{"podcast":{"title":"The Scenic Route with Victoria Steward","slug":"the-scenic-route-with-victoria-steward-7782802","podcast_index_feed_id":7782802,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/S6ZcgSiO.rss","website_url":"www.victoria-steward.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/951714c0-7b4d-4675-bd36-b3bd278f8546/logos/46260bbc-d587-4fc0-b414-b393efa55bf4.png","author":"Victoria Steward","episode_count":19,"summary":"What if the detour was never a wrong turn? We get handed one map early on: the superhighway. Pick the career, hit the milestones, stay in the fast lane somebody else drew for us. And one day a lot of us look up and realize it's been heading somewhere we never actually chose. This is a show about the people who got off it. I'm Victoria Steward. I spent 20 years as a federal civilian engineer/project manager before I left on a gut feeling and started taking my own scenic route. Every week I sit down with interesting people who made a change, sometimes sudden, sometimes so gradual they almost missed it, that sent their life somewhere they never saw coming. The kind of stories that inspire you to start dreaming into your own. If you've started to wonder whether there's a different road available to you, you're in exactly the right place. ✨ New episodes every week. 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Dianne Tremblay is a number one international bestselling author, entrepreneur, and strategic growth advisor who has spent her career at the intersection of health, technology, and entrepreneurship. But the real turning points weren't the credentials. They were the quiet wake-up calls she almost missed: a $40 hat that stopped her cold, a brain tumor diagnosis that arrived like a voice asking if she'd finally pay attention, and the slow recognition that some of the patterns running her life weren't even hers. Her forthcoming book The Inheritance is about exactly this: what we absorb from our families and ancestors without ever consciously choosing it... and what becomes possible when we finally stop and look. If you've ever wondered how much of your life you're actually living on purpose, this one's for you. ✨ WHAT YOU’LL HEAR The birthday hat vs. the apartment building: the moment Dianne stopped on a street at 40 and made a vow she'd never told anyone... until now The brain tumor diagnosis that arrived like a voice saying: \"are you going to pay attention now?\"... and what she said back How a 14-day whitewater rafting trip through Nepal cracked something open, and why sometimes the shift comes before you understand it Why she went from \"I don't want to write a book\" to writing 10 in a webinar chat and buying in on the spot The patterns we inherit from our families and ancestors without realizing it, and how to start seeing the water you're swimming in AI as a tool for self-discovery: why Dianne sees it as a relationship, not a search engine The question she leaves every listener with: what are you doing on autopilot? 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