For a Living – Details, episodes & analysis

For a Living is taking an indefinite hiatus. I might post episodes sporadically. I might even roll out Season 11 in 2024. I'm grappling with all this as I type these very words. We'll see. For now, I just want to thank all of you who have been listening and supporting this project. This podcast and your support has made my world a better place. 

Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. Listen to my my music over here and all my other projects are here.

Get in touch on Insta, Facebook, or podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 

Never too late to hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!

Stefania Arzamendia is an integrative humanistic psychotherapist and holistic health coach.  She grounds her work in Transactional Analysis, Gestalt therapy, and Compassionate Inquiry. She also prepares clients for ayahuasca experiences and guides them through the integration of psychedelic journeys. She also happens to be my therapist.

Stefi encourages you to dive into the work of Dr. Gabor Mate and to explore the wildlife and the wildflowers 

For a Living is taking an indefinite hiatus. I might post episodes sporadically. I might even roll out Season 11 in 2024. I'm grappling with all this as I type these very words. We'll see. For now, I just want to thank all of you who have been listening and supporting this project. This podcast and your support has made my world a better place. 

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

• Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. 
• All my other projects are over here. 
• Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 
• Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.
Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!

Eric Pan is a composer, pianist, and storyteller. 

• Here is Eric's website. Follow his riveting Insta account @pandelic. 
• Explore his music on Spotify, Soundcloud, on YouTube,  or wherever you stream. We listened to Twilight Far and Oak Island. I dig Turtle on the Moon. 
• Take journeys with him on his Substack. 
• Eric urges you to read The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World and Effortless Mastery. 

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

• Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. 
• All my other projects are over here. 
• Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 
• Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.
Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!

Jocelyn is an Earth Medicine Facilitator who channels the spirits of ayahuasca, yagé, and iboga to guide passengers along a sacred journey to the most vulnerable places. Armed with love and powerful plants, she kills egos and heals souls.

our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for mastering audio.

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

Edlyn is an ICU nurse for patients with heart conditions at the University of Chicago medical center. She discusses how she grapples with vulnerability and death. Edlyn saves lives!

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for mastering audio.

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

The Guz discusses the challenges of being thrown into the midst of complicated divorce proceedings. And he shares stories, triumphant and tragic, of criminal defense.

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for mastering audio.

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

Dan tells us how a chance encounter with a magazine in Tommy Burke's basement launched him on the path to becoming Chicago’s premiere guitar tech. He shares the origin story of Chicago Fretworks and why, after two decades, he still loves being an axe man.

Visit Dan an Company at Chicago Fretworks and follow him on Instagram. 

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for mastering audio.

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

Fitness and Nutrition Coach, Power lifter, and Founder of No Bull Fitness, Kim Greenstein explains how she broke the golden handcuffs of a corporate career, resolving complicated negotiations to help people develop the resolve, the strategies, and the mindset to feel good and strong. She dives into how being a health and wellness consultant pits her against some strong cultural currents. She also talks about why she loves lifting really heavy stuff.

If you are in the Chicagoland area and want to dial into a wellness routine, learn more about Kim here and get in touch!

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for mastering audio.

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

Massage therapist Joe Leto shares how a coincidence in the college dorms set him on a path to healing people. He massages his way through the challenges and opportunities of being a massage therapist, which he loves with no uncertain passion. He also compares himself to Rambo...

Are you in South Carolina? Maybe Joe can ease the pain. Find him here.

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for mastering audio.

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

Jana teaches Bikram yoga. We talk about how yoga prepared her for a harrowing accident that left her physically decimated, but spiritually emboldened. We get into how the downfall of Bikram Choudhery clouds but clarifies her commitment to her Bikram practice.

If you are anywhere near Milwaukee, sweat and breathe with Jana at Bikram Yoga Heights. If you are not, follow her on Insta.

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for mastering audio.

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.