Gloves Off started as a personal metaphor.
As a surgeon and a martial artist, “gloves off” meant presence, precision, and no hiding. At some point, I realized that’s how I wanted to live and lead too.
So this show is where I have real conversations with people who are doing life differently. Taking risks, pivoting, and choosing alignment over expectation. We talk about the decisions, the uncomfortable moments, and the turning points that happen when you stop living by default and start living by design.
It’s honest. And nothing is scripted or edited.
Would You Walk Away From Success? | Gloves Off with Christina Plhak
What happens when the life you worked so hard to build no longer feels like the life you want?Christina Plhak walked away from a successful corporate career to start over, open a wellness business, and bet on herself in an entirely new way.We talk about reinvention, identity, money, risk, and the courage it takes to become a beginner again when you already know what success feels like.#GlovesOff (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/glovesoff) #Reinvention (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/reinvention) #Entrepreneurship (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/entrepreneurship) #CareerChange (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/careerchange) #WomenInBusiness (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/womeninbusiness)
20 Sept 2026
Your Ex Gets What!?
You signed the divorce papers. But is your ex actually out of your financial life?
In this episode of Gloves Off, I sit down with Lucky Rasappah to talk about the financial mistakes people make before, during and after divorce, and the ones that can follow you for years.
#GlovesOff #Divorce #DivorceFinance #WealthProtection #EstatePlanning #Prenup #PersonalFinance
6 Sept 2026
The Under-eating Trap: Gloves Off with Zach Rana
Most women aren’t failing because they lack discipline. They’re failing because they’re under-fueled. In this episode, physician Dr. Kalpana Sundar and biochemist and fitness coach Zach Rana break down the science behind why chronic under-eating stalls fat loss, prevents muscle gain, and wrecks your metabolism and what it actually takes to fix it. This is the conversation diet culture never wanted you to have.
#GlovesOff #WomensHealth #FatLoss #MetabolicHealth #UnderEating #DietCulture #MuscleGain #InsulinResistance #FitnessForWomen #LifeMastery #DrKalpanaSundar #GladiatorStrength #ZachRana #HighPerformance #WellnessPodcast
22 Jul 2026
Your Career Feels Off for a Reason: Gloves Off with Bianca Ariel
In this episode of Gloves Off, I sit down with Bianca Ariel, founder of Recalibrated Vision, who left a thriving pharmaceutical career to help high achievers stop working around the gaps in their lives and start building through them. We talk about identity, fear, money, purpose, and what it actually takes to stop performing a life that was never really yours.
This one is for anyone who has been quietly thinking there has to be more.
#GlovesOff #CareerTransition #Entrepreneurship #Vitality #Wealth #Impact #LifeByDesign #Calling #PurposeDriven #HighAchievers #RecalibratedVision #LifeMastery #DrKalpanaSundar #BiancaAriel #Podcast
28 Jun 2026
The Fifth Burner| Gloves Off with Josh Makower
What does it actually take to build something that changes the world? I sat down with Josh Makower, MD, Stanford professor, engineer, and holder of 300+ patents, and his answer to my most pressing question was the last thing I expected.
This is the kind of conversation that makes you rethink how you measure success, effort, and what it means to truly get things done.
#Leadership #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #MedicalDevice #HealthTech #MedicalInnovation #Teamwork #Founders #PhysicianEntrepreneur #GlovesOff #StanfordBiodesign #HealthcareLeadership #BuildingCompanies #ExploraMed #Podcast #DrKalpanaSundar #FourBurnerTheory #FifthBurner #WorkLifeBalance #Parenthood
17 May 2026
Dying Well Starts with Living Well
I stepped outside my usual content today. And I think it was overdue.
Dr. Bob Uslander spent 25 years as an ER physician watching people arrive at the end of their life with no plan, no voice, and no say in what happened to them. He walked away from emergency medicine to build something better.
In this episode we talk about what a good death actually looks like, why palliative care is not about giving up, and why the way you are living right now is already determining how your story ends.
If you work in healthcare, have aging parents, or simply care about living with intention, this one is for you.
And if you have been thinking about joining the private community, this is the episode that will make the decision easy. The deep dive with Dr. Bob goes places the public episode simply could not.
#EndOfLife #PalliativeCare #ConsciousLiving #HealthyAging #Longevity #HardConversations #Leadership #Wellness #DyingWell
24 Apr 2026
Train Your Brain Or Trust the Bot? Feat. Dustin Dean
Everyone’s using AI for coaching. But nobody’s asking the harder question ...what happens when it’s the wrong tool?
Dustin Dean built his own AI coaching platform after 20 years in psychiatric care. In this episode he holds nothing back.
This is not hype. This is a clinician who has seen both sides.
🔗 Watch the full unfiltered episode free:
www.skool.com/life-mastery-2022/classroom/b6d9968e?md=7fc5ec74d0d74db38db4c458f34f1260
2 Mar 2026
PR vs. Marketing: Why Attention Doesn't Equal Authority
Everyone wants visibility.
Very few are building authority.
In this episode of Gloves Off, we break down the real difference between marketing and PR — and why being seen doesn’t mean being trusted.
Marketing gets clicks.
PR shapes perception.
Authority is earned where outcomes matter.
The deeper conversation — where we talk about social media, performance, and real credibility — continues inside the Life Mastery community.
Join us here:
https://www.skool.com/life-mastery-2022/classroom
#PublicRelations #AuthorityBuilding #MarketingStrategy #ThoughtLeadership #PersonalBranding #Leadership #BrandPositioning
15 Feb 2026
Stop Playing Defense with Your Money
Most people think they’re “being responsible” with money… but they’re actually just reacting.
Reacting to bills.
Reacting to fear.
Reacting to what they were never taught.
In this Gloves Off conversation, I sit down with Luxmihaasan “Lucky” Rasappah, Universal Financial Literacy Coach, law-trained strategist, author of Build Your Financial FREEDOM Empire, and founder of two Canadian financial firms to unpack why so many hardworking professionals still feel financially exposed.
#GlovesOffPodcast #FinancialFreedom #FinancialLiteracy #WealthStrategy #MoneyMindset #StopPlayingDefense #WealthProtection #RiskManagement #RetirementPlanning #HighAchievers #EntrepreneurLife #BusinessOwners #VitalityWealthImpact #LifeByDesign
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