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Founding run archive

Sessions 01-05, preserved.

The first run honored the prepared voices that carried Phoenix Rising out of Austin. These are the public, consent-safe speaker notes from that founding chapter.

Adele Tevlin
Session 01 · May 22
Session 01 · Opening Circle · May 22, 2026

Adele Tevlin

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Adele Tevlin is an Identity Alchemist devoted to transforming subconscious limitations into embodied power. She guides entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries through deep identity shifts that create tangible, lasting results. Drawing from CBT, NLP, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and inner child integration, her work goes beyond mindset to recalibrate the nervous system and core self-concept driving behavior and success. Her approach blends clinically informed tools with intuitive depth to create sustainable transformation from the inside out. At the core of Adele's company is the Identity Ascension Method (IAM), her proprietary framework for subconscious identity reprogramming, delivered through a 6-month certification program that equips coaches and practitioners with a trauma-aware, replicable methodology.

The talk
Upgrade Your Identity: Activate The Success Codes
Council focus
This speaker is bringing Upgrade Your Identity: Activate The Success Codes into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Ariana Hall
Session 01 · May 22
Session 01 · Opening Circle · May 22, 2026

Ariana Hall

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Ariana Hall specializes in emotional intelligence, relationships, and high performance. She works with high achieving founders, CEOs, and leaders who are successful on the outside but experiencing friction in their leadership, teams, or relationships. Known for her "X-ray vision," Ariana quickly sees the patterns driving misalignment and inefficiency, helping clients turn insight into real change in how they lead, communicate, and execute. She believes you can have both high performance and internal alignment, and that real success includes leadership that actually feels as good as it looks. Clients have included Craig Clemens of Golden Hippo, Francis Wolff of DigiStore24, and many others.

The talk
Personal Alignment, Explained
Council focus
This speaker is bringing Personal Alignment, Explained into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Joshua B. Lee
Session 01 · May 22
Session 01 · Opening Circle · May 22, 2026

Joshua B. Lee

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Joshua B. Lee is a 20+ year entrepreneur, founder of StandOut Authority, and co-creator of YOUmanize™, where he helps founders become the trusted answer in the age of AI. Over the course of his career, he has built 17 companies and managed more than a billion dollars in ad spend, working across platforms like Google and MySpace as digital discovery shifted across generations.

The talk
Be The Answer: How LinkedIn, Trust Signals, and AI Are Reshaping Authority and Discovery
Council focus
This speaker is bringing Be The Answer: How LinkedIn, Trust Signals, and AI Are Reshaping Authority and Discovery into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Robb Gilbear
Session 02 · Jun 5
Session 02 · Session 02 · June 5, 2026

Robb Gilbear

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Robb Gilbear has had a weird career path. He's the founder of Growth Habit, the author of the bestselling book Die Before They Do, and the host of an annual event called Do Bold Sh*t. But his first career was as a DJ & music producer where he performed at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, at Burning Man, and over 60 cities from coast to coast. After walking away from music, he spent half a decade as head of People & Culture in award-winning tech companies where he coached CEOs + leadership teams. These days, he helps coaches build businesses they love so that they're not just proud telling their friends and family about the impact they're making, but also about the money they're making. And he's helped 460 people in 17 different countries since 2019.

The talk
Do Bold Sh*t
Council focus
This speaker is bringing Do Bold Sh*t into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Danielle Amos
Session 03 · Jun 19
Session 03 · Session 03 · June 19, 2026

Danielle Amos

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Danielle Amos, the Millionaire Mentor, is an internationally recognized success coach, speaker, and mindset mentor who empowers ambitious professionals to achieve extraordinary results with clarity and confidence. As one of Bob Proctor's protégés, she combines proven success principles with modern strategies to help leaders and entrepreneurs unlock their potential, elevate productivity, and create sustained growth. Through her coaching and programs, Danielle guides clients to master their mindset, strengthen self-leadership, and align their goals with purpose, resulting in measurable transformation both personally and professionally.

The talk
Living in Harmony with Universal Laws
Council focus
This speaker is bringing Living in Harmony with Universal Laws into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Rachel B. Lee
Session 03 · Jun 19
Session 03 · Session 03 · June 19, 2026

Rachel B. Lee

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Bio coming soon.

The talk
The Human Credibility Intelligence Platform: How AI Is Changing Trust, Visibility & Growth
Council focus
This speaker is bringing The Human Credibility Intelligence Platform: How AI Is Changing Trust, Visibility & Growth into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Jeff Spencer
Session 04 · Jul 3
Session 04 · Session 04 · July 3, 2026

Jeff Spencer

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Jeffrey Spencer is an Olympian, doctor, sports scientist, entrepreneur, artist, author, speaker, adoptive father and performance advisor to iconic business, sports and entertainment household names. His passion is to show people their future so they can make better personal and professional decisions to live exponential potential and high impact lives of passion, purpose, productivity and prosperity.

The talk
How To Win Before You Start
Council focus
This speaker is bringing How To Win Before You Start into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Garrett Gunderson
Session 05 · Jul 17
Session 05 · Session 05 · July 17, 2026

Garrett Gunderson

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Garrett Gunderson (aka Money Jesus) is the author of ten books, including multiple Wall Street Journal bestsellers, with Killing Sacred Cows hitting number 1 and making the New York Times Best Sellers list. His book What Would the Rockefellers Do? has been consistently among the top 5 titles in Amazon's Wealth Management category since its publication. He started his first business at age 15, won the SBA young entrepreneur of the year award and wanted to invest the 5,000 dollar prize. This led to starting his financial services career in 1998 at the age of 19. Garrett has dedicated his life to debunking myths that rob hard working entrepreneurs of their joy and prosperity. Through his Multiplier program, he shows entrepreneurs how to get financially fit (financial house in order), independent (cash flow from assets to cover lifestyle), and free. Garrett enjoys time at his cabin, especially one-on-one immersions with clients where he teaches them how to create their richest life.

The talk
How to create a lasting legacy.
Council focus
This speaker is bringing How to create a lasting legacy. into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Kathleen Black
Session 2026-09-25 · Sep 25
Session 2026-09-25 · Monthly Council Session · September 25, 2026

Kathleen Black

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Founder & CEO, Kathleen Black International

Bestselling Author - Award-Winning Keynote Speaker

Kathleen Black is the CEO and founder of Kathleen Black International, North America's premier female-founded real estate team coaching platform and the #1 team coaching company in Canada. Her client network generates billions in additional sales annually, contributing to over $30 billion in growth in the past decade, with more than 80% of clients ranked among the top 1% producers in their industries. A two-time bestselling author of Relentless to Rise and The Top 1% Life, Kathleen is known for helping entrepreneurs and leaders step fully into the CEO role of their lives and businesses. Through her proprietary expansion frameworks and systems-driven methodology, she enables leaders to scale with clarity, sustainability, and freedom, often at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional growth models. Kathleen's leadership journey is featured in the award-winning documentary The Relentless One, which has received three Telly Awards, two Emmy Award nominations, and 19 international film festival awards. Kathleen has earned numerous industry accolades, including recognition as one of the Top 10 Transformational CEOs and Top 100 Dynamic Leaders by Exeleon. She has twice been named one of the Top 50 Elite Women Driving the Future of Real Estate and a Top 20 Emerging Leader in the Swanepoel Report. With more than 18 years of leadership, strategy, and expansion experience, Kathleen has helped tens of thousands of leaders achieve unprecedented growth. Kathleen is the visionary behind the Kathleen Black Summit, the largest team-specific sales summit in North America, and a highly sought-after keynote speaker at leading global conferences. Most recently, Kathleen co-launched FoundHers, a leadership show spotlighting Canada's top female founders, alongside her partner Jane Thuet, further advancing her mission to elevate conscious, high-performance leadership.

The talk
Shift - From Chaos to Calm
Council focus
This speaker is bringing Shift - From Chaos to Calm into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Randal Wark
Session 2026-10-30 · Oct 30
Session 2026-10-30 · Monthly Council Session · October 30, 2026

Randal Wark

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Randal Wark has spent 30 years running MTech Cyber, an IT and cybersecurity firm in Montreal that has been in business since 1995. He spends most of his week explaining risk to business owners who don't want to think about it, and he wrote a book about it called 12 Steps to Cyber Safety.

The talk
How Fast Are You Driving Your Business?
Council focus
This speaker is bringing How Fast Are You Driving Your Business? into the council. The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
Sally Hogshead
Session 2026-10-30 · Oct 30
Session 2026-10-30 · Monthly Council Session · October 30, 2026

Sally Hogshead

Phoenix Rising speaker.

Sally Hogshead is a New York Times bestselling author, global brand strategist, and one of only 189 professional living speakers inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame. Known for her groundbreaking research on fascination and personal branding, she is the creator of the Fascinate® Test, taken by over 1.3 million professionals worldwide - including leaders at Facebook, Porsche, NASA, and Twitter. Sally rose to the top of the advertising world after Duke University, creating campaigns for brands like Nike and Coca-Cola. By age 24, she was the most award-winning copywriter in the U.S., and at 30, her work was displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

The talk
Talk title coming soon.
Council focus
The detailed hurdle and support ask stay inside the member room unless the speaker explicitly approves public language.
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