It's the Journey - SoundSage

“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.”
― Tony Robbins

It's easy to get overwhelmed this time of year as people who had amazing years, or want you to believe they did, start posting highlights. No matter what kind of year you had, this is a good time to pause and reflect.

In this episode I took some time to walk you through what I think about as I look at my year and begin to plan the next. This episode pairs well with my last one I did about goal setting. If you haven't seen that you I'd really recommend these two as a complimentary pair.

101: Goal Setting Strategy for the New Year

Please let me know what you think and as I move into my 4th season of this podcast, let me know what you'd like to hear more of!

Best of luck in your New Year and thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Carlo

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“The ability to set goals and make plans for their accomplishment is the “master skill” of success. It is the single most important skill that you can learn and perfect. Goal-setting will do more to help you achieve the things you want in life than will anything else you've been exposed to.”

Brian Tracy

We're in the final month of 2023 and now is a great time to review your progress for this year and plan the next.

In this episode I took some time to explain the process I've used over the last 14 years. I've been studying goal setting since I graduated college. It was an important part of my personal life and my professional life as a former financial planner. I developed this process over the course of my career and it works.

So, if you are ready to build a plan that will move you steadily towards your dreams, this is the episode for you.

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I can't believe I've recorded 100 episodes!

This idea I had over 5 years ago that took a couple of years to come to fruition has been so fun and rewarding.

I've had the honor of sitting down with so many amazing and inspiring people to dive into their stories and wisdom.

On this Thanksgiving day I'm so grateful to all the people who have helped me, encouraged me, and said yes to joining me on the show.

I took some time in this episode to dive deeper into this.

Mentions:

Here's the language school that I've been attending during my time here in Italy that I mentioned during my show. Scuola Leonardo da Vinci ®

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I'm super excited to publish this 99th episode that is a conversation I had with one of my dearest friends and a truly inspiring human being, Chelsea Ritter-Soronen. Chelsea is the Sole Proprietor and Principal Artist of Chalk Riot, which is Washington D.C. based company with "an all-women mural crew specializing in vibrant pavement art, including ephemeral chalk art, “3D” illusionary and immersive works, and industrial roadway installations". She and her amazing team just celebrated their 10th year as a business!

In the time I've known Chelsea I've watched her grow Chalk Riot from a dream to company that is doing HUGE, complex, beautiful projects around the country.

This list of accomplishments and projects Chelsea manages is amazing.

There are so many life lessons in this episode. I know you'll love it.

Give Chalk Riot a follow on Instagram at: chalkriot

Follow Chelsea at: iamchelsea_art

Chalk Riot Website to learn more

Chelsea's Artist Website.

Find all her links in the profile sections of those acounts.

Check out her GATHER Artivism Fellow in Focus Fellowship.

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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

Change can be very scary...I know. I fought it for many years trying hard to be the Carlo I thought I was supposed to be.

I built a world around me that supported and reinforced that version of me. Once I started changing, it upset that ecosystem.

So, along with dealing with my own fears, I had to deal with the fears, comments, and criticisms of others. I look at this now as a necessary part of the process that took me on a transformative journey to where I am right now...living from a back pack in Sicily.

Substack coming soon.

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I just finished my 6th week in Italy and am taking a break with my studies to explore a little.

I took a break to share what I've learned so far and I shares some of the thoughts I've been chewing on as I explore. What I did not do, however, is comb my hair. :)

If you aren't following my travel Instagram you can see lots of what I'm seeing on carloz_adventures.

Check out my blog if you want more of the kinds of things I talk about here in a written format.

Last, if there are topics you want me to dive more deeply into please let me know. I get asked all the time how and why I'm doing what I'm doing and I'm trying my best to share what I can so you can live your dream.

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This week I'm delighted to bring you Sarah Woodard. Sarah is an experienced solo traveler who has been to over 90 countries! I'm so grateful that she took time from her busy life to share her wisdom and stories on It's the Journey.

Sarah is a digital creator who shares her passion for travel on her Instagram Page sarahwoodardtravels along with tips and tricks to help you on your next adventure. There are so many lessons and life skills that we can learn from travel and adventure that are helpful in our every day life. In this episode we talked about:

How important it is to have and follow our curiosity and intrigue.
How important it is to just say yes sometimes and dive into what our heart is calling us towards. (I devoted a whole chapter to each of these in my book AfterLIFE, Waking Up From My American Dream)
How following our dreams and facing our fears builds our confidence
Tips and tricks for solo travelers from an absolute pro!
How our actions and decisions impact the lives and destinies of those around us
How we can vocalize our dreams to the most important people in our lives as we go through life so that no one is burying their dreams

We cover all this and more in this really fun episode.

Thank you for listening. Give Sarah's Instagram a follow and likes. I know you love her beautiful content and the sense of fun and joy she brings along as she shares her passion.

Follow It's the Journey wherever you enjoy podcasts. You can find all my information at CarloBlog.com.

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It takes courage to set out to achieve the things we want to do, have, and be in our lives. It's easy to wreck our confidence if we don't take care to protect it.

In this episode I took some time to chat about this and expand on some of the ideas in my latest blog post on Substack. If you haven't seen that here's the link!

Be Kind to Yourself as you Pursue Your Dreams

A Reminder to You and Me

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This is my first episode I've recorded on the road since last year. I'm back in Italy again pursing my own dreams. This time instead of moving around so much, I'm settling in various places to to live and learn.

I have a few things I'm experimenting with for my life that I took some time to share here along with a few ideas from my most recent blog that I published on my substack. Find a preview of that here

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In this episode I had a fun and insightful conversation with Psychologist Rachel Michelle.

Rachel PhD candidate working hard on her dissertation “Healing Women’s Health: An Intimate Depth Psychological Inquiry"

She took time out of her schedule to dive into topics that include:

Discovering what we are meant to do
Learning to suspend our fear and lean into suffering to see it as a teacher
Learning to have Psychological Faith to look for the meaning in our suffering
What is our shadow self?
Finding our shadow in others
What is Individuation?
And her amazing insights as she works to bridge the gaps in Depth Psychology and Women's health.

Rachel is a delightful human being full of wisdom and useful insights. I'm so grateful she took time to share them here.

Follow her on Instagram at Your.Beautiful.Myth

Learn more about the work she is doing at The Pelvic Empowerment Movement Here.

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Because the curriculum in most of the educations system in the US omits practical tools and lessons to help us become financially literate, we often go through life making mistakes out of a lack of understanding. Housing cost cause people so much stress because of inaccurate assumptions that I hope to clear up here.

For additional thoughts on this check out my blog

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“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
― C.G. Jung

I've spoken here and shared in my book what a powerful tool therapy was for me, especially what Carl Jung called Shadow Work, which Ken Wilber described as shining light into the recesses of our soul.

This week I was delighted to have a conversation with Tonje Moe about her experience with a form of art therapy that also helped her dive into her dreams to learn how to use them on her journey.

Tonje is an amazing artist from Norway who was named in the prestigious publication 100 Painters of Tomorrow in 2014, and has received numerous grants, awards, and public commissions. She shared a bit of her journey that has taken her from Norway to Scotland, Australia, and back again to her beautiful Norwegian homeland where she lives with her lovely family and creates magical art that is often inspired by her dreams.

This is a great episode to learn more about therapy, art therapy, dream analysis, and learning to listen to your dreams.

Follow Tonje's journey and see her art on instagram HERE. Give her a follow to see her beautiful work and inspiring journey!

Check out her website HERE.

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“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.”― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Figuring out or even rediscovering your dreams that you may have buried is one of the most important things you can do with your life. I took time in this episode to share some tools I've learned that have helped me on my journey.

⁠Here⁠ is the link to a full blog article and show notes.

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“Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.”
― Martin E.P. Seligman

The news and social media are awash with negativity. It seems everyone is telling us what's wrong, who is bad, who is at fault, and why we should be angry and scared.

It's overwhelming sometimes.

So, this week I am excited to bring a conversation I had to to you with Dr. Marsha J. McCartney. Dr. McCartney is a professor of Psychology at the University of Kansas who specializes in the field of positive psychology. In this episode we touched on the following:

what is positive psychology?
the importance of accepting our range of emotions as part of the human experience
tools you can used to help you on your journey
books that might be helpful like
learned optimism" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Learned Optimism, by Dr. Martin Seligman
the how of happiness" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The How of Happiness, by Sonja Lyubomirsky

Thank you so much for listening.

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"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

Steve Jobs

On this 4th of July I wanted to take some time to talk about how important it is for us to take the time and energy it takes to define our hopes, dreams, visions and to make a plan that takes us in the direction of that dream.

It's easy to feel overwhelmed if you are at all paying attention to the news so we have to make an effort to look inward at what we want and what we can do about it.

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Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ellen Green Niedringhaus. During our conversation she told me the story about how a yoga class sparked a passion in her that altered her path and journey. She followed that passion and it lead her to becoming a yoga teacher, studio owner and entrepreneur.

I've witnessed this so many times in my life and at a personal level. To me it highlights the absurdity of the pressure that is put children when it comes to college. This pressure along with a lack of skills taught around self knowledge, skills assessment, career choices, and financial literacy lead millions to making poor emotionally driven decisions that trap people in a lifetime of debt and often unfulfilling careers.

This week I dove into thoughts around this that will hopefully be helpful to anyone who might making life choices around school and careers or maybe anyone who is helping a child, grandchild, niece, nephew or even students make these impactful life assessments and decisions.

Highlights:

Help kids or yourself think about what problems you want to solve versus what "you want to be".
Think about the kind of income that is even possible from a field of study and possible career and asses both the cost to obtain the education as well as potential earnings.
Explore all options to keep debt low like local schools, taking longer to study while working.
If you find yourself with student loans make a plan on how you'll get rid of them. Financial planning is profoundly helpful in making big decisions around budgeting, career choice, major purchases, and how to spend your time and money. I've found planning, coaching, and therapy to be a powerful combination.
Finding the a mentor or even the right book can help you on your path.

If you've made it this far, I hope you've found this helpful. Please consider supporting It's the Journey with a monthly subscription here.

If you're a new follower and haven't read my book, I did my best to outline the steps I took to change my path and live my dreams. Check out AfterLIFE, Waking Up From My American Dream.

AfterLIFE: Waking Up from My American Dream

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I was so honored to sit down with Ellen Green Niedringhaus this week to talk about her journey. While raising 2 amazing children Ellen is also an inspiring yogini, yoga teacher, and owner of 2 lovely yoga studios that are beautiful communities full of great students and rock star teachers.

Ellen is just a lovely, inspiring soul full of grace, joy, and wisdom that she loves to share.

Years ago while working as a paralegal she took a yoga class one day and was so inspired by how it made her feel that she had to follow that feeling to see where it would go.

That one class and her courage to say yes to something that called her lead her to yoga teacher training, becoming a teacher, starting a yoga studio and then taking on another! Watch or listen now to the many lessons Ellen takes from her yoga practice into her life.

If your curious about her studios or giving yoga a try, take a class at one or both of her beautiful studios with any of her amazing teachers.

Learn more about classes and teacher training opportunities here. Give her studios a follow to stay informed and inspired!

Blue Bird Yoga Website

Blue Bird Instagram

Pure Hot Yoga St. Louis Website

Pure Hot Yoga St. Louis Instagram

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This week I was so lucky to sit down and have a conversation with Barbara Ginty! Barbara is a Certified Financial Planner who in a addition to having a successful practice has an amazing podcast called Future Rich Podcast. She has published over 200 episodes packed with information to help you gain financial literacy and get comfortable with things you should be thinking about to in your financial planning.

Barbara has has been featured on Yahoo Finance, NY Post, Refinery29, NBC, and CNBC. She is also one of the female advisors chosen to contribute to the Money Diaries Book, which was published in 2018.

To learn more about Barbara's amazing female hosted and female focused podcast, check out her website that has tons of useful tools and information about courses she offers!

Future Rich Podcast

And give her a follow on Instagram HERE.

If you want to dive more into Episodes around Personal Finance, here are a couple I published that you may like that felt related to the conversation I had with Barbara:

⁠Episode 57: Thoughts on Financial Planning⁠
⁠Episode 62: What Does it Mean to be Able to Afford a House?⁠

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THIS IS A BONUS EPISODE THAT IS THE VIDEO VERSION OF EPISODE 84. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH VIDEO YET SO PLEASE BE PATIENT AS I LEARN. :)

“If you want something you've never hadYou must be willing to do something you've never done.”

Thomas Jefferson

One of my brain’s favorite things to do is to trace the path I’ve followed to where I am today.

While dwelling on the past can be a waste of time and energy, painful and destructive even, learning to look for patterns of behaviors and habits to see what worked and what didn’t can be a powerful tool.

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I'm working on a full blog post for this episode to post on my new substack. I'll do my best to organize the information in a useful way that you can use as you pursue your dreams.

Stay tuned!

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“If you want something you've never hadYou must be willing to do something you've never done.”

Thomas Jefferson

One of my brain’s favorite things to do is to trace the path I’ve followed to where I am today.

While dwelling on the past can be a waste of time and energy, painful and destructive even, learning to look for patterns of behaviors and habits to see what worked and what didn’t can be a powerful tool.

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I'm working on a full blog post for this episode to post on my new substack. I'll do my best to organize the information in a useful way that you can use as you pursue your dreams.

Stay tuned!

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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

Viktor E. Frankl

This week I had a chance to sit down with Life Coach Cory Katuna. We had a delightful conversation about getting out of the victim mindset and into the creator seat of our lives. Cory has a wonderful way of looking at life as she seeks to crack the codes for fulfillment.

Cory is the co-founder of the coaching company The Light Touch. She and her partner Romee Fluit work with teams, families, companies, and friend groups as coaches, mentors and offer retreat opportunities.

Action Items:

Check out her website for The Light Touch to learn more about working with Cory and Romee and the opportunities they offer.
Follow Cory on Instagram to get daily doses of insight. Clarity Bombs, as one of her clients describes. :)

What one of her clients says:

"Cory has a gift to really listen, to zoom out and from that place give you a spot on, well-articulated and complete reflection or insight that will hit you like a clarity bomb. After almost a decade of doing deep inner work, she translates higher perspectives like a surgeon does with the utmost level of precision and care. Her level of thoroughness and eagerness to get to the essence of things, makes her an amazing coach and dialogue partner." — L.V.

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“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”

Immanuel Kant

“If all you want is more, you’ll never have enough”

Me :)

In this this episode I’ll dive into some thoughts that have been bouncing around my head for awhile concerning what abundance and ambition means and Can mean for you as you make your way through life.

As I said in my book, I chased the American Dream as it was presented to me for too many years of my life. Once I woke up from that and began pursuing my own dream, I got feedback that sometimes felt good and other times felt like criticism.

In this episode I dive into how I learned to deal with and understand these reactions and ideas on how you can define your own abundance and ambition as you make your was along on your journey.

As always please like and follow everywhere you can, give the show some stars and a review, repost when you feel an episode has been helpful or interesting to you.

Thank you!

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When we say yes to our dreams and follow the threads that pull at our hearts, it can lead us to new places and new people.

My Yes Ands, as I shared in AfterLIFE, Waking up From My American Dream) lead me across the ocean to the homeland of my grandparents and that journey, with the help of Rick Steves, lead me to Jackie Alio!

Last fall before I hike across Sicily, I spent 2 hours wandering the streets of Palermo like a kid in a candy shop absorbing the stories and lessons Jackie shared with me. In preparation for my next trip to Sicily I've begun reading some of her books. I was absolutely delighted when she said yes to coming on the show to share some of the things we talked about and to expand on the books she has written, including her soon to be released book: Kingdom of Sicily, 1130-1266, The Norman-Swabian Age and Identity of a People.

See the full show notes and all the links at Carloblog.com!

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This week I had a chance to sit down with my friend and coach Elli Richter to catch up and discuss her new book, WTF is Human Design, that she co-authored with Helen Hall.

Elli is the coach I mentioned in my book who gave me the golden advice to learn to have my own back and be my own best friend. This advice has had a profound effect on the last decade of my life as I've healed and grown.

I this 3rd episode with Elli we discussed the new tools she has been using in her practice that allow people to understand themselves, their energy, and how to feel their best. Her new book is titled "WTF is Human Design" co-authored with Helen Hall.

If you want to learn more about Human Design or the other tools Elli discussed in this episode, preorder WTF Is Human Design" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">WTF is Human Design.

To learn more about Elli or to work with her, check out her website: ellirichter.com

Also, Elli mentioned The Biology of Belief" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Biology of Belief and The Honeymoon Effect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Honeymoon Effect, by Bruce H. Lipton.

Finally here are the first two episodes where Elli appeared on It's the Journey:

Episode 7: Elli Richter-Helping People Remember Who They Are

Episode 34: Elli Richter, Practicing Letting Go, and Other Lessons from Life on the Road

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"Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success.”― APJ Abdul KalamMy son was telling me about an essay test he had to do where his professor gave the class 3 options to choose from. As he was describing that I remembered actually enjoying those kinds of projects, especially when it was a subject I was interested in. I realized that's all I'm doing here except the essay questions pop in my head every now and then and then I write or podcast about them..so, here goes.I was posting a reel the other day with some videos I made on my pilgrimage. I was answering one of the questions I had gotten many time and that was "Is it hard". My journey was difficult in many ways at different times, but I enjoyed it for so many reasons. As I made my way across the island my mind had so much time to wander about why we do hard things and how often they become stepping stone for massive growth and wonderful life lessons. I dove into this topic here in my 80th episode. Thank you for listening and Enjoy Your Journey,Carlo

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This week I took some time to try to crystalize some of the thoughts that were bouncing around my head on my hike through the mountains of Sicily from Palermo to Messina.

Part of the reason one does such a trip is to hopefully think about aspects of our lives and I did just that for hours each day. For nearly 30 days during my stay in Sicily I lived out of a backpack. I became very conscious of my things and was aware of why I carried each item and the purpose it could serve. I cannot say the same thing for all the stuff I still have in my home, which is massively reduced from what it used to be and from what the average American owns.

In consciously streamlining my life, my possessions, and commitments of my time and money have profoundly changed my life for the better and I'm searching for ways to continue this. My life on the road reinvigorated me for this project.

I've shared some of my thoughts here!

In this Episode I mentioned 2 other episodes where I discussed how simplification of my life has help me. Find those here:

Episode 58: Have Less, Live More

Episode 69: How Free Time Can Change Your Life

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"Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.”
― José Ortega y Gasset

I've have had many episodes where I spent time discussing planning and goal setting, but I haven't hit on the importance of our Values and how much they drive us in the right direction.

This week I'm excited to share this wonderful conversation I had with Julie Boll, CDTLF, CPCC on the importance of Values. Julie's 20 years of experience as a Dare to Lead Facilitator "people and organizations get clear on where they want to go and how they will get there. And then help them hold themselves accountable to propel their organizations forward." (from her website)

About Julie:

As a certified Dare to Lead facilitator (CDTLF), Julie Boll teaches people how to lead and live more courageously using the Dare to Lead framework developed by Dr. Brene Brown. Julie is the founder of Julie Boll Consulting, a consulting firm dedicated to helping people and organizations make the most of their time, energy and resources so they can maximize their impact on the community. Julie is a former grants professional with a $10 million track record in awarded grants and over 20 years experience in the nonprofit sector, serving in marketing, public relations and grant development roles. Julie is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), and McNellis Compression Planning® facilitator. Julie holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations and a Masters Degree in Education, both from Quincy University.

Learn more about Julie's services here:

www.juliebollconsulting.com

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“The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.”
― Dumas Malone

Everywhere you turn these days there are articles and gurus promising Balance. When we are really into something or are super excited about a goal our lives can't help but becoming out of balance in the sense that certain activities take up a greater part of our time and energy. If we want to become really good at something, learn a new skill, or really go after some big life goal, we have to put lots of energy into that.

I think lots of us are burned out because we aren't' directing the imbalance. It's coming from external places or from a lifetime of relationships and commitments we wouldn't choose if we had to do it all over again. If we aren't careful, our life will go by in an instant and well have wasted what we had on a balance if things that never made us feel alive.

I took some time this week to dive into this in my first episode since I got back from Sicily.

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In my book I took a lot of time to talk about how important it was to learn to love and trust myself enough to say yes to the things I wanted to do, have, and be. I also talked about how important it was to build a tribe of people who were supportive and helpful along the way. There are always going to be people though who are scared or fearful and may cast doubt on whatever it is you want to do, have, or be. It’s important to learn to listen and discern what might be helpful advice that could keep you safe or out of danger, and what might be someone’s own internal battles or fears that they are facing that are just coming to the surface when they hear about your goals or dreams.

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Lots of people have been asking me if I’m having fun. Often, the things in life that make us happy are not necessarily pleasurable in the moment. Any big goal or challenge we’ve tried to tackle might not be pleasurable in the moment, but it can bring us great joy and happiness as we move towards our goals and ideals in life. Along with an update from the pilgrimage, I tried to dive into this a little bit more to help answer the question: Am I having fun?

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Over the last couple weeks I’ve been a stranger everywhere I’ve gone. This experience has given me food for thought on what it’s like to be an outsider, and how different people treat outsiders. I’ve never been treated horribly, just more welcoming and more human in some places. Here are some of my thoughts on being a stranger, treating strangers with dignity, and being patient with others who are speaking a language that is not their mother tongue.

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Hey everyone, this is just a quick update on the road in Sicily. Yesterday I arrived at the halfway point of the city of Troina. I have 10 more cities to go that will probably take 13 or 14 days do, giving myself some rest days along the way. In this episode I wanted to give little bit of an update of how many days are and just an overview of what this trip is like.

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Another episode of my thoughts that are stewing on the road from Sicily. I’m recording this again using the Anchor app and my iPhone. I don’t have access to my laptop so I’m unable to add this to my website of the time. But, you’ll be able to listen here on Anchor or anywhere you enjoy podcasts.

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Some of you know that I’ve been planning to do a pilgrimage that will take me from one into the other of Sicily. I’ve been meaning to do an episode where I described what I’m actually doing and why and I finally had time to do that. I’ll try to keep doing updates as I go, but they’ll be more visual information on my various social media pages. Especially Instagram and Facebook.

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In this episode, I reflect back on how I used my career to achieve my goals and develop as a person. I recently was giving my son some advice as he started working a part-time job during college. He's studying business and working at a pizza restaurant in the kitchen. I encouraged him to observe how the business itself functioned. How he was managed and trained. How they handled inventory. How they served customers. How they handled problems. I told him that what he was learning in those areas was likely going to be far more valuable for his growth than what he is learning in school. That was my experience from my first experience earning money cutting grass to my final career.

In hindsight I found a way to make the most out of situations I found myself in and that made huge difference in my life.

Are you using your career or job to grow personally? Where is it taking you?

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When are lives are so full of the "have to's" of life, we don't have time to think about what WE really want to do, have, or be. Intentionally freeing up my time gave me the space to look inward. That practice helped me rediscover my path and my life has and is changing from this.

Listen now to learn why you should created some space and time away from the grind to look at your path.

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Since I retired from financial planning this year people have asked me 2 question more than anything else. What are you going to do, and How I knew I was done.

Today I'm going to dive into the second one, because, like Steven Covey recommended, I think it's helpful to begin with the end in mind. That end, the lifestyle we think we want to live and how much it will cost, will evolve as we go through life; but I firmly believe that proper planning, early and often, is vital to your success.

Listen now to learn more.

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"I always resented all the years, the hours, the

minutes I gave them as a working stiff, it

actually hurt my head, my insides, it made me

dizzy and a bit crazy — I couldn’t understand the

murdering of my years

yet my fellow workers gave no signs of

agony, many of them even seemed satisfied, and

seeing them that way drove me almost as crazy as

the dull and senseless work."

Charles Bukowski, American Poet

It’s so funny now how quickly themes and topics rise and fall on the interwebs bringing forth discussion, arguments, debates, judgment, snarky sniping and lots of hashtags.

Quiet Quitting is the newest thing I’ve been seeing, and like so many other issues today people seem to quickly organize themselves into 2 camps on an issue. Is it good, or is it bad? From a guy who lived what I feel like was a half life for the first 40 something years of my life…quiet quitting scars our souls and robs us of OUR precious lives. Henry David Thoreau said “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” I remember reading that with the sting of knowing that is what I was doing, but I didn’t believe that I could or deserved any better.

At the same time, American corporate culture has more than quietly quit the teams of people it needs to survive. Expecting no work life balance, no boundaries, and a pizza lunch to make up for eeking out a living while the CEO and upper management are raking in ridiculous incomes and will lay off thousands if needed to cut costs and keep their bonus. Casual Friday and Employee of the Month awards were supposed to make up for no real vacation time and being held captive at your employer by your health insurance. Because of how so many companies treat their employees, I can understand where this comes from…but it’s toxic for EVERYONE.

For me, when I find myself in anything that I’ve quietly quit or I’m in a relationship, friendship situation that has quietly quit ME, I set a goal to fix it or remove myself from that as quickly as possible. Immediately when possible. With this mindset, I’ve deconstructed virtually every aspect of my life in the last decade, and you can too.

What is Quiet Quitting?

An article by Axios described it as “performing only the tasks they’re required to, giving up on going “above and beyond,"”. Other posts I’ve seen have described it as “acting your wage”. That is doing the work you work hired or contracted to do and no more. Still others describe it as doing the bare minimum to not get fired.

So, is this a good thing? A bad thing?!

Listen now to dive into this and let me know your thoughts.

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I've written and talked about how our time in covid was like a collective time out for many of us, and if you've been following and listening a while you know during my timeout, I restructured a huge part of my life. I was delighted to find yet another example of someone who did this as well who wanted to share their journey with you.

Everett Morley took her time during covid to make changes with her career and relationship. In this episode she shared that story as well as how meditation and time alone in nature has been helpful for her.

Here were some things I took away from this fun episode:

It's important to recognize if a job, relationship, or even our location isn't right for us. It doesn't have to be terrible, but if it's not lighting you up, you may be wasting your life
Find your way to soul search. To look inside to discover what you DO want
Meditation and time alone in Nature were helpful for Everett
Chapter one of my book, AfterLIFE, Waking Up from My American Dream was called "Trust Yourself" and that message was reinforced by Everett today.

You can follow Everett on ticktock and instagram here!

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How do you feel in your gut when you know the next day is Monday versus when it’s Friday? If we’re not careful, we’ll spend 5 days of our lives looking forward to 2, and 40 plus years looking forward to however many years we can live in retirement. We’re taught from an early age that’s the norm. For me, I learned it from family, friends, T.V. shows, that I was supposed to dread Monday and LOVE Friday. That I needed to work hard to get a job that paid money so that I could have enough to quit it one day.

Love what you do Because I’m a problem solver, I dove into a finance in college and as a career because I was determined to understand this puzzle. If figuring out freedom was the goal, I was “supposed to” strive towards, why not go right to the rule book? So I did, and I was lucky enough to go to work for a company who specialized in working with small, closely held businesses. I was trained to help them with many things, and retirement was one of them. What I learned from them was invaluable.

I was shocked how many times I’d ask the business owner I met about their retirement goals. Lots of times they told me that they had no intention of retiring. They loved what they did! Now, it’s easy to imagine someone doing something glamourous like being a artist, writer, or actor saying such a thing, but an owner of a concrete company, a restaurant, or a machine shop?! 20 something year old Carlo was surprised and curious. I asked them why, and they told me!

Most often people in this situation had spent a lifetime building something and they were proud of it. They loved their customers and employees. The derived a sense of purpose from continuing to do this thing they had devoted their life to and a sense of satisfaction from how this business impacted the families of their team, as well as their own.

So, if you are lucky enough to find something you are really good at, that gives you a sense of purpose and meaning, and ultimately you feel you have nothing to retire From, then you’ve hit the jackpot!

Know Your Why Another way to find more meaning in the days of your life, is to have a really clear understanding of why you are doing it and then align your life, habits, and behavior around that why.

I consider myself lucky to have found a career that allowed me to build a business that aligned with my skills and passion. It was because of that alignment and my decision to start a business) that I was good enough at it (and lucky) to have the success I wanted. But, in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn’t what I wanted to do forever. I knew it was something I had to do for money and I didn’t see a path that allowed me to immediately change what I was doing without putting my family in a bad financial situation.

In AfterLIFE, Waking Up from My American Dream, I walked through the changes I made with my business to bring it into alignment with my higher purpose and clearer vision, and these are the actions that ultimately brought me the financial freedom I had been looking for.

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A key point though is that even if you absolutely love what you do, you should do your planning for your financial freedom in case you don’t get to decide when your done. Your health, the economy, your company, or any number of things could take away your ability to keep doing what you do...or you could find yourself burned out one day. I’ve even seen people’s desire to work change when grandkids come along.

A friend once told me that the best decision in life is the one that gives us the most options...and building your financial freedom does just that.

Good luck to you!

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Saying YES to our dreams and stepping forward in that direction, even if we don't have the answers or feel ready, is SO important.

Diane Marie did just that and she shares her beautiful stories and wisdom with us here. I was inspired and so grateful for our time together, and I know you will love her story too.

Here are some key lessons I loved hearing and want to capture:

Years before she knew she wanted to create this company that captured her love of candles, travel, and Italy (where she was born and raised for the first 9 years of her life) Diane Marie knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. Even though she didn't know in exactly what way, she said yes to that dream and began reading and studying to be prepared
When the idea came she was ready and launched into it (during covid like I did with this project!)
Diane Marie shared how journaling has been an important part of her journey to: set goals, reflect on her progress, record her emotions, and cultivate an attitude of gratitude to keep her confidence up as she moved in the direction of her dreams.

This episode is so fun and full of stories and advice you can take action on. Give it a listen and please check out Italy in a Jar Candles and give her a follow on social media and her newsletter!

Italy in a Jar Candles Website
Italy in a Jar Candles Instagram
LinkedIn
TickTok

Thank you for joining me. Please visit Carloblog.com to learn more about the book that inspired this project. AfterLIFE, Waking Up from My American Dream.

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“First say to yourself what you would be;

and then do what you have to do.”

― Epictetus

When I graduated college and began my first job, my manager loaned a copy of a Brian Tracy seminar to me. One thing he said that stuck out to me was that fewer than 3% of adults have clear written goals for their lives, but those who did often accomplished great things. I was determined to be in that 3% and I must say that doing so has made a tremendous impact on my life.

Here are some things I learned on my journey that I’d like to add to why clear written goals are important:

If you have clear goals you can model them
You can look at all your goals, time, and resources to see if they are compatible and realistic
You can prioritize your actions (sometimes we need to live out of balance to work through big goals)
Weigh benefit of one vs another
Build a specific action plan
Discover what you need to learn or where you need help
Weigh the cost of achieving
Look at possible risks or obstacles

Last, really ask yourself why you want something. Or, better yet, ask what outcome you are seeking. For example, if you want enough money to by a place in San Diego because it has beautiful weather near the beach, are there other places like that in the world where you could accomplish this for a fraction of the cost in terms of time, money, and ultimately life?

Listen now to to dive more deeply into all of this!

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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”

Henry David Thoreau, Walden

From time to time I see snarky comments floating around the internet with folks commenting about how they’ve been paying rent for 10 years without missing a payment, but the banks won’t qualify that person for a house. I absolutely understand the frustration but it comes from a partial understanding of the trust cost of owning a home.

Home ownership has become one of the defining features of the American Dream and it can be quite devastating and difficult for people who see this dream as a part of life and also forever out of reach. The insane housing market now coupled with high rents is making this feel worse. I’ll tackle renting vs. Owning another time. Today, as part of a series I want to do on financial literacy, I’d like to dive into what it means to be able to “afford” a thing and in this case specifically a house.

Before I start, I’m not giving any specific financial advice, just broad observations from my personal experience as a homeowner and a former financial planner for the previous 27 years.

Ok with that out of the way, let’s dive into what I mean.

First, banks do want to lend money and to as many people as possible who can pay them back with interest. Lenders are customers. The reality is, sadly, that a huge number of people who did “qualify” to buy a house, can’t really afford it, or at least that house, and it has a profound impact on their lives.

When you “qualify” for a loan they banks look at your credit score to see what kind of risk you might be from your history, your loan to value ratio, and your debt-to-income ratio. The rule of thumb I was taught in my training as a financial planner was the 30% rule. That is, spending 30% of your income on housing is a good place to start.

Problems:

Real time depreciation is rarely budgeted for accurately, if at all. If you buy an investment property, the government acknowledges the fact that you have to keep investing in the asset to keep it up and gives you a tax break to help pay for it, this isn’t recognized the same way for you as a home owner. According to investopedia, the depreciation for rental homes is 27.5 years, or 3.63%. A quick google search shows that the average home price in the US is over $400,000. To use that as an example, a homeowner should budget $14,520 per year to account for entropy. That is, repairs and maintenance.

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Last year when I announced that I was exiting my career as a financial planner people were curious about two big things:

1) What was I going to do?

2) How did I know I could do it?

The first on I tried to answer through my book (AfterLIFE, Waking up From My American Dream) and podcast (It’s the Journey), and that is I’m going to live a life of growth and purpose through the pursuit of my passions and interests. The other question was a result of years of planning and that’s what I want to talk about now.

Below is a blogpost I published in 2018 when I was a financial planner. For years and years I had been frustrated with the confusion that exists about what planning is and annoyed at how the financial industry sometimes perpetuated that confusion though everyone calling themselves a financial planner no matter what it was they actually did. I used to say it was as if every car salesman started calling themselves transportation consultants while still working for a car manufacturer.

I wrote this to try to help clear up the confusion and it resulted in new clients seeking me out as existing client wanting to take a fresh look at planning for themselves or loved ones. I’m talking about it still because people keep asking me how I knew I could pursue my dreams away from that career. I had a Blueprint and a roadmap I’m still following as I live my dreams. I hope you will begin today on yours!

To read the full blog post, please go to Episode 57: Thoughts on Financial Planning On Carloblog.com.

Thank you so much and enjoy your journey!

Carlo

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Welcome to episode 56! In the episode I took time some to expand on concepts I wrote about in AfterLIFE about pursing the life we want. I’ve combined the podcast with a full blog post I wrote below. Enjoy and feel free to comment or share. Thank you, Carlo “Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.” ― Ivan Illich Dream schools, dream cars, dream houses, dream weddings, and dream vacations are are often the things society encourages and expects us to want and do...so many of us, including me for decades, pursue these things without much thought because these thing were laid out for us as just what you do... To read the full blog post, click here to visit my website.

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It's been a minute, because according to my calendar it's nearly June! As life swings back to a more normal pace, or whatever this new normal is shaking out to be, I've taken some time to settle into the changes my life has been going though. In this episode, I took time time to catch you up on things and reflect on an expansion of the concept I talked about in Chapter 1 of AfterLIFE. In that chapter I described how important and difficult it was for me to learn to trust and listen to my heart and how foundational that was to all the changes that followed from that shift to this very day.

Without question, we are living through strange times. So much is shifting and these changes can shake us to our core. It's essential to have trusting and loving relationships to get through this, and those begin with the trust and love we have for ourselves and then radiate outward to every other part of our lives. Given this importance, it remains a focus in my life, and I wanted to share some thoughts that may be helpful to you on your journey.

Other News:

Last week I learned that AfterLIFE is a finalist in the Mind & Spirit Book Awards for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction, a division of the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs)! I'm so thrilled and honored by this recognition as well as the kind and beautiful feed and reviews I've received from so many of you! Thank you! Next month they'll choose the winners for each category, so keep your fingers crossed!

Next, I worked with the talented folks at Independent Press Award, who recognized AfterLIFE with 2 distinguished favorite awards, to create my very first book trailer! You can watch that HERE if you like.

That's all I have for today. I'm working on and through lots of projects that I'm not ready to talk about yet, but stay tuned! In the meantime, give yourself the gift of time to reflect on and make a plan for your dreams and get to work on building and living the life you want…right now! The rewards and joy from that are the person you become along they way on YOUR Journey.

All the best,

Carlo

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The craziness of the pandemic and all the other things going on in the world threw me off my game from an exercise standpoint. Last fall as I was thinking about this year, I set some goals and made my personal health a priority. These past couple months as I've been changing and restricting what I eat and increasing my exercise with strength training and yoga, I've been feeling better and better. What I'm doing is tough and not always pleasurable in the moment, but I'm making steady progress towards an important personal goal, and that makes me happy.

This got me thinking about this concept of self care and I thought I'd talk about some things I've learned.

I hope this is helpful as you work towards your dreams and goals.

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This is officially my first episode of season two of It’s the Journey and for 2022! I’ve been quiet lately. I do that as I’m preparing for big projects or going through change. I introvert. I’m not ready to start making episodes regularly, I just wanted to give an update on some things and share some clarity I have discovered.

7-27-9 Ultimately what I was looking for was freedom.

I saw a glimpse of that in high school while working at Waldbart Tree Nurusry in Florissant. I saw the boss come and go. I saw a glimpse of the life he had. I saw that he had no boss other than to do what was needed to make the business succeed and that he had an amazing team, including his own family to help with that. In contrast, I saw many of my mom’s friends and co-workers losing jobs they had had all their careers as the defense industry was in a pull back.

Personally I always hated being told what to do or be just…because.

I took some time in this episode to dive into that in a way that will hopefully be helpful for you and your dreams.

Thanks for listening.

Let me know what you think!

Best,

Carlo

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“We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them with the products of our factories and printing presses and movie studios and all the rest.”

―Thomas Merton

I’ve tried touching on this theme a few different ways with my writing and the podcast. This external pressure and message that gets reinforced nearly everywhere of how we should live, who we should be, how we spend out time, money, and our very lives. The message is so loud and incessant. Whatever we have, it’s not enough. We should strive for more. To have more, to be more…forever and always more, but…more WHAT? If what we have today is more than 5 years ago, and it’s not enough, why would still more be the answer?

I was very aware of this in my 20’s and 30’s and the problem solver and planner in me gave those decades of my life trying to solve this “problem”. To fix my “lack” for the the world. To work harder, try harder, learn more, so I could earn more. The more I earned the more I had to earn because life became more expensive. The crisis I went through helped me see, the HOLE wasn’t in me. I am WHOLE, and so are you.

More What, Exactly? I as gained the confidence…no, the Audacity to simplify, I was shocked that the comments and judgment I got from all kinds of unsolicited sources. “Are you happy in that little apartment. Are you happy in the city? Are you happy in that area? Do you think you’ll move back (to the county)? Over time I learned to not worry about what other people think. I learned that the more I live my life in alignment with my values that I would find and attract folks into my life in alignment with my new path and that some people were happy to come along with me. More so than anyone, my kids.

I told my story in AfterLIFE about how simplifying me world from material and financial perspective opened up time and resources to focus on on my personal growth and interests. This gave me the time, experiences and space to redesign virtually every aspect of my life.

This past year I’ve focused even more on simplification. I’ve given away 4-5 truck loads of stuff to charity. Even more when I think about my old office.

And, I’ve been super focused on my consumption. Since covid started I’ve only purchased 1 pair of shoes, 3 pairs of socks, and a T-shirt from a clothing perspective. My closets and storage spaces are so much emptier. My cabinets are suddenly useful again…but I still feel like it’s too much. I’m very aware of things in my space and life that aren’t serving, and likely won’t serve any purpose, so my hope is that in the year to come I can continue this process of shedding things. Lightening the load, as Sam Gamgee said.

I’m doing it with my things, relationships, experiences, career, and every other aspect of my life that I can.

I took some time to do this solo episode to ponder these things in a way that I hope is helpful for you.

Thank you for reading and listening.

Stay well,

Carlo

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Welcome back to It’s the Journey for part of my interview with author, Amanda Oliver! Below are the show notes from Episode 50 If you haven’t listened to that I’d recommend checking it out first! Did you know your destiny when you were a child?

I always admired kids who did, and my next guest is one of those people who knew what she wanted and has been on a path towards her dream nearly all her life!

Amanda Oliver knew at the age of 4 that she wanted to be a writer. In this first episode of two amazing episodes, she shares her journey that began with a 4 year old creating her own writer’s nook, to an amazing adult who is an award winning writer and is now publishing her first book!

In this episode we talk about Amanda’s journey to writing OVERDUE: Reckoning with the Public Library. Often in life, the path to what we want isn’t a straight line. On her journey to writing this book, Amanda became a professional librarian only to learn how our libraries are filling too many rolls to list for our most vulnerable people.

Amanda summed it up the best in an NPR interview in 2019 when she said:

“I’m trained in information organization, but nothing...Nothing I learned in my masters program helped me with what being a librarian actually looks like, which was caring for the patrons.”

Amanda has been interviewed about libraries and being a librarian for NPR, CBC Radio, The Associated Press, The Guardian, The American Scholar, and American Libraries Magazine. In addition to her own experience she interviewed 75 additional librarians while preparing to write this important book.

Listen now to hear her amazing story. I was blown away about all the things librarians have to do, and now I love and cherish them even more.

Learn more about Amanda at amandaoliver.com. On her site you can learn about and pre-order her book. (You can also order it at your favorite local bookstore to give them some love. I ordered my copy from Left Bank Books, here in St. Louis) In addition you can find some of her published essays, which are just beautiful.

I’m so grateful Amanda took time to talk with me about her book, and in the next episode a bit more about her journey. Don’t miss part 2!

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Did you know your destiny when you were a child?

I always admired kids who did, and my next guest is one of those people who knew what she wanted and has been on a path towards her dream nearly all her life!

Amanda Oliver knew at the age of 4 that she wanted to be a writer. In this first episode of two amazing episodes, she shares her journey that began with a 4 year old creating her own writer’s nook, to an amazing adult who is an award winning writer and is now publishing her first book!

In this episode we talk about Amanda’s journey to writing OVERDUE: Reckoning with the Public Library. Often in life, the path to what we want isn’t a straight line. On her journey to writing this book, Amanda became a professional librarian only to learn how our libraries are filling too many rolls to list for our most vulnerable people.

Amanda summed it up the best in an NPR interview in 2019 when she said:

“I’m trained in information organization, but nothing...Nothing I learned in my masters program helped me with what being a librarian actually looks like, which was caring for the patrons.”

Amanda has been interviewed about libraries and being a librarian for NPR, CBC Radio, The Associated Press, The Guardian, The American Scholar, and American Libraries Magazine. In addition to her own experience she interviewed 75 additional librarians while preparing to write this important book.

Listen now to hear her amazing story. I was blown away about all the things librarians have to do, and now I love and cherish them even more.

Learn more about Amanda at amandaoliver.com. On her site you can learn about and pre-order her book. (You can also order it at your favorite local bookstore to give them some love. I ordered my copy from Left Bank Books, here in St. Louis) In addition you can find some of her published essays, which are just beautiful.

I’m so grateful Amanda took time to talk with me about her book, and in the next episode a bit more about her journey. Don’t miss part 2!

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“When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home.”

Rumi

I want to dive deeper into something I’ve touched on in more than one episode, and that is how friends, family, and others can poison our dreams if we let them. But not to be mean. They do it out of a fear and lack of self belief that is inside them and they are just trying to protect us, but that doesn’t make it any less toxic.

Like most kids, I had many big dreams for my life of what I wanted to do, have, and me. As I began vocalizing some of those my mom and others in my life let me know why I shouldn’t even try. Teachers, professors, and even my mom regularly did this. When my earliest dream of being an astronaut was squashed in grade school the planner in my dialed in on a more practical plan for adventure. One day in grade school, I was at a buddy’s house and he asked me what I was going to be when I grew up. I proudly, and for the first time, said out loud that I had decided to be a truck driver so I could get paid to drive all over the country and see everything! My friend laughed in my face and told me that was ridiculous and parroted what his parents had told him about the necessity of college. (The allergy Americans have for the trades is ridiculous and harmful to us individually and collectively. That’s very much a topic for the future)

As I got older and entered college...

See full blog on my website here!

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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Over and over again, my guests give examples of people tapping into what is within them and share how it has made their lives more meaningful. My next guest, Sandra Vibe is yet another beautiful example of this!

Sandra joined me from her lovely studio in Lithuania to share her journey to becoming a fulltime artist. We often know what we really want in our lives, and it takes courage to say yes to that. Listen now to hear Sandra’s story for wisdom and inspiration to help you on your journey!

Check out her instagam page here.

Check out her YouTube channel here where interviews other artists.

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Every year for as long as I can remember, I have begun looking at the results of my current year in the 4th quarter to begin assessing my progress and planning the next year. We have 2 months left to accomplish whatever we are going to this year, and to set some goals for the next.

As I began this ritual for myself this year, I thought I'd share some things that have been helpful for you here. In addition to what I talk about in this episode, I want to say making a mind map of my goals has been helpful for me too. I started doing this about 10 years ago. What I do is put my name in the middle of the page. I draw branches off of the center and organize my goals visually by categories that make sense to me. Then, when they are all out there in one spot, it's easy to see how they fit together or how some may not be compatible with others. Maybe I'll do that as a separate episode in the future with some video?

Last, if you have any books or tools around goal setting post them in the comments, share on my social media page or feel free to email them! If I get a collection I can compile and share.

Let's make 2022 out best year yet!

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This is part 2 of my conversation with Mollie! Notes From Part 1 My next guest focusses on the funny and casual side of life, but don't let those adjectives fool you! Mollie Amburgey is a rock star, and is killing it! After studying Theater and Journalism at SLU she graduated in 2013. She went on to produce plays in St. Louis, Cincinnati (OH), Covington (KY), Chicago (IL)!

Mollie has been performing stand up for 5 years now, and in the 6th season of her own podcast, The Casually Mollie Podcast, where she interviews a network of comedians, musicians, & entertainment from around the country!

I'm so grateful that Mollie took time to talk with us. Molly has some great stories and wisdom here to help inspire you to say yes to whatever you are wanting to do.

This is part 1 of 2 episodes with Mollie. The second one will be out in 2 days!

In the meantime, you can learn more about Mollie, see her schedule for her stand up, and please check out her amazing podcast that I was lucky enough to be a guest on earlier this year! Don’t forget to subscribe to here all her latest episodes.

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My next guest focusses on the funny and casual side of life, but don't let those adjectives fool you! Mollie Amburgey is a rock star, and is killing it!

After studying Theater and Journalism at SLU she graduated in 2013. She went on to produce plays in St. Louis, Cincinnati (OH), Covington (KY), Chicago (IL)!

Mollie has been performing stand up for 5 years now, and in the 6th season of her own podcast, The Casually Mollie Podcast, where she interviews a network of comedians, musicians, & entertainment from around the country!

I'm so grateful that Mollie took time to talk with us. Molly has some great stories and wisdom here to help inspire you to say yes to whatever you are wanting to do.

This is part 1 of 2 episodes with Mollie. The second one will be out in 2 days!

In the meantime, you can learn more about Mollie, see her schedule for her stand up, and please check out her amazing podcast that I was lucky enough to be a guest on earlier this year! Don’t forget to subscribe to here all her latest episodes.

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The Casually Mollie Podcast

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I'm so excited to share this fun conversation I had with world traveler and journalist, Kathleen Evans! I am so grateful she joined me on It's the Journey.

In our time together Kathleen shared her journey and the wisdom she has gathered through her life lessons. These lesson lead her to leave the corporate grind, so she could live the Pura Vida in Costa Rica!

She traded the treadmill of corporate sales, for a life in a place the checked all the boxes of what she was looking for!

Kathleen and her husband have lived in Costa Rica for 8 years where she works as a Journalist for the magazine International Living. Kathleen gets to live her dream and share what she learns along the way. In addition to this, she is writing her first novel! (see her website for more information about all her projects and links to tons of her work!)

Kathleen’s story is about discovering what she wanted, and then going for it! Her journey involves packing up and creating a whole new life in another country, but the wisdom she shares is applicable to so many situations…maybe even yours! Maybe Kathleen will inspire you to say YES to your dreams!

Thanks for listening and enjoy your journey!

Kathleen’s Website

International Living Magazine

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Morgan Noll is embodies the messages I keep talking about around saying yes to what’s pulling you, and being the change. During the pandemic, Morgan reflected on her values and how to better apply them to her life. The result of that was her decision to open a business grounded in the the values of sustainability, social justice, and self-care! The Social Goods Marketplace was the result of that hard work!

In this episode Morgan and I jumped around all kinds of topics and it was so fun!

Join us please and I know you’ll be delighted and inspired by Morgan’s Journey!

Where to find and follow The Social Goods Marketplace:

Website

Instagram

Notes:

WE discussed the CEO who took a pay cut to set the minimum salary at his business at $70,000. Here’s article about that: Link

Ken Wilber book I mentioned. Wicked and Wise, Climate Change, Democracy, and Integral Theory

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Welcome Back to It's the Journey!

The next 2 episodes feature Stephen Finlay Archer!

When we are kids we often have many things we love to do just for the sheer joy in the activity. When we grow up, we often set aside those things as we take on "adult" things. Our many roles and responsibilities often take all our time and energy. In AfterLIFE I told my story of how I rediscovered so many aspects of myself that had been put away in a shoe box. Important parts of me were in the dark and forgotten, only to be rediscovered after I went through a crisis in my life.

Stephen is a beautiful example of someone who was able to feed those other aspects of himself over the years so that when he retired as an engineer, the writer inside him was able to grow and evolve to the present day!

Stephen is a prolific writer and lifelong learner and has combined those traits to write many books, including a series called "The Irish Clans" that covers covers the Irish revolutionary period from 1915 to 1923. If you like fiction, you'll love Stephen's stories...especially if you are interested in Irish culture and history!

In this first episode I just posed a quick question to Stephen around retirement.

Later this week I'll release the full episode where we dive into Stephen's full story of launching into his writing career and a host of other interesting stories about his writing, research and more!

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“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ― Henry Ford Welcome Back to It's the Journey! Children usually have many things they love to do, just for fun.

Playing, in other words.

When we grow up we sometimes forget that. Often, we set aside those joys as we take on "adult" activities. Our many roles and responsibilities often take all our time and energy. In AfterLIFE, Waking Up from My American Dream, I told my story of how I rediscovered so many aspects of myself that had been put away in a shoe box. Important parts of me were in the dark and forgotten, only to be rediscovered after I went through a crisis in my life.

My guest for the next 2 episodes is Stephen Finlay Archer! Stephen is a beautiful example of someone who was able to feed those other aspects of himself over the years so that when he retired as an engineer, the writer inside him was able to grow and evolve to the present day!

Stephen is a prolific writer and lifelong learner, and has combined those traits to write many Irish historical fiction novels, including a series called "The Irish Clans" which covers the Irish revolutionary period from 1915 to 1923. If you like fiction, you'll love Stephen's stories...especially if you are interested in Irish culture and history!

In addition to his novels, Stephen also has a weekly blog where he shares interesting historical events with his readers. Stephen has a deep interest and love for his Irish roots and, like me with my Italian history stories, loves to share what he learns! Please check them out on his links below.

I hope you enjoy this conversation and learn as much from Stephen as I did!

Where to Find Stephen’s Books, Blog and Updates: Website

Twitter

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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

In the last episode you got a sneak peak of my guest Marina Krivonossova, and on this one you get to learn about her journey!

In the show notes of episode 39, I mentioned that Marina's life has already been a literal journey that has taken her many places. She was born in Russia, grew up in California, and now lives with her husband in the Netherlands! Marina has a successful career that she enjoys in Digital Social Media Marketing, and, in her free time, has recently launched a podcast called Stand up For Human Rights (Listen to it here or on Spotify!) where she interviews guests to help bring awareness to various issues around Human Rights.

In this episode she shares how an international relations course she took during her time at University of California Irvine changed the direction of her life! Over and over again this story is told through my guests. When we say yes to a date, a class, a party, a book, we have no idea how that may impact our lives! (I dedicated a whole chapter to “Yes And” in my book, AfterLIFE, Waking up from My American Dream)

The class Marina took helped her find a life purpose that is still driving her and has lead her to start this podcast where she and her fascinating guests talk about issues around human rights. I've listened to a couple episodes and have learned so much. I hope you will too!

I know you will learn from Marina's story and be impacted by her message about human trafficking. Thank you for listening and enjoy your journey!

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“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.”

Mark Twain

Welcome back to It's the Journey and to my first episodes with a guest since I left for Dublin!

I'm back now and had a chance to do a two part episode with an incredible human being named Marina Krivonossova!

Marina took time out of her day in the Netherlands to share bit and pieces of her story that began in Russia, circled through California and landed in the Netherlands...for now. Marina has an exciting career that she's passionate about as a Digital Social Media Marketer and she has found time to launch a podcast called Stand up For Human Rights where she interviews guests who help bring awareness to various issues around Human Rights.

What she's doing and why is the focus of the next episode. To give you an idea of what's coming, I posed a question to Marina about advice she'd give to someone as they try to face their fears. At an early stage in life, Marina has done and is doing so much. Tune in here to hear her secret and tune in to episode 40 to hear about her journey!

Listen to her podcast Stand up For Human Rights on GHRTv here or on Spotify here!

Her message about human rights and human trafficking is important and needed. Give it a listen to raise your awareness and maybe change a life!

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So often in life we can be our own harshest critic. Some people take pride in that...about how tough they are on themselves. I'm not proud of this, but being tough on me is something I've done my whole life. Several years ago in a workshop for the Strategic Coach I learned how destructive that is and counterproductive to us as individuals and to those in our lives. It's deflating and demotivating. If you have kids, you'll teach them to do that to themselves...as I was taught. If you have a team you manage or work with you'll destroy their confidence and create a negative, unhappy work environment.

Listen now to the secret I learned and how I'm trying to reinforce it in my life as I pursue my dreams!

Notes:

In this episode, I mention a book I read by Italian professor and author Adriano Di Gregorio. Check out his website here!

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During my second week in Dublin I finally got in synch with their time zone, had more time to wander around the parks and museums, I participated in an amazing tour with Lorcan Collins and his 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour (5 stars without hesitation. Do this when your in Dublin), connected with a member of the Irish Parliament (Chris Andrews TD quietly joined out tour! At the end of the tour, a group photo was taken with us all and he tweeted it! He even listened to one if my episodes! Amazing!!), I also saw my first live theater performance since February 2019 at The Glass Mask Theater (I saw a play called The Day of the Zebra, written and directed by Neil Flynn and performed by the amazing trio of Stephen Jones, Kieran Roche, and Sinèad Keegan. 5 Stars for that too! Amazing performance in a wonderfully cozy theater in the round).

In between all these activities I’ve been making my way through some works by Oscar Wilde since he went to Trinity College. The free time gave my brain some space to make some connections that I share here. Thanks so much for listening!

This is version 1.0 of my goal of being able to do episodes on the road. 7 months from now I’ll be done with my career as a financial planner and will be able to put all the time and attention into this that I want. As I’ve said before, I’ll do this as long as it is fun. Years ago, I always had to have ”certainty in my life“. Or rather, the illusion of it. From a place of pain and fear I sought to control things outside my control and wasted many years worrying about things that never happened or things over which worrying didn’t impact at all. All we can do is focus on what we have control over, our actions. That’s it.

There’s a lot going on in the world right now and the internet will feed it all to you with a firehose if you let. Take care of yourself, guard your peace, turn the media off when you need to. Know that worrying about all the things, won’t fix any of them. All each of us can to is exert energy and effort over thing things we can control. Our thoughts, our response to our emotions, our actions and our inner peace. Take care of yourself. You can’t be the change or live your dream if you are drained.

Enjoy your journey,

Carlo

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After months of planning and thinking about it, I was finally able to record and produce a full episode from on the road! With some down time to think, I took a moment in my Temple Bar Airbnb to reflect on a question I keep getting asked about what’s next for me as I come to an end of my 27 year career as a financial planner. We all will have many beginnings and endings in our lives. Sometimes they are forced on us, other times we choose. My experience is that it’s sometimes scarier to choose a big change. But, once I do my analysis and make up my mind it’s much more fun to know this is my choice and isn’t happening due to things outside my control. Either way, the lessons I share in AfterLIFE, and the stories my guests have been sharing should give you lots of insights and references to help you on Your Journey!

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Join me on my first totally in the field interview with Micah Johnson! I took my equipment to Idle Hands Grooming Company to catch up with Micah. Micah was my very first guest on It's the Journey. During our conversation in Episode 2, Micah told stories about the experiences in his life that lead him to co-founding his own hair salon. When he and his business partner, Andy Prost, pulled the trigger, the global pandemic began. They just celebrated their one year anniversary of being open (July 13) and I wanted to capture some of the lessons Micah took away from dealing with uncertainty as he pursued his dream. Sometimes we procrastinate or kill our dream because of fear. Micah and his team carried on and he shared some lessons here.

Enjoy, like, share, and say YES to your Dreams.

Also, book an appointment now with the link above. Micah and his team take care my whole family and they are just wonderful people.

If you haven't read AfterLIFE, Waking up from My American Dream, check it out HERE!

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Hey Kids!

In this episode I was lucky enough to spend some time with my amazing friend Elli Richter! Elli was one of my first guests, way back in Episode 7. During that conversation, she mentioned that she was about to hit the road and live the nomad life working from bed offices around the country applying her subconscious integrative coaching to client's all over the world from wherever in the world she happened to be!

In this episode Elli shares with us the good, that bad, and the hilarious concerning her adventures so far. This has been a dream of hers for a while and I'm so proud of her for doing it!

Elli is a treasure of a human being. Smart, funny, full of great stories and wisdom. You'll love this one for so many reasons and especially if you've ever dreamed of just hitting the road for an undetermined amount of time!

Check out her coaching services and ElliRichter.com and follow her on Instagram for lots of wisdom and inspiration!

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Hello and welcome to the 33rd episode of It's the Journey!

In this one I’m super honored to get to spend some time with my friend Kevin Mckernan, who is the Founder of The Improv Shop (an improv theater in St Louis, Missouri).

Kevin is a kind, humble, smart, caring guy, and a super thoughtful, patient, and motivating teacher! His work and passion for this artform has impacted so many lives including my own! (I devoted 2 chapters to improv in AfterLIFE, Waking up from My American Dream.)

In our time together, Kevin shared the story of how he ended up taking an improv class at St. Louis University High School and the butterfly effect from that resulted in him founding The Improv Shop in 2009, which has turned into a wonderful community of talented and amazing people who come together to laugh, learn, have fun, support, and love each other.

There are lots of great lessons here that I know can be helpful to you on your journey.

Thank you for listening. Please like and subscribe wherever you listen. Tell your friends and be sure to check out shows and classes at www.theimprovshop.com

Thank you,

Carlo

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Welcome back everyone and if you are new, thank you for joining!

This week I'm trying something new. I created this quick, sort of, Prequel Episode, with Kevin McKernan who is the founder of The Improv Shop, a great friend, and a treasure of a human being. I asked Kevin a quick question with the hope he would share his wisdom on a topic I thought would be helpful to you and he did just that!

Later this week I'll release an episode with our hour-ish long conversation about how he found improv, fell in love with it, and eventually began the theater that is a treasure for our city. If you read AfterLIFE, you'll know what an impact it had on me. If you've been listening to It's the Journey you'll have an idea of the wonderful people who are a part of this community.

In this episode I mentioned a few past episodes with stories to reinforce the wisdom Kevin shared here:

Episode 31 with Jodi Werner

Episode 14 with Helen Petty and

Episode 2 with Micah Johnson

Check them out, listen, learn, grow, share, like, review, and most importantly: Say YES to you dreams and Enjoy Your Journey!

AND please check out the site for The Improv Shop to see shows and sign up for classes! Their amazing teachers will make you feel so loved and supported, you'll have fun, you'll learn, grow, and meet some amazing, kind, and talented people. Say Yes!

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Welcome back for another episode of It's the Journey! If you are a first time listener, Welcome and thank you for joining me!

You all are in for a treat and some wonderful lessons!

My guest on this episode is Jodi Werner. I've known Jodi for just over 5 years. I met Jodi, like so many of my amazing friends, through improv. Over the years I've enjoyed seeing her skills grow as a chef, especially when she took on the responsibility of running the kitchen at The Improv Shop! It was so fun to see her take on that challenge and see her thrive as she continued to grow the menu and fine tune what the kitchen offered. It was always a treat to see her pop out of the kitchen to say "hi" and confirm her suspicions about who was at the shop based the orders that came through. And then it was always, always a joy to see Jodi up on stage. She's fearless, smart, and so, so funny!

Then, as it did for all of us, Covid impacted Jodi's world when the theater had to close due to the global pandemic. In this episode, Jodi tells her story of turning a lemon into lemonade as she decided to use her talents to start her own business and help provide comfort to friends, family, and eventually a huge and growing list of customers by providing home cooked meals through her new company, Jodi's Kitchen!

This is such a great story with so many wonderful lessons. And, there's a guest "appearance" from her talkative cat Siouxsie!

Check out the Facebook Group for Jodi's Kitchen. It's a closed group but you are totally welcome join so you can order some of Jodi's amazing home cooked meals and enjoy some of her food that really does feel like a hug. Jodi has a big heart full of love and you can feel that in her craft of cooking!

Thank you for listening and Thank you to Jodi for being an amazing human being! And as always, please say yes to Your Dreams, Follow the fun that is calling you, and Enjoy Your Journey!

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Welcome back to episode 30 of It's the Journey!

This week I wanted to take some time to talk the the usefulness of looking back over our lives, and dreaming forward as we decide what actions what want and need to talk TODAY. Now.

A decade ago I was wrestling with myself trying to force myself to stay in a marriage and situation I didn't want to be in any longer, but felt I had to. If you read AfterLIFE, you'll recall the story I told about how my therapist gently nudged me to think about the impact on my life of NOT changing. She didn't try to talk me into anything, but rather, held up a mirror and allowed me to see things I already knew deep down.

Every day, we have million of chances to decide how to act, what to do, what to say yes to that impacts our lives going forward. If we want to be the change we'd like to see in this world, then the change needs to start with each of us.

Thank you for joining me.

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“You just plod on and do what you can to make the world a better place,” Jane Goodall Great advice from someone who has devoted their life to making the world a better place.

With this Episode I wanted to do something I've been thinking about for awhile, and that is spending a bit more time diving into lessons I've learned or continuation of ideas from a previous episode. In #28, with Lucinda Perry Jones, we dove into the topic of change.

A current that runs through AfterLIFE and many of the stories guest share on It's the Journey, is change that had to be made in order to do something new. I wanted to share more things I've been implementing in my life to Be the Change I want to see. I've gotten kind feed back from listeners about the few things I have shared as well as new ideas that I have implemented from listeners and friends. As my guest Helen Petty pointed out in Episode #14, making changes in our behavior that supports causes we care about is a form of activism. I had never thought about it that way, but her observation has empowered me to think of more ways I can be involved in making an impact on the world one action at a time.

Please share things you are doing in the comments or on my social media posts to help others Be the Change!

Thank you!

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"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”

Alan Watts

Welcome back to It's the Journey!

With the book AfterLIFE, Waking Up from My American Dream and this podcast, I have been working hard to provide lots of inspiring examples of people pursuing their dreams in order to help inspire listers like you!

Sometimes, in order to make space for the things we want to do in life, we have to stop doing other things, or change.

My guest in the episode is a literal change expert!

Lucinda's Bio:

"Lucinda Perry Jones is Principal at Accelerate Change. She is a strategist who delights in unlocking potential in organizations and individuals by leveraging expert knowledge and collective wisdom to achieve real-time results. Her services include whole systems facilitation and design, leadership and mission alignment, strategic planning, and coaching. As a doctoral candidate at Brandman University’s Organizational Leadership Program in Irvine, California, her research examines how leaders use influence to reach organizational goals. Contrary to popular myth, her philosophy is that curious cats lead interesting, long lives. Lucinda can be contacted at www.achangeconsulting.com and luci@achangeconsulting.com."

If you're curious about Lucinda's coaching services reach out to her for a 15 minute conversation to see if it's a mutual fit!

Last, I mentioned a Mark Twain Quote during the episode that I knew I had botched. Here's what he actually said:

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."

Mark Twain

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Episode 27! Good golly!

Hello to my regular listeners and Welcome Aboard to all my first time listeners!

This week I'm proud to bring you the amazing Steven Harowitz!

Steven is just the kindest, coolest, calmest, chillest soul, who has this amazing gift of being, as he describes, a starter of things. And I will add, quite cool things!

I wanted to talk to him about his Campfire Creation. Campfire is an organization that "elevates everyday voices" and that helps with "Amplifying your stories through our events, podcast, and social media".

Campfire just celebrated 5 years of existence. Congratulations!

I've watch it grow from a passion project Steven worked on in his off hour to his full time job! Before I started my podcast I took the beginner story telling class to help me with I'm doing here and I liked it so much I signed up for the advanced class! Steven and his whole team are just amazing people and a joy to learn from.

My conversation with Steven was as delightful as always and we hit on so many things that I hope will be useful and inspirational to your Journey and personal growth. Please join me in my hour with Steven Harowitz!

For more information about Campfire or to find out about classes, which I Highly recommend, please click here.

Give them a follow on Instagram at @cmpfr to keep up with their programs or to attend a storyteller event, which would be a delightful way to spend an evening.

If you'd like to hear my story and enjoy the wonderful ring light reflection on my glasses that I totally couldn't see as it was recorded, then please click here!

As always, please don't forget to give It's the Journey a like, share or review and check out My Journey in the award winning book I wrote, AfterLife, Waking up from My American Dream

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Eh Cumpari!

Hey Buddies!

If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen my post about this last Sunday on Father's Day. I recently discovered the name of a song I hadn't heard in about 40 years!

It has been a mystery to me all this time and hearing it brought back a flood of memories, emotions, and lessons I wanted to share.

Also, Anchor has a function that allows me to put music right in a episode, but when I do that it doesn't get played on channels outside Anchor and Spotify.

The episode just has a short clip, here is the whole song!

Eh Cumpari Link

Thank you,

Carlo

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Welcome to Episode 25!

I'm just one episode shy of being halfway to my goal of 1 per week for this year! Thank you for coming along for the ride, for all the wonderful and helpful feedback, all the likes, shares, reviews and downloads, and Welcome Aboard if you are new! If you're just joining me and wondering what this is all about, Episode 1 is my intro episode that lays out what I'm hoping to do and provide for my audience with this project.

This week I'm back with a guest and I was lucky to get to spend an hour with the wise and wonderful Dana Pauzauskie, founder of Opal Eyes Co!

Opal Eyes "envisions a world where all Beings live in alignment with themselves, with one another andwith the natural world we share. We envision a world where intellectual and intuitive intelligence are valued, nourished and celebrated; a world where insight and action lead to harmony for all." (From the Opal Eyes Co Vision/Values Page).

How beautiful is that?

Where did this vision come from?

I'm glad you asked!

In this episode Dana shares how her literal journey from the plains of Kansas, to the Wilderness of Alaska, and eventually the mountains of Colorado, gave her experiences in research, education, environmental justice, and yoga. These experiences gave her the the means and space to remember a deeper connection with herself and called her to create Opal Eyes to help others.

As we exit the Grand Time out of 2020 and move into whatever awaits us, I want to keep providing examples and tools to help you on your journey. I know Dana's story and professional offering will help with both.

To learn more, check out her website Opal Eyes Co. You can sign up for her newsletter there and find her Refreshing World View Podcast. Here is her episode where she interviewed me!

You can can follow her for fun and beautiful content on Instagram Here.

Thank you so much!

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As as aspects of pre-covid life return; driving, meetings, lunches, coffee, etc., life has gotten busier. Though I have a few episodes already recorded, I didn't have the energy to listen to them to edit them...so I made a short one with some things I've been pondering about what I do and don't want in my post covid life.

I'll be back next week with some great conversations!

Thank you for listening!

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Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the Amazing Julie Gill!

Julie is another wonderful, creative, intelligent, kind, creator from my improv tribe. Julie listened to something that was calling to her after college to create a community of families that didn't want the traditional educational system, and that led her to open her own school! Juniper Root Woodland Preschool, located in Chesterfield Missouri, is a Montessori-inspired nature-based community for children. From the outside, meaning conversations with Julie and social media, I have admired the beautiful community Julie and her team are building so I wanted to dive into what it is and how she came to open her own school.

Once again, here is a great example of someone who saw something they felt the world needed, felt a tug at their heart, and then listened to it, said Yes and took action to make it happen! The more examples I see if others saying yes dreams, the more inspired I am to keep following mine. Please join me as we dive into Julie's Journey!

Learn more about Juniper from the link above and here is their email!

info@juniperpreschool.com

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”Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost Welcome back It's the Journey!

This week I had the honor to sit down with my friend Lisa Dittmar from her home in London!

Lisa has a wonderful ability to take a big picture view of her life, and the direction it’s heading, and make important decisions based on that. Both of those are such valuable life skills and Lisa those PLUS the courage to say YES to what’s pulling her.

In our time together she shares stories not only about her journey, but also some very helpful perspectives that have allowed her to take the the road less traveled to feed her hunger for purpose.

Please enjoy, like, share until your heart is content.

Thank you so much and please, Enjoy YOUR Journey!

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Welcome back to It's the Journey. With episode 21 I took some time to reflect on the progress the podcast has made as well as some other projects I have going on in my life.

At the end of my book, AfterLIFE, Waking up from My American Dream, I mentioned some projects I was working on, but not ready to share with the world. Well, now I'm ready.

Thank you again for joining me on this journey. As always I wish you all the joy, luck, and love on yours!

Please subscribe wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Write quick review if you can and check out my book wherever you like to buy books!

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Welcome back to It’s Journey and to part 2 with Andy Sloey!

In this episode we dive in deeper to the world of improv. I listened to this again before posting it and am so excited to present this to you. If you love improv or have been curious about it listening to some of Andy’s thoughts about the process are like sitting in on a Masters level class on the subject. Even if you don’t perform, it’ll help you gain an appreciation for the artform and may just inspire you to take a class!

Below is the Intro from last week in case you jumped ahead! Listen to Episode 19 if you get a chance!

Intro:

Andy is a gem of a human being. He’s a kind, caring, friend, a talented and insightful teacher and coach, a leader, partner, an amazing father to two awesome human beings (and some furry friends) and he’s also an Amazing actor and improvisor. I learn from him every time I get to see him perform (and I’ve laughed until it hurts) and I’ve been lucky enough to have been in his classes and have him as an improv coach. AND I always love the great conversations he and I have had over the years in between shows in and around The Improv Shop.

I was so grateful when he said yes to joining me to share one of those conversations on It’s the Journey. We had so much fun diving into his personal journey and a host to of other topics that spiraled out of our mutual love of history, acting, improv, and so much more. We had so much fun and hit on so many topics that I decided to break this up into 2 episodes!

Both of them are full of so many great topics. Please enjoy!

If your looking for something fun to do I highly recommend taking some classes at The Improv Shop. The next round starts in June with an amazing line up of teachers who are some of my favorite human beings. Click here to learn more!

Thank you so much. Please like, subscribe and share this with all your friends and as always, Enjoy Your Journey!

Disclaimer:

In our conversation, Andy and I ventured into ponderings about a possible connection between the black plague and syphilis. It was from a memory Andy had from a class. Andy and I are not Doctors or Scientists! Please do not use this information in any Trivia scenarios or Time Travel situations to the middle ages or Renaissance without doing your own research. Thanks you. :)

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Andy Sloey in a gem of a human being. He’s a kind, caring, friend, teacher, coach, leader, partner, an amazing father to two awesome human beings (and some furry friends) and he’s also an Amazing actor and improvisor. I learn from him every time I get to see him perform (and I’ve laughed until it hurts) and I’ve been lucky enough to have been in his classes and have him as an improv coach. AND I always love the great conversations he and I have had over the years in between shows in and around The Improv Shop.

I was so grateful when he said yes to joining me to share one of those conversations on It’s the Journey. We had so much fun diving into his personal journey and a host to of other topics that spiraled out of our mutual love of history, acting, improv, and so much more. We had so much fun and hit on so many topics that I decided to break this up into 2 episodes!

Both of them are full of so many great topics. Please enjoy!

If your looking for something fun to do I highly recommend taking some classes at The Improv Shop. The next round starts in June with an amazing line up of teachers who are some of my favorite human beings. Click here to learn more!

Thank you so much. Please like, subscribe and share this with all your friends and as always, Enjoy Your Journey!

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Jack Davis has been an entrepreneur for 35 years now. During the the 18 years I’ve known him, he and I have had many great conversations that meander between very practical to more philosophical and this one is no different. In this episode Jack shares some of the lessons he’s learned and his thoughts on aspects of the American Dream he’s still contemplating. As he says, life can be like peeling away the layers of an onion…there’s always another layer. Perhaps most importantly, Jack is open to seeing the lessons and perspectives as he makes his way through life, and learning from them.

It was so wonderful, and so true to the Jack I know, that he has taken lesson in life from so many. That he seeks out those who can give him the support he needs as well as people who can give him a contrarian view. And that he has taken lessons he’s learned not only from his parents, but also his kids. Jack’s embodies a character that is full of wisdom he has collected through his life, but still has an openness and curiosity as he peels back still more layers in his life.

Please join me in this conversation and you’ll learn some things that can help you as your pursue your dreams.

Jack, I’m grateful for you and appreciate you and your friendship.

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Hey friends. Here is episode 17. Covid Fine. I’ve had a ton of tech issues that slowed me down that I think I’ve finally figure out, with the much needed help of my audio engineer, Rich Harris. Thank you Rich!

But that has reduced my inventory of episode so I'm working closer to my deadline than usual. Plus my day job has been very busy lately. I’m not telling you this to complain but rather to be real. This project is new to me. I’m learning as I go. It is fun, but it’s honest acknowledgement life isn’t always peaches and cream. Social media projects such unrealistic expectations on us in every possible way (financial, physical, material, emotional, etc) or it can be an unrelenting firehose of negativity.

In this episode I just wanted to acknowledge the progress I’ve made, lessons I’ve learned, and catch you up on a few things.

I’ll be recording some exciting episodes in the weeks to come!

Thank you as always for joining me. I hope you are being kind to yourself and enjoying your journey!

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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!” Henry David Thoreau & “Bring a brick, not a Cathedral.” Bill Chott Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to my talented, kind, and amazing friend BJ Lange. At a quick glance on social media you’d see a list like: Actor, Comedian, Host, Cancer Survivor, Speaker, Pilot, and USAF Medic/Veteran. You might wonder how all those things fit together and if you’ll join me in this episode you’ll hear his stories, lessons and examples of how he pursues his dreams, listens to the call of the things that pull him, works his way through difficult times, and has found a way to channel the lessons he has learned along the way to help others. That my friends is such a beautiful thing. Please join me as I dive into this wonderful journey of BJ Lange.

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Please join me for my 15th episode with my guest and friend Sherley Moran! Sherley is another bright beautiful soul that I have the honor to call my friend. I always enjoy catching up with her and was so happy when she said yes to joining me.

In this episode she shares stories about her journey of yes and-ing and following the fun that lead her from the bustling, cultural and financial center of Latin America, Mexico City, to the love of her life and a whole new life here in St. Louis!

Sherley shared her stories, wisdom and philosophies that helped her when she transitioned to a new city, culture, and country. I believe strongly that her wisdom will be helpful for many as we make our way through this collective trauma knowing that we will all face individual ones at various times in our lives. Wisdom doesn’t prevent tragedy or suffering, but it can give us better tools to make our way through those times into healing. In AfterLIFE I shared my stories to give you the tools I learned and it has been so fun learning new tools from my guests with this podcast project!

Please enjoy, like, share, and review as you wish. Feel free to email me any time with your thoughts.

Thank you,

Carlo

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Helen Petty is simply a Rock Star. If you know her, you know this. If you don’t know her, you are about to learn why in this delightfully meandering conversation I was honored to have with her. In this episode, Helen shares her stories, lessons and philosophies that have helped her realize a dream of opening her own beauty and barbering collective to create an environment that corrected the things she didn’t like in her industry. Her instincts were so spot on that she was able to expand to a second location just a couple years after opening the first!

Doing all this while being an amazing mom, stylist, activist, bagel maker, perpetual student, and just an inspiring and delightful human being.

Please join me in this episode with Helen and her journey to hopefully help you with yours!

Don’t forget to check out the amazing team at Chop Shop for all your beauty and barbering needs!

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I’m happy to introduce you all to my awesome friend Joe Dolan. Joe is in his 6th decade of life but his enthusiasm, joy and passion for living and experiencing the world is inspiring, as is his kind and caring heart. I’ve always admired and been inspired by his dedication to family, friends, and living life fully and I was so grateful for the opportunity to dive into his thoughts and philosophies in this episode.

We are all living through what I’ve heard described as a collective trauma and it’s impacting us each uniquely. In my book I wrote about my winter of life and at times this experience has felt the same or at least familiar.

As we all are trying to emerge from this collective winter, I’m hoping you find something inspiring or helpful from Joe’s journey to help you on yours. I know I did.

Thank you Joe!

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I’m so excited for you all to meet my friend and teacher Nadin Lorenz, who works as an online German language teacher and soon to be author! Part way through the plague, I decided to take some German lessons to brush up on that skill I spent 8 years of my life learning but that had remained tucked away (in a shoebox for those who have read AfterLIFE) for the better part of 2 decades. By saying Yes to that I’ve had many fun Saturday mornings talking about travel, art, history, culture and life in general with the amazing human being who calls herself Nadin.

Nadin has fun stories about listening to what was calling her. She was fortunate to realize early on that corporate work life was not what she wanted. What she did that was awesome was to listen to that inner awareness and take action!

That action has taken her on adventures around the world and here she shares some really helpful and useful philosophies and outlooks that made this possible for her and that have helped as she pursues her passions and dreams.

Even if you aren’t ready to give up all that you are doing, her advice on travel, exploring cultures, and life itself is so inspiring and motivating. I already had wanderlust before our conversation, and now I have it even more!

Enjoy, like, subscribe and share.

Danke Nadin!

In our episode she talks about a pilgrimage trail that she recently hiked in Portugal called The Camino de Santiago. Here is a great link to that trail that is definitely something I plan to do!

Although this lesson wasn’t specifically about learning languages we did touch on that. I listed many of the resources I use in Episode 5, with my Italian teacher Valentina!

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Join me in this episode to dive into the journey of my friend, Jill Duncan. If you know Jill, you love Jill. If you don’t, you will! She’s an amazing human who lives with a beautiful combination of mind, heart and soul. She is smart, funny, driven, fun loving, talented, focused, positive, supportive, professional, Brave, and just a bright beautiful soul.

During our fun conversation she shares her wisdom and philosophies that have guided her along her way as she is driven by the core values of love, service, and compassion.

Jill is the Founder, Owner and Organic Farmher at Loving Roots Urban Farm. Loving Roots is a small-scale, no-till, regenerative urban farm specializing in beautiful and delicious greens and roots. She began planting for her first season as an urban farmer just as the Covid lockdowns began but found a way to thrive during a difficult time and is currently planting for Season 2. I cannot wait because I’ve made the best salads of my life with her greens! (Check out her website and definitely sign up for her news letter to be kept up to date with what she has available and how to get it! Link Below)

She also is the owner of Wellness By Jill where she practices body work that is a holistic, therapeutic practice that restores balance to all systems in the body resulting in overall health and well being.

Jill motivates me every time we talk when I get to hear about what new things she’s contemplating. She dives into whatever she does with mind, heart, and soul and I know you’ll take away some helpful and things from this.

So, with that, let’s meet Jill!

Loving Roots Urban Farm Don’t forget to sign up for her news letter!

Loving Roots Instagram

Wellness by Jill

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Hey Friends!

Welcome to Episode 10 and Happy Women’s History Month! For a while I’ve been wanting to dive into the lives of various historical figures I’m fascinated by and interested in. I mentioned in my book AfterLIFE, that as I restructured my life to have more free time I’ve used that to pursue my passions in history and especially art history and especially-especially Italian Art History. So, to celebrate not only the accomplishment of me getting to my 10th episode, but also Women’s History Month I’m taking time to chat a bit about Artemisia Gentileschi, the Italian Baroque Badass from Rome as well a few other things!

Please enjoy the episode. Please like, subscribe, review if you are enjoying this journey of mine. I hope it is inspiring your own journey to whatever is calling you!

Please see the post on my website for more fun information from this episode! Carloblog.com

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In this episode I had the joy and honor to spend time with professional comedian, actor, and improvisor Rafe Williams!

During the 6 years I’ve known Rafe through the improv community it has been so fun and inspiring watching him grow as an artist. I laughed so hard the first time I saw him. Then again and again as I watched him develop and master his craft playing in more and more places in my city and around the country. Watching him kill it as a stand up comedian, doing sketch comedy, and performing improv has been a blast. THEN one day I found myself in a packed theater watching him record his live comedy Album, Young Grandpa! I felt such joy witnessing him realize that dream and so many other things. It was even more special knowing how open he is to sharing, helping, and cheering others (including me) on with their goals.

Rafe is kind, funny, intelligent and has a ginormous heart. He takes his craft seriously but himself lightly. All of this comes through in our fun, and vulnerable conversation that I know you’ll enjoy. Rafe shares great stories from his life and many of his thoughts and philosophies that are guiding him on his journey that could help you on yours!

Please enjoy.

For more information on Rafe, check out his Website.

If you need some laughs, and who doesn’t right now, please consider getting his album Young Grandpa.

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In my book AfterLIFE I spoke very openly about my experience with therapy because of the profound importance it played in my healing and growth. I didn’t access this tool for many years in my life, because I thought doing so was “giving up” or “being weak”. No one in my world ever discussed what it was or the benefits they received from. I believed that I could positive affirmation may way through anything in life. That plus a combination of physical exercise that helped me burn through anxiety until several crisis hit me at once and I finally reached out for help. See my book for the complete story :)

I’ve been open about my experience so others will maybe reach out sooner than I did, but I could only speak from layman’s perspective, and my experience so I wanted to bring an expert on to have general conversation about therapy, what it is, how one finds a therapist, different ways to access it on various budgets and more!

As a practicing Licensed Professional Counselor, Janelle brings all that and more to this great conversation. I learned so much and hope you do to! Please like and subscribe to my podcast where ever you listen to it, share it with the world and leave a kind word wherever you can!

Thank you for joining me, and enjoy your Journey!

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast: To reach Janelle: Janelle@avenuescounselingcenter.org

Great Therapy an finding a therapist resource: Psychology Today

Books Discussed:

Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke

The Gift of Therapy, Dr. Irvin D. Yalom

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, Brené Brown

The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer

The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

Anything by Ken Wilber

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Holy moly folks! I’m so excited to introduce you to Elli Richter!

Elli is a life coach and I wrote about how she helped me in the very first chapter of my book, AfterLIFE. Her kind encouragement to be my own best friend gave me the nudge I needed in my journey to healing. Several years later, I circled back with Elli and was blown away with the new tools she had to work on subconscious coaching. The work we did together last year is what I needed to help me break past some resistance I felt in finishing my book, getting it published and ultimately beginning this podcast.

I can’t say enough about how much she helped me and I’m so happy to introduce her to you now.

If you want to learn more about Elli and her process, definitely check out her website ElliRichter.com. You can even sign up for a free 30 minute consult…which is exactly how I began!

For amazing and uplifting content follow her on Instagram: Elli’s Instagram.

If you’re enjoying the podcast please like, follow, review and share to help get the word out.

Thank you so much,

Carlo

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Join me for a delightful hour to learn about Becca’s journey to co-creating Pound Jewelry with her mom and sister, Linda and Mia. These three awesome ladies channel their own talent, love, and magic into beautifully crafted jewelry that you should absolutely check out! (Link below)

I had so much fun learning more about Becca’s story and I know it will be fun and motivating for you too! If you’ve read AfterLIFE or have been making your way through It’s the Journey with me, you know how excited I get with people yes and-ing their dreams and passions. From afar, I’ve watched Becca do in the decade plus that I’ve known her and with this episode we explore many of the fun paths she’s taken across the country and around the world!

We’ll see that in addition to the love and support from her family, she has a tribe of amazing, supportive women in her life that have inspired her to create her own magic.

Check out Pound Jewelry here.

You can see even more of their magic and be bedazzled by Pound Jewelry on Instagram Here.

In our conversation we also spoke about Becca’s big heart, her drive to help, and her ginourmous love for animals. Especially Elephants. Here is the wildlife conservation she mentioned that she has been able to help. Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservancy

Finally, I love it when a friend tells me they are starting a business, or any new fun adventure. It’s so fun watching someone’s ideas, passions, and talents getting channeled into something new, beautiful and unique, and that is exactly what happened with Becca. I hope her story inspires you to say yes to whatever is calling to you!

Thank you so much. Please check out Pound Jewelry and don’t be shy about sharing my content with anyone you know who wants live out loud and on purpose.

Enjoy your journey,

Carlo

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Ciao tutti!

If you know me, or if you’ve read my book , AfterLIFE, you know how important my experience of learning Italian and connecting with that part of my heritage has been to my growth and happiness. Valentina Colasuonno has been there for most of that journey helping me not only learn the language, but also helping me understand the history, culture, and food of Italy.

For just over 3 years we have spent 2 hours a week nearly every week speaking Italian. She patiently listens as I stumble my way through the learning process as I’ve tried to talk about some of the ideas that eventually made their way into my book or sometimes we just talk about pasta, pizza, travel, or cats!

In this episode we dive right into all kinds of topics, just like in our lessons except for today we spoke in English, with only a few dashes of Italian.

Many friends have been curious about my lessons, so I wanted to introduce my teacher to you all. Our lessons are as light and easy as the conversation you’ll hear in this episode.

Valentina has a Youtube channel called How to Italian. Here you can find some great lessons and fun information about Italy!

If you’d like to try some lessons you can find her on Italki Here

And you can find lots of her fun and helpful content on Instagram Here.

Saying Yes to learning Italian has been one of the most fun things I’ve done on my journey these past several years. If your thinking about it just try. If you have questions about my experience let me know!

So now please enjoy my 5th Episode of It's the Journey with Valentina!

Please see my website for more! Carlo

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In AfterLIFe I gave many examples the importance of seeking out experts. The right person at the right time can accelerate your progress and save years of frustration. My work with Nancy is a great example of this. In this episode you’ll get to hear a lot about my work with her in a one on one setting, and other ways she helps people pull their books from themselves. Her structured and thoughtful process works so well! You’ll also get to learn about her amazing journey to becoming The Book Professor. I know you’ll love this episode.

To learn more about Nancy’s book coaching and book publishing services you can find them here:

The Book Professor

Stonebrook Publishing

Or you can reach out directly to Nancy at:

nancy@thebookprofessor.com

Thank you for listening and enjoy Your Journey!

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Meet Brandon Rice. Brandon is a kind and creative soul and was gracious enough to spend some time with me to talk about his process in the films he creates via Shiny Propaganda Machine and The Social Evil Authority. I had fun learning about the creative household he grew up in and the impact it had on the work he is doing now and speculating how his passions will impact his own son. I’ve performed improv with Brandon on our team Scottie for the past 5 years and have been lucky enough to be in some of his films. He mentioned Office Comic in our conversation as an example he is especially proud of in explaining a bit of his process. See if you can spot me!

Check out his pages to see what he has done and follow him to get the fun surprise when he releases something new!

Thank you as always for joining me. I hope Brandon’s story informs and inspires you Journey!

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Join me on my first interview with my friend and barber who is a co-owner and co-founder of Idle Hands Grooming Company. Micah has been my stylist for the past 5 years. In a 30 minute visit we catch each other up on our lives, projects, and adventures. He always has something exciting going on in his life and fun stories to tell. On this interview we get to spend an hour together learning what has propelled him on his journey and I know you’ll learn some things to help you on your journey.

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Welcome to the first episode of my podcast: It’s the Journey! You know, as in Not the destination. It’s about the process, what you learn, how you grow, who you help, and the progressive realization and waking up to who you are along the way. I dove into this with my own story in my recently published book AfterLIFE, Waking up from My American Dream and with this project I get to explore these areas through the lives of others. I’m having so much fun with the project. I hope it is helpful and fun for you too. Thank you for joining me!

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