The Anxious Voyage with Mark O’Brien
Never Say Never: Jennifer Loehding
03-17-25 Never Say Never: Jennifer Loehding Forty-third Episode: Jennifer is a podcast host and a motivational speaker dedicated to empowering women, celebrating achievers from all walks of life, and sharing inspiring stories from trailblazers, entrepreneurs, and...
The Journey Within: Dennis and Ali Pitocco
03-03-25 The Journey Within: Dennis and Ali Pitocco Forty-second Episode: Dennis and Ali lead 360 Nation, a media enterprise dedicated to rediscovering and showcasing humanity at its best. 360 Nation includes BizCatalyst 360, an award-winning global media platform...
Bringing Dreams to Life: Dominick Domasky and Cody Sims
02-17-25 Bringing Dreams to Life: Dominick Domasky and Cody Sims Forty-first Episode: Dominick got to publishing and motivational speaking the old-fashioned way: He paid his dues and learned from every experience, from pulling weeds and picking up cigarette butts as a...
Creative Perspectives: Anne O’Brien
02-10-25 Creative Perspectives: Anne O’Brien Fortieth Episode: Anne is the founder of The ArtFitters, an interior decorating and design firm. She re-imagines ordinary spaces (residential, commercial, historical, or institutional) to create the extraordinary —...
Moral Collapse: The Holocaust
02-03-25 Moral Collapse: The Holocaust Thirty-ninth Episode: On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I engaged in a LinkedIn conversation. The comments I posted in that thread drew responses that made it clear I had to amend my thinking. Specifically, one of the...
Transcending Trauma: Daisy Plaza
01-20-25 Transcending Trauma: Daisy Plaza Thirty-eighth Episode: Daisy experienced trauma and violence in her home and her community from an early age. Later, she struggled through and got out of an abusive marriage. The mother of four children, she refused to let...
What’s the Big Idea: Craig and Sue James (Part Two)
01-13-25 What’s the Big Idea: Craig and Sue James (Part Two) Thirty-seventh Episode: Craig and Sue, Partners and Co-Founders of CatalystStrategies (a.k.a Cat-Strat Services), return for a second visit. Cat-Strat Services works with organizations and individuals to...
No Uniform Required: Roberto Alfaro
01-06-25 No Uniform Required: Roberto Alfaro Thirty-sixth Episode: Roberto is a retired, decorated Hartford, Connecticut, police officer with more than 26 years on the job. He’s also a SAG-AFTRA actor and professional model, a writer of dozens of poems and short...
My Charmed Life: Anne O’Brien
12-30-24 My Charmed Life: Anne O’Brien Thirty-fifth Episode: Anne is the founder of The ArtFitters, an interior decorating and design firm. She re-imagines ordinary spaces (residential, commercial, historical, or institutional) to create the extraordinary — beautiful,...
Undaunted: Shell Sawyer
12-16-24 Undaunted: Shell Sawyer Thirty-fourth Episode: Shell’s dad was her hero. He paid bills at the kitchen table, telling her everything he was doing. She was fascinated by his organization, his green ledger paper, and his pens. Wanting to do everything he did,...