What Really Matters Interviews
Extraordinary artists, adventurers, consultants and others share their most essential lessons from work, life and play.
What are the big takeaways extraordinary people experience? That’s what I explore in my interviews with my guests in What Really Matters Interviews.
WRM019: Michael Lipson – Using Somatic Work for Men’s Growth
How can you create somatic experiences in nature to help heal deep trauma? There’s been a revolution of sorts happening in men’s work, and “men’s groups” are becoming more popular. These are groups where men can communicate more deeply –
WRM018: Sarah Jeffreys – Using Nature & Eco-Somatic Work to Heal Trauma
How can you create somatic experiences in nature to help heal deep trauma? In a world that continues to become crazier and more challenging, the number of people suffering from trauma and depression is escalating. Healing trauma and depression CAN
WRM017: Jayme Moye – Wisdom & Lessons from an Award-Winning Adventure-Travel Writer
What would it take to leave a cush tech job to embark on a crazy career path in adventure travel writing – a competitive profession only a few succeed at? Even more, what would it take to thrive in that
WRM016: Betsy Chasse – Author & Producer of “What the Bleep Do We Know?!”
Betsy Chasse is most known as the author & producer of “What the Bleep Do We Know?!” But a better description is the way she describes herself: “What I really am is a person—a woman, a mom, a human being
WRM015: Ned Tibbits – Finding Purpose & Passion in the Great Outdoors for 50 Years
Ned Tibbits has a passion for the lifestyle that’s lasted over a half century. He is the founder and head of Mountain Education, an organization dedicated to helping others learn how to survive & thrive in the outdoors. But his
WRM014: Carla King – Author, Explorer and “Missadventuring” Motorcyclist
Imagine being a blond woman traveling through remote China in the late 90s. Where few Westerners had ever gone. On a rickety motorcycle. Alone. That’s just one of Carl King’s many adventures. She’s also ridden motorcycles all over the world. And
WRM013: Darcy Gaechter – 1st Woman to Kayak Amazon River from Source to Sea
There are adventurers … and then there are adventurers. In this podcast I interview Darcy Gaechter, the first (and only) woman to kayak the entire length of the Amazon River. 148 days. 4300 miles. Class V whitewater. Narcos. River tribes
WRM012: Theresa Byrne on Turning Trauma into Transformation
Theresa Byrne was at the top of her game as the most decorated female martial arts practitioner in her style. She had a 4th-degree black belt and her own dojo teaching others the art of self-defense. She was focused, determined
WRM011: Ellie Briggs on Climbing All of Colorado’s 14,000-foot Peaks with Her Husky
Visualize being close to 14,000 feet on a challenging peak in Colorado. You’re looking at a knife ridge on Capitol Peak that separates you from the summit. It falls off so deeply on both sides that if you fall …
WRM010: Why We Need Wild Places – Interview with Ed Cannady
From a kid trying to escape Oklahoma to spending winters alone in Alaska to being a ranger in Idaho to cancer survivor to becoming a voice for the wilderness … Ed Cannady has led a rich and full life. In