In this episode, Deb sits down with Liz Repking, founder of Cyber Safety Consulting, to examine what really happens when our digital lives go unchecked. Rather than framing online safety as a technical issue, Liz brings it back to something more human; how distraction, algorithms, and anonymity quietly shape our relationships, our mental health, and our sense of stability.

In this episode, Deb sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Sharon P. Khurana to explore a question that feels almost contradictory at first glance: what if suffering is not the opposite of flourishing, but one of its entry points?

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Megan O’Malley, a two-decades-deep friend and one of the most respected plaintiff-side employment attorneys in Chicago, to talk about justice, kindness, and the kind of character that actually holds up under pressure.

In this episode, Deb sits down with Shay Moinuddin, aesthetic nurse and clinic director at The Few Institute, to explore a subject that often lives in whispers: beauty. Not beauty as spectacle or excess, but beauty as it relates to identity, confidence, and the deeply human desire to feel at home in one’s own skin. The conversation unfolds at the precise intersection where many wellness dialogues quietly fracture. We champion therapy, fitness, and inner work, yet we hesitate when care turns outward.

In this episode, Deb sits down with Jen Marr, CEO of Showing Up and author of Lifting Up: The Transforming Power of Supportive Leadership, to talk about what it really takes to lead people well when life is messy, work is relentless, and uncertainty is no longer the exception.

In this episode, Deb sits down with Armond D’Inverno, former co-founder of Bellas & D’Inverno Foltz, to talk about what it really takes to build a business that can outlast its founder. Not just in terms of valuation or scale, but in terms of culture, people, and the kind of leadership that creates room for others to grow.

In this episode, Deb sits down with HX Ally Suzanne Massel to explore the third lens of human flourishing: the relationship we have with ourselves.

In this episode of The HX Collective, host Deb Knupp sits down with Suzanne Massel to explore the second lens of human flourishing: relationships. While much of modern conversation about thriving focuses on achievement or productivity, this discussion turns toward something more foundational.

In this conversation, Deb welcomes HX Ally Suzanne Massel to explore what happens when achievement gives way to reflection, and when reflection reshapes how we lead, work, and connect.

In this episode, Deb sits down with Kevin Wood, a leading healthcare attorney and longtime friend, for a conversation that’s been a decade in the making.

In this episode, Deb sits down with her newest friend, Jay Stark, wealth advisor, business owner, husband, and proud dad of two daughters, for a deeply human conversation that isn’t really about money at all. It’s about presence. It’s about the quiet choices that shape a child’s confidence over time. And it’s about the kind of fatherhood that doesn’t just provide—it forms.

In this episode, Deb is joined by attorney and HX ally Gretchen Miller Busch for a conversation that may change how you think about your career especially if you’re successful on paper, but quietly exhausted in real life.

In this episode, Deb is joined by her mentor, coach, and longtime catalyst for change, Joy Ready Johannes, for a conversation that feels less like an interview and more like an invitation. An invitation to look at the stories you’ve been living inside and to decide quietly, powerfully whether you’re ready to choose something different.

In today’s episode, Deb sits down with her longtime friend, mentor, and executive coach Lisa Slayton for a grounding conversation about what leadership looks like when life won’t hold still. This one is for anyone who feels like the world is moving too fast, the fog is too thick, and you’re expected to “figure it out” anyway.

In this episode, Deb sits down with longtime friend and former Big Law CIO Bob Craig for a conversation that starts with AI but quickly becomes something deeper: identity, approval, and what it really costs to be “the steady one” in every room.

Deb sits down with Anne Marie Nest, professional performer turned voice and speech specialist, trainer, coach, and consultant, to explore a surprisingly powerful idea: your voice isn’t just sound. It’s access. It’s leadership. It’s belonging. And in the right culture, it becomes a force that amplifies everyone.

In this episode, Deb is joined by Gillian Stovel Rivers (Canada-based wealth coach, business owner, powerlifter, and host of The Flourish Feed) for a conversation that quietly flips traditional wealth management on its head. Gillian introduces a more human definition of wealth, one that accounts for the millions of moments between the typical money milestones.

In this episode, Deb sits down with longtime collaborator and design strategist Andrew Benedict Nelson for a conversation that quietly reframes how we think about leadership altogether. This isn’t a discussion about becoming a “better boss” or adopting the latest leadership framework. It’s about something more foundational: realizing that most of what we experience at work was designed—and therefore, can be redesigned.

In this deeply personal conversation, Deb sits down with longtime collaborator and friend Andrea Mac, founder of Prequal, to unpack a truth that’s both obvious and routinely avoided: you can’t build a flourishing society without women having real economic agency.

In this episode, Deb sits down with HX ally Alycia Sutor and spiritual director Lorilyn Wiering for a conversation that starts with a “bathroom-at-a-conference” origin story and quickly opens into something much deeper: joy as connection, joy as resistance, and joy as an embodied spiritual discipline.