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Was It Chance?

Was It Chance?

著者： Alan Seales Heather Vickery & Broadway Podcast Network
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People talk about manifestation as a thing that you can just think into existence. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. When it comes to making your creative dreams come true, what really matters is putting yourself in a position to thoughtfully and intelligently take advantage of the opportunities presented to you. And sometimes these opportunities show up in very unexpected ways. We’re Heather Vickery and Alan Seales, two perfect strangers who met by chance and embraced opportunity! Listen in as we chat with other successful people about the risks they took, and continue taking, to put themselves on a path to creative success. WAS IT CHANCE? The podcast about embracing opportunity and taking intentional risks for your creative life.Alan Seales, Heather Vickery & Broadway Podcast Network アート エンターテインメント・舞台芸術 個人的成功 心理学 心理学・心の健康 自己啓発 衛生・健康的な生活
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  • #121 - Jennifer Shoop: Where There's a Will, There's a Writing Way

    #121 - Jennifer Shoop: Where There's a Will, There's a Writing Way
    2026/10/27
    We sit down with writer Jennifer Shoop, creator of Magpie and author of Small Wonders: A Field Guide to Life’s Quiet Joys, to talk about the winding path that led her to a creative life she never quite imagined for herself. Jennifer was supposed to be a professor, a nonprofit executive, and a tech founder. Instead, she followed her need to write, publishing daily, building a devoted literary community, and eventually turning her passion into a full-time career. Her story is a powerful reminder that sometimes the opportunities that change our lives come from doing the thing we simply cannot stop doing. Jennifer shares what it means to take creative risks without knowing where they'll lead, from leaving a technology business to pursue writing full time to experimenting with poetry and fiction that push her beyond her comfort zone. We talk about the value of showing up even when the work isn't perfect, why writing can be a way to understand what we think and feel, and how every seemingly unrelated chapter of our careers can prepare us for what's next. We also explore the philosophy behind Small Wonders and the transformative power of paying attention to ordinary moments, especially when life feels difficult or uncertain. Because sometimes, the biggest shift isn't changing your circumstances. It's realizing that the imperfect life you're living right now is the main event. Connect with Jennifer: Magpie: jencheep.com Instagram: Find Jennifer on Instagram through her website. Small Wonders: A Field Guide to Life’s Quiet Joys: Available wherever books are sold. Find it through Bookshop.org or your favorite bookseller. Connect With Us: Join Write Club 📩 Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wasitchancepodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Follow Was It Chance? on your f⁠⁠avorite podcast platform⁠⁠ 📱 Connect with us on ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ ✨ More about Heather at her ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to her Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Heather's Bookshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Reading Well⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE TAKEAWAYS Creativity doesn't always lead where you expect, but following your curiosity can open doors you never knew existed. You don't have to know where your creative practice will take you to justify doing it. Perfectionism loses some of its power when you give yourself permission to create in low-stakes environments. Writing can be a way to discover what you think, not just a way to communicate what you already know. Showing up consistently matters more than producing perfect work every time. The creative risks that scare you most can also be the ones that teach you the most. A winding career isn't necessarily a series of wrong turns. Every experience can prepare you for the next opportunity. Taking a financial risk on your passion requires courage, but sometimes the thing you do on the side is pointing toward your future. You don't have to wait for life to get easier or more perfect to start living it fully. Paying attention to ordinary moments can reveal extraordinary meaning. Sometimes, the small wonders are the whole point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 分
  • #120 - Megan Minutillo Weiner: What If the Detour Is the Career?

    #120 - Megan Minutillo Weiner: What If the Detour Is the Career?
    2026/10/06
    What happens when the career you thought you were supposed to have turns out not to be the career you actually want? Megan Minutillo Weiner is a writer, poet, Broadway producer, and creator whose career has taken plenty of unexpected turns. From teaching theater to producing her own cabaret series, to becoming a Tony Award-nominated producer of Operation Mincemeat, Megan has built a creative life by following what interests her rather than sticking to a single lane. Megan talks with Heather and Alan about taking the leap away from a steady teaching job, discovering that progress is rarely linear, and embracing the fact that she is a multi-passionate creative. They dig into the pressure to choose one identity, the challenge of balancing motherhood with writing and producing, and learning when to focus on one project while letting another take a back seat. Megan also shares how her poetry emerged during a challenging period of motherhood and IVF, eventually connecting her with readers who saw themselves in her work. And then there's Tuscan Witch, Megan's wildly intriguing novel-in-progress about witches, sisterhood, Italy, and a world responding to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. We talk about failure, letting go of what we can't control, and why you don't have to accomplish everything all at once. Megan's reminder that you can have it all, just not all at the same time, might be exactly what another multi-passionate creative needs to hear. Connect with Megan: 📱 Instagram: @MeganMinutillo ✍️ Good Attention on Substack 🎭 DUETS: The Concert Series 🎟️ DUETS: The Concert Series, Volume 11 at 54 Below Connect With Us: 📩 Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wasitchancepodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Follow Was It Chance? on your f⁠avorite podcast platform⁠ 📱 Connect with us on ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ ✨ More about Heather at her ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to her Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Heather's Bookshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Reading Well⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE TAKEAWAYS Creative careers rarely follow a straight line, and that's not a sign that you're doing something wrong. Sometimes the biggest creative risk is walking away from the security of a steady job to find out what you're actually capable of. You don't have to choose just one creative identity or fit yourself into a single lane. Taking risks doesn't mean every idea will work, but the experiments that don't work can still teach you where you want to go next. There is value in trying things simply because you're curious about them, even when you don't know where they'll lead. You can have multiple creative projects and passions, but you don't necessarily have to pursue all of them at the same time. Failure is something to learn from, not something you have to carry with you into your next opportunity. Creative community matters, especially when the work itself can feel solitary. Sometimes an idea stays with you because you're not finished with it yet, even if it takes years to develop. You don't have to accomplish everything at once. Give yourself permission to build a creative life one opportunity, experiment, and unexpected turn at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 分
  • #119 - Loki Mulholland: History Isn’t Finished, It’s Waiting for You

    #119 - Loki Mulholland: History Isn’t Finished, It’s Waiting for You
    2026/09/08
    Loki Mulholland grew up with a civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland for a mom, but like most kids, he mostly just knew her as Mom. It wasn’t until he saw her in his history books that he began to understand the extraordinary role she had played in the Civil Rights Movement. In 2011, Loki picked up a camera to tell her story, never realizing that one documentary would lead to a career making films about civil rights, racism, voting rights, and the stories that too often get left out of history. In this episode, Loki talks about following creative opportunities before he even realized where they were leading him, accidentally becoming “the guy who does all the civil rights movies,” and eventually making that work an intentional part of his life. We talk about his new book, Get Back to the Counter, his foundation and educational work, the responsibility of preserving these stories, and why he believes we need to remember not just the history of injustice, but the people who stood up and did something about it. Oh, and there’s also the story of how Loki got accidentally trapped in Russia at 20 years old. Connect with Loki: 🎬 Visit Loki’s website: lokimulholland.com 📚 Learn more about Get Back to the Counter: getbacktothecounter.com ✊ Learn more about the Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation: joantrumpauermulholland.org 📱 Follow Loki on Instagram: @lokimulholland 💼 Connect with Loki on LinkedIn: Loki Mulholland on LinkedIn 🎵 Follow Loki on TikTok: @lokimulholland Connect With Us: 📩 Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wasitchancepodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Follow Was It Chance? on your favorite podcast platform 📱 Connect with us on ⁠TikTok⁠ and ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ✨ More about Heather at her ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to her Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Heather's Bookshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Reading Well⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE TAKEAWAYS You don't always know what your creative path is becoming while you're on it. Sometimes the opportunity sitting directly in front of you is the one you need to pursue. A creative project can become a calling without ever being part of the original plan. Our parents can influence us in ways we don't fully understand until much later. Telling stories can be a form of activism and a way of preserving history. You don't have to follow someone else's path to continue their legacy. When you have a platform, there can be a responsibility to use it. History isn't finished. It's waiting for the people who are willing to keep doing the work. Progress can be fragile, which makes remembering the people who fought for it even more important. Sometimes taking the next step is enough to reveal the path you're actually supposed to be on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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