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I planned my whole life out when I was 18 and NONE of it happened the way I drew it up. I'm 54 now: Former Marine Sergeant, engineer, tech sales guy, husband, dad, still in therapy, still working a corporate job, and still figuring this out. The Cluttered Path is the conversation I wish someone had with me at age 28. Career advice that isn't LinkedIn nonsense. Money talk without the crypto bros. Mental health without the eye-rolling. Faith without self-righteousness. Leadership lessons from a guy who's made ALL the mistakes so you don't have to. If your dad wasn't around, wasn't the talking type, or just couldn't relate to the world you live in, pull up a chair.

Recent Episodes

#41 - "Preacher to Breacher" | Eric Robinson on Faith, Brotherhood, and the Cost of Getting it Right

Send us Fan Mail Eric Robinson was a pastor who planted a church in his twenties, built it to 200 people, and gave himself daily stress headaches for years because he didn’t think a pastor was allowed to need help. So he left the pastorate and joined the FBI at 32, having never fired a gun, to lower his stress. It worked!! This is a Brotherhood & Faith episode, and Eric has lived both sides of it. He found brotherhood twice: in a church where men prayed together and on a SWAT team wher...

52 MIN

#40 Michael Kay | Retirement is an Identity Crisis Waiting to Happen!

Send us Fan Mail Retirement isn’t the reward most men think it is. It’s an identity crisis waiting to happen. In this episode, we sit down with Michael Kay, who has made it his mission to help men transition out of “work life” without losing themselves in the process. Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: Most men don’t struggle with retirement because of money… They struggle because they don’t know who they are without being needed. We get into: Why successful men have the hardest time let...

60 MIN

#39 - Dr. John Austin | Navigating the Unknown and Conquering Uncertainty!

Send us Fan Mail Smart, accomplished adults freeze when the rules of the game change. Dr. John Austin spent 20 years figuring out why, and he built a framework for navigating the unknown and conquering uncertainty. In this episode we hear from Dr. Austin, Dean of the Honors College, PD Merrill Endowed Chair of Business at the University of New England, and author of the book "Certain About Uncertainty". This is a conversation built for anyone navigating midlife, mid-career change,...

46 MIN

#38 Suzy May | She Rejected the American Dream for This Lifestyle

Send us Fan Mail What if the "safe" path is actually the riskiest choice you'll ever make? In this episode of The Cluttered Path, we sit down with Suzy May, a certified financial educator, Air Force veteran, mom of two, and full-time slow traveler who has visited over 55 countries. She didn't just dream about a different life, she built one intentionally, financially, and with her whole family in tow. Suzy and her family spent a full school year in Spain, now split their time between Colorado...

54 MIN

#37 Bradley Charbonneau | Stop Dreaming & Start DOING! Build a Life One Habit at a Time

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like your dream life is permanently “loading”? Bradley Charbonneau did, until one simple daily choice changed everything. He was living a "successful life, but it felt empty. Bradley walked away from comfort to create a life that actually meant something. His experiment to write every day for 30 days evolved into a complete identity shift, and the birth of the “Every Single Day” and Repossible philosophy. In this episode, we dive deep into how consistency reshapes s...

64 MIN