Unconventional Life with Jules Schroeder
by Jules Schroeder
On Unconventional Life, Jules Schroeder interviews successful Millennial entrepreneurs, artists, creatives, and thought leaders on how they earn their living in non traditional ways - each week in 20-30 minute interviews! Each of these individuals are at the top of their game in terms of revenue and reach in their respective industry, living life in the driver's seat beyond what is traditional or predictable. Unconventional Life was created for YOU, the Entrepreneur, Trailblazer, The Student who wants to pioneer their own path, The ONE stuck in a job you are wanting to quit to create the life you want. On this show you will learn, how each guest took the road less travelled, what their revenue model looks like, and why they are prioritizing their passion over their paycheck. Join the Unconventional Life movement at UnconventionalLifeShow.com and enter to win the free weekly prize giveaway of useful tools, content, and resources from the shows guests.
Episodes
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Ep493: Jacqueline Fae: The Art of Self-Love, Matchmaking, and Manifesting Your Divine Counterpart
Jacqueline "Fae" is the founder and CEO of Diamond Club Matchmaking and I Deserve Love, an elite matchmaking company dedicated to helping accomplished men and women build extraordinary relationships. After a career in the entertainment industry, Fae transitioned into entrepreneurship, where she...
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EP492: Kelly Ehlers on Why Nice Girls Win: Redefining Success, Embracing Kindness, and Having the Courage to Choose Again
Kelly Ehlers is an entrepreneur, marketing visionary, and founder of The Evoke Agency and TEAS Media. A five-time Inc. 500 honoree and author of Nice Girls Win, she champions a new definition of success rooted in kindness, confidence, boundaries, and the courage to choose your own path. Connect...
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Ep491: Anwen Baumeister Is Betting on Human Connection in an Increasingly Digital World
Anwen Baumeister is the co-founder of The Portal, a private membership club bringing together wellness, culture, creativity, and community. Inspired by her cross-cultural experiences and belief in human connection, she is creating spaces where people can grow, connect, and live with greater joy....
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Dr. Stephen Sanders on Why Your Best Days Don't Have to End at 35
Dr. Stephen Sanders is a physician, entrepreneur, and founder of Whole Men's Health. Inspired by his own health transformation, he helps people prioritize wellness, vitality, and longevity while redefining success around what matters most. Connect with Dr. Stephen Personal website:...
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Genie Harrison Built the Law Firm She Couldn't Find. Now, She's Helping Others Reclaim Their Power.
Genie Harrison is a Los Angeles trial attorney and founder of the Genie Harrison Law Firm. She represents women, employees, and survivors in cases involving discrimination, harassment, and abuse, helping clients reclaim their agency while pursuing accountability and lasting change. Connect with...
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Keren Eldad on Breaking Free From the Gilded Cage of Success and Building a Life on Your Own Terms
Connect with Keren: Website: https://kereneldad.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keren-eldad/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkeren/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coached-with-coach-keren/id1467079024
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Tim Vogel Is Building a New Kind of Dog Wellness Business by Following the Connection
Tim Vogel is the co-founder and CEO of Scenthound, a membership-based dog wellness company redefining routine pet care. Inspired by the human-dog bond, Tim is building a new category around routine hygiene while exploring how data and technology can transform dog wellness. Connect with Tim:...
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Ep486: The Fulfillionaire Mindset: JP Newman on Money, Freedom, and Designing a Life That Actually Feels Good
JP Newman is a commercial real estate veteran, investor, and founder of Fulfillionaire. After $2 billion in real estate transactions, he created a framework helping people move from financial scarcity to abundance by aligning money with purpose, people, presence, play, and freedom. Connect with…
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Ep485: What If AI Could Help You Understand Yourself? With Technologist & Futurist Lyle Maxson
Lyle Maxson is the founder and CEO of ABOVE, a technology company pioneering Reflective AI. His work explores how AI, wearables, and immersive technology can strengthen self-awareness, emotional intelligence, personal growth, and human connection. Connect with Lyle: Go Above AI…
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Ep483: The Alchemy of Joy: Brent J. Freeman on Rewiring Success, Finding Presence, and Living Beyond the Program
Brent J. Freeman is an entrepreneur, speaker, and author of The Alchemy of Joy. After two decades of building companies, he turned inward to study neuroscience, mindfulness, and subconscious reprogramming—helping people move beyond survival mode and create more presence, joy, and fulfillment....
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Ep482: Tara Cappel Was Told Millennials Didn't Want Group Travel. She Built FTLO Anyway.
Tara Cappel is the founder and CEO of FTLO Travel, a group travel company for solo travelers in their 20s and 30s. Founded in 2016, FTLO has grown into a multimillion-dollar business with 100+ departures across 20+ countries. Connect with Tara: Website: https://www.ftlotravel.com/ Instagram:...
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Ep481: The Way Back to Yourself: Meg Tuohey on Love, Leadership, and Living From Within
Meg Tuohey is an innovator, psychologist, and relationship expert who has revolutionized marriage repair. Her work centers on helping women reconnect with themselves, understand their inner world, and lead with clarity and wisdom — especially in moments where life, relationships, or identity feel...
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EP480: Why There Is No Formula for Building a Brand—or an Unconventional Life—with Arielle Tayar
rielle Tayar is a Miami-based serial entrepreneur, creative director, and experience designer who has spent the last decade building businesses at the intersection of brand, story, and human connection. She is the Founder of Whip Creative Studio, a full-scope brand identity and creative agency…
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Ep479: How Krista St-Germain Transformed Unimaginable Loss Into a Movement of Hope
Krista St-Germain is a Master Certified Life Coach, post-traumatic growth expert, and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. After losing her husband unexpectedly in 2016, she dedicated her life to helping widows navigate grief, rebuild their lives, and discover hope, purpose, and growth after loss....
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Ep478: Why Being Yourself Is Your Greatest Competitive Advantage with Renata Castro
Renata Castro is a Brazilian-born immigration attorney, entrepreneur, author, and founder of USA4ALL. She helps immigrants navigate complex legal systems while advocating for survivors, entrepreneurs, and families building new lives in the U.S. through compassionate, people-first legal guidance....
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Ep477: Beyond Betrayal: How Psychotherapist Lauren LaRusso is Changing the Conversation around Infidelity
Lauren LaRusso is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in infidelity recovery and the author of Beyond Infidelity. Through her therapy practice, writing, and online community, she helps individuals and couples heal from betrayal, break free from shame, and rebuild their lives with clarity and...
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Ep476: Why Feeling "Fine" Isn't Enough: Adam Woolard on Hormone Health, Performance, and Reclaiming Your Energy
Adam Woolard is the Vice President of Business Development and Health Coach at Joi + Blokes, where he helps people optimize their health through personalized hormone care and functional wellness. Inspired by his own health transformation, Adam is passionate about helping others uncover root…
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Ep475: Awakening Isn't Becoming Someone New with Amy Scott Rooker, Author of My Mother Is a Dragonfly
Amy Scott Rooker is an author, former attorney, and former tech executive whose memoir, My Mother Is a Dragonfly, chronicles her journey through childhood trauma, grief, addiction, and spiritual awakening. Today, she helps others reconnect with their authentic selves through healing, presence…
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Ep474: The Beautiful, Unconventional Path to Parenthood with Joy of Life Surrogacy
Joy of Life Surrogacy is a California-based agency dedicated to helping families grow through compassionate, ethical, and personalized surrogacy journeys. Built on trust, transparency, and real human connection, the agency supports both intended parents and surrogates every step of the way, from...
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Ep473: The Truth About Hormones, Weight Loss & Midlife Health with Dani Conway
Dani Conway is a Functional Nutritionist specializing in hormone health, gut healing, and sustainable weight loss for women over 40. Through advanced testing and personalized wellness strategies, she helps women uncover root causes, restore vitality, and achieve lasting health. Connect with Dani:...
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Ep472: Raising Emotionally Resilient Children in a Hyper-Stimulated World with Mindful Mantis Founders Mariana Gordon & Sondra Bakinde
Mariana Gordon and Sondra Bakinde are the co-founders of Mindful Mantis and authors of The Meditating Mantis. Through mindfulness, storytelling, emotional literacy, and holistic wellness tools, they help children and families cultivate resilience, self-awareness, confidence, and inner wellbeing....
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Ep471: Purpose Is the Anchor Through Every Transition: How Reed Nyffeler Built Businesses—and a Life—That Actually Align
Reed Nyffeler is a lifelong entrepreneur with a passion for developing the next generation of leaders, finding solutions, and implementing growth strategies. Reed is the CEO and founder of Signal, a fast-growing, industry-leading security services franchisor with a mission to provide peace of…
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Ep470: Burning It All Down to Build What's Real: How Yoshua Greenfield Walked Away from Success to Reclaim a Life of Meaning
Yoshua Greenfield is a former NYC-based creator and chef who walked away from a rising media career to pursue a slower, land-based life. Now rooted in Colorado, he explores food, nature, and philosophy—helping others reconnect with simplicity, purpose, and what truly matters. Website:...
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Ep469: The $0 Fix Most High Performers Ignore: Dr. Scott Sherr on Why Your Health Strategy Isn't Working
Dr. Scott Sherr is a physician and health optimization expert focused on cellular performance and longevity. Through his HOMe framework, he helps high performers move beyond burnout by mastering foundational health, personalized data, and sustainable optimization strategies. Connect with Dr.…
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Ep468: Dare to Prosper: How Jolie Dawn Turned Personal Tragedy Into a Global Movement for Prosperity
Jolie Dawn is the founder of Prosperity Queendom, a global platform empowering women to build purpose-driven businesses and expand their relationship with wealth. Through courses, mentorship, and live experiences, she has helped more than 25,000 women step into prosperity and leadership. Dare to...
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Ep467: Breaking the Rules, Healing the Self, and Reinventing Waste: How Miki Agrawal Turns Disruption Into Impact
Miki Agrawal is a visionary entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of THINX, TUSHY, WILD, and HIRO. Known for disrupting taboo industries with bold ideas and cultural impact, she builds mission-driven companies that challenge the status quo and spark meaningful change. Connect with Miki:...
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Ep466: Idea People, It's Your Time: Dr. Alex Mehr on the AI Power Shift
Dr. Alex Mehr is a former NASA scientist turned serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Famous.ai. Having built and exited multiple tech companies, he now helps idea-driven founders turn concepts into fully functional apps—without coding, teams, or capital—ushering in a new era of AI-powered...
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Ep459: Crazy Love: Adam Roa on Self-Love, Creative Calling & Expanding Capacity
Adam Roa is an internationally recognized artist, poet, and transformational coach who bridges creativity, personal development, and consciousness. His viral poem "You Are Who You've Been Looking For" has reached over 250 million people, making it the most viewed live poetry performance in…
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EP463: Breaking Normal: Daniel Eisenman on Why Approval Is the Most Dangerous Addiction
Daniel Eisenman is the founder of TribeVitamins and the Breaking Normal movement. A former pre-med student turned entrepreneur, he's spent a decade leading retreats worldwide and building businesses rooted in authenticity, ancestral wisdom, and living beyond social approval. Connect with Daniel:...
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Ep464: Using Discomfort as a Tool: Rorra Co-Founder Charlie Carlisle on Entrepreneurship and Clean Water
Charlie Carlisle is a Colorado-based serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Rorra, a design-forward water filtration company focused on lab-validated performance and mineral-preserving technology. He believes in building from obsession, choosing the right partners, and using discomfort as a tool…
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Ep465: The Man Who Treats Setbacks Like Training: Will Carr's Blueprint for Purpose, Protein, and Parenthood
Will Carr is founder of Genesee Nutrition, speaker, and former pro basketball player. A faith-driven entrepreneur and full-time dad, he builds lifestyle freedom through simplicity, resilience, and community—fueling athletes with clean, tallow-based protein bars. Connect with Will: Website:...
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Ep462: Escape Survival Mode With a Real Health Roadmap with Dr. Sam Shay, DC, IFMCP
What if burnout, inflammation, and "doing everything right" but still feeling awful isn't a failure—just a missing map? In this episode of Unconventional Life, host Jules Schroeder sits down with functional medicine expert, genetic strategist, and stand-up comic Dr. Sam Shay. Together, they…
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Ep461: Stop Waiting for Permission: Magnetism, Lifestyle Freedom, and the Business of Being You
What if the life you want isn't something you earn after success—but something you design first? In this deeply personal sisters episode, Unconventional Life host Jules Schroeder sits down with her sisters Raya Slavin and Mary Schroeder to unpack identity, money, magnetism, and lifestyle freedom....
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Ep460: How Brent Kesler Paid Off $984,711 in Debt in 39 Months—By Getting Uncomfortable With "Normal" Money Rules
Brent Kesler is founder of The Money Multiplier and creator of the TMM Method, a 200-year wealth strategy used by 17,000+ clients. After paying off $984,711 in debt in 39 months, he now teaches families and entrepreneurs to build tax-free liquidity, control, and legacy wealth—outside Wall Street....
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Ep458: From Miscarriage to Mission: How WeNatal Is Rewriting the Fertility Playbook
Ronit Menashe & Vida Delrahim are best friends and co-founders of WeNatal, the first prenatal designed for both women and men. Former Nike executives, they turned personal loss into a mission—redefining fertility as a shared, empowered journey. Connect with WeNatal: Website: https://wenatal.com/...
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Ep457: Listening to the Body's Hidden Intelligence: How Inna Segal Turned Trauma into a Global Healing Movement
Inna Segal is a global healing expert and bestselling author of The Secret Language of Your Body, translated into 27 languages. After years of illness and loss, she pioneered a body-based approach to healing that helps people transform pain into awareness and lasting change. Connect with Inna:...
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Ep456: Rewiring Love: How Thais Gibson Is Teaching Millions to Heal at the Subconscious Level
Thais Gibson, PhD, is a best-selling author, researcher, and founder of The Personal Development School. Creator of Integrated Attachment Theory™, she helps people reprogram subconscious patterns to heal relationships, self-worth, and emotional resilience. Connect with Thais: Website:...
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Ep455: Listening Instead of Hustling: How Lauren Salaun Is Redefining Success Through Feminine Energy
Lauren Salaun is a transformational coach, somatic healer, and host of the Amplify podcast. She helps high-achieving women regulate their nervous systems, embody feminine energy, and create aligned success in love, life, and business. Connect with Lauren: Website: https://www.laurensalaun.com/...
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Ep454: The Man Who Declared War on Waste: How TerraCycle Founder Tom Szaky Is Reimagining the Future of Consumption
Tom Szaky is the founder & CEO of TerraCycle and Loop, two groundbreaking platforms turning the global waste crisis on its head. A refugee-turned-entrepreneur, Tom has spent 25 years redefining how we recycle, reuse, and rethink consumption worldwide. Connect with Tom Website:...
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Ep453: Bet on Yourself: Designing Outdoor Spaces That Tell Your Story with Steve Griggs
Steve Griggs is a New York–based landscape designer and author of Straight Dirt, known for transforming backyards, rooftops, and estates into lifestyle-driven outdoor sanctuaries. A two-time Inc. 5000 honoree, he blends engineering, plant science, and artistry to create spaces that tell your…
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Ep452: Reimagining Wealth: How Christopher Mackin Turns Money Into Meaning, Consciousness, and Global Impact
Christopher Mackin is a wealth advisor, healer, and founder of Sacred Ohms who blends financial strategy with spiritual insight. A Reiki Master and author of Conscious Wealth, he helps leaders transform money into WELLth while supporting ocean conservation and conscious living. Instagram:...
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Ep451: Legacy Over Luxury: The No-Investor Strategy Fueling Tim Rexius' Global Expansion
Tim Rexius is a serial entrepreneur, international brand builder, and dynamic speaker who has scaled multiple companies — including the rapidly growing Omaha Protein Popcorn Co. — all without outside investment. His journey is a testament to grit over privilege: from sleeping in his car and...
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Ep450: Building Freedom Through Education — How Justin Allan Montgomery Helps Professionals Escape the Time-for-Money Trap
Justin Allan Montgomery is the founder of ProCourseStart and a proven expert in turning professional expertise into scalable, high-margin continuing education businesses. A former nurse practitioner, Justin built and scaled The Elite Nurse Practitioner, an 8-figure education platform, giving him...
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Ep449: Rewriting the Beliefs That Quietly Run Your Life with Belief Eliminator Extraordinaire Shelly Lefkoe
Shelly Lefkoe is the founder of the Lefkoe Institute, a transformational personal growth organization that has helped over 150,000 people worldwide eliminate the limiting beliefs that hold them back in life, love, and business. For over 35 years, Shelly has worked with individuals struggling with...
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Ep448: Stop Playing Small With Money: How Janine Mix Turned $120K Debt Into a Mission to Empower Women of Faith
Christian entrepreneur and bestselling author Janine Mix helps women of faith break free from financial guilt and build wealth with purpose. Host of Permission to Prosper and author of Buy The Damn Coffee, she teaches that prosperity and faith can coexist — and change the world. Connect with...
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Ep447: The Future of Fitness Is Female: Julie Cartwright's Mission To Redefine How Women Move
Julie Cartwright, President of Pvolve, is a fitness industry leader reshaping how women move. With a career spanning partnerships with icons like Jillian Michaels, she now leads a global, science-led brand empowering women through sustainable workouts and franchise ownership. Connect With Julie:...
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Ep446: From National Geographic to Global Art Educator – Kevin Murphy on Demystifying Talent and Teaching Art Like a Science
Kevin Murphy is a master illustrator, portrait artist, and founder of Evolve Artist. With 30+ years of experience, he's helped thousands worldwide learn realistic painting through a clear, fundamentals-first method that proves talent is a myth—and anyone can master art. Website: EvolveArtist.com...
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Ep445: Why Consistency Beats Intensity: David Meltzer's Lessons for Entrepreneurs
David Meltzer is Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute, former CEO of the agency behind Jerry Maguire, and a globally recognized entrepreneur, coach, and author. His mission: empower 1 billion people to be happy through gratitude, service, and consistent action. Connect with David Meltzer:...
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Ep444: Winning the Battle Before It Begins — Santiago Cueto on Legal Strategy for Entrepreneurs
Santiago Cueto is not your typical attorney—he's the legal strategist CEOs and entrepreneurs call when everything is on the line. A board-certified expert in international business law, Santiago has spent nearly three decades representing Fortune 100 companies, foreign governments, and…
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Ep443: The Millionaire Mindset of a Franchisepreneur: Kim Daly on Wealth, Freedom & Designing a Life You Own
Kim Daly is a franchise expert, business coach, motivational speaker, and one of America's most sought-after franchise consultants. For over two decades, she has empowered thousands of individuals to create wealth and freedom through franchising. She began her career as a fitness entrepreneur and...
About this show
On Unconventional Life, Jules Schroeder interviews successful Millennial entrepreneurs, artists, creatives, and thought leaders on how they earn their living in non traditional ways - each week in 20-30 minute interviews! Each of these individuals are at the top of their game in terms of revenue and reach in their respective industry, living life in the driver's seat beyond what is traditional or predictable. Unconventional Life was created for YOU, the Entrepreneur, Trailblazer, The Student who wants to pioneer their own path, The ONE stuck in a job you are wanting to quit to create the life you want. On this show you will learn, how each guest took the road less travelled, what their revenue model looks like, and why they are prioritizing their passion over their paycheck. Join the Unconventional Life movement at UnconventionalLifeShow.com and enter to win the free weekly prize giveaway of useful tools, content, and resources from the shows guests.
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Jules Schroeder