Life's Essential Ingredients
Life’s Essential Ingredients is spinoff of C4 Leaders, a California based non-profit who uses PIZZA to guide all people in RISING TOGETHER. The show is hosted by two best friends who were college roommates at the University of San Francisco – (Jeff with a Mike). Season 5 started in 2025 and the show is currently listened to in 57 countries and 764 cities.
The educational and entertaining show takes a deep, yet humorous look at life’s essential ingredients. The hosts will engage in interesting conversation with some of the world’s best leaders, authors, athletes, musicians, chefs, architects, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, comedians, CEOs, coaches, professors, teachers, and many, many, more industries and professions.
The goal of the show is to have the guest highlight their life’s essential ingredients, who helped them develop the ingredients, and how the guest can help the listeners develop their essential ingredients.
The hosts create space for the guest to be the star of the show and provide an incredible platform to highlight their life, their business, their passion, and most importantly, their gift they share with the world.
Our listeners are diverse and 9% are 18-24, 18% 25-29, 13% 30-34, 18% 35-44, 18% 45-54, and 55+ 24%.
Life's Essential Ingredients
Season 5 Episode #3 Andrea McGinty is Helping People Find Love!
C4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved. We also write children’s books, host this podcast, and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other. Please check out PIZZADAYS.ORG to support our important work.
Season 5 Episode #3 Andrea McGinty is coming from Palm Beach, Florida (inform, inspire, & transform)
You can find Andrea via her website 33000Dates.com
About our guest: With over 30 years as the top dating coach, with features on Oprah, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and more, Andrea has been sharing her unique insights into finding love at every stage of life. As the founder of It’s Just Lunch and 33000Dates.com, Andrea guides singles to safely and effectively navigate the often-tricky waters of modern dating.
Andrea is on a mission to empower singles with practical, no-nonsense advice for building meaningful connections in life’s second act. Andrea recently released her new book 2nd Acts: Winning Strategies for Dating Over 50 and is LOVING coaching her clients who reach out to her from all over the world.
Thanks for sharing your many gifts and for helping thousands of people find love. Andrea, Welcome to the show!
TOTD – “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” –Pablo Picasso
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In this episode:
What was life like growing up?
What are your life’s essential ingredients?
“It’s Just Lunch” first business…congrats – how did it start?
Hitch… how good does it feel to have had a hand in helping people fall in love…
Challenge of writing your profile… what tips do you have…
Picking the right site… over 1400…
What characteristics are your clients seeking?
The importance of AUTHENTICITY?
What ingredients define a successful date?
Successful relationship…
In what you offer your website mentions objectivity, accountability, efficiency…let’s bring those words to life…
Dating score… an assessment to check your dating skills?
Difference in dating today vs. dating 30 years ago?
Congrats on your book…2nd Acts Winning Strategies for Dating Over 50…released last month, great reviews…
Follow up after the date…what is the appropriate timing…
Great date ideas?
Communicating – text, message via an app, call….
How is AI impacting dating? RIZZ are we losing the ability to be authentic…