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TheUPside Podcast
Hosted by Theresa Flood · EN
Welcome to TheUPside Podcast!
TheUPside Podcast is where we help you get unstuck in your life and business by provoking meaningful change from the inside out. 🌟 Join host Theresa Flood as we dive into mindset, success, productivity, and leadership strategies designed to inspire and empower you.
In each short value packed episode, you’ll discover actionable insights, real-life stories, and expert advice to fuel your growth and help you create the life and business you truly want.
✅ Topics include:
*Overcoming burnout and staying motivated
*Balancing career and family
*Time management and achieving goals
*Leadership, team building, and creating momentum
*Finding purpose and breaking through limits
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What Theater Taught Me About Rejection, Confidence, and Showing Up: An Interview with Jillian Flood
1w ago00:26:38Summary readyWhat if some of the best lessons on rejection, confidence, competition and showing up came from a teenager who has spent five years on stage?In this episode, Theresa sits down with her daughter Jillian Flood, a high school freshman and passionate theater kid who has racked up roles from Charlie in Willy Wonka Jr. to Uncle Fester in the Addams Family, and has learned a whole lot about life along the way.Jillian shares what it really feels like to audition for a role you want and not get it, how she learned to love the part she was given instead, and why competition does not have to be the enemy of connection. She talks about what it takes to build real confidence on stage and off, why feedback is something to lean into rather than run from, and the biggest lesson five years of theater has taught her about not letting anyone put you in a box.This conversation is warm, funny and surprisingly deep. Whether you have a kid in theater, you are the adult who is too afraid to audition for the next big thing in your own life, or you just need a reminder to stop playing small, this episode is going to leave you smiling and thinking.Subscribe at theresaflood.com to get new episodes every week.
SummaryThe Flywheel Effect: How Small Consistent Actions Build Unstoppable Momentum
2w ago00:09:20Summary readyYou do not have a knowledge gap. You have an action gap.In this solo episode, Theresa Flood gets honest about one of the most common traps that learning based people fall into: consuming information constantly while doing very little with it. If you have ever felt busy growing but not actually moving, this episode is going to challenge you in the best way.Theresa breaks down why learning and doing are two sides of the same coin, why confidence never comes before action, and how the small consistent steps you take every day are what actually build momentum over time. She shares the GPS principle for when you cannot see the full roadmap, the flywheel concept from Jim Collins and how it applies to your goals, and why inaction does not just result from fear, it actually creates it.This is not a complicated episode. It is a direct, honest conversation about the one thing that separates people who grow from people who just know a lot.You already have enough knowledge to change your results. The question is what you are going to do with it today.Subscribe at theresaflood.com to receive the free weekly teaching guide every Thursday.
SummaryThe Hidden Cost of Complacency: An Interview with Linda McKissack
3w ago00:50:05Summary readyLinda McKissack has been in real estate for forty years, but her story does not start with success. It starts with a $600,000 loss, a failing business and a marriage under more pressure than either she or her husband Jimmy had ever faced.In this episode, Theresa sits down with Linda, a former mega agent, two region owner within Keller Williams, market center owner and bestselling author, to talk about what it actually takes to build wealth and lead well under pressure. Linda shares how that early financial crisis pushed her into real estate, how a chance connection with Gary Keller changed the trajectory of her business, and the mindset shift that took her from chasing cash flow to building real wealth.The conversation covers Linda's belief that pressure is often the very thing that forces growth, why she has learned to always ask who knows how to do something rather than trying to figure it out alone, and how fierce conversations have shaped her as a leader. She also opens up about complacency, the difference between burnout and boredom, and the simple shift that helped her move from a 2x mindset to a 10x one.Listeners will walk away with practical wisdom on leadership, relationships and wealth building from someone who has lived every part of the journey she now teaches.
SummaryThe Halftime Huddle: What Your Midyear Scoreboard Is Telling You and What to Do About It
4w ago00:13:47Summary readyWe are halfway through 2026, which means it is time to stop and do an honest assessment of where you actually are versus where you said you wanted to be.In this episode, Theresa walks you through what she calls the Halftime Huddle, a practical and honest reflection process for the midpoint of the year. Whether you are crushing it and want to build more momentum, or you are behind and wondering if it is too late to turn things around, this episode is for you.Theresa breaks down why winners use halftime to make adjustments and not excuses, how to interrogate your scoreboard beyond just the big numbers, and why the most important shift you make in the second half probably only needs to be one thing.You will walk away with a clear set of reflection questions to take into your own halftime huddle, and a renewed sense that no matter where the scoreboard sits right now, you still have time to affect how this year ends.The second half of 2026 starts now. You have not run out of time. You have got this.Subscribe at theresaflood.com to receive the free teaching guide with all the reflection questions from this episode.
SummaryYour Morning Routine is NOT About What You Think
Jun 2300:11:36Summary readySomewhere along the way, morning routines became a competition. Who gets up earliest, who journals longest, who has the most intense morning ritual. And in all of that, a lot of us either burned out trying to keep up or tuned out because it felt like something that was not for us.In this episode, Theresa reframes the whole conversation. A morning routine is not about how much you can fit in before sunrise. It is about managing your energy, not your time, and becoming intentional about your internal growth before the rest of the world pulls you in every direction.Whether you have newborns at home, a long commute, or a full house that does not slow down, this episode meets you where you are. Theresa shares her own story of building a morning routine through the toddler years, the truth about why your first thought of the day matters more than you think, and a simple framework for starting small and building something that actually sticks.The goal is not perfection. It is consistency. And it starts with just 15 minutes.If you have ever felt behind on your morning routine or like it was never quite good enough, this one is for you.Subscribe at theresaflood.com and share this episode with someone who needs a little grace around where they are right now.
SummaryStop Drifting. Start Living on Purpose. Dana Gentry on TheUPside
Jun 1600:52:47Summary readyHave you ever felt like you are just drifting through life, even when things look good on the outside? That was exactly where today's guest, Dana Gentry, found herself before everything changed.Dana is a former mega agent, Keller Williams operating partner, senior culture advisor for Keller Williams, and now a bestselling author. She sat down with Theresa to talk about what it actually means to live an intentional life and why most of us are closer to a breakthrough than we think.In this conversation, Dana shares how she went from feeling semi-successful and unfulfilled to building a life with real direction and momentum. She talks about the number one thing she had to get a grip on first, why saying yes to everything nearly cost her everything, and the momentum equation she has lived by for years.You will also hear the story behind the five yard line versus the fifty yard line and why that one idea might be exactly what you need to keep going right now.This one is for anyone who is in the gradually and wondering if the suddenly is ever going to show up.
SummaryLessons from Middle School: An Interview with Jett Flood
Jun 900:18:06Summary readyThis one is a little different, and it might just be one of the best episodes yet. Theresa has been trying to get today's guest on the podcast for over a year, and she finally said yes. That guest is Juliette Joy Flood, better known as Jett, Theresa's daughter, who just graduated eighth grade.In this conversation, Jett shares what she actually learned over three years of middle school. They talk about friendship seasons and finding your real people, what confidence actually looks like from the inside, how Jett handled drama and hard moments without losing herself, and what growing up with a lot of injuries taught her about mental toughness.Jett also tells the story of a science project that nearly broke her, a decision to not cut corners when she easily could have, and what it felt like on the other side of doing the hard thing the right way.There is wisdom in this conversation that a lot of adults are still working on. If you are raising a teenager, navigating your own hard season, or just need a reminder of what it looks like to grow from the inside out, this episode is for you.
SummaryVictim Language: The Sneaky Words That Keep You Stuck
Jun 200:09:30Summary readyHave you ever said "I didn't have a choice" and genuinely believed it? Most of us have. But in this episode, Theresa breaks down why that phrase, and others like it, might be one of the most costly things you say on a regular basis.Victim language is not about whether something hard happened to you. It is about the subtle ways your words remove you from the equation and hand your power over to someone or something else. And the tricky part? It does not always sound like complaining. Sometimes it sounds like honesty. Sometimes it even sounds like humility.Theresa walks through the most common forms of victim language, from "they made me" to "that's just how I am," and explains why even high-achieving, accountable people fall into these patterns without realizing it. She also shares a personal story about returning to work after having her daughters and how one language shift changed everything about how she felt about that decision.This episode is a reset. It is practical, honest, and exactly the kind of inside-out thinking that TheUPside is built on. Catch yourself this week, and start writing your own story again.Subscribe at theresaflood.com to receive the free weekly teaching guide.
SummaryThe Uncaged Leader: An Interview with Lucas Sherradan
May 2600:41:12Summary readyWhat if the cage keeping you stuck as a leader isn't your circumstances, your team, or your market — but your own autopilot thinking? In this episode, Theresa sits down with Lucas Sherradan, longtime Keller Williams leader, host of the Built Out Podcast, keynote speaker, and author of the forthcoming book The Uncaged Leader: Surprisingly Simple Shifts in Curiosity and Awareness That Empower Leadership.Lucas unpacks the difference between leaders who are led by vision and leaders who are led by preference, programming, and fear. He walks through why 95% of people believe they are self-aware while only 10% actually are, and what that gap is costing in real estate businesses, marriages, and leadership pipelines every day. He introduces his Five O'Clock Formula — a single curiosity question that interrupts judgment before it hardens into story — and explains why authority does not need volume to lead.Lucas also opens up about the personal story that shaped the book: his mother, a Korean immigrant who fought ovarian cancer with extraordinary courage, and the deathbed promise that became the heart of his mission. 100% of the profits from The Uncaged Leader go to fighting human trafficking. You can join the wait list and pre-order at theuncagedleader.com.If you have been leading from autopilot, getting results that look good on paper but feel hollow, or wondering why the same patterns keep showing up in your team and your life, this conversation is the reset. Subscribe at theresaflood.com for weekly training guides and tools.
SummaryThe Accountability Equation: How to Get More Freedom in Your Life
May 1900:12:56Summary readyFreedom is one of the most powerful core values a person can have, and for most entrepreneurs it is the whole reason they got into business in the first place. But here is the tension nobody talks about: real freedom requires accountability. In this episode, Theresa breaks down the direct relationship between the two and why you cannot have one without the other.Using the Parable of the Talents as a framework, Theresa walks through what it actually means to give account for what has been entrusted to you, whether that is your time, your money, your relationships, your leadership, or your God-given gifts. She unpacks why playing it safe out of fear is just as costly as making a bad decision, and why blaming others always comes at the expense of your own authority.If you have been coasting, playing small, or waiting for someone else to hand you a roadmap, this episode is a direct and honest reset. Theresa gives you three practical steps for becoming a truly accountable person and explains why that is the only path to the freedom you are actually after.Subscribe at theresaflood.com for weekly training guides and tools.
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