Friends of Failure

Who hasn't wanted to quit there job and travel the world? This week's guest, Clayton Cuteri the host of Traveling to Consciousness, tells his story of doing exactly that. He shares his inspiring story of being a successful programmer to taking the scary leap for a more fulfilling life. If you want to expand your consciousness on fear, guilt, fear, anger, and our failing education system this is the episode for you. Clayton's page: travelingtoconsciousness.comLink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Have you been stuck due to putting off getting help with your mental health? Our guest, Ben Walker-Storey, is a creator who went through that and shares how finally getting the right help got him back on the path to success. If you like the scented markers you'll love his work on MONSTER FUNK Adult Coloring Book and may other projects.Ben's page: http://benwalkerart.com/Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

How often do you feel like your brain is wired to make you fail? Or have you gone from millions in the bank, to zero, then back up again? Our guest Liam Naden has that rags back to riches story that changed his whole trajectory. With his life experience we learn about the right way to use your brain backed by his research in neuroscience, psychology and human behavior.Liam's page: liamnaden.comLink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

This week's guest, Meshell Baker, is a Confidence Coach who shares how she embraced failure in her quest to ignite passion in others. We talk habits and a solid morning routine's impact on driving change plus how it's okay to readjust after new insight. Meshell's confidence is contagious and if you need a boost this episode will have you covered. Meshell's page: meshellrbaker.comLink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

This week Megan and Sam talk to UK teacher of over 37 year, Maxine Blake. Known by her students as 'The Terminator' Maxine has seen everything from a Phantom Pooper to wardrobe malfunctions. This conversation will make you think of all the crazy stories your teachers had hidden up their sleeves and wondering if it's the same level of wild Maxine's book 'Don't Poo in the Pudding Bowl' contains.Maxine's book and page: http://maxineblake.com/Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Have you ever beaten yourself up about not being better or more committed to your hobby? In a world where 'being productive' reins supreme it's hard not to apply that to the things you do in your free time. This week Megan and Sam talk about their own hobbies and how important it is to have a safe space to happily fail. Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Our guest this week is Jay Shifman from the Choose Your Struggle organization and Podcast. Jay brings a deep knowledge of drug misuse and recovery from both personal experience and his education. We discuss the failures in American society around drug laws, the stigma drug users face, and how safe use and recovery are not as big of a priority as they should be. Jay's page: jayshifman.comChoose Your Struggle: chooseyourstruggle.comLink up: linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

TW: Grief, Loss, & UnalivingThis week's topic is something universal to the human experience but taboo to discuss openly: Grief. Whether from the death of a loved one or the end of a friendship coping with grief is full of messy emotions that can give the feeling of 'coping badly'. Sam and Megan discuss their own experiences to demystify there being a right way to handle a loss. Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

The only constant in life is change so why does it make us so uncomfortable? In this episode Sam and Megan talk about how changes big and small affect us throughout the different stages of life. And how change can push you into that fear of failing zone. The biggest question raised is why is Flaming Hot Cheeto Mountain Dew a thing? Seriously, who pitched this?Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Who hasn't had travel plan go south real fast? Maybe you get trapped in a airport or you melted crayons in your sick PT Cruiser rental car. This week Sam and Megan talk about all that can go wrong when seeing new places and how their perspectives on these road-bumps have changed with more travel experiences.Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

In another one on one episode Megan and Sam explore the relationship between growth and failure. They share some of their own growth fails along with some ways to ride the waves of growing as a messy human. Also if you like bees and cowboys get ready for the Beehaw at the end.Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Why do we always fail to take care of ourselves more than anything else? This week Megan and Sam talk about the mind, body, and soul failures we allow ourselves plus the costs they have. Also for some reason the conversation loops back to poop or farts a few times so prepare yourself for those unexpected turns.Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Why are so many self-published books lost in the mix? This week's guest, Aryn Van Dyke, helps us understand how failing to find the right audience can kill your project. Our conversation expands beyond books and into music then even how the correct audience on a resume is key. Start with the bullseye! Find Aryn here: www.bookrockstar.comLink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Tattoos are one of the most permanent things you can do to your body and the stakes are high for both the client and tattoo artist. This week we talk to Megan's old friend, Gabe Nunes, about becoming a tattoo artist. Through our chat we cover face tattoo stereotyping to finding the right support from other artists.Find Gabe's work here: www.instagram.com/eternal_nunes/Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Clarity is a hard to come-by state of mind. This week we talk to clarity coach Diana Morris about the journey to one's truth and it's parallels to accepting failure. Like the old saying 'You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink' you can't drag yourself or other's to their truth if it's not deeply wanted.Find Diana here: http://www.dianaramorris.com/Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Have you ever felt that instant anxiety when trying to record a video? Our guest this week, Rachel Tapscott, is a videographer that helps clients get through that fear to a confident message that will drive their passion or business forward. Rachel also shares her own story and how a failure pushed her to throw caution to the wind and go for something much bigger that has led to the happiness and joy she now has in her work.Find Rachel here: thatcameragirl.comLink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Is the American Dream still alive? In this one-on-one episode Sam and Megan try to tackle the large question along with the many topics that play into the concept. They also explore how this ideal perspective of life has impacted on a nation's view of failure. On an unrelated note, who has a good title for the Lifetime movie that Megan outlined at the beginning of the episode? 'Santa Saves the Farm and Now I'm in Love with Him' is a little wordy....Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Who wants to travel the world? This week's guest is travel expert Jesse Terranova who helps people do just that. He brings a powerful story about bridging the gap between loneliness and connection. We may all share our personal spiritually defining moments at the end of this one. How many hawks equal a message from the universe?Find Jesse: www.instagram.com/jesseterranova/?hl=enLink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Looking for stories that remind you of Reno 911 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine combined? Our guest this week, Vic Ferrari, is a retired NYPD cop turned author with many tales of the less successful ventures within his career. Vic is a genuine, and hilarious storyteller with many life-lessons from a car filled with crickets to his near-death brush on 9/11. Btw, who knows Joe Pesci so we can get him to narrate Vic's book?Find Vic & is books here: https://t.co/M1dNxGDPeILink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Accepting what we can control is a daily battle for most. In this week's episode we get to talk to comic book creator, movie maker, painter, Dad, and part-time Hobbit, Scott Christian Sava. He talks openly about the struggles of being an artist, roadblocks in making the movie Animal Crackers, the importance of a support group plus personal moxie, and how the luck aspect of success is out of our hands.Find Scott here: bluedreamstudios.comLink up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

What did you expect? Probably not a two part episode were Sam and Megan discuss how expectations can play into failures. From video games to the meaning of life this one needed the whole two hours. Make sure to check out the first half of the convo from last week.Link up: linktr.ee/friendsoffailureEmail us your fails at: friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

What did you expect? Probably not a two part episode were Sam and Megan discuss how expectations can play into failures. Too low or too high, how do we find that balance of what to expect in our future endeavors. Make sure to check out the second half of the convo next week.Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Email us your fails at: friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Ready to talk fear, balance, and failure? Ready or not, this week we talk to fellow podcaster, Steven Dimmitt of The Nugget Climbing podcast, about all those things in relation to his transition from engineer to full-time van lifer and climber. Steven drops so may nuggets (see what we did there) on how he found his balance and good intentions driving good results. Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com Steven's Website: https://thenuggetclimbing.com/ The Nugget Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenuggetclimbing/ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevendimmitt/?hl=en Van Tour Video: https://vimeo.com/645447177

Who doesn't need to hear ancient advice to fight failure fatigues? Learn about that and so much more in our conversation with Rabbi Harry Rozenberg, who specializes in psychedelics in the Bible and the Lost Tribes of Israel in Afghanistan and Africa. This conversation was truly unlike any other with Rabbi Harry's fresh mix of ancient religious knowledge and an easy going, modern delivery.Find Rabbi Harry here: rabbiharry.comAnd his courses: wokecourses.comOur Links: linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

Megan & Sam are joined by guest Rayson Choo from Singapore. We get to hear his story of fired to interviewing Gary Vee and then some solid advice on failure from his mentor. Make sure to follow on Instagram, TikTok, and subscribe to the pod for episodes every Friday! Let us know what you think in the reviews :) The Regacy Show podcast can be found on Apple & SpotifyRayson's page: http://www.raygacy.com/Link up: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com

Failing to find balance in your creative and professional lives? Listen to our conversation with Ross Victory on his creative endeavors as an award-winning author and recording artist mixed with his career in education. He is open about the journey to creating without regrets, putting together a vision for combining your passions, and drops great advice on the power of trying. Find Ross here: rossvictory.comOur links: linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

Have you already failed your New Year's resolution or maybe just fantasized about giving up? Either way you should join Megan and Sam in a 'Just Us' episode to discuss all things right and wrong with the annual tradition of making resolutions (some good old generational trauma thrown in for free). Get your weekly dose of failure talk all 2022 with us to learn together, normalize failure, and, most importantly, laugh at us. You should probably just rate & subscribe while you're here.Find us: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

The majority of us struggle with effective communication either at work or in our relationships. This week we talk to Dr. Amelia Reigstad about her journey to her doctorate and the endless potential for failure in communication. To learn more about Amelia check out ameliareigstad.com and subscribe to see more chats on failure.Our links: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

Do the holidays stress you out with all the potential for things to go wrong? This week's episode will provide some comic relief as Megan & Sam catch up with each other after running the Thanksgiving gauntlet and talk about their own holiday failure stories. If you want to hear about families flipped tables, catching Santa, and Power Ranger induced insomnia don't miss this one and subscribe for more ya filthy animal!Our Youtube and socials: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

This week we talk to the delightful Sandee Sgarlata, America's Happiness Coach, and learn about her inspiring life story. We discuss her recently released second book, Happiness Solved: Climbing One Hundred Steps, where she delivers the message that there is no guarantee how long you have left and life is too short to delay working on your happiness. After losing her brother in her childhood Sandee has persisted through many other hardships to now be a retired U.S. National and International Figure Skating Coach and a life coach for 30 years. Her take on failure is tried and tested from her own ups and downs to how she approaches it with her clients. Sam has also converted his 2008 Facebook shout-out to 2008 Meta. Find both us and our lovely guest on the Meta-verse at the links below:sandeesgarlata.comlinktr.ee/friendsoffailureFind Happiness Solved: Climbing One Hundred Steps on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/Happiness-Solved-Climbing-Hundred-Steps/dp/1480897027/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sandee+Sgarlata&qid=1621437867&sr=8-1

This week we had the honor of talking to the inspiring Pauleanna Reid. She introduces herself as a woman who has fought for her dreams and won. In this conversation we learn how much she truly fits that description. From being a C student and choosing to leave college she walks us through how she failed up to being a highly effective entrepreneur and a ghostwriter for celebs. Her transparency is refreshing and she is not afraid of the failures that brought her to now. Find our guest here: pauleannareid.com https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

Special episode this week with guest host, Megan's BFF, Amme. She was one of our first guests and in this chat we focus on friendships. First thing discussed is our own friendship and the challenges of maintaining a relationship through life's changes. From our failed failure podcast pre-dating Friends of Failure to being 600 miles away, we talk through what made the bond stick (at what tested it). Branching off of this we talk about how some friendships need to end, the under discussed "friendship-breakup", and making friends as an adult. Excuse how funny we find ourselves.https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

On this Just Us episode we focus on morality and looking back at our younger-selves' failures. You could say it's a Halloween episode with the haunts of our past. Lots of reflecting and mulling over what we would do if we could time-travel to talk to our 19 year old selves. No ragrets here, just looking through the lens of what we know now. The title is a spoiler on this as Sam has a few theories on fighting himself. We haven't done a 1 on 1 focused on us since the beginning and enjoyed bringing you guys some more of our own experiences. Happy Halloween ya'll!https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

One of our favorite episodes yet! This week we chat with Mitchell Smolkin, a psychotherapist, author and speaker who promotes the idea of finding dignity in your suffering in order to become closer to others and yourself. Mitchell starts us out with some beautiful thoughts on music and theater before expanding on how he is marrying his family's story and performance in a new project. His grandfather lost his whole family to the Nazis in WWII while he was away in the war and then later suffered through the pain of immigration. Mitchell tells his grandfather's struggle through both the lens of a psychotherapist and the teenager that initially confronted the issues of their family's tragic history. This conversation gets deep as we delve into inter-generational trauma, existential crises, and dying multiple deaths. Truly a meaningful message throughout with many gems on life and failure. And Mitchell has a beautiful singing voice as a bonus!Find Mitchell at: mitchellsmolkin.comSend us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 916-304-3345

This episode we chatted with Tati Garcia who is an anxiety coach, a licensed psychotherapist, an introvert, and a former high-functioning anxiety sufferer. We talk a lot of mental health on this one and the importance of therapy even when you are high-functioning. Tati talks us through her own career and how she now helps people find their calm through her practice, 1:1 coaching and podcast Calmly Coping. We discuss the standard we set for our own success and the interference of comparing our position to others. Most high-achievers can relate to the overwhelming fear of failure and this chat bring normalcy and hope to those feelings.Find Tati at: https://www.becalmwithtati.com/Send us your failure at stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 916-304-3345

This week's guest is the amazing storyteller and author, Yvonne Caputo. She takes us through her path to becoming a published author at 72. Her skills learned as an actress, teacher, and psychotherapist prepared her for the task of documenting her father's life as a WWII B-24 navigator. Yvonne's book 'Flying with Dad' tells the story of strengthening a father-daughter bond through getting her father to share stories he had never previously spoke about surrounding his years in the war. The stories shared in this episode range from shocking but funny differences in how things used to be to timeless lessons on intimacy, relationships, and death. Yvonne drops a deep takeaway about failure at the end of this interview that left us reflecting positively over her stories and our own failures. Find the book at any book retailer and more info here: https://ingeniumbooks.com/yvonne-caputo/Send in your failures to friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at 916-304-3345https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

In this Just Us episode we really go off the deep end starting on our own failures and somehow ending up at how as children we believed certain fictional movie characters were real. Despite our impressive range we cover the interesting topics of failed products and ghost. Zak Bagans may come up for is many failures as a ghost hunter and we show no mercy on a Google product that never really made sense. Also Sam isn't familiar with Shrek so let's get mad together about that. Spam us with Shrek memes.Send in your failures to friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at 916-304-3345https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

This week we talk to Christine McKay, the CEO of Venn Negotiation and author of “Why Not Ask? A Conversation About Getting More”. Christine's mission is to breakdown the misconceptions around negotiation through both her professional work and her podcast The Venn Zone. She takes us through her inspiring story and shares how her own failures and fears drove her to the success she has now. If you want to know how she bought two cars for the price of one, along with plenty of other nuggets of advice, you'll have to check this one out. Find our guest at: www.vennnegotiation.com and her book 'Why Not Ask?' on Amazon.https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailureSend us your failure stories at friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 916-304-3345

This week we talk to UK swimmer and Olympian Chris Cook. He was a joy to talk to and very down to earth on sharing some of his competitive journey. Chris has since hung up the trunks and retired from international swimming and now works with businesses, performance teams, schools and organizations to assist them in pursuit of their goals, inspiring a world class mind-set and encouraging people to follow their passion. The takeaways are endless from this conversation, but of course found the humor in all the seriousness. We also learned Sam might not be able to swim....Send your failure stories to friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.com or call our listener voicemail at 916-304-3545

On this week's Just Us episode we reflect on our own failures and some of these cut deep in the embarrassment feels. We discuss why Jamie Lynn Spears and Tesla were feuding earlier this year and sadly it evolves cats... I don't want to tell you how many cats. We discuss how we are aren't even close to Joe Rogan level of podcasting and his rant on monkeys taking over the world. This is another FML reading episode and they range from a "self reporting nice guy" to kid logic on the basics of housekeeping. Honorable mentions to Punk'd and Legally Blonde the Musical.Send in you failures to friendsoffailure@gmail.com or call 916-304-3345https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

This week we talk to the CEO and Founder of Mindhatch, author of I Quit! The Life-Affirming Joy of Giving Up, and improv master, Coonoor Behal. She serves up the knowledge she gathered by interviewing happy quitters for her book and delivers a refreshing perspective on the stigma of quitting. Coonoor started as an intern on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brein' and is now the CEO of her own company that brings innovation via improv into the workplace. Sam telling his own story of quitting stand-up and Megan is definitely going to push him to un-quit that venture. We discuss the overrated 20s and how transitioning from school to a career surfaces those 'Should I quit?' questions. You can find Coonoor's book at: https://iquitbook.com/ and Mindhatch at: https://www.mindhatchllc.com/Please rate and follow! Send in your fails to friendsoffailurepodcast@gmail.comOur links :https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

This week we talk to author Matthew Turner about his new book, Beyond the Pale, and his work as writer. He is a fountain of wisdom as he takes us through his journey as a writer and drops great advise to all creators. He shares his drive to write meaningful works with a great perspective of goal setting focused on legacy rather than instant gratification. We talk comparison culture and the prevalence of the hustle mindset in modern society, especially on social media. Obviously Sam brings up his 2008 Facebook page again. The controversial topic of making books into movies brings up the set up for failure in the high exceptions of the readers. How many Harry Potter fans have you heard say the movies left something out? LOTR fans might be even more disgruntled... Find Matthew & Beyond the Pale here: https://beyondbook.co/ Or order now on Amazon.https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

This weeks episode we talk to friend of the podcast, Sondra. She tells us the harrowing story of her recent move in New York City. Moving is full of potential for failures and Sondra's came in the form of an oversized, pink couch. The journey alone is full of NYC style snags, but the damn couch is literally the biggest snafu that Sondra believes sprung from the pit's of hell itself. Like she really hates this thing. We also talk about the relationship test that is building IKEA furniture together and if all scammers are truly bad. Let us know if you hate the cursed couch or if Sondra should show it mercy.https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

This episode is just us reflecting on our own failures. We read from the ancient website of FML aka F my life for some failure inspiration. We talk about a little bit of everything from not knowing how to pronounce salmon to our love for fart jokes. Sam might be on the brink of being swept up in a tornado Dorthy style the whole episode. We loved this format so much we are going to be releasing a Just Us episode once a week starting soon. Let us know what you think of this lighter, comedic episode were we mainly laugh at each others fails.

This week's guest is Trish Bennet, from Build Yourself Back Up, who uses her platform to speak on mental health, mindset, and her own experiences to help others in the place she once was. Trish takes us through her story from depression to finding her true self and drops some amazing wisdom along the way. We also talk about our childhoods and parents affects on us as well as how to teach failure to your kids. Trish highlights small steps to began changing negative thinking and taking control of how you talk to yourself. She also tells the amazing story of achieving her life long goal of learning to ride a motorcycle with all its hiccups and setbacks. Basically she is a total badass and Sam wants a bike now.Find Trish at: www.buildyourselfbackup.comSocials: @buildyourselfbackup or https://linktr.ee/buildyourselfbackupOur Links: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

On this episode we get to talk to the man behind our logo and cover art, Jef Caine! He is a graphic designer by trade and a TikTok creator with over 17K follower by true persistence. We talk about Jef's career as an artist, his path to TikTok success, and how important the moment of now is. This is an episode that is both deep and hilarious as we go in between topics like: existential crisis, Bo Burnham & Inside, Jeff Bezos, imposter syndrome, and Jef possibly being the next Bob Ross. Find Jef Caine at jefcaine.com or on all socials @jefcaineOur links: https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure

This is a fun episode with Midnight Movie Cowboy's Hunter Duesing where we talk all things film. Our guest comes from the movie industry and now teaches film and it's history. In this chat we cover a wide range of topics including: bad movies, Nicolas Cage, The Room, Adam Sandler, Sharknado, Robert Downey Jr, and even American Idol. From the movies that never got made to the movies that should have never been made, we cover it all. Bonus content of Michael Cera's freak out on set and our hopes to free Britney.

This episode we have our second guest, Tim, who is Sam's best friend. Tim talks about his experiences as an entrepreneur, teacher, business owner, and being a part of a failing public education system. We have some great tattoo ideas in this episode that nobody should even get. Seriously don't get these.

This is our first guest episode! We have Megan's best friend on to talk about her failures around working with kids, finding her path, relationships and school. Don't miss her rapping us out at the end with a Shrek inspired twist.

Let's blame Sam for choosing this topic, but it's extremely important to us both to normalize talking about death. In this episode we share personal experiences with death and how we failed to cope. We also talk about how our own death gives failure that mortal urgency to always get things right and creates the pressure to never fail.

What would a failure podcast be if we didn't talk about our own first? In this episode we talk about our own struggles and how those got us to where we are today. Sam may also drink a certain dairy product out of a wine glass...https://linktr.ee/friendsoffailure