Journeys Untold

I was born on a snowy day in Michigan (I'm just guessing, but since it was winter, it's a pretty good guess). I loved playing let's pretend and creating things; at my 4th grade birthday party I wrote a play and made all my friends participate in it. (No performance = no cake.) I pursued a degree in photojournalism but detoured  into a music career. Four albums, over 1000 shows, many car miles and a few awards later, I moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in... acting and writing. (You thought I was going to say music, weren't you?)

While comedy is my main thing, I also do voice-overs, TV and film. Some of my favorite projects include playing a harried employee on Stevie TV; being a delusional girlfriend in a Matthew Hussey video; helping people navigate their Google Pixel 4 in an explained video series; and voicing the character of Yu Yan in Swan Princess 10: A Royal Wedding.

My journalism roots run deep though - I still write, mostly romantic comedy films, comedy TV shows, and sketches. My scripted comedy podcast, Ex Pat, debuted in March 2020 on all major podcast platforms. My comedy sketch, Happy Divorce-aversary, was featured in the 2018 National Hispanic Media Coalition’s industry showcase.

When I’m not creating, you can find me playing in a dodge ball league or geeking out over tabletop and video games.

Robin's guest today is Kimberley, a CPA tax-specialist turned natural-health entrepreneur and abundance coach. She loves helping people become their best selves. You can find her home-schooling her youngest, swimming, hiking, scuba diving and gardening. Listeners can sign up for her course, Life More Abundantly, for 20% off using the promo code FRANTASTIC here: www.kimm.me/lma.

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Kimberley's website: https://kimberleymilousis.com/

Today our guest is Nicole, a public health professional, educator, civic leader, and image consultant who has spent the last fifteen years providing tools and strategies to stakeholders, community-based organizations, students, and residents to improve health and prevent disease in some of Los Angeles County’s most undeserved communities.

Her commitment to community has led to a few prestigious appointments. She serves on the boards of three public health/social service organizations and for two years chaired the Health Commission for the City of Los Angeles.

Today Robin and Nicole also talk about topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the community of Los Angeles and environmental racism.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoledvick/

Nicole's book: https://amzn.to/3hq4xZ2 

Our guest today is Helen, a qualified coach and the founder of Positive Health & Wellness Coaching.  She specialises in coaching people with chronic illness, with the goal of bringing the zest back into their lives.  Helen has experience of chronic illness herself and now helps others by using her knowledge of dealing with this in an optimistic and productive way.  Helen also coaches for wellness, facilitating positive change and working with her clients to look at new possibilities which help lead to a more fulfilling and contented life.  When she’s not coaching, Helen works part time as a PA, is studying for a BSc in Psychology and is an ambassador for a charity in the UK.

How did she find a way to live the life she wanted? What are her tips on keeping our wellbeing steady in these times? Can travelling make us anxious? Tune in to learn more!

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Links

Helen's coaching website: https://positivehealthcoaching.co.uk/

Facebook: https://bit.ly/3iJygwi 

Our guest today is Luke Cuccurullo, a podcaster from Philly who is a professional engineer, was on a reality TV show and used to own a speed dating business. One day he decided to quit the office job and go on a road trip - to find what 'enjoying life' means to him and embrace random adventures! 

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Website: https://www.cuccurulloconversations.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukecukes/

In this episode Robin chats with Roman Mironov about long-term relationships, the importance of self-love and what role traveling and cultural differences can play.

Roman is a certified relationship coach trained by Robbins Madanes, the official training center of Tony Robbins. He helps clients create those beautiful moments in a relationship that you wish you could relive over and over. He teaches you how to be grateful for your partner, respect them, and communicate effectively.

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Website Link: https://romanmironov.com/  

Our guest today is Lee Chambers - an environmental Psychologist, wellbeing consultant and founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing.

Having spent the last 10 years working in a variety of fields, including local government, a corporate organisation, and in elite sports, he has now brought his experience and qualifications with the aim to impact the wellbeing of thousands of individuals and businesses through organisational wellbeing advancement, while looking to promote conscious and purpose lead leadership internally.

Lee has qualifications in Performance Nutrition, Environmental Psychology and Advanced Sleep Consultancy, and he delivers multi-discplinary workshops focused on improving performance and productivity through increasing employee wellbeing. This is an issue very close to his heart, as after losing the ability to walk in 2014 due to chronic illness, he has battled back to achieve a positive health outcome, and is now on the pathway to become medication free.

He also presents the Health and Wellbeing show on Ribble FM Radio, and speaks in Educational establishments about his varied career path, health challenges and having a resilient mindset.

Based in Preston in the North of the UK, Lee is currently working with business owners and employee teams to create culture change, wellbeing strategies and champions. He is a father of 2, coaches a disability football team, and enjoys eating good food with good friends. He is currently writing his first book, “How To Conquer Anything”, which will be released in November 2020.

Listeners can download My Authentic Purpose Book Here!

Lee’s Consultancy: https://leechambers.org

Twitter: @essentialise

Facebook/Instagram: @essentialisecoach

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David Mielke was born in Campbell River, BC, Canada, where an extraordinary teacher named Marie Rackham helped him turn his life around when he dropped back into high school after running away from home at the age of 15. He went on to work in Los Angeles as an actor and singer, both appearing in film, television, and regional theatre, and creating and performing one-person shows under the banner of his company, The Rainbow Man Productions. His original works include Rediscovering the River and Spirit of the Unicorn. When Marie was diagnosed with cancer, David returned to Canada to care for her, and together they created 114 episodes of the award-winning Cozy Grammar series of video courses as a way for her to be, as she put it, “where cancer isn’t.” After her death, he worked in LGBTQ social services before returning to working as an actor, producing additional content for Cozy Grammar, and creating and performing his own theatrical productions with his husband, Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma. Their most recent collaboration is a musical called The Driftwood Bridge. Member of Actor’s Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and ACTRA.

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Links to mentions in the interview:

"Mindfulness and travel are interwoven, find what grounds you in that time and bring it to the everyday life.[...] it is for everybody..." - Lianne 2020 -

"It is so important to get away, it centers you. Everybody experiences mindfulness, they are just not totally aware of it in the day to day life..."  - Corey 2020 -

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Lianne

In the 5+ years after leaving home, Lianne maximized the potential of her bruised and abused British passport. From utilizing the holiday working visas in Australia and Canada to road tripping the US and finding hidden surf spots in the Philippines, her love for travel is on clear display.

Having grown up with 2 older brothers and worked too many hours in dirty dive bars, Lianne brings her sharp tongue and quick wit to the podcast world. Her experiences as a modern vagabond have many wondering how she maintains this lifestyle.

Well... have a listen and you may find out!

Corey

Corey has spent the last couple decades intermittently scouring the globe on both short and long term adventures. After a spell of, "growing up", he realized what makes him happy. So he met the gal, left his career, packed his bags and, well, hasn't looked back since.

With an open mind and an open heart, and we mustn't forget about his loyal companion Charley, Corey loves learning about pretty much everything. Culture and travel certainly are not excluded from that. His cheekiness is well balanced with an empathetic nature, to provide you with an enthusiastic (he is American after all), yet comical host.