Less Than One Percent

Melissa Reed - Setting Boundaries

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, we sit down with Melissa Reed, founder of Strong Home. 
Strong Home focuses on strengthening families through faith, fitness, finances, and personal development. But when disaster hit, Melissa didn’t just serve, she scaled, mobilizing hundreds of volunteers and helping thousands of families in crisis. 
In this conversation, she shares the tension every leader faces: how to set boundaries, delegate effectively, and still hold onto the part of you that wants to solve every problem. 
This is how Melissa Reed disrupted nonprofit leadership to build community at scale.  
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Melissa Reed - Setting Boundaries (audio only)

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, we sit down with Melissa Reed, founder of Strong Home. 
Strong Home focuses on strengthening families through faith, fitness, finances, and personal development. But when disaster hit, Melissa didn’t just serve, she scaled, mobilizing hundreds of volunteers and helping thousands of families in crisis. 
In this conversation, she shares the tension every leader faces: how to set boundaries, delegate effectively, and still hold onto the part of you that wants to solve every problem. 
This is how Melissa Reed disrupted nonprofit leadership to build community at scale.  
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 

Cheldin Rumer - Being Real

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, we sit down with Cheldin Rumer, CEO of This Is It Network and a powerhouse in personal branding and storytelling. 
From helping women scream their dreams to redefining what leadership looks like, Cheldin breaks down why showing up as yourself is the real competitive edge and why carrying it well doesn’t mean it isn’t heavy. 
This is how Cheldin Rumer disrupted the notion of perfection and proved you don’t have to be number one to be great. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 

Cheldin Rumer - Being Real (audio only)

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, we sit down with Cheldin Rumer, CEO of This Is It Network and a powerhouse in personal branding and storytelling. 
From helping women scream their dreams to redefining what leadership looks like, Cheldin breaks down why showing up as yourself is the real competitive edge and why carrying it well doesn’t mean it isn’t heavy. 
This is how Cheldin Rumer disrupted the notion of perfection and proved you don’t have to be number one to be great. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 
 

Maja Mazur - Rewriting Care

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, we sit down with Maja Mazur, CEO and founder of Healthnix, a health tech startup rethinking how chronic pain is treated. 
After battling debilitating chronic pain in her early 20s and finding little relief through traditional systems, she discovered the power of functional nutrition. In this conversation, she shares how she is building an operating system for physicians, making it easier to treat chronic conditions through nutrition while navigating the realities of reimbursement, scale, and adoption. 
This is how Maja Mazur disrupted chronic pain management by challenging traditional care models. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 

Maja Mazur - Rewriting Care (audio only)

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, we sit down with Maja Mazur, CEO and founder of Healthnix, a health tech startup rethinking how chronic pain is treated. 
After battling debilitating chronic pain in her early 20s and finding little relief through traditional systems, she discovered the power of functional nutrition. In this conversation, she shares how she is building an operating system for physicians, making it easier to treat chronic conditions through nutrition while navigating the realities of reimbursement, scale, and adoption. 
This is how Maja Mazur disrupted chronic pain management by challenging traditional care models. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 

Dr. Nwando Anyaoku - Breaking Bias

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, Mu sits down with Dr. Nwando Anyaoku, physician executive, leadership coach, and advocate for equity in healthcare. 
From navigating leadership as a Black woman in medicine to confronting bias head-on, Dr. Anyaoku reflects on pivotal moments that shaped her career and what they reveal about the system. 
This is how Dr. Nwando Anyaoku disrupted the narrative, by challenging inequities, owning her story, and pushing leaders to rethink what healthcare leadership should look like. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 

Dr. Nwando Anyaoku - Breaking Bias (audio only)

In this Brilliance Series episode of the Less Than One Percent Podcast, recorded live at Brilliance 2025 in Chicago, Mu sits down with Dr. Nwando Anyaoku, physician executive, leadership coach, and advocate for equity in healthcare. 
From navigating leadership as a Black woman in medicine to confronting bias head-on, Dr. Anyaoku reflects on pivotal moments that shaped her career and what they reveal about the system. 
This is how Dr. Nwando Anyaoku disrupted the narrative, by challenging inequities, owning her story, and pushing leaders to rethink what healthcare leadership should look like. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 

Dr. Uché Blackstock - Uncomfortable Truths

On this episode of the Less Than One Percent podcast, Imamu Tomlinson, MD, sits down with Dr. Uché Blackstock, a trailblazing voice in health equity in healthcare. As one of the many Black women physicians navigating medicine today, Dr. Blackstock shares how her lived experiences shaped her approach to physician leadership, public advocacy, and redefining healthcare leadership beyond traditional institutions. 
This conversation doesn’t shy away from hard truths about public health equity and why physician wellbeing and patient experience is often sacrificed in systems built for productivity over people. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more! 

Dr. Uché Blackstock - Uncomfortable Truths (audio only)

On this episode of the Less Than One Percent podcast, Imamu Tomlinson, MD, sits down with Dr. Uché Blackstock, a trailblazing voice in health equity in healthcare. As one of the many Black women physicians navigating medicine today, Dr. Blackstock shares how her lived experiences shaped her approach to physician leadership, public advocacy, and redefining healthcare leadership beyond traditional institutions. 
This conversation doesn’t shy away from hard truths about public health equity and why physician wellbeing and patient experience is often sacrificed in systems built for productivity over people. 
Visit www.imamutomlinson.com to learn more!