I Did My First Podcast… and I Have Thoughts
A few weeks ago, I flew to Cincinnati to record my first podcast interview. Casual, right?
Even better — I did it with someone I had never met in person until that day. Her name is Tiff, and we originally connected ten years ago when she was… wait for it… my home security alarm sales rep. Over the phone. No in-person meeting. Just vibes and a decade of “we should totally stay in touch!”
So yeah, it’s a wild story. But honestly? If you know me, you’re not surprised.
We sat down in her studio and had a real conversation — about my book, about personal transformation, about what it looks like to go through something hard and come out with your voice intact. And in between all that, I learned a few things…
A Short List of Things I Learned While Podcasting (for the first time ever):
Dry mouth is real. No one tells you this. Your brain might work but your tongue? Dust.
I say “right?” a lot. Like, a lot. Every sentence was apparently looking for group consensus.
There are a lot of lights. I’m talking enough to grow tomatoes.
Podcasting is basically a movie shoot. Videography? Editing? Mic checks? I suddenly remembered why I didn’t become the next Oprah. (Or Ricki Lake, which was the real childhood dream.)
I’m not cut out for the tech side. I’ll take writing a book over adjusting a camera angle any day.
But the biggest thing I realized?
I have more stories to tell.
I have more books in me.
I want to help people forever — just not always on this one topic.
Because at the end of the day, what this experience reminded me is that we all have something in common. Everyone’s holding something — pain, hope, uncertainty, grit. When you sit down and talk to someone like Tiff, you see that human-to-human connection is the point. The stories just bring us there.
So thank you, Tiff, for flying me out and making me feel like an actual person and not just a talking head. Thank you to every single one of you who’s bought the book, shared a post, sent a message, or even just followed along quietly.
This podcast was a first for me — but definitely not the last.
Listen to the full episode here.
And if you do, send me a message and tell me what landed. I’d love to hear what you heard.
