Frantastic Stories

Robin's guest in this episode is Pierce Brooks, an empowerment speaker. Pierce shares his journey with others to help them find meaning and lessons from trauma -overcome challenges to find their path. He helps finding meaning in madness.Tune in to be inspired...! About Pierce Brooks:With first-hand experience dealing with great loss and great recovery, Pierce Brooks is an empowerment speaker giving practical solutions for people to find meaning and lessons from trauma. As a former college athlete, Pierce was pressured to excel in basketball, ultimately playing at the Division I level. After losing scholarships and his father’s tragic suicide, he hit a personal rock bottom before age 20. Pierce responded with personal reflection, examination, and realignment of purpose. Most notably, Pierce shared his story in his TEDx speech “Playing the Game of Social Pressure.”Pierce is currently speaking online and at in-person events. Most recently, he can be heard as a guest on the “Deborah Kobylt Live” podcast. He has transformed his career experience at CPG brands and sports and entertainment firms into a foundation for helping people across the professional and personal spectrum. Pierce is a graduate of Dickinson State University and the university’s first-ever student commencement speaker. He credits his uncle, Bill Duffy, one of the most successful sports agents in the world, for his guidance and positive influence. Pierce is based in Los Angeles and enjoys horseback riding, collecting vinyl records, and sharing his empowerment journey. ***Pierce's links:Website: https://piercejbrooks.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piercejbrooks/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/piercebrooks/  

Robin's guest today is travel journalist Arijana. She tells our host: how it is to live in Vietnam, including when a pandemic is going on; how to make your travel dream a reality and gives us some insights into travel journalism. Tune in for a lovely conversation, 100% travel spirit!About Arijana:I'm Arijana, a travel journalist.While I was slowly fulfilling my childhood dream of traveling for the last few years while working as an assistant in the production of a travel documentary show and filming of some cool events such as a car rally, balloon rally and promotional video guides, I only started full-time traveling and content creation for myself in the start of 2020. I share my experiences along the way and inspire others to travel more and smarter.***Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shipped_away/Twitter: https://twitter.com/shipped_awayWebsite: https://www.shippedaway.com/

In this episode, Robin's guests are Vanessa and Rinat, the hosts of That's the Ticket! Podcast. They chat about what traveling means to them, the birth of their podcast and friendship as well as sharing some of their own travel stories. Tune in and enjoy!Thank you for listening. The girlsVanessa is an established and professional podcaster, whose podcast “Not Another X-Files Podcast Podcast” has received 200,000 downloads and counting, and whose podcast clients are regularly receiving thousands to tens of thousands of downloads per episode.Rinat had a long career in the software industry, including a Ph.D in Computer Science, but has decided after about 20 years in that field to focus on following her two big passions – meaningful travel and art. That’s the Ticket! PodcastVanessa and Rinat are the hosts of That's the Ticket! - a podcast for people with itchy feet. That’s the Ticket! Podcast is all about travel, with a focus on meaningful travel. Vanessa and Rinat look at travel from different angles, exploring topics like self development, positive psychology, gamification and minimalism. They talk not just about travel tips and interesting destinations, but also about the value of travel and how to make travel meaningful and memorable. Listen to That’s the Ticket! Podcast if you want to enrich your travel experience.***LinksTwitter: https://twitter.com/ticketpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatstheticketpod/ Website: https://thatstheticketpod.com/ 

Robin has the pleasure to have 2 guests in this episode! The two sunshine and laughs girls: Lulu & Alison from the 10K Dollar Day podcast. They discuss imaginary luxury traveling, more traveling and...their upcoming mega - project of course! About Lulu and Alison:From the moment Alison Burns and Lulu Picart met in a theater rehearsal in 2011, they knew they wanted to work together forever. The next few years granted that wish often, and the pair performed in several regional productions, created their own duo cabaret, toured the country singing with Disney composer David Friedman, and were even roommates during their off-Broadway run in 2014. While both Alison and Lulu are accomplished actors, directors, and writers, Alison is also an award-winning choreographer, and Lulu works a creative consultant, often in music supervision. All of this performance and production experience have helped make the 10K Dollar Day podcasts and YouTube channel a success. Outside of this venture, Alison continues to direct and perform, plus run a full-time performance coaching business. Lulu will be seen on Broadway in 2021 in the revival of 1776. ***Links:Instagram: @10kdollardayTwitter: @10kdollardaywww.10kdollarday.comwww.youtube.com/10kdollarday

In this episode Robin talks about multi-cultural relationships, funny travel stories and being a creative with Rachanee. She is a writer, podcaster, musician and so much more! About Rachanee:  I was born on a snowy day in Michigan (I'm just guessing, but since it was winter, it's a pretty good guess). I loved playing let's pretend and creating things; at my 4th grade birthday party I wrote a play and made all my friends participate in it. (No performance = no cake.) I pursued a degree in photojournalism but detoured  into a music career. Four albums, over 1000 shows, many car miles and a few awards later, I moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in... acting and writing. (You thought I was going to say music, weren't you?) While comedy is my main thing, I also do voice-overs, TV and film. Some of my favorite projects include playing a harried employee on Stevie TV; being a delusional girlfriend in a Matthew Hussey video; helping people navigate their Google Pixel 4 in an explained video series; and voicing the character of Yu Yan in Swan Princess 10: A Royal Wedding. My journalism roots run deep though - I still write, mostly romantic comedy films, comedy TV shows, and sketches. My scripted comedy podcast, Ex Pat, debuted in March 2020 on all major podcast platforms. My comedy sketch, Happy Divorce-aversary, was featured in the 2018 National Hispanic Media Coalition’s industry showcase. When I’m not creating, you can find me playing in a dodge ball league or geeking out over tabletop and video games. About the podcast: A comedy about an interracial and international romance between a Filipina American gal and an Irish guy and the culture clash that happens as a result.*** Links *** Ex Pat:website - www.ExPatTheShow.comTwitter - www.twitter.com/ExPatTheShowInstagram - www.instagram.com/ExPatTheShow  Rachanee's info:website - www.rachanee.netTwitter - www.twitter.com/rachaneelumaynoInstagram - www.instagram.com/moonlilymusic  Writers Group Therapy:website - www.writersgrouptherapy.comTwitter - www.twitter.com/wgtherapyInstagram - www.instagram.com/wgtherapy 

Robin's guest today is Kimberley, a CPA tax-specialist turned natural-health entrepreneur and abundance coach. She loves helping people become their best selves. You can find her home-schooling her youngest, swimming, hiking, scuba diving and gardening. Listeners can sign up for her course, Life More Abundantly, for 20% off using the promo code FRANTASTIC here: www.kimm.me/lma. ***Other Links:Kimberley's website: https://kimberleymilousis.com/

Today our guest is Nicole, a public health professional, educator, civic leader, and image consultant who has spent the last fifteen years providing tools and strategies to stakeholders, community-based organizations, students, and residents to improve health and prevent disease in some of Los Angeles County’s most undeserved communities.Her commitment to community has led to a few prestigious appointments. She serves on the boards of three public health/social service organizations and for two years chaired the Health Commission for the City of Los Angeles. Today Robin and Nicole also talk about topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the community of Los Angeles and environmental racism. ***LinksInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoledvick/Nicole's book: https://amzn.to/3hq4xZ2 

Our guest today is Helen, a qualified coach and the founder of Positive Health & Wellness Coaching.  She specialises in coaching people with chronic illness, with the goal of bringing the zest back into their lives.  Helen has experience of chronic illness herself and now helps others by using her knowledge of dealing with this in an optimistic and productive way.  Helen also coaches for wellness, facilitating positive change and working with her clients to look at new possibilities which help lead to a more fulfilling and contented life.  When she’s not coaching, Helen works part time as a PA, is studying for a BSc in Psychology and is an ambassador for a charity in the UK.How did she find a way to live the life she wanted? What are her tips on keeping our wellbeing steady in these times? Can travelling make us anxious? Tune in to learn more! ***LinksHelen's coaching website: https://positivehealthcoaching.co.uk/Facebook: https://bit.ly/3iJygwi  

Our guest today is Luke Cuccurullo, a podcaster from Philly who is a professional engineer, was on a reality TV show and used to own a speed dating business. One day he decided to quit the office job and go on a road trip - to find what 'enjoying life' means to him and embrace random adventures! ***LinksWebsite: https://www.cuccurulloconversations.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukecukes/

In this episode Robin chats with Roman Mironov about long-term relationships, the importance of self-love and what role traveling and cultural differences can play.Roman is a certified relationship coach trained by Robbins Madanes, the official training center of Tony Robbins. He helps clients create those beautiful moments in a relationship that you wish you could relive over and over. He teaches you how to be grateful for your partner, respect them, and communicate effectively.***Website Link: https://romanmironov.com/  

Our guest today is Lee Chambers - an environmental Psychologist, wellbeing consultant and founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. Having spent the last 10 years working in a variety of fields, including local government, a corporate organisation, and in elite sports, he has now brought his experience and qualifications with the aim to impact the wellbeing of thousands of individuals and businesses through organisational wellbeing advancement, while looking to promote conscious and purpose lead leadership internally.Lee has qualifications in Performance Nutrition, Environmental Psychology and Advanced Sleep Consultancy, and he delivers multi-discplinary workshops focused on improving performance and productivity through increasing employee wellbeing. This is an issue very close to his heart, as after losing the ability to walk in 2014 due to chronic illness, he has battled back to achieve a positive health outcome, and is now on the pathway to become medication free. He also presents the Health and Wellbeing show on Ribble FM Radio, and speaks in Educational establishments about his varied career path, health challenges and having a resilient mindset. Based in Preston in the North of the UK, Lee is currently working with business owners and employee teams to create culture change, wellbeing strategies and champions. He is a father of 2, coaches a disability football team, and enjoys eating good food with good friends. He is currently writing his first book, “How To Conquer Anything”, which will be released in November 2020.______________Lee's Links: Listeners can download My Authentic Purpose Book Here!Lee’s Consultancy: https://leechambers.org Twitter: @essentialiseFacebook/Instagram: @essentialisecoach LinkedinYoutube

Robin's guest for this episode is a comedian, improviser, storyteller, actor, writer, musician as featured on Australia’s ABC and the UK’s BBC. Steven Morgan is a jack of all trades, and self-proclaimed master of all of them too (so it says in his bio). ____Steven's links:FacebookInstagramhttps://twitter.com/easylaughs 

David Mielke was born in Campbell River, BC, Canada, where an extraordinary teacher named Marie Rackham helped him turn his life around when he dropped back into high school after running away from home at the age of 15. He went on to work in Los Angeles as an actor and singer, both appearing in film, television, and regional theatre, and creating and performing one-person shows under the banner of his company, The Rainbow Man Productions. His original works include Rediscovering the River and Spirit of the Unicorn. When Marie was diagnosed with cancer, David returned to Canada to care for her, and together they created 114 episodes of the award-winning Cozy Grammar series of video courses as a way for her to be, as she put it, “where cancer isn’t.” After her death, he worked in LGBTQ social services before returning to working as an actor, producing additional content for Cozy Grammar, and creating and performing his own theatrical productions with his husband, Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma. Their most recent collaboration is a musical called The Driftwood Bridge. Member of Actor’s Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and ACTRA.___Links to mentions in the interview:New York Times article that promoted our "Mood Altering Foods" video from the Broadway In The Yurt series: (We're the part of the article captioned "Still Living in the Yurt") The Broadway in the Yurt YouTube Playlist:  (Also includes one of the more serious songs from The Driftwood Bridge called Father Slate.  Cozy Grammar YouTube Channel   The Driftwood Bridge website (The full Driftwood Bridge musical will be available for streaming here by the end of July. https://driftwoodbridge.com/ His husband's Author Website   

"Mindfulness and travel are interwoven, find what grounds you in that time and bring it to the everyday life.[...] it is for everybody..." - Lianne 2020 -"It is so important to get away, it centers you. Everybody experiences mindfulness, they are just not totally aware of it in the day to day life..."  - Corey 2020 -_____________________________________________Links:Podcast linkInstagram________________________________________LianneIn the 5+ years after leaving home, Lianne maximized the potential of her bruised and abused British passport. From utilizing the holiday working visas in Australia and Canada to road tripping the US and finding hidden surf spots in the Philippines, her love for travel is on clear display.Having grown up with 2 older brothers and worked too many hours in dirty dive bars, Lianne brings her sharp tongue and quick wit to the podcast world. Her experiences as a modern vagabond have many wondering how she maintains this lifestyle.Well... have a listen and you may find out!CoreyCorey has spent the last couple decades intermittently scouring the globe on both short and long term adventures. After a spell of, "growing up", he realized what makes him happy. So he met the gal, left his career, packed his bags and, well, hasn't looked back since.With an open mind and an open heart, and we mustn't forget about his loyal companion Charley, Corey loves learning about pretty much everything. Culture and travel certainly are not excluded from that. His cheekiness is well balanced with an empathetic nature, to provide you with an enthusiastic (he is American after all), yet comical host.

Loubna Zarrou is an international bestselling author, certified professional speaker and multi-award-winning Strategic Dynamo who is globally recognized for her extraordinary skill of being able to mentor Entrepreneurs to gain clarity, focus and momentum with lightning speed.Before starting her business and becoming the CEO of The Exponential Hero, Loubna spent over 18 years managing projects both in IT as well as change management in the corporate sector. It was during these years that Loubna was able to hone and utilize her expertise in helping people enhance their happiness at work, as well as strategies for more success in the boardroom.Loubna has now been able to take this a step further with her unique and innovative approach to mentoring through her A.C.T.I.O.N. process and regularly speaks to her audience on the importance of strategy, planning and the science of happiness to increase their impact, influence and income.   _________________________Follow Loubna:https://www.facebook.com/loubnazarrouofficialhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/loubnazarrouEntrepreneurs Sushi Club Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/entrepreneurs-sushi-club/id1504841421The Law of Brand Attraction Book via Amazon or via https://www.thelawofbrandattraction.com

The 40s, in northern Italy. Henrietta and her brother try to escape the horrors of daily life with motorbike trips around the Dolomites. Unfortunately, that is not enough to stop reality from affecting them and their family. The desire to fight for freedom and the need to survive is the struggle Henrietta and her brother seem to live as 'the normal'. Credits:Henrietta's voice: @Fiona_Thezeign (TW)Angelo's voice: @_harrisoncurtis (IG) Follow us onTwitter: @FrantasticWhoInstagram: Frantastic_stories

A piece from Robin's diary. Thoughts on life are sparked by an episode on the train that day. And that spark also explains the writing of Frantastic Stories and the new section with guest interviews - Alife. Follow us onTwitter: @FrantasticWhoInstagram: Frantastic_stories

Jane and her cousin are on an adventure together to India. But first, a layover in Oman lets them experience what one usually sees in...movies!CreditsJane's voice: @Fiona_thezeign Follow us on Twitter: @FrantasticWhoInstagram: Frantastic_stories 

Robin Who is answering some of the questions people have been asking!We are stoked to have our friend John hosting this interview. Follow us on Twitter: @FrantasticWhoInstagram: Frantastic_stories 

In this episode you can relive two moments in Jane's life, where she had to face change. Generally, Jane likes variation and what is new. But here, the difference between the two points in life is not only chronological - one of them is a change that cannot be fought, and was not sought. How to deal with changes? We all have to find our own way.Follow us on Twitter: @FrantasticWhoInstagram: Frantastic_storiesCreditsJane's voice: @Fiona_Thezeign (Twitter)

Jane is in Poland, on a train. Here she has an interesting encounter, that follows her all the way to Krakow. A story of escape and happy coincidences...Follow us on Twitter: @FrantasticWhoInstagram: Frantastic_storiesCreditsJane's voice: @fiona_thezeign (Twitter)

Jane is waiting for her flight at the airport. And a simple smell just throws her into a train of reflections on life, travels and society.Follow us on Twitter: @FrantasticWhoInstagram: Frantastic_storiesCreditsJane's voice: @fiona_thezeign (Twitter)