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Living Your Passion
by DJ Waldow
Do you live to work or do you work to live? Are you passionate about what you do? DJ Waldow chats with everyday people about their passion - their path to getting there and how they maintain it. Learn how you can find - and LIVE - your passion. Ready. Set. Listen!
Episodes
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Toni Sicola on Gut Health
Today's guest, Toni Sicola (#47), is the sister-in-law of my good friend and former co-worker at Marketo ... Dayna Rothman! As it turns out, Toni's husband (Loren) messaged me on Facebook and suggested I chat with his wife - a person he felt was very passionate. Loren was right! Toni and I hit it...
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Matt Miller on Helping Families Diversify, Helping Schools Raise Money, and Inspring Children to Read
I connected with Matt Miller (guest #46) thanks to a LinkedIn message he sent me at the end of 2014. He heard the episode I had published with John Lee Dumas on Inspiring Millions and asked to be on the show. Once Matt shared his story with me, it was a no-brainer. Matt is full of passion(s)!...
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Tim Hayden on Getting Uncomfortable
I have known today's guest, Tim Hayden (or THE Tim Hayden, #45) for years. And I love the dude. We speak the same language on many many MANY life issues. Tim is my go-to guy when it comes to finding the best restaurant in any city. Literally any city. From my recollection, he is 7/7 on…
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Casie Shimansky on Living Out Loud
Today's guest (#44) is Casie Shimansky.Casie as in "kay-cee" or "KC." As it turns out, Casie and I connected first through #Bufferchat (read the summary here). Casie is passionate, funny, witty, and has an interesting story to tell! Casie's passion: Living Out Loud In case you missed any of the...
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Greg Hemmings on Connecting People Through Killer Stories
I met Greg Hemmings (guest #43) through a a Facebook Group I'm part of ... Marketers with Beards (I've since shaved my facial hair, but have not been kicked out of the group yet!). Greg posted an amazing video to the group of an awesomely-bearded gentlemen named Matt White (who turned out to be a...
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Katy Widrick on Active Living
Katy Widrick (guest #42) and I first exchanged emails on December 19, 2010 (and I have the original email!). We had just met each other in person in Tampa, Florida after Jason Keath's kick ass event, Social Fresh (check out Jason's new podcast, Social Toolkit). A lot has changed since then. We…
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Matt White on Facial Hair and Mens Grooming
I was introduced to today's guest (#41), Matt White, through a video. But this was not just any video. It was a video about Matt ... and his facial hair. The more I chatted with Matt, the more I full understood - and appreciated - his ... obsession ... with facial hair. Matt's passion (of…
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Cierra Savatgy-King on Creating Extremely Unique Experiences That Make People Happy
Thanks to a terrible (yet effective) email introduction from my buddy, Tim Hayden, I was able to bring Cierra Savatgy-King (guest #40) on today's show. It took a "quarter-life crisis" to realize what Cierra's passion was, yet it was actually something she had been thinking about since she was a...
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Amy Rueda on Being The Voice of Change For Safe Beauty
I was introduced to today's guest (#39!), Amy Rueda, through my good friends Courtney and Bryan Kramer. We were fortunate enough to record this episode live, in the Purematter office "studio." Thanks Courtney and Bryan for the space (and the coffee!). Amy's passion: Being the voice of change for...
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Hitha Palepu on Helping Everyone Pack Faster and Live Better
Today's guest, Hitha Paleupa (#38), is a Social Butterfly Guy email subscriber. It turns out one of my Waldow Weekly WhazzupDATES started a conversation that led to this recording. Boom! Hitha's passion: Helping everyone pack faster and live better In case you missed any of the previous episodes,...
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Ann Handley on Ridiculously Good Writing
I've had the honor of knowing - and being friends with - today's guest (#37!) Ann Handley - for ... well ... a long time. She's smart. She's funny (proof here). She does not take herself too seriously (see #AnnIsNotImpressed). Oh, and she also happens to be one of the best writers I know ... and...
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Brad Kelly on Helping Others Chase Their Dreams
Some Living Your Passion guests I seek out; others somehow come to me! The latter is the case for today's guest, Brad Kelly (#36). He came to me through this tweet from Tiffany Thorton! @MOFinancial knows this better than anyone “@buffer: Join us on Wednesday to chat about living your passion…
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Aaron Walker on Helping Men Reach Their Full Potential And Find Their Identity
Thanks to an email introduction from future Living Your Passion guest, Matt Miller, I was fortunate enough to chat with Aaron Walker, today's guest ... #35! Aaron reminds me a lot of me ... but WAY smarter and more seasoned. Ha! Aaron's passion: Helping men reach their full potential and find…
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Joe Casabona on Making Things on The Web
A few days after launching Living Your Passion, I received the following email: I'm currently listening to your first episode (I love Jeff's work!) and I'm really excited to add this to my shortlist of podcasts. It might be shameless self-promotion, but if you are looking for guests I'd love to…
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Pete Farmer on Giving Tools to Musicians to Express Themselves Musically
I received the following email from the wife (Kate) of today's guest (#33), Pete Farmer. I just stumbled across your website and podcast and couldn't help but think of our little business, Farmer Foot Drums, and my husband Pete Farmer. We built this business from scratch and it has been an...
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Marla Aufmuth on Photography
I met today's guest (#32), Marla Aufman, at my buddy Bryan Kramer's TED Talk in September. Marla was the event's photographer, of course. Marla's passion: PHOTOGRAPHY She's photographed the King of Jordan and King (LeBron) James. Oh, and Kobe Bryant, Sharon Stone, Ice Cube, and more. Marla is...
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Jess Lively on Values-Based Intentions
Re: Guests, a friend/fellow podcaster that might be a good one (or at least checking out her podcast/blog for inspiration): http://jesslively.com/about/ She’s all about living with purpose and intention. Just moved to Austin too (jealous!) That was the email I received from Sadie Cornelius in…
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Shawn Sadowski on Helping Entrepreneurs Find Their Career Path
Another guest (#30), another person from the state of Utah (#3). I was introduced to today's Shawn Sadowski, from another friend from Salt Lake City, Kathy Dalton. Shawn's passion is similar to past guest Garin Hess ... with a twist. Shawn is passionate about helping entrepreneurs find their…
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Paul Sokol on Keeping Youth Music Programs in Schools
Today's guest - #29 - Paul Sokol, is one of those good guys. He's a self-proclaimed "Campaign Builder Mad Scientist at Infusionsoft. He enjoys a good beer ... and music. And when I say Paul enjoys music, that's a HUGE understatement. Paul's passion: Keeping youth music programs in schools (or...
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Barbara Jackson on Bringing People Together (To Make Change Together)
Another international guest? YOU KNOW IT! Today's guest - #28 - is Barbara Jackson who lives in ... SWEDEN! Barbara and I connected through Twitter thanks to a Dorie Clark tweet. Dorie introduced me to past guest (#3), Tim McDonald, who has introduced me to a boatload of past Living Your Passion...
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Kelsey Humphreys on Unlocking Untapped Potential
Today's guest (#27), Kelsey Humphrey's searched on iTunes for "cool podcasts."* The first result returned was this one, Living Your Passion. *As you'll hear during this episode, that's not EXACTLY what she searched for, but close. Ha! Kelsey is awesome. I'm so glad we connected on both a personal...
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DJ Waldow (me!) on Helping People Rediscover Their Passion
In today's "flip the mic" episode, past Living Y0ur Passion guest Ethan Beute, interviewed me! I guess that makes me guest #26. Ha! I actually "pre-released" this episode on Sunday, November 2nd -- the day before I announced my new business, my new career, my new passion -- COACH DJ. If you are...
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Garin Hess on The Positive Benefits That Come From Entrepreneurship
Garin Hess, (today's guest - #25) hails from the lovely state of Utah. As it turns out, Garin is the 3rd guest on Living Your Passion (Nate Bagley and Cara Heuser being the other two). Utah FTW! Garin and I connected when he sent me a "let's talk" email through LinkedIn. Love it. Garin's passion:...
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Mitch Jackson on Helping People Become Remarkable Communicators
When I asked Mitch Jackson (today's guest - #24) how he was doing, he said, "if I was any better it would be illegal." Boom. And that's how we began today's conversation. And yet ANOTHER Tim McDonald introduction. Not to take anything away from this episode, but you have to check out the Living...
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Alina Mihai on Helping People Find Their POWER
Today's episode (#23) features Alina Mihai. Born and raised in Romania, Alina has a background in psychology, education, language therapy/communication disorders, energy work, and spiritual development. Dang. Right? As you'll hear (and as I professionally borrowed from her about page), Alina is a...
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Ilma Nausedaite on Traveling
Lots of firsts in today's episode, #22. Ilma Nausedaite is the show's first guest from Lithuiania (but second guest I've interviewed from the Baltic States). Additionally, this was Ilma's first time recording a podcast (she was great!). Like many past guests, Ilma has a few passions (including...
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Sarah Dvorak on Cheese
The story about how I met today's guest (Episode 21), Sarah Dvorak, is quite unique. You'll have to listen to the show to learn more, but suffice to say, this email was a big part of it. I had the unique opportunity to record this episode at Sarah's house in San Francisco. SO. MUCH. FUN. I got to...
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Dorothea Bozicolona-Volpe on Music
I met today's guest (#20), Dorothea Bozicolona-Volpe, at the bar in Miami. To be clear, I was at the bar with another guy - at a conference - and she approached us. Ha! Dorothea (pronounced Dor-a-TAY-a) loves culture, food, art, and skateboarding, but what underlies everything in her life is…
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Sara Davidson on Creating a World of Unstoppable Women
Sara "sans H" Davidson is today's guest for episode #19. Sara is the CEO and co-founder of Hello Fearless, the school for female entrepreneurs. We connected thanks to this tweet from Living Your Passion listener Brandi Neloms followed by an email introduction from another listener, Bethany Rae...
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Evan McElligott on Opening Your Mind Through Travel
Are you ready for nearly 30 minutes of a killer Irish accent? If so, Episode 18 with Evan McElligot (pronounced "Mack-Elli-gOT"), is for you. Thanks - again! - to Amanda O'Brien, for the introduction. Amanda Pants, if you'll recall, also email introduced me to another past guest, John Lee Dumas....
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Kerry O'Shea Gorgone on Learning About People Through Interviews (Podcasting)
Back to back podcasters on Living Your Passion? Yup. Earlier this week I chatted with John Lee Dumas. Today (Episode #17) is Kerry O'Shea Gorgone. Kerry is a self-proclaimed geek, baker of chocolate chip cookies, lawyer, a wife, a mom (of two adorable boys), an employee at MarketingProfs, and a...
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John Lee Dumas on Inspiring Millions
It's not every day you get to chat with a dude whose podcast is "Best of iTunes 2013." Todays guest, episode #16, is the one ... the only ... John Lee Dumas. John is someone who has passion "in spades" (his words). And man does he. For those who don't know John, he's the guy who launched a…
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Mark Horvath on Fighting Homelessness
I first learned about Mark Horvath - today's guest (#15!) - after listening to future Living Your Passion podcast guest - and past Work Talk Show guest, Kerry O'Shea Gorgone. Mark was on Kerry's podcast, Marketing Smarts. I literally stopped mid-listen and texted Kerry, asking for an…
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Jon Steiert on Ingredients
Jon Steiert (pronounced STY ERT) knows a thing or two about food ... and weight ... and unhealthy eating. In fact, today's guest (#14) knows a LOT about being fat and out of shape. As it turns out, he also knows even more about being healthy and in shape. Ever since discovering his passion -...
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Mic Johnson on People Who Are Passionate
(Lucky) Episode #13!!!! It turns out today's guest, Mic Johnson, and I first chatted years ago ... when Google Hangout first launched. But we really know each other from my good buddy in Kansas City, Mo, Archie Kangethe. As you will soon find out (once you hit "play"), Mic and I are...
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Ethan Beute on Connecting People With Nature
Today's guest (Episode #12), Ethan Beute, loves coffee. Ethan also loves (good) beer. Ethan also loves people. BONUS: Ethan is also a University of Michigan alum. GO BLUE. Hmmm. I love coffee, beer, and people (see my Twitter bio). In fact, I've had coffee and (good) beer with Ethan a few times…
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Brian Fanzo on Change
EPISODE #11 features Brian Fanzo, a dude I met on a (docked) aircraft carrier in San Diego in early 2014. Brian and I have about a zillion mutual connections (or 50). Brian's passion is CHANGE. Teaching CHANGE. Embracing CHANGE. CHANGE. CHANGE. CHANGE. In case you missed any of the previous...
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Heather Lauer on Bacon
BACON! BACON! BACON! I mean, who doesn't like bacon? Besides folks who don't eat it for religious reasons and those who are vegan/vegetarian - though I bet some vegetarians make an exception for bacon. In today's episode, #10, I chat with Heather Lauer, about her passion: BACON. I read two...
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Corina Manea on Public Relations, Communication, & Getting in Shape
Episode #9! One episode away from double digits. Crazy, I know. Currently living in Madrid, Spain ... by way of Romania (of course), Corina Manea is my first international guest on Living Your Passion. And, as you can imagine, she set the bar high for future non-US-based guests! Corina has a few...
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Loren McDonald on All Things Green
8 episodes in and already I have my 2nd "McDonald" on the podcast. Today's guest, Loren McDonald, is not related to Tim McDonald (guest #3) is the VP of Industry Relations at Silverpop and can often be found preaching the benefits of email marketing as well as social media and location-based...
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Julie Neumark on Communication
Julie Neumark. Episode #7. Boom. When I first asked Julie to be on the podcast, I thought her passion was going to be music. It turns out, her passion is much broader than just music. In fact, music and songwriting/song performing is just a small part of her passion. Julie's "not-so-sexy" (her...
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Chris Rosati on Making People Smile
I once beat today's guest in a footrace outside of Tyler's Taproom in Durham, NC. Shortly after said race (which I won, of course), I pulled my hamstring. That guy, and today's Episode #6 guest, is Mr. Chris Rosati. Chris's PASSION is simple: Making people smile. However, as you'll hear once you...
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Amber Naslund on Animal Rescue
Amber Naslund, aka Amber Cadabra, and I have been friends for a long time - long in Internet years, of course. As you can imagine, I was thrilled when she agreed to be the 5th guest on Living Your Passion. If you follow Amber on Facebook, it would be hard to miss her PASSION: Dogs, specifically...
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Cara Heuser on Pole Dancing
A Maternal Fetal Medicine physician whose passion is POLE DANCING? Huh? Yup. You read that correctly. In this show, episode #4, I chat it up with Cara Heuser, a high-risk Obstetrician in Salt Lake City, Utah whose passion is pole dancing - more specifically, using pole fitness and pole dance to...
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Tim McDonald on Connecting People With Purpose
And just like that. Episode 3! I was super-fortunate to get Mr. Tim McDonald on the show this week. Tim is the former Director of Community at The Huffington Post and current Purveyor of Purpose at BTC Revolutions. As it turns out, I was introduced to Tim through past Work Talk Show guest - and...
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Nate Bagley on Love
Episode 2. Boom. It only took 2 episodes to get a 30-year old, single Mormon living in Salt Lake City, Utah to talk about his passion: Love (of course). I met Nate Bagley in 2010 when we were living in the 801 (Salt Lake City). We were connected via social media and even sat on a panel together…
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Jeff Sheldon on Designing Physical Products
Episode #1! Episode #1! Episode #1! I could not think of a better first guest on Living Your Passion. Jeff Sheldon is the Founder & Designer of Ugmonk, a company whose mission is to "create high-quality, well-designed goods that we wanted ourselves." Jeff bleeds passion. On this episode ... Jeff...
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Introducing Living Your Passion (Episode 0)
Hello and welcome to Episode 0 of Living Your Passion the podcast where I, DJ Waldow, chat with people who have found their passion and, well, are LIVING it. Wait. Episode 0? Huh? Yup. This 7 minute, 5 second monologue is not a “real” episode. Instead, it’s my one-take recording of what inspired...
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Do you live to work or do you work to live? Are you passionate about what you do? DJ Waldow chats with everyday people about their passion - their path to getting there and how they maintain it. Learn how you can find - and LIVE - your passion. Ready. Set. Listen!
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Do you live to work or do you work to live? Are you passionate about what you do? DJ Waldow chats with everyday people about their passion - their path to getting there and how they maintain it. Learn how you can find - and LIVE - your passion. Ready. Set. Listen!
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