NEW EPISODE - Your Path in Life with Luca Volentir - Part One

Episode Fifteen - Your Path in Life Part One

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What do spacecraft, mixtapes, and a 24-year-old podcaster from the UK have in common?
Surprisingly — everything.

In this episode, John opens with a reflection on Voyager and Carl Sagan ’s Golden Record: a human message cast into the silent dark, launched with hope that someone, somewhere, might hear it. It’s a metaphor for how we all operate — in work, relationships, creativity, and connection. Whether it’s a job application, a first date, or a podcast, we’re all sending out signals, hoping someone out there understands who we are.

From there, John introduces a new collaboration with Luca Volentir, host of the Path in Life podcast. Both are creators trying to build something bigger than themselves, trying to figure out where their work is taking them. What starts as a simple idea becomes a multi-episode series of coaching, introspection, and shared ambition.

Part One is about getting to know Luca — how he thinks, what drives him, what he believes in, and the early signs of the challenges that might be holding him back.

This episode is as much about Luca as it is about the universal search for meaning, direction, and partnership when you're trying to build something alone.

In this episode:

• A reflection on the Voyager missions, Carl Sagan, and why humans are compelled to reach out, even into silence

• The origins of the collaboration between Career Coaching with John and Path in Life

• How two podcasters discovered they were chasing the same need: momentum, meaning, and movement

• Luca’s story — moving to the UK at 19, building intention as a core value, and learning to grow without bitterness

• The early threads John notices: identity, ambition, patterns, and the obstacles Luca doesn’t see yet

• A deeper look at the idea of the career heartbreak and how Luca reframes it as a mindset

• Why collaboration can be the antidote to burnout, loneliness, and creative stagnation

• The beginning of a five-part journey into who Luca is, what holds him back, and how he might craft the life he wants