Stop living by rules you never agreed to.

The podcast for founders, creatives, and leaders who did the therapy, read the books, and built the thing — and are ready to be more alive than their industry thinks is appropriate.

Each episode is a permission slip. New weekly.

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Hosted by clinical psychologist, entrepreneur, and circus artist Dr. Sherry Walling, Permission goes where most business podcasts won't — into meaning and burnout, identity, pleasure, grief, and the strange emptiness of getting everything you wanted and still feeling like something's missing. For anyone carrying the weight of the thing they built, and the people who love them. Every episode ends with a permission slip: one thing you didn't know you were allowed to do.

9/16/15 9/16/15

Episode 34: The Secret Strategies of Successful Co-Founders

Rob and Sherry start a series on Co-Founder relationships. In this episode Sherry interviews Ian Schoen of the Tropical MBA Podcast about his business partnership with Dan Andrews.

9/9/15 9/9/15

Episode 33: Putting Yourself Out There

Rob and Sherry talk about the necessity of putting yourself out there. They share personal stories and discuss helpful strategies to deal with criticism.

9/2/15 9/2/15

Episode 32: When AirBnB Fails You: How to Be a Savvy Consumer In the Sharing Economy

Rob and Sherry talk about sharing economies. They share some of their good and bad experiences while traveling through Europe with their two sons and also give some consumer tips.

8/26/15 8/26/15

Episode 31: Teaching Kids to Code

Rob and Sherry talk about teaching kids to code. They discuss some of the things they use to expose their kids to coding while still making learning fun.

8/19/15 8/19/15

Episode 30: Chaos vs. Rigidity

Rob and Sherry talk about chaos versus rigidity and the importance of knowing yourself and where you fall on the spectrum.

8/12/15 8/12/15

Episode 29: How to Travel with Your Family (and Still Like Them)

Rob and Sherry talk about how to travel with your kids. They discuss why they travel with their kids, how they plan their trips, and how they structure their activities.

7/29/15 7/29/15

Episode 28: Founder Service: Using entrepreneurial skills for good

Sherry and Rob interview Jake Soberal, CEO of Bitwise. They also talk about ways you can use your skills and do what you love to help your own community.

7/22/15 7/22/15

Episode 27: Retreats Revisited

Rob and Sherry talk about some of their newly discovered interests. Rob prepares for a retreat and discusses his plans and well as his insights after returning.

7/15/15 7/15/15

Episode 26: Founder Origins Series Finale

Rob and Sherry reflect back on their Founder Origins Series and share highlights and some of their personal takeaways from the interviews.

7/8/15 7/8/15

Episode 25: Founder Origin Stories Part VI: Ruben Gamez

Rob and Sherry continue their founder origin series. In this episode Sherry interviews Ruben Gamez.

7/1/15 7/1/15

Episode 24: Founder Origin Stories Part V: Patrick McKenzie

Rob and Sherry continue their founder origin series. In this episode Sherry interviews Patrick McKenzie.

6/24/15 6/24/15

Episode 23: Founder Origin Stories Part IV: Steli Efti

Rob and Sherry continue their founder origin series. In this episode Sherry interviews Steli Efti.

6/17/15 6/17/15

Episode 22: Founder Origin Stories Part III: Erica Douglass

Rob and Sherry continue their 5 part series on founder origin stories. In this episode Sherry interviews Erica Douglas.

6/10/15 6/10/15

Episode 21: Founder Origin Stories Part II: Hiten Shah

Rob and Sherry continue their 5 part series on founder origins. In this episode Sherry interviews Hiten Shaw.

6/3/15 6/3/15

Episode 20: Founder Origin Stories

Rob and Sherry set the stage for a series of podcasts called 'Founder Origins", in which they interview a number of well known founders and talk to them about their childhood.