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What Is Life, Dude?

What Is Life, Dude?

By Sarah Sullivan & Eric Ames

A podcast about creativity, relationships, and taking risks in pursuit of a life that feels good.

If you have any thoughts that make you feel like a crazy person, you're not alone. Share them with us at whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com.

Connect with us using the hashtag #WhatIsLifeDude
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4: Negativity Box

What Is Life, Dude?Dec 09, 2019

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WILDCARD: Our New Home in CO, The Last of Us, & Finding Peace

WILDCARD: Our New Home in CO, The Last of Us, & Finding Peace

Look out...WILDCARD episode! We talk about what we've been Watching, Ingesting, Listening to, Doing to Stay Active, Creating, Appreciating, Releasing, and Desiring recently.


If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to WhatIsLifeDudeShow@gmail.com. Also, be sure to leave a review on your podcast listening app of choice. It helps the show out and we'd love to hear from you!

Aug 18, 202353:20
Why We're Moving Back to Colorado

Why We're Moving Back to Colorado

In this episode, we talk about why we're moving back to Colorado and what led us to this decision. It's been a long journey! Thanks for sticking with us through it all.


If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to WhatIsLifeDudeShow@gmail.com. Also, be sure to leave a review on your podcast listening app of choice. It helps the show out and we'd love to hear from you!

Jul 04, 202352:40
March WILDCARD: Eating Better, Scheduling Our Lives, & Trashy Netflix Shows
Mar 26, 202301:05:46
Why You Should Start Now

Why You Should Start Now

In this episode, we talk about: 

  • why "starting now" is important for creatives and entrepreneurs
  • Sarah's growth as a creator on YouTube
  • Eric's mindset shift as Sarah's Vegan Kitchen continues to grow

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to WhatIsLifeDudeShow@gmail.com.  Also, be sure to leave a review on your podcast listening app of choice. It helps the show out and we'd love to hear from you!

Mar 12, 202301:03:04
February WILDCARD: Going Back to the Gym, Sleeping Apart, & Pokémon

February WILDCARD: Going Back to the Gym, Sleeping Apart, & Pokémon

In this episode, we do our first true WILDCARD episode! We talk about what we've been Watching, Ingesting, Listening to, Doing to Stay Active, Creating, Appreciating, Releasing, and Desiring this month. (Don't worry...this will actually make sense in the episode, lol.)

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to WhatIsLifeDudeShow@gmail.com.  Also, be sure to leave a review on your podcast listening app of choice. It helps the show out and we'd love to hear from you!

Feb 26, 202301:10:40
What Would We Do Without Social Media?
Feb 09, 202301:00:08
Moving to the PNW, Stuff That Make Us Happy, & Why We're Doing More Things Separately
Dec 29, 202257:14
The Importance of Community
Jul 22, 202255:53
June Favorites: Stranger Things, Stardew Valley and more #WILDcard
Jul 02, 202248:05
Roadblocks as Synchronicities: Finding the Hidden Upside to Challenging Situations
Jun 24, 202256:29
Stop Doing What You Hate So You Can Be Happy “One Day”

Stop Doing What You Hate So You Can Be Happy “One Day”

Jun 10, 202254:52
88: Cycling in New Energy
May 24, 202242:09
87: An Update on Eric's Anxiety
Feb 07, 202233:53
86: Letting It Be Easy & Reconnecting With the "Why"
Dec 13, 202101:05:48
85: Challenging Yourself (In The Right Way)
Nov 18, 202156:21
84: The Importance of Play
Oct 06, 202138:30
83: Finding Your Emotional Signature
Sep 22, 202154:41
82: Getting A Boost of Motivation
Sep 08, 202141:57
81: Working for Other People (& its Effect on Our Brains)
Sep 01, 202156:28
80: Separating Hobbies From Work
Aug 25, 202148:46
79: Haters, Medical Bills, & Like A Good Neighbor, Eric is There
Aug 18, 202155:39
78: Scheduling Our Productivity (It Actually Really Helps)
Aug 11, 202159:40
77: (The Second Half of) Our Trip to New York
Aug 04, 202155:22
76: Our Trip to New York (So Far)
Jul 28, 202159:42
75: Reaction Videos, Go Fish & Synchronicities
Jul 21, 202101:02:49
74: Learning From Anxiety & Other Life Struggles
Jul 14, 202101:00:40
73: Britney Spears, Mt. Fuji, & Numerical Insanity
Jul 07, 202144:38
72: Chatting About Anxiety
Jun 30, 202148:34
71: Debut Single, Pungent Onion, & Eric's Law
Jun 23, 202153:04
70: Discovering New Music & Being Inspired

70: Discovering New Music & Being Inspired

In this episode, we talk about how listening to new music and hearing artists discuss their music has inspired us, how we plan to release our first original songs, and how Eric is learning to take better photos of Sarah (lol).

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com 

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/ 

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/ 

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/cutethreat

Jun 16, 202159:12
69: Recording Vocals in Our Walk-In Closet

69: Recording Vocals in Our Walk-In Closet

In this episode, we talk about a distressing trip to Target, recording music in a closet, and what kind of legacy we'd like to leave in our lives.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com 

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/ 

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/ 

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/cutethreat

Jun 09, 202157:02
68: May Rewind: Music, Adventures, & Baby Birds

68: May Rewind: Music, Adventures, & Baby Birds

In this episode, we recap our May and talk about our baby bird friends, going on more adventures, and the progress we've made on our music. Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/ Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/ Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/cutethreat
Jun 02, 202146:08
67: Leaving Our Comfort Zone, Finding New Experiences, & Fitness

67: Leaving Our Comfort Zone, Finding New Experiences, & Fitness

In this episode, we give updates on our music, fitness and nutrition, and how we've been trying to get out of our comfort zone more often to experience new things.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/cutethreat

May 05, 202101:05:36
66: Podcast Update & How Social Media Has Evolved

66: Podcast Update & How Social Media Has Evolved

In this episode, we give a little update on the status of the podcast and talk about how posting on social media has changed over the years.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Apr 14, 202145:48
65: Forgotten Surgery, Road Rage, Spider-Man and More

65: Forgotten Surgery, Road Rage, Spider-Man and More

In this episode, we test out a new format for the show! It's going to be a lot of fun an you're gonna love it, we promise.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Apr 07, 202151:44
64: What We've Learned from Our Parents

64: What We've Learned from Our Parents

In this episode, we talk about all of the things we've learned from our parents and how we've tried to incorporate these values into our lives.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Mar 31, 202101:14:47
63: Responding to Tragedy & Refocusing Our Energy

63: Responding to Tragedy & Refocusing Our Energy

In this episode, we talk about our feelings in response the recent Boulder shooting and how we're trying to shift our energetic focus onto things that can make us and the community around us feel uplifted.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Mar 24, 202101:13:38
62: Moving, Billie Eilish, Coffee Coke Zero, and Creativity

62: Moving, Billie Eilish, Coffee Coke Zero, and Creativity

Listen y'all, this was a very random episode. We just talked about the things that have been on our minds and we talk about what our move was like, amongst other things. Let us know if you like this more lighthearted style of episode. It was a fun one to record (as you can hear).

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Mar 17, 202101:09:41
61: Life Update & Ranting About Music, Fame, and Insecurities

61: Life Update & Ranting About Music, Fame, and Insecurities

In this episode, we give a few life updates and chat about a few music documentaries we've watched recently ("Everybody's Everything" about Lil' Peep; "Montage of Heck" about Kurt Cobain; "In Wonder" about Shawn Mendes; "Amy" about Amy Winehouse). This launches us into a conversation about our current relationship with learning and practicing music, our feelings about fame, and the different ways that innate talent, genius, practice and support intersect.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Mar 10, 202157:16
60: Navigating Mental Illness in Relationships

60: Navigating Mental Illness in Relationships

In today’s episode, we talk about how we approach and handle mental illness within in our relationship.

P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Mar 03, 202159:26
59: Our Relationship with Social Media

59: Our Relationship with Social Media

In today’s episode, we talk about our relationship with social media, both from a business and casual user perspective, including:

  • which platforms we use for which purposes,
  • how to curate a feed that actually makes you feel good rather than drained, angry or jealous,
  • the struggle to find your authentic voice as an "influencer" or as the face of your business online,
  • the prevalence of advertisements in social media,

and more!

P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Feb 24, 202101:16:34
58: How to Know When to Quit Something

58: How to Know When to Quit Something

In today’s episode, we talk about:

- Eric's struggle with teaching virtual classes to children

- Sarah's experience deciding whether or not to continue taking music lessons

- how we can figure out when to push through a difficult situation (like a job or relationship) and when to call it quits

P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Feb 17, 202101:06:18
57: How We Rest & Explore Our Individual Hobbies

57: How We Rest & Explore Our Individual Hobbies

In today’s episode, we talk about:

- how to rest in a way that actually *feels* restorative (rather than draining us further)

- how we balance doing things together and separately as a couple, and how recently we’ve been spending more time pursuing individual hobbies

- Eric’s rediscovered love of film and his new interest in fiction and cryptocurrency

- Sarah’s long-term plans to do witchy stuff for a living

- and more! A very diverse conversation. Hopefully this helps some of you who are coupled and wondering how to balance doing things with and without your partner (especially during a time when so many more people are working from home).

P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Feb 10, 202101:24:27
56: Our 30 Day Yoga Journey

56: Our 30 Day Yoga Journey

In this episode, we talk about our experience doing yoga for 30 days straight and how we were affected mentally and physically. (Make sure to stick around until Eric and Sarah cry simultaneously for the first time on the podcast.)

P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes.

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com  

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/  

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/  

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Feb 03, 202101:15:35
55: Our Next Move, Recent Hurdles, and Mindset Shifts

55: Our Next Move, Recent Hurdles, and Mindset Shifts

In this episode, we talk about where we're headed next, the obstacles we are currently overcoming, and how our perspectives on certain aspects of our lives have changed recently.

P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes. 

  • Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com 
  • Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/ 
  • Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/ 
  • Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/
Jan 28, 202101:02:42
54: Meet Sarah

54: Meet Sarah

In this episode, we rewind to take a deep dive into Sarah's background: her childhood, family, early interests, and formative events. 

  • P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes.
  • Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com
  • Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/
  • Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/
  • Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/
Jan 20, 202101:30:12
53: Meet Eric

53: Meet Eric

In this episode, we rewind to take a deep dive into Eric's background: his childhood, family, early interests, and formative events. P.S. - we started filming our episodes again! Head on over to the "What Is Life, Dude? Podcast" YouTube channel and subscribe to catch all of our future episodes.

New York Times video that Eric mentioned, featuring his blended family → https://nyti.ms/2XHwDH6

Connect with Us → Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Jan 13, 202101:18:14
52: Our 2021 Goals & Intentions

52: Our 2021 Goals & Intentions

In this episode, we talk about what we aim to accomplish and how we'd like to grow in 2021.

Connect with Us: Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Jan 06, 202101:18:55
51: Top Lessons from 2020 (Being Your Authentic Self)

51: Top Lessons from 2020 (Being Your Authentic Self)

In this episode, we talk about what we learned in 2020. We touch on being your authentic self, integrity, consumerism, and creativity.

Connect with Us: Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Dec 30, 202001:31:28
50: Our Holiday Traditions

50: Our Holiday Traditions

In this episode, we talk about our holiday traditions from our childhoods as well as traditions that we'd like to implement in our adult lives.

Connect with Us: Email us with questions, comments and recommendations for future episode topics → whatislifedudeshow@gmail.com

Sarah’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thesarahsullivan/

Eric’s Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theericames/

Sarah & Eric's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ericandsarah_/

Dec 23, 202001:01:06