On this week’s episode, how Kori Meloy turned her passion for metabolic health into the well-known digital brand, Kori Meloy. Growing up in a small town just outside of Houston, Texas, Kori grew up with two brothers and a mother who really wanted to give her kids real-world experiences. Kori spent her childhood homeschooled and spent a lot of time learning about things that interested her while they traveled around in a RV. After high school, Kori found herself pursuing strength and conditioning in sports performance, at Texas A&M, being surrounded by top athletes but quickly found her body could not keep up with all the stresses around her. After getting endometriosis, Kori decided enough was enough, so her husband and her moved to Florida where she began diving into metabolic health and discussing this topic with other women around her. She found she was super interested and passionate about this topic, after spending hours at coffee shops discussing metabolic health with other women. Fast forward to 2022, Kori now has written a course around this topic that has helped countless numbers of women, is a host of the Freely Rooted podcast, and has an audience of more than 120k on social media. We enjoyed unpacking Kori’s story of how she overcame insecurities, pursued her passion, and experienced healing. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand IG: korimeloy Website: www.rewildculture.com Podcast: The Freely Rooted Podcast

On this week’s episode, how Alexis and Lindsay turned their passion for world travel into the well-known digital brand, A Foreigner Abroad. Before setting off on their world traveling adventures, Alexis and Lindsay found themselves burnt out and running on low energy in their corporate jobs. Alexis was working in IT, climbing the corporate ladder, and Lindsay was working in production, pouring in hours and hours of work that left her drained, unmotivated, and unsatisfied. After quitting her job, she started pressing the idea of quitting their jobs, starting a digital brand, and traveling the world. After a year of asking, Alexis quit his job, they created A Foreigner Abroad, and began pursuing world travel. Now with over 80k followers on digital platforms, Alexis and Lindsay have been to 50 countries, have been featured in New York Times, and have a beautiful website featuring amazing blog posts and itineraries for international travel. We had so much fun getting to unpack their story and left feeling so inspired and encouraged in our own content creating journey. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand IG: aforeigner.abroad Website: www.aforeignerabroad.com

On this week’s episode, how Jake Davis turned his passion for wildlife photography into the well-known digital brand, Revealed in Nature. For as far back as he can remember, Jake and his family would make the road trip from Kentucky to Jackson, Wyoming and spend more than a month there every summer. At a young age, Jake discovered his passion for animals as he explored the outdoors and the surrounding parks. It was at a later age that Jake fell in love with photography and decided he wanted to bring his two passions together to pursue wildlife photography. After going to college, Jake found himself right back in Jackson and saw an opportunity to open a guiding company that would give people an experience of going out to see wildlife, teaching them how to photograph wildlife, all the while working on his own photography portfolio. Fast forward to 2022, Jake has built his portfolio which has helped him land jobs with National Geographic, Planet Earth, BBC, and has built up his tour business in Jackson. We have known Jake for years now and it was so fun to sit down with him and finally unpack his inspiring story. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand IG: revealedinnature Website: www.revealedinnature.com

On this week’s episode, how Andrea Celeste turned her passion for entertainment into the well known digital brand, Andrea Celeste. At a very young age, Andrea was introduced to the cinema and fell in love with the process of filmmaking. Growing up right outside of Los Angeles, Andrea would spend time going to the cinema and premieres where she got to actually join Q and A sessions with actors. At the age of 18, Andrea was torn on pursuing acting or psychology, while also knowing she was very passionate about entrepreneurship. After studying abroad in England for a bit, moving back to California, and then moving back to England, she was not content with her 9-5 job and felt an urge to do something more. Andrea started sharing videos on TikTok about her transition as a Californian native living in England and her page started to get some traction. With now over 220k followers on digital platforms, Andrea is pursuing her passion full time as she lives in England and continues to bring a touch of comedy as she shares her adventures living in England. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand Connect with Andrea! IG: anndreacelleste TikTok: anndreacelleste YouTube: Andrea Celeste

On this week’s episode, how Maxwell Grover turned his passion for photography and world travel into the well known digital brand, Maxwell Grover. Growing up in Vancouver, B.C., Maxwell was raised in a family where creativity was alive. With his mom being an interior designer, Maxwell was introduced to the possibility that he could create in this world and make a living doing something that he loved. It wasn’t until high school that he started to fall in love with photography and videography, videoing his friends on ski trips and posting them to YouTube. Outside of falling in love with photography and videography, Maxwell was always thinking of ways to make a buck and, knowing he had a very entrepreneurial business mindset, started to wonder how he could make money from his photography. Maxwell ended up getting into one of the top piloting schools in North America, spent 18 hours a day studying, and quickly found he wanted to pursue photography full time and travel the world. Maxwell dropped out of piloting school, moved to Bali, and his career has led him to so many amazing opportunities. Maxwell has over 30k followers on social media, is beginning van life in Canada, and continues to share amazing content from areas around the world. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand Connect with Maxwell! IG: maxwell_grover TikTok: maxwellgrover YouTube: Zoe and Max

On this week’s episode, how Sarah Gallo turned her passion for traveling the world into the well known digital brand, the Five Foot Traveler. Growing up in Connecticut, Sarah was very close with her family and would go on a family vacation once a year to beautiful places across the world. From Paris to cruises, Sarah grew up being immersed into different cultures, trying new foods, and hearing different languages. While in college at New York University, Sara quickly realized the big city life was not for her and she had an itch that needed to be scratched involving travel. After studying abroad, once in Florence, Italy and then in Argentina, Sarah never imagined what those experiences would lead her to. Knowing what she needed to do in order to travel as much as she could, she began working 80 hour weeks as a bartender to fund her travels, kept up a travel blog that she had started while studying abroad, and began sharing her adventures through social media. Sarah has now traveled to 116 different countries, all 7 continents, and has grown her audience to over 115k on social media. We are sure you will walk away energized and motivated after listening to Sarah’s inspiring story of how she made her passion her reality. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand Connect with Sarah! IG: thefivefoottraveler Website/Blog: thefivefoottraveler.com

On this week’s episode, how Jeffrey Binney turned his passion for entertainment and his love of trail running into the well known digital brand, Jeffrey Binney. Growing up on a pig farm in rural Missouri, Jeffrey always knew he did not want to grow up to be a farmer. As a kid, he constantly found himself dancing, putting on shows in the front yard, and dreaming of being on stage in New York City. After attending college for musical theater in Missouri, his big dream finally came true of moving to NYC to pursue theater. Jeffrey quickly found that life in New York City was not all it was cracked up to be. He was craving to be outside more, exhausted from chasing after other people’s creative projects, and began to feel trapped. After being called back home to be with his mother who had become sick, Jeffrey was introduced to trail running after flipping through a magazine in the hospital waiting room. Fast forward to 2022, Jeffrey has filmed a documentary, has nearly 200k followers on Instagram and Tik Tok and is consistently bringing smiles to people’s faces all around the world. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand Connect with Jeffrey! IG: jeffreybinney TikTok: jeffreybinney

On this week’s episode, how Earn Dunn turned his passion for jiu-jitsu into the well known digital brand, Alpha & Omega Jiu-Jitsu. Growing up in a family that was very competitive and athletic, Earl often found himself in competitions with his cousins and siblings whether it was in sports, wrestling, or even playing musical instruments. Earl grew up around Knoxville, Tennessee and never really pictured himself ever leaving his hometown. After working for his dad, meeting his wife, graduating from Bible college, and moving from Nashville to Kingsport, Earl fell in love with jiu-jitsu after watching videos on YouTube. Fast forward a few years, Earl now owns his own jiu-jitsu studio, has over 1 million followers on TikTok, and is determined to help people know how to protect themselves in self defense. We enjoyed talking with Earl about his journey and are even more convinced that Earl is one of the most humble people on this Earth. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand Connect with Earl! IG: @alphaomegajiujitsu TikTok: @earl1611 YouTube: Alpha & Omega Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

On this week’s episode, how Justin Choquette turned his passion for photography and adventure into the well known digital brand, Justin Choquette. Growing up just outside of Vancouver in British Columbia, Justin always found himself exploring the beautiful outdoors on family trips or on hiking trips with friends. In grade six, Justin began getting interested in photography and videography while capturing adventures of hiking and biking with his GoPro and sharing it on social media. While he knew he enjoyed photography and was passionate about it, he decided to go to trade school to be an electrician. During his time as an electrician, Justin would listen to podcasts and audiobooks all about how to run a business, how to market a product, and was inspired by everything he was learning. After working twelve hour plus days as an electrician for a year, Justin decided to put what he had learned into practice, quit his job, and started his photography business. Justin is a determined, hard-working, humble, talented, and inspiring person and we had so much fun getting to learn more about his story. Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand Connect with Justin! IG: justin.choquette YouTube: Justin Choquette

On this week's episode, how Ashley King turned her passion for fitness and helping others into the well-known digital brand Ashley King Fitness. While in nursing school and working as a bartender at nights, Ashley quickly came to find she did not enjoy school. After getting the opportunity to bartend in Las Vegas, Ashley dropped everything and headed West. While in Las Vegas, she found out she was going to be a mom and decided to move back home.  Over the years of being a stay at home mom with her three children, Ashley quickly found she missed creating and wasn't sure where to go next with her passion. Ashley found she loved fitness and began in-person training, which later led to online training, which now has turned into a digital brand with over 270k followers on Instagram. We really loved getting to chat with Ashley about her story and how she got to where she is today.  Brought to you by: Passion 2 Brand Connect with Ashley! IG: ashleykingfitness Website: www.ashleykingfitness.com