Self Employment Episodes

Guest: Sarah Kurtz. What'd we talk about? Life transitions. Running. Learning with Bikram in the batting cage on La Cienega. Vinyasa. Guides to living. Mental endurance. Joy and entertainment. Extremely active people. Nursing. Sweating. Locker rooms. Traveling yoga adventures. Choreographing workout playlists. Aging. Great teachers. What the bicep does. Quieting the mind. Breathing. Self-regulation. Yoga Sarah versus Sculpt Sarah.

Guest: Hannah Louise Poston. What'd we talk about? Identity. Micro-generational mentorship. YouTube. Studying poetry. Making clothes. Beauty and fashion. Architecture. Writing. Working with your partner. Video production roles and responsibilities. Monetizing creativity. Work schedules. Shame freeze. What Roxanne Gay said. The algorithm. Revenue streams. Quakers. Emily Dickinson. Seeking advice.

Episode 5: Sam Stanton. What'd we talk about? Dropping out of college. Rehab. Port Townsend. Morning coffee on deck. Tinkering with things. Trade school. International travel. Leaning into your 20s. Tugboat cowboys in the oil patch. Sleep schedules. Chasing it hard. Lavender farming. Ferries. Going home at the end of a shift. Self employment. Tangerine orchards. Putting your job on the shelf. What is possible.

Episode 3: Katie Silver. What'd we talk about? Executive recruitment. Job seekers. Introverts. Closing a deal. Finding alignment with ethos and values. Enforcing work-life balance. Helping people get unstuck. Building a network. Growing your career. Understanding the market. The art of the possible. Coaching and mentoring. AI. Throwing your resume into the void. Curiosity. Doing more with less.

Work-Shaped Life is a podcast about what making a living makes of our lives.