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Hosted by Mark Poiesz · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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Because This Matters explores the values that shape us, stretch us, and sustain us. Hosted by leadership coach and musician Mark Poiesz, each episode features insightful conversations with thoughtful, authentic people about how their personal values guide them through complexity, growth, and change. Whether the stories are everyday or extraordinary, every conversation reveals the power of living with intention—because a life aligned with values is a fulfilled life. Sometimes it takes witnessing someone else’s clarity to rediscover our own. Join us to reflect, reconnect, and remember what matters most. Subscribe and listen—Because This Matters.
Mark Poiesz hosts Because This Matters, a education show with 11 episodes published.
Because This Matters set out to explore how values take shape—and become action—through the experiences that define our lives. Nine conversations later, recurring themes began to emerge. Across conversations with musicia
A professional musician, educator, mentor, and co-founder of Guitars Over Guns, Chad has dedicated his career to helping young people discover possibilities beyond the circumstances they were born into. What began as a c
Dr. Heather Baker knows how quickly life can change. After surviving sudden cardiac arrest, Heather found herself asking questions far deeper than emergency preparedness or public policy. What do we owe one another? How
Alison Krebs has lived many lives within one lifetime. She began her career in the high-pressure world of corporate leadership, helping build a Fortune 500 company. After entering recovery in 1999, her path took unexpect
Melissa is a school psychologist, mother, and one of the most thoughtful people Mark knows. In this conversation, they explore the values that shape how we relate to others—and ourselves. Drawing from both her personal l
What does it mean to live beyond the roles and titles we use to define ourselves? In this conversation, Mark sits down with one of his mentors, Steve Rucker—musician, educator, and longtime director of contemporary drum
What does it mean to stay open in a world that often pulls us toward judgment, reaction, and division? In this conversation, Mark sits down with Nancy Hajek, hypnotherapist and founder of Dream Lodge Hypnotherapy, to exp
What does it mean to show up fully, day after day, with energy, consistency, and purpose? In this conversation, Mark sits down with Rich Redmond, drummer for Jason Aldean, speaker, author and actor, to explore the mindse
In this episode of Because This Matters, Mark Poiesz sits down with Nasim Lari, PhD. , a Senior Health Analytics Manager working at the intersection of healthcare, advanced analytics, and AI. Together, they explore the v
In this episode of Because This Matters, Mark Poiesz sits down with Joe Arias , a senior non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces, as he reflects on military service, major life transition, and the values
Welcome to the trailer for Because This Matters, a podcast about leading from the inside out. In each conversation, Mark Poiesz explores how values take shape and become action—revealing the ground people stand on as the
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Because This Matters is hosted by Mark Poiesz. The show is categorised under education (self improvement) and has published 11 episodes.
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