Dec 19, 2025

Episode #108 – Amy Lenius: Empowerment, Awareness & Next Level Living

In this episode, I’m joined by Amy Lenius of Next Level University — a coach and mentor dedicated to helping people step into greater confidence, clarity, and purpose. We dive into what empowerment really looks like, why self-awareness is...

Dec 14, 2025

Episode #108 – Matt Savino: Roads, Borders & Stories That Almost Didn’t Make It Home

In this episode, I sit down with Matt Savino — writer, traveler, and storyteller with a passport full of stamps and a knack for finding himself in situations that make great stories later. We talk about travel as a teacher,...

Dec 7, 2025

Episode #107 – Chip Jacobs: Writing, Pasadena’s Past & The Edges of Life

In this episode, I’m joined by Chip Jacobs — award-winning author, journalist, and storyteller with a deep love for California history and an eye for the unusual. We dive into the craft of writing and editing, the fascinating (and...

Nov 15, 2025

Episode #106 – Shanti Hershenson 

We talked about building a TikTok (now with over 70k followers), her amazing focus and discipline, writing every day and some of the other things she does with her time, like falconry!

Since the age of twelve, Shanti has actively been writing and publishing books. She has written...

Nov 8, 2025

Episode #105 – Amy Dickens on joy, play and reconnecting with the parts of ourselves that make us feel most alive.

We may have talked about joy, creativity and connecting with your child self, I’m not sure. It seems like we just talked for an hour and a half and laughed and created a lot of silliness. All I...