In the first episode of With Intention, I’m sharing where I’ve been since stepping away from my original podcast,including the burnout that led me away from my branding business, my decision to pursue a new career in health and wellness, and the journey that eventually brought me back to my creative work with a completely new perspective.

We’ll explore the disorienting in-between known as the messy middle: how uncertainty can activate our fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses, why we often rush to replace an old identity, and what it can look like to reorient to your values, intuition, energy, and inner compass.

I also share the practices that helped me find my way, the Taoist concept of wu wei, and why you may only need a compass and your next honest step,even when you don’t have the full map.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit houseofintention.substack.com

I started my first podcast back in 2019, and it quickly became one of the things that brought me the most joy in my work.

I loved having a space to share my experiences as an entrepreneur, the insights I was gathering along the way, and practical tools that could help someone else in their own journey. But I think what I loved most were the conversations. Getting to connect with other entrepreneurs and have really intentional, honest conversations about what it actually looked like to build something from the ground up.

In 2022, I paused the podcast and let life lead me down a different path for a while.

And now, three years later, I’m back.

I genuinely cannot tell you how thrilled, excited, lit up, and full of joy I am to be podcasting again.

So, with that, welcome to With Intention: Your Life and Business on Purpose.

This first episode is a short, one-minute trailer to give you a little taste of what this podcast will be about, the kinds of conversations we’ll be having, and what you can expect as we get started.

Whether you listen to every episode, tune in whenever something catches your attention, follow along here on Substack, or simply happen to be reading this post, thank you for being here and for supporting me as I return to something I’ve missed so much.

And maybe there’s a little reminder in this for you, too. Sometimes the things that bring us joy have to be put down for a while. Life changes, our priorities change, and we change. That doesn’t mean we can’t pick them back up when the time feels right.

I hope you give yourself permission to return to the things that light you up, even if it’s been a while.

Without further ado, welcome to With Intention.

With Intention is a podcast about the inner work behind building a meaningful life and business, and what it actually takes to bring the things we dream about into the world.

In this short introduction, I’m sharing what you can expect from With Intention: honest reflections, practical tools, and thoughtful conversations about entrepreneurship, identity, self-trust, the nervous system, psychology, spirituality, and the very human experience of figuring things out as we go.

Together, we’ll question the stories we’ve inherited about success, productivity, ambition, and growth while exploring a more intentional way of living, working, and creating.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit houseofintention.substack.com