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Ownstream
by Stephen Shelley & Theresa Sgobba: Lifestyle Entrepreneurs
The Ownstream podcast aims to reveal to a wide audience the dynamic new paradigms emerging in the areas of lifestyle, business and spirit via highly intimate portraits of people creating and living these exciting new modalities. Topics include: digital nomads, lifestyle entrepreneurs, tiny houses, minimalism, whole foods diets and healing, law of attraction, travel, road schooling, and more. Ownstream seeks to empower individuals with information and tools to broaden their perspectives, choose their own paths, and live more abundantly, richly, and free. Find out more at: http://ownstream.co
Episodes
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OS68: Ty Bollinger – The Truth About Cancer and The Health Care Matrix
In one significant way, Ty Bollinger is like almost all of us. He lost someone he loved very dearly to cancer. His father. In the following decade, Ty lost 6 more of his family members to cancer, including his mother. Like many of us, Ty found it hard to believe that the standard medical response...
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OS67: Teresa Yanaros – Divine Contact and Service with Life Beyond Earth
Teresa Yanaros was born into life destined to unite in service with beings beyond Earth. Child of a military family stationed at RAF Woodbridge, England in the early 1980s, she grew up hearing stories about the Rendlesham Forest incident, one of the most famous UFO sightings in history worldwide....
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OS66: Peta Kelly – Earth is Hiring, Our New Way to Live, Lead, Earn and Give
What's the new way to live, lead, earn and give? Peta Kelly says it's simple -- and it begins and ends with our alignment. Peta always lived with a desire to serve others. Her interest in serving our collective health led her first to network marketing, where she sold Isagenix health products.…
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OS65: Gerry Powell – Recovering His Soul & Healing Addiction with Plant Medicine
Gerard Armond Powell ("Gerry") has always been an all-or-nothing kind of guy. To say he had an addictive personality is a gross understatement. Drugs, women, alcohol, money....you name it. Every vice known to man has written a chapter in his colorful life story. And for many years, each of these...
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OS64: Jason Moore – Location Independence as a Way of Life
When asking how our lives might look different if we were to follow our hearts and dreams, so many of us point to travel. For most of us, travel represents freedom in one way or another - the ability to do whatever we want to, go wherever we want to, whenever we want to do it. But many of us…
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OS63: Brandy Gillmore – Our Unlimited Power to Heal Chronic Pain
Brandy Gillmore refused to take "no" for an answer. After a car accident and a fall that injured her spine, the former athlete was left with devastating, chronic pain throughout her body. She spent days - years - laying in bed, watching TV, with a constant morphine supply that couldn't even ease...
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OS62: Daniel Eisenman – The #OmDaddy on Fun & Breaking the Paradigm of “Normal”
What do you think of as "normal"? From an early age, Daniel Eisenman questioned what he was told is "normal" - the standard way that he and others were supposed to be. At first, he played around with "breaking normal" - like many teenagers do - by challenging the rules set around him, and acting…
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OS61: Kathleen Morton – Vanlife, Breaking The Rules & Creating Your Own Life Story
Kathleen Morton never understood why people seem to live by the same unwritten rules. As a child, she most enjoyed the sanctuary of her bedroom, where her natural creativity flourished. Like many of us, when she graduated high school and moved into the larger world, Kathleen believed, as her...
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OS59: Theresa & Stephen – Exit The Matrix, 8 Tools for Limitless Living
In 1999 the film The Matrix was released. It told the story of a small band of renegades led by Morpheus and the prodigal son, Neo, breaking loose from a synthetic, lifeless reality they called "the matrix" and the eventual collapse of this artificial and controlling system. Since, the phrase…
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OS58: Rodolfo Carrillo – Bridging Inner and Outer Worlds for Healing
Sometimes when we begin to meditate - and especially when our meditation practice takes off - we may feel that we are living a secret life. For Rodolfo Carrillo, the exploration of his "secret" inner life began at age 7, when his mother introduced him to meditation. He had fallen, and was...
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OS57: Abel McClennen – Envisioning a New School for a New Society in Costa Rica
Perhaps no other category of our society is in more desperate need of idealism than education. For many students, the schooling experience is one of severe anxiety and worry, of toxic and constant comparisons to others (via "grades"), the digestion and regurgitation of facts that seem far from...
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OS56: Freyja Inanna – Reclaiming Her Voice, True Power & Purpose
Born into a fundamentalist Mormon family in rural Canada, Freyja (then, Catherine) was taught to keep her head down and not raise her voice. At age 15, she entered into an arranged marriage as the second wife of a 25-year-old polygamist man, and joined his community. She spent the next 28 years...
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OS54: Ross Lukeman – Designing the Unique Home of Your Dreams
Often we accept things we've been taught or told, until one day something strikes us as being a bit "off", and we begin to ask questions. For Ross Lukeman, that something was the traditional story we've been taught about home ownership and freedom. That is, if you own a home, you have achieved…
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OS53: Amy Schrift – The Power of Nature to Transform a Life
How many people talk about spending more time in nature? Yearn for time outside, in the ocean, forest, mountains? When we lived in NYC, talk of getting into nature was practically a mantra on the street. The thing is, while most people feel a call to nature, few end up spending much time there.…
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OS51: Stephen & Theresa – Following Our Dreams, One Breadcrumb At A Time
We're three weeks into our Costa Rica adventure, exploring and enjoying this gorgeous country. And, quite consciously, we're considering this special place as a future home for our family. We've felt called here, through various channels. In many ways, it feels right and true to be here. Much…
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OS49: Marvin Rockwell – Spreading Peace & Creating Paradise in Costa Rica
There are 1410 miles between Fairhope, AL and Monteverde, Costa Rica. We know this because while interviewing this week’s guest, Marvin Rockwell at his home in Monteverde, describing his epic journey there from Alabama in 1948, we pulled it up on Google maps. Of course, the internet wasn’t at the...
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OS48: Dr. Pam Popper II – Debunking Vaccines, Antidepressants & Much More
Once you begin to question one area of life, the lies suddenly begin to unravel everywhere. Along the way, you are likely to encounter all sorts of characters shouting their version of the "real story" from the rooftops. When you find someone as eloquent, trustworthy and well-researched as Dr.…
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OS47: Natalie Sisson – Her Journey from Digital Nomad to “Freedomist” & More
For Natalie Sisson, doing anything which doesn't feel good for too long sets off an internal alarm. So, some 10 years ago, after too many days of feeling "off" at a corporate job...she quit. What's remarkable about her decision is that she didn't have a solid plan for what to do afterwards, but...
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OS46: Nadine Pisani – Finding Connection, Creativity & True Happiness in Costa Rica
Many dream of it, but very few actually do it: sell it all and move to paradise. For Nadine Pisani, it took her husband being hospitalized for 10 days for her to realize that their way of life as chiropractors in Pennsylvania wasn't working. A short time later, they walked off a plane in Costa…
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OS43: Matt Mitler – Theater, Transformation & The Pursuit Of Truth
It is said that the inherent challenges of being an actor will rather naturally weed out those without the true bug in their system. If this is true, Matt Mitler must be completely consumed by it. His ambition though is not for fame nor fortune, as his interest in those conventional notions of...
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OS42: Hemma Haridin – Healing, Confidence & Personal Acceleration
Just a few years ago, Hemma Haridin ran multiple accounting franchises in New York City. She was marginally fulfilled, supported her family and loved being her own boss. Upon the passing of her dear grandfather though, some parts of herself began to open up, revealing a vastly different blueprint...
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OS40: Benita Conde – Radical Love & Aligning Everything With Her Calling
Prior to working with us, Benita Conde was struggling. She was working in a job she didn't like, rarely saw her family, hadn't taken dance class in years (having loved dance for decades), suffered from eczema and - most importantly - felt trapped in a life that didn't feel "good". Then, she did…
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OS39: Hannah Miller – The “Edventure Girl” & Dispelling The Myths Of World Schooling
When presented with the idea of “world schooling” as a replacement for formal, classroom education, most parents typically default into various forms of knee-jerk reactions: "What about having friends? How can you cultivate a social circle while on the move? What about college? Does this style of...
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OS38: Didi Taihuttu – Bitcoin, Minimalism & Prioritizing Freedom
After building the complete picture of happiness sold to each of us by society, Didi Taihuttu was more stressed and worn-out than ever. Upon realizing this, he didn't get angry. Quite simply, he sold it all back in an effort to reclaim his and his family's freedom. Unlike many who spend their…
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OS36: Ben Hewitt – Unschooling, Fostering Curiosity & Learning To Let Go
Author, dad and farmer Ben Hewitt has emerged as one of the leaders in the alternative education movement. For over a decade he and his wife Penny have explored the nuances of "unschooling" their kids (a word they admittedly dislike). Basically, the idea is to give kids room to explore, follow...
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OS34: Lynne McTaggart – Intention, The Field & The Power of 8
Lynne McTaggart admits she is a "disruptor". Trained as an investigative journalist, she is highly skilled at identifying questionable practices or truths, exploring these deeply and testing them to obtain some measure of objectivity. Initially, it was medical practices and treatments that didn't...
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OS33: Gina Savage & Mike Perkins – Farming, Food, Service & True Love
Mike Perkins and Gina Savage had, independent of the other, always dreamed of owning their own Oregon farm. Gina toiled away at a corporate job while Mike ran various businesses, while periodically traveling and living out of his camper. When they met, and fell in love, both felt buoyed to go for...
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OS32: Sara Warden – Travel, World Schooling & Raising Global Citizens
When Sara Warden's husband landed a great job in Morocco, they jumped at the opportunity. They were done with New York City, and felt the call to take their two kids to another country enabling them to directly learn about another culture and way of life. Thus begins Sara and her family's amazing...
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OS31: Dr. Robert Ostfeld – Healing Disease & Building Community with Whole Plant Foods
Dr. Robert Ostfeld has emerged as one of the more vocal leaders in the movement to educate both our population and our medical professionals about the vast powers of the whole foods, plant-based diet. And, he is conveying his powerful message from within the food desert of the Bronx, NY. He not...
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OS30: Patrick Haize – Addiction, Matrix Deprogramming, Adventure & More
Patrick Haize is a true renaissance man. He wears various hats, coaches people on an assortment of skills and practices, and leads adventures into sacred locations in nature around the world. More and more, people are breaking out of the cookie-cutter design of work and life by simply following...
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OS29: Dr. Eric Pearl – Reconnective Healing & The Power of True “Knowing”
Some dozen or so years ago, Dr. Eric Pearl had a thriving chiropractic practice in Los Angeles and seemed to be leading a fairly 'normal' life. That is, until the lights came on - literally. One night, Dr. Pearl was awoken to find the lights had turned on in his bedroom. Certain of a prowler, he...
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OS28: Stacie Malkus – The Healing Power of Oils + The Rise of Network Marketing
Stacie Malkus never saw herself in sales, much less network marketing. So, when an opportunity to become a rep with an essential oils business came her way, she balked. That is, until she saw how powerful the oils were when she used them to help her daughter's sleep. After Brooklyn took a 3-hour...
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OS27: Care Messer – Birth As A Sacred Moment, Empowering Parents & More
Care Messer knew her newly born infant daughter Finnley was in trouble, and the doctors agreed. After 6 miscarriages though, Care was determined for her beautiful baby to know the feeling of love, so she simply held her - for days, and days. Eventually, it became clear that Finn was going nowhere...
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OS26: Theresa & Stephen – Come Play With Us This Summer + Other Updates
What happens when you decide to change EVERYTHING about your life? What fears and other challenges arise, and how do you deal with them? This forms the bulk of this podcast episode, where we as co-hosts (Theresa & Stephen) delve into the inner reality of making massive changes in life and how we...
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OS25: Chess Edwards – From Betrayal to Awakening & The Adventure Within
The spirit of adventure has always come naturally to Chess Edwards. For many years, he has taken small groups into the remotest corners of the world, hoping that the outer environs would shake them loose from the mundane patterns of the mainstream path. His desire was that people would return…
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OS24: Kimberly & Theo Hanson – How They Beat Cancer & Got Busy Living
It might be the most dreaded word in the western world - cancer. Many live in sheer terror at receiving this diagnosis from their doctor, certain it means death or a highly compromised life going forward. Modern medicine's approach is to remove the tumor and then, by way of radiation and...
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OS23: Ayanna Mojica – Mysticism, Feminine Power & Wealth Attraction
Ayanna Mojica was down to her final $125. She was heartbroken, suicidal, she could barely move. Within days she had a new business and had over $5K in coaching clients, within a few weeks she had hit 5 figures and hasn't looked back since. This is the magic of hitting bottom, and it's the power…
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OS22: Andy Austin – Year #1 In His Van, Redefining Freedom, Risk & Home
So, what's it like living full-time in a van? Scan the hashtag #vanlife on Instagram, and prepare to ooh and aah and the majesty of the earth through the eyes of van dwellers worldwide. You would probably stumble across some of the breathtaking imagery of professional photographer Andy Austin…
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OS21: Cara Thomas – “Serenflipity” & How Choosing Adventure Can Change A Life
Cara Thomas was stuck. She was tired of her day job, her relationship had just ended, New York was wearing her out. She knew that life could be more than this, so like more and more people, she dropped it all and headed to Asia. She purchased a 1-way ticket to Mumbai, and did not look back. Prior...
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OS20: Theresa Sgobba – “Going Whole”, How to Transition to a Plant-Based Diet
Fierce determination. This describes the look on Theresa's face after watching the documentary, "Forks Over Knives". Having always suspected that her diet was "off" & while currently watching her father suffer from cancer (which, as she learned in the film, is directly connected to eating meat…
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OS19: Khe Hy – On Leaving Wall St, His Happiness Quotient, “Rad Reads” & More
Khe Hy had it made (so to speak). He was a rising star at a major firm on Wall St, was receiving regular bonuses he simply couldn't possibly spend and was admired by anyone who met or knew him. And yet...he wasn't happy. On Khe's scale, he was about a 6 or 6.5 out of 10. Much to his surprise…
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OS16: Bridget Nielsen – High Vibration Foods, Exiting the Matrix, ETs & …Tim Ferriss?
Something was off and Bridget Nielsen knew it. Her day job had brought her to a breaking point. It was through going within that she found both the answers to why she was unhappy and an entire "other" world that awaited her. Nowadays, she sees herself as a bridge connecting ideas and entities…
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OS15: Ronnie Landis – Food, Health, Longevity & Living Your Destiny
Ronnie Landis fancied himself a professional basketball player. He had also spent years training as a martial artist, obtaining many a black belt along the way. But, a knee injury caused him to contemplate healing which opened up an entire world to him of nutrition, the power of living food &...
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OS14: Stephen & Theresa on “Van Life” – Why? Our Sprinter Conversion Plan & More
Mobile living is becoming more and more popular, as is evidenced by the rise of the tiny house on wheels, people living in RV's and the #vanlife movement (just check Instagram). So, why did we recently purchase our own 2005 Dodge Sprinter van to convert into a movable home? What is our plan for...
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OS13: Leo Babauta – The Zen Of Transformation, One Habit At A Time
Leo Babauta was overweight, in massive debt, out of shape, stressed, scattered and seriously unhappy. Oh, and he was a heavy smoker and parent to 6 kids too. His incredible transformation didn't happen overnight, but rather gradually - one habit at a time. Today, he is completely remade and has...
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OS12: Derek Loudermilk – Scientist & Cyclist Turned Artist Of Adventure
Derek Loudermilk's path in life has been anything but straight, but it has most certainly led him somewhere wonderful. His first career was microbiology. His next? Cycling coach. And now? Online business coach and archivist of adventure. So often, we hold ourselves back given we can't see from...
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OS11: Alexis & Christian of Tiny House Expedition – Living, Moving & Chronicling All Things “Tiny”
Alexis & Christian of Tiny House Expedition have emerged as leaders within the vibrant and growing world of tiny houses. Filmmakers and storytellers, their mission is to help expand the tiny house community via beautiful media related to tiny homes, advocating for coding changes enabling more to…
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OS10: Andrew Henderson, the “Nomad Capitalist” – Go Where You’re Treated Best
In a growing and shady world of financial complexity (tax law, passports and visas, emerging markets, bank accounts & more), it's good to have an expert. Meet Andrew Henderson. Andrew's mantra is simple: "go where you're treated best". Andrew has placed himself at the forefront of these important...
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OS9: Jon Block – Screenwriter Turned Entrepreneur & Messenger of Impact
Coach and entrepreneur Jon Block knew something was off. He was a screenwriter in LA who spent much of his day typing on a keyboard, having little to no interaction with other people. It was through this utterly false scenario that he felt something truer calling to him within..."impact". By…
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OS8: Jodi Ettenberg – The Unending Adventures of a Lawyer Turned Traveler, Foodie, Speaker & Storyteller
For years, modern day digital nomad Jodi Ettenberg had dreamed of....Siberia? After enough time spent in her corporate legal career, she took a 1-year sabbatical to make the journey across Russia's eastern taiga to satisfy an urge which began while watching an early documentary on the region when...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Ownstream podcast aims to reveal to a wide audience the dynamic new paradigms emerging in the areas of lifestyle, business and spirit via highly intimate portraits of people creating and living these exciting new modalities. Topics include: digital nomads, lifestyle entrepreneurs, tiny houses, minimalism, whole foods diets and healing, law of attraction, travel, road schooling, and more. Ownstream seeks to empower individuals with information and tools to broaden their perspectives, choose their own paths, and live more abundantly, richly, and free. Find out more at: http://ownstream.co
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