Nineteen Years of Voice, and a Return to Self

On July 31, 2006, I started my journey as a podcaster. Today marks nineteen years. Nineteen years of speaking into a microphone.

In the beginning, I was just trying to find my own voice. And in the process, the voices of others—the podcasters that were in my ears and in my head—literally saved my life. They made me feel more like I could do and that I could be fully me.

The act of podcasting, of speaking, of giving voice, gave me the confidence and the embodied, practical experience to speak OUT LOUD.

It was an act of pure expansion.

But today, after all this time, I look at the digital world we've built and I feel... constrained. I feel a claustrophobia setting in from this crystallizing virtual world of social platforms, online business funnels, and the endless churn of digital media creation.

We are losing our connection to real-life, embodied experiences, the kind that engage our whole bodies, not just our eyes on a screen.

These vital, analog connections are being lost, and what was once normal now must be intentionally CREATED, making it a privilege for many of us. We’re left pontificating platitudes that disconnect us from the messy, beautiful reality of being human.

The immense pressure of this landscape demands that I (that we all) continue to narrow ourselves. Niche down until you're a tiny sliver of your whole self.

We are told to optimize for the algorithm, not for the sacred, messy bits that make us magical.

We are told to trade our complexity for a curated feed, to give up the agency of our own discovery. The very discourse around the craft I love keeps moving into smaller and smaller boxes.

And I can't breathe in that box anymore. My work, my spirit, demands expansion.

The truth I've come to is this: The people I love to support, serve, and champion are more than "podcasters."

That might be one of their labels, one tool in their toolkit, but my people and the community I seek to serve are so much more than that. They are experts, entrepreneurs, artists, healers, and leaders. They are the voices of change and connection.

And so, I'm choosing to live into expansion. I'm choosing to meet these incredible creators where they truly are, beyond the confines of a single label. I'm doing this by...

Reclaiming the essential mission of my work, which has always been bigger than one medium.

It was never just about podcasting.

It was about helping people build impact, expand influence, nurture devoted communities, and create a powerful legacy using the most personal tool there is: their own voice.

To reflect this, I’m moving away from narrow labels and centering my work on the mission that has always been at its heart.

My work is focused on Voice-Led Leadership: helping creators and leaders build influence, nurture community, and create a lasting legacy through the power of their own voice.

This isn't about abandoning podcasting. It's about elevating the conversation. It's about focusing on what truly matters: the person behind the microphone, giving voice to the community that gathers to listen, and the impact that voice can have on the world.

It’s a return to the holistic, human-first approach that started this journey nineteen years ago.

For any creator out there who feels boxed in, who is tired of narrowing their vision to fit a platform, I see you.

Our work is not to become smaller. It is to expand into the fullness of our message. Let's get back to the business of building with our whole voices, together.