Dream Loud Podcast

Here we are at episode 50! Thanks so much for listening and supporting the show! Over the past 49 episodes, we've focused a lot on advice, tips, tricks and encouraging stories all with the goal of helping people to achieve their dreams. But what happens when the door to your dreams is slammed in your face, the door is locked, key thrown away and then the building attached to the door is bulldozed over! How do you pick yourself up after such a devastating defeat? Today in the show we talk to our friend Gina who was on the cusp of achieving her dreams only to have that very thing happen to her. We'll hear how she dealt with the devastating blow, picked herself up from the crushing defeat and how it drastically changed her worldview in making her see the opportunity and blessings right in front of her. This is an episode that you can't afford to miss!

This week on the podcast we sit down with our friend Marty Stouffer to hear his story of how he survived a traumatic childhood of physical abuse, while living through his mother's two divorces to become the man, husband and father that he is today. We know that there are many people out there today (maybe even some listeners of this podcast) who are struggling to live through abusive situations whether past or present. We hope that this interview with Marty helps you remember that there is hope in any situation to overcome and be who you want to be. Thanks for listening!

Today, Dan and I sat down with my sister, Lydia Hull, to talk about all of her interests and the unique freelancing opportunities it has given her!

Dan and I (Ben) sit down with returning guest Josh Doran to talk about his new music project - The Fading Light - how he went about getting involved in the local Pittsburgh music scene and how he's built and continued to build a following for his art.

As a follow up to my solo podcast episode where I discussed finding time to rest, I interview Dan this week for some practical advice to balancing a demanding schedule as a journalist for his local newspaper and sportswriter for the Associated Press. Dan has some great words of wisdom to share about finding time to rest and managing a demanding schedule so as to avoid burnout.

While one of us just got home from vacation and the other is busy working at Steelers training camp; I (Ben) talk about how important it is for Dan and I that we find time to rest from the day-to-day grind so we can continue functioning at the top of our freelancing game!

This week on the podcast I (Ben) sit down with returning guest Josh Sturm to talk about his recent month stint as the guitarist with Shinedown in Europe. In our conversation we covered everything from dealing with insecurity, finding confidence in what you do and making the most of the opportunities that are available to you.

Today on the podcast, we sit down with Alexsis and Tony Fairbanks to talk about how Alexsis went from working a job that was unfulfilling to pursuing and achieving her dream job! We hope her inspiring story is as inspiring to you as it was to us!

In this episode, the Dream Loud podcasters contemplate and discuss advice we would give to our younger selves given the wisdom we have gained in the past 15 odd years.

This week on the podcast we sit down with high school teacher and long-time swimming and diving coach, Jeff Kelly, to talk about his path to becoming a teacher, coach and mentor. Jeff goes into depth about the coaches and mentors that he looked to in order to better himself and his coaching style.