Stop Waiting for Perfect: How to Find Your Podcast Topic When You Have 17 Ideas or Zero Clarity
Send us a text Feeling like you need your life perfectly together before you hit record? Think again. This week, we’re continuing our Getting Started mini-series with a raw and real look at what actually makes a podcast compelling—and spoiler: it’s not having a polished niche or a $500 mic. It’s having the courage to show up as you are. In this episode, I’m breaking down the myth that you need to be “the expert” to launch. In fact, your messy middle might be your biggest asset. Listeners don…
Just Start: Burn the First Pancake and Launch Your Podcast Anyway
Send us a text Over the past few weeks, I’ve been hearing a familiar refrain from listeners: “This is great, but can you take a few steps back? I don’t even know where to start.” So that’s exactly what we’re doing. This episode kicks off a mini-series designed to help you move from stuck to started—without overthinking it to death. No complicated tech. No five-step funnels. No performative perfection. Just the raw, honest truth about what it really takes to launch. In this solo episode,...
Why the Most Qualified Experts Still Don’t Have a Podcast (And How to Fix It in 30 Days)
Send us a text Two weeks ago, a conversation with a client stopped me in my tracks. She had 15 years of leadership consulting experience… and 18 months of podcast research with nothing published. Why? Because the podcasting world is built on artificial complexity that keeps the best voices silent. In this solo episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on: Why experts get stuck (and what to do about it)The 3 predictable phases every successful expert podcaster goes throughHow to move from someday…
The Real ROI of Podcasting: Why Download Numbers Don't Matter (and What Does)
Send us a text Are you wondering if starting a podcast is really worth it? Most experts focus on the wrong metrics when evaluating podcast ROI—download numbers and direct sales. But these surface metrics miss the profound impact podcasting can have on your business. In this episode, discover the three dimensions of true podcast ROI and hear how Dr. Mark, a skeptical financial advisor, went from doubter to $157K revenue increase in just 6 months with under 6,000 downloads. Learn why podcast l…
Batching, Buffer Episodes, and Evergreen Magic: Building a Sustainable Podcast
Send us a text If you've ever felt like podcasting is a hamster wheel you can't get off, this episode is your lifeline. Dr. Stephanie Dean pulls back the curtain on the sustainability paradox — why being "consistent" without ...
Can I Use That Song? What Every Podcaster Needs to Know About Music Copyright
Send us a text Think finding your podcast name on Instagram makes it yours? Think again. In this must-listen episode of Fearless Podcasting Academy , I sit down with an absolute force—an artist, activist, and attorney who’s h...