Conversations with Sarah

In this episode I speak with my chiropractor, Dr. Jeffrey Ptak.

He tells me about a moment in his recent life in which his entire perception changed and he felt more free. We talked about the negative side of positive judgments, the ways in which we all abdicate our power to others, and the unexpected moments that something clicks and our lives change for the better.

In this episode I have an intimate and philosophically explorative conversation with my friend and neighbor, Kerri Feazell.

We talk about the concept of work and having a job, of my experience with attempted suicide, of the ways in which we're free to choose the lives we want to live. And Kerri gives me the biggest news of all - that she's retired!

This is the third part of a conversation with my Dad, Mark Samuel, and his wife, Kamin Samuel.

We talk about career and about work and money, about what success means to us all and the ways we feel like we've failed. We talk about how difficult it is sometimes to value our natural gifts and how it can be easy to disregard them as inconsequential because they come so easily to us.

To find out more about my dad, you can find him here:

www.bstate.com

And to find out more about Kamin, you can find her here:

www.kaminsamuel.com

In part two of this conversation with my dad, his wife, Kamin Samuel, joins us to talk about her experience with education, work, success, failure, and bankruptcy.

We talk about money and how ideas of success can prevent a person from doing what they need to do from a practical standpoint. We also talk about my dad's expectations for me and how my choices met or didn't meet those expectations.

To find out more about my dad's work, you can find him here:

www.bstate.com

And to find out more about Kamin, you can find her here:

https://www.kaminsamuel.com/

This is part one of three episodes in which I talk to my dad, Mark Samuel, about work. In my exploration of my own work life, I want to know his idea of success, how he got to where he is now, and what his expectations were for my life growing up.

In this episode, he tells me his entire education and work trajectory, how he went from high school math teacher to business owner and author, and what drives his idea of success.

My dad is the founder of IMPAQ, a corporate consulting firm. You can find him here: www.bstate.com

In this episode I talk with my mom about her work life and what her idea of success is. I also ask her what her expectations were for me and how she feels about how my work life has turned out so far.

While she feels a lot of the same insecurities that I do, she tells me to focus more on WHO I am rather than WHAT I'm trying to be, which I really appreciated.

Next week we'll talk to my DAD! Stay tuned.

In this episode, I'm joined by my best friend from high school, Sasha Shennikov, and her boyfriend, Afrand Nikoukar. We're talking about motivation. What motivates a person? How do different people see the world, their place in it, and their influence on it? These are the questions we ask, as we explore the differences between Afrand, Sasha, and me.

This is a super exciting episode for me! I speak with my friend Nick Kaufman about his jump from career confusion to incredible success and fulfillment.

We talk about creativity, comedy, and finding the core of what we're passionate about.

Nick is one of the biggest reasons I have a podcast, inspired by HIS podcast, Nick Has a Poolhouse. Check it out here: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Interviews/Nick-Has-A-Poolhouse---A-Podcast-p553956/ or wherever you listen to podcasts!

And you can follow Nick on Instagram @nickwk

In this episode, I play two Spiritual Guidance sessions from 2017 and 2018: an astrology reading with Phyllis Mitz that I got at the very beginning of my Saturn Return and a Rose Review with Karen Seeberg that I got sometime in 2017. They're both about work and they help tell my story from a bigger perspective, outside of my mind and outside of societal expectations.

If you want to have an astrology reading with Phyllis Mitz, you can contact here here: http://www.astrologerphyllis.com/

And if you'd like to get a Rose Review with Karen Seeberg, you can find her here:

http://www.livelovelaughmore.com/

This episode features Jeff and Kerri Feazell, two filmmakers with really interesting things to say about work, money, religion, spirituality, writing, creating, and life in general.

I don't want to say too much because I don't want to give it away and Kerri and Jeff are much more eloquent than I could be in repeating them.

Find them here:

https://www.authenticbrandvideo.com/ with the code: Sarah for $10 off

and here:

https://www.concurrentproductions.com/