🎙️ Episode 8: When Trying To Do It "Right" Is What Goes Wrong

📆 March 27, 2026

Quick Take:

There is no secret. There is no right way. And the part of you that keeps looking for one? That's exactly what's keeping you stuck.

What's Inside:

— Why I wrote "when trying to do it right is when it goes wrong" on a note card Monday… and then spent the entire week doing the exact opposite

— What a fatigue flare, a published sales page, and a 4am follow-through actually looked like from the inside this week

— The sneaky difference between a big spiral and a small one - and why the small ones are harder to catch in the moment

— How I clocked what was actually off with my offer pricing and what the "click" felt like when it finally aligned

— Why self-awareness only takes you so far and what finding the right support has done that four years of self-awareness alone couldn't

— What shortening the cycle actually looks like in practice and why the goal was never to make the spirals stop

Links & Mentions:

→ Move It Out — the offer I published this week: [Learn More]

→ Fit call for Move It Out — for podcast listeners only: [Fit Call Link]

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

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🎙️ Episode 7: When Good News Derails You (And Why That's Actually the Work)

📆 March 15, 2026

Quick Take:

Getting what you wanted can spin you out just as fast as getting rejected — and recognizing that faster is the whole point.

What's Inside:

— I got accepted to the Astonish Yourself Summit (!) and immediately went into "shit just got real" mode

— what that spiral looked like and why it makes complete sense

— Why pausing the plan to go public with the podcast isn't quitting

— and how I knew the difference between a capacity decision and a fear decision

— The through line connecting the last few episodes and what it has to do with my summit presentation: the spiral before the bold move, the spiral after, and how you shorten how long it knocks you down

Links & Mentions:

→ Mentioned: Jennie & Meredyth and their Make It Happen Weekly [Check it out]

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

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Let's Connect:

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🎙️ Episode 6: This is me, in it, doing it anyway

📆 March 7, 2026

Quick Take:

This is what it actually looks like when you're in the spiral and you do the thing anyway. Not six months later. Right now.

What's Inside:

— The sneaky shoulds that almost stopped me from going public with this podcast and submitting a speaker application at midnight

— Why awareness doesn't cure the spiral but it does turn the volume down on the voice that tells you you're not enough

— What actually got me to hit submit after a meltdown, a shitty day, and genuinely considering not doing it at all

Links & Mentions:

— TBD sales page [coming soon, get on the email list to be the first to know]

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

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🎙️Episode 5: I Already Knew. I Just Stopped Listening.

February 26, 2026

Quick Take:

The answer was never outside you. But god, it's easy to forget that when the noise gets loud.

What's Inside:

— What a week of spiraling, outsourcing your own authority, and trying to "just figure it out" actually looks like from the inside

— Why I started talking to myself on voice memo (and why it worked better than any advice I got that week)

— How (TBD) came out of one Saturday morning journal podcast session — and why it clicked in a way nothing else had

Links & Mentions:

— (TBD) is opening soon: Join the Waitlist [link]

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

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🎙️Episode 4: Right Before I Usually Quit

February 17, 2026

Quick Take

The part where you decide what you want — and your brain immediately starts negotiating you out of it.

What’s Inside:

– What it felt like this week to make a real decision… and wake up the next day in a full “who do I think I am?” spiral

– The moment where fear starts sounding logical (pause, tweak, learn more first, maybe pivot…)

– Why I thought structure would make everything worse — and how flexible structure has quietly become the only reason I’m moving at all right now (time tracking, coworking, accountability sprint, etc.)

Links & Mentions:

– Book a Second Brain Strategy Session: [link]

– Jennie + Meredith (accountability sprint / coworking): [link]

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

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🎙Episode 3: I wasn’t sure what I would talk about (so I pressed record anyway)

February 12, 2026

Quick Take

This is what it feels like to create when your brain is loud, nonlinear, and still figuring it out.

What’s Inside:

– Me pressing record with zero clear plan and talking through why that’s so uncomfortable

– The planning vs. action trap (especially when strategy is your strength)

– Sneaky “shoulds” around social media, marketing, and how we think we’re supposed to show up

– Why I’m experimenting with podcasting instead of forcing content that drains me

– What I’m noticing about friction, perfectionism, and wanting to be seen as competent

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

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🎙Episode 2: Low lift doesn’t mean low fear

February 4, 2026

Quick Take

Just because something is easier to start doesn’t mean your brain won’t try to talk you out of it.

What’s Inside:

- Why podcasting finally made sense for my nonlinear, nuance-loving brain (and why social media never did)

- How “low lift” still triggered the same old fear, friction, and visibility spirals

- The systems + strategies I put in place to protect myself from overthinking and external pressure

- What Breakout really means: breaking out of the sameness trap, shoulds, and our own boxes

- How accountability, tech, and self-awareness work together when you’re trying something new

Links & Mentions:

→ Mentioned: Jennie & Meredyth and their Make It Happen Power Hour) [Check it out]

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

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🎙Episode 1: Welcome to Breakout

January 27, 2026

Quick Take:

I lay out my intentions for the private podcast version of Breakout and what you can expect from it.

What’s Inside:

I want this to feel like a conversation, not just a one-sided thing.

So, I created a form for Listeners to share thoughts, takeaways, feedback, & request topics/ask questions (link below)

Listener Notes:

Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

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Let's Connect:

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