For The Love Of: Trade-offs we make in pursuit of our passions
A big life comes with big trade-offs.
For The Love Of was a conversational podcast I co-hosted with Jeni Stembridge about weighing the hard choices behind a meaningful life.
How do you build a life around your passion, and what do you have to give up along the way?
We talk to folks in the outdoor world — athletes, guides, creatives, everyday adventurers — about the passions they’ve built their lives around, and what it’s cost them to keep showing up.
This isn’t your Instagram highlight reel. It’s the blood, sweat, and fear that goes into living a bold, values-led life. And it’s exactly the kind of space I love to create!
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How Sydney Schroder Designs Her Career Around Snowboarding by Making Tradeoffs Her Superpower
This athlete is dedicating 2025 to embracing the tradeoffs that come with a passion.
How Artist and Rapper April Donovan Adapts Creativity and Accepts Limitations after A Traumatic Brain Injury
When an injury limits how you can perform your work, art, and creativity, how do you find joy?
Breaking Down Barriers to Nature for the Latino Community with Vivianette Ortiz Caraballo
Access to nature is a fundamental right, and Vivianette is advocating for it in a creative way.
Finding Freedom in Stability after Sailing across the Atlantic with Tina and Rhett Jacobi
Can you honor security and adventure at the same time? Here’s how this husband-wife adventure team does it.
The Journey of Addiction and Falling in Love with Recovery with Jason Russ
When addiction and alcoholism lead to a spiritual awakening, Jason’s life changed forever.
How a Former Olympian Evolved Her Career Over Decades of Pro Snowboarding with Barrett Christy Cummins
Pro athletes might look like they have ultimate freedom, but that lifestyle isn’t always what you think.
Our Big Life Trade-Offs of 2024: Personal Reflections on Work and Passion with Jeni and Angie
We’re sharing our OWN honest reflections of the year, highlighting the top trade-offs we both made in 2024.
How a Corporate Accountant Discovered Canada’s Deepest Cave with Explorer Katie Graham
What does training for spending weeks deep underground teach you about the rest of life?
Approaching End of Life through the Lens of Vitality with Adventure Filmmaker John Waller
What does it mean to uncage your own soul and find vitality, even in challenging periods of life?
Redefining Opportunity for Women in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Marina Legree of Ascend Athletics
The nuance behind politics can be overwhelming, but it’s more important than ever that we each take action in the ways we can.
Bjarne Salén on Balancing Risk and Reward in Adventure Filmmaking
When you watch epic ski films, do you ever wonder about the person behind the camera?
How Ryan Devlin Embraces the Struggle of a Multipassionate Lifestyle
This man has played many a serial killer on TV, but he's way more down to earth than his characters may appear.
How Sunny Stroeer Transformed Her Corporate Skills to Advance Gender Equity in the Outdoors
Ever get the urge to throw all your stuff in an Astrovan and leave your corporate job for good?
Inside the Life of a Storm Chaser with George Kourounis
Would you take a job that has you stand in a fiery pit, rig a rope across a boiling lake, and put yourself in the middle of Tornado Alley?
12 Great Conversation Starters for Your Next Dinner Party
Ready to be the most intriguing conversation sparker in the room?
Combining Art Forms and Identities with Drag Raptress Samuel Thrower, AKA Slutashia
Everyone can feel the confidence of a drag queen on stage, but there’s more than meets the eye.
How a Pararescueman Found Purpose After Leaving Special Ops with Matt Schollard
Picking up “The Perfect Storm” at a Blockbuster could forever change your life… Or at least it did for Matt.
How a Cancer Diagnosis Can Transform the Body, Mind, and Life Passions with Adam Spillman
Being told he might have a week to live ended up changing Adam’s life for the better.
The Florida Man Who’s Changing the Definition of Adventure: Mason Gravley
The places we don’t always think of as adventure destinations are precisely the places Mason likes to explore.
Why Kayaker and Filmmaker Rush Sturges is Rethinking Work-Life Balance
Kayaking waterfalls and creating epic films looks glamorous from the outside, but if there’s one thing the river’s taught Rush, it’s humility.