The Breadcrumb Effect Podcast

Welcome to The Breadcrumb Effect! We interview interesting people with a story to tell and help them uncover the breadcrumbs that led them to where they’re at today!

The Breadcrumb Effect Podcast is a education podcast hosted by hellobew, with 33 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

hellobew hosts The Breadcrumb Effect Podcast, a education show with 33 episodes published.

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  Episode #23

  Susan’s Breadcrumbs with Ranch Life, Faith & Grit Episode 23

  Aug 19, 202645 minS1

  Susan’s Story: From California to Texas, Finding Faith, and Building Grit Bri & Dani introduce Susan, Brittany’s best friend, joking about her reliance on ChatGPT and sharing how they discovered many similarities, including being from California, loving rocks and the outdoors, and having leadership backgrounds. Susan recounts growing up in Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga raised by her single mother, with her much-older brother as a father figure, and describes poverty, strict upbringing, and traumatic experiences with an abusive alcoholic father, including time in a women’s shelter and support from people like Marivel. She explains moving to Round Rock, Texas in 2005 before her senior year, adjusting culturally, and developing a drive to maximize her potential. Susan shares how church influences (Gail at Ross and Brittany at Shoreline) deepened her relationship with God and helped relieve pressure for external validation, including during marriage struggles. Professionally, she describes a 10-year career at Ulta Beauty (after 10 years at Lowe’s), rising to district manager, and emphasizes grit, vision, and encouragement in leadership. 00:00 Meet Susan 01:14 ChatGPT Bestie 01:48 Friendship First Impressions 02:41 Phone Calls and Decompressing 03:34 So Much in Common 04:00 Rock Collector TSA Story 05:26 Roots in California 07:32 Moving to Texas 10:46 Culture Shock at School 11:44 Trash Can Pool Childhood 13:16 Shelter and Survival 16:26 Gratitude and Pressure 18:34 Faith and Self Worth 19:41 Finding Church Community 22:35 Leadership Lessons at Work 23:55 Snapping Out of Spirals 24:16 Reach Out to People 25:58 Work Pride at Ulta 28:13 Gary V and Tough Love 30:47 Grit and Vision Mindset 34:56 Shared Roots and Friendships 37:33 Mom’s Immigration Story 39:28 Family Addiction and Healing 42:13 Staying Active and Showing Up 43:09 Podcast Hiccups and Wrap-Up New episodes out every Wednesday! Watch all videos on YouTube ! Follow us on Instagram , LinkedIn or TikTok ! Where's Waldough? Did you find the hidden loaf? Post and tag us on socials! Want to be a guest? Fill out our Guest Interest Form ! If you loved what you heard, we would greatly appreciate it if you left us a review. This really helps us out as we get started and helps us know what great content to continue generating for each of you. In the meantime, go follow your breadcrumbs!

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  Episode #22

  Giving, Creating & 21 Years of Marriage Lessons: Roger Part 2 Episode 22

  Jul 22, 202652 minS1

  Find Your Breadcrumbs: Giving, Creating, and 21 Years of Marriage Lessons The speakers discuss how helping others can be small but meaningful, sharing stories of children urging their mother to assist a family after a house fire and of giving money to a man with no legs who refused charity, plus a lesson from India where a child selling a bracelet rejected pity, prompting the advice to buy what someone is selling rather than offer charity. They reflect on the idea that trying to remove another’s suffering can be arrogant, then shift to how philosophy, prayer, and “breadcrumbs” guide art, including a return to creativity after a long hiatus, inspiration from Rumi and Hindu symbolism, and learning leatherwork through repetition and simplicity. They explore marriage insights from 21 years together, emphasizing learning from other couples, honest conflict, not treating mudslinging as truth, and building supportive relationships for a spouse’s future, ending with the tagline: find your breadcrumbs, then follow them. 00:00 Kids Teach Generosity 02:06 Facing Discomfort With Compassion 03:55 Charity Versus Dignity 05:06 Stoic Take On Suffering 05:49 Philosophy Into Art 06:28 Creativity After Hiatus 08:49 Rumi And Divine Breadcrumbs 11:48 Learning Leathercraft Fast 14:51 Reps Make Mastery 17:53 Simplicity And Picasso 20:41 Progress Behind The Scenes 23:20 Evergreen Podcast Mindset 24:13 Marriage Wisdom Teaser 24:42 Asking Couples Secrets 25:59 Early Marriage Breadcrumbs 27:14 Uncle Legacy Lesson 30:58 Elders Family Support 32:49 Ocean of Love 34:13 Owning Your Ambition 36:54 Art Without Price Tags 38:54 Carb Load Reading List 42:10 Rumi Chickpea Story 45:23 Fighting Fairly Together 49:17 Breadcrumbs Sign Off 51:17 Aftershow Banter Wrap New episodes out every Wednesday! Watch all videos on YouTube ! Follow us on Instagram , LinkedIn or TikTok ! Where's Waldough? Did you find the hidden loaf? Post and tag us on socials! Want to be a guest? Fill out our Guest Interest Form ! If you loved what you heard, we would greatly appreciate it if you left us a review. This really helps us out as we get started and helps us know what great content to continue generating for each of you. In the meantime, go follow your breadcrumbs!

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  Episode #21

  Roger on Family, Faith, and Following the Breadcrumbs Episode 21

  Jul 15, 202645 minS1

  Roger describes growing up frequently moving between Houston, Texas, and Michigan due to his parents’ auto-industry layoffs, long car trips where his mom packed mostly vegetarian road food, and early responsibility caring for his younger brother, including teaching him school lessons. He recalls getting lost in snowy Detroit as a child and sensing he would find home, connecting that “knowing” to later life themes like intuition, being directionally challenged, and close, intuitive family bonds. The discussion shifts to adulthood, where Roger says a health scare prompted him to prioritize calling family to “fill his cup,” including an impulsive 3:30 a.m. call to tell his dad he loves him. They explore listening to inner “breadcrumbs,” rekindling art, learning across faiths through Rumi, Sufism, and interfaith experiences in India, and challenging ego and judgment by publicly sharing acts of service, like preparing and delivering breakfast tacos to firefighters. 00:00 Cold Open Banter 01:12 Meet the Guest 02:05 Growing Up Moving 02:53 Money Plant Road Trips 05:00 Lost in the Snow 06:33 U Turns and GPS 09:26 Raising a Little Brother 11:12 Family Calls and Connection 16:25 Calling Dad at 3 30 19:29 Breadcrumbs and Inner Knowing 20:43 Spiritual Intuition Talk 21:22 Podcast Inspiration Tease 21:43 Trusting Gut Warnings 22:24 Returning to Art 23:43 Prayer and Spiritual Curiosity 25:24 Rumi and Shared Faith 27:55 Ego Annihilation Stories 29:15 Ryan Holiday in Real Life 32:21 India and Breaking Labels 36:24 Golden Temple and Service 38:09 Sharing Good Deeds 42:55 Tacos for Firefighters New episodes out every Wednesday! Watch all videos on YouTube ! Follow us on Instagram , LinkedIn or TikTok ! Where's Waldough? Did you find the hidden loaf? Post and tag us on socials! Want to be a guest? Fill out our Guest Interest Form ! If you loved what you heard, we would greatly appreciate it if you left us a review. This really helps us out as we get started and helps us know what great content to continue generating for each of you. In the meantime, go follow your breadcrumbs!

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  Episode #20

  The Full Carbload: Shoot the Sh*t on Sh*t We've Done Episode 20

  Jul 1, 20261h 8mS1

  Carbloading is usually a segment, so we decided to make it a full special carbloading episode! We shoot the sh*t on sh*t we've done! Hosts of the Breadcrumb Effect Podcast, Dani and Brittany, switch from interviewing others to helping listeners get to know them through a playful true/false and two-truths-and-a-lie game about activities, travel, and past experiences. They discuss Dani’s kickboxing/self-defense class, belly dancing, and aerial yoga (including getting stuck at home and peeing herself), while Brittany shares that she has gone skydiving and tried trapeze but has not been white-water rafting. They talk about dancing, cheerleading, and teaching, including Dani being hired as her high school’s cheer coach to help pay tuition, and Brittany being prom queen. Other topics include horseback riding fears, hiking Mount Vesuvius and summiting Lassen, Big Bend adventures, travel highlights like Italy (Colosseum, Sorrento) and India (Taj Mahal, Red Fort), family history, reading and writing ambitions, and Dani’s sourdough baking obsession. This episode will help you reminisce about your own past, it will make you want to get out there and try some adventures, and motivate you to learn something new! 00:00 Carb Loading Setup 03:26 Welcome and Rules 04:40 Kickboxing and Self Defense 08:29 Belly Dancing Finds 09:42 Aerial Yoga Chaos 12:35 Skydiving and Trapeze 16:37 Dolphins and Animal Senses 20:09 Dance Life and Clogging 22:08 Horseback Fears and Ranch Life 27:56 Hikes Volcanoes and Bears 34:08 Bear Trail Anxiety 34:49 Coyotes Bobcats and Loss 35:49 Colorado Hike Reality Check 36:52 Alpine Divorce Horror 37:51 Becoming a Teen Cheer Coach 40:26 Scholarships and Tuition Shock 42:18 Cheer Magazine Cover Snub 43:24 Prom Queen Trivia 44:30 Dreams of Writing 46:41 Dyslexia and Writing a Book 49:55 Reading Habits and Naps 52:11 Sourdough Starter Obsession 57:10 Travel Highlights Italy and India 59:18 Punjabi Breadcrumb Connections 01:02:05 Family Roots and Wild Stories 01:05:25 Wrapping Up and Breadcrumbs New episodes out every Wednesday! Watch all videos on YouTube ! Follow us on Instagram , LinkedIn or TikTok ! Where's Waldough? Did you find the hidden loaf? Post and tag us on socials! Want to be a guest? Fill out our Guest Interest Form ! If you loved what you heard, we would greatly appreciate it if you left us a review. This really helps us out as we get started and helps us know what great content to continue generating for each of you. In the meantime, go pick up your breadcrumbs!

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  Episode #19

  Connection with and without Screens: Greg’s Breadcrumbs, doing it for the story & creating Your Sojourn Episode 19

  Jun 24, 20261 hourS1

  This is for all the folks who love to travel, those who travel with others, those craving connection, and those who are the planners in their family and/or friend group! You will be inspired by places to visit and learn about helpful tools to get you there! Greg joins Dani and Brittany to discuss how connection and honest communication can solve many problems, especially as AI grows and people crave more genuine, flawed human interaction amid concerns such as the “uncanny valley” and AI-generated content. He shares his nontraditional path from studying architecture to earning an MBA, moving to Seattle for tech, and blending creativity with analytical rigor while building the app Your Sojourn. The app helps friends create in-person experiences by notifying contacts about travel, avoiding missed meetups, sharing bucket lists and bookmarks, enabling “open sojourns,” and organizing trips in one place (itineraries, flights, lodging, messaging). Greg recounts extensive travel, mountain-climbing lessons (one step at a time, adapt, refuel, celebrate progress), earning a pilot’s license during COVID, proposing to his wife after re-matching on a dating app, and emphasizing following breadcrumbs with optimism and perseverance. 00:00 Connection Over Everything 00:45 AI Versus Authenticity 04:17 Meet Greg And The Mission 05:31 Gregs Winding Career Path 07:31 Why Sojourn Matters 09:32 How The App Works 12:37 Open Sojourns And Planning 19:20 Discover Page And Bookmarks 20:22 Travel Stories Behind The Idea 24:50 New York Safety Storytime 28:32 Using The App For Trips 30:23 Mountaineering Lessons For Work 31:51 Start Before You’re Ready 33:52 Perseverance Mindset Lessons 35:51 COVID Pivot to Pilot License 37:12 The Surprise Proposal Flight 39:15 Meeting Again on Dating Apps 40:37 Sojourn Timing and Iteration 43:01 Optimism and Breadcrumbs 44:09 Career Shift and Big Dreams 47:29 In the Gap Keep Showing Up 50:04 Do the Thing Anyway Story 52:15 Flour Hour Connection Hot Takes 56:15 Follow Your Breadcrumbs Wrap-Up Download the app on iOS or Android today! https://www.yoursojourn.com Follow them on TikTok @your.sojourn & Instagram @yoursojourn New episodes out every Wednesday! Watch all videos on YouTube ! Follow us on Instagram , LinkedIn or TikTok ! Where's Waldough? Did you find the hidden loaf? Post and tag us on socials! Want to be a guest? Fill out our Guest Interest Form ! If you loved what you heard, we would greatly appreciate it if you left us a review. This really helps us out as we get started and helps us know what great content to continue generating for each of you. In the meantime, go pickup your breadcrumbs! [All photos were used with permission from Greg Toupalik]

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