Jun 7, 2018
Episode 070. "But everyone keeps saying just find your passion -- find that one thing and follow your bliss and I thought well... I have a bunch of passions, so which passion are we talking about? And that's why I kept feeling really stuck in that decision of needing to pick one thing." ~Monica Rivera
I'm obsessed with podcasts and I always want MORE so there's this thing I do once a week in the She Podcasts Facebook Group on Wednesdays. I scroll through a VERY long thread of new podcast episodes by other women podcasters and pick a few I've never heard of to check out.
Most of the time, I decide they're not for me but every once in a while, a show really stands out and I fall in love.
That's what happened with Monica's podcast: You Wanna Do What?!
When I first heard it, I thought, "I want to to be friends with this woman."
Her show feels so motivating without feeling coachy or preachy or overwhelming. And I'm so happy to be getting to know her and introduce her to you!
2 stories that stand out in this interview:
1) How Monica got into podcasting
2) How she was inspired by her grandmother not to wait to try new things
Listen to Monica's podcast You Wanna Do What?!
I love episode 045: Are You Really Living?
"I am comparing myself to myself... what I think I should be doing versus what I am doing, which I think is the worst kind because you're with yourself all the time. So you're constantly almost at war if you let yourself be." ~Monica Rivera
Connect with Monica:
"And some days honestly, I just have to sit in that space and let me feel it and just kind of go through it of kind of beating myself up a little bit and then the next day hoping that it gets better, but I never try to force myself out of something that I'm feeling." ~Monica Rivera
Resources & Links
Podcast Movement 2018
(I’m speaking there Wednesday @ 11am!!!)
Power Your Story Podcast
(This is what my talk is about.)
My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy
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Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching
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Chicago Women’s Creative Collective
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