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Bucket List Careers

Bleav, Christa Lauri

Join host Christa Lauri for Bucket List Careers, a podcast that delves into cool jobs with the people who do them, the HOW behind their pivots, and secrets to successfully monetizing doing what you love. Christa was a New York-based news anchor, business show host, and reporter in the field for years. Now she"s made her pivot to share stories that will inspire you to identify your purpose, remove roadblocks, and initiate the launch of your Bucket List Career!

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00:16:05

The Pretend Flower Show: Host Stephanie Hoover Asher...

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2021/11/10

She always had passion for performance, natural beauty and flowers, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that Stephanie Hoover Asher pieced all of her skills together to create her perfect gig. Stephanie’s “The Pretend Flower Show”, born in lockdown, went from zero to 20K plus followers on Instagram in a matter of months. Originally from Southern California, this stay-at-home New York-based Mom and former actress with a masters in theatre, was simply seeking connection in the midst of lockdown isolation

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00:17:30

Digital Nomad Business Firestarter Geri Paige...

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2021/11/03

After ten years of climbing the startup and corporate marketing ladder, Geri Paige Butner decided she needed to jump off, stuff a backpack and take a solo seeker trip to Bali and Vietnam. She experienced a massive awakening overseas and over the next several years shifted her entire personal and professional life to become a business firestarter for women, while enjoying the freedom of being a digital nomad. Geri takes us through her international journey and the result - a 3 month program she

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00:18:17

Finance to Luxury Real Estate Sales: Top-Producing...

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2021/10/27

Born and raised in the UK, Rob Johnson worked all over the globe as a successful, highly-compensated broker for almost 20 years when he had an epiphany that prompted his life-changing pivot. Fast forward to now, almost ten years later, Rob is a top real estate agent in the luxury market of Greenwich, CT, recently ranked #1 in the state. In this episode, Rob talks about how his experience in local construction and investment projects provided invaluable advice to his client base, why investing in a

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00:20:26

Personal Stylist & Podcaster Katie Allen’s Big Leap

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2021/10/20

The next-level version of you starts in your closet according to Katie Allen, personal stylist and host of the successful podcast “Just Realized”. Katie took a job out of college that felt safe to her, climbing the marketing ladder and getting in the habit of checking boxes: career, car, marriage, kids, house, bigger house. Until a big box got unchecked and she lost her job in the pandemic. Katie saw her chance to do something that felt real to her but she had no plan and no way to replace her

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00:23:45

Legless Athlete, Journalist & Motivational Speaker:...

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2021/10/13

Born in 1966 without legs, Dave Stevens beat the odds in astounding ways during an era when there were very few accommodations or programs for disabled students. A Motivational Speaker, Teacher, Philanthropist, Athlete and seven-time Emmy Award-winning sports broadcasting professional, Dave is the first person born without legs to play both college football and professional baseball. He made headlines in 1990 when he tried out for the Dallas Cowboys at the old Texas Stadium and played for the minor

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00:23:39

Athletic Powerhouse Mandy DiMarzo's Exploding Global...

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2021/10/06

She worked in every part of the athletic world before Mandy DiMarzo fused her passion for sweat with her love of empowering and championing her community. As a former division one soccer player who later transitioned into distance running and triathlons to keep her competitive juices flowing, she knows a thing or two about pushing the body’s limits. After enduring countless overuse injuries, as well as overcoming an eating disorder, Mandy made a conscious decision to stop striving for the

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00:15:20

Rising Star Sports Agent Matthew Gaeta on Finding...

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2021/09/29

Just 21 when he founded Gaeta Sports Management in New York City, Matthew Gaeta became one of the youngest certified agents in pro baseball’s history. Recruited to play for New York University as a catcher, he wasted no time regrouping to find his dream gig after an injury. Today, Matthew is the sole agent of over 80 pro baseball players with contracts at the Major, Minor, and International levels. Crain’s New York named him to their 2021 list of “20 in their 20s” and in this episode, Matthew

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00:24:21

Shane Sams: How an Average Working Family Found...

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2021/09/22

In 2012, Shane Sams was a school teacher in Southeast Kentucky. After years of job losses and bad bosses, he was stressed, working too many hours, spending too little time with his family, and tired of working for others. Then a devastating situation with his son made him rethink his life and his family’s future. After months of trial and error, Shane and his wife Jocelyn successfully launched an online business. They were able to replace their income, quit their jobs, and eventually make millions

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00:16:36

Elite Matchmaker Tammi Pickle’s Path to Playing Cupid

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2021/09/15

Tammi Pickle found her dream gig helping people fall in love. After initially pursuing psychology, she steered her interest in counseling to matchmaking, joining forces with her mom. Their high-end Hollywood based company, Elite Connections International has been in operation for more than 2 decades, with some 20 offices nationwide and overseas. In her 16 years as a relationship expert, Tammi has been featured on OWN, TLC, Bravo, and Fox as well as in countless radio programs and magazine

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00:25:10

Becoming a Bra Guru: Jené Luciani’s New GemBra &...

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2021/09/08

Jené didn’t start her career with a dream to be an intimate apparel expert. Always a performer, storyteller and strong writer, her first job was in TV news in NY. But after specializing in fashion coverage and eventually landing her own magazine column, Jené discovered what truly “fuels her soul” while on assignment. She saw a need to help women achieve comfort and confidence with the right bra - a pursuit that’s also very personal. Jené experienced insecurities as a teen uncomfortable with the

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00:20:38

CBD Luxury Skin-Care Line Founder Tracy Wydra:...

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2021/08/25

Tracy Wydra pursued finance and then advertising, before getting her graduate degree to begin a career in architecture. But she says her professional purpose - creating a new luxury CBD skin-care line called Winnow - didn't materialize until she teamed up with a longtime friend from her Georgetown University days. They recently launched their premiere product, a luxury level CBD-infused skin cream, after years of development backed by an impressive and growing number of studies finding CBD (short

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00:23:13

Walking Away from a Baseball Career to Train Players...

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2021/08/18

Former baseball player, Chris Vasami believes developing the mental and emotional part of a player’s game is just as important as the physical. His training philosophy not only stems from 6 years of professional play, but also his health challenges. Chris was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2017 and says he fights to be the best version of himself on and off the field every day. With 15 years under his belt running his own company, Vasami Training Inc., of Charlotte, NC, he’s coached dozens of kids

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00:17:00

Writer to Restaurant Owner: Lisa Chase’s Culinary...

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2021/08/11

Lisa Chase decided to open a Brooklyn-style eatery in the NY suburbs after almost 30 years as an accomplished editor and writer for Outside, Premiere New York, Wired, Mens Journal magazines, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Observer as well as Harper Collins and Random House. She says the business model of publishing was falling to pieces, and she did not want to be there when it finally imploded. After taking a buyout package from Hearst Corp. to go do “something new”, Lisa teamed up with

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00:23:40

Don’t Mind if I Dough: The Sweet Success of Megan &...

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2021/08/04

Founders of NoBaked Cookie Dough Megan and Jimmy Feeman are young Bucket List Career rockstars. In 2017 Megan left her gig in the country music industry in Nashville to start selling the wildly popular cookie dough dessert she concocted in her own kitchen, joining forces with her husband Jimmy, whose business background helped round out their team. It began as an online store with pop-up shops at local events, followed by scoop shops and franchised locations, and now NoBaked is a booming e-commerce

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00:18:29

Peter Hubbell’s Pivot from 40 Years in Advertising to...

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2021/07/21

Peter Hubbell is an advertising industry entrepreneur and founder of Apply:you, WORKshops℠ that apply Madison Avenue branding and differentiation techniques to help college graduates market their way to their first real job. He has held top positions at many of the world's leading ad agencies, notably Saatchi & Saatchi where he was a member of the Global Board running General Mills' international food business. Peter left Saatchi in 2011 to start BoomAgers, an agency dedicated to marketing to the

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00:18:52

Not the Science Type? New Documentary Star & Nuclear...

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2021/07/14

Dr. Ciara Sivels is a nuclear engineer, elementary school math mentor, and almost pastry chef who became the first black woman to earn a PhD from University of Michigan in nuclear engineering. She now works at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), with a focus on radiation studies. Ciara is one of four female scientists featured in “Not the Science Type", a new docuseries that premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, which addresses negative stereotypes and the need for

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00:22:07

Paving the way for female skydivers: Amy Chmelecki’s...

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2021/06/30

Once Amy Chmelecki set foot on a drop zone and experienced freefall for the first time at age 18, she knew she could do nothing else but skydiving for a career. She moved from New York to Arizona out of college and never looked back. Since 1998 Amy has made over 19,000 skydives and flown over 4000 hours in the tunnel. Her accomplishments include 5 world titles, 10 national titles, 20 world records as well as the first female member of the Red Bull Air Force. In this episode, Amy shares how she’s

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00:19:15

Everipe: Mompreneur Kerry Roberts On Her Smoothie...

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2021/06/23

Kerry Roberts left her successful corporate career as a packaged goods exec with a singular goal: to make clean eating simple and tasty for all. When a friend came to her with a shelf-stable smoothie concept, she knew it could be a game-changer for moms like her trying to fuel their families well, but lacking the energy to invest in a clean eating routine. Their new organic smoothie delivery company Everipe was soon born with their first product launching in 2020. Everipe’s freeze dried technology

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00:17:11

JustinTime Baseball: How A Founder Knocked It Out Of...

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2021/06/16

Justin Sherman kicked off his entrepreneurial career journey as a DJ in his early teens and has never stopped grinding, despite personal challenges. A life-long lover of all things baseball, he played competitively while pursuing degrees at Westchester Community College and SUNY Purchase and also began working privately with local young athletes. His enthusiasm for coaching and the game soon grew into his own successful business. JustinTime Baseball trains youth players all over Westchester, NY,

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00:22:10

Mark Reid: Leaving Teaching and the Law to Make...

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2021/06/09

Mark Reid is a self-described "Bama" boy who never went anywhere growing up, but had an affinity for studying maps and wanting to see the world. The first in his family to graduate college, Mark went to Japan to teach English in 1997, which led to an MA from FSU in Religion with stints in Europe, Vermont, South Florida and South Korea. After reaching professor status, he then decided to go to law school at Syracuse, eventually becoming a prosecutor in NY. Fast forward to 2019, when Mark walked away

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