Podcasts by Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay

Episode 120 - Your Path Doesn’t Have to Be Linear to Achieve Your Purpose —Josh&Maureen White from 2022-02-22T14:00

Your path doesn’t have to be perfectly linear to get to where you’re meant to be. You don't have to get a master’s degree by 25. You can take 10 years to graduate college or even longer, if...

Episode 119 - Finding a New Sense of Success after Losing Your Dream Career —Jon Kaiman from 2022-02-15T10:00

You go to college and get a degree for a career that you can see yourself doing for the rest of your life. Then, suddenly the one thing you have experience in gets taken away from you and no lon...

Episode 118 - Making the Most of Your Young Adulthood with a Gap Year —Danny Recio from 2022-02-08T13:00

What if you were guaranteed immense clarity and direction just from taking a simple year off of school to travel abroad? What if it could propel you way farther than jumping straight into colleg...

Episode 117 - Pursuing Your Interests Instead of Expectations —Brad Waldo from 2022-02-02T11:00

What if instead of going to the school your parents went to or doing what you think your parents want you to do, you went after the things that interest you? It could look like trying many diffe...

Episode 116 - From Planning to Go to Jail to Owning Two Business —Chris Howard from 2022-01-25T16:00

We get so caught up in the idea of education and college, but what if someone doesn’t even have the option to go to school or doesn’t think they do because of their upbringing? Is it possible to...

Episode 115 - From an Alcoholic in the Military to a CEO —Tripp Johnson from 2022-01-18T09:00

What if what everyone else expects of you or what you think will make them happy or proud, doesn’t make you happy and proud too in the end? 

Tripp Johnson is the co-founder and CEO of Gree...

Episode 114 - Creating a Life Worth Living After Being on Substances Since 14 Years Old —Jordan de Haan from 2022-01-11T09:00

It’s not easy to rebuild your life after 7 years of dark battles. It’s not easy to rebuild your life after 7 years on substances and many relapses years after. In fact, it may feel impossible, e...

Episode 113 - The “Fast Track” and Why it’s Not All That’s It Made Out to Be —Guy Sutherland from 2022-01-04T09:00

The “fast track”: graduating high school, going to college for 4+ years, and finding a secure and successful job to work until you retire. Though, what may seem like the “fast track” isn’t alway...

Episode 112 - Establishing Deep Roots When You Feel Completely Uprooted —Bernie Zimmerman from 2021-12-28T08:00

Whether it be coming out of high school or after a major life event, the process of finding a sense of self and direction at any age can be very challenging. The hardest step is taking the next ...

Episode 111 - From a Homeless Drug Addict to a Substance Abuse Counselor and Husband —with Cole Szabo from 2021-12-21T13:00

It might take 2 tries, 3 tries, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+ to figure it out. Maybe it’s taking that many breaks from school or making that many efforts at recovering from an addiction. Whatever it ma...

Episode 110 - After Losing A Father and Ending up in Rehab, Jack&Zack Decided to Turn their Lives Around&Start a Men’s Sober Living Program —with Jack Shain and Zack Young from 2021-12-15T13:00

After losing a father, getting deep into drugs and alcohol, and finding no hope in school or life, life seemed pointless. Though, after experiencing genuine people and help at a treatment center...

Episode 109 - Redefining Success to Meet Your Unique Function —with Zach Mercurio from 2021-12-08T21:00

A person’s life path isn’t any different to building a structure. You first need to know its specific function before you can successfully build. Yet, we work backwards and try to envision the f...

Episode 108 — Hitting the Reset Button to Identify Your Purpose —with Andrew Bryan from 2021-12-01T10:00

“I have no idea what my purpose in life is.” “I don’t think I have a purpose.” A common trend with people who feel lost is the question of purpose and a sense of purpose usually strongly correla...

Episode 107 - There is Nothing to Prove! —with John Tucker from 2021-11-24T10:00

Getting all A’s, being on the Dean’s list, going to law school, etc, etc. All of these metrics that make it appear that you have it all together and are doing ‘enough’. Though, does it all reall...

Episode 106 — You Don’t Have to Sacrifice Everything to Find Success —with Kaylyn Blair from 2021-11-17T09:00

Your dad thinks you should be an engineer, your neighbor thinks you should study math, your childhood friend thinks you shouldn’t study in the field you’re interested in because it won’t make yo...

Episode 105 — You CAN Live the Life You Want to Lead —with Julie Lythcott-Haims from 2021-11-10T09:00

You are not a piece of clay that is meant to be formed into something someone else wants you to be. You are a human being. A human being with dreams, goals, passions, interests, talents...You’re...

Episode 104 — Dealing with College Debt —with Josh Hastings from 2021-11-03T17:00

Most young adults aren’t good with money. Throw them into college and student loan debt is sure to pile up VERY high once they graduate. For some students that could look like $300,000 worth of ...

Episode 103 - Stop Waiting For Things to Come to You —with Enzo Narciso from 2021-10-26T12:00

If you wait around for something to pick you up and take you exactly where you need to be, you’ll be waiting for the rest of your life. You decide where your life goes by the actions you take ri...

Episode 102 - Let Your Light Shine —with Andre Wright from 2021-10-19T09:00

Everywhere you turn, someone will have something to say. Sometimes nice things, other times not so nice. Regardless of what someone has to say, what really matters is whether you choose to stay ...

Episode 101 — Changing Your Perspective and Story —with Wendy Adamson from 2021-10-13T09:00

You may not have control over life circumstances, but you do have control over your perspective. What if instead of operating in a mindset of, “Why is this happening to me?” you shift to, “How c...

Episode 100 — College will Always Be There —with Shayna Abraham from 2021-10-06T06:00

There will always be plenty of time for work but there will never be enough time to explore all that the world has to offer. Instead of rushing into completing college, which will always be avai...

Episode 99 — Life Itself is School —with Robert Trout from 2021-09-30T06:00

Feel the pressure to make sure your young adult goes to school, gets a good education and finds a lifelong career? Do they feel as passionate about that route? Because in reality, no matter what...

Episode 98 — Getting into a Good School isn’t The Concern, it’s Whether You Can Get Through It —with Dr. Sarah Parlier from 2021-09-29T06:00

Sometimes just going to college because you were told to or because everyone else is, or because it’s what you just do, isn’t enough. Applying and getting into a college is a completely differen...

Episode 97 — Why Young Adults Need Non-Parent Mentors —with Andrew Chapman from 2021-09-28T06:00

Young adults make some of their biggest life decisions between the ages of 18 to 24. As a parent, it’s easy to feel so much pressure to not let your young adult mess up during this time and to m...

Episode 96 — Rebuilding a Life From Nothing —with Ginny Burton from 2021-09-27T21:00

Sometimes life causes us to have to start over. Sometimes in small ways and other times, in big ways. It may be from growing up in an abusive home and having to rebuild a life for yourself or lo...

Episode 95 — Finding a New Way of Life After Childhood Trauma —with Mike Zweifel from 2021-09-24T06:00

We aren’t able to choose the life we grow up in and that can bring a lot of baggage into the adult years. But what if it didn’t have to be that way forever? What if there was hope to be able to ...

Episode 94 — Life is Too Short to Limit Yourself —with Erica Nelson from 2021-09-23T06:00

Sometimes the job or experience that once was scary and exciting might eventually come to be boring and exhausting. And that’s okay. Though, it’s important to adjust with that growth instead of ...

Episode 93 — Doing What it Takes to Do What You Love —with Steve Leonard from 2021-09-22T06:00

Whatever you find passion and fulfillment in won’t always be easy. It might even turn out to be more difficult than the average college path, though that doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Whether ...

Episode 92 — Taking Risks Sooner than Later —with Jake Summers from 2021-09-21T06:00

What if you’re a square that is trying to fit into a round hole? Whether that be trying to fit into a corporate job or into a single identity for the rest of your life. 

Jake Summers, the ...

Episode 91 - You are Capable of Doing the Hard Things —with Natalie Real from 2021-09-20T06:00

Just because your path doesn’t look like theirs doesn’t mean you aren’t as capable as them. Whether it’s to be a doctor or to simply be a college student. The only thing that doesn’t make you ‘c...

Episode 89 — It’s Okay to Be a Beginner —with Kellyn Smythe from 2021-09-16T06:00

Taking that step outside your comfort zone can feel like the scariest thing. But once you take it, you open yourself up to new opportunities within yourself and in the world around you.

Ke...

Episode 88 — It May Pay the Bills But Does it Fill You Up? —with Cassidy Brown from 2021-09-15T06:00

At the end of the day, you have to live with yourself. If you don’t choose to prioritize what fills you up instead of focusing on what everyone else has to say, you’ll reap those outcomes and ha...

Episode 87 — Getting Off the Traditional Conveyor Belt Path —with Kai Johnson from 2021-09-14T06:00

It takes a lot of courage to step away from society and make your own path. It takes bravery to show up with your differences and challenge them. Even though it’s scary, what if you did step off...

Episode 86 — Doing All the ‘Right’ Things and Still Feeling Unfulfilled —with Danielle Ryan from 2021-09-13T06:00

If you live life off of what others have told you or what they think is a good idea for you, how will you ever find what really works for YOU? 

Danielle Ryan, yoga teacher, podcaster, TV H...

Episode 85 — Navigating Personal Differences and Challenges —with Gerene Keesler from 2021-09-10T06:00

Your differences don’t make you any less than the person beside you. It might be a journey navigating those differences and working through them, though there’s people willing to support you. Listen

Episode 84 — Taking Risks is Imperative to Your Journey —with Jillian Allen from 2021-09-09T06:00

Not everyone does one thing for the rest of their life and that is okay. Holding yourself to that standard will do nothing but hold you back. Living without taking any risks and exploring other ...

Episode 83 — There are Far More Options After High School than Just College —with Julia Rogers from 2021-09-08T06:00

What if college was instead given to high schoolers as an option out of many other choices that they can choose from? Instead of paying for college to find themselves, they are given the option ...

Episode 82 — Without Passion, Talent Will Only Take You So Far —with Lexy Spett from 2021-09-07T06:00

Raw talent will only take you so far if it isn’t backed up by any passion. And who knows, the thing you think you aren’t even good at might turn out to be the thing that changes your entire life...

Episode 81 — There’s No Such Thing as Lost 20’s as Long as You’re Doing What Works for You —with Ashley Dickson from 2021-09-06T06:00

There’s so much pressure to go to college at 18, graduate at 21, get married at 23, have kids at 25, and the list goes on. These expectations are unrealistic for each person. It’s so important t...

Episode 80 — There’s Infinite Possibility When You Go Into Life Full of Questions and Curiosity —with Jeremy French from 2021-09-03T06:00

When you go into life with an open mind that’s eager to explore and learn, you’re automatically open to more opportunities, insight and an overall more exciting life experience. Through that the...

Episode 79 — The Importance in Being Exposed to Different Worldviews —with Dr. Christine Norton from 2021-09-02T06:00

“You make the path by walking.” You create a path by going through it first hand. Exploring the world either in your own community or traveling abroad can open you up to many different opportuni...

Episode 78 — Dealing with Social Anxiety In the Real World —with Mike Swenson from 2021-09-01T10:00

To go into the real world and fend for yourself as an emerging adult is one thing. To go into the real world, let alone college with social anxiety is a whole other ball game. 

Mike Swenso...

Episode 77 - It’s Okay to Question Things Along The Way —with Michael Gilpin from 2021-08-30T06:00

It’s okay to question if you want to be an athlete, if you want to be in college, if you want to live where you are. It’s okay to question all of this stuff, whatever it is.

Michael Gilpin...

Episode 76 — Viewing Every Experience as an Opportunity —with Dr. Claire Chase from 2021-08-24T11:00

Life is a constant journey. With it comes many experiences, some good and some not so good. Yet, each experience has something to add to your life in some way. 

Claire Chase, the Creator o...

Episode 75 — Give Yourself Permission to Explore Yourself First —with Nick Bonin from 2021-08-17T11:00

There is no set path that you need to follow. Whether that’s going straight to college out of high school. Not making it to college at all. Maybe not even getting the chance to finish high schoo...

Episode 74 — Life is Not Linear —with Chrissi Gillispie from 2021-08-10T11:00

You might have many linear plans and goals, though life is not linear. Life isn’t designed to go according to plan. You may not have control of that, but you do have the ability to lean into the...

Episode 73 — Your Wellbeing Matters More Than Finishing A Degree — with Robert McCaslin from 2021-08-03T10:00

Whether it’s the pressure from family to finish school ‘on time’, the pressure you might be putting on yourself, or the expectation that you should be tough ‘enough’. Mental health and one’s ove...

Episode 72 — Trusting The Journey — with Joshua Cluff from 2021-07-27T17:00

An end goal isn’t always going to be what leads one to the path they are meant to be on. Things change. You change. Passions change. Ideas change. Goals change. Life is an adventure, especially ...

Episode 71 — It's Not About What Others Want For You, You Have To Want It For Yourself — with Cannon Kristofferson from 2021-07-20T17:00

Everyone seems to have their say in other people's lives. Whether it’s family, society, teachers, or peers. That push will only get you so far. At the end of the day if you don’t want it fo...

Episode 70 — Discovering YOUR Path — with Sheri Gallagher from 2021-07-13T17:00

2-4 years. That’s all it could take for a young adult to fully step into who they are after high school. Though, society says you’d be behind. Your peers are ‘ahead’ of you. This and that. When ...

Episode 69 — Treating Mental Health Equivalent to Physical Health — with Jay Shifman from 2021-07-06T11:00

The number of people who don’t get the treatment they need, who are pushed aside, and the amount of suicide calls that happen daily, all because of the lack of conversations going on around ment...

Episode 68 — Being Okay With The Unknown — with Kevin Molloy from 2021-06-29T16:00

The unknown can be a scary place. It’s natural to want to be in control and know the next step in just about every situation. Being confused with so many things in life, whether it be with your ...

Episode 67 — Life is So Much More Than That Degree — with Betsy Jewell from 2021-06-22T16:00

From the day a student steps foot on a high school campus and for some, even their entire childhood, they are told, “Where are you going to college? What are you going to major in? Take as many ...

Episode 66 — Channeling Desire Into Purposeful Action — with Ethan Fisher from 2021-06-15T16:00

The stress of falling in line with family’s expectations mixed with the struggle of mental health, AND topped with the uncertainty on what to even do in life, as one transitions into adulthood, ...

Episode 65 — Becoming Less Attached to the Outcomes In Life — with Bekah Puccia from 2021-06-08T12:00

All the noise and opinions surrounding any given person in this world can become so loud to the point where extreme overwhelm and mental paralysis can occur. “Do this. Take this route. Go to thi...

Episode 64 — Balancing Happiness Alongside The Pressure of Being a First Generation College Student — with Nikki Navio from 2021-06-02T12:00

Immigrating to the U.S. as a child and being surrounded by a predominantly white area all your life is already challenging enough. Now, add the pressure of being expected to be the first generat...

Episode 63 - Don’t Be Afraid to F Things Up —with Weston Robbins and Zac Sweat from 2021-05-26T11:00

There’s this heavy fear that if you don’t conform to the social conditioning around school, then you’ll automatically get outcasted. At times that may become true, but why care about what others...

Episode 62 - Life Hiccups are Just as Important as Successes —with Sarah Watkins from 2021-05-18T11:00

It is a privilege to experience life, the good and the bad. Sarah Watkins’ story is a beautiful reminder of that privilege and example of how to take life’s hiccups and turn them into motivators...

Episode 61 - Finding a Way to Make Your Passion Work as a Career —with Zoe Bentyne from 2021-05-11T11:00

Whether your passion is art, music, or even skateboarding, it’s worth fighting for. Wouldn’t you rather work hard to make your passion work instead of giving up early because it’s not ‘easy’ or ...

Episode 60 - It’s Okay to Not Know What You Want to Do With Your Life —with John Sykes from 2021-05-04T12:00

Maybe figuring out one thing to do with your entire life isn’t the goal. Perhaps it’s to find what you find passion and purpose in now and the rest will come together.

John Sykes, Director...

Episode 59 - Do Something Even if it’s Wrong — with Guy Dumas from 2021-04-27T12:00

Better to take action and mess up than not do anything at all.

Guy Dumas, has been working with young adults in wilderness therapy for over 30 years but his journey didn’t start out there....

Episode 58 - Being Flexible with the Idea of Success —with Emma Byers from 2021-04-20T20:00

There are so many things that can happen that are completely out of anyone’s control. The only thing that you will always have control of is your reaction to what happens to you. When you do tha...

Episode 57 - Dream Create Inspire — with Wayne Watts from 2021-04-14T15:00

Is it something that you love? Is it something that the world needs? Is it something that you can be paid for? Now, go do it. Decide on a dream you have, make it reality and inspire others with ...

Episode 56 - The Importance in Finding What You Love to Do —with Kelly Dunbar from 2021-04-06T08:00

Usually a career turns into something that consumes a big chunk of one’s time and entire life. Whatever you choose to pursue, ask yourself, is this something that I love enough to spend that muc...

Episode 55 - Doing What it Takes to Make Your Passions Work — with Shayne Gallagher from 2021-03-30T10:00

Whatever you choose to do as a profession, whether it includes college or not, there’s going to be some type of work required to get where you want to be. Are you willing to run, not walk, to ma...

Episode 54 - When College Doesn’t Feel like a Fit —with Aubrey Sutton from 2021-03-23T12:00

Just because everyone else seems to have everything together in college, doesn’t mean they really do and it doesn’t mean that you have to. Everyone’s journey looks different and what works for o...

Episode 53 — Take The Chance On Yourself — with Eric Rydzewski from 2021-03-16T08:00

Don’t give up. Don’t give up on yourself. If you choose to not give up on yourself and you continue new things, you are dramatically increasing the chances that things will get better in whateve...

Episode 52 — Shifting From Living A Life Of Default — with Andrew Taylor from 2021-03-09T08:00

Gone are the days where someone has to get a job immediately after college and work that career for 30+ years. Many young people hold onto this idea that they need to stay in college because it’...

Episode 51 - Taking a Gap Year During Uncertain Times —with Beatrice Naujalyte from 2021-03-02T08:00

The idea of taking a gap year can already be intimidating. Now, add in COVID to the mix and the idea of taking a gap year can seem even more scary.

Beatrice Naujalyt, creator of Bliss Bean...

Episode 50 — When Life Interrupts... —with Johnnie Alexander from 2021-02-23T10:00

Many go through life with a set idea on how things will go, hoping that everything will go as planned but sometimes life has other plans that are unavoidable. 

Johnnie Alexander, Licensed ...

Episode 49 — It’s Okay to Crash Your Way to Success —with Jared Stewart from 2021-02-16T08:00

Just because the idea of success seems ‘perfect’, the road there might not be, and that’s okay!

Jared Stewart, Program Director for Provo, Utah’s Scenic View Academy and adjunct professor ...

Episode 48 —When Things Don’t Go As Planned —with Maria Heilner from 2021-02-09T18:00

Whether it’s a career field that seems like it will never work out or the dream that seems too big after getting a diagnosis. When things don’t go as planned, what if instead of seeing it as som...

Episode 47 — Just Because it Worked Then Doesn’t Mean You Have to Make it Work Now —with Pete Kadushin from 2021-02-02T08:00

Maybe college worked out in the beginning and then turned out to be something that isn’t for you right now. What if instead of trying to force something that isn’t working anymore, you decided t...

Episode 46 — The #1 Key In Helping Struggling Students — with Seth Perler from 2021-01-26T08:00

Imagine having trouble with your memory, flexible thinking, self-control, and with simply just executing tasks through to completion. These skills are used every day to learn, work, and manage d...

Episode 45 — When Everything Will Fall Into Place —with Ken Gilbert from 2021-01-20T08:00

“I’m doing everything right. Being a hard working student, a good daughter/son, a helpful friend...Yet I still feel like I’m falling apart.” For many the biggest thing left behind or put aside i...

Episode 44 — College Should Be a Safe Place to Fail —with Dr. Jeff Ederer from 2021-01-12T08:00

A young adult barely knows what to do on a Friday night so how do we expect them to know what to do with the rest of their life by the time they set foot on a college campus? College should be a...

Episode 43 — Success Grows with You —with Lily Wilkinson from 2020-12-29T12:00

Instead of success being something looked at as an end goal or an end all be all, what if you looked at it as something that grows and ages like a fine wine or cheese? Something that you are alw...

Episode 42 — Navigating Life Outside of Being a Student Athlete —with Conor Baucum from 2020-12-15T22:00

Being a student athlete can easily become one’s identity. From working to get good grades mainly for sports, to working day in and day out with a team for years that become like a family. When t...

Episode 41 — Doing What it Takes —with Lisa Sutton from 2020-12-08T11:00

The path to making your goals reality won’t always be pretty. It might involve working at Kentucky Fried Chicken or maybe even working two minimum wage jobs while being in school full time. Are ...

Episode 40 — Challenges Reveal Your Commitment —with Darrie Burrage from 2020-12-01T19:00

What if instead of looking at a challenge as just another thing to deal with, you looked at it as an opportunity to reveal the next step. Whether it be a challenge with a college major or a busi...

Episode 39 — You Don’t Have To Worry About Finding Your Life Passion In Your 20’s — with Vania Matheus from 2020-11-24T09:00

College can put this heavy pressure on young adults to have everything figured out right away in their 20’s. The truth is, that things take time to come together for most people. Being 100% sure...

Episode 38 — Everything is Made Beautiful in This Moment in Time —with Judith Sadora from 2020-11-09T13:00

Even in suffering, in pain, in hardships, in grief...everything is made beautiful in this time. Just because something may seem rough and imperfect, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have something amazin...

Episode 37 — Stop Trying to Fit Yourself Into a Poor Fit! —with Sean Tomkinson from 2020-11-05T18:00

So many try to fit in. Fit in with their peers, fit into expectations, into society’s standards. When most of these things were never meant for you to fit into in the first place. You can’t expe...

Episode 36 — Creating a Different Path for Yourself —with Gail Curran from 2020-11-04T11:00

It can be easy to put blame on what life you came from. Maybe from alcoholic parents or a blue collar family who didn’t go to college. But, what if you were the one who went against all odds and...

Episode 35 — Learning to Redirect Your Life Path —with Aaron Aldridge from 2020-10-27T09:00

COVID has taught us that plans can be completely ripped from our hands at any moment. What you thought you’d be doing for the rest of your life could completely change and plans might need to be...

Episode 34 — One Situation Doesn't Have to Dictate The Rest of Your Life —with Joshua New from 2020-10-20T09:00

Sometimes things don’t always work out. Whether that’s being vulnerable with someone or taking the risk on a career path. Though, what if you didn’t let that one situation that went sideways dic...

Episode 33 — It’s Never Too Late to Create a Better Life for Yourself —with Ryan Silberberg from 2020-10-14T16:00

Maybe you’ve relapsed after getting sober, maybe even managed to relapse more than once or maybe even 7 times. Just because your journey might include some or many bumps in the road, that doesn’...

Episode 32 — Your Path is Yours and Yours to Own —with Cynthia Burton from 2020-09-29T20:00

Your path is yours for a reason. It’s yours to do as you please with and make the most out of. Maybe add some flowers on part of your path or take a rest at a bench somewhere down a little ways....

Episode 31 — You Don’t Have to Become What Everyone Else Wants You to Be —with Chelsea from 2020-09-22T14:00

“You have to have your career figured out as soon as you start high school and be perfectly on your way there by high school graduation. You have to go through college straight through.” You mig...

Episode 30 — It’s Okay to Take a Break from College for Your Mental Health! —with Jeremiah Reiner from 2020-09-22T13:00

Mental health and college don’t always mix well. You might find some people get through it even while struggling but at the end they usually crumble big time. You aren’t meant to push through th...

Episode 29 — Getting Past What’s Holding You Back —with Victoria Olson from 2020-09-10T14:00

Whether it’s mental health, drugs, alcohol, negative people, a toxic environment...Through perseverance, it is possible to get past what’s holding you back and create the life you desire. Things...

Episode 28 — College Isn’t Always Necessary to Thrive in Life —with Carsten McCarter from 2020-09-01T21:00

College might be something that gets you exactly where you need to be in a career that fits you perfectly. It might be just a stepping stone to allow you to realize that you want to pursue somet...

Episode 27 — The World Will Present to You What You Need When You Need It —with Mike Balotti from 2020-08-29T21:00

The expectation to have everything figured out way before high school graduation is beyond unrealistic for a young person. What if instead of going down a path because it seems ‘right’ or ‘succe...

Episode 26 — Dealing with Imposter Syndrome in College —with Kim Nelson from 2020-08-19T15:00

It can be hard enough going into college at a young age wondering what you’re going to do for the rest of your life. With that comes many opinions being thrown out from every direction while als...

Episode 25 — Are You Living Someone Else’s Definition of Success? —with Ethan Knight from 2020-08-11T00:00

It can be so easy to take on everyone’s ideas and opinions. Do this, do that, work here, don’t go there...It can be good to hear different ideas and backgrounds but at the end of the day it’s yo...

Episode 24 — The Hard Work Does Pay Off —with Eliot Andre from 2020-08-03T12:00

As much as you might think you can do anything and everything on your own. That’s just not the truth. At some point we all fall short because we aren’t meant to be everything. 

Eliot Andre...

Episode 23 — What Life Has in Store for You Can Turn Out to Be Even Better than Your Wildest Dreams —with Nikki Bruno from 2020-07-30T11:00

Growing up, we develop these dreams that we can easily become attached to, forgetting that life doesn’t always play by our rules. Learning to become open minded to what life has in store can pot...

Episode 22 — Prioritizing YOUR Happiness In Whatever You Do In Life — with John Cohen from 2020-07-21T14:00

There’s the saying by Mark Twain, “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” That statement can sadly be hard for many to believe. Is it truly possible to ...

Episode 21 — You Are Only as Good as How Well You Take Care of Yourself —with Ryan Potter from 2020-07-14T18:00

Usually what’s going on the outside is a mirror with what’s going on the inside. Whether it’s not performing well in school, work, etc, those outcomes usually are because of something else going...

Episode 20 — What is Your Intention for Yourself and for Your Life? —with Angie Shockley from 2020-07-06T16:00

What do you want to do with your life? Do YOU want to do that or is that what your parents want, your friends are doing, or because you were handed an offer that looks like it’d save you money? ...

Episode 19 — Trusting Your Gut — with Ty Maves from 2020-06-24T22:00

Have you ever felt a strong pull towards something? Yet, you’re still unsure whether you’re just thinking things or if the feeling is something worth listening to? In this fast paced world, alwa...

Episode 18 — College Can Wait, Your Mental and Physical Health Can’t —with Nick Slovak from 2020-06-16T12:00

There is no set timeline that you are supposed to be on in the grand scheme of things. Maybe from your parent’s point of view, or your peers, or your teachers but in reality, there isn’t one lin...

Episode 17 — Don’t Let What’s Happened to You Define You —with Shahara Crist from 2020-06-09T13:00

The things you feel. The things you have experienced. What seems to overwhelm you and weigh you down. All of that isn’t you. The anxiety, the depression, the trauma. It doesn’t define you.

Episode 16 — The Consequences of Not Asking for Help Are Far Greater Than Your Fear —with Aaron Oliver from 2020-06-02T14:00

The power in asking for help is often overlooked or pushed to the side when you’re in the midst of something. Will I look weak? What’s wrong with me? Is there anyone who can actually help me? Do...

Episode 15 — Being Open to Opportunity —with Bre Wolta from 2020-05-26T11:00

Most people come out of their childhood with some type of trauma or unfortunate experience. That can cause a lot of baggage going into the early adult years, possibly leading to more hardships. ...

Episode 14 — Being the Change in Your Family —with Chase Sewell and Jessica Martindale from 2020-05-12T10:00

Growing up, family life plays a huge role in one’s emotional health and life steps as a young adult enters the real world. Whether it’s growing up being a child of an alcoholic, dealing with tak...

Episode 13 — The Biggest Challenges Bring the Most Impactful Changes —with Carson Pitts from 2020-05-06T11:00

No one wants to hear that the most difficult storm they are going through will bring the biggest rainbow. Though, for many that may be the case. Whether that rainbow looks like simply just added...

Episode 12 — The Finish Line Is Not The Degree —with Jake Weld from 2020-04-28T12:00

Life is not a race. College is not a race. The amount of accomplishments you have in life is not a race. The only race there is, is the growth within yourself. College isn’t going anywhere and l...

Episode 11 — Do What YOU Feel Called to Do, Despite the Noise —with Lana Sackwild from 2020-04-21T11:00

At the end of the day, this life is yours. Not anyone else’s. What is YOUR purpose? What is it that YOU want to do? Not what your parents want you to do. Not what Johnny down the block thinks yo...

Episode 10 — Don’t Give Up After the First Try —with Chris Blankenship from 2020-04-14T12:00

Some of the best things in life come about after multiple tries. It takes one step forward to get started with anything, but it takes continuous tries to excel at something. Giving up after the ...

Episode 9 — Taking the Hits as They Come —with Angela Baird-Hepworth from 2020-04-08T19:00

No one can prepare you for what all life will bring. Each journey is different. The path can be as windy and bumpy as it gets, or it might be easier than most. Many things are learned through fi...

Episode 8 — Your Past isn’t a Barrier to Your Future —with Nico Doorn from 2020-03-31T16:00

Whether you're a high school dropout, in addiction recovery, a single dad...whatever it may be. The past doesn’t take away the value and potential of your life. Don’t count yourself out jus...

Episode 7 — Getting Ahold of Your Personal GPS —with Patrick Balsley from 2020-03-17T10:00

The mind is like a GPS. If you lose sight of your passions, any type of vision —of something truly meaningful in your life, you’ll end up lost. 

Growing up Patrick Balsley’s life looked a ...

Episode 6 — Overcoming Educational Interruptions —with Hanna Stotland from 2020-03-08T22:00

Flunking out, suspension, dropping out, getting kicked out. All are very scary situations to be in for both parents and students. Though, they don’t have to be everything and high school and col...

Episode 5 — Living in a Haze — with Marc Azoulay from 2020-03-03T15:00

Mental health struggles and addiction can cause a thick haze to be put over the film of life. In the journey of recovery and healing, it can be difficult to get away from that lonely place. Is i...

Episode 4 — It’s Okay to Go Off The Main Path — with John Tobias from 2020-02-19T15:00

1,000’s of students paired with one type of schooling system doesn’t always mesh well. Many students go through their entire education feeling less than and not smart ‘enough’. They end up getti...

Episode 3 — If You’re Going Through It, Keep Going — with Brandon Poland from 2020-02-11T13:00

Adulting is REAL and it’s not easy. You may feel overwhelmed, unprepared, and hopeless. It might feel like hell and you may be questioning if you can even handle it all. Though, continue to move...

Episode 2 — You Are Not Meant To Do All Of This Alone — with Tom Williams from 2020-02-04T11:00

As a young adult, you don’t have to just ball up your fists, grit your teeth and try to make it through whatever you’re going through. It’s okay to take time for you. To work on yoursel...

Success is Subjective: Episode 1 - Introducing... Success is Subjective! from 2020-02-03T10:00

We are thrilled to introduce Success is Subjective, a new podcast hosted by Joanna Lilley, brought to you currently by Lilley Consulting.  Much like Lilley Consulting, Success is Su...