In this episode storytelling expert Marsha Shandur, shares a few of the key ingredients to an excellent story and shares a story of her own that demonstrate our how our willingness to leap into the abyss of love can change us

Marsha Shandur has been listening to, and telling stories her whole life. Perhaps you’ve even seen or heard Marsha tell a story yourself!

If you do not already know Marsha and you’re wondering who the ...

The Vice President of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, Jay Jordan, sat down on the Changed Podcast to talk about what motivates change, get a little personal and share thoughts about where we *might* be headed as a country

If you’re not familiar with the important work of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, a National organization bringing together state leaders, advocates and crime survivors to reform justice policy to pr...

Amy Gentry, best selling author of novels Good as Gone & Last Woman Standing, sat down to talk with, The Changed Podcast host, Aden Nepom at the end of last year. Since talking, her newest novel Bad Habits has taken the world by storm!

Author, Amy Gentry. Photo credit: Matt Valentine

Author Amy Gentry is what I like to call a ‘practical dreamer.’ While she is attracted to the magical, spiritual, intuitive elements in li...

Curious about the Changed Podcast? Nothing like a podcast trailer to do the trick!

This short listen will give you just the tiniest sneak peek into what the Changed Podcast is all about!

If you want more than a sneak peek the good news is that any episode will do. The show is not serialized and you can enjoy episodes in any order!

Whether you start at Season 1, episode 1 featuring MSTK’s Mary Jo Pehl, or more recently wi...

There’s a whole lotta gratitude in the final episode of the Changed Podcast season one!

It’s Thanksgiving today and despite 2020 being one massive experiment in just how much people can handle, I have a lot to be grateful for.

I started my day today thanking people for being in my life and it felt amazing. So instead of waiting until next week to record and publish the closer for season one, I decided that closing the C...

This week on the Changed Podcast, guest Chris O’Connell gets vulnerable. And I mean really vulnerable. Talking about mental illness, health and well-being is challenging. Though thanks to people like Chris, maybe a bit less so…

As a NED and consultant on leadership, change management and recruitment, Chris is on a mission to help leaders build purpose led businesses that perform while making room for vulnerability and good ment...

Estevan J Zarate who goes by Chuy, is an actor, director and coach from San Antonio TX that has been improvising for audiences for 29 years.

Currently a resident of Austin, Chuy specializes in improv-singing and grounded/character-driven scene-work. He doesn’t just perform, he’s coached hundreds of kids, teens, students and adults for years to multiple successes.

He’s also my friend. As of this post on Nov. 5th, 2020, Estev...

In this special Halloween Edition of the Changed Podcast, co-hosted with Eric Nepom, we’ve invited Kevin Miller to talk to us about ghosts, tell stories…. and see if maybe we can relate things back to making things better for the living before we all transition to the ultimate life change… death.

Kevin Miller is an 18 year veteran of the improvised theatre and classroom with several commercial appearances under his belt, inclu...

Mike Shethar (just call him Mikey, everyone does) is a Culinary Consultant, a Podcast Host, a Men’s Fertility Coach, and an all around delightful human being – this week on the Changed Podcast!

He’s a super fun person to talk to, and he had me smiling and laughing through our entire conversation.

Mikey Shethar’s primary job title is Culinary Consultant. That means he gets to use his imagination to help food brands both ...

Jen Ables shares the importance of separating career and interests from self through two extremely personal examples that demonstrate how dramatically everything can change.

Jen has worn many hats in her life, from insurance underwriter to professional dancer to the founder of a charity. This journey took her from a cubicle in Philadelphia to a guest of the White House, and includes a flag being flown in her honor in Kandahar A...

In this episode of the show, you’ll meet Reshanda Yates, whose goal, having overcome binge eating, is to empower women to be confident, love their bodies and love their relationships with food.

She is also the host of “Better Late Than Never” a podcast on Anchor.fm, intended to be a place for people who are ready to move forward after addiction, procrastination, chronic negative thinking and other distractions that have kept t...

Andrew Williams, the author of book: ‘Survive and Thrive: 120 Ideas to Cultivate Your Leadership Agility,’ is a leadership enthusiast, facilitator and coach who first and foremost considers himself an experimenter in life.

In this episode Andrew shares some of the results of his more recent experiments and offers an important perspective on the change process for all of us.

Takeaways from this conversation

Andrew sug...

Mimi Bishop and Jackie Ghedine are both certified life coaches who focus their work on Generation X women.

Co-founders of The Resting Mind, they are co-hosts of the podcast Make Your Life Magnificent with Jackie + Mimi available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher and have been featured in Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Thrive Global, Tiny Buddha, TEDx and are VIP Experts at FairyGodBoss. 

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In this episode of the Changed Podcast, Madeleine Ryan, author of A Room Called Earth shares her view of the world, and the beauty that is life and being alive on this planet. Her story of pivot focuses on the moment when she committed to being a writer, and offers inspiration to those who don’t quite feel like they have fully embraced who they truly are in the world just yet.

Madeleine Ryan is an Australian writer, director an...

What’s cooler than cool? Not being cool. That’s according to Jeff Harry in this episode of the Changed Podcast.

Jeff Harry is an international speaker who has presented at conferences such as INBOUND, SXSW, and Australia’s Pausefest, showing audiences how major issues in the workplace can be solved using play.  Jeff was selected by BambooHR & Engagedly as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers of 2020 for his organizational deve...

Episode 14 features Apryl Zarate Schlueter, who is the Chief Energy! Officer of The Cheerful Mind, Inc. – a personal empowerment and lifestyle brand that is committed to cultivating REAL confidence and success through productivity, passion, and play. Her superpower is creating customized solutions to help people and organizations FOCUS on WHAT TRULY MATTERS.

Apryl is the founder of Cheerful Mind Media, as well as The Acco...

In this episode of the Changed Podcast, it’s Gerald T. Nepom M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Immune Tolerance Network and former director of Benaroya Research Institute! As part of the direct COVID response efforts, Jerry has plenty of thoughts to share on curiosity, change, flexibility, and science!

We are living through a time where science is referred to at the dinner table, possibly more than any other period in history (acco...

Episode 12 of the Changed Podcast features Executive Coach/Consultant, Melissa Thornley

Trying to describe Melissa Thornley is like trying to describe a beautiful patchwork quilt, or the contents of a haberdashery. The question isn’t to ask her what has she done… better to ask what hasn’t she done! From burlesque to executive coaching Melissa is a woman of many talents, a lot of fascinating experiences and a journey that contin...

Shannon Stott: Professional Improviser shares an internal moment of pivot on the Changed Podcast

Shannon Stott, happens to be one of the most delightful people you will ever meet. She and her husband Gus have been making the world a better place on Shannon’s YouTube channel by delightfully ‘destroying’ improv together.

We talk so much about improv on the Changed Podcast, I felt like I was long overdue to invite a full...