Episode 35: On Not Having Children, The Default Path of Life, Legacy, and Different Ways of Viewing Life with Tim Foody
Release Date: 12/29/2020
Episode 43: On Quitting Being a Teacher, Redefining Identity, Taking Risks, and Being an Au Pair with Carrie Brown
The Gray Podcast
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Episode 42: On Structuring Work around Life and Vice Versa, Working in the US versus the UK, and the Ever-Changing Normal with Craig Nowers
The Gray Podcast
There was an idea that really struck me from this episode and forced me to ask myself: Am I structuring my life around my work or am I structuring my work around my life?
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Episode 41: On Intentional Motherhood, Infertility, Favorite Parts and Biggest Surprises of Parenthood with Kacy Anderson
The Gray Podcast
Kacy has always wanted to be a mom, but the path there was not the easiest.
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Episode 40: On Qualifying for the Boston Marathon, Truly Pushing Past Our Limits, and the Fleeting Mountaintop with Bryan Dobes, pt. 2/2
The Gray Podcast
Building upon the foundation from part one, we dive deeply into Bryan's actual qualification process for the Boston Marathon. As he recounts his story, some of the topics we discuss are:
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Episode 39: On One Man's Running Story, Our Expectations versus Reality, and Continuing in the Face of Failure with Bryan Dobes, pt. 1/2
The Gray Podcast
Every journey starts somewhere and Bryan's running story begins with running 10 minute miles in a running class in college. Hard, consistent work over time led him to become a person that he never imagined he would be - someone who ran the Boston Marathon years later.
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Episode 38: On Being a Third Culture Kid, Growing up in Russia and Vietnam, Coming to the United States for College, and Many Lessons In Between with Lilya Nguyen
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Knowing the overview of someone's story is much different than learning all of the details. With the former, you know about them. The latter allows you to start getting to know them.
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Episode 37: On The Loss of a Parent, the Unique Perspectives of all People, and the Question of "Why Not?" with Terence Wang, pt. 2/2
The Gray Podcast
This episode is part two of a two part conversation.
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Episode 36: On Mental Illness with a Parent, No Guarantees of Longevity, the Window of Opportunity, and the Hidden Stories of Those Around Us with Terence Wang, pt. 1/2
The Gray Podcast
This is episode is part one of a two part conversation.
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Episode 35: On Not Having Children, The Default Path of Life, Legacy, and Different Ways of Viewing Life with Tim Foody
The Gray Podcast
What is the default path of life? During this episode, we defined it as the path - depending on your community, family, and culture - that is expected of you. The path that, should you choose to follow, will not be questioned by those around you. It is typically "what everyone else is doing".
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Episode 34: On Being More Whimsical, Having Humanistic Viewpoint, Needing Only One Commonality, and Doing the Thing with Jake Aronson
The Gray Podcast
We start with the lessons of a learned family from Harry Potter.
info_outlineWhat is the default path of life? During this episode, we defined it as the path - depending on your community, family, and culture - that is expected of you. The path that, should you choose to follow, will not be questioned by those around you. It is typically "what everyone else is doing".
One deviation that today's guest, Tim, is taking from his default path is not having kids. Much of the conversation is based around that, but we end up discussing so much more.
Should you want to continue the conversation (or start one altogether), please do not hesitate to reach out to me via email ([email protected]), through IG (@mattalbert94), or on Facebook.
Hope you have the best day ever :)