Andre Lawless talks about being authentic, vulnerable and using self-care to mitigate the adverse impact of living during the coronavirus epidemic. From self-employment to fatherhood, Andre shares his perspective on how he i…
It’s all in the way we respond to life. We can be defensive or anxious, and that adds more chaotic energy to the mix. Or we can breathe, remain calm and think about what we want out of the messiness that is happening. That w…
From poets to people, words matter. Susan opens the show with the words of Rainer Maria Rilke. These are tough times, with no shortage of detours among us. Using your time and (un)known creativity will be beneficial, not jus…
Susan is back to talk about the uncertain times we face during this virus epidemic and the isolation that comes with it. She firmly believes that our state of mind determines how we will fare through tough times. Susan also …
Susan shares her recent decision to go across the country to visit a friend for 10 days before heading to a conference for work. By dropping in on a busy house with kids, it was the perfect solution to the isolation that can…
Susan speaks about the crisis that is loneliness, and how being lonely isn’t just about being alone. It is a source of widespread depression impacting all of us. By reestablishing our connectivity to one another instead of o…
Susan shares her thoughts about Being Enough, and how the negative chatter inside our head builds up over time. It is no coincidence, now more than ever, that we feel disconnected from one another. The pain is real and it is…
Christine LaFroscia joins the show to explore the other side of quitting: when it’s over. Christine and Susan discuss being part of a lay-off, broken up with and friendships abandoned. They each share when it has happened to…
Susan returns with part 2 of her Love series. We all just want to be loved, but we all learned to love in different ways. This episode features several special contributors responding to these questions: What does love mean …
Susan talks about love, how the word itself is overused to describe objects and not spoken enough to the people in our lives. A big fan of The 5 Love Languages, Susan shares why it is important to love yourself and know-how …
Alison Bull joins Susan to talk about the recent NYTimes essays titled: I Quit. Friends for over 20 years, Alison and Susan explore moments in their own lives when quitting was hard, appropriate, freeing or lifesaving. They …
Susan Montanaro, host of Dreams & Detours, gives her take on kicking off the new year and how we can stay focused on all the great changes we want to make. Life is hard enough on any given day, committing to transforming our…
Michelina DiSibio is a Health & Prosperity Coach, and creator of ‘Lettuce Be The Good’, a community dedicated to helping women get more out of life to unleash their inner greatness, achieve better health, financial security,…
We find ourselves in many places, and the journey can be a long winding road. SJ Martins slow and steady path to self-recognition took her on quite the ride, when she discovered her calling just across the way from her home.…
Susan Montanaro, host of Dreams & Detours gives thanks for this show and the guests that shared their stories. The upcoming year will include more around loneliness and the ways in which we can all contribute for the better,…
In this episode, I sat down with Allan Wolk to hear his life story about not giving up. From a young age Allan learned that life would have giant hurdles, both academically and socially. Against early odds, Allan would prove…
Bev Ehrlich is a certified transformational coach helping people to get clear on what it is they really want by guiding them into deeper self-awareness. Her approach is to help clients get out of their head and into their re…
Susan Montanaro, host of Dreams & Detours talks about courage, and what that looks like in both our professional and personal space. By being true to ourselves, we dig down into our deepest parts in order to live the life we…
This week’s episode is a discussion about being raised with violence and fear. In my conversation with Kim Davis, we share what that looked like and sounded like, and how our stories about our fathers are so alarmingly simil…
Well established in her professional life, Jesyka Simpson was informed by her physician that her health was at-risk due to enormous stress that her job had on her physical being. While this wasn’t the first time being advise…
Susan Montanaro, host of Dreams & Detours shares her perspective on being who you were meant to be and not letting life bury you. When our fire has been dampened by another or self-sabotage, our lives are often filled with d…
At age 27, Adele Anderson had a tragic accident. Trapped in a plane that was upside down in water, she made the choice to live as she began to die. Life would never again be the same as Adele found herself acutely aware of a…
In this episode Iris Wolk joins the show to share her story of growing up and being influenced by the social worker assigned to her as an orphan. In and out of foster homes, she was welcomed into a family when she was 9yrs o…
In this episode we hear from New York native Daniel Joshua Rubin that life in Hollywood is not all it’s cracked up to be. Expressing his creativity was a principle Daniel was encouraged to do from a young age. Born and raise…
