Surviving the Dream

For over twenty-five years, directors/producers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have jointly created critically-acclaimed multi-character documentary narratives that braid their characters’ individual personal stories to form a larger portrait of the human experience.  The dream has afforded them multiple awards and a sustainable lifestyle in San Francisco. In this episode, we learn about what inspires Dan and Dayna and explore  their career (and marriage) longevity.

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Matthew Picton & Claire Burbridge are two independent visual artists who happen to be married. Together they have raised a blended family in Oregon, while surviving on their creativity and dreams of making art. Their work is displayed all over the world. In this episode we learn what it really takes to survive their dream individually and how they survive as a family. 

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John MacInnes is an award-winning producer, writer and director working in movies, games, AR, VR and XR for the likes of Activision, HTC Vive, Verizon, Sony, Netflix and the US Department of Defense. John first gained recognition as a screenwriter, writing CALL OF DUTY, ADVANCED WARFARE, the biggest selling video game of 2014. This was following John receiving an Academy Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars) for his script OUTSIDE THE WIRE which was subsequently picked up by Zoe Saldana (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek) to star in and produce. John has adapted and embraced technology to fulfill his creative dream and thus survived in a highly competitive industry whilst also being a single dad.

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Actress and voice-over artist, Dina Sherman, has a range of voices all the way from children to old ladies, heroes and villians, sassy or sweet and everything in between. Dina has a passion and commitment to storytelling through portraying unique and authentic characters. She has voiced characters in shows, games, and commercials like Genshin Impact, Bleach, Biker Mice From Mars, Superman, Batman, Duckman, McDonalds, Honda, and Coors Lite, and has been the Voice of the live Annie Awards Show since 2005.  In her spare time, she uses her talents to bring books alive for elementary school kids which turned into her Youtube Channel @DinaShermanstoriesandmore.  In this episode, she shares what it takes to survive balancing your  family and career dreams. 

*FKA Surviving Lactation 

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Adam Richardson has been a detective for 28 years. His childhood dream was to be a cop. In this podcast, Adam discusses some of the dangers he faced when going undercover drug gangs and how he survived his dream when the stakes were life and death.

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Camilla Sacre-Dallerup is a former professional dancer who shone on STRICTLY COME DANCING and DANCING WITH THE STARS in the UK and NZ and is now a bestselling author ("It’s Not You, It’s Me," "Reinvent ME," & "Dream, Believe, Succeed”), a Life Coach and Hypnotherapist specializing in subconscious work through hypnosis and meditation, and the founder of the wellness business and meditation app Zenme. In this episode she shares what it was like to survive life in the public eye and what it took to start over with a new dream. 

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James Frain is a highly successful actor, starring in movies and television shows on both sides of the Atlantic, such as ELIZABETH, HILARY & JACKIE, STAR TREK, TRUE BLOOD, GOTHAM and many more. Here, he talks about what it's like doing the job you love while balancing it with real life and living in a different culture.

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Singer/Songwriter Carmen Sclafani (also known as Wiser Time), is not just a talented musician and music producer, he lives his whole life as art be it cooking, graphic design, home renovation, producing music, or playing an instrument, proving how necessary it is to survival to have many skills in the life of an artist. 

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Commercial airline pilot, Erika Hiddinga, is living the dream she's had since age 12, flying around the globe, seeing the world, having adventures, and sharing her more recent dream of fasciliating personal development by starting a coaching program for new pilots. 

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Nick Compton got to the very top his field as an international cricketer.  Here, he opens up about the struggles of holding on to that childhood ambition and the sacrifices he had to make with his body and his mental health to maintain the dream.  

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