Podcasts by The Meaning Movement: Rediscover your Passion, Avoid Burnout, and Do Work You Love.

Entrepreneurship As A Creative Tool With Kathryn Finney from 2022-08-30T10:52:27

Kathryn Finney is an investor, visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and startup champion.  She is the  Founder and Managing General Partner of Genius Guild and...

How to Build in Public, Grow a Following, and Embrace Vulnerability with Kevon Cheung from 2022-08-26T05:00

Our guest today is known as “the building public guy”  Kevon Chung started his career running a VC backed startup.  After leaving that career he has been reinvent...

Moving From The Therapy Chair To Online Income With Dr. Melvin Varghese from 2022-08-23T05:00

Dr. Melvin Varghese is a licensed psychologist, podcaster, and course creator.

After starting a podcast to grow his ...

Living Out the Warrior Spirit with DJ Vanas from 2022-08-16T16:22:01

D.J. Vanas is an enrolled member of the Ottawa Tribe of Michigan, a celebrated speaker, thought leader, best-selling author and former U.S. Air Force officer. 

[FTMM] Finding The Meaning Movement, Building in Public, Burnout, Failure, and More from 2022-08-16T09:14:24

This is the first installment of a mini-series we are calling Finding the Meaning Movement.  In this series, Dan welcomes Raj Lulla of Fruitful Design & Str...

Networking and Career Management with Mac Prichard from 2022-08-12T05:00

Mac Prichard is a career expert, communications strategist and business owner. He holds a Master’s degree in public adm...

Finding Common Threads and Integrating Different Parts Of Your Identity with Marlita Hill from 2022-08-09T05:00

Marlita Hill is a choreographer, educator, and author of multiple books. She has built an entrepreneurial practice at the intersection of faith and art. Her conve...

Starting a Business, Franchises, and the Power of Ownership with Jon Ostenson from 2022-08-05T05:00

Jon Ostenson is one of the foremost Franchise Consultants in the US. He is also an owner/investor, author, and internationa...

Authenticity, Aloneness, and How to Move Through Transitions with Timothy Eldred from 2022-08-02T16:00

A friendly disrupter of the status quo, Timothy Edred has been inspiring people to live a full life for nearly 30 years. He is a husband, father, writer, speaker,...

[SHORT]🎉Episode 100 🎉 from 2022-07-26T13:07:52

This is the 100th episode! 

Dan reflects on the past 100 episodes and what he's learned from building this show and what's to come.  He shares the changes that are coming starting next we...

[Short] Fail First from 2022-07-12T08:00:24

Any time you create something important, there’s the possibility that it will not work. Every project comes with a unique worst-case scenario that plays out in your mind.

This rebroadcast...

Making Art, Defining Your Passion, and Finding Convergence with Corey Frey from 2022-06-30T04:14:25

Corey Frey is a multi-disciplinary artist, poet, art educator, husband and father of two children. He and his wife currently live in Frederick, Maryland where he wor...

Social Cues, Overcoming Awkwardness, and Improving Your Communication Skills with Vanessa Van Edwards from 2022-06-15T21:23:48

Vanessa van edwards is a recovering awkward person and introvert who is on a mission to help everyone learn how to engage, interact, and lead with authenticity and g...

Building a Network, Hosting Cocktail Parties, and the Importance of Hobby Projects with Nick Gray from 2022-05-31T21:46:35

Nick Gray has scaled and sold multiple businesses. He's the founder of Museum Hack, which started as a fun way to engage with art and artifacts and then grew much bigger than he ever imagined. H...

The 80/20 Rule in Life and Business with Mark Sieverkropp from 2022-05-18T01:39:32

Mark Sieverkropp is a friend, business coach, and the author of "Find Your 20: The Six-Figure Business Owner’s Guide to More Focus, Greater Results and More Time."

His passion is si...

Leaving Teaching and Becoming Your Own Boss with Joanne Homestead from 2022-05-03T14:57:08

Joanne Homestead is an email-copywriter, strategist and former-educator. She is on a mission to help passionate female entrepreneurs and coaches who...

Performance, Brain Optimization, and Making Your Own Path with Chris Reynolds from 2022-04-19T19:01:28

Chris Reynolds is a lifestyle entrepreneur & podcaster who has interviewed over 400 of the world's top entrepreneurs and high-performers. He currently runs a private community of high-net worth ...

Making Impact and Finding Purpose in Finance with Christan Hiscock from 2022-04-05T00:16:47

Christan Hiscock is on a personal mission to transform the conversations happening in the business world — from chasing success to focusing on fulfillment. He is the co-founder and CEO of Kardia — ...

Hip hop, Dual Careers, Quitting Your Day Job, and Making Your Own Way with Super Smack from 2022-03-22T16:30

Super Smack is on a rapping, dancing, music-making journey to uplift and inspire anyone who has ever felt underrepresented. He writes thoughtful lyrics that reflect on his experiences and refers...

Broadway, Dance, and Art-with-Heart with Juliane Godfrey from 2022-03-08T17:30

Juliane Godfrey is a Broadway performer and an art educator. She likes to call herself a “heart-ist”, essentially someone pursuing art with heart. She defines that a...

Finding Your Voice with Ronsley Vaz from 2022-02-22T13:46:52

Ronsley Vaz is a man of many talents. His work has been diverse - from being a software engineer to financial advisor t...

Real Estate, USPS, Dual Careers, and How to Transition Between Them with April Johnson from 2022-02-09T10:37:44

April Johnson has been working with the United States Postal Services (USPS) for the past 34 years. Add to that, she is also a realtor who got her l...

Optimizing Your Health and Making the Entrepreneurial Leap with Emil Hodzovic from 2022-01-25T17:30

Emil is a medical doctor turned coach, turned entrepreneur, and investor. What began as a scripted path into medicine took a turn as he realized that practicing medi...

Getting Unstuck, Becoming an Artist, and Developing Your Voice with Scott Aasman from 2022-01-11T17:30

Scott Aasman is an artist, illustrator and, until recently, a carpenter working out of Hamilton, Ontario where he lives with his wife Michelle and their two children.

Creating Your Own Opportunity, Finding Mentorship, and Starting Online Businesses with Stephen Somers from 2021-11-17T17:30

I met Stephen Somers a few months back and immediately resonated with his story and his work. He is the CEO and co-founder of Marketplace Superheroes. As you'll hear in his story, what started a...

Better Sleep and Trial and Error Entrepreneurship with Mark Zhang from 2021-10-29T05:26:50

Mark Zhang tried a lot of things before starting his current company, Manta Sleep. As I reflect on this interview that you're about to hear, I'm most impressed by our conversation about his tria...

Mentorship, Life Themes, and Firing Yourself with Adam Anderson from 2021-10-19T16:30

I needed today's conversation so much. Both this interview and the last one we release came while I was in a bit of an inflection point professionally with one of my other projects. As many of y...

Mindset, Fear, and High Level Performance with Itamar Marani from 2021-10-05T16:30

There's an old saying: when the student is ready, the teacher appears. I looked this up, trying to find where it came from. It's pretty unclear. But it's a truth that you know when you experienc...

Marketing, Real Estate, and the Importance of Keeping Your Options Open with Melanie Ginsburg from 2021-09-23T16:30

Melanie is a digital marketer turned Realtor who has landed in Austin, TX after years living as a nomad and traveling around the world.

She runs a global real estate team, and works...

Creating Your Path, Pursuing Dual Careers, Meeting Oprah, and Making Belief with Calvin Nowell from 2021-09-07T16:30

So many of us have multiple passions that compete for time, attention, and resources — especially when it comes to our careers and work. So often we feel the need to choose one thing and leave b...

Finding Purpose in Higher Education with Jeff Strietzel from 2021-08-24T16:30

Jeff Strietzel always wanted to help others — a value he learned from how his parents raised him. That desire guided him to pursue ministry, which then lead him to higher ...

Embracing Transformation with Hani Cheng from 2021-08-10T16:30

Hani Cheng is a transformational coach. What does that mean? She helps people embrace change in all forms. I love the holistic approach she takes — incorporating meditation, mindset, and (to use...

Creating a Flexible Career Path with Samantha Alvarez from 2021-07-27T16:30

Samantha Alvarez spent the last 15 months in hospitals and ER's as a front line worker helping fight the COVID pandemic. We discussed that experience in length in th...

Pandemic Front Line Work, PTSD, and Recovery with Samantha Alvarez from 2021-07-13T16:45

Samantha Alvarez has done a lot of different work over the course of her career. By her count, she's had 65 jobs.

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Living a More Adventurous Life with Ray Blakney from 2021-06-29T16:30

Ray Blakney was haunted by a question: If they wrote a book about your life would anyone want to read it?

His answer was no. So he stepped outside his c...

Finding Passion in the Profits with Ben McAdam from 2021-06-15T16:30

When you decide to make a career change, how do you choose your new path? While you can't know exactly where the road will lead, but you can know at least the general direction that the path wil...

Artists Who Code with Catherine Ricafort and Scott McCreary from 2021-06-01T16:30

Catherine Ricafort and Scott McCreary are artists who have seen the top of their fields. And when they did, they saw how difficult of a life it was — even for the best of ...

Artists Who Code with Catherine Ricafort and Scott McCreary from 2021-06-01T16:30

Catherine Ricafort and Scott McCreary are artists who have seen the top of their fields. And when they did, they saw how difficult of a life it was — even for the best of ...

Becoming an Artist with Gladys Holliday from 2021-05-18T16:30

Gladys Holliday is a collage artist.

When the COVID pandemic caused her to be furloughed, Gladys took the ...

The Myth of the Linear Career Path with Holly Ojalvo from 2021-05-04T16:30

Holly Ojalvo has had a long career in both digital media and education.

Over the past dozen years, she has...

Finding Your Edge with Laura Huang from 2021-04-13T16:30

Laura Huang is a researcher and professor at Harvard Business School. She researches and teaches on concepts of perception and bias in work and business.

H...

How to Listen with Ximena Vengoechea from 2021-03-30T16:30

Our guest today has had a fascinating career path. I could say that about all our guest, really. Who hasn't had a fascinating career path?

But that's some ...

Career Reinvention with Benjamin Goodly from 2021-03-16T16:30

Over the years of working with people through questions of work, meaning, and what's next, I've worked with a few former dancers. Ballet dancers spe...

Art, Creativity, and Collaboration with Steven Homestead from 2021-03-03T21:15:33

Steven Homestead is an artist, poet, composer, and collaborator. He structures his work around his life and art — often keeping them as separate parallel streams.

Steven is also ...

Honesty, Change, and Living Out Your Values with Nicole Antoinette from 2021-02-09T17:30

Nicole Antoinette is honest — with herself, with the world, and in her work.  She’s built a job for herself out of creating and curating real conversations about the...

How Effective Feedback Can Change Everything with Therese Huston from 2021-01-26T17:30

Therese Huston is a researcher, writer, cognitive therapist and professor. She's done a lot and had her work featured in all kinds of places.

Call for Guests from 2020-12-17T19:05:04

As I (Dan) puts together the batch of content, I'm hoping to fill a gap in our guest demographic.  In this short episode I talk about what that gap is, why it exists, and how YOU can help.

Letting Go of Job Shame with Nick Cox from 2020-11-05T17:30

Nick Cox has done some deep work around calling and vocation in his life. I loved this interview because we were able to go places that many guests just aren't ready to go. Which is to say, you ...

Identity, Change, and Religious Trauma with Allen O'Brien from 2020-10-20T16:30

Allen O'Brien helps people with transitions. Faith transitions. Identity transitions. And recovery from religious trauma.

He's a minister, a student, a listener, and podcaster.
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Understanding Your Motivation with Todd Henry from 2020-10-06T16:30

Have you ever needed and even wanted to do something, but struggled to get into action to get it done? When I look at the way my energy for activities shifts— it can seem so illogical. There are...

Time and the Future of Work with Laura Vanderkam from 2020-09-22T16:30

Time is a strange thing. Though it always continues on, it sometimes feels as though it moves quickly and other times slowly.

Becoming a writer with Sara Easterly from 2020-09-08T16:30

Sara Easterly is a writer, but it's taken some time for her to own that as her work identity. As with many of us, there are traces of it all ...

Undocumented to Financial Independence with Diego Corzo from 2020-08-25T16:30

I know work can be a tough part of life for some. I've had it lucky in many ways, in spite of the many struggles I've had over the years.

Our guest today had to overcome more than m...

Working With and For Yourself with Stephen Warley from 2020-08-11T16:30

Stephen Warley wants you to take control of your work and career and become a free agent. He believes that your best work is done when you're working for yourself, and not for someone else.
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Building an Intentional Career and Organization with Barrett Brooks from 2020-07-28T16:30

Barrett Brooks believes that business, when done right, can be one of the most powerful forces for good in the world.

His career took a sharp turn when the path he planned ended up ...

Can Work Make You Happy? with Wendy Conrad from 2020-07-16T16:30

Wendy Conrad has been where many of our listeners and I have also been at some point: a job that didn't fit, feeling frustrated and needing a change. I'll let her te...

The Future of Food with Chase Purdy from 2020-06-16T07:21:34

Chase Purdy is a journalist who has found himself in a very specific but surprisingly fun and fascinating corner of journalism: cell-cultured meat. Whether or not yo...

The Future of Food with Chase Purdy from 2020-06-16T07:21:34

Chase Purdy is a journalist who has found himself in a very specific but surprisingly fun and fascinating corner of journalism: cell-cultured meat. Whether or not yo...

Finding Your Calling with Your Team with Mike Michalowicz from 2020-05-26T05:00