What happens when a shark and a shrink walk into a podcast studio together? You get one of the most honest, insightful, and warmhearted conversations about creativity and leadership you've ever heard.

Trey Reese is the Chief Operating Officer of Brightmoor Hospice and a board member of the Georgia Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. He is a leader who has spent his career at the intersection of law, compassionate care, and people development.

On The Hodges 12, Trey is a Cultivator— Communicator— Healer and in this episode, you'll see exactly why that combination is so powerful.

Trey and Heather explore what it really means to be creative when you've never called yourself a creative person, why the Cultivator's work is often invisible until years later, and how his Trifecta showed up in a single, pivotal conversation with a colleague, before he even realized what he was doing.

What You'll Hear in This Episode:

Why Trey never considered himself creative, and what changed

The invisible nature of the Cultivator genius: planting seeds and trusting the long game

The kudos card that arrived two years in the making, and what it revealed

How his Healer genius goes straight for the root cause beneath what's being said

Why humor and playfulness are essential leadership tools (yes, even in hospice)

The courage it takes to share your biggest failures, and why people love it

Trey's powerful message to anyone convinced they are not creative: "You're wrong."

Percy the Penguin's lightning round, including a question from previous guest Jen Elliott

Connect with Trey:

Reach out directly, he welcomes real conversations.

https://www.brightmoorhospice.com

To take The Hodges 12 Types of Creative Genius assessment:

Visit: www.thehodges12.com

What does it look like when a visionary leader finally lands in the perfect role? In this episode, Heather sits down with Michael Mead, CEO of EDC Communications, whose Hodges 12 Creative Genius Trifecta is Strategist— Synthesizer—Communicator, and it perfectly matches a career built on helping experts become exceptional communicators.

Michael didn't expect "Synthesizer” to be in his trifecta, but the discovery unlocked an insight for him. A lifelong book and podcast junkie, he now has language for why his brain is in constant search of patterns, pulling together insights from wildly different places to find solutions no one else sees.

He also gets refreshingly honest about the downsides of his wiring: moving too fast for the people around him, getting mentally overloaded, accidentally casting vision to people he can't yet invite in.

Full of practical wisdom on cognitive reset, scaling impact, and the creative conditions that unlock his best thinking. If you've ever felt like you're running ahead of your own capacity, this episode is for you.

Connect with Michael:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mead/

www.thinkedc.com

To take The Hodges 12 Types of Creative Genius assessment:

Visit: www.thehodges12.com

What happens when a physical therapist trades the clinic for healthcare marketing, and discovers her creative genius was working behind the scenes all along? In this episode, Heather sits down with Rachel Taylor, Market Manager at Agape Care Group/Georgia Hospice Care, whose Hodges 12 Creative Genius Trifecta is Connector—Healer—Communicator, maps perfectly onto her life's work.

Rachel never would have called herself creative. But through this conversation, she unpacks how creativity shows up in the most unexpected places: transforming a patient's room into a mini beach, coordinating a final wedding, and meeting grieving families exactly where their fear lives.

She shares why creativity isn't "extra," it's how you multiply impact, and how great leaders create the psychological safety their teams need to take risks, fail forward, and grow. If you've ever wondered what creativity looks like in a high-stakes, deeply human industry, this episode is for you.

Connect with Rachel:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-taylor-a234a3202/

https://agapecaregroup.com

To take The Hodges 12 Types of Creative Genius assessment:

Visit: www.thehodges12.com