The MultiPod is now also on video! You can watch today's episode on YouTube here.---Steve Pope and Patty Calbay are new to the concept of multipotentiality, but like so many of our guests, once they learn about it, it really hits home.So we thought we'd have some fun in this episode, in the first part of our conversation, and go over multipotentiality to see how they react to the idea. It's like the pulling back of a curtain in real time. Both Steve and Patty have craved variety, new projects and change, and have gone through the usual ringer of confronting things that they "should" be doing. But they share how being open to various interests has shaped their lives, and even led to them finding each other in the first place.(This is a very anti-should episode.)So we then pivot to how multipotentiality nurtures their relationship. Patty & Steve have a wonderful love story that they very much use to inspire other couples to rediscover and maintain the joy in their own relationships.Their approach is through creative date ideas and intentional communication, "Turning the mundane into the fundane." Do you want to recapture the excitement of those early days of dating? Create excitement out of every day tasks like grocery shopping and cooking? These are the relationship coaches for you.Patty & Steve have a 6 week couples coaching program, the "Reignite Us" program, that "helps couples rediscover the joy, spontaneity, & playfulness that make every day feel like the honeymoon phase." The coaching combines Steve's analytical, engineering background with Patty's training as a mental health therapist.Geared primarily towards couples generally 5+ years into their relationship, it's a great way to throw off the shackles of routine and repetition through simple, fun activities. How to Contact Steve & PattyFind the exclusive Spark Guide here!Learn more about the Reignite Us programInstagram (@TheLoveLifters)Facebook (@TheLoveLifters)Send an email: thelovelifters at gmail.comVote for Steve & Patty in the America's Favorite Couple contest!!Click here to cast your free vote, or you can donate to a charity listed and cast multiple votes!The next deadline is Thursday, August 21st at 7pm Pacific Daylight Time. Help us spread the word and get Patty & Steve through to the next round!!https://americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-future-not-so-holy-popes---Find The MultiPod around the internet!Visit our new website, www.themultipod.com, for more show info, and our entire archive of 111 full episodes, plus bonus episodes and the Everything Conference miniseries.We also have a new guest application form, where you can send in your ideas for topics and who you would like to meet, and we'll set a recording date!Meanwhile, I'll be posting clips and updated on Instagram, @tedcraggpodcastingAnd, The MultiPod now has a sponsor!Quick Edit PodcastsYes, this is my own podcast production business. But I owe everything to The MultiPod for giving me that foundation in skills and experience in podcasting. Quick Edit Podcasts provides on-demand audio and video production, ideal for one-off episodes, when you don't have time (or feel like) doing the editing yourself.And we love to produce short-form podcasts, miniseries, seasonal podcasts and other projects that are ideally suited for busy, multitasking multipotentialites!Visit the website to learn more: www.quickeditpodcasts.comor book a free 15-minute Quick Call and let's chat about your podcasting idea!

The MultiPod is now also on video! You can watch today's episode on YouTube here.---Apryl Schlueter joins me this week to chat about her journey as a multipotentialite, her fascination with productivity and accomplishment, and her new podcast! It's called The Accomplishment Project, and the promo trailer is out now. If you are catching up on this episode at a later date, you'll likely see a few new episodes as well.This is a topic that extends nicely from the conversation last time with Becca, which revolved around the question of "completion" - Are multipotentialites guided by the normalized concept of completion, in the sense of, "When you start something, you should finish it"?Today's conversation appears similar, but as Apryl points out, "accomplishment" is a much more nuanced, and ultimately, emotional experience. We feel different about accomplishing something, a feeling that may have little to do with actually completing said project or task. It's as much about the journey, and the experience of pursuing an idea. Now, "completion" may still be integral to the activity, however you want to define it, but "accomplishment" may be different perspective. "I completed my degree," versus, "I accomplished the learning and self-growth that I was looking for."Apryl is an expert on this, having devoted many of the past years to researching and understanding it, as part of her coaching and community leadership. Of course, as a true multipotentialite, that followed on from studying engineering, working in IT, being a high school math teacher, working in administration and finance, and becoming an entrepreneur, not to mention a busy mom of two teenage boys. Like many of our guests, she is set up on Substack, so reach out to her there, find her on YouTube at The Cheerful Mind, and if you want to go deeper, you can contribute to The Accomplishment Project by filling out the Contribute to the Project form on the website.Apryl is gathering data and stories regarding accomplishment, productivity, mindset, and what it takes to actually get stuff done. You don’t have to know exactly how you want to contribute - just share what excites you most right now!How to Contact AprylThe Accomplishment Project, Apryl on SubstackThe Cheerful Mind, Apryl's YouTube channelThe Cheerful Mind on InstagramThe Accomplishment Project podcastContribute to the ProjectSend an email: apryl at thecheerfulmind.com ---Find The MultiPod around the internet!Visit our new website, www.themultipod.com, for more show info, and our entire archive of 111 full episodes, plus bonus episodes and the Everything Conference miniseries.We also have a new guest application form, where you can send in your ideas for topics and who you would like to meet, and we'll set a recording date!Meanwhile, I'll be posting clips and updated on Instagram, @tedcraggpodcastingAnd, The MultiPod now has a sponsor!Quick Edit PodcastsYes, this is my own podcast production business. But I owe everything to The MultiPod for giving me that foundation in skills and experience in podcasting. Quick Edit Podcasts provides on-demand audio and video production, ideal for one-off episodes, when you don't have time (or feel like) doing the editing yourself.And we love to produce short-form podcasts, miniseries, seasonal podcasts and other projects that are ideally suited for busy, multitasking multipotentialites!Visit the website to learn more: www.quickeditpodcasts.comor book a free 15-minute Quick Call and let's chat about your podcasting idea!

The MultiPod is now also on video! You can watch today's episode on YouTube here.---"I haven't lived a less-full life because I don't complete every single thing I start."Last month I was fortunate to be able to attend Camp Indie, for the fourth time!, to meet lots of new folks, to meet people in person for the first time, and of course to see old friends again as well.One of those is Becca Campbell, who I've now seen three times in the past year! Becca was at Camp in 2024, then the Everything Conference, and here we are in the same time and place again in 2025. Result: We're not missing this chance to record a podcast episode together, in person. It's one of those moments where we go in not necessarily knowing what we want to chat about, or what the outcome or objective will be, but simply doing something because we can. Fortunately, I've been putting together a spreadsheet of topics and discussion ideas that are of particular pertinence to multipotentialites, to help steer conversations in a certain direction. You can find said spreadsheet here, and I'm sure it will give you some inspiration for what you'd like to talk about when you come on the show😉 Becca and I zeroed in on this question of "completion." What does that concept mean to multipotentialites? How are different projects and interests approached, maintained, and sometimes left unfinished? How do we feel about that? Are we guided by the normalized concept of completion in the sense of, "when you start something, you should finish it"?I think it's pretty easy to say the answer to that is, "no," but of course it can't be that simple. Multipods still struggle with starting things, finishing things, circling back to things, and trying to make sense of it all, particularly with how we feel about all that. There's a balance required between perseverance and letting go that is of a prescient nature to us.Becca shares her personal experiences and perspectives on balancing various interests, her ongoing writing projects, and the concept of 'completion' in her life. I found it particularly poignant learning about her experience in completing college and how that process shaped her, and then more recently, her approach to writing a book about traveling with a neurodivergent family. These experiences highlight the importance of giving oneself space to grow and revisit projects.Becca is active on Substack, and to connect with her, follow her projects and explore these ideas and more, it's the best place to go. That makes a few guests already who are set up on this platform (don't forget to check out Ross and Eric as well), so there may be something to Substack that works for multipotentialites!How to Contact BeccaBecca on SubstackComing soon: BLC Travels on SubstackSend an email: (matchingsweaters at gmail.com)---Find The MultiPod around the internet!Visit our new website, www.themultipod.com, for more show info, and our entire archive of 111 full episodes, plus bonus episodes and the Everything Conference miniseries.We also have a new guest application form, where you can send in your ideas for topics and who you would like to meet, and we'll set a recording date!Meanwhile, I'll be posting clips and updated on Instagram, @tedcraggpodcastingAnd, The MultiPod now has a sponsor!Quick Edit PodcastsYes, this is my own podcast production business. But I owe everything to The MultiPod for giving me that foundation in skills and experience in podcasting. Quick Edit Podcasts provides on-demand audio and video production, ideal for one-off episodes, when you don't have time (or feel like) doing the editing yourself.And we love to produce short-form podcasts, miniseries, seasonal podcasts and other projects that are ideally suited for busy, multitasking multipotentialites!Visit the website to learn more: www.quickeditpodcasts.comor book a free 15-minute Quick Call and let's chat about your podcasting idea!

The MultiPod is now also on video! You can watch today's episode on YouTube here.---Our guest today shares her experience of being 18 years in a cult, and finally getting out of it, which has led her to helping others escape and recover as well. Gerette Buglion is the founder of "Living Cult-Free," a non-profit organization that helps survivors and those close to them emerge from the experience of being in a cult.She also hosts a podcast of the same name, and the producer of that podcast happens to be our own Vanessa Hennessey! Vanessa joins us as well to talk about her perspective putting stories together for the podcast, and making sure they are told in an honest, authentic and delicate way.Cults are something far more common than you might think, and they take on all shapes and sizes. It's not just your stereotypical 'retreat from society, eat and dress the same way, follow the leader' stuff. Most cults in fact don't realize they are one. As you can imagine, it's very subversive. But Gerette has a very succinct and profound way of describing it: "A cult, or any authoritarian system, is based around the concept that they know and understand you better than you know yourself." They, or typically the leader, think you should trust them more than you trust yourself. And that marks the difference between a cult and a genuinely positive, healthy and empathetic group or individual: in a cult, the leader is looking out for their own interests and gain, typically money and power. In a healthy and supportive system, if there even is a leader, they are helping you on your journey of personal growth and understanding, with no personal gain to themselves beyond being happy for you.It's a fascinating topic that we just start to scratch the surface of, but of course there is the podcast where you can learn much more, and hear some profound personal stories. So check out Living Cult Free, the podcast, and if this is a topic that particularly speaks to you, be sure to reach out to Gerette, she would love to have that conversation.How to Contact Gerettegerettebuglion.com - Gerette's website. Book a free 20 min. call to share your storyLiving Cult Free, the podcastLiving Cult Free, the organization - a non-profit organization in support of cult survivorsSend an email: (gerette at gerettebuglion.com)Gerette and Living Cult Free on:Instagram (@living_cult_free)Facebook (@livingcultfree1)---Find The MultiPod around the internet!Visit our new website, www.themultipod.com, for more show info, and our entire archive of 111 full episodes, plus bonus episodes and the Everything Conference miniseries.We also have a new guest application form, where you can send in your ideas for topics and who you would like to meet, and we'll set a recording date!Meanwhile, I'll be posting clips and updated on Instagram, @tedcraggpodcastingAnd, The MultiPod now has a sponsor!Quick Edit PodcastsYes, this is my own podcast production business. But I owe everything to The MultiPod for giving me that foundation in skills and experience in podcasting. Quick Edit Podcasts provides on-demand audio and video production, ideal for one-off episodes, when you don't have time (or feel like) doing the editing yourself.And we love to produce short-form podcasts, miniseries, seasonal podcasts and other projects that are ideally suited for busy, multitasking multipotentialites!Visit the website to learn more: www.quickeditpodcasts.comor book a free 15-minute Quick Call and let's chat about your podcasting idea!

The MultiPod is now also on video! You can watch today's episode on YouTube here.---Martie McNabb is my guest today, someone whom i think a lot of our viewers and listeners know, and not just virtually but in person!Martie is great at getting out to some of the big events over the years that bring people together, including Camp Indie and the Everything Conference of 2024. I was fortunate to see her at both, and then we even met up again about three weeks after the everything conference on her way back to Vermont from a conference in Montreal.I love when things work out and people can make a detour for a visit, something I always try to do too if I'm travelling.And connection, community and sharing is the theme of our conversation today. Martie has developed this wonderful idea of people sharing quick, heartfelt stories based around an item of personal significance, often from a loved one or from a poignant memory. It's called Show and Tale, and Martie uses it to bring people together for anything from team-building events to family reunions or break-the-ice workshops. Ideally it's done in person, but virtually is an option too, and to that end Show and Tale has a counterpart in Martie's fabulous podcast, "Things that Matter."Things that Matter is more of a one on one conversation, podcast-style, but again with that focus on sharing the stories and memories behind an object. Remember in the days before digital? Letters in the mail, printed photographs, pen and notebook, ticket stubs and physical maps - Show and Tale takes us back to that emphasis on real, tactile things that we can hold in our hand, that have a scent and texture, and that in turn remind us of a person, a place or an experience.It's a really neat idea. Martie tells us all about it here today, and go check out Things That Matter on YouTube or your favourite podcast app to hear more great stories and inspiration.How to Contact MartieThings That Matter podcastShow and Tales YouTube channelShow and Tale websiteSend an email: (info at showandtales.com)Martie on:Instagram (@showandtales)Facebook (@martie.mcnabb)LinkedIn (@martiemcnabb)---Find The MultiPod around the internet!Visit our new website, www.themultipod.com, for more show info, and our entire archive of 111 full episodes, plus bonus episodes and the Everything Conference miniseries.We also have a new guest application form, where you can send in your ideas for topics and who you would like to meet, and we'll set a recording date!Meanwhile, I'll be posting clips and updated on Instagram, @tedcraggpodcastingAnd, The MultiPod now has a sponsor!Quick Edit PodcastsYes, this is my own podcast production business. But I owe everything to The MultiPod for giving me that foundation in skills and experience in podcasting. Quick Edit Podcasts provides on-demand audio and video production, ideal for one-off episodes, when you don't have time (or feel like) doing the editing yourself.And we love to produce short-form podcasts, miniseries, seasonal podcasts and other projects that are ideally suited for busy, multitasking multipotentialites!Visit the website to learn more: www.quickeditpodcasts.comor book a free 15-minute Quick Call and let's chat about your podcasting idea!