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Extraordinary stories of exceptional people expressing & exploring their creative & active pursuits on top of the rigors of their daily lives.
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Well, hello there! 👋Happy (very belated!) 2021!How are those resolutions going? Last year felt like a lifetime ago. We hope you’re breathing a more joyful (Covid-free) air in this new year.We’re well-aware of the power of starting something new, especially in the new year. It is as if some magical spell has been cast among all of us as we voraciously chase those new goals. Only that, we fizzle out after barely a month in. The most common one revolves around exercise & dieting hence why to...
Can you believe it’s the holiday season already? It’s the time of the year we all look forward to to unwind, catch up with friends, and hang out with family. Although this year has been an exceptionWe talk to three guys who give life to the party through music, DJs! Jeff took on DJ-ing as a hobby, from spinning at parties to weddings. Artie is a 2nd generation DJ. His dad may have been the first Filipino DJ in Chicago. Mike started as a rapper and became an audio engineer to MC & got his ...
Welcome to Episode #10! We take a different turn from what a lot would typically expect from this podcast. At first, we were unsure about how to approach the topic of grieving. When we were approached to talk about this, we asked ourselves of its significance to our current state. It dawned on us that all of us right now are going through a time of grief. May it be the upheaval of plans, travels on hold, careers suspended, & maybe even the loss of loved ones.Susie & Renae ha...
This is the continuation of our conversation with John on what it took to see his goals through. He takes us through his journey of riding his custom-made bike that was designed for the US National Cycling team as a means to tick the Ironman World Championships box. The road to Kona (his only US Ironman) was adorned with near misses & injuries. He sure has hard-to-forget experiences of crashes. It is part of a day in the life of someone accustomed to being behind the cockpit of ...
Do you feel the need...The need for speed?We spoke with someone I (Linus) want to be "if" I grow up on this two-part podcast, John Rutherford.This man is a husband of 15 years to an author, father to 2 boys, a Marine, former F-18 fighter pilot, US National Cycling Team member, 5-time Ironman (including 1 World Championships in Kona), & Western States sub-24-hour finisher (the Kona of ultra running). How's that for a start?Waaaaait, we're not done yet. He speaks multiple languages you can ...
Erica’s love for searching great deals on everything led her to start a blog to share the great stuff she could find for runners and fitness enthusiasts alike. This inclination for writing and running makes her a self-professed “blogging runner.” She ran in high school and picked it up again after college as a means of losing weight. Inevitably, a marathon came into the horizon. A friend invited her to run her first, and a hilly one at that in San Francisco. She got the bug, and that eve...
Jenny grew up in the pursuit of physical activity. Since she was young, her interests have ranged from gymnastics to eventually becoming a gym rat later in life. As suggested by her husband, she started going to yoga and got hooked. One day, she got a phone call about an opportunity to be in her favorite show. Thinking it was a prank, she ignored it until they insisted. After discussing with her family if it was the right time to do it, she booked the flight, had some interviews, and got...
WARNING: Should you listen to this episode & the prior one, have a cup of something warm & sweet like a cup of hot cocoa or any chocolatey treat. If you haven’t listened to the past interviews yet, what in the world are you waiting for? Not another pandemic!Get them all here: https://activeendeavours.com/podcast-episodes/Valerie Beck had enough of reading & writing fine prints. She needed to socialize & started bringing friends along with her jaunts around chocolate ...
Valerie Beck set out to leave a mark as a lawyer. Going to Harvard University in undergrad and graduate school, that path to corporate stardom was well paved. Practicing law in Europe and then the US was paramount. Until it dawned on her that writing fine prints was not how she intended to spend her life. Instead, “choosing health over work” was the way forward.Brewing behind was an entrepreneurial itch that needed to be scratched. The idea came about after studying for a semester in Paris. T...
TJ Moran always had a passion for helping others. Growing up, he was always drawn to the water until he became a swim coach. However, it wasn’t a straight road through. A climbing accident brought him to reassess what he would do next.Unable to walk for months, being stubborn paved the way to recovery aided by his Labrador retriever, Bailey. The months spent on rehab in the pool was a sign that he’d be back helping others love the water. In this episode, he tells us the importance of lea...
Jennifer comes from a family of health care workers. Raised in Chicago, she always had an inclination for the arts. She played the piano and aspired to be on Broadway. The calling to help those in need was so strong. She followed her parents’ footsteps to become a nurse. However, her interest in the performing arts never faded away. She auditioned for “Popstars,” a TV show searching for the next all-female group. She was only a few steps behind Nicole Scherzinger, the would-be leader of the P...
Welcome to our pilot episode! Whoever thought we’d eventually launch this?We figured it was best to start this podcast talking about what we dread the most: us. It’s a bit ironic because we get to know and tell stories about others in the day jobs that we did before this pandemic. Jobs? The lack & loss of those are why we started this little passion project.Michele and her husband Andy worked in healthcare & did photography on the side. Wanting to take full control of how they spend t...
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