The college admissions process has completely changed. What worked five years ago does not work today.

In this powerful conversation, Devin Schubert sits down with college admissions expert Cynthia “Cindy” Nash to unpack what every parent needs to understand right now. With over 20 years of experience at top universities and millions of dollars in scholarships secured for students, Cindy reveals why qualified students are being overlooked, why grades matter more than ever, and how fear inside the home can quietly sabotage the journey.

This episode is not just about getting into college. It is about leadership, courage, and protecting the relationship between parent and child during one of the most emotional seasons of life.

If you are a parent of a middle schooler, high schooler, or even younger, this conversation will give you clarity, confidence, and practical next steps.

The goal is not control. The goal is stewardship.

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What You’ll Learn:

– Why the college admissions system flipped upside down in the last two years

– How grades now matter more than test scores in many cases

– The truth about scholarships and why private schools are not always more expensive

– How fear, pressure, and comparison damage parent-child relationships during senior year

– Practical first steps parents can take today to reduce stress and gain clarity

Guest Bio:

Cynthia “Cindy” Nash is the founder of Amazing Journey College Counseling and brings over 20 years of experience working at Northwestern University and Vanderbilt University. She has helped students gain admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Vanderbilt, USC, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, and many other top institutions. Her students have earned millions of dollars in scholarships and include QuestBridge Matches and Posse Scholars. Cindy is a Christian college admissions coach who works with families from all backgrounds, guiding them through the complex maze of applications, essays, financial aid, and scholarships with clarity and compassion

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Guest Links & Resources:

– Website: https://www.amazingjourneycollegecounseling.com

– Email: amazingjourneycc@gmail.com

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/?form=MT00M3

– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amazingjourneycollegecounsel/

– College Search Tool: https://bigfuture.org

– Common Application: https://www.commonapp.org

– FAFSA Information: https://fafsa.gov

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What if the very pain you survived is the platform you were meant to steward?

In this powerful episode of The School of Influence, Devin Schubert sits down with Hunter Ditch to talk about surviving trauma, choosing service over bitterness, and building authentic influence through faith-driven storytelling.

Hunter shares how enduring intense harassment and injustice led her to reframe pain into purpose. Instead of retreating, she leaned into service. That decision not only brought healing, it built a thriving online community rooted in authenticity and faith.

You will learn how to overcome fear of rejection, how to steward your story with wisdom, and how to balance authenticity with smart content strategy. Hunter also breaks down simple but powerful algorithm principles that every Christian coach, speaker, and leader needs to understand.

If you have ever felt called to share your story but hesitated, this episode will give you clarity, courage, and practical next steps.

Your story matters. And when stewarded well, it becomes influence.

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What You’ll Learn:

– How to transform personal trauma into powerful, service-driven influence

– Why authenticity builds stronger community than chasing virality

– Practical algorithm strategies to increase reach without losing your message

– How to steward your platform wisely while protecting yourself legally and spiritually

Guest Bio:

Hunter Ditch is a founding member of IHP, a producer, bestselling Christian sci-fi and horror author, and an advocate for justice and reform within the DCFS and judicial system in Missouri

After surviving deep personal trauma and harassment, Hunter chose to serve others through storytelling and faith-based reframing. Her commitment to service, high-quality content, and community-building has helped her grow a powerful online presence rooted in authenticity. She believes influence is a gift from God that must be stewarded with responsibility, courage, and integrity.

Guest Links & Resources:

– Website: https://indiehub.pro

– Instagram: https://instagram.com/voxyditch

– Social Media (All Platforms): Voxe Ditch

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Many Christian leaders believe they are being tested by God or suppressed by algorithms when growth feels slow or influence feels limited. In this opening episode of Season Two of The School of Influence, Devin Schubert addresses a harder truth. The real issue is often not obedience, anointing, or faith. It is clarity.

This episode challenges Christian coaches, speakers, ministry leaders, and entrepreneurs to examine whether confusion has been mistaken for humility. Devin explains why people cannot follow what they do not understand and why opportunity does not move toward what is unclear. Clarity is not pride. Structure is not striving. Precision does not put God in a box.

Listeners will be guided to see clarity as a responsibility and a form of stewardship. When you cannot clearly explain what God has entrusted to you, you cannot steward it, scale it, or expect others to trust it. This episode sets the foundation for a season focused on alignment, responsibility, and long term influence without compromising faith or character.

If you feel called to more but struggle to articulate what you do with confidence, this episode will challenge you and equip you to lead with greater authority and purpose.

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What You’ll Learn:

– Why confusion quietly disqualifies influence

– How clarity strengthens faith instead of replacing it

– The difference between humility and passivity in leadership

– Why stewardship begins with being able to clearly explain your calling

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– Website: https://www.devinschubert.com

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Influence is not built through algorithms, branding tricks, or polished appearances. It is built through identity, resilience, and obedience to what God placed inside of you long before anyone was watching.

In this powerful solo episode, Devin Schubert reflects on the lessons of Season One of The School of Influence and exposes the lie many leaders believe about platform and visibility. Through real stories, hard questions, and lived experience, this episode challenges Christian coaches, speakers, and entrepreneurs to stop performing for approval and start leading from who they truly are.

You will be guided through an honest identity audit that asks who you are without an audience, who you are creating for, and whether your brand is a costume or a calling. Devin also unpacks how pain becomes preparation, why resilience is required to carry influence, and why strategy without integrity always collapses.

This episode is for leaders who feel stuck, hidden, or called to more. If you know there is something buried inside of you that needs to be unearthed, this conversation will hand you the clarity and courage to start digging.

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What You’ll Learn:

– Why influence collapses when identity is missing

– How to stop building a brand that feels like a prison

– Why pain is not failure but preparation for authority

– How to combine faith, resilience, and strategy to create lasting impact

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Most leaders are not actually stepping into 2026. They are dragging unresolved decisions from 2025 behind them.

This episode of The School of Influence is a leadership walk around. Before you accelerate toward new goals, you need to inspect the frame you are building on. Momentum built on dysfunction always leads to burnout.

As a faith driven business leader and founder of the Influence Academy, I help entrepreneurs grow their impact, income, and influence through God honoring strategy. This episode calls leaders to stop chasing foliage that feeds the ego and start cultivating fruit that feeds the mission.

In this conversation, we break down:

• The Pilot’s Walk Around

Why speed without inspection creates hidden failure points.

• Fruit vs. Foliage

How to separate ego driven activity from real effectiveness.

• The Tax of Toleration

What you are allowing that is quietly draining your peace and energy.

• The Mirror Test

How fear gets disguised as wisdom, patience, or strategy.

This episode is not about doing more.

It is about removing what no longer belongs so your leadership can move forward clean, focused, and strong.

Most people don't truly "start fresh" in a new year; they often carry the "burden of the past" with them. We tend to cling to the old, rather than truly "let it go" and embrace a clean slate. This video explores why we must confront the "burden" we bring into new beginnings, rather than simply dragging our "past" along.

What if the hardest seasons of your life were not setbacks, but the very foundation of your calling?

In this powerful episode of The School of Influence, Devin Schubert sits down with purpose and possibility influencer Les Allen for a raw, faith-filled conversation about identity, resilience, and legacy. From growing up as one of five children raised by a single mother in Chicago to leaving home at sixteen and facing deep personal struggles, Les shares how hitting rock bottom became the turning point that awakened his true purpose.

This episode is a wake-up call for anyone who feels stuck, overlooked, or held back by past mistakes or limiting beliefs. Les unpacks how faith in action, not perfection, creates momentum. He challenges listeners to stop waiting for clarity and start moving with obedience, reminding us that influence begins with service, integrity, and small daily steps of courage.

If you are ready to break free from fear, reclaim your identity, and build a life that leaves a generational legacy, this conversation will stir your spirit and move you forward.

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What You’ll Learn

How to break free from limiting beliefs that keep you stuck

Why rock bottom is often the foundation for your next breakthrough

How faith and service create real influence in business and life

Why momentum starts with small, obedient steps, not perfection

Guest Bio

Les Allen is a Purpose and Possibility Influencer, ordained minister, four-time author, corporate trainer, and international coach who has worked with clients on five continents. His mission is to awaken people to the call on their lives by breaking down barriers to belief and stirring the giant within. Known for his deep faith, integrity, and servant leadership, Les lives as an unashamed Ambassador for Christ, helping others rise in purpose without compromising their values.

Guest Links & Resources

Website: https://www.ambassadorsway.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sr.lesallen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sr.lesallen

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ambassadorsway

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What if the very parts of your story you try to hide are the same parts that qualify you to lead?

In this powerful episode of The School of Influence, Devin Schubert sits down with Dr. Davis McAlister, a former homeless teen who went on to serve in U.S. military intelligence, become a doctor, author, and nationally recognized leadership coach. Dr. Davis shares how sleeping under stadium bleachers shaped the resilience, discipline, and identity that later defined his leadership.

This conversation dives deep into identity, influence, and leading without leverage. You’ll hear how military interrogation principles translate into modern leadership, why relationship matters more than position, and how past pain can become a strategic advantage instead of a liability.

If you’ve ever struggled with imposter syndrome, questioned your calling, or felt disqualified by your past, this episode will reset your perspective. Leadership is not about titles or platforms. It’s about character, clarity, and courage forged through experience.

Your story is not a weakness. It is a responsibility.

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What You’ll Learn

• How identity shapes influence long before position does

• Why leadership is built on relationship, not authority

• How to turn survival skills into leadership strategy

• A practical way to overcome imposter syndrome and lead with confidence

Guest Bio

Dr. Davis McAlister is a keynote speaker, author, and leadership coach known for transforming leaders into resilient problem solvers. With eight years of service in U.S. Army Military Intelligence as an Interrogator, Counterintelligence Specialist, and Linguist, Dr. McAlister brings a rare real-world perspective to leadership development. He is the author of The Interrogator’s Guide series and the host of The Approach YouTube show, where he interviews high-level performers across business, military, and leadership sectors. His work focuses on identity-driven leadership, influence without leverage, and building high-performing teams.

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Guest Links & Resources

• Website: https://drdavismcalister.com

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davis.mcalister.27413

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrDavisMcAlister

• Book Series: The Interrogator’s Guide

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What happens when your life is shaped by adversity long before success ever shows up?

In this powerful episode of The School of Influence, Devin Schubert sits down with inspirational speaker Dwayne Morton, a man whose story proves that resilience builds real influence. From years of being overlooked in basketball, to living 18 years with a misdiagnosed blood disease, to surviving a police shooting by inches, Dwayne’s journey is raw, real, and deeply transformational.

This conversation goes beyond motivation. It dives into mindset, gratitude, faith, and what it truly means to show up with intention even when life feels unfair. Dwayne shares how his greatest challenges forged his character, sharpened his perspective, and ultimately prepared him to lead, speak, and serve at a higher level.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, overlooked, or questioned why your story looks the way it does, this episode will remind you that your scars are not setbacks. They are proof of preparation.

Your influence is not built when life is easy. It’s built by how you show up when it’s hard.

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What You’ll Learn

• Why resilience is built long before success ever shows up

• How mindset determines whether adversity breaks you or builds you

• The power of gratitude in seasons of uncertainty

• What it really means to show up with intention and purpose

Guest Bio

Dwayne Morton is an inspirational speaker, mindset coach, and former international basketball player whose life story is a testament to resilience and faith. After battling a rare blood disease for 18 years due to a misdiagnosis and surviving a near fatal police shooting, Dwayne emerged with a renewed sense of purpose. Today, he helps athletes, leaders, and high achievers master their mindset, overcome adversity, and unlock their fullest potential. Through his work and his Show Up to Win movement, Dwayne empowers people to live with intention, presence, and courage.

Guest Links & Resources

• Website: https://showup2win.com

• Website: https://dwaynemorton.com

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwaynemorton

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/showup2win

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/showup2win24

• Book: The Bounceback Blueprint: Become Bulletproof

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