“Turning Setbacks Into Setups For Purpose.”
Turning setbacks into strategy, purpose, and growth
Speaker • Trainer • Coach • Founder • Editor
Real conversations. Practical leadership. Stories of resilience.
Listen to episodes designed to help you lead with purpose and move forward after life's setbacks.
Genesis Podcast
Stories that inspire growth, leadership, and purpose.
Explore each quarterly issue featuring voices that turn challenges into opportunities.
FORWARD Magazine
Equip your audience to lead with resilience.
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Meet Jaye
I'm Jay Branch, founder of Failing Forward, editor of FORWARD Magazine, and host of Genesis: The Failing Forward Podcast. Through speaking, leadership training, coaching, and storytelling, I help individuals and organizations transform challenges into opportunities for growth.
FORWARD Magzine
A quarterly digital magazine featuring stories of resilience, leadership, business, and purpose. Each issue highlights voices that remind us that setbacks don't have to define our future—they can become the foundation for what's next.
The inaugural issue launches October 2026.
Genesis: The Failing Forward Podcast
Honest conversations about leadership, resilience, purpose, and the lessons we learn through life's unexpected detours. Every episode is designed to encourage, challenge, and help you move forward.
Support Forward magazine
FORWARD Magazine is a passion project created to share stories of resilience, leadership, and purpose. If you've enjoyed an issue, found encouragement through the podcast, or simply believe in the mission, you can help keep it growing.
Every contribution helps support future issues, interviews, and free resources for our community.