After nearly 500 episodes, my podcast almost broke me. What started as pure joy, 100 episodes in 100 days, no rules, no pressure, slowly turned into a slog under the weight of "expert" advice. Thumbnails, guests, episode lengths, SEO, every new rule was another brick in my backpack.

In this episode, I share how I nearly quit, what finally snapped me out of it, and why I'm choosing my own destiny from here on out. No more outsourcing my intuition. No more performing for approval. Just me, my mic, and a whole lot of Done Era energy.

If you've got a project that once lit you up but now feels heavy, maybe you're not broken. Maybe the rules you've been trying to follow were never meant for you.

What you'll hear in this episode:

• The moment my podcast stopped feeling like mine.

• Why well-meaning (and not-so-well-meaning) advice can steal your spark.

• How outsourcing your intuition dilutes your joy.

• What "choose your own destiny" energy looks like in practice.

• An invitation to reclaim the creative thing you thought you'd lost.

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