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Quitted
By Holly Whitaker & Emily McDowellSociety & Culture
Quitted episodes
- Emily McDowell Quits Being a Human Brand
The Emily Episode: Who is Quitted co-host Emily McDowell, how did she get here, and why does she want to talk about quitting stuff? This week, Emily shares the real story behind building a successful brand named after herself and based on her personality, and then, the painful reality of letting go of a dream, and an identity, in order to save both her company and herself. Holly and Emily cover a lot of ground in this hour, including the spiritual implications of “personal brand;” why bigger isn’t always better; the pain we carry from not honoring endings; the loneliness that comes with responsibility; how quitting requires defying logic; and how it was possible for Emily, whose work was all about promoting empathy and healing, to have had so little empathy for herself.
About Emily McDowell: Emily is a writer, illustrator, speaker, teacher, and entrepreneur who is fiercely committed to not doing all of those things at the same time. She’s best-known as founder of the stationery brand Em & Friends (formerly Emily McDowell Studio), which makes cards and gifts for the relationships people really have. She also co-authored (with Dr. Kelsey Crowe) and illustrated the book There Is No Good Card For This: What To Say and Do When Life Gets Scary, Awful, and Unfair To People You Love; and she’s the co-host of the Quitted podcast. Emily currently serves as creative director and SVP of strategy at the Who’s There Group, home of Em & Friends and its sister brand Knock Knock. Find her online at emilyonlife.com, and on Instagram @emilyonlife.
Music: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com
Sound engineering + edits: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com
Producer: Cathleen Kisich
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1 hr 14 min - Caleb Campbell Quits The NFL
Caleb Campbell is a kid from Texas who did the impossible: he was the first player in West Point history to be recruited into the NFL. His dreams came true, all the hard work paid off, everyone was so proud. He had the life millions of young athletes fantasize about. But there was one problem: he hated himself. And he knew, secretly, that in order to survive, he needed to quit football. On our debut episode of Quitted, Caleb takes us to church as he shares his story of leaving behind who he thought he was and his path to finding his way home, casually dropping an entire book’s worth of wisdom along the way. If you’ve ever assumed you’d have nothing in common with a pro football player, this episode will prove you so wrong.
About Caleb Campbell: Caleb is a West Point Graduate, former Army Officer and an ex-NFL linebacker who now travels the country as a full time keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Whether he’s in a school, on a stage at a conference or working with a team of executive level managers, Caleb is passionate about sharing a message and facilitating brave conversations that empowers individuals to grow through change and expand their lives and their leadership capabilities by growing more emotionally aware, resilient and connected. Caleb also co-hosts a podcast, Happily Together, with his wife Kara at their home in Nashville, TN. Find him online at www.strongestme.com and www.calebcampbell.me, and on Instagram @caleb_campbell.
Music: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com
Sound engineering + edits: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com
Producer: Cathleen Kisich
Support us:
Quitted is listener supported, made possible by us and by you; you can support this podcast by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/quitted.
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1 hr 12 min - The Longer Trailer
In this second trailer for Quitted, Emily and Holly discuss what they're quitting in order to make the process of making this podcast feel fun (!!!), instead of turning it into another thing to suffer through.
Music: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com
Sound engineering + edits: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com
Support us:
Quitted is listener supported, made possible by us and by you; you can support this podcast by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/quitted
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22 min - Quitted TrailerIntroducing Quitted, a podcast about quitting by Emily McDowell and Holly Whitaker. Quitted launches on February 10, 2022.
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About Quitted
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Quitted is a podcast about quitting, hosted by Holly Whitaker and
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What happens when you don't want to be who you are anymore?
For all of us, there comes a time when in order to thrive (or simply survive!), we have to walk away from something that represents a huge piece of our identity. This could be a career, a relationship, a religion, a long-held dream, a social norm, a gender–whatever it is, it’s a massive part of who we are, and letting it go comes at great personal cost. Quitting means disappointing all the people invested in our staying; it requires giving up the security of what we know, and stepping into a liminal space where we’re not sure who we are anymore.
Unlike growing and building, which our culture obsessively celebrates, endings are quiet and lonely, because we don’t talk about them. Quitting is synonymous with failure. We’re conditioned to believe perseverance is a virtue, “winners never quit,” and giving up means losing. Quitting is only acceptable when it's a waypoint to something greater, some imagined bigger and better future. But what if that’s all a lie?
We’ll talk with guests who have quit all kinds of seemingly impossible things, about the decision to quit, but even more importantly, about what happens after that. Quitting doesn't mean going directly from being one thing to being another thing; in between, there’s a middle space, a transitional space, and that space is hard, confusing, and groundless. We'll talk about navigating that space, and everything surrounding it, in order to help provide insight, permission, and illumination for others seeking the courage to risk everything to find a truer north.
We’ll also explore the concept of quitting itself, how it came to hold the meaning it does, its inextricable links to late-stage American capitalism, and how a shifting narrative around giving up could be the key to a different future.
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