammi wishes she could give her ancestors
• Joining the Air Force and Air Cadets, and being excluded from flying gliders as a girl
• Tenacity and curiosity as the throughline across every venture
• Burnout, late diagnosis, alexithymia, and asking others to help notice the signs
• How diagnosis reshaped Sammi's relationships and the support she gets at home
• Running SBCB with flexible hours, work-from-home, and a non-hierarchical culture

Chapters

(03:51) What Sammi wishes adults had understood growing up

(04:45) "It wasn't your fault" and generational trauma

(04:58) Building SBCB UK through translation, language, and industry

(10:19) Refusing to join the Air Cadets when girls could not fly

(11:03) Tenacity as the thread across military, language, and business

(16:07) Burnout, unpredictability, and late neurodivergent diagnosis

(22:13) Building in male-dominated industries and doing the hard thing anyway

(31:50) Posting about burnout and the response it triggered

(36:21) Learning to accept rest as part of the cycle

(41:35) Imposter syndrome and wanting her grandmother's approval

(44:55) Defining success as learning to say no and managing energy

Connect with Sammi Ford:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaford
• https://www.sammiford.com

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Holly Fowler, founder of Wable, a social networking app built for the neurodivergent community to find friends, dates, jobs, and support.

Holly grew up realizing school wasn't built for how her brain worked — she could hyperfocus for hours on what interested her, but subjects like math exposed the gap between her attention and her ambition. What got labeled as laziness turned out to be ADHD, and years later that same wiring became the engine behind Wable.

She left a broadcast radio career, moved from Melbourne to New York, and built the company at night while keeping her day job secret — driven to prove she was committed, not distracted. Days before launch, pressure caught up with her: a burst cyst sent her to the ER.

This conversation goes deep on what it costs to build something while your brain works against — and for — you. We get into OCD as both a strength and a strain, and what it took for Holly to grow from solo founder into a leader who could slow down instead of outrun her team.

If you've ever been told your brain is the problem you need to manage instead of the advantage you need to use, this episode is for you.

Topics

• Realizing in high school that hyperfocus and struggle could live side by side
• Why ADHD got mistaken for laziness — and why that label never fit
• Turning hyperfocus, storytelling, and multitasking into founder skills
• OCD as both a strength and a strain under startup stress
• Building Wable to solve loneliness and unemployment in the neurodivergent community

Timestamps
02:21 – Why ADHD was mistaken for laziness
03:24 – Turning hyperfocus into a strength instead of a flaw
05:04 – Storytelling, multitasking, and the founder skill set
06:55 – OCD, detail, and the daily habit of checking everything
10:09 – The team's role in helping Holly slow down
11:08 – Running as the only time her brain fully switches off
12:34 – What Wable does for the neurodivergent community
16:46 – Leaving radio and choosing the startup leap
19:24 – Building Wable at night while hiding it from her day job
23:01 – The ER visit after a burst cyst right before launch
29:49 – The investor who told Holly to take a CEO course
30:08 – Why founders are hired by belief, not credentials
35:13 – Learning to become a leader as the team grows
38:14 – Building community in New York as an outsider
41:09 – What people misunderstand about Holly's confidence

Connect with Holly Fowler:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-fowler-3b36b9163/
• hellowable.com

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, I sit down with Stella Yann, who works at the intersection of astrology, brand strategy, and self-awareness to help people find their North Star.

Stella's early experiences of feeling different weren't a problem to fix — they were data she hadn't learned to read yet. Once she did, everything shifted: helping clients embrace imperfection and "dance in chaos," using natal charts and pattern recognition to shape brands and decisions around who someone actually is.

This conversation goes deep — spiritual awakening during burnout, outgrowing relationships that don't fit anymore, and why guarding your alignment sometimes means leaving people behind.

If you've ever sensed there's a version of your life that would feel less like effort and more like alignment, this one's for you.

Topics covered:

• Finding clarity in confusion by embracing imperfection and pattern recognition
• The North Star: using a natal chart to guide life and career
• Shaping brands around someone's unique identity
• Lessons from a failed Kickstarter on trust and co-creation
• Guarding your alignment, even when it costs relationships
• Balancing hyper-independence with real connection

   

Chapters:

• 03:12 — Dancing in chaos through pattern recognition
• 05:37 — Shaping brand and impact around identity
• 09:39 — What the failed Kickstarter taught her about trust
• 11:16 — Self-guardianship and grounding through hard times
• 12:36 — Spiritual awakening during burnout
• 16:29 — From silence to speaking her truth
• 23:22 — Forging your own path, even when it means leaving others behind
• 28:38 — Authenticity and presence as what draws real connection
• 45:24 — Authenticity in leadership — influencers, politicians, CEOs

Connect with Stella Yann:

·      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-yann-yanakieva/

·      YouTube: youtube.com/@STELLA-YANN/

·      TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@newearthstella

·      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newearthstella/

·      Website: https://www.stellayann.com/

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, I sit down with John Barrows, a sales trainer and entrepreneur who's built his career on authenticity, resilience, and figuring things out as he goes.

John's path wasn't a straight line — selling a company, navigating a leadership shakeup, getting fired — but each turn pushed him closer to a career genuinely built on his own values instead of borrowed ones. What he's landed on is a recalibration: values over culture, honesty over branding, and real confidence that his instincts — intuitive, direct, occasionally unconventional — have been an asset the whole time, not a liability to manage around.

This conversation goes deep — from what it actually costs to be authentic in business, to leaning on community and mentorship instead of white-knuckling it alone, to how he's thinking about AI's role in a field that runs on human connection.

If you've ever wondered whether being fully yourself is compatible with being taken seriously, this one's for you.

Topics covered:

• Recognizing his own thinking style and intuition as a strength, not a workaround
• Aligning core values with both career and personal life
• How AI augments human connection in sales rather than replacing it
• Getting fired — and using it as a redirect toward real purpose
• Leaning on community and mentorship instead of going it alone
• Storytelling and self-awareness as tools for growth and influence

Chapters:

• 03:47 — Lessons from selling a company and a leadership shakeup
• 06:11 — The mindset shift after being fired
• 19:37 — Teaching resilience and independence to kids
• 23:26 — Aligning core values with career decisions
• 33:49 — When authenticity costs you opportunities
• 40:16 — Human connection alongside AI's evolving role
• 63:15 — The human touch in sales and leadership

Connect with John Barrows:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbarrows/
• Website: jbarrows.com

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, I sit down with Jonathan Meier, a young entrepreneur reshaping how we think about learning, dopamine, and disruption.

Jonathan sees the world through a rational, systems-first lens — one that lets him spot loopholes in education, networking, and event-building. He's founded businesses on overlooked inefficiencies and pulled off a TEDx event on strategic, low-effort outreach.

This conversation goes deep — the low-dopamine trap of classrooms, why critique feels more respectful than praise, and the uneasy truce between his rational detachment and the parts of life — fatherhood, faith, connection — that don't run on logic.

If you've ever felt the systems around you were built for someone else's brain, and started building your own workaround, this one's for you.

Topics covered:

• Why traditional education produces a low-dopamine, passive learning experience
• Using AI, gamification, and brain science to redesign how people learn
• Engineering a TEDx event through strategic, high-leverage outreach
• Extreme sports and risk-taking as a way to stay energized and sharp
• Preferring critique over praise as a marker of real respect
• Fatherhood, human connection, and the limits of pure logic
• Faith, purpose, and staying disciplined without a fixed timeline

Chapters:

• 01:40 — How autism shaped his learning and passions
• 03:09 — Where traditional education falls short
• 04:47 — Low dopamine in school vs. video games
• 08:15 — Building curiosity-driven teaching
• 09:46 — AI, gamification, and brain science in learning
• 12:02 — Founding early businesses through loopholes
• 12:35 — Navigating legal and systemic barriers as an entrepreneur
• 16:33 — Hacking together a TEDx event
• 18:25 — How to pitch influential people with low-effort asks
• 23:49 — The thrill of solving meaningful problems
• 24:03 — Extreme sports as a source of vitality
• 29:50 — Unconventional habits that serve focus
• 32:47 — Where analytical thinking meets emotional appreciation
• 35:05 — Finding fun through work and problem-solving
• 38:36 — The joy of fatherhood despite logical skepticism
• 42:24 — Why he prefers critique over praise
• 48:43 — Pursuing goals aligned with a higher purpose
• 50:14 — Faith and purpose through life's challenges

Connect with Jonathan Meier:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmeier-me/
• Website: jmeier.me

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, I sit down with Jay Wilkinson — founder of Do More Good — for a conversation about purpose, presence, and what it actually means to build a business that serves more than shareholders.

Jay's story starts with his grandmother Esther, whose confidence shaped how he moves through the world long before he had language for it. It runs through the quiet difference between motivating people and manipulating them, the outsider's habit of reading a room before speaking in it, and a shift — hard-won — from performing success to actually being present for it. Then the house fire. Then the grief. Then the rebuild, not just of a home, but of what capitalism owes the people inside it.

This conversation goes deep — into breathwork, ownership as an ethic, and legacy as the only metric that survives you.

If you've ever built something impressive and still felt like the people closest to you were paying for it — this one's for you.

In this episode

• Motivation vs. manipulation — and where the line actually sits
• Curiosity, social skills, and growing up feeling like an outsider
• Losing everything in a house fire — and learning to hold grief
• Why Jay believes capitalism needs to change
• A purpose-led ownership model that protects employees and communities
• The personal cost of ambition — and being present in marriage
• Being misunderstood as distant while actually deeply observing
• Defining legacy — what all the work is really for

Chapters

• 01:14 — Seeing yourself as "different" — and learning to value other people's gifts
• 02:49 — Grandma Esther's influence and the confidence she instilled
• 06:03 — The difference between manipulation and motivation
• 07:42 — Curiosity, social skills, and feeling like an outsider
• 11:22 — The shift from performance to presence
• 15:51 — Losing everything in a house fire and learning to hold grief
• 23:49 — Building a purpose-led ownership model for businesses
• 27:46 — Sharing profits with employees, communities, and future growth
• 32:17 — Reclaiming capitalism through stakeholder value
• 39:43 — The personal cost of ambition and learning to be present in marriage
• 42:38 — Being misunderstood as distant while deeply observing and caring
• 50:30 — Defining legacy: what all the work is really for

Connect with Jay Wilkinson:

LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaywilkinson/

Websites:     www.firespring.com

www.jaywilkinson.com

Connect with Jonathan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, Jonathan Domsky sits down with Paddy Condon, founder of FBC Remodel and host of the Build Joy Podcast, to unpack how chaos nearly broke him — and how he turned it into the engine of his success.

Paddy grew up feeling like an outlier, running from pain he didn't yet understand. That same wiring became his edge: a design-to-build business built on intuition, structure, and the formula that joy equals success plus wellbeing to the power of purpose.

Along the way, he shut down an entire office to realign with what mattered, learned to lead from love instead of fear, and built a daily practice of gratitude that keeps him joyful even when the work gets hard.

If you've ever felt like your brain works against the grain of "normal" success, and wondered whether that's a liability or a gift, this episode will change how you see it.

Topics Covered:

• Paddy's early challenges, including being unable to read in third grade and feeling like an outlier
• The development of Paddy's joy formula: Joy = Success + Well-being to the power of purpose
• How chaos and pain led Paddy to find the structure that fuels his creativity and success
• The importance of leadership rooted in love, connection, and authenticity
• Navigating transitions and trusting in the flow of life and business
• Paddy's unique perspective on wiring and how being different is a source of power
• The influence of Brother David and gratitude practices in shaping Paddy's outlook
• How embracing vulnerability and humility enhances leadership
• The role of daily intentions and reflection in achieving a fulfilling life

Timestamps:
00:00 - Paddy Condon's journey from chaos to joy
02:54 - Embracing being an outlier and the power it brings
04:44 - The influence of Brother David and gratitude practices
09:06 - The joy formula: joy = success + well-being to the power of purpose
10:55 - Finding structures that fit divergent thinking and resisting chaos
14:18 - The importance of trusting intuition in business decisions
15:40 - Watching his father's struggles and running from pain
19:53 - Leading with love and connection at work
24:04 - The story of restoring flow in his business
28:32 - Giving himself permission to do things differently
30:26 - Embracing community and shared growth over competition
36:47 - The importance of setting daily intentions for a fulfilling life
44:11 - The significance of daily practices in maintaining energy and joy

Connect with Paddy Condon:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-condon-b037581/

Website: https://fbcremodel.com/

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with April Ratchford — occupational therapist and host of Adulting with Autism — to explore what happens when a mother's love becomes a business and a lifeline for families with nowhere else to turn.

April never fit the mold of a tidy, organized student — her backpack was, in her words, "a big sea of paper." That same wiring gave her an uncanny ability to read social patterns, even as reading a room stayed out of reach. When her son failed out of college at 19, April went looking for resources built for young adults like him. She found nothing.

So from a spare room, no team, no budget, no plan — she built Adulting with Autism into 2.7 million downloads and an Apple Top 200 show.

This conversation goes deep — into the letters she wrote to senators and a governor (the one reply came from Buckingham Palace), emotional vs. physical risk, and her vision for a foundation that catches young adults when the system lets go.

If you've ever built something out of love before you ever called it a business — this one's for you.

In this episode:

• Why April's brain does social pattern recognition effortlessly — and reading a room, not at all
• The spare-room origin story behind 2.7 million downloads and an Apple Top 200 ranking
• Writing to senators and a governor — and the one reply that actually came back
• The pivot point where a hobby became a business, and what changed operationally
• Marketing agencies, funnels, and letting go of the parts of the business she hates
• Burnout, boundaries, and what she does when she needs to do absolutely nothing

Timestamps:

• 01:00 – Childhood chaos and the plea to just trust her
• 01:19 – Social pattern recognition vs. reading the room
• 04:24 – The illusion of vulnerability behind hosting a podcast
• 05:24 – Why Adulting with Autism exists: her son's story
• 10:39 – From hobby to business: the operational turning point
• 12:54 – Handing off marketing to focus on what she does best
• 16:04 – The master's degree she earned out of love, not ambition
• 18:23 – Writing to senators, a governor, and Buckingham Palace's reply
• 20:17 – What her son's maturity taught her about letting go
• 26:28 – The conditions April needs to do her best work
• 28:54 – What still doesn't come naturally: sales and market affiliations
• 29:38 – Burnout, yoga, and rebuilding the roots

Connect with April Ratchford:

Website: www.adultingwithautism.com

LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-ratchford-780283273/

Connect with Jonathan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Richard Dickson, founder of Play It Green, on a mission to make sustainability commercially irresistible.

Richard's neurodiverse wiring kept spotting connections everyone else missed — and made conformity feel like a costume. He took it off, building a company where profit and social impact aren't a trade-off, powered by three pillars: reduce, repair, re-give.

This conversation goes deep — storytelling as a driver of change, and an economy built on value and empathy.

If you've ever felt the perspective you were told to suppress might be your greatest contribution — this one's for you.

In this episode:

• Richard's early signs of neurodiversity and how pattern recognition shaped his worldview
• The story behind leaving IBM's conformity culture for purpose-driven entrepreneurship
• Making sustainability commercially irresistible through behavior change, not guilt
• The three pillars of climate action: reduce, repair, re-give
• How storytelling and narrative drive societal change and consumer behavior
• Leadership, role clarity, and building relationships that challenge you to grow
• Empathy, patience, and long-term thinking as tools for addressing global issues
• Practical advice for aligning personal values with business through incremental change

Timestamps:

01:24 — Understanding Neurodiversity and Individuality

02:38 — The Journey of Entrepreneurship and Self-Discovery

07:00 — Building a Sustainable Business Model

11:01 — The Shift Towards Conscious Capitalism

13:19 — Creating Societal Change Through Education

15:29 — The Role of Consumer Behavior in Sustainability

17:11 — The Importance of Perspective and Cognitive Differences

18:22 — Facilitating Change in Commercial Systems

20:27 — Surrounding Yourself with the Right People

22:38 — Intensity and Its Impact on Relationships

23:11 — Embracing Differences and Finding Strength

24:17 — Navigating Emotions and Relationships

26:23 — Harnessing Unique Thinking for Business Success

29:11 — Translating Passion and Managing Frustration

35:54 — Overcoming Self-Doubt and Embracing Values

42:01 — The Mission of Play It Green

Connect with Richard Dickson:

LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardiandickson/

Website:    www.playitgreen.com

Connect with Jonathan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardiandickson/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, Jonathan Domsky sits down with Dr. Ari Levy — founder of Shift Medical and former Chicago Blackhawks team physician — to explore what happens when love, presence, and human connection become the operating system for healthcare.

Ari's path wasn't a straight line from med school to practice. Years spent reading non-verbal cues in elite athletic environments sharpened an emotional intelligence he'd later build an entire care model around — one where intensity, preparation, and genuine presence aren't in tension but reinforce each other. That same instinct led him to found The Distillate, a nonprofit fighting burnout among healthcare workers and frontline caregivers.

This conversation goes deep — into the difference between clinical detachment and authentic engagement, how to measure something as unmeasurable as the human soul, why "truthful love" might be the most underused leadership tool in medicine, and what it actually takes to build a team that can hold both intensity and rest.

If you've ever wondered whether care and performance have to be traded off against each other — this one's for you.

In this episode:

• Dr. Levy's journey from Blackhawks team physician to building a care practice rooted in love and human connection
• How reading non-verbal cues and patterns sharpens empathy
• Balancing intensity, preparation, and presence — personally and professionally
• Practical approaches to recognizing personal limits and operating in flow

Timestamps:
03:32 - The impact of understanding non-verbal cues and emotional intelligence
05:28 - Clarifying the misperception of intensity and its role in success
09:29 - Balancing chaos and stillness as a personal strength
10:13 - Reflecting on childhood wounds and how they shape worldview
17:49 - The connection between physical optimization and mental clarity in elite environments
19:21 - Measuring the "human soul" and meaningful life metrics
20:57 - How Ari integrates analytical data with emotional health
22:12 - Fostering balance and honoring personal needs in life and work
28:24 - The dissonance between the clinical system and authentic human connection
31:18 - The importance of surrounding oneself with supportive, growth-oriented teams
36:53 - Addressing fatigue and recovery across physical, emotional, and mental dimensions
41:26 - Overcoming challenges around ego, confrontation, and patience
45:40 - Balancing intense work with intentional rest and reflection
 

Connect with Dr Ari Levy:

Websites:    www.business-support-agency.com

www.shiftlife.com

www.arilevymd.com

LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/arilevy/

Connect with Jonathan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Margie Smolarek, a business psychologist and strategist who built her practice on a simple but radical premise: most business problems are actually misdiagnosis problems, and the founders who see patterns everyone else misses have a superpower, not a deficit.

Margie grew up seeing what was broken — in rooms, in systems, in people — long before she had the language or the power to do anything about it. That same pattern recognition that once felt isolating became the foundation of her work: helping founders unmask, understand their own neurodivergent wiring, and build businesses that don't require them to perform a version of themselves that burns them out.

She talks candidly about rejection sensitivity, energetic trauma, and what it actually looks like to run a company from a place of agency instead of armor.

This conversation goes deep on burnout, masking, and why "seeing what's wrong" might be the most undervalued skill in entrepreneurship.

If you've ever felt like your brain works differently than the room around you — and wondered whether that was a liability or the whole point — this conversation is for you.

• Margie's journey from childhood pattern-spotting to business psychologist and strategist
• Why neurodivergent traits like autism and ADHD become strengths once properly channeled
• Agency and authenticity as the real foundation of entrepreneurial success
• Managing burnout and energy with workflows built for neurodivergent minds
• Borrowing Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen for branding and client experience
• Rejection sensitivity, masking, and the trauma underneath both
• What it means to unmask and lead from your actual self

00:00 – Introduction: from childhood awareness to entrepreneurial methodology
01:20 – Margie's story: processing differently, perceiving patterns effortlessly
02:20 – Seeing business systems like Sherlock Holmes
04:22 – Energy work, human design, and energetic mapping
07:04 – Agency and control: why neurodivergent entrepreneurs excel
11:25 – The post-COVID shift: founders need space and strategic clarity
12:28 – Balancing impulsiveness with energy management
14:02 – Redesigning workflows for neurodivergent minds
16:52 – Applying Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen to business agility
22:29 – Understanding rejection sensitivity disorder
25:00 – Trauma, masking, and identity
28:23 – Unmasking authenticity in work and life
32:23 – Living in alignment with your core values
36:37 – Choosing collaborators aligned with your authentic self

Connect with Margie:

Website    www.business-support-agency.com

LinkedIn   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marzena-smolarek/

Connect with Jonathan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, Jonathan Domsky sits down with Tabitha Wilson — autism advocate and founder of Amazing House of Hope — to explore what it looks like to build what your child needs when the system won't.

Tabitha's son's diagnosis didn't just change her life — it aimed her. She watched him age out of services at 18 with nowhere to go, and faced the question every parent eventually confronts: what happens when I'm gone? Her answer was to build something.

This conversation goes deep — into the cliff at 18, trauma hiding behind behavioral crises, and a prison story that reframes everything about root causes.

If you've ever had to build the thing that should already exist — this one's for you.

In this episode:

• The cliff autistic young adults hit at 18 — and why the system offers almost nothing after
• How trauma drives crises that get misread as defiance
• The card that changed how strangers saw her family
• What it means to advocate as an honor, not a burden
• Faith and community as the foundation beneath an impossible build
• The prison inmate story that reframes everything about root causes
• Why vulnerability is a leadership strategy, not a weakness

Timestamps:

• 03:17 – Bullying and rights violations as fuel
• 04:16 – The cliff at 18: when the system stops showing up
• 07:32 – The mission of Amazing House of Hope
• 08:58 – Behavioral challenges traced to trauma and systemic failure
• 13:08 – What compassionate authority responses look like
• 14:27 – The judgment parents face — and where it comes from
• 15:26 – Educating through curiosity and compassion
• 17:31 – Advocacy reframed: from obligation to honor
• 18:19 – Vulnerability as strength in leadership
• 19:00 – Building while everything else was on fire
• 20:17 – Faith, purpose, and community as the foundation
• 31:07 – Her son's potential as her north star
• 33:03 – Identifying root causes behind behavior
• 37:11 – Seeing the person behind the behavior

Connect with Tabitha Wilson

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tabitha-wilson-5b758a1b6/

Website:    amazinghouseofhope.org

Tabithainspired.com

Email:       Tabitha.wilson@amazinghouseofhope.org

Donate at: https://givebutter.com/xPKqa5

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website:   https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode, Jonathan Domsky sits down with Brent Robertson — founder of Be Generative and creator of generative listening — to explore building organizations around listening differently.

Brent moved five times before age seven, was diagnosed with dyslexia, and spent years in the back of the classroom — until he discovered art, and realized his primary language was imagery and relationship. That shift became the foundation for his career.

This conversation goes deep — into listening to create space versus listening to understand, the logic behind self-sabotage, and a vision exercise that leaves Brent reaching for Rilke.

If you've ever wondered what you're capable of once someone makes room — this one's for you.

In this episode:

• Why visual thinkers experience relationship and content simultaneously — and what that means for listening
• "If you understand what I'm talking about, you're not listening" — unpacking a question that took a decade to answer
• Generative listening's two axes: temporal (future vs. familiar) and existential (identity vs. behavior)
• Why most business listening is tuned for problems — and what changes when you listen for what's working
• The hidden logic behind self-sabotage, and a gentler way to ask "why do I do this?"
• Leadership reimagined as creator, curator, and choreographer of possibility
• Finding the right kind of suffering — and why mountains, marathons, and hard conversations all serve the same purpose
• A live vision exercise for June 2027, and what it feels like to hear your future reflected back to you

Timestamps:

• 04:21 – Listening as a visual thinker: relationship and content at once
• 06:45 – Meeting Mel Toomey and a new vocabulary for human systems
• 08:19 – "If you understand what I'm talking about, you're not listening"
• 09:57 – Condition-setting and leadership as choreography
• 14:03 – Generative listening: the temporal and existential axes
• 16:20 – Why we rarely listen for what's working
• 18:33 – Self-sabotage, immunity to change, and asking better questions
• 25:41 – Listening characters, and connecting with people whose goals you can't see
• 29:43 – From Fathom to Be Generative: partnership, solo founding, and finding your zone of genius
• 33:06 – Giving yourself permission: grace, patience, and incomplete to-do lists
• 38:25 – Mountains, marathons, and the right kind of suffering
• 46:24 – A vision exercise for June 2027
• 50:02 – Redesigning leadership: creator, curator, choreographer

   

Connect with Brent Robertson

Website:   be-generative.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentrobertson/

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website:   https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Doug Blecher — founder of Autism Personal Coach, a global coaching company built on autonomy, dignity, and lived experience — to explore what it looks like to build an entire company culture around the way neurodivergent people think. And why regulating your internal world may be the most important business strategy nobody's talking about.

Doug was 42 when he learned he was autistic — after 25 years in the autism space, leading a team of 12 coaches across time zones and continents. What he found wasn't a contradiction. It was a key.

In this conversation, you'll rethink regulation — not as a wellness concept, but as the foundation of a sustainable business. We talk about redesigning an organization from the inside out, why big-picture thinkers need different infrastructure, and how grief and late diagnosis can become the most important leadership training you'll ever receive.

If you've ever felt like the business rulebooks weren't written for your brain — this conversation is for you.

In this episode:

• Why Doug didn't learn he was autistic until age 42 — and what shifted when he did
• What "neuroaffirming business culture" actually looks like in practice (cameras off, async communication, sensory needs respected)
• Why regulating your internal world is the most underrated entrepreneurial strategy
• How grief became Doug's entry point into the mind-heart connection
• The visionary/operator tension — and how Doug staffs around his big-picture wiring
• Why "capacity" became the word of the year for Autism Personal Coach
• What it means to move from life happening to you, to life happening through you

Timestamps:

• 02:07 — What support did you have growing up?
• 04:12 — Pattern recognition, energy reading, and Doug's genius
• 07:55 — The mind-heart connection and the journey to get there
• 12:26 — What is Autism Personal Coach, and who does it serve?
• 14:39 — Working in autism for a decade before knowing he was autistic
• 20:09 — How Doug has redesigned his business to fit his brain
• 22:57 — Regulating yourself as a business strategy
• 23:16 — Where his neurodivergence creates friction — and where it smooths things
• 27:57 — What drains his energy, and how he manages it
• 30:13 — What nourishes and energizes him most
• 32:51 — Vision for the year ahead
• 35:36 — What's in the way

Connect with Doug Blecher

Website: https://www.autismpersonalcoach.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-blecher/

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Stephanie Paul — communication strategist, leadership coach, and cancer survivor — to explore how radical honesty and unshakable self-trust don't just build confidence. They build the conditions for everyone around you to show up more fully.

Stephanie has spent decades studying why humans connect — and why they don't. Her work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, storytelling, and emotional intelligence, and the throughline is always the same: the stories we tell ourselves run everything. Change the story, change the outcome.

This one goes deep. Into the biology of storytelling, the mechanics of confidence, and what it actually looks like to lead from a place of self-trust — especially when the world keeps telling you to dial it back.

In this episode:

• How radical honesty becomes a leadership advantage — not a liability
• The science behind Stephanie's U Method for creating connection
• What confidence rooted in internal values actually looks like — and how it differs from performance
• How to shift deep-seated narratives using micro-increments and better questions
• Navigating imposter syndrome, vulnerability, and the pressure to shrink
• Why shared values and collective storytelling define the health of any team or relationship
• How resilience after cancer reshaped her vision for helping people find their voice

Timestamps:

• 00:00 – Radical honesty and unshakable self-trust: the foundation
• 01:19 – Recognizing how thinking differently shaped her path
• 03:30 – Effortlessly creating connection — and understanding why
• 06:33 – The science behind the U Method
• 10:16 – Confidence rooted in values, not validation
• 16:22 – Acting, dance, and how performance became a lens for human behavior
• 17:27 – The shift from stage to neuroscience
• 22:07 – Authentic storytelling as a business tool
• 24:34 – Triggers, intimacy, and ongoing inner work
• 27:44 – How biology makes us storytellers — and how that gets beaten out of us
• 30:23 – Practical steps for shifting stories in relationships
• 36:03 – Shared values and collective storytelling in teams
• 44:24 – Resilience after cancer and the setbacks that followed
• 45:41 – Listening for possibility and suffering
• 51:38 – Kindness, empathy, and understanding behavior as pain or fear

Connect with Stephanie Paul:

• Website: https://stephaniepaulinc.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniepaulinc/

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Eryn Anitavi — autistic entrepreneur, PhD candidate, and creator of the Clarity Codex — to explore what it means to support neurodivergent entrepreneurs in a world built for someone else's brain.

Eryn dropped out of high school. She's now a PhD candidate. That arc isn't a redemption story — it's a systems indictment.

She's the founder of Sapphire Dynamics and a fierce advocate for the Neurokin community. Her work sits at the intersection of lived experience, research, and radical redesign.

You'll walk away with a new vocabulary for your exhaustion and a clearer understanding of why your genius and your kryptonite are the same thing.

If you've ever burned out doing work you love — this one's for you.

In this episode:

• The six types of tired and why treating the wrong one makes burnout worse
• Neurodivergence as superpower — and the kryptonite that comes with it
• How systems in education, healthcare, and business crush creativity and intensity
• Building support structures and communities for neurodivergent entrepreneurs
• Energy management, emotional resilience, and stoicism as navigation tools
• Envisioning a future where laws, communities, and education support all neurotypes

Timestamps:

• 00:00 — The six types of tired and misaligned recovery
• 01:10 — Eryn's journey through neurodivergence, diagnosis, and embracing her genius
• 05:07 — Characteristics of neurodivergence and hyperfixation
• 06:33 — Recognizing kryptonite and designing protective measures
• 10:16 — The Neurokin community
• 18:41 — Envisioning systemic support for neurodivergent entrepreneurs
• 28:30 — How systemic failures in education and work hinder brilliance
• 36:43 — The Clarity Codex app
• 42:50 — Stoicism, gratitude, and resilience

Resources & Links:

• The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
• The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Connect with Eryn:

Website    www.choosesapphire.com  

LinkedIn   www.linkedin.com/in/eryn-anitavi  

Speaking  www.a-speakers.com/speakers/eryn-anitavi   

Connect with Jonathan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

He was wrong. He just hadn't found the right frame yet.

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, I sit down with Aaron Spool — founder of Eventus Advisory Group — to explore how a kid who struggled socially became an adult who makes his living connecting people, seeing patterns, and designing systems that let others shine.

In this conversation you'll learn:

• How frequent moves as a child built unexpected social agility and empathy
• What it actually means to map your zone of genius and build a company around it
• How Aaron listens for suffering others can't yet name — and why that's his superpower
• The difference between managing people and designing systems that don't need you

Timestamps: 00:00 - Seeing connections instead of people 02:39 - Natural strengths in relationship building and strategy 03:31 - Moving frequently as a child and building adaptability 04:21 - Connecting beyond structured social norms 05:18 - Authentic relationships in business success 07:40 - Childhood influences shaping his protector instinct 08:25 - Actionable kindness and social responsibility 09:42 - Becoming a systems designer 10:18 - Hiring within your zone of genius 11:16 - How thinking differently led to market insight 12:08 - Listening for suffering others can't name 13:08 - Group dynamics vs. one-on-one relationships 14:00 - Building remote cultures rooted in individual connection 15:41 - Mapping his zone of genius 18:48 - Connecting like-minded individuals through pattern recognition 20:08 - How business structure understanding leads to impactful connections 21:15 - Core values through relationships and service 23:39 - Managing personal limitations and fitting the business to his strengths 24:52 - Redesigning work for optimal leadership focus 28:18 - Patronage: enabling others to shine 29:45 - Connecting impactful people for collective growth 30:58 - Authenticity in perception and communication 33:24 - Eliminating administrative drain 34:54 - Nourishing energy through human connection 38:19 - Strategic workspace design and resource allocation 42:04 - Presence and emotional equilibrium 45:02 - Frustrations and misunderstanding others' behaviors 46:50 - Meditation and presence as perspective 48:19 - Addressing issues, not numbing pain

Resources & Links:

• The One Thing by Gary Keller
• When by Daniel Pink

Connect with Aaron Spool:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronspool/
• www.eventusag.com

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

At work. At home. In her marriage. So she spent decades being exceptionally good at being someone else.

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, I sit down with Megan Hansen — IT business owner, Six Sigma black belt, HR veteran, autism advocate, and someone who is just now — at 46 — learning what it means to take the mask off.

If you've ever been the most capable person in the room, and the loneliest — this one's for you.

In this episode, Jonathan and Megan will explore

00:01 - Megan's early realization of thinking differently 02:30 - Focus, curiosity, and crafting as innate superpowers 03:48 - The surprising link between art, math, and pattern recognition 04:20 - Her autism diagnosis and the obsession with understanding herself 06:38 - Lake Cook Solutions, SeedVoice, and building businesses that fit the human 09:09 - Building diverse, supportive teams and authentic leadership 10:43 - Thinking outside the box and managing overwhelm 12:24 - Tools for reducing anxiety — including AI and baths 14:05 - Redesigning her business environment for better fit and efficiency 16:58 - The power of SOPs for business resilience and documentation 17:11 - How communication styles shape business partnerships 19:24 - Building trust and rules of engagement with a business partner 21:08 - Creating employment programs and opportunities for autistic adults 42:07 - Shaping a positive future through understanding and resilience 54:12 - The journey of self-acceptance, unmasking, and authentic living 55:01 - Overcoming fear to take brave steps toward goals 64:27 - Meet more neurodiverse people — and break the stigma

Resources & Links:

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You — Jenara Nerenberg

AspiriTech — employment and support for autistic adults

Megan Hansen is a business strategist, entrepreneur, and chaos organizer who sees the world in process maps. After 18 years in corporate HR outsourcing, she traded burnout for entrepreneurship — joining Lake Cook Solutions, building multiple businesses with her husband, and co-launching SeedVoice, a VoIP company, in 2023.

A late-diagnosed autistic woman, Megan brings a whole new layer of self-discovery to her work helping people untangle messy ideas, build better systems, and move toward their goals with clarity and confidence. She is a little nerdy, a lot heartfelt, and very into reading, crafting, cooking, tea, coffee — and probably hiking next, because she doesn't really know how to do anything halfway.

Connect with Megan Hansen

Website: www.lakecooksolutions.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/megan-hansen-69712828

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

His son had profound disabilities. He couldn't speak. He couldn't live independently. By almost every measure our society uses to assign worth to a human being — he didn't qualify.

In this episode of the Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky sits down with Dr. Joanna Grace, founder of the Sensory Projects — a sensory engagement and inclusion specialist, author, and TED speaker who has attended far more children's funerals than anyone should.

She says she can't think of a better eulogy for any of us.

Because the people the world has decided don't count may have the most to teach us about what counting actually means.

We talk about why the philosophy we built Western civilization on may have left an entire category of human beings out of the definition of personhood. Why pathologizing difference is one of the most dangerous things we do to each other. And what it looks like when you stop asking how do we fix this person and start asking what is this person trying to tell us.

If you've ever felt like the room wasn't built for the way you think — or led people who felt that way — this conversation will change how you show up for them.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Challenging traditional measures of worth

03:11 - Neurokin and recognizing oneself in autism

05:34 - The danger of pathologizing difference

09:19 - Sensory perception and profound disabilities

10:41 - Philosophical foundations of personhood

17:30 - Autism as a way of being, not a behavior

19:12 - Joanna's sensory stories

25:44 - Interdependence over independence

Resources & Links:

• The Subtle Spectrum by Dr. Joanna Grace
• The Scale of the Spectrum by Dr. Joanna Grace
• Joanna Grace - The Sensory Projects

Connect with Joanna Grace:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannagracethesensoryprojects/?skipRedirect=true

Website: https://www.thesensoryprojects.co.uk/home

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSensoryProjects

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoannaGraceTheSensoryProjects

Connect with Jonathan

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

Brian Burkhart helps you figure out what you've been masking — and why stopping might be the best business decision you ever make.

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, Jonathan Domsky sits down with Brian Burkhart — best-selling author, founder of SquarePlanet, and Northwestern University professor — to explore why perfection is forgettable, and why the thing you've been coached to hide might be your most powerful asset.

Brian has spent decades helping leaders find the words for who they already are — and the courage to say them out loud. He's coached 10 Shark Tank teams, over 40 TED talks, and hundreds of C-suite leaders.

In this episode, Jonathan and Brian explore:

• Why perfection is forgettable — and what to strive for instead
• The difference between masking who you are and adjusting how you communicate
• How Brian's 10-step framework, rooted in Aristotle and Socrates, works for any message, any audience, any stage
• What it really means to stand for something — and what it costs when you do
• The tension between authenticity and adaptability, and how to navigate it with integrity

Timestamps: 00:00 - Why authenticity matters in a mask-driven world 01:20 - Brian's early realization of thinking differently 03:49 - Communicating with courage: honest humor and real boundaries 05:47 - Standing for something over conformity 09:10 - Peeling back layers to reveal authentic core values 12:52 - Perfection is boring — art stands out 16:25 - The gift and challenge of colorblindness 19:09 - Communicating with neurodivergent and nonlinear thinkers 22:49 - When to adapt and when to hold your ground 27:22 - The real costs of making waves 33:12 - The myth of the perfect script 40:22 - The evolving scoreboard: joy, nature, and simple pleasures 43:01 - Money as freedom, not status 45:48 - Visualizing future success: courtroom wins and coming home 52:39 - Self-awareness as the key to breaking through 57:31 - The 10-step framework rooted in ancient rhetoric

Resources & Links:

• Square Planet
• Nikita Gill — "The Truth About Art"
• Brian’s 10-step framework for masterful presentations
• More about Brian

Connect with Brian Burkhart:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brianburkhart  

Website: squareplanet.com  

Connect with Jonathan:

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

·       Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

·       YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

Not because they're not smart enough. But because nobody has built the bridge between what AI can do and how real people actually work.

My guest today is building that bridge.

Jeremy Robb is Chief Learning Officer and Founder at RobbClan, helping SaaS companies scale through learning systems that train not just the human — but the AI agent alongside them.

In this conversation: why neurodivergent minds may be uniquely wired for the AI-augmented workplace. Why conflict is one of the most underrated tools in any team. And how one process went from six weeks to two days.

If you've ever wondered whether AI is going to make you more valuable or less — this one's for you.

In this episode:

00:00 - AI's transformative power in productivity

01:26 - Jeremy's story: thinking differently since childhood

07:39 - How Wayfinder onboards roles with AI

09:36 - Supporting neurodivergent minds with AI

12:50 - Burnout, autism discovery, and resilience

20:39 - Conflict and open communication

22:35 - Six weeks to two days

27:45 - Designing environments for neurodiverse minds 33:21 - Vision for an AI-augmented future

36:35 - Funding and fear slowing AI adoption

48:56 - Discovering your genius with AI

Resources & Links

• RobbClan
• Wayfinder Platform

Jeremy Robb is a Chief Learning Officer specializing in scaling SaaS organizations through strategic learning systems. He reduced customer time-to-value from six weeks to two days and built onboarding programs that accelerate adoption and revenue impact.

Jeremy has held leadership roles at ServiceNow, Abnormal Security, and NetBrain Technologies, and is founder of RobbClan Productions, where he advises startups on scalable onboarding ecosystems. He brings deep expertise in AI-driven enablement and human-centered design, with a particular passion for accessibility and neurodivergent inclusion.

Based in San Diego, Jeremy is a husband and father of two autistic sons — an experience that informs everything he builds.

Connect with Jeremy Robb

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrobb

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@leadershipinlearning?si=VJLmzqvENPmWFw9a

Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ODvPkTzFeazW1DE15m22C?si=j8d-PcNkSnKUJXJagTesjQ 

Website: https://www.robbclan.com

 

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur

Revenue. Efficiency. Or happy people.

That's it.

Not the wrong tech stack. Not the wrong org chart. Not the wrong market. One of those three things — or some combination of them — is what's actually broken.

In this episode of The Pattern-Seeking Entrepreneur, host Jonathan Domsky speaks with e-commerce operator and digital product builder Paul Bates. Paul has spent seven years applying a simple three-variable equation across businesses doing $60M–$150M in revenue—and it works every time.

What sets him apart isn’t just spotting the real problem beneath the symptoms, but cutting through noise, politics, and blame to focus on what actually matters.

They explore how he thinks, the strengths and challenges of that mindset, and how he’s designed his work and life around it.

If you’re someone who sees what’s broken before others do, this episode is for you.

In this episode, Jonathan and Paul will explore:

Timestamps:

00:37 - Feelings vs. fixing: why the distinction matters01:33 - Social cues, emotional intelligence, and relationships02:56 - Autism strategies and the art of reading others04:07 - Paul's superpower: seeing through emotional noise to financial reality05:21 - What's really hiding beneath surface-level business problems06:16 - Team communication and data flow breakdowns07:13 - Turning vague issues into specific, solvable problems08:00 - Curiosity-driven learning and hands-on building09:43 - Paul's consulting focus: from product to problem solving10:25 - Complex data migration and systemic bottlenecks11:49 - Why vague project scopes destroy client alignment13:56 - Why service providers fear asking the right questions15:05 - Technical accuracy vs. energetic presence in team leadership16:25 - Building teams with contrasting strengths18:13 - Managing conflict through real-time, safe conversations20:24 - Adjusting rhythm and environment for peak productivity23:35 - Slowing down to create space for quality29:13 - The core business framework: dreamer, driver, analyst30:25 - Three metrics that actually matter: revenue, efficiency, happiness32:19 - Using AI and mental models to optimize decisions33:14 - Minimizing energy drains for personal sustainability37:04 - Envisioning fulfillment in relationships, startups, and purpose40:39 - Gratitude, anticipation, and daily reflection as life gauges45:33 - Embracing vulnerability and chaos for breakthroughs52:45 - The walk that revealed his coaching purpose53:20 - Final reflections and how to connect with Paul Bates

Paul Bates is an e-commerce operator who focuses on translating digital technology into real business outcomes. He's led significant revenue expansion through digital innovation and built high-performing teams by treating them like startups—empowering ownership and creating environments where strong operators thrive.

Connect with Paul Bates

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulhbates/

Email: paulhbates@hotmail.com

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-personal-growth-coach/

Website: https://untangled-coaching.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePattern-SeekingEntrepreneur