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.
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.
Episode 122: Founder Origin Stories: Dan Martell
To kick off this summer's Founder Origin Stories, Sherry interviews Dan Martell, founder of Clarity. They talk about his early years as a troubled teen and the experiences and people along the way that helped give him the skills to be a better person and successful entrepreneur.
Episode 121: Origin Stories Introduction
Sherry introduces the new Founder Origin Stories series that will be starting this summer, in which she interviews 7 successful entrepreneurs about their beginnings.
Episode 119: 6 Steps for Absorbing the Maximum Value From a Book
In this solo episode, Rob shares some of his tips he's developed on how to maximize the absorption of information you can get from a book.
Episode 118: Discussion of What Got You Here Won't Get You There
In this episode Rob and Sherry discuss the book "What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful". It lists 20 bad workplace habits and they further detail some of these points in the book.
Episode 117: Founder Origin Stories Part VI: Ruben Gamez
Rob and Sherry revisit their founder origin series. In this episode Sherry interviews Bidsketch founder, Ruben Gamez.
Episode 116: Balancing Focus and Flexibility
Rob and Sherry talk about two articles from Entrepreneur Magazine, one is an interview with Expedia's CEO about critical traits developed early in his career, and the other deals with things to add to your morning routine.
Episode 115: Marriage
Rob and Sherry close in on 17 years of marriage. They talk about how it has been a professional asset, the challenges and benefits of working together, and what things have been important in a successful marriage.
