Remote Pep Talks with Ryan Millar
Host Ryan Millar takes input from an audience member and gives some heartfelt and hopefully helpful advice and a bit of a pep talk. From a rowboat on a lake to a busy Roman street, each episode takes place somewhere different.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 38
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Setting Sail
Remote Pep Talks with Ryan Millar
Episode: Setting Sail on New Ventures
Episode Summary
Ryan once dismissed sailing as an elitist pastime. But after stepping aboard tall ships at SAIL Amsterdam, he di…
Imposter Syndrome (Reissue)
We're going back into the vault and reissuing some old episodes. Enjoy this one in which Ryan dives into the topic of imposter syndrome, which let's be honest, is probably something you've wrestled w…
Turtles!
This is not just about turtles, it's about memorization, persistence and meaning making.
Also, here's the poem Turtle, by Kay Ryan
Who would be a turtle who could help it?
A barely mobile hard roll, a f…
Three Things
Sometimes events can bum us out, big things out of our control. In that case, let's focus on what we can manage. In this episode, which happens to take place on the sidelines of a community football …
Finish that thing (Iets bijzonder)
Ryan talks the importance of finishing work, and to prove the point he shares a rap song he made a few years ago, that actually turned out to be pretty good. Finish your things. Not all of them, of c…
Taking footsteps
Ryan takes a walk in the woods and discusses the importance of taking steps, both physical and figurative.
Topics covered include podcasting, push-ups, housework and parenting.
Dusting off the Rust (PPP with Jillian Vorce)
A delightful, wide-ranging and in-depth chat with the fascinating and delightful Jillian Vorce of the Jillian Group.
In addition to being an exceptionally good hang, Jillian is a B-Corp consultant, p…
Podfade
In this episode Ryan sits around the campfire and discusses sticking with projects even during the time when they start to get tricky, and the initial enthusiasm wanes. It's short and sweet with lots…
Words, Wonderful Words
Let's head to the library and talk about words. Ryan loves words, and he loves using them and talking about them. He's also celebrating the publication of a new book "Daft Poems & Twisted Tongues: An…
Bob's Your Oyster (PPP with Mike Brown)
On this episode Ryan sits with Mike Brown of New York's Pineapple Improv (https://www.pineappleimprov.com/). This discussion falls under the heading of a "Project Pitch Polish" episode, as Ryan and M…
Take it easy (Yoga edition)
Ryan's back from yoga, and it's put him into a new perspective, which is: the importance of taking it easy. So don't forget to relax, and enjoy that.
Artistic Evolution
How can we continue to develop as people and as practitioners of whatever it is that we're working on? Ryan visits the Straat Museum in Amsterdam Noord and reflects on the importance of artistic evol…
Season 3: Kick-off & Intro
In this ultra-short episode, I start warming up the feed for Season Three, after a long hiatus. A quick check-in, just to get us back to square zero. More episodes coming soon.
Speaking with Confidence (Season Finale)
This episode discusses the difference between speaking confidently and speaking loudly. It also breaks down the bookwriting process and Ryan's own history helping people learn to speak with confidenc…
The Big Project Blues
Ryan's writing a book, and that project is BIIIIIG. And then he just stopped. For like, a month. Now, as he gets back to it, he reflects on the project, the stop, and how seasons and rhythms affect o…
Aiming for fame
There's a quote from Albert Einstein in this episode. And that guy was very smart!
Kids can be so frustrating!!
Kids can be soooooo frustrating! Obviously, this topic will be a familiar one for anyone who's a parent or who has been a kid.
It's all about dealing with frustrations, but especially about dealing w…
Going deep
Exploring depth means to dive beneath the surface. Too often, we can skirt the surface of things, without giving their full space our full attention. There are a few different ways we can reckon more…
Networking
In this summertime easy listening episode, Ryan visits a foosball-filled house party to discuss the value of networking, the mindset shift that can support it, and some tactics for improving our netw…
Positivity Power
In this episode, Ryan discusses shitty first drafts, the Losada line, sustaining our craft, bringing your best self to the office and a myriad of other ways that positivity can and does have an effec…