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#97 - Looking Back to Move Forward: What Girls Gone Gritty Learned This Year


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What happens when you slow down long enough to really look at what people are responding to? In this New Year’s Eve episode of Girls Gone Gritty, the hosts pull out the magnifying glass and reflect on what the past year revealed about their listeners, their growth, and the topics that truly matter.

They celebrate major milestones, including nearly 100,000 downloads, while sharing honest insights about how people actually consume podcasts. Instead of chasing trends, listeners are going back to the beginning to understand the hosts and their values. That realization reinforces a core belief of the show: relevance beats virality, and connection beats perfection.

The episode weaves together reflections on culture, ethics, and responsibility, from environmental accountability and medical innovation to the influence of wealth, celebrity, and consumer choices. The hosts also break down their most-listened-to episodes, revealing why themes like grit, purpose, FOMO, relationships, and personal responsibility resonate so deeply.

They close with a powerful reminder that growth requires evolution. Whether it is changing how you consume information, how you show up in your community, or how you define success, this episode invites listeners to reflect, reset, and move into the new year with intention, courage, and grit.

Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(0:53) New Year reflection and gratitude
(1:42) Environmental accountability and “you pollute, you pay”
(2:30) Medical innovation, wealth, and access to health
(4:03) Celebrity influence, ethics, and consumer responsibility
(6:50) Reflecting on growth and podcast evolution
(7:59) Top episodes and why people start from the beginning
(10:29) FOMO, culture, and algorithm-driven consumption
(12:16) Relationships, purpose, and personal growth themes
(14:26) Global listener stats and organic growth
(15:04) Vision boards, goals, and staying aligned
(17:37) Community, conversation, and evolving beliefs
(20:09) Got Grit Award and values-based leadership
(26:38) Closing message: create the future you want
(27:04) Outro


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