Leaders Lead Media, San Rafael, CA (2026)

Welcome to Leaders Lead, the podcast where I get to the bottom of how successful leaders and companies achieve greatness. I'm Tony Taylor, the host and coach for emerging entrepreneurs looking to overcome their fear of public speaking. I started Leaders Lead out of curiosity and a desire to learn from inspiring industry leaders. During the first season, I discovered that all of my guests had overc

ome seemingly impossible odds to achieve success in their businesses and careers. In each episode, I take listeners on a journey through some of the toughest roads these leaders have traveled, and there may be tears along the way. There are no hacks or secrets to their success – just a refusal to give up. This show is not only about inspiration, but also about providing a tangible guide for listeners to follow on their own journey to entrepreneurial success. I believe in turning pain into a survival guide for others, and that's exactly what I do on this show. I invite you to join the Leaders Lead community by subscribing to the show, leaving a review, and letting me know how I can serve you on your journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Thank you for joining me on this inspiring journey.

05/29/2026

I never planned to say this publicly.

My wife knew.

Nobody else did.

Until I talked about it recently on the podcast.

I've been dealing with body dysmorphia since I was about 13 years old. For years, I thought the problem was my body. I thought if I lost enough weight, got lean enough, worked out harder, or looked different, the voice would finally go away.

It didn't.

The Marines amplified it.

Weight standards. Tape tests. Constant pressure.

For years I ran miles wearing trash bags trying to make weight.

Nobody called it disordered. It was just what people did.n fact, leadership applauded it.

Looking back, I realize something..The problem wasn't my body.
The problem was the story I was carrying about my body.

The 13 year old version of me got handed a story and never got the chance to put it down. That's the work, fam... Not just changing your body. Changing the story.

And for me, that started with awareness.

Because you can't heal something you haven't named.

If any of this sounds familiar, don't start by asking how to fix yourself.

Start by asking... Where did this story begin?

Listen to the full episode by clicking the link below: flowcode.com/p/m7gi8a7zg?fc=0

05/23/2026

I recorded one of the most personal episodes I’ve ever done on Leaders Lead.

This episode is about body dysmorphia, where it started for me, how the Marines amplified it, and the tools that genuinely helped me work through it over the years.

Honestly… this one was uncomfortable to record.

I know a lot of people silently struggle with:

comparison

insecurity

overthinking

never feeling “good enough” and most people never talk about it.

My hope is that this episode helps somebody feel seen and understood.If you want to hear the episode when it drops, subscribe to Leaders Lead on Spotify or Apple Podcasts ↓

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05/19/2026

I recently sat down with Alan Weiss and we talked about Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich, and the famous Andrew Carnegie story behind it.

Honestly… this shocked me.

Curious what you think.

05/18/2026

Next week I’m interviewing Buddhist monk and mindfulness teacher Amitha Khema about meditation and the stories our minds create that cause suffering.

He also helped support a national Walk for Peace movement that impacted thousands of people through mindfulness, meditation, and human connection.

We’re going to talk about anxiety, overthinking, stress, emotional suffering, relationships, healing, mindfulness, and what it actually means to find inner peace in a world that constantly pulls at our attention.

Meditation was a gift given to me by a friend during one of the hardest seasons of my life.

If you could ask him one honest question about stress, anxiety, anger, relationships, overthinking, or inner peace…

What would it be?

05/17/2026

He was supposed to mentor me to become a motivational speaker, but it became so much more than that.

I was blown away by the TV shows he had been on and the legendary people he had helped throughout his career as a comedian and motivational speaker. What I didn’t know was that he would become one of the people who helped guide me through one of the hardest seasons of my life.

At the time, I was dealing with serious brain fog, struggling with Lyme symptoms for the first time, and trying to support someone through an incredibly difficult season. The weight of it all was getting heavy.

Michael let me record our conversations so I could go back and listen when I needed to. Those talks were exactly what I needed at the time.

This clip is old, and the video quality isn’t the best, but the message matters more than the quality ever will.

Here’s a clip from when I had him on the show. I’ll drop the link to the full episode below.

You can find it on all major podcast platforms.

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