HeyJaredWake Up Call
This podcast is for anyone questioning the endless pursuit of more. ex-VC & tech exec who left it all behind, sold everything I own and went looking for some answers. This is my search for truth, meaning and what a good life actually looks like.
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#34 Ali Benter | Designing Technology With Feeling In Mind (opens the original)
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Ali and I talk about her career journey at Microsoft and beyond, balancing passion and creativity with productivity and how she made a massive leap into a life that feels more aligned. We explore the intersection of design and story, and how she's on a mission to build technology that actually helps humans thrive and feel good. FOLLOW ALI BENTER Ali's LinkedIn Ali's Instagram SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS Pavilion | Secure your spot at GTM2026 Sign Up Here Dreamfuel | Free Team Coaching Session Sign Up
#33 TJ Power | How To Hack Your Brain (opens the original)
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In this episode I speak with TJ Power— he's a neuroscientist, but more than that, I think he and I see the world in a really similar way. We're both obsessed with the same question: how do we build a brain and body that can actually cope with how fast modern life has gotten? TJ breaks down his DOSE framework — dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins — and honestly reframed how I think about my own brain. His idea that these four chemicals are like "honest friends" living inside us, constan
#32 Jenny Calvert | How To Escape The Hustle (opens the original)
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Jenny Calvert spent years in tech building her identity around output and external validation — holding down a marriage, two kids, and everything else — while a resignation letter sat on her desk for six months. What finally made her hit send was hearing herself say, out loud, that she was terrified she'd never build something of her own. We talk about what that kind of burnout really does to your identity, why the hustle feels good at first, and the slow work of figuring out who you are when yo
#31 Solo | How to Prepare For The Next Decade (opens the original)
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For ten years I optimized everything for speed and I paid the price. I short circuited my entire system trying to keep up with the pace I had chosen. There is a moment where the pace stops being something you make and becomes something you can no longer take. My fear is what happened to me is about to happen to all of us. Not by choice this time, just by living in the world coming at us. This solo is built around an essay I wrote called “ How To Prepare For The Next Decade ”. Ten ideas. Practica
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