Monday ENRGI coming in strong this week. Mitch, my boyfriend and basically husband lol, gave me the idea to write about what idea I had for ENRGI to start. That is to come on Wednesday but it sparked something in me to write about the podcast, why I stopped, how I feel about that entire situation, and why it was a huge stepping stone to founding ENRGI.
If you are new here I started a podcast back in 2021 after a friend convinced me to start one. We did about 10 episodes together until we decided to part ways, we were on two different pages with two different strengths. That was a hard breakup, if you will, in itself as working with your best friend when you both have two different strengths and ideas can be challenging. I can write an entire post about that later. But, after the split I decided to take the entire podcast on by myself because I knew there was something there. It was a safe space for me and it was the first thing in my entire life that came naturally to me. I didn’t have to try, force, or over prepare I could show up and interview for hours without any real stress. I started the podcast with the idea of focusing on health and wellness, but I quickly switched to entrepreneurship after the split because I felt lit up by those conversations. The people I met and spoke with all had something in common with me and it gave me an escape from my corporate job. I was always talking about the podcast, asking people to be guests and genuinely lit up by it.
I always thought the podcast would be the thing that took me into entrepreneurship. I LOVED it. It came natural to me, combined my love for sports broadcasting, talking to successful people and media all into one. I still remember a conversation I had with a guest who had a super successful podcast and she told me I had the talent to be at the top if I just kept going and I held onto that. While I held onto that I also gave myself a timeline for how long I would do it before I had to throw in the towel, two years to be specific. Some businesspeople might disagree with this but at the end of the day I was forking over money each month for something that wasn’t seeing any true growth. That was a hard hard hard pill to swallow. For the first time in my life, I found the thing I enjoyed, was extremely talented at, and could put up with the not so glamorous parts.
After I was laid off of my job back in August of 2022, I kept up with the podcast and focused on the people and content I was putting out. I saw this as a sign to dive in even deeper and to connect and chat with each guest I had on. One particular guest was an entrepreneur and coach for females who wanted to go on and start something. She gave me a piece of advice that started my push for that “thing” I was so badly desiring to start. She said, when you think back on your life was there something you always did as a child? Or something your friends are always asking you for advice on or something you create they love? And an idea immediately popped into my head. You will have to read Wednesday’s blog post for that
I stopped the podcast because at the end of the day I was seeing no substantial growth, I was moving to Austin and no longer had a studio to record in, and the job I had just taken was a lot more intense than I had thought. I also was starting to lose my passion, love and drive which I knew was a sign to take a pause. I will restart the podcast again but I just knew it was time for a breather. It's funny when people are like you quit wth!! But in my mind I took a very hard look at what I was doing, how far I had come and noticed I needed to reset. I believe knowing when to pause or pivot is an asset.
If I had never started the podcast, I would have never met all of the incredible guests that gave me advice and encouraged me along the way. I would have never known about entrepreneurship, I would have never met Mitch, and I would never know what it feels like to find something you enjoy, you are good at and you are extremely talented at. I still get sad thinking about the podcast not taking off because I believed in it so much, but if there is one thing I know to be true it’s that you have to keep going. Just because it doesn’t work out now doesn’t mean it never will. The podcast will be coming back, it’s been on my heart a lot lately, but I hope this post reminds you to keep going. Even if the thing you love isn’t working out how you thought, there’s always another chance, another thing or another opportunity right around the corner. Learn from someone who has failed a lot in life, failure breeds resilience which is one of the most important things you need to withstand this lifetime.