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Oct. 19, 2026
Ashleigh Marie – Leaving the Cult of Achievement, Reiki, and Rewriting Your Reality’s Prompts
Ashleigh Marie, a former neuroscientist and corporate ML leader turned transformational life coach, joins Jeff to talk burnout, the default mode network, Reiki, and how beliefs shape reality. Find her at tranquility-summit.com.
Oct. 12, 2026
Carissa Karban: Lean Into the Swerve – Veering, Letting Go
Carissa Karban, co-founder of Astrapuffs, shares her path from Cisco engineer to AI game builder, with a sabbatical, burnout, and hard lessons along the way, and why leaning into life's swerves beats trying to control them.
Oct. 5, 2026
Bunni Ambrosia – From Skipping School to 700,000 Safe Miles (Out of Spite, Mostly)
Bunni Ambrosia, author, coach, and trucker, shares her path from skipping school to earning her CDL in four weeks, her late ADHD and autism diagnoses, and her new AI book, The Frog in the Machine. Spite plays a starring role.
Sept. 14, 2026
Verca Partikova: Kung Fu, PhD, and Life as a Traveling Fighter
Veronika (Verca) Partikova is a kung fu and self-development (online) coach, World Champion, professional MMA fighter, speaker, and academic researcher. Driven by her passion for Kung Fu, she relocated alone to Hong Kong, where she lived for eight years. During that time, she earned a Ph.D. in Sports Psychology, taught coaching at a university, and … Read More Read More Source
Aug. 24, 2026
Wendy Haller – Every Woman’s Life has a Story worth Feeling
In this episode of Vroom Vroom Veer, host Jeff Smith sits down with author Wendy Haller to discuss her transition from early childhood special education to becoming a published novelist. After a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis forced her to leave teaching, Wendy turned to writing to process the change. She shares insights on her Flanagan Girls trilogy, working with a hybrid publisher, managing chronic pain, and how life experiences shape her fiction.
Aug. 10, 2026
Annie Vinje – Eat Right, Move Right Sleep Right…Feel GOOD
Annie Vinje spent two decades moving between corporate marketing and teaching fitness before founding The Feel Good Method. An integrative health practitioner and meditation teacher, she helps high-achieving women navigate burnout and midlife transition, trading the chase for nervous system regulation and a path back to feeling like themselves. Annie Vinje Vroom Vroom Veer Show … Read More Read More Source