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Changing the Rules
by Wildfire Podcasts, Raymond D. Loewe, "The Luckiest Guy in the World", Ray Loewe
With Ray Loewe — The Luckiest Guy in the WorldEvery week, Changing the Rules invites you to imagine — and live — a life designed by you. Host Ray Loewe believes every person is a unique original with talents, passions, and quirks that make them one of a kind. When you embrace your uniqueness, you escape the rules others have imposed — and you gain the freedom to flourish.Our guests are living proof. They come from all walks of life and have each designed lives that look completely different — yet they share one thing in common: pure joy. You’ll feel it in their voices, see it in their choices, and sense it in every story they tell.Some overcame loss, illness, or transitions. Others broke free from limbo — that gray space where you’re neither happy nor unhappy. Through courage and self-discovery, they each found their way back to joy.Their stories won’t tell you how to live your life — they’ll inspire you to design your own. Because their joy may be theirs, but the same joy is waiti
Episodes
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E263: After Thoughts - The Power of Story - Three Ways - Three Podcasts
Mining for gold by relistening to three past podcasts. Hosts: Ray and Mary Ann find storytelling gold by revisiting three podcasts -Episode 233. Don Helin — The CREATOR: Don uses fiction to explore real emotions and universal human truths. -Episode 260. Lana Edwards Santoro — The REMEMBERER: Lana...
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E262: When Life Changes in an Instant, Guest, Doug Heir
Doug Heir was 6'4", headed for college, ready to play football—and ready for life. Working as a lifeguard, Doug dove into a swimming pool to save a child. The lifeguard stand slipped. Doug broke his back and became a quadriplegic. At one point, Doug contemplated whether life was even worth…
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E261: Staying in the Game—Under His Own Terms, Guest, Joe Serpente
Ray Loewe and Mary Ann Steinhauer sit down with marketing guru Joe Serpente to discuss an important change in his business—and his life. Joe has transformed his full-service marketing company into a consulting practice. Today, he helps business decision-makers make smarter marketing choices and...
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E260: Read Alouds, Guest, Lana Edwards Santoro
Hosts Ray Loewe and Mary Ann Steinhauer talk with guest Lana Edwards Santoro about the power of “Read Alouds.” Most of us remember the pleasure of storytime as children. Lana explains why that experience shouldn’t end when we grow up. Reading aloud to seniors—and sharing stories with one another…
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E259: After Thoughts - Common Threads of Note from some of our past podcasts
Hosts Ray Looewe & Mary Ann Steinhauer revisit three past podcasts and analyze the common thread between them. This week, they look at Sally Pepper, E239, Applied Improve - Shelley O'Donovan, E236 - Julia Adams, E253 Clear Ice, and Bitters, and discuss communication, a common thread
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E258: Muhammad Ali - The Encounter
Host Ray Loewe has a conversation with Charlie Shaffer about Charlie's boyhood encounter with "The Champ" leading to an invitation to dinner.
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E257: The Piano Stories
We had an interesting storytelling session the other day. Our lead storyteller talked about buying a piano at age 12 for a dollar at auction. That mint green piano stayed with her for fifty years. It turned out that pianos were an important part of people's lives. The next four storytellers…
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E256: After Thoughts - Leadership Thoughts from Dan Cooper, LaKiesha Tomlin, Dale Power
After Thoughts is our reflection on some of our past podcasts, pulling out extra meat and substance to help the Luckiest People in the World. This week, Mary Ann and Ray evaluate three past podcasts, all evoking leadership in very different ways: Episode #238, Dale Power. #245 Dan Cooper…
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E255: A Story - Memory to Paper in Fifteen Minutes
This week, two of our regular guests, John Gardner and Mary Ann Steinhauer, share how, when a story pops into their brain, they can transform it into a shareable idea in fifteen minutes or less. What tools do they use? How are they building a personal storybook? How do they make stories shareable...
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E254: Stories & ChatGPT
How does ChatGPT help me write stories? Basically, it helps me get started, stop hesitating, and stop procrastinating. Mary Ann Steinhauer and I discuss how I use ChatGPT as a story coach, how I keep ownership of my stories, and how I can pluck a memory that was lost somewhere in my mind and get…
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E253: Clear Ice & Bitters, Part 2: The Cocktail Was Never the Point
Guest: Julia Adams, Clear Ice & Bitters Last week, Julia Adams created a one-of-a-kind cocktail experience for co-host Mary Ann Steinhauer. This week, she turns her attention to Ray Loewe—and the result is entirely different. Rather than asking what someone wants to drink, Julia begins by getting...
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E252: Conducting the Perfect Cocktail, Guest, Julia Adams
Guest: Julia Adams, Clear Ice & Bitters - What if the most memorable part of a party wasn't the food or the music—but the feeling that someone created just for you? In this episode of Changing the Rules, Ray Loewe and co-host Mary Ann Steinhauer talk with Julia Adams, founder of Clear Ice &...
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E251: Taking the Back Seat to History
What happens when you accept an invitation to experience someone else's passion? In this episode of Changing the Rules, Ray and Sandy Loewe climb into the back seat of a beautifully restored 1911 Stevens-Duryea (a $300,000 antique car) and join a caravan of thirty Brass Era automobiles winding...
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E250: How Did We Ever Survive Childhood
Host: Ray Loewe - A few weeks ago, I had coffee with some friends. We started talking about the incredibly stupid things we did as kids and how we ever survived childhood. Maybe we were just the "Luckiest Kids in the World. "Hopefully, this podcast will take you back a few years to your youth....
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E249: Send in the Clown, Guest, Terry Lieb
Guest: Terry Lieb - Host: Ray Loewe - Co-Host: May Ann Steinhauer - A journey from coal mine country through trade school, the circus. From college to finding the life he wanted by exploring the counseling world. All told through some of the most fascinating stories you'll ever hear.
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E248: Interupting Your Life To Do What You Want, Guest, LaKiesha Tomlin
LaKiesha Tomlin, Engineer, MBA, Company Owner, just returned from a four-week immersion trip to southern France to learn French. LaKiesha credits intentionality and the ability to seize opportunities. If it's important, just do it! Host: Ray Loewe, Co-Host: Mary Ann Steinhauer
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E247: The Stories That Define Us - An Interview With Ray Loewe, Host: Jim Rose, Cohost: Mary Ann Steinhauer
What started as a simple internet TV experiment became something much bigger. In this special episode of Changing the Rules, host Jim Rose — usually the voice behind the engineering console — turns the microphone on Ray Loewe, founder of Changing the Rules, Life Under the Willow Tree, and The...
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E246: Storytelling: How to Tap Your Creative Genius, Guest, Rebecca Hoffman
In this episode of Changing the Rules, hosts Ray Loewe and Mary Ann Steinhauer welcome Rebecca Hoffman, founder of Good Egg Concepts and keynote speaker for the March 2026 Friends Connection Forum. Building on her inspiring presentation from the Forum, Rebecca takes listeners deeper into the art…
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E245: Leadership: What Lou Holtz Taught Navy Vice Admiral Dan Cooper, Guest, Dan Cooper
What if the best leadership lessons aren’t found in boardrooms… or even on the battlefield? In this episode of Changing the Rules, Ray Loewe sits down with Vice Admiral Dan Cooper (Ret.) to explore leadership through an unexpected lens—a legendary college football coach. Dan shares personal…
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E244: What the Obituary Missed: Remembering a Life Through Stories
“I lost a friend this week.” That’s how this episode begins—with a simple sentence that opens the door to something much deeper. After reading an impressive obituary filled with accomplishments and milestones, host Ray Loewe is left with an unexpected realization: the most important parts of his...
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E243: Meet the Reverend Legs Malone, Guest, Anna Brooke
What happens when you stop following the “expected path”… and start following your heart instead? In this episode of Changing the Rules, hosts Ray Loewe and Mary Ann Steinhauer sit down with Anna Brooke—better known to audiences as Rev. Legs Malone. With a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Art…
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E242: Designing Great Projects—and an Even Better Life, Guests, Dawn Mahan
Host: Ray Loewe Cohost: MaryAnn Steinhauer What if project management wasn’t just about timelines and deliverables… …but about storytelling, inspiration, and living life on your terms? Dawn Mahan is one of the “Luckiest People in the World”—and she’s earned it. A globally recognized project...
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E241: More Than Time: The Stories We Wear on Our Wrists, Guest, Bill Hughes
Ray Loewe, MaryAnn Steinhauer, Bill Hughes and John Gardner “Most of us think of a watch as something that tells time. But what if a watch actually holds time? Today’s guest owns more than 60 watches—not because he needs them, but because each one tells a different story. A wedding… a moment he...
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E240: The Sweetness of Doing Nothing… Over a Glass of Wine, Guest, Justina Latura
Host Ray Loewe Co-Host - MaryAnn Steinhauer Guest - Justina Latura, What if wine wasn’t just something you drink… but something you experience? In this episode of Changing the Rules, we sit down with Justina Latura, owner of the Vine Bar in Lancaster, PA—one of the Luckiest People in the World…
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E239: The Mirracle of Applied Improv, Guest, Dr. Sally Harrison-Pepper
For many people, the word “improv” triggers: “I have to be funny.” “I have to perform.” "I might be embarrassed," “I’m not an actor.” But Impied Improv keeps the spirit of improv but removes the “acting” pressure, and it helps - Spontaneous Communication - Creative Collaboration - Dynamic…
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E238: "The Greatest Risk In Life Is Running Out Of Meaning," Guest, Dale Power
Guest: Dale Power - Inventor, :Reimagine Your Retirement" Host: Ray Loewe Co-host: Mary Ann Steinhauer - One of our "Luckiest People" finds herself way off track at age 51 and uses an "Outward Bound Experience" to explode her way back on track, inventing "Reimagine Your Retirement." Even though...
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E237: A Great Golf Story, Guest, Robert Kleckner
Making his passion his life, Robert went from golfer to golf course manager to golf course owner, living his life on his own terms. Robert shares some of the challenges he encountered and some of the innovations that helped him achieve his success
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E236: Authentic Influence Group, Guest, Shelly O'Donovan
Host: Ray Loewe Co-host: Mary Ann Steinhauer Guest: Shelly O'Donovan, Authentic Influence Group We communicate all the time through our actions, comments, and body language. When we're doing it right, we can create incredible opportunities. When we're not aware of what we'we doing, we can do…
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E235: My Two Hearing Goddesses, Guests, Dr. Heather Eck & Dr. Kerry Hermann
Host: Ray Loewe Co-host: Mary Ann Steinhauer Guests: Dr. Heather Eck andDr. Kerry Hermann, IntegrityForward Hearing Solutions -------- Hearing loss can slowly and sneakily impede your relationships. You don't know you're not hearing what you're not hearing. When your ears aren't functioning...
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E234: It's Not Just A Cup of Coffee, Guests, John Gardner & Jeff Lincoln
Host: Ray Loewe, Co-host Mary Ann Steinhauer. Don Helin, Guest, John Gardner, Guest, Jeff Lincoln, Owner, Passero's Coffee Roasters What's your relationship with coffee? What's your history with coffee? Join us for a lively discussion on how coffee influences our lives. Relive and enjoy the...
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E233: Viking Sagas, The Story Behind The Story, Guest, Don Helin
Host - Ray Loewe Co-host Mary Ann Steinhauer Guest - Don Helin Don didn't think his heritage was all that exciting until he started probing beyond the lives of some Minnesota farmers to a small town in Norway, the home of many of his family relatives. Then, a trip he and his wife took to the...
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E232: It Started With A Letter, Guest, Lana Edwards Santoro
Host: Ray Loewe Co-host: Mary Ann Steinhauer Guest: Lana Edwards Santoro It Started with a Letter is about the importance of your story and why you need to tell it.
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E231: How Do The Luckiest People Deal With The Winter Blues?
Host: Ray Loewe, Co-Host: Mary Ann Steinhauer, and our podcast team talk about how they stay engaged and on track when winter starts to get them down.
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E230: Where Good Stories Come From - Guests, Don Helin, Phil Fretz, Julie Stauffer
Word has been getting around about our Storytelling Dinners. People keep asking the same questions: How do I get to one? What kind of story should I tell? Where do the best stories in my life even come from? And how do I make a good story better—and tell it well? So we decided to answer those...
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E229: Looking Ahead to 2026
The mission hasn't changed. We're still about helping the luckiest people get lucky, stay lucky, and get around the obstacles that get in their way. But there will be greater emphasis on the people who help them and the conversations they have to get there.
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E228: Storytelling: With Don Helin & Ray Loewe
Don & Ray talk about how to pull your stories out of you and then tell stories. Stories in this episode: 1. Don talks about his first job. 2. Ray talks about rediscovering the Aurora Borealis. Don talks about "Do we really want to do this? And more...
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E227: Telling Your Story, Guest, Clemence Scouten
Clemence is the owner of "Memoirs and More." Memoirs are the stories, and more are family histories. Genealogy is the skeleton of the family, but stories are the flesh & blood. How do you begin to tell yours, and why should you tell it?
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E226: Grandfluence, Guest, Joan McWilliams
Joan is an Attorney, Mediator, and Grandparent. In this episode, she talks about the positive influence grandparents have on their grandchildren, but how they often lack the power to follow through.
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E225: The Five Generations, Guest, John Gardner
In this episode, host Ray Loewe and John Gardner explore the idea of “The Five Generations” — how generational context shapes opportunity, social mobility, and perceptions of success across time. The conversation examines how families and communities progress (or don’t) across generations, and...
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E224: The Power of the Story: From Puppets to Balloons to Antique Cars, Guests, Mary Ann and the Two Janes
Host Ray Loewe and guests Jane Armstrong, a puppeteer and ventriloquist; Jane Grove, a storyteller and driver of antique cars; and Mary Ann Steinhauer, a hot air balloon pilot and writer, discuss the power of the story in their lives. Lots of great stories are told in this episode
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E223: Starting that New Business Venture, Guests, Christina Warfel & Katie Gordon
Two single women. A meeting by fate. The creation of a new business venture, Survival. Growth. And now the trials and tribulations of expansion. Now throw in some kids, horses, and chickens, and you have today's interview.
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E222: My Story Coach - More on how to tell stories, Guest, Rebecca Hoffman
Meaningful stories and how we might tell them to a friendly, supportive group. Transitioning into stories, crafting a good story, middling, competitive vacationing, etc. How do you find your best stories? How to practice and improve your stories?
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E221: The Value of Sharing Stories, Guests: Helin. Stauffer, Steinhauer
Four storytellers talk about their experiences creating and sharing stories and how stories enhance their relationships with both family and friends.
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E220: Building a Legacy Through the Arts, Guest, Phil Fretz
Phil discusses "Exploring the Arts" by starting with a piece of art and then combining it with written commentary, music, and verbal comments. He also discusses his involvement in storytelling, ranging from prose to poetry, and how he communicates with his family through poetry.
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E219: An Incredible Story, Guest: Tracey Gates
Tracey Gates, author of "A Few Kind Words," a previous keynote speaker at our Friends Connection Forum, and a previous guest on "Changing the Rules," shares a story that begins with trusting and ultimately comes full circle, back to trust. This is a must-listen-to podcast.
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E218: Stories Make Conversations Better, Guest,Rebecca Hoffman
Rebecca Hoffman, owner of Good Egg Concepts, is a marketing & branding consultant based in the Chicago Metro Area. But to me, Rebecca will always be my storytelling coach. Rebecca introduced me to the world of storytelling with some simple but effective ideas that you can use too.
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E217: Storyteller, Guest: Geoff Boyer
There is nothing like a good story to boost and improve conversation. Meet Geoff Boyer, parent, grandparent, and businessman. Learn how he uses stories across all three platforms.
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E216: "You Gotta Have Heart," Guests, Marybeth Neyhard & Robin Olson
Both Marybeth and Robin suffered unexpected medical events that derailed their lives and could have derailed them long-term. Yet, both continue today to live their lives under their terms. Support Groups were key to both in achieving what they couldn't do alone.
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E215: Creating Family Treasures...Stories that Bridge the Ages, Guest, Joyce Debarger
Stories that bridge the ages are sometimes called Living Stories, Generational stories, or Legacy stories. They're stories that bridge generations and often evolve over time. They can memorialize the original creator. And they can create substantial joy over the years. Listen as Joyce talks about...
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E214: The Art of the Story, Guests, Don Helin & Brian Giersch
In the first of several podcasts on storytelling, host Ray Loewe discusses the importance of the story as an effective means of communication.
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With Ray Loewe — The Luckiest Guy in the WorldEvery week, Changing the Rules invites you to imagine — and live — a life designed by you. Host Ray Loewe believes every person is a unique original with talents, passions, and quirks that make them one of a kind. When you embrace your uniqueness, you escape the rules others have imposed — and you gain the freedom to flourish.Our guests are living proof. They come from all walks of life and have each designed lives that look completely different — yet they share one thing in common: pure joy. You’ll feel it in their voices, see it in their choices, and sense it in every story they tell.Some overcame loss, illness, or transitions. Others broke free from limbo — that gray space where you’re neither happy nor unhappy. Through courage and self-discovery, they each found their way back to joy.Their stories won’t tell you how to live your life — they’ll inspire you to design your own. Because their joy may be theirs, but the same joy is waiti
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