What Should I Do With My Life? with Steph Horwitz – Details, episodes & analysis

This was a spur-of-the-moment, middle of the night recording. Haven't shared an episode in a long time. As the name suggests, this episode is just reflecting on what it has been like dealing with pregnancy and having a newborn baby as we continue to find ourselves in this war.

It's been quiet on What Should I Do With My Life? Get an update from Steph and where her head is at.

Meet the incredible Ashley Sutton! Ashley is the Founder and Creator of Hustle and Hope, the first inspirational greeting card company that embeds digital guides– helping women level-up in their career, mindset, and spirit. A true multi-hyphenate (side note– she has written a book called Overtime is SO over, she had a career in acting and singing, she truly has and does so much), Ashley  is also Marketing Director at Penguin Random House, and has over 13 years of experience in corporate marketing, working at some of the biggest companies in beauty and toys. Plain and simple, Ashley had a goal to channel her career experiences into a product with a purpose, and boy has she delivered! In this episode, we talk about what it really means to hustle, why you should never refer to your business as a side hustle or passion project (even if it’s in addition to a full-time job), and talk about how she married her passions and experience into Hustle and Hope. You are going to just love her. This episode is going to make you think, and I’m extremely confident it will inspire you. 

Check out Hustle and Hope cards and products here !

Instagram: @hustleandhope

Pinterest: @hustleandhope 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hustleandhopecards/

Meet Shirley Goodman, AKA the Dancing Nana! At 99 years young, Shirley has been tap dancing for over 90 years! She started performing as a tap dancer as a young girl in the vaudeville days, and after high school, Nana opened up her own dance school. Today, you can find Nana performing at various Jazz venues in Sarasota, and teaching at local retirement homes, synagogues, and churches. You may recognize nana from her viral video dancing the tush push with her grandchildren at a family wedding. Her video has garnered over 50 million views, and she has truly become an internet session! Nana’s passion for dancing and movement is contagious, and she truly inspires everyone she meets, and everyone who sees her videos, to get up and dance. Today’s episode is extra special, because I am joined by my sister-in-law Miriam, who happens to be nana’s granddaughter! In this episode, we talk about how how Nana’s passion for tap dancing began, how it felt for Nana to achieve her lifelong dream of dancing on TV on Good Morning America– which happened in her late 90’s might I add!-and we find out what nana always keeps in her purse. This episode also includes an extra special audio clip of Nana tap dancing in 1938 on the Major Bowes radio show that you MUST hear. 

If you want to follow Nana and see her dance, follow her instagram page https://www.instagram.com/the.dancing.nana/ .

Meet the amazing Arianna Ratner Dell! Arianna is a talented voice actor, voice over artist and coach. You may have heard Arianna voicing Sorbet Shark Cookie from Cookie Run Kingdom, Brelshaza from Lost Ark, in Baby Shark Brooklyn or while you were watching promos on The Food Network- and you had no idea it was her! Today we got to meet the face behind the voice (even though for those of you listening, you are getting the voice behind the voice!) In this episode we talk about cultivating creativity and energy when you are alone in the recording booth, what it means to be in a career that is a bit less understood, and we talk a bit about the current state of voiceover and what its increased accessibility means for the profession and for accomplished voice actors.  We also had some fun and did a little voiceover challenge!

If you want to reach out and follow Arianna, you can follow her on instagram, on TikTok, or if you are interested in working together on voiceover coaching you can go to her website http://www.ariannaratner.com/

There is so much I wish I thought about before I started my podcasting journey! If you are thinking about starting a podcast, make sure to check out this episode where I break down the top 10 questions you MUST ask yourself before starting, and share a bunch of tips and tricks along the way. 

Meet Sheri Horwitz! Sheri is a high school teacher who has taught over 2,000 students over the past 12 years. She currently teaches English at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and yes-- we are related! Sheri is my sister-in-law and married to my brother, Adam! In this episode, Sheri talks about how she incorporates her passion for acting and movies in her work, how she stays motivated and excited when teaching the same material, we go over some tricks of the trade for a more efficient teaching schedule, and talk about how being a teacher is a core part of her identity and something she can’t just turn off. I had a ball talking to her, I’ve been wanting to get her on the pod since day 1, so I am very excited for you to meet her. Enjoy!

Hey All! It's been a minute. Last night I gave a talk to the amazing WaveMakers community on how to show up authentically. Whether you are looking to grow in your career, make a career pivot, or trying to figure out your stuff (like we all are!) it is important that we show up an embrace our own authentic selves. Hope you enjoy these 3 tips on showing up authentically!

Meet the wonderful Shana Recker, a business coach and mindset strategist! Today’s episode is a special expert edition. While still learning about Shana’s story as in typical What Should I Do With My Life? chats, this episode is more of a deep dive into insights and actionable advice for our listeners from our expert. Shana is a coach for new coaches, helping them start their businesses and launch their first group coaching programs, using the quantum leap strategy. Today Shana shares about the importance of making a financial investment in our transformation journeys, talks about why we should set big goals and dream big, and discusses where we should begin if we have no idea what to do with our lives. A lot of us are scared to take that first step into change and achieving our goals, and Shana really helps us break down how to step into action. 

Stay in touch with Shana!

Instagram @quantumleapqueem

https://www.shanarecker.com/ 

FB community: Quantum Leap with Shana 

Meet the incredible Dr. Adia Gooden! Adia is a licensed clinical psychologist, podcast host, public speaker, and teacher with a focus on empowering others to embrace their own unconditional self-worth. She also happens to be a TED Talk superstar with an inspiring talk on cultivating self-worth that has garnered almost 1,000,000 views! In this episode, Adia shares about her own personal self-worth journey, discusses how we can evaluate where we fall on the self-worth scale, and talks about tips on how we can tap into our own internal wisdom and trust our intuition. I stumbled upon Adia’s TED Talk about a year and a half ago and have been following her since and told myself that I needed to get her on the podcast one day. Her work really resonates with me and I have learned so much from her on my own self-worth journey. We only scratched the surface here, there is so much more we could get into.

Instagram: @dradiagooden

Website: www.dradiagooden.com

Free e-book: www.dradiagooden.com/freee-book

Podcast:Unconditionally Worthy

TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/adia_gooden_cultivating_unconditional_self_worth?language=en