Kelly Abanda’s journey sounds like a movie: a woman takes a risk, leaves her “good” job to travel the world for three months, and comes back three years later. Along the way, she makes unexpected connections, stumbles into opportunities, and oh, yeah—survives a few close scrapes. Kelly’s a big believer in following the intuitive impulses […]
Alison Miller describes herself as an uncertain adventurer and determined warrior goddess, and as you’ll hear in this interview, she’s earned both titles. Alison has lived on the road on her own since the death of her husband six and a half years ago, following her own inner compass the entire way. She’s crossed the […]
Sam Kimberle, the founder of Creative Life Scholars, joins me this week to talk about how she got started leading groups of women toward their creative goals. We talk about how the factory-inspired education system deprives us of creative energy, how denying our creative call can fuel anxiety and depression, the power of groups to […]
Michael Smith is a software engineer turned musician—or is it the other way around? He’s worked for Google, Swiftkey, and fuboTV, all while staying active as a musician and actor on the side. I wanted to talk to Michael about how he balances the two, and also about the creative side of coding, which sounds […]
Katy-Rose is a well-being teacher and reinvention mentor whose curiosity led her to earn degrees in psychology and neuroscience on her quest to understand everything she can about what makes people tick. She uses neuroscience, coaching and cognitive strategies to help her clients reinvent themselves without burning everything to the ground. We talk about everything […]
As a young child, Rupert Goodwins was equally fascinated by science and gadgetry, and by the English language. He followed both into a career as a tech journalist, both in print–his weekly diary was one of the first blogs–and on radio and TV. He now co-writes The Big Data Show, a play that educates kids […]
This week, I’m talking to Jennifer Nasta Zefutie, who has accomplished what many people think is impossible: she’s a working actress, and the co-founder and co-producing artistic director of the Pegasus Theatre Company in central New Jersey. Jennifer has one of the most interesting (and unlikely) creative journeys you’re likely to hear, and our wide-ranging […]
At the beginning of a new year, many of us think about new projects we want to pursue before the calendar flips 12 months later—so I wanted to talk to someone who can help us make those projects happen more efficiently than they might otherwise. Kate Hutcheson, project manager and virtual assistant, is here to […]
Anthony Wilson’s varied pursuits almost all came to him accidentally: he is a teacher, composer, and writer—in fact, he co-authored the Doctor Who-related book BOOKWYRM with previous guest Robert Smith?. In this conversation, he shares his accidental path to teaching and writing, how he dealt with the worst criticism he’s ever encountered as a musician, […]
Tracy Friedlander is a classical musician and host of the Crushing Classical podcast. Tracy and I talk about how she came to play the French horn, what it’s really like to audition for and perform in an orchestra, the largely untaught art of listening, and what happens when your musical dream turns out not to […]