Clock Out! The Vicarious Life

Tracy and Ralph talk about Ralph's life. He is "location independent", which means he lives very minimally and doesn't really call any one place home. He travels the world most of the time while operating his two businesses; Photo Enrichment Adventures and Alla Campagna Experiences. Within these businesses, Ralph takes guests to places across the globe and gives them a personal guided experience w...

Tracy has a chat with Dr John DeGarmo about his life's mission to provide education, awareness and resources to foster care agencies, parents, and supporters. Dr. John discusses The Foster Care Institute and how it provides resources for all aspects of the foster care system. John and his wife, who met while singing and dancing across the world, have been parents to 60 kids over the years. He tell...

Tracy interviews Kim, AKA Gal On the Go, about her experiences as a Lifestyle Adventurer. Kimberly phoned in from Virginia to discuss her favorite adventure to date, her best experiences while adventuring, and her next planned adventure on the calendar. Gems of wisdom and inspiration are sprinkled throughout the conversation. Kimberly discusses her biggest mistake along the way, the beauty of expe...

Tracy and Michael discuss Michael's background that led him to coaching. He discusses living in New York working numerous corporate jobs before getting to a high status, high income job that left him feeling like something was missing. He abused drugs and alcohol and "bought expensive shit" to deal with his unhappy life. He decided to change his life, which led him to study spirituality and learn...

Tracy sits down with Melissa Reynolds, mother, wife, lover of learning, emotion feeling human, and luxury branding and portrait photographer to discuss life. Melissa talks about finding and assessing your value as an artist and service provider. She gives nuggets of gold she learned after digging away at her business for the past 15 years. She is always learning, transforming, and aspiring to be t...

Tracy and Jackie sit down with Luke Hanley, Executive Director and Founder of Padma Organization. Luke tells his story of how he ended up in Nepal at a monastery learning Tibetan Buddhism, the Tibetan language, and creating a non-profit organization that would go on to provide housing and basic necessities for children in Nepal. That organization grew to providing assistance for water system devel...

Tracy & Jackie sit down and interview Derek VanLuchene via phone to learn more about his position as the National Child Abduction Response Team Coordinator with the National Criminal Justice Training Center. Derek gave up his career in law enforcement to create the non-profit organization, Ryanunited.org in honor of his brother, Ryan, who was abducted and murdered in 1987 at the age of 8. Dere...

Tracy interviews Mike and Sarah Borduin, along with 2 of their children, Niles & Vivian over the phone. The Borduin family sat down on a quiet porch in Columbia South America (the sounds you sometimes here in the background are parrots) to tell Tracy about their year long trip across South America. Niles talks about how he is going to to high school remotely. Vivian talks about taking this tri...

Tracy travels to Red Lodge, MT to interview Colleen Wood.  Colleen Wood is the Producing Branch Manager for The Wood Team with Hometown Lenders. Find her here: https://www.facebook.com/TheWoodTeamHometownLenders https://htlenders.com/employee/colleen-wood/ She is also a podcaster with the fun show, Leading Ladies in Montana Real Estate. Listen in here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rlyyurnt0...

Jackie sits down and interviews Tracy Miller about her upbringing and her past that led to her current position in life. They discuss her past jobs and life skills that gave her the ability to create a career in real estate, a successful real estate brokerage, and a dynamic real estate investment portfolio. They discuss the struggles, the life changing experiences and lessons that changed Tracy’s...

Tracy sits down and interviews Jessica Picker, formerly known as Jessica Criss, who served 2 years as Miss Montana (first time in history someone served 2 years). They talk about the wonderful opportunities presented to her as Miss Montana, as well as the struggles that come with serving. They discuss abstinence while waiting for marriage, travel to Europe to work at a equine horse center, and how...

Tracy and Hallie Zolynski sit down to talk about her work with her Distinctly Montana as a photojournalist, her start up company adventures with Beyond the Backcountry LLC, and her newly featured art work in Butte, MT. Hallie is a free spirited adventurer who likes to blend her work as an artist and photojournalist with her passion for the outdoors. She is passionate about educating others on back...

Tracy sits down with Jon and Cassie Wick, creators/owners/operators of 5518 Designs. They talk about their humble beginnings, their amazing year living in Korea, and their servitude in AmeriCorps. Cassie and Jon dive deep into how communities change, how people find their voice for advocating change, and what it means to be a good human being. These two are humanitarians to the core and speak from...

Tracy and Jackie (she is back after slacking for the summer) sit down and interview Kayla Lappin, energy healer, spiritual medium, and business coach. This was the most fun interview I've done to date. We laughed and learned all about crystals (not rocks), developing intuitive connections with Spirit, how Energy works, etc. We did some myth busting, and comparison between Kayla's world of Energy w...

Tracy interviews Eric Wixsten, a tradesman turned investor. Eric and his wife, Whitney, own and operate Elite Electric in Butte, MT. Eric talks about his upbringing, his career as an electrician and business owner, and his future plans. He dives into his newest adventure, real estate investing, and touches on a recent illness that gave him a scare and a warning to slow down in life. Eric is a qual...

Tracy chats with Josh and Sami about life lived on the road in a camper for a year while deciding on a place to settle down and set up a base camp for an adventuring life. Josh works remotely, while Sami works from home. Listen in to the struggles and successes with this atypical lifestyle! See more on Sami at: samigarrett.com

Tracy and Deb discuss how she worked up from being a self proclaimed "Type A personality" with all of the lists and boxes to check, to being a life coach who lives on her own terms. They discuss how her career advanced to a level of freedom that allows her to work internationally, or from her living room couch. They discuss the seasons of life and the feminine and masculine pull within our society...

Tracy and Valerie discuss Valerie's vicarious life as a photographer, adventurer, blogger, and website designer. For Valerie, there is little separation between work and play because her work blends beautifully with her hobbies. They discuss the inner conflict their professions both have on the outdoor lifestyle they both love. Find more on Valerie at: www.digitalsparkcreative.com and at backyardm...

Tracy talks with investor and entrepreneur, Matt Kelly. Matt talks about his blended family and how he and his wife make it work, while raising kids in 2 locations, and running multiple business in numerous physical locations. Tracy and Matt discuss a investment styles and preferences as well as how Matt has gotten his young children into business ownership and management. Find more on Matt at htt...

In this episode Tracy interviews Peter Frumenti III about his coaching business, which allows for him the freedom to work from anywhere in the world. Tracy and Peter discuss the retreats Peter has been on recently, the ecovillage he is working on building, and the ways that he has been able to see the world on a modest budget in the past. They discuss the dire need the world has right now for well...

Anto is seriously ALL of the things! First and foremost, she is authentic and she is the feeling of love. She is an entrepreneur, multiple time award winning food truck goddess, master chef, author, speaker, moto adventurer, a friend, a wife, a mother, a daughter, and recently...a cancer ass kicker. This woman has a life that we can all learn from. Even Anto has learned some lessons from her own l...

Tracy sits down with Robert to discuss his free spirited lifestyle. Robert has bypassed the traditional path in life and instead chose to "retire" while young, so he can do the outdoor things he loves while young and healthy. He lives a life of fulltime adventure and has gained a tremendous amount of wisdom along the way. Robert is a genuine and humble human being with a life worth living vicariou...

Today we interview Jen Delong, entrepreneur, business owner, real estate investor, life coach, mentor, and all things bad ass! Tracy and Jen talk about where Jen got her start investing, her background growing up and traveling the world, how she got into real estate investing, and the story behind opening a climbing and outdoor recreational fitness gym. They discuss manifestation, spirituality, an...

This is the pilot episode to introduce the host, Tracy Miller, entrepreneur and real estate investor and Jackie Assel, co-host and executive assistant. What does "Clock Out" mean? What does "The Vicarious Life" mean? What does freedom mean? This episode digs into what all of these things mean to Tracy and Jackie, while summarizing what to expect from future episodes and guests! Thanks for joining...