Vroom Vroom Veer with Jeff Smith

Ashleigh Marie, a former neuroscientist and corporate ML leader turned transformational life coach, joins Jeff to talk burnout, the default mode network, Reiki, and how beliefs shape reality. Find her at tranquility-summit.com.

Carissa Karban, co-founder of Astrapuffs, shares her path from Cisco engineer to AI game builder, with a sabbatical, burnout, and hard lessons along the way, and why leaning into life's swerves beats trying to control them.

Bunni Ambrosia, author, coach, and trucker, shares her path from skipping school to earning her CDL in four weeks, her late ADHD and autism diagnoses, and her new AI book, The Frog in the Machine. Spite plays a starring role.

Veronika (Verca) Partikova is a kung fu and self-development (online) coach, World Champion, professional MMA fighter, speaker, and academic researcher. Driven by her passion for Kung Fu, she relocated alone to Hong Kong, where she lived for eight years. During that time, she earned a Ph. D. in Sports Psychology, taught coaching at a university, and shared her knowledge of kung fu with both locals...

In this episode of Vroom Vroom Veer, host Jeff Smith sits down with author Wendy Haller to discuss her transition from early childhood special education to becoming a published novelist. After a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis forced her to leave teaching, Wendy turned to writing to process the change. She shares insights on her Flanagan Girls trilogy, working with a hybrid publisher, managing ch...

Annie Vinje spent two decades moving between corporate marketing and teaching fitness before founding The Feel Good Method. An integrative health practitioner and meditation teacher, she helps high-achieving women navigate burnout and midlife transition, trading the chase for nervous system regulation and a path back to feeling like themselves. Annie Vinje Vroom Vroom Veer Show Summary In this epi...

Colleen Budde is an entrepreneur, business owner, and former mechanical engineer who left a successful corporate career to build a life centered on flexibility, family, and meaningful work. After working in the automotive and defense industries, she and her husband purchased a business and began the transition from traditional employment to entrepreneurship. Today, Colleen owns multiple businesses...

Dalene Higgins is a money coach and retirement strategist who helps women and couples over 40 stop worrying about retirement and start taking action so they can create the retirement they want sooner while still enjoying life today. Dalene Higgins Vroom Vroom Veer Summary In this episode of Vroom Vroom Veer, Jeff sits down with Danlene Higgins of elevatefinances.us to talk about building real reti...

Heather Melville Helps everyone have healthy, fulfilling relationships in their life, but also focused on helping those, specifically women, who have endured the opposite of a healthy relationship. Helping them heal and recover after a Toxic Relationship. Heather Melville Vroom Vroom Veer Show Summary Intro: Jeff welcomes Heather to the show and asks how she’s doing. Heather says she’s trying to s...

Brian Sachetta is an author, blogger, and mental health advocate based in Boston. After working through his own battles with anxiety and depression, he created Get Out of Your Head® — a brand and book series that helps others navigate their mental health through practical, real-world tactics. Brian Sachetta Vroom Vroom Veer Show Summary The episode opens with host Jeff Smith welcoming guest Brian...

Rebecca Lazzelle is the founder of Infinite Ember, devoted to a belief that healing happens through small moments of honesty and reconnection with the self. She supports others navigating their own transitions with retreats and as an energy-healing practitioner based in Colorado. Rebecca Lazzelle Vroom Vroom Veer Show Summary Rebecca Lazzelle's path from high-achieving corporate executive to heale...

Tom Cladis is a writer and provocateur, a certified alligator wrestler who keeps his sail permanently set for the far horizon. He has authored two books: “How To Lift Cars Off Your Face And Other Tips For Living Forever” (non-fiction) and his latest, “The Age of Serpents and Scorpions” (fiction). Tom Cladis Vroom Vroom Veer Summary Tom Cladis is the author of The Age of Serpents and Scorpions, a n...

Tom Bernard finished undergrad at Berkeley, he holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, as well as a Masters in Taxation. He has spent over 3 decades in finance and has taught personal finance at the City College of San Francisco. Born and raised in California, Tom lives in San Francisco with his family and is very close to being a free-birder (as opposed to empty nester).When he’s not ta...

Jessi Hartnett is a wife, mother, and a coach for those seeking to move past smoking. After 15 years of living with addiction, Jessi discovered that lasting freedom wasn't found in willpower. It was found in the heart. Today, she uses her journey as a source of strength to help others navigate their own path to peace. Her approach, rooted in radical transformation and heart-led healing, moves beyo...

Isaac Tolpin is one of the Founders of ConveYour.com, the #1 Micro-Learning platform for influencers and companies.  He’s a tech entrepreneur and futurist at heart. On a mission, enabling brands to authentically connect and inform at scale with over 105 million in combined revenues from the companies he’s helped build.  His success comes from understanding the relationships between human behavior,...

Ace Chapman bought his first business when he was nineteen.  It was an online stock market simulator called CoolWallStreet.  After selling it and seeing the benefits in buying a business over starting one, he caught the business buying bug.  Since then he has bought and sold over thirty businesses and has helped his clients all over the world buy over one hundred businesses. Ace Chapman Vroom Veer...

Daniel Hayes is a top ranked middleweight boxing prospect and Trinidad & Tobago’s boxing ambassador. Daniel Hayes Growing up Daniel Hayes played a variety of sports ranging from Soccer, Basketball, Football, Track and Field, Baseball and Swimming.  At just 8 years old, he started playing basketball and continued playing throughout college.  At 16, he was already a certified lifeguard and a highly...

Megan Gaul is a weight loss coach from Staten Island. Her mission is to support women age 30 and up, 200 lbs. and up, achieve their weight-loss goals without shrinking their lives. She came to this mission through her own 100-lb weight loss in 2018, where she discovered food freedom, healthier emotional boundaries, self-trust, and a richer life. She's now in her 5th year of business, and she and h...

Leigh Martinuzzi is The Hidden Why Guy. He’s an expert in lifestyle and business design. He helps people go from living a life they hate to living a life they love. He assists people via speaking, coaching, writing and podcasting. Having a corporate background in senior executive positions for various multi-national companies such as ALDI and Masters, Leigh realised that it wasn't the life he want...

Dr. Glenn Livingston is a veteran psychologist and long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm which has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry. Dr. Glenn's work, theories, and research have been published in major periodicals. Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer the overweight and/or food obsessed male, Dr. Livingston spent several decades resea...

Image provided by http://perrymarshall.com Perry Marshall is one of the world’s most expensive and sought-after business consultants. Clients seek his ability to integrate engineering, sales, art and psychology. Perry launched two movements in modern marketing. His Google AdWords books laid the foundations for the $100 billion Pay Per Click industry, and techniques he pioneered are standard best p...

Angela Finlay is a Chief Human Capital Strategist, former CHRO, educator, and author of Skill Stacking: Taking Ownership of Your Career in Changing Times. With over 30 years leading talent strategy across Fortune 150 companies and fast-growing organizations, she helps professionals and leaders rethink what it takes to build a resilient career in a rapidly shifting world. Angela also teaches Leader...

Michael Brooks of Nuclear Chowder Marketing started out in IT...but quickly learned he wasn't very good at it...he was good with people, selling, and getting jobs.  Mike has had a fascinating life with loads of veers....not so much vrooming. Vrooming with Corporate IT Support job Installing windows, working trouble tickets...not really good at it. His boss told him that he wasn't very good at IT S...

This is one of my favorite episodes.  I learned about about me and my current thoughts on MY career and work.  I learned that I'm done with my "career" and mostly in pre-retirement wind down phase.  You might learn something about you as well. Mac Prichard is the founder and publisher of Mac's List, an online community for people looking for rewarding, creative, and meaningful work. More than 80,0...

Pratima Aravabhoomi is an amazing person to talk to...perfect for my show. Willing to discuss all the little struggles that we ALL go through, but never share on social media (wonder why?).  That's ok, take a break from swiping for all while and check out another Best of VVV that you might have missed. Pratima Aravabhoomi (pronounced pruh-TEE-muh AH-ruh-VAH-BHOO-mee) is a designer, quote expert an...