SPARKED

About SPARKED

We’re all in a moment. And, we’re asking the big questions. Especially about work. Should I join The Great Resignation? Should I stay and just keep on, keeping on. Or, reimagine, reinvent, maybe even start my own thing? Can I really expect more than just a paycheck and stability from work? How do I navigate the overwhelm, burnout, and work-life-bleed that’s turned work-from-home into never-stop-working? What about purpose, joy, excitement, time to breathe, and live? What about that nagging tension between money and meaning, the desire to feel secure and the quest to do something that makes you come alive - that sparks you?These are the questions we’ll be diving into on the SPARKED podcast. Every week, we invite a listener to share what’s going on in their work & life, then pose a specific question. Then, our host, award-winning author, advisor, and founder, Jonathan Fields, and a rotating lineup of wise mentors from the SPARKED Braintrust will share insights, ideas, strategies, resources and tips to help us all better align what we do with who we are, so we can find and do more of what makes us come alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Jonathan Fields

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Feb 2022

Latest episode

24 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

4 of 169 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How to Embrace the 'In-Between' Space After Shedding an Old Identity | Laura Gassner Otting

   Author Laura Gassner Otting discusses with Jonathan Fields how individuals navigate the challenging psychological transition of shedding an old identity to embrace personal evolution and discover a limitless life in this interview.

2. 

   17 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How to Prioritize Fun and Still Get Brilliant Work Done | Bree Groff

   Bree Groff explores how to prioritize fun in the workplace to foster creativity and connection, ultimately reimagining work as a joyful pursuit, in this interview with Jonathan Fields.

3. 

   10 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How to Cultivate Sustainable Ambition in Life and Work | Kathy Oneto

   Executive coach Kathy Oneto discusses sustainable ambition as a fluid force across all life domains, freeing individuals from toxic striving in this interview with Jonathan Fields.

Inside a recent episode

How to Embrace the 'In-Between' Space After Shedding an Old Identity | Laura Gassner Otting

Published 24 Jun 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] We don't do that in our culture. It's like, we're actually, we're like actively dissuaded from doing it. Yeah. And you know, what happens, I think, is that we spend so much time keeping all of the plates in the air, keeping everything spinning all of the time, that we don't just let all the plates come down and sit on the counter and then decide which one we're actually drawn towards. And so we're usually drawn towards whatever's on fire, right, whatever the loudest thing, whatever the most urgent thing is right there in that moment. And this having some space to just let things settle and wait on what we actually feel drawn to pick up and to learn more about and to create, you know, people are always like, oh, what would you do if you knew you wouldn't fail? […]

Who has been a guest on SPARKED

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Laura Gassner Otting
• Bree Groff
• Kathy Oneto
• Daisy Auger-Domínguez
• Charlie Gilkey

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

101 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

74 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

82

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

98

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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