What happens when a boy raised between two worlds — a rabbi's son in an all-gentile neighborhood, a scholarship kid in the middle of Manhattan — refuses to stop learning, creating, and evolving?Michael Wendroff's story is exactly that kind of full-circle journey.

In this episode of the Artist Recovery Podcast, marketing consultant and debut thriller author Michael Wendroff joins Rich Wright for a conversation that spans Queens, New York City, global boardrooms, and the pages of a book that began with a mother's words whispered at birth: "How nice to see you again."

From growing up quietly on the outside of things — finding his first real sense of belonging on a track field — to earning his MBA at 21, working inside a literary agency before anyone knew his name, and building a 30-year global marketing career, Michael's path was never a straight line. It was always a spiral. Always coming back around.His debut thriller What Goes Around, published by Head of Zeus/Bloomsbury and now available in hardcover, ebook, audiobook, and paperback — with foreign rights sold in Italian, Japanese, and Hungarian — explores reincarnation, unbreakable bonds, and the question of whether the soul really does keep returning to learn what it hasn't yet mastered.

In this episode we explore:~Growing up ostracized, and how solitude became a superpower~The publishing world from the inside — agents, editors, and the art of the query letter~The psychology of men's hair color (yes, really — and it goes deep)~Why the pandemic became the permission slip to finally write~What it means to grieve a fictional character you had to kill off~The 50/50 reality of being a traditionally published author today: 50% writing, 50% marketing~Reincarnation, Dr. Brian Weiss, soul bonds, and the spiritual thread woven through this entire life storyWhether you're a writer, a creative entrepreneur, a maker working through your next chapter — or someone who has ever felt like an outsider who somehow ended up exactly where they were supposed to be — this conversation will stay with you. Connect with Michael Wendroff: Website: https://www.michaelwendroff.comLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwendroffInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwendroffFB: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelWendroffAuthorX: https://x.com/mwendroffConnect with Rich:Website: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com⁠LinkedIn: @richwrightunltdInstagram: @richwrightunltdFB: @theartrecInstagram: @theartrecArtist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdomJoin Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery#ArtistRecoveryPodcast #MichaelWendroff #WhatGoesAround #ThrillerAuthor #DebutNovelist #BloomsburyPublishing #LiteraryAgent #HowToGetPublished #BookMarketing #AuthorMarketing #CreativeEntrepreneur #MarketingConsultant #ReincarnationThriller #SoulForward #PandemicCreativity #HowToWriteAThriller #PublishingIndustry #QueryLetter #NYUMBA #GlobalMarketing #AuthorInterview #WritingProcess #CharacterDevelopment #BrianWeiss #ManyLivesManyMasters #SpiritualCreativity #CreativeBusiness #BookLaunch #CreativesPodcast #HeartCenteredBusiness #richwrightunlimited #richwrightartist #richwrightunltd #podmatchguest #beaguest @PodMatch_com ​

What happens when a rebel artist stops fighting the system — and starts building her own?In this episode of the Artist Recovery Podcast, Rich Wright sits down with Julia Stege — pioneering graphic designer, branding artist, and creator of Magical Marketing — for a deeply honest conversation about creative identity, resilience, and what it truly means to build a heart-centered business.

Julia's story is one that artists, creatives, and soul-driven entrepreneurs will recognize in their bones. From being rejected by her high school Art Honors Society three years in a row, to getting fired from every Manhattan design job she was brilliant enough to earn, to eventually helping thousands of out-of-the-box creatives build authentic brands online — Julia has lived the full arc of the creative recovery journey.

In this episode: → Why creative children are systematically discouraged — and how it follows artists into adulthood → How her rebellious spirit became the engine of her entrepreneurial success → The shift from revolutionary activist to heart-centered brand strategist → Why authentic marketing outperforms hype-driven tactics every time → The Law of Attraction meets branding: how "like attracts like" is the most powerful marketing strategy available to soul-led entrepreneurs → Why you don't have to niche yourself into a box — and what to do instead → The concept of the "world-changing message" that unifies everything you do into one magnetic brand identity → What it means to be a Renaissance creative — and why that's your greatest business asset, not a liability

Julia founded Graphic Girls in 1995 and built brand identities for clients including the Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Hall, Burger King, Café Gratitude, Birkenstock, and Julia Butterfly Hill. In 2006 she became a certified Strategic Attraction Coach. By 2011 she launched Magical Marketing — a brand built on the principles of authenticity, intuition, attraction, and transformation.Her message is clear: the creative economy rewards those who are willing to be real. In a world of AI-generated noise and manipulative marketing tactics, your authentic voice is your most valuable SEO signal — and your most powerful soul signal.Whether you're a healer, artist, designer, coach, or any kind of creative entrepreneur asking "how do I build a brand that actually feels like me?" — this conversation is the one you've been waiting for.Connect with Julia:https://magical-marketing.comLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magicalmarketerFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MagicalMarketerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/soultribeattraction/Connect with Rich:Website: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com⁠LinkedIn: @richwrightunltdInstagram: @richwrightunltdFB: @theartrecInstagram: @theartrecArtist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdomJoin Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery#AuthenticBranding #SoulLedEntrepreneur #CreativeEntrepreneur #ArtistRecovery #MagicalMarketing #JuliaStege #richwrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #artistrecoverypodcast #LawOfAttractionMarketing #HeartCenteredBusiness #BrandingForCreatives #PersonalBranding #YouDontHaveToNiche #RenaissanceCreative #SoulTribe #WorldChangingMessage #GraphicDesignCareer #CreativeIdentity #ArtistPodcast #AuthenticMarketing #SpiritualEntrepreneurship #CreativeResilience #ArtistBurnoutRecovery #BrandingStrategy #FemaleEntrepreneur #IntuitiveBusiness #CreativeBusinessCoach #AttractionMarketing #AuthenticEntrepreneur #HealingThroughCreativity #CreativeConfidence #ArtistMindset

What happens when a child with a photographic memory, ignored by his parents and silenced by nuns, decides to figure out the human race — on his own? You get Jim Marshall.In this episode of the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with one of the most quietly revolutionary thinkers alive today — author, inventor, and polymathic scholar Jim Marshall.

With over 50,000 hours devoted to studying human development across psychology, theology, engineering, philosophy, law, parapsychology, and metaphysics, Jim didn't just learn about the human experience — he mapped it.

Jim is the creator of Septemics — a groundbreaking periodic table of human nature consisting of 35 seven-level scales that decode patterns in human behavior for analysis, prediction, and transformation. After 40+ years as a human development engineer, treating and training hundreds of clients, and 28 years of formal education, Jim turned decades of empirical observation into a single system that anyone can use to understand themselves and the people around them.

Rich and Jim explore:

~ Growing up in New York City with parents who paid him no attention — and the moment at 8 years old he decided he was on his own

~ How a strict Jesuit military prep school became the first place Jim truly felt at home — because the teachers were as serious about knowledge as he was

~ The link between writing Latin poetry at 17, meditating daily for over 40 years, and engineering a system that dissolves anxiety and depression at the root

~ Why Jim believes 95% of the problems in industrialized society come down to one thing: people don't understand people

~ How Septemics was born — the 1995 breakthrough moment when a 6-level scale revealed its hidden 7th level, and the mathematics embedded inside changed everything

~ The practical application of 35 scales for relationships, finances, creativity, addiction recovery, and mental health — without chemicals, without guesswork

~ Why most people never ask "how did you do that?" — and what incuriosity costs us all

~ How knowing where someone falls on a scale of motivation, sexuality, conflict, or control doesn't just explain them — it frees you from being upset by them

Jim also shares the hard-won personal story behind his career: the son who grew up without a father's acknowledgment, the decades of scholarship and meditation that replaced emotional noise with clarity, and the quiet, unshakeable confidence of a man who has never made a house payment, never worried about the stock market, and never stayed in a conversation longer than it deserved.

This isn't just an intellectual episode — it's a mirror. If you've ever felt misunderstood, creatively blocked, stuck in a relationship you can't decode, or searching for a framework that actually explains human behavior... this is your episode.

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Website: https://septemics.com

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