Find Your Passion Career Podcast: Recent Episodes
Amanda Nachman
Hey there career seekers! Ready to start your intentional career journey? On Find Your Passion Career I'll help you become a career strategist and achieve your dream career. I’m your host, Amanda Nachman. I’m the founder and CEO of College Magazine, reaching 9 million readers nationwide. Over the last 10 years I’ve had the opportunity to work with hundreds of students. They’ve gone on to careers at National Geo, Rachel Ray, USA Today, NBC, Vox and more. What I’ve noticed most is that when it comes to career, there’s a lot to demystify. On the podcast I interview career experts and professionals in their passion career. I can't wait to share their advice and journey with you. Let’s get started. After listening and feeling inspired, I hope you'll leave a review: http://bit.ly/AmandaNachmanPodcast
Lori Bumgarner loves helping others find their passions. As a career coach for over 20 years, she has worked with college students, Nashville up-and-coming recording artists, and now helps those who are mid-career in various industries and locations. She’s written several books including her most recent work on personal branding. Lori inspires others to discover what sets them apart, helping them stand out in interviews with employers.
“You have to be able to say what makes you unique. And a lot of [the recording artists] either didn’t know the answer to that question, or they couldn’t articulate the answer,” Lori said.
To hear Lori's advice about authenticity in personal branding, download my podcast interview with Lori here on iTunes!
Dr. Eli Tsukayama is passionate about helping his students achieve a growth mindset. Working as a professor at the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu, he has conducted extensive research on grit and perseverence. His research also focuses on understanding individual differences that can be used to segment and understand target markets. Dr. Eli challenges people to abandon their fixed mindsets and accept challenges as opportunities to hone in on their skills. “If you’re in a fixed mindset, challenges reinforce this idea that 'I’m bad at this, I’m never going to be good at this.' From a growth mindset, it’s 'Well, yeah there [are] challenges because that’s what I need to do to become better.'"
To hear Dr. Eli's advice about the power of grit, download my podcast interview with Dr. Eli here on iTunes!
Scott Stratten encourages people to put relationships before competition in the workplace. As the founder of UnMarketing, he believes that people should engage with their customers instead of marketing to them. Scott also co-authored six best-selling business books, and is an award-winning keynote speaker. Scott is an advocate for online integrity. Experiencing breakout success on Twitter, he realized his love for making virtual connections. His passion for online authenticity led him to found UnMarketing “I want to find people that care about humans, that don’t treat customers as leads only." To hear Scott's advice about building relationships in the workplace, download my podcast interview with Scott here on iTunes!
Laura Putnam inspires people to get moving during their workday. As a former gymnast, she was motivated to create Motion Infusion, a leading provider of wellbeing and human performance services. Laura also wrote an award winning book, Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality Into Any Organization, and teaches at Stanford University. She was the recipient of The American Heart Association’s “2020 Impact” Award and the National Wellness Institute’s “Circle of Leadership” award. Laura firmly believes that work shouldn't feel like a chore. Instead, our work should inspire us to become our best and most authentic selves. She finds that this is highly achievable when efforts are made to integrate movement into our lives, and better yet, our workplaces. “Workplace wellness done well is one in which people are healthier, they’re happier, they’re closer to their version of ‘me at my best,’ because of where they work as opposed to in spite of it.”
To hear Laura's advice and learn how to get more active during the workday, download my podcast interview with Laura here on iTunes!
Dr. Nicole Tschierske helps overlooked women in STEM feel confident in their career journeys. As an action coach and career expert, she has found that employers seek passionate workers. Thus, she encourages women in STEM to pursue their passions within their current position. Dr. Nicole understands the frustration of feeling "bored-out" in your career, and recommends that instead of quitting that job, you should seek new leadership opportunities within your company. Then, you can gain some experience within your passion while still getting that paycheck.
"Reading about a job or talking to people who have the job is always secondhand reality. Tapping into it and getting those real-life experiences is always more valuable," said Dr. Nicole.
To hear Dr. Nicole's advice and learn how to shake up your career, download my podcast interview with Dr. Nicole here on iTunes!
Jason Lauritsen works to transform management. As a keynote speaker, trainer, and author, he liberates managers from outdated and inhumane practices to cultivate human potential at work and improve people's lives. His experience ranges from startup CEO to Fortune 1000 executive. He also spent several years leading the best places to work program for an HR technology company where he gained deep insight into some of the best workplaces in the world. Jason is the author of two books, Unlocking High Performance: How to Use Performance Management to Engage and Empower Employees to Reach Their Full Potential and Social Gravity: Harnessing the Natural Laws of Relationships.
Jason advises people to lead with compassion to solve the problem of dysfunctional relationships that contaminate the workplace.
“Compassion is about noticing suffering in others, being moved by that suffering, wanting the person to be out of suffering, and then taking action or being willing to take action.”
To hear Jason's advice and learn how to navigate the workplace, download my podcast interview with Jason here on iTunes!
Colleen Lubin is a higher education professional with over 15 years of experience in Orientation, student engagement, and leadership development. From working as the Associate Director of Student Involvement at Southern New Hampshire University to advocating for infertility awareness on her website notquiteknockedup.com to storytelling, Colleen wear many hats. All of which best suit her interests and passions.
Colleen can tell you how to find what career path fits you, but your gut will ultimately tell you when you’ve found what fits you best.
“I’m a huge gut person. Intuition is huge for me. I just think we each have this voice and there’s all kinds of external factors that are working to silence it or confuse it. You feel pressure from your family or whoever’s surrounding you at the time, friends from home, friends from your college, even your own other voice that’s like, ‘you should be doing this’.”
To hear Colleen's advice and learn how to listen to your gut to find the career path that fits you, download my podcast interview with Colleen here on iTunes!
Dr. Aviva Legatt is the Elite Admissions expert, founder of Ivy Insight, and host of College Admission’s Real Talk podcast. She helps consult undergraduate elite college applications. Her motto is: Get In and Get Real! Dr. Aviva’s fresh perspective helps students get real and get what they want!
When we hide our authentic selves from the world, the right opportunities may hide from us. Dr. Aviva advises to show up as your authentic self.
“If we’re showing up the way that we are, then the right opportunities will appear. Verses, if we’re just trying to put all of our chess pieces in play and check all the boxes. Then we may not end up in the right place.”
To hear Dr. Aviva's advice and learn how to find the career path that fits you, download my podcast interview with Dr. Aviva here on iTunes!
Sam DeMase is the founder of Power Mood, a Career Confidence Coach, and Self-Advocacy Expert. She helps her clients and TikTok audience of 200,000 followers land the job they want and confidently ask for what they’re worth. Sam’s also on a mission to destroy the patriarchy. Her motto is: You get what you’re worth!
“Don’t they see me shining? Where’s my promotion, where’s my pay-raise?”
We assume that if we excel at work, we’ll be recognized and promoted. Unfortunately, that’s rarely the case.
“One of the [ideas] I’ve debunked is that, if you work hard, opportunities will come to you.”
Instead of waiting around, Sam stresses the importance of communicating your value and choosing confidence.
To hear Sam's advice and learn how to choose confidence, download my podcast interview with Sam here on iTunes!
Veronica Gerosimo currently serves as the Assistant Dean of Student Life & Leadership at Hudson County Community College in New Jersey. An involved student leader turned Student Affairs professional, Veronica is passionate about cultivating student leaders, providing an engaging and supportive student life, and leading by example to ensure her diverse student population feels a sense of belonging and inclusion. A self-proclaimed workaholic and panda lover, when Veronica is not on her laptop, her favorite thing to do is visit Walt Disney World with her wife.
There's a clear and beautiful theme to Veronica’s career journey:
“Take pride in everything you do.”
To hear Veronica’s story and the value of teamwork and passion, download my podcast interview with Veronica here on iTunes!
Bryan Dik, Ph.D., is a vocational psychologist, professor of psychology at Colorado State University, and co-founder and Chief Science Officer of jobZology. Bryan studies meaning and purpose in the workplace, calling and vocation in career development, and the intersection of faith and work. He has delivered keynote lectures on four continents, has published four books (including Redeeming Work and Make Your Job a Calling), and hosts the Purposeful Work Podcast.
Once you've found your calling, you may be surprised to find that your journey continues.
“…having a calling means you're always looking for ways to enhance it, expand it, increase it, and find new opportunities linked to it," said Bryan.
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Alexandra Levit is the author of the international bestseller They Don’t Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something’s Guide to the Business World. Her latest book Humanity Works reveals what the 'robot takeover' will really look like, helping you prepare for the possibilities of the future. She is an influential thought leader on career and workforce trends who has been instrumental in developing and promoting proprietary research on the future of work, the millennial generation, gender differences and bias, and the skills gap. Alexandra’s goal is to prepare organizations and their employees to be competitive and marketable in the future business world.
Back in January of 2020, how many of us could honestly have foreseen remote work being on the horizon? Alexandra did. A pandemic, and all the workplace transitions that came with it, was the furthest thing from everyone’s minds. But not hers.
“Remote work was an example of a trend that I’ve been looking at for about 10 years where I knew that this was going to take off eventually.”
As a work futurist and an avid researcher, Alexandra saw the inevitable change in the status quo, and prepared for it. She saw past the immediate panic over transitioning to online and envisions the natural next step in business progression: hybrid workplaces.
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Drew Sullivan is a Senior Agent at APB Speakers, one of the world’s top speakers bureaus. Prior to APB, Drew dabbled in the marketing and public relations side of the entertainment industry with a strong focus in reality television and commercial dance. An alumnus of University of Connecticut, Drew lives in Boston with his partner, Brad, and their Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Belle. Drew's story is proof that passion and hard work pays off. Find out how Drew turned his passions into his career.
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Laurie Ruettimann is the author of the book Betting On You: How to Put Yourself First and (Finally) Take Control of Your Career. She’s a former human resources leader turned writer, entrepreneur, speaker and host of Punk Rock HR podcast. CNN recognized her as one of the top five career advisers in the United States, and her work has been featured on NPR, The New Yorker, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Vox. Laurie encourages everyone to start "slacking off" today. What does that mean exactly? Pick up a hobby and “build upon your interesting,” by carving out deliberate time to focus in on that new or returning love.
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Jules Montgomery is the creator of Matches Media. She’s scaled multiple businesses through social media strategy and grew her TikTok channel to over 200,000 followers in two months. This entrepreneur and social media expert is a recent grad from the University of Michigan. Jules’ path to TikTok star and social media entrepreneur was in no way direct. She started out studying nursing and eventually attempted to pivot away into pre-med, but neither stuck. These careers didn’t offer Jules an avenue to express her passion, and it was starting to affect her well-being. Giving herself permission to quit what originally seemed like the ideal path, Jules could follow her passion for entrepreneurship. From that passion, she crafted a successful online eCommerce business, cultivated a massive TikTok following, and founded her Matches Media consulting firm.
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Simon T. Bailey’s purpose is to Spark listeners to lead countries, companies, and communities differently. His content is based on more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry including serving as sales director for Disney Institute based at Walt Disney World Resort. He has worked with almost 2,000 organizations in 50 countries. Recently, the editors of Direct Selling News listed him as one of the top twenty motivational speakers to inspire, educate, and motivate, and LinkedIn Learning features three of his online courses that reach professionals in 100+ countries.
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Lindsey Pollak is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading career and workplace experts. She helps individuals and organizations navigate and thrive in the ever-changing world of work. Her most recent work, Recalculating, strives to help people recover and reorient in their vocations following the pandemic. We discuss the post-Covid career-scape, the secret side of job-hunting, and the value of hobbies outside the workspace.
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Lauren McGoodwin is Career Contessa’s CEO and #1 power move advocate with a life mission to help women build successful and fulfilling careers on their terms.
Lauren launched Career Contessa in 2013 born from her master’s thesis project aiming to close the gap in career development resources for women. Career Contessa now helps millions of women each year with their careers through content, online learning courses, and job listings.
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Sarah Steinberg is the former Executive VP of Johns Hopkins and now the founder and CEO of Frogstone Strategies. She realized her calling for helping others in higher education and pursued her passion ever since.
Through Frogstone Strategies, Sarah advises colleges and universities on the creation and development of revenue sustainable programs both online and on-site for adult and non-traditional students.
She also holds adjunct faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University.
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As the Director for student opportunities at Claremont McKenna College, Ursula Diamond leads the Career Services team and helps students and alumni develop their career journeys.
Ursula holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of London, a Master of Arts degree in Psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Higher Education, both from New York University.
Find out how she turned those degrees into a passion career and why you should ask for help when you need it. Once you're inspired by Ursula's story, we would love to read your review. http://bit.ly/AmandaNachmanPodcast
John Ruhlin is THE gifting guy. He’s the author of Giftology, speaker and founder of Ruhlin Group where he consults companies on how to level up their gifting. John understands the value of relationships, and he emphasizes how a personalized gift can create meaningful connections with people in your network.
Not all of us can afford to buy a personalized gift for every person that has helped along the way and that’s okay. But we can all write a letter.
“It’s not about spending the most money…I’ll spend $9 on handwritten notes that people never forget,” said John.
After listening, I challenge you to write a handwritten note to someone in your life and take thirty minutes to express your appreciation. These connections will be the links to your passion career.
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Jane Jackson is an international Career Management Coach, Speaker, LinkedIn Trainer, and Podcast Host. Author of #1 Amazon Bestseller, Navigating Career Crossroads, and Host of “Your Career” Podcast, Jane gives her advice on rebranding yourself to become the solution to every employers needs.
When faced with an opportunity to build upon your experience, Jane believes you should always say yes. “One of the most important things is to be open, and curious, and really willing to try something new.”
After listening in, ask yourself: what's one thing you've accomplished that you're proud of through your involvement and activities? Then write down your accomplishment statement.
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This week on the Find Your Passion Career Podcast we did something a little different. You've submitted some incredible career questions and my friend Daniel Botero and I answered them in our latest episode of the podcast.
Daniel Botero is a speaker and a career coach who helps students overcome their fears around graduating by helping them transition from college to career. In fact, he has constructed a three-step program for students to discover and land their dream job. Daniel is also a podcast host for the show “Mastering College To Career.”
Amanda Nachman is the CEO of College Magazine, the national guide to college written for students by students reaching 9M readers. She's a motivational speaker and podcast host at Find Your Passion Career. Her graduates have gone on to incredible careers at National Geographic, USA Today, NBC, Random House and more.
Tune in to learn about how you can network like a boss, make yourself invaluable to employers, and land your dream job with our insider advice on how we've coached students to succeed in achieving their #careergoals.
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As the Director of Undergraduate Career Education and Outcomes at Bentley University, Alyssa Hammond uses a curriculum built on finding students’ strengths to help undergrads find their career path. In addition to being a career services professional with over 20 years of experience in higher education, Alyssa is a lawyer, a certified Strengths Coach, and host of the podcast, ‘Counter Offer’. She has also taught upper level courses about business and social media at Bentley.
Alyssa explains the importance of intentional volunteering as a way to network and gain valuable experience. “What I tell my students is this — about volunteering—volunteering opens closed doors of opportunity in a way that nothing else will.”
Positivity and resilience played the biggest role for Alyssa in following her passion. Hear all about how Alyssa pivoted from a successful yet taxing career as a divorce lawyer to a fulfilling and rewarding career in higher education.
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Jessica Smith is the author of YOUR TWENTIES, as well as a public speaker, podcast host of the show 'Career Coaching with Jessness', and a Career Advisor and Learning and Development Program Manager for Xactly Corps.
Jessica shares how applicants can go after their dream career. After traveling to New Zealand to leverage her degree in events and tourism, Jessica realized the industry just wasn’t for her.
When talking about her career today, Jessica shares that she feels light and easy, and she welcomes the chaos. Taking the time to discover your unique skills and talents, or your “ness,” is Jessica’s advice for people in their twenties tackling the same hurdles she experienced. And, as always, look to your interests.
Find out how Jessica connects back to nature to tackle the ups and downs of life.
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James Tarbox, Ph.D., serves as the Executive Director of Career Services at San Diego State University.
James always knew he wanted to help other people. During his undergrad years at Bates College, he chose to major in communication with the plan to be a teacher.
His life was totally transformed when a professor of his told him he should apply for grad school. James ended up getting a full ride to all the schools he applied to, and decided to attend Penn State. “The rest is history,” James said. Sometimes you need to hear words of encouragement from someone else before you can believe it for yourself.
Find out how James helps students remember what motivates them.
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Eva Magdalenski aka Eva Magazine aka DJ EvAAA is a GAME CHANGER. She is a certified DJ from Scratch DJ Academy, which was created by JMJ from RUN DMC. DJ EvAAA performed her first public appearance opening for Damien Marley & Major Lazer at Red Rocks Amphitheater. She spent 10 years working for comedian Chelsea Handler on TV's "Chelsea Lately." DJ EvAAA is also part of Richard Simmons National TV infomercial, "Project Hope."
Tune in to find out how Eva took action on her dreams on the Find Your Passion Career Podcast!
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Dr. Richard Shuster is a clinical psychologist, keynote speaker, CEO of a psychological assessment company, and the host of The Daily Helping with Dr. Richard Shuster: Food for the Brain, Knowledge from the experts, Tools to Win at Life which is regularly downloaded in over 100 countries. His mission is to help people become the best versions of themselves and as a result, make the world a better place. A sought after media expert, Dr. Shuster’s clinical expertise and podcast have been featured in such publications as The Huffington Post, NBCNews.com, Glassdoor.com, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, and others.
Find out how Dr. Richard tracks his fear.
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Nadene Reynolds is the Director for Career Foundations at the University of Florida Career Connections Center. She is responsible for leadership of the Industry Relations and Career Engagement teams to simultaneously cultivate business and industry relationships and education and prepare UF candidates.
Find out how Nadene helps students find their passion.
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How can 1 person make a difference? Think about Ben Simon starting a movement that has recovered over 40 million pounds of produce. Here's how you can you go all in on one thing and make an impact too.
Listen in to get fired up about your first step toward taking action.
Scott Anthony Barlow is the Founder and CEO of Happen to Your Career. He’s been featured on CNBC, Yahoo, CareerBuilder, Fast Company and Huffington Post and various Colleges and Universities as a top expert on Career Happiness. He gets way excited about careers, coffee, and helping people take control over their life and work. When he’s not traveling, he and his team run 2 of the top 5 “Career Change” Podcasts on iTunes including the Happen to Your Career Podcast.
Find out how Scott found his signature strengths on the Find Your Passion Career podcast.
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Erin Moriarty-Siler was born a writer. Her penchant for creative communication led one elementary school teacher to call her "a tyrant who can write." This passion has led her to roles in the nonprofit, media, and tech industries as a communications strategist, editor and storyteller. She currently serves as the Director of Communications at the Bell Policy Center, seeking the best way to meet people where they are. A few of her favorite things: breaking news, Oxford commas and proving people wrong.
Find out how Erin hustled by applying to over 400 jobs to discovering her passion.
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Chris Ducker, is a virtual CEO, founder of Virtual Staff Finder and author of the bestselling book Rise of the Youpreneur. Chris wants us to lean into our strengths and use them to determine exactly how we show up and how we’re perceived. Find out how Chris created a career he loves. Download my podcast interview with Chris here on iTunes!Once you're inspired by Chris's story, we'd love to read your review. http://bit.ly/AmandaNachmanPodcast
Ben Simon is the co-founder and CEO of America's leading ugly produce company, Imperfect Produce, which he founded alongside Ben Chester in August 2015. The Ben that we're talking with today started in the world of food waste as a student at the University of Maryland where he founded the Food Recovery Network (FRN), a nonprofit aimed at eliminating waste in college cafeterias.
Find out how Ben went from high school jock to founder and CEO of his own company.
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You can wing it for a date. You can wing it for study sessions. You can wing it with family and friends. But when it comes to our career, you don't want to wing it.
For your first job interview, internships, volunteer opportunities, meetup groups, conferences, let's talk about how can you go from winging it to getting more more intentional.
Listen in on how you can show up prepared and stop winging it when it comes to your career.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Eva Gardner began her professional career as a bassist right after graduating UCLA with a Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnomusicology. Since then she has performed and toured the world with artists such as P!NK, Cher, Gwen Stefani, The Mars Volta, Tegan & Sara, Moby and Veruca Salt.
Discover how Eva pursued her dream career. And find out how you can show up prepared to follow yours. Download my podcast interview with Eva here on iTunes!
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Christopher Lochhead is a #1 Best Selling Amazon Author and “Top 30” rated Podcaster who now hosts the podcast “Follow Your Different.” He’s been an advisor to over 50 venture-backed startups, and a former three-time Silicon Valley Chief Marketing Officer, and he’s the co-author of two best selling books.
Chris' story is anything but ordinary. He went from being a kid with a paper route who got kicked out of high school to starting an Information Technology Company, Mercury Interactive, and selling to HP for $4.5 billion.
“Sometimes in life you just jump off the high dive and start swimming,” said Chris.
Find out how Chris lives a legendary life. Download my podcast interview with Chris here on iTunes!
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Jon Berghoff is the creator of the leaf method which is a way for leaders to tap into the collective intelligence of any group at large scales. This method has been brought into some of the most well-known organizations in the world from Facebook to BMW.
Find out how Jon shows up generous and stays curious in life and career. And how you can too!
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Imagine a right jab while shouting “I am stronger than I think!” Now that’s fitness with a mantra to change the way you feel about yourself. Patricia Moreno is the founder of Spiritual Fitness and creator of intenSati and Sati365. She’s leading the conversation about enlightenment and how to be a positive force in raising the consciousness of the planet.
Patricia is passionate about working from the inside out and using positive thoughts to get results.
“We have access to our own genius, we have access to our own wisdom… creativity… happiness, our joy our gratitude, but we have to learn how to exercise the power that we have to turn the dial up on the emotions that will lead to the actions that will lead to the results that we want in our lives,” said Patricia.
Find out how Patricia embraces her passion on the Find Your Passion Career Podcast!
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Jon Vroman inspires others to live life in the front row by teaching the art of moment making. He is an award-winning speaker, #1 bestselling author of The Front Row Factor, podcast host and founder of Front Row Foundation, a charity creating front row experiences for individuals who have brave life-threatening illnesses.
On his career journey, Jon took the time to constantly question himself in order to discover his passion. Jon's story teaches us that every moment matters, so take advantage of the ones you get.
Find out how Jon constantly questions and challenges himself to find his passion.
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Mary Reilly has been working in radio since 1987. You’ve heard her in Tucson, Phoenix, a variety of Midwest towns and now in Eugene, Oregon. She's interviewed rock stars, movie stars and governors but one of her favorite achievements is showing that a two-woman morning show CAN be successful. A voice-over talent, copywriter and morning co-host of Liz and Reilly 94.5 mix FM, Mary is no “one trick pony.”
“If you’re doing what you love you are going to find a way to make it work,” said Mary.
Find out how Mary found a career that connected her with her love of music.
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Dan Casetta is truly a renaissance man. A sales executive with over 30 years at Vector Marketing and Cutco Cutlery, national speaker, best-selling author and host of the Changing Lives Selling Knives Podcast, Dan is passionate about connecting good ideas and great people.
Dan also hosts events bringing together entrepreneurs, leaders and salespeople as a business and life coach.
“I think it is important to be fascinated by people and show a genuine interest in people,” said Dan.
Find out how Dan dedicates time to continuous learning and sharing this information with others!
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Joshua Axelrod currently covers veterans’ issues for the Military Times. He has spent five years working in and around journalism for websites and publications like the Washington Examiner and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He graduated from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism in 2014 and George Washington University's media and strategic master's program in 2018.
The son of two journalists, Josh grew up knowing that he had the skills and passion for the field. “I’ve got journalism in my blood,” said Josh.
Find out how Josh remained resilient chasing his passion career and love of writing.
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Alexa West is a female entrepreneur, digital nomad and best-selling author of the travel book series, The Solo Girl’s Travel Guide. Through her writing, Alexa gives women the resources and confidence to travel the world solo no matter age, budget or travel experience!
Alexa will be the first one to tell you she didn’t become an international travel author over-night.
“I took little stones every year, little stepping stones and I just pointed them in a general direction of where I wanted to go,” said Alexa.
Find out how Alexa got creative in chasing her passion career abroad.
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Debra Rockey, aka Rockey, is the Regional Director of Organizational Development and Talent Management for Mercy Health. She’s also a Global Career development facilitator and executive coach and shares her passion for improvisation in her teachings.
From the forest service to the eco-systems of healthcare, her career has been a series of transformations as she has crafted each of her progressive positions, reinventing herself and her skill sets while utilizing her strengths and her values.
She makes sure of one thing no matter the role she takes on: “Not learning is not an option,” said Rockey.
Find out how Rockey completed the feedback loop of her passion career by being open to opportunities!
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Christian Feliciano is an Instructor for the College Apps Academy at Reality Changers, a non-profit organization in San Diego that serves over 1,000 youth from disadvantaged backgrounds in Southern California every year guided by the motto, "College changes everything." He’s passionate about helping students from underserved backgrounds in order to one day close the achievement gap.
“It's really about teaching these students that they can believe in themselves, that they can go to college.”
On the podcast, Christian explains how he was fortunate enough to meet a mentor who pointed him in the direction of Reality Changers and reminded him of his accomplishments during his job search.
Find out how Christian found a mentor for his career journey!
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Laurence Jackson is a line producer’s assistant on the Netflix original You. He also produces SAG short films on the side. After a few “career restarts” Laurence is finally working in his dream environment.
He encourages others to follow suit if they have a passion or dream.
“If you have a passion, persevere.”
Laurence created his first film with his digital camcorder when he was 14 years old. When he arrived on his college campus and realized it didn't have a film program, he took matters into his own hands. Laurence created a film club in which he wrote and filmed his first feature film, Hollow, during his freshman year.
The movie had a message for college students who were struggling to find their way. After debuting the film at UMD’s theater, Laurence was flown out to UC Irvine to show the film there too. One student said that he saw himself in the film and it made him realize he didn’t know who he was but that he wanted to figure it out.
This experience fueled his passion and his career journey from working as an IT auditor to entering the film world.
Find out how Laurence persevered to follow his passion working in the film industry!
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Amy Lisewski is the founder of Finest City Improv and the San Diego Improv Festival. As a keynote speaker, Amy helps companies improve communication and collaborations using improv skills.
She is also the author of Relax, We're All Just Making This Stuff Up!: Using the tools of improvisation to cultivate more courage and joy in your life. Before becoming a professional improviser, she ran an information and research consulting business, taught with Teach for America and was a video and new media producer.
Now she helps others improvise both on and off the stage.
“Make a bold choice, and go for it,” said Amy.
Find out how you can bring the "yes! and..." mindset into your life!
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Kristin Hayden is the chief partnership officer for IGNITE, a movement of young women to become the next generation of political leaders. She is also a founding member of Reflect Us—a national coalition of the leading nonpartisan women’s political organizations working together towards gender parity in politics.
On top of this, Kristin is an Ashoka fellow and social entrepreneur having founded OneWorld Now!, a global leadership and study abroad program for underrepresented youths. As the founder of Vision Venture, Kristin speaks on diversity, women’s leadership and social entrepreneurship and vision. Kristin has spent her career following her vision of creating opportunities for underrepresented groups.
Throughout her career, Kristin has turned her passion into positive change in the world—even when others didn't think it was possible.
“I think that's the start of all vision—to be actually very bold about the change you want to see in the world and what it is you want to do in the world.”
Find out how Kristin connected her dots and turned her vision into action!
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Claire Kreger-Boaz is a Senior Project Manager for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Public Affairs and Government Relations and The NAMM Foundation. Claire fights for music education and helps bring college students to The NAMM Show to open their eyes to all the opportunities for creating a career in the music industry.
She hopes The NAMM Show experience will help students consider new paths in their career they may not have considered or known about before attending the show.
“Just start out being curious. Just be curious about everything. Ask questions. And that is what that experience is designed to do by bringing them to the show and that is a primary objective of mine and my daily work.”
Find out how Claire chases her passion fighting for music education and inspiring others to be curious in their career path.
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Nathan Young is the founder of Greater Good Storytelling where he helps individuals and organizations connect with their audience through the art of storytelling. In his work, he has seen first hand how a well told story can capture an audience and inspire them to action.
“Getting used to really sharing who I was and putting myself out there in a way that was vulnerable—primarily through storytelling—connected me with so many people and connected me with myself in a way that wasn’t happening before.”
Find out how Nathan inspires others to share their own stories!
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Christine DiDonato is the founder of Career Revolution and AwesomeBoss.com. And she’s an innovator in the space of leader development. As a former talent management at Sony, Christine focused her passion and research on developing the youngest generation of employees to be the next generation of leaders. She is also a LinkedIn author and recognized leading expert in her field as seen in her contributions to publications such as Time, Money, Inc, Forbes, and USA Today.
As the president of Career Revolution Christine understands the pressures young professionals feel in their career search after graduation.
“You don’t have to achieve all of your goals or meet 100% of your passion everyday the first few years of your career. It’s really unrealistic and so I say just be forgiving of yourself and say ‘I'm not alone, most people working are feeling the same stress I am anyways.'”
Find out how you can relieve some of the pressures you feel around your career journey!
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Lisa Rosenfelt is the co-owner of Ivy Street, a coworking space as well as a client services manager at Diamond + Branch Marketing Group. In her free time, she volunteers as the managing director of Girls in Tech in San Diego. She is motivated by her passion for women to join the local tech industry and thrive.
On the podcast, Lisa’s advises for those looking to move into a leadership role is to show up and follow through.
“Showing up and doing the things you say you are going to do, making the commitment and following through is one of the most significant things you can do to show not just your passion but your ability to be trusted and moved up the ladder into leadership.”
How can you get more involved in your community? Learn from Lisa and seek opportunities where your strengths can shine.
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Melissa Eisler is an ICF certified leadership coach who partners with leaders, executives and entrepreneurs to develop communication skills, prove organizational effectiveness and become stronger, more present leaders. She blends 15 years of experience in the corporate world with her background in mindfulness to help her clients explore and achieve new heights.
In her experience as a leadership coach, Melissa believes that anyone can be a leader as long as they are willing to put in the work.
“Leadership is about inspiring improvement and bringing out the best in yourself or in the group you are leading."
Find out how you can be a leader on your career journey.
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Chris Thomas is a senior at San Diego State University (SDSU) where he’s the President of the Associated Students (AS). He is pursuing a Fitness Specialist degree with a double minor in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Leadership. His vision for his role as AS President has always been to listen to his heart and help other students.
"I want to leave my mark here at San Diego state, and leave it better than when I found it”
On the Podcast, Chris shares how he found AS to be the perfect opportunity to make an impact at SDSU and so he got involved with different positions early in his college career. He remembers attending an event where the AS President was giving a speech and leaning over to his mom to say “Mom that’s going to be me one day.”
As AS President Chris meets with university administrators and fellow students and considers listening to student’s concerns the most important aspect of his position. He asks his fellow student leaders how they envision their heart print. And also asks how AS can help them achieve that goal. “This atmosphere of care and love and being able to create impact on campus and truly leave this idea of leaving your heart print on this campus is really the day to day.”
Find out how Chris inspires others to leave their own heart print by following their passion and connecting with others.
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The CEO of Empowered Living, a multi-time TEDx speaker, host of The You-est You Podcast and the author of the Get a PHD in You series, Julie Reisler helps YOU discover what lights your fire for your life.
After graduation from the University of Rochester with a double major in Psychology and Public Health, she worked for Hillel. While running an international social justice program with Hillel, she visited a Panera (only 9 locations at them time) and was drawn to the community surrounding the restaurant.
Julie recalls having an “inner wisdom thought” that told her to apply to work with this company. She sent in her resume and got a position as a manager—she was told to work for 5-6 months to learn operations and corporate will see if they have a position with them. She worked with Panera for 11 years and became the Director of Recruiting and Guest Relations. Her biggest take away from this experience is to trust your gut and make opportunities for yourself if you don’t see one available. “Opportunities are everywhere. This [Panera job] didn’t exist, this wasn’t a position. I just trusted my intuition.”
While working with Panera, she got her Masters in Health and Wellness Coaching and Nutrition while still working full time and creating an intensive personal development program and becoming the head coach. Julie had a “light bulb” moment that told her to chase her passions for coaching. “I wanted to something where I was on fire about my purpose and passion.”
She eventually left Panera to follow her passion full time and begin a podcast, write two books and further her career as a coach. “When we are listening and tuning and creating from that place passion and purpose that's really where the magic happens.”
After hearing Julie’s story of chasing passions in a nonlinear career path, take a quiet moment to focus on what is your purpose. What lights your fire? What can you create to help others?
Find out how Julie followed her passions for helping others find what ignite's their flames.
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Barbara Bry is a high-tech entrepreneur and currently the President Pro Tem of the San Diego City Council representing District 1. Looking ahead to 2020, she recently announced she’s running for Mayor of San Diego.
Throughout her career Barbara followed her passion, fighting for the advancement of women in the classroom and the workplace. Her passion to empower women has influenced her professional career working in politics. Her experiences working with Run Women Run, on Hillary Clinton’s campaign as well as the encouragement of her daughter inspired her to run for a seat of her own.
After winning the election for City Council as an underdog candidate, Barbara works with a team to understand the needs and happenings of the community.
For listeners eager to start their political careers, Barbara suggests getting involved in a campaign first in order to meet a lot of people and learn the ins-and-outs of campaigning while making an impact. Luckily enough, Barbara is seeking for people to get volunteer with her 2020 mayoral campaign! Listen in to hear more about how to reach out and get involved.
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Carey Smolensky is the creator of The Passion Summit, a two-day personal growth conference on May 6-7, 2019. He's also the author of Living Life With PASSION and Helping Others and the president of CSP Worldwide Productions from Chicago, IL.
Carey began his company four decades ago, while in high school. Throughout his journey he constantly challenges himself to make a difference in the lives of others. He believes that change is the key to innovation and he evolves both personally and professionally in order to live his life with passion.
As the author of Living Life with Passion and Helping Others, Carey turned his book into an annual experience, The Passion Summit (May 6-7, 2019). This was his next logical step in sharing the ability of living life passionately while helping others. Carey’s passion community focuses on support one another while thriving personally and helping others achieve their dreams.
Carey went to college on a completely different track from where he is today. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago in just three years with a BS in Biology and passed his DATs (dental aptitude tests) with the plan to become a dentist.
Meanwhile, Carey fell in love with his on campus radio experience and he continued to build his entertainment company that he had launched in high school as a side hustle DJing for local events such as Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
He officially decided pursue his growing business over dentistry. This wasn't an easy decision. “My parents weren’t big fans when I told them I was going to change the DR into a DJ...”
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Allyson Johnson is a senior editorial project manager at National Geographic Books. A University of Maryland graduate (Go TERPS!), she previously worked at Rachael Ray Every Day magazine and has been published in USA Weekend, Brides.com, Brit + Co., among other publications. She’s the master of getting involved and started her hustle early on while in college.
“You never know what you’re going to like and what you’re going to be good at,” said Allyson.
This mindset landed her positions as a writer for both USA Weekend magazine and College Magazine where she landed her first celebrity interview and gained experience editing.
Find out how Allyson landed her passion career at National Geographic by making the ask of her internship coordinator to help find opportunities.
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Will Hansen is an experience design manager and visual product lead at Intuit on the TurboTax team. He’s a creative to the core but he wasn’t always in the creative field. In fact, Will joined the military after high school where he worked as a dental assistant.
When he decided to start college at the age of 31, Will first followed the dental career trajectory only to realize that it wasn’t for him. “This isn’t my passion, this isn’t my path, and quite frankly I don’t want to look in mouths the rest of my life,” said Will.
He decided to switch paths entirely and go into visual arts, an early passion of his, by attending the Art institute. “I think there’s nothing to be ashamed of by following your heart and your gut by changing majors.”
Find out how Will made the switch from dentistry to visual design and landed his dream job at Intuit. After listening to Will’s story write down something you love to do—something that’s fun.
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Rajni Roshan has over a decade of experience in the tech industry and she is passionate about technology solutions that have social impact. She moved to San Diego a year ago from UK, where she was a Client Solutions Manager for emerging technologies at IBM. She's a strong advocate for young girls and women in STEM as the Program Director of Girls in Tech San Diego, a non-profit focused on supporting women in tech. She also regularly takes time out to mentor other women in the tech industry.
She went from software developer, to the business of IBM in mergers and acquisitions to client solutions. “I’ve always followed what I’ve been most interested in…I knew that I didn’t want to stay a developer all my life and I tried to find ways to get closer to my goal,” said Rajni.
These new career opportunities didn’t just fall into Rajni’s lap though. “I looked out, I reached out, I found out about what else was going on and I started chasing down those opportunities,” she said.
Find out how Rajni took initiative to follow her passion.
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Andrea Stone is an Elementary School Counselor at two schools in Paramus New Jersey with a masters of education and psychological counseling.
She wasn't always on the path toward her current career, and spent a couple years working in a job she didn't love in recruiting.
“I think we are so in this mindset that if we know what we want we expect it to come immediately and it should be a very straight line to our goal, but it’s all over the place and it does take a while and I know for me there was so much doubt along the way,” she said.
Find out how Andrea finally took the leap to follow her passion, get her masters and become a school counselor.
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Rachel Aldrich isn't afraid to admit she doesn’t have it all figured out. But she’s in a career that she loves. She’s a Marketing Associate at Penguin Random House, the publishing company, where she works on marketing campaigns with authors for their upcoming books.
In the podcast Rachel shares what it felt like to be a recent graduate, and reveals her struggle in finding a job after college. She also shares how connecting with her network made all the difference. Learn how you hold informational interviews with people in your network just like Rachel did.
After listening, be sure to identify people in your network who are doing something you admire and reach out.
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VP of Marketing, Sarah Bidnick leads a team in global marketing and communications for TodayTix, the mobile app for last minute theater tickets. TodayTix is on a mission to redefine the way we see theater. Now that you can effortlessly access theatre tickets through the TodayTix app, they enable us to discover the best shows and spark spontaneous new experiences.
On the podcast Sarah shares a day in the life of a VP of Marketing. She oversees five different departments, leading her teams in go-to market strategy, user acquisition/performance marketing, customer retention and loyalty, and partner marketing and sales strategies. When it comes to interviewing potential job candidates, she shares what impresses her most, starting with getting specific when sharing your passion. After listening to Sarah, find out how you can be memorable in an interview by telling your story. Once you’re inspired by Sarah’s story, please leave a review to help the podcast get featured and for more people hear about the show.
Natalie Janji is a TEDx speaker, coach, and bestselling author of The Miracle Morning for College Students, based on the international bestselling book, The Miracle Morning, which discusses how practicing a morning routine can greatly benefit and transform the life of students. She received her bachelors degree in chemistry from Loyola Marymount University in 2016, and during her senior year decided to switch from a career in sciences to a career in serving students. Natalie is grateful to live out her passions each day, and teaches students how they can design a life around their passions, too.
Natalie shares her morning routine and walks through her unique schedule as an author and speaker. Her senior year, when she reflected on her college journey, Natalie realized the incredible impact of her morning routine. She found that students often forget to put their health first and now she's on a mission to change that.
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This is part two of a two-part interview with Martin Ringlein. He's the Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where he joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his startup, nvite. Prior, Marty was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration.
Marty's first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the R&D team. Martin is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners where he invests in early and late-stage startups, such as Hyperloop One.
Marty talks selling his first startup, launching his second and his advice to see everything as a stepping stone. After listening to Marty, start researching companies, especially smaller companies that you haven't heard of before. This is where you'll get to flex your skillset and leap into your career journey like never before.
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Welcome to the first episode of Find Your Passion Career! This is part one of a two-part interview with Martin Ringlein. He's the Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where he joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his startup, nvite. Prior, Marty was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration.
Marty's first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the R&D team. Martin is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners where he invests in early and late-stage startups, such as Hyperloop One.
Marty talks future-proofing innovations and transforming his college side hustle into his first startup. After listening to Marty, find out how you can join an organization or find a project you can work on like Marty did with the Greek Yearbook.
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