The Arner Adventures Podcast

Angie Callen is a former engineer who has worked across different roles including working in galleries, marketing, and sales. Having the experience of bad bosses and work environments firsthand, Angie created Career Benders to help combat the Sunday Scaries and Monday Blues and has helped over 1,000 individuals across the country. As a professionally certified Career Coach and Resume Writer, Angie...

This spark in our lives episode guest is Piper Watson. Piper has gone from a successful solopreneur to founding and directing a non-profit makerspace that is the first of its kind in the world. She had 6 employees, 20 contracted educators, and 40 weekly volunteers. And then, she burned out. Becoming so burnt out, Piper built a campervan, rented her house, sold her belongings, and went on a three-y...

This spark in our lives episode guest is Michaell Magrutsche . Michaell is an Austrian/Californian multidisciplinary artist, speaker, educator, and author. He works on raising the awareness of our limitless human potential and is an advocate for helping understand neurodiversity like dyslexia and dysgraphia. After not fitting into conventional systems as a child with dyslexia, he found his salvati...

With Valentine’s day coming up, we thought it would be a great time to talk about the 5 Love Languages, exercises to show your partner love, and a summary of each to better understand what you need to receive love.  Knowing your partner’s love language is beneficial to interact in a loving way.  Understanding your own love language is a great way to empower yourself, and know more a...

This spark in our lives episode guest is Kat Polsinelli. Kat was in an abusive relationship for 8 years. She was a single mother of two young boys and started life over at age 26 with only a job. After having her personality and identity stripped away, she learned how to find it and put it back together. She dove into being an entrepreneur and works with other entrepreneurs to build their business...

This spark in our lives episode guest is Raine Phillips. Raine aligns with our feelings about your home being your sanctuary. Not only that, but she is a real estate agent who empowers renters—- and is an expert in the rental property arena. She discusses renting in a positive light, imagine that! Raine brings more than a decade of realty experience, working in the most competitive markets in the...

Spark in Our Lives Episode: Shauna Nuckles is a public relations industry leader and Founder. Shauna spent her career rising through the PR agency ranks. She was determined to move to the top of an industry she loved and put in the hours and dedication to do so. At the point where it looked like she’d “made it,” the toll that job-related stress took on her health told a different story. Her doctor...

Alise, alongside her husband, are travel bloggers. You can find their blog at Tales From an Untamed Soul . Alise and her husband’s story aligns so closely with ours. We were really intrigued by their journey surrounding selling their belongings, being travel bloggers, traveling 365 days a year, and staying in Airbnbs. Their story differs in that they are digital nomads. Alise wants to help individ...

Last year, we talked about setting intentions, rather than resolutions since there is so much pressure about that.  We have an exercise that helps you find your word for the year- the guiding word. In this episode, we are reflecting on 2022, leaving it behind, and setting intentions for 2023. We also talk about something CRAZY that went on all of 2022 that we could not talk about until now.&n...

John McFadzean is a passionate public speaker who loves stand-up paddleboarding. So, as you can imagine, he absolutely loves talking about stand-up paddleboarding. Twice longlisted and commended for the prestigious Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year Award, John is an accomplished storyteller with numerous dramatic, exciting, and humorous stories in his repertoire. Following a remarkable coinciden...

Kye Harris is a spark in our lives because he makes us feel so much better about money. Kye has been working in the financial sector for 17 years. His superpower is helping people change how they think and feel about money. By helping you connect to what you value in life and creating a clear path to get there, your stress will disappear, your world will open up and you’ll believe more is possible...

Terry Tucker is our spark in our lives guest today! Terry is a motivational speaker, author, and international podcast guest on the topics of motivation, mindset, and self-development. He has a business administration degree from The Citadel (where he played NCAA Division I college basketball) and a master’s degree from Boston University. In his professional career, Terry has been a marketing exec...

Liza Baker is an employee wellness consultant, health coach, author, blogger, podcaster, and woefully underpaid COO of a busy family of four spread across the globe—Liza brings her passion, knowledge, and experience to the table to help you reach your health goals. Liza spent almost 20 years in various roles in the nonprofit world, most recently working as a grants manager at a food systems organi...

Lorraine Miano is no stranger to Arner Adventures. Well, to us, anyway, and we call all aspects of our life an adventure! Lorraine is an Integrative Holistic Health Coach certified in hormone health, and the author of the bestselling book “The Magic of Menopause: A Holistic Guide to Get Your Happy Back!” She does so much to inspire women, including instilling knowledge about holistic health so tha...

Ralph Velasco is a travel photographer, award-winning travel photography instructor, author, public speaker, and international tour organizer, a.k.a. The Continental DRIFTER. Over the past 14 years, Ralph has organized and led more than 120 small group cultural tours around the world under his PhotoEnrichment Adventures and Alla Campagna Experiences -brands.  Ralph is also a  YouTube Cre...

Therese Forton-Barnes, aka Tee, is the Household Toxins Health Specialist and the Head Guru at The Green Living Gurus. She is an entrepreneur, activist, podcast host, and educator. She spreads awareness of chemical exposure that could cause many autoimmune illnesses, cancer, and other ailments. She does this through her Green Living Pioneer coaching program, in addition to a weekly podcast show, n...

Joe Bains completely destroyed his health and became disabled for 6 months with type 2 diabetes. The hospitals couldn't help him and finally discharged him. He needed 24/7 care; putting him to bed, changing his clothes, showering him, and taking him to the toilet. He then spent the next 3 years rebuilding his body and health from the inside out and made himself able-bodied again. He was so success...

Lindsey Lerner is a founder and business development expert, with a passion for community building and social entrepreneurship. She founded her first company while still in college and is now a veteran of the start-up world. Often called a human Swiss army knife by friends and colleagues, Lindsey excels at developing partnerships, brand alliances, and collaborative efforts. Lindsey lives and runs...

Shawn Anderson is a #1 ranked motivational author, unlimited thinker, and lifetime entrepreneur with a history of inspiring others. A seven-time author, Shawn is also the creator of Extra Mile Day - a day recognizing the power we each have to create positive change when we "go the extra mile." On November 1st of 2021, 528 cities made the declaration and recognized local extra-mile heroes. Shawn ha...

Our spark in our lives guest today is Kaitlan Arndt. Kaitlan is a writer, Mother Nature lover, and full-time traveler. Together with her husband, two kids, and two cats, she sold her house, her second car, and most of her stuff - sound familiar?! She and her family traded up for a life of adventure. She's been calling state and national parks home ever since! Her mission is to help more families b...

Rick DellaRatta is a very talented American Jazz pianist and musician who currently resides in the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen. Without abandoning the true form of jazz, Rick frequently performs for large crowds around the world. He is an innovator and a visionary, through his lifelong endeavor to help advance people to their highest potential through the understanding of Jazz as...

Today, we have a spark in our lives episode with an amazing guest, Ryan Schwartz, the founder of Mental Health Match. Ryan founded Mental Health Match which helps to pair patients with the therapists that are right for them. He personally understands the importance of therapy after the sudden loss of his mother in 2013. Prior to Mental Health Match, Ryan was a strategic communications consultant f...

Today, we have a spark in our lives episode with an amazing guest, Heather Hamel. After a divorce, she awoke one day and realized she had not been living the life she wanted to be, but the one she felt that she was "supposed" to be living. Heather Hamel is now on a  mission to create and influence beauty in the world, which she does through design and writing. Heather Hamel Design is Heather'...

Today, we have a spark in our lives episode with an incredible guest, Kevin Lowe. Kevin is a podcast host, life coach, and business coach. He embodies resilience after waking from surgery 17 years ago left completely blind, which changed his life.  The show notes for this episode can be found HERE . 

Today we have a spark in our lives episode with someone who we just really get a spark out of what they put out into the world to simplify things. We love all things declutter and organization! Our guest is Caroline Roberts, founder of The Simplified Island. Caroline has a similar story to ours where she and her husband radically changed their lifestyle. We get into that, and so much more! About C...