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Every Day Genius: The Podcast Week of Mar 15 - 21, 2026

Guest Dortha Hise talks disruption, what that means for her and how she manages disruption with disruption, and time to breathe. Michele Jennae defines a few key terms used in her work - prepare for a mindshift on Wednesday - and then introduces the first of 2 episodes on "polarity."

Mar 21, 2026 4 min read

Every Day Genius: The Podcast

The Format

Every Day Genius: The Podcast - Daily, short, bite-sized episodes with tidbits of wisdom (usually 5-8 minutes) from your host Michele Jennae and a series of inspired guests.

I take a lovely hour-long conversation and break it into lovely "coffee breaks" so that you can get to know my guest over the course of a few weeks.

Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday - Michele Jennae shares from her heart what's on her mind.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - Inspired guests share their Genius with you about their personal and professional journeys. The line between professional and personal often fades away.

💞The Week in Review

Recap

Today, a new guest joins me. Dortha Hise, a longtime friend, joins Michele Jennae to talk about who she is and her approach to business and to life. Interestingly, I noticed that there is little differentiation between work and life, as has become so common. Dortha expresses an integration that many of us long for.

On Monday [151] Dortha talks about herself as wife, disruptor and nature lover and then continues talking about disruption and what that means on Tuesday [152]. On Thursday [154] she talks about how she deals with cell-phone disruptions, before taking time to breathe on Friday [155] and showing us how to do it too.

On Sunday, Michele Jennae, your host and yours truly, dives deeper into further definition of the terminology she uses in her work. What is Life Purpose, Passion, Blue Flame, and Genius? On Wednesday, deeper still into the word passion, a word that means "suffering." How do we come to terms (no pun intended) with the idea of passion being part of Life Purpose as one of the most used words in that regard.

She rounds out the week with Part 1 of a 2 Part series exploring the polarity between what she calls post card and process. Our social media posts are largely post cards, notes that highlight the best and sometimes the worst of our lives. But there is process too, and actually the process involves post card moments and all the rest.

This Week's Guest

Dortha Hise of Pretty Smart VA Services and Summit To Your Success is our guest every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from Mar 16, 2026 through March 30, 2026

Find all of Dortha's episodes and more about her in one convenient place at the 🔗 below:

🎙️Podcast Episodes

Episodes [Mar 1-7, 2026]

Here are the most recent (Sunday through Saturday of the previous week) episodes.
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Sunday: [150]Defining Genius, Blue Flame, Passion, and Life Purpose

Episode 150 with Michele Jennae

What is Genius anyway? It has been debated for centuries. I have my own definition that lies at the core of my work with EDGx365. Genius is idiosyncratic. It applies to every single person in peculiar and personal ways. Join me as I nail down my definition for Genius with a capital G, along with Blue Flame (a Divine Desire), Passion (not entirely what you think) and Life Purpose (also idiosyncratic).

Idiosyncratic means that it is particular and peculiar to any individual. As a concept it can be generalized but in meaning it is individualized.

Monday: [151] Disruptor, Business Owner, Wife, Nature Lover

Episode 151 with Dortha Hise

Meet my next guest, Dortha Hise. She'll be with me for 9 Genius-filled episodes and today she begins by telling us exactly who she is. Listen to her. She doesn't hedge. She runs her business the same way, and incidentally helps you run yours that way too, should you choose to work with her.

Tuesday: [152] Repatterning as a Quiet Disruptor

Episode 152 with Dortha Hise

My guest, Dortha Hise is a self-proclaimed disruptor. But in her words, a quiet disruptor, not one who brings chaos. What does she mean by that? Tune in. She's going to let you know.

Wednesday [153] The Necessary Suffering of Passion

Episode 153 with Michele Jennae

Follow your passion! Sage advice or nonsense? Consider the roots of the word passion before you answer. Life purpose might make a lot more sense after you listen in to this.

Prepare for a bit of a mindshift.

Thursday: [154] Disrupting our Disruptors

Episode 154 with Dortha Hise

Do you look at your cell phone first thing in the morning? Dortha talks about her morning habits and what she prioritizes overusing her phone. She adds that women often fail to prioritize themselves and as a result end up burnt out. It doesn't have to be that way.

Friday: [155] Regaining Time to Breathe

Episode 155

What would you do with an extra FOUR hours a week? It might not sound like a lot, but it might mean the difference between being burnt out and revitalized. It can give you time to breathe, maybe time to tackle some projects you've been putting off. My guest Dortha Hise talks about the importance of regaining time.

Saturday [156] Life is a Process Not a Postcard Part 1

Episode 156 with Michele Jennae

Part 1 of Life is a Process Not a Postcard: Looking at Polarities and how shifting our thinking from this vs that, both of which have their upsides and downsides, to this and that... a flow between two seemingly contradictory opposites which are actually complimentary.