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- episode_82 // coming home empty handed
Two back to back race weekends, no trophies.
A series of mechanical failures made for some tough realities during this part of the season, and once again, my least favorite idiom--- 'That's racing!' launches me into a bit of a tirade on luck.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
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10 min - episode_81 // reflections from a swedish laundry room
Laundry, again.
Halfway through a 6 week blitz on the road, I'm reflecting on where we're at with the season, how Grandfather's passing has impacted the past few months, and of course, the nitty gritty logistics of living on the road and schlepping along.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
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6 min - episode_80 // life is good, life is (really) hard
Sandwiched between two race weekends, the moment arrived that we all knew was inevitable. Grandfather passed away on August 1st, 2023.
We did exactly what he would have wanted and we headed directly to the next race weekend and made it count.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
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www.ellysium.co
15 min - episode_79 // the merry go round is on warp speed
Value. Sponsors. Taking care of parents and worrying about, well, just about everything.
And while the plate of life is full, Ellis finally gets his start of the NXT Gen Cup season and absolutely crushes it.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
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LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis
www.ellysium.co
10 min - episode_78 // life in the multiverse
I've often said that I feel like I have multiple existences, happening simultaneously, and this particular week felt this way in spades.
I go on a bit of tangent here talking about life with Grandfather before we left on the Age of Light Tour, and some of my myriad multiverse of feelings about it.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news!
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LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis
www.ellysium.co
9 min - episode_77 // A Story and A Half
It's been a minute since I brought you a 'story and a half.' And if I'm being honest, this was an impromptu recording this morning because I ran out of episode uploads and missed my weekly Tuesday post.
So, here you go. Me and Frankie chatting about where we're at, what's to come, what we think about how things have gone, and everything in between.
And now I've just bought myself 6 days to record and upload new episodes!
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news!
Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing
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LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis
www.ellysium.co
37 min - episode_76 // *warning* proud mom moment incoming...
'Preparation prevents piss poor performance.'
Sometimes the preparation that your current reality allows space for is not ideal, and you still have to perform. Ellis absolutely crushes his game on and off the track in an exceptionally challenging and crazy busy few weeks in our season.
Proud mom moment. Listen in.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news!
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9 min - episode_75 // my mind's moshpit & a reflection on value
This business is hard. Exceptionally hard. And sometimes you're just tired of giving and making and doing with seemingly little return.
From the outside, I'm sure it looks like our brand and our partners and our story is all buttoned up. That we're 'crushing it,' and just underneath the surface, there's a storm.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news!
Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing
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Facebook // Ellysium Racing
LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis
www.ellysium.co
7 min - episode_74 // the most unwanted Mother's Day gift ever
Things are gonna get a bit heavy here for a minute. On Mother's Day, after a few weeks of strangeness from my father in law (more strangeness than is normal for him)-- I find out that he's been in the hospital for weeks and didn't tell us, and that he's dying.
What was supposed to be a break for me alone at home in Germany while the boys made a trip to the States becomes a massive turning point in our season, the year, and our lives.
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news!
Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing
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Facebook // Ellysium Racing
LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis
www.ellysium.co
9 min - episode_73 // there are only two types of days
For better or worse, our lives are siloed into two buckets-- race days and non-race days. It's a binary system, and one that seems necessary at the moment.
But will it actually pay off in some tangible way?
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TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road.
Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news!
Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing
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Facebook // Ellysium Racing
LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis
www.ellysium.co
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About The Whole Story // risking it all for electric motorsport dreams
From the publisher's feed
'Life is good, life is hard, these two truths are unrelated.'
In the middle of a global pandemic, my family decided to risk it all and follow our teenage son Ellis's passion for racing, leaving everything behind in the US and heading to Europe. This podcast is a series of audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road.
Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media of what it's like to risk it all with the people you love the most & who drive you the craziest, all at once.