In this solo episode, I’m sharing the eight books I read (and reread) in 2025 that most shaped how I think, lead, and live. From health and energy, to stress, visibility, relationships, and personal brand, these books met me exactly where I was and helped guide me into what’s next. If you’re building your 2026 reading list or reflecting on the year behind you, this episode will give you a few powerful additions for your library and your life.

Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health by Casey Means MD

Springboard: Transform Stress to Work for You by Dr. Rebecca Heiss

BE SEEN: Find Your Voice. Build Your Brand. Live Your Dream. by Jen Gottlieb

The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara

Be Who You Came To Be by Tara Renze

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

Wealthy and Well-Known: Build Your Personal Brand and Turn Your Reputation into Revenue by by Rory Vaden and AJ Vaden

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Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.

Today I’m joined by Rachel Druckenmiller, keynote speaker, TEDx presenter, singer-songwriter, and Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur, whose mission is to help leaders and teams stop shrinking back and step fully into their impact. We unpack Rachel’s “VOICE” method (Void, Opportunity, Illumination, Catalyst, Expression), the roots of playing small, and how to reconnect with the nine-year-old version of you who needed to feel seen. We talk worthiness as the core of wellness, borrowing belief from others, and designing days that make you feel alive. You’ll leave ready to speak up, show up, and take bold, meaningful action.

https://www.racheldruckenmiller.com/

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Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.

Relationships rarely end in conflict, they end in the slow fade we never intended. Today I break down the three sneaky causes of relational drift, busyness, assumptions, and avoidance, and how they cost us friendships, clients, and opportunities. I walk you through how to recalibrate your most important people using my five-star ranking system and the cadence that ensures no one slips through the cracks again. It’s simple, it’s doable, and it will change your 2026.

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Connect with Barb Betts
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Linkedin: @barbbetts
Facebook: @barbarambetts
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Website: www.barbbetts.com

Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.

If you’ve ever wondered how to find joy when life feels impossible, this conversation is for you. Jessica Janzen walks us through the tools that helped her navigate grief: naming the unhelpful voice in your head, choosing where your energy goes, and reframing problems as opportunities. We explore how community changes everything, why comparison steals our spark, and the small daily habits that make joy sustainable. Jessica’s story will remind you that we’re not our thoughts, we’re the thinkers of them, and that choosing joy is a muscle you can build, one day at a time.

www.jessicajanzen.ca
www.loveforlewiston.com

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Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.

Chris shares how thoughtful questions and ritualized connection can transform teams, and entire companies, from entitled and exhausted to humble and energized. You will learn the PASTA playbook, create moments to pause, ask better questions, savor what is working and shift what is not, take bold empathetic action, appreciate the journey. We dig into the wisdom economy, why relationships are now a power skill, and how a 7,47 p.m. prompt can spark trust in any room.

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Website: www.barbbetts.com

Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.

If you’ve ever been told you “show up busy,” this one’s for you. Lisa Even is here to reframe presence, teach us how to notice what’s really happening in a room, and lead with intentionality, one ripple at a time. We cover practical tactics leaders can use tomorrow: inviting your team’s values to the front, designing simple “house rules,” and finding a single point of connection that turns strangers into allies. Lisa’s take on joy, influence, and owning your reaction (you happen to the world, not the other way around) will change how you walk into meetings, events, and every relationship.

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Connect with Barb Betts
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Linkedin: @barbbetts
Facebook: @barbarambetts
YouTube: youtube/@barbbetts
Website: www.barbbetts.com

Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.

Keith Sampson has built his career around one belief: our hardest moments can also be our greatest teachers. In this heartfelt conversation, Keith shares his personal story of loss, the lessons he learned from his father, and the decision that has guided him ever since—to grow through life, not just go through it. Together we talk about what it means to root your life in gratitude, to fall in love with the process of growth, and to embrace the influence you have in every relationship. Get ready to be inspired to see your own challenges in a new light.

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Connect with Barb Betts
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Linkedin: @barbbetts
Facebook: @barbarambetts
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Website: www.barbbetts.com

Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.

In this episode, it’s just me and you, and I want to talk about the most important relationship you’ll ever have, the one with yourself. We spend 44 million minutes of our lives with the person in the mirror, and yet so many of us haven’t built a relationship we actually enjoy. I’ll share why authenticity starts on the playground, how performance and protection keep us stuck, and what it looks like to finally embrace the real you.

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Connect with Barb Betts
Instagram: @barbbetts
Linkedin: @barbbetts
Facebook: @barbarambetts
YouTube: youtube/@barbbetts
Website: www.barbbetts.com

Barb Betts is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author who teaches leaders and professionals how to drive growth through authentic, trust-based relationships. With over 23 years of success building multi-million-dollar businesses and leading top-performing sales teams, Barb brings real-world experience and a proven approach to human connection in business.

A respected industry leader for more than a decade within the largest trade association in North America, she offers powerful insight into how relationships fuel performance, retention, and results. Barb has worked with top organizations including Fidelity, Fairway Mortgage, Horsepower Brands, LVMH, and Thelios.

Her high-energy, actionable keynotes inspire professionals to connect with confidence, lead with authenticity, and transform how they do business—proving that relationships aren’t just a soft skill, they’re your greatest advantage.