1648: On camping, cakes and procrastination

Now, it'll become pretty obvious I don't know a huge amount about camping; but I do know a lot about procrastination. So that's exactly what we're diving into today!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. So I don't know about you, but when it comes to a lot of things in life, I like to know all the answers. When it comes to a project I'm working on, I want to know exactly how to describe it. When it comes to a big life change, I want to know that it is definitely going to happen. And as all of us know all too well, life very rarely comes with bows on, and things are rarely served in perfect pristine packaging. Now this sounds like it could get a bit grim and become a bit of an anti-pep talk, but we are going the other way with this one because I think it can actually be really freeing when we start to realize that actually in most scenarios the very best we can do is a good enough job and make some educated guesses. I know in my own life I have spent a lot of time trying to find the right packaging for something, or waiting for something to be 100% true or 100% certain to move on, and I have to say it's never been time very well spent. Sometimes I think we just have to move on to the next step With the best attempt that we've got, and remember that in most situations that will very much suffice.

It's a bit like putting up a tent. You could spend days making sure that the tent pegs were in at the perfect angle. You could get out your compass and make sure that you were in the perfect direction for the sun to be streaming on your face when you woke up. And I'm showing my lack of tent knowledge here because I'm sure there's many other things that you could do with a tent, but really what you need to have is something that is stable, that you can sleep under, that doesn't fall down, and that does its job. And I think the camping experience would be very much wasted if you spent your entire time trying to get the perfect tent pitch. Now, if you fucking love the outdoors and that sounds like your perfect weekend, by all means go for it, and maybe insert a cake analogy in here instead and think about making a cake When you're hungry, as opposed to the most delicious cake in the world. But I think either way, whether you love the outdoors, whether you love camping or not, whether you love a cake, I think you get the gist. The thing is, our dream shitters are sneaky bastards, and they will have you putting up the tent over and over and over again, because while you are putting up the tent, you're not moving on to the next thing, and you're not doing the scary thing.

It is so easy and so tempting to spend so much time in the research phase, but I think we all know when research turns into procrastination. Trust yourself to make good decisions. Trust yourself that you have your own back, and some of the answers are things that you could only figure out on the way. And dare to do things imperfectly, because newsflash and reminder for all of us, Perfection doesn't exist anyway. So go take some action today, and I'll see you tomorrow.

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If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1647: A ship in the harbour is safe, but…

Is that where she’s meant to be?

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. It is halfway through the week and I am popping in with a reminder that whenever you are trying something new out, whether it is starting something new for the first time, whether it is putting something into practice like setting boundaries. Or it is simply trying something on for size or experimenting, it is normal for things to feel shaky and wobbly. That is definitely part of the process, but so much of the stuff we see out there makes everything look so much easier and simpler than it is, and when we quite naturally come across hurdles, or it's a bit bumpier or wobblier than we thought, we immediately think that we're doing something wrong, that we haven't got the knack for something, And it is all too easy to give up, especially as we all have a very, very cruel inner dream shitter that is often rooting for us to fail and give up, because that is its job, to keep us safe. There was a choir that I used to be a part of, and we would sing this song based on a really well-known quote, and it just feels really pertinent to share that today, and it is this: A ship in the harbour is safe and still, but that is not where it's meant to be, for she is made of timber strong to sail in the open sea. So that is something I really want you to take with you into today. While I certainly don't believe that life begins at the edge of your comfort zone, because I do believe that comfort is important, we cannot always stay in the harbour. And when we do leave the harbour, It is okay if the sea is a bit choppy because that is how it is supposed to be. Your wobbles, your unsteadiness, your mistakes— what if they are simply a sign of sailing rather than a sign of failing? And there we have it, we had a bit of a rhyme we didn't know was going to happen today.

Whatever new thing you're doing or thinking of doing or testing out, Don't write yourself off too quickly, and remember that your future self really is rooting for you. Happy Hump Day, and I can't wait to be back with you tomorrow, or in your inbox a bit later today if you are part of my email community, where every Wednesday I send out a really fun eclectic roundup called Wildcard Wednesday of things that I've found that I'm really enjoying, that are really helping me, and and things that might really help you build a life you love. And if you don't already get them and you want to, sign up to therebelrousers.com/letters. It is, of course, free, and I can't wait to share this week's with you. Have a good one, and remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you matter.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1645: What can you put into maintenance mode?

It's that time of the year where we're supposed to be taking it easier, but that can be so hard with busy brains like ours. So today I've got a prompt to help us! 

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So at the time of recording this, it is summertime. So whether you're listening to this in the summer or any other time of the year and you just need a bit of a break, this one is Now, our heads can tend to be a bit all or nothing. We're either doing something and seriously doing it, or we're not doing it at all. And today I want to remind you that maintenance mode exists. And maintenance mode is essentially just doing the bare minimum that you need to do to keep something ticking over. And to use a car metaphor, basically maintenance mode is idling. You're not putting any pressure on the pedal, you're not really moving anywhere, but also you're not stopping and turning it off either.

It's just kind of running in the background. So today, as you listen to this, I want you to think about what areas of your life, what projects big or small, and what things can just be put on maintenance mode or put on the back burner and picked up at another time. All too often we think everything is urgent and important right now, and not all of it is. And for many of us, we just simply can't rest unless we've done it all. But the truth is that you just can't do it all, not at the same time anyway. And it's also simply not sustainable to be go, go, go all the time. So today, have a look at what's on your plate and what is actually really important right now. What can you put into maintenance mode? And is anything been there for a long time, it hasn't been done, there are no real consequences, and you can kind of just say fuck it and just knock it off the list completely? Let's be a bit kinder to ourselves.

Let's give ourselves a bit of a break. And let's give ourselves a massive reminder that our self-worth is never ever defined by what we do. And we are human beings, not human doings. Happy Monday. I hope you have a fabulous week, and I'll see you tomorrow.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1644: A very specific pep talk

We're rounding off this week with a very specific pep talk around an area of building a life you love that gets too little attention! 

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. So I have a very specific pep talk for you to round off this week, and it is to lovingly and fiercely protect your enthusiasm. As creatives and multi-passionates, we tend to have a lot of enthusiasm and passion for things, and we can't help but want to share things. But sometimes it's in the very act of sharing that we can feel really shot down. If we're also empaths, which a lot of us are, if somebody doesn't match our enthusiasm level, that can feel like a real blow. And sometimes people can be very well-intentioned and still be dream-shitters, projecting their own fears onto us, and our curiosity and our excitement can be met with concern, and sometimes people simply don't get it, and it makes us feel like we're too much, or it can just leave us feeling a bit disheartened. So my pep talk for you today is to be really intentional about who you share your ideas with, and who you share your good news with first. And a good rule of thumb can be to acknowledge and celebrate and just spend time with and percolate on the idea or the win or the news with yourself and give yourself that moment, because that way it doesn't sting quite as much if you don't get the feedback or reaction you were hoping to from somebody else.

And your excitement is precious, and you get to tend to it and enjoy it for a bit. Know that other people's reactions are usually way more or just completely about them than it is than you. Know that it's okay if you do feel sad because the people in your life that you'd love to celebrate and share with don't necessarily match your energy or share in your excitement. And really keep hold of those who do and really enjoy their energy. I hope you have a weekend as fabulous as you are. I hope you stay cool, and if you've been meaning to but you haven't joined my fabulous email community, now is a great time to do it as I'm really sharing behind the scenes in real time decisions and wobbles of my next chapter and all the things that are really helping me along the way. And you can get in on that by going to therebelrousers.com/letters. Take care and remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1642: Embrace the wobbles

Even though we hate it, frustration and impatience are often part of the process, and not a sign you're doing anything wrong. That's exactly what we're diving into on today's episode of The Daily Pep!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. It is midweek, so I wanted to pop in with a pep talk around being uncomfortable. So every week for the past 12 years, I send out an email to my fabulous email community on a Sunday called Letters of Rebellion, and in it I very much share my own behind-the-scenes journey and the vulnerable wobbly bits of building a life I love. And a couple of weeks ago I was sharing about how frustration and impatience are just part of the journey. I was talking about how as I get back from Bulgaria and we're closing a chapter on our long-term travel, all of the question marks are just really uncomfortable, and I shared the following, and I thought it might be helpful to share it with you today. So much of building a life you love is uncomfortable. There are so many questions, so many directions you could take. It can be a logistical shit show, and it can feel overwhelming because it is overwhelming.

So if you're uncomfortable, know that it's not because you're doing something wrong, and chances are it's because you are in the thick of it. Building a life you love takes a lot of honesty, a lot of heart-to-hearts with yourself, and a lot of sometimes hard questions, and a lot of percolating. And for those of us Type A multi-passionates who want the answers right now, it also takes a shitload of patience. But getting impatient and getting frustrated is one of the steps on the journey, and for me and many of my coaching clients, it's a helpful place, even if it's not a particularly joyful one. Because it's often when you're sick of waiting and figuring things out that something tends to happen, either by a bit of a fuck it moment, Awesome magical synchronicity. So, if you're listening to this right now and you can hard relate, hang in there, keep tolerating the discomfort, as frustrating as it can be, and know that you really are getting somewhere. The wobbles are often part of the process, even if we're taught in all the films that it is supposed to feel absolutely magical. I know for me, getting to know that bit unlocked so much because it suddenly felt like, okay, I'm not doing everything wrong.

So that was something I shared with my lovely email community a couple of weeks ago. I figured that you probably need to hear it today. And if you're not already part of my email community, come on over. It is a really fun place. Your invite is waiting for you over at therebelrousers.com/letters. And on Wednesday, I do something that is particularly fun called Wildcard Wednesday, and I send out Roughly about 5 things that I found that week, or I've been really enjoying lately, that have added to my life in some way, that have made me think, have made me laugh. And it's just a really fun, eclectic roundup of weird and wonderful shit that I know you'll love too. So if you wanna add some realness and some weirdness to your inbox, I really invite you to come and join us.

And if you too right now are wanting all of the answers and they're not coming, I know it is really fucking frustrating, but let's remember that the frustration and impatience is part of the journey, even if we wish it wasn't, and it's also a sign of progress. Have a good one, and I'll see you tomorrow.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1640: Being flexible with the season you're in

If you're resisting the current season you're in, or you wish you were in another one, today's pep talk is all about giving yourself some grace, and some much needed flexibility. 

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So I am back in the UK. I took a bit of a longer break than I planned to, and I am back with a message about flexibility, which I know I probably need more than you do. So we tend to be rebels, we tend to really value flexibility, but sometimes it can be really hard to be flexible with ourselves. For whatever reason, lately I've been struggling a lot with my blood sugars and just exhaustion, and I've really noticed just how harsh I'm being on myself and also how much I just want to know all the answers. But I've noticed that that is just taking more of my energy, and if I was to accept that maybe this is a season where I need to be more flexible with myself, I think not only would I be a lot kinder to myself, it probably would be a much more enjoyable season as well. I speak a lot about cyclical living and living in seasons, and sometimes it's just really hard when we resist the season we're in, and it can take courage to look at what the actual season is if you wish you were in another one. In terms of how I'm accepting this season and the fact that my capacity has changed, Well, I'm just trying to fight myself a bit less, take it day by day, and give myself grace to slow down.

There are about a million and one things that I want to do to work on my business. There are so many plans that I need to put in place, and I'm just trying to remember and figure out which ones are actually urgent, which ones I've attached some false urgency to, and which ones are a should that aren't really that important in the first place, or just attached to ego. So if you too find yourself in a bit of an unexpected season, or your capacity has changed, or life is demanding you to be more flexible, mainly I just want to say I'm with you, and it is frustrating. And if we can find a way to be even just 20% less harsh to ourselves, that can make a really big difference. Remember that when we value flexibility and freedom, we get to apply that to ourselves too, and remember that adjusting your own expectations is not a sign of failure, It is just very necessary and part of being human. And remember that being a bit less shit towards ourselves can feel very radical and uncomfortable in a world that really prioritizes hustling and just keeping going no matter what the cost. And I know we don't align with that around here, so let's try and treat ourselves a bit differently. As we start a new week, I hope you find something that gives you some unexpected joy, and I can't wait to be back with you tomorrow. I'll see you then. Bye.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1624: A reminder about breaks

Today I'm sharing a helpful distinction between rest and recovery that I learned from Tara Mohr that I think we all need to hear.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. Now, would you believe it that my three months in Bulgaria is coming to an end this weekend? We're heading back to the UK tomorrow and all of next week I'm going to be taking a mini summer break and pulling episodes from the archives while I give myself a bit of time just to be to be with loved ones, to be in familiar environments. And the reason I'm sharing that today is I want to remind you that it's okay to take a break from your projects and things you love as well. And consistency does not always have to look like consistency with a capital C and you have to bake your own needs and your own desires into the process. For the vast majority of my life I have just pushed myself until I've burnt out and been forced to take a break. And it can be really uncomfortable taking a break just before you need one because it feels like it goes against so much of the, albeit bullshit, productivity advice that so many of us are just surrounded by. I remember back during the pandemic, the fabulous Tara Mohr, author of one of my favourite books, Playing Big, did these live sessions every week and one of them was all about the difference between rest and recovery.

And it has really, really stuck with me because I've realised that I don't want to always be pushing myself so hard that I always skip the rest mode because I always just end up in recovery mode and then straight back to it. So have a think about in your own life, your own relationship with rest and recovery and think about if there's anything or any projects that you need to take a break from. Remember that taking a break before you need a break is actually a really strategic and sensible move. And in the meantime I will be hanging out over on Instagram. I've recently started being back there more. So if there's anything you would love a pep talk around when I'm back, please message me and let me know. And I also really share the most vulnerable and helpful bits of my own wins and wobbles. And every Sunday with my fabulous email community, as well as a really eclectic roundup on a Wednesday of just really cool shit I've found that I know you'll love that have either really brightened my week or made a big difference.

So if you're not part of the email community, I would love you to come and join us. You can do that by going over to therebelrousers.com/letters that's also in the show note with my Instagram and I hope you have some rest as well as recovery this weekend. Have a fabulous one and I'll see you soon.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1623: What if you’re already enough? (Bear with me)

Today we have a thought experiment that might feel a little cheesy but we’re taking it from a different angle!

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Thursday to you. So today I want to pose a question to all of us and it is this. What if you actually are good enough just as you are now? I don't know about you, but my dream shitter has a field day with that one. And it is almost like I get this video montage of all the things I think I should have done by now, all the things I wish that were true. Which is why I want to pose it as a question rather than a statement and get curious about it. Because I want us to actually think about it as a question, as a bit of a thought exercise and just see what comes up. If that were true, or if there was a magic wand that suddenly made that statement true for you and you genuinely believed it, what would you do? And maybe even more interesting, what would you not do? And what would you stop doing? And maybe think about some of your friends for a second. They all have things that they want to do.

And yeah, there is a gap between where they are right now and where they want to be. But that doesn't mean that they are a shit human where they are right now. Chances are if they are a good friend, you love them exactly for who they are. Yes, you cheer on their dreams and their projects and their goals. You want that for them. But it doesn't mean they suddenly then become enough. And it doesn't mean that without completing those things that they are faulty. Yet rarely do we apply that thinking to ourselves.

And while I think there are so many good things that do come out of the personal development and self help industry, I think there is a hyper fixation on fixing everything, on optimizing everything and always having something to improve. And if we don't feel like we've got to a place where we can look in the mirror, look ourselves in the eye and tell ourselves we can love ourselves. We figure that we have not gone far enough and there's more work to be done. But I think there's something here we can really borrow from the body positivity movement. So the general idea is that it is not about going from I hate my body to I love my body in one fell swoop. Rather it is about body neutrality. So maybe being good enough for us looks more like that neutrality of actually I'm all right and maybe get into that place is fucking fun. Fabulous.

Because for many of us to consider ourselves alright, that is pretty fucking huge. Because the truth is that you are good enough as you are. No one is going to give us the official stamp of approval. And let's face it, around here, we'd probably rebel if they did. So we've got to find a way of giving that to ourselves. And we've also got to find a way of creating a really compassionate relationship with self improvement and personal development where we obviously do work on our dreams, our projects and our goals, but from a place of I'm alright rather than this is going to fix everything because neither of us are a problem to be fixed. So let that noodle around your brain today and keep coming back to that question. If you were good enough as you are right now, what would you do? And what wouldn't you do? I'll see you tomorrow.

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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1622: This one is for all us people pleasers

If people pleasing sometimes leaves you feeling like you’ve lost parts of yourself, in today’s episode I share a firm reminder and some gentle invitations.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday to you. So around here, so many of us can really relate to being people pleasers. And for so many of us, we have also learned the hard way that something has to change. But it can also feel really impossible knowing where to start. It can also feel like there's this massive binary between being a people pleaser or being an absolute bitch. And as people who are socialized, as women, I think that socialization has a lot to do with it. So many of us are brought up to put everybody else first. If we're empaths, we can often pick up on the things that aren't being said.

We've probably been seriously rewarded by doing things that please other people. But at some point something has to give or we start to lose ourselves and we can end up pretty damn stretched over capacity and also, let's face it, just a little bit fucked off. So if you can hard relate that it is not your job to please everybody. And also you literally can't, you can't please anyone. And there are also some people that there's just no pleasing them, that you can never meet their ever changing expectations. And your mental gymnastics and the energy in trying to do that just isn't worth it. And to go back to one of my favourite quotes from Emily McDowell, that is not a personal failure, but it is an impossible setup. I think for those of us who do struggle with people pleasing, we need to give ourselves a shitload of grace because chances are this is a bit of a protective pattern that we have done for decades.

So it's not going to go overnight as much as we wish it would. And it's also not time to start beating ourselves up about beating ourselves up. But what it is time for is getting gently curious about what are your own needs in your own life? Where are your own empty buckets? And if you feel like you've been completely swamped by other people, their lives and their needs, and you're not sure where you start and other people begin, that is okay. Not all hope is lost. Now can be a great time of starting to maybe remember who you are and figuring out the things that you like. And that might sound really simple, but I know if you've been stuck in people pleasing for a while, it can be really hard to remember those things. Remember that you do not have to become a no machine overnight. That you having your own needs in the first place does not make you anything other than human.

And here's to knowing the sometimes painful truth that some people will not like it when you stop being a people pleaser. You may lose people, but you will also gain back so much of yourself, so much freedom, and also so much joy, even if there are growing pains along the way. So as you go about your day to day, remember that people pleasing doesn't mean there's something wrong with you. It is one of the really shitty side effects of growing up in a patriarchal culture which, let's face it, none of us would choose. And remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you matter and you really, really do. Take care.

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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1621: On doing the things you love

Today we’re leaving perfectionism at the door and diving into the things we love and how often we really do them.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Tuesday to you. So today I have a question for you. When is the last time you did something that you say that you really love? Because here's something we know by now. Time tends to fly. Sometimes it feels like we just do not have enough of it. And weeks, months and years can go by where we are just busy. We are busy lifing. And we might not even realise it has been a fucking age since we did one of the things that we loved.

Or maybe we do realize that and the guilt creeps up on us and it becomes even harder. I want you to think right now of three things that really fill you up or bring you joy. Now remember, we are not looking for the three perfect things. Just pick the three that come up the first or you're most excited by. And I just want you to do a quick check in with each of them and think about when the last time you did them not did them perfectly. If, for example, like me, one of yours is collaging, it doesn't have to be a whole day of collaging. We are leaving the perfectionism at the door and we're just getting curious about when. Now, if you are regularly doing those things, this might be a great time to reflect on how you do it.

Whether you're conscious of it or not, or whether you can name what you do. You clearly have some kind of system and it might be really helpful to figure out what it is that works for you and really lean into that self knowledge so you can continue to do it and maybe bring it to other areas of your life. And if you just can't remember when you did the thing that you love, we are leaving any guilt, any shame at the door. And I just want you right now to think about when is the next time you could do that and when is the next time you could do the minimum viable version of that. Like the collage example. It's not about having hours to collage. Maybe instead it is about taking a really small piece of paper and just filling it. Or setting a timer for 20 minutes and just seeing what you come up with.

Because I am convinced that doing the things we love and tending to them is a great way of tending to ourselves. I know for me, creating is something that really lights me up. Although I often struggle with it and I am a much more pleasant person to be around. I have a lot more patience and I think I show up better in the world when I do create as opposed to when I convince myself I have to wait for the perfect conditions or I convince myself that a tiny amount of time is not enough and when my dreamshitter talks me out of it.

So get curious about your own process and if this episode has resonated with you, I've got two mini courses that really dive much more into this that I know you're gonna love. One is all about managing your time and energy from a realistic and compassionate perspective and actually incorporates real life shit such as chronic illness, caring responsibilities and the things we deal with day to day. And I've also got another mini course I love which is all about uncovering your creative process where you really dive into the things that work for you and how to work with your brain and continue to uncover some of the things that are already working that you might not have consciously identified. I've put the link for both of those in the show notes and you can also head over to therebelrousers.com/soloadventures and I truly hope this week you're able to make even a micro pocket of time to do something that you absolutely love. I'll see you tomorrow.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1618: Watch out for the sneaky b*stard!

If you've ever been tripped up by research, waiting for the right moment or feeling like you always have to be really sensible, today's episode is for you.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. Now, many of us know fear and self doubt on very intimate terms. We are used to it popping up at the start of the project, in the middle of a project, at the end of a project, and pretty much any fucking time it likes.

And many of us are also good girls. We have been brought up to dot the I's, cross the T's, to tick things off the list and do the right thing and be very diligent and conscientious. And let me tell you this, our dream shitter absolutely exploits the fuck out of that because it is really, really handy. For example, when we're about to start a new project, we might feel that that bit more research would actually just be a really sensible thing to do. When we're in the middle of something, we think that it might be a conscientious thing to look at all the different ways other people have done it, and then we end up completely overwhelmed and completely comparing ourselves. And if we're even just thinking about doing something, it can feel really reasonable to convince ourselves that we just need to wait for the right moment and this moment isn't it. Now don't get me wrong, there are definitely seasons in our lives where it is not the moment to start. But nine times out of 10 it is fear talking.

And the thing is with the research and being conscientious is that we meet very little resistance when it comes to that because our dream shitter is on board. While we think we're being conscientious, our dream shitter is only too happy that we're not doing the scary thing and will let us live in that moment forever. And then our dream chitter can be even happier when we start trying to figure out why we do that in the first place. Because it is yet another thing that isn't you doing the thing. All of this is to remind us all that our dream shitters are really fucking sneaky bastards. And also a reminder that you don't always need to know all the answers and sometimes you can't know all the answers, and actually the most conscientious and sensible thing to do is to start. And if we're feeling particularly rebellious, saying fuck it can also sometimes help. So keep this in mind as you go about your day, and I hope you have a fabulous rest of your day. Take care.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1617: Stuck in a rut? Then listen up!

Today I’m sharing something I’ve been enjoying lately that’s been giving me some joy and a bit of comfort.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday to you. A friendly reminder before we get started that my workshop, the Halfway Huddle is happening Tomorrow, which is June 18th, and if you want to recalibrate your year and you also want a confidence boost boost, it might just be the two hours that changes the rest of your year. I would love to see you there. And if guided workbooks are more your style, there is the Halfway Huddle Workbook too and you can check them both out by heading over to therebelrousers.com/halfwayhuddle which is all one word or by just looking at the show notes. Now onto today's Hump Day episode.

So me and Mr. Meg have started watching The OC again. We were huge fans round the first time round, although I think we caught it about five years after it had come out and it is just really good to watch a second time round.

And the reason I'm sharing that is because A it can be really hard to get stuck in a rut and sometimes when you're looking at new stuff you just end up disappointed or you end up spending so much more time looking for something than actually finding the thing. And secondly, it can be really nervous system regulating to revisit something you know you already love. Now don't get me wrong, there are definitely times when you do that and it is disappointing or not like you remember it, but there are also times when you remember exactly why you loved it in the first place. It is a nice bit of nostalgia and it's just really comforting. So whether you are feeling stuck in a rut or or you could do with something really soothing, I recommend going back to something that you loved when you were younger. And as a bonus thing, it can also really help remind you of who you are. You can uncover things about yourself, remember things about yourself, and it can be a good way to reconnect with some fun and some joy, which I know we all need. So here's to returning to things that we know we already love.

Here's to not getting lost in the idea that the good things are things that we haven't got yet and we need to go and buy. And here's to doing something fucking fun this hump day. I'll see you back here bright and early tomorrow for the daily pep and maybe even online together for my Halfway Huddle Workshop. Have a good one.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1614: We all have untidy edges - and that’s okay

This one’s for all of us who are really into personal development, but can be really self-critical.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. It is fair to say that we love a bit of self improvement and personal growth. We want to live the best life that we can for ourselves and we want to close the gap between where we are and where we really truly want to be. And so much of that shit is absolutely fabulous. But I do think there is something that we need to be careful of and it is something I see in myself that I see in a lot of my clients and just general in those that are interpersonal development and it is this. Sometimes we can just be so over analytical of ourselves and the striving to be better and and the striving to be better can turn into continual strival for perfection and we can find an endless amount of things to work on and we can pick ourselves apart like nobody else. Now I'm all for personal development. Clearly I do the daily pep and it is so much of what my life is about.

But I also think we need to keep in mind and just have regular reminders that we are not a problem to be fixed. That not every single square inch of our lives is a project waiting to happen. As much as I fucking love a project and that sometimes shit just happens and we're not at fault, we're not to blame and that the way we reacted was perfectly okay. Please know that I am sharing these reminders as much for myself as I am for you. And please don't use this episode as another reason to be hard on yourself. You are not doing personal development wrong. It is just about making sure that it is based on self kindness and self compassion. So keep working on yourself knowing that you are not a problem to be fixed.

Keep going with those projects knowing that not everything has to be a project. And here's to remembering that it is normal not to have neat and tidy edges around every single part of our lives and that being messy is part of being human. And I think if you took away some of the mess we'd also be bored and a bit less interesting. Have a fabulous weekend. I can't wait to be back with you here on the Daily Pep on Monday or on Sunday if you're part of my email community where I definitely share my my own messes, my own very untidy edges and just generally really helpful shit to help you build a life that you really love without the bullshit, without the toxic positivity and with a fuckload of compassion. And if that sounds like something you'd love, come join by going to therebelrousers.com/letters See you.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1612: Mid-year wobbles are normal

In today’s episode I'm sharing two things that can help you if you find yourself facing the mid-year wobbles.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday to you. At the time of recording this, it is halfway through the year and that tends to give many of the women I work with a bit of the wobbles. We start to think about what January us wanted for ourselves. We start questioning our choices. We start looking at all the unexpected shit that we had to deal with that we didn't know we'd have to deal with. And the blame and the shame and the guilt game can start. So today I've got two things for you. Number one, I am running one of my favourite workshops next week, next Thursday, called The Halfway Huddle.

And it is genuinely one of the most helpful things that you can do at this time of the year. It is warm, we come out with genuine confidence, not fake confidence, and we really recalibrate the year based on where you are at right now. So I've put the link to the workshop and there's also a workbook if you don't particularly like live things as well. And the second thing I have for you is a reminder that we still have time. When we hear that we're halfway through the year, we tend to panic slightly. But the truth is, we are only halfway through the year. I don't know about you, but January seems like a pretty long time ago. The same way as December is a pretty long way away.

You have time, you can still get shit done. It might just look slightly different than how you are planning it. I which is pretty much life, isn't it? Give yourself grace because January you didn't know what June you now knows know that you abso fucking lutely have wins, especially if you can't see them. And here's to not giving up on the year because it feels like so much of it has passed already. There is still so much time for unexpected joy, some really good belly laughs and projects to sink your teeth into. So have a good one. I look forward to being in a digital space with you next week if you fancy the Halfway Huddle. The types of people my workshops attract are really kind, are lovely, wonderful, empathetic humans who have a great sense of humour and way too many notebooks to boot.

So if that sounds like you, you'll be in great company. You can find out more by going to therebelrousers.com/halfwayhuddle and I hope you have a fabulous rest of your day.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1610: Measure twice, cut once?

We’re kicking off this Monday challenging some conventional wisdom to help you do thing, rather than think about the thing!

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Monday to you. So around here on the Daily Pep, I love to fuck with conventional wisdom because frankly, some of it is bullshit, Some of it has its merits when you take part of it. And around here we tend to be a slightly contradictory combination of rebels and good girls. And sometimes I think we just need the reminder that we get to tear the rules up and make our own. So something got me thinking last week about that saying measure twice, cut once, and I think that there are a lot of scenarios where that can be really helpful. For example, I would very much like my carpenter or my heart surgeon to live by those words. But as creatives and multi passionates they are not always the most helpful because we can tend to overthink to start with. And if you're anything like me, you may get completely sidetracked on that second measure.

Trying to figure out if you have the best ruler, looking at more efficient ways to do it, and the thing that was already scary to begin with, well, you can end up adding in a lot of extra steps which do feel good and productive, but ultimately take you away from doing the thing. This is to say, this is my very long winded way of saying sometimes you just have to fucking go for it and experiment. And I want to add, as a bit of an aside here, I was very disappointed to learn that the phrase around and find out isn't actually all about creative experiments and seeing what works, but I think it should be. One of the best ways we learn is by doing. And sometimes you have to kind of cut and measure once and get it completely wrong to figure out how the saw feels like in the first place and understand things practically and not just theoretically. So have a think about where you are measuring twice and more in your own life and where you just need to start. And if you feel lovingly called out because you've fallen down a research or efficiency rabbit hole, know that we've all been there. I'm throwing you an imaginary stepladder.

Come on out and just give it a go. I hope you have a start to your week as fabulous as you are, and I can't wait to be back with you bright and early tomorrow morning to start your day with a compassionate bang.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1608: Stop wondering, go get the information

If you spend more time thinking about the thing than doing the thing, then this is the episode for you.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. I am popping into your lovely ears this morning with something that I have realized over the years, and it is that sometimes you just have to do the thing. And thinking about the thing isn't going to give you the information or the data that you need, and you just need to start. I know I have wasted a fuckload of energy trying to work things out in my head, when really the best thing would have been to start anywhere and just give it a go. Obviously, this doesn't apply for everything in life, but there are certainly times when it is better to just go and metaphorically make the cake, even if it is a bit shitty, than it is to sit there and think about all the ingredients and what they might taste like. It might be fun to ponder, but it's also not going to get you that far. Sometimes we can spend so much energy on how we're going to start the thing, how we're going to get going, how we're going to do it in the right way, and the reality is that just doing something is gonna get you so much further. And this episode is absolutely proof of this.

I sat here before my microphone for a little while with a completely blank mind, but I knew that once I press record said hello, something would happen, because it always does. And the more we take action when we are not completely certain, the more we build our confidence and the belief in just taking any action. Sometimes you can have the best plan in your head and it is genuinely a really good plan. And then you've spent so long thinking about doing it, and then you actually start to do it and you realize you don't even like it. And I really want to save us some precious time and energy, which are finite things that we have, and get you out there experimenting, finding information and finding the clues. So get out of your head and into action, please. Don't wait for the perfect action because there really isn't one, and go collect some information. I'll see you tomorrow.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1607: It’s okay if you go left or right

Today’s episode is inspired by a song from one of my absolute favourite bands - Roya - that I’ve had on repeat, and it’s a rallying cry against overthinking.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So for this update, I wanted to share with you my latest favorite song and some lyrics from it that I think we might all need. So I am slightly in love with the band Roya and if you're curious, I've put more about them in the show notes. They are just two delightfully joyful, creative human beings who just make really good dopamine feeling dance music. They are very authentic, they share a lot of the process, they fucking love their fans and the community they built and I could talk about them all day. But the thing I wanted to share with you today is a lyric from their song Left Right, which is essentially all about how but both paths can be really good and it is simply Stop overthinking. You're wasting time. Now first, a disclaimer for those of us with anxiety.

Fucking hell, we wish it was that easy. And I am not invalidating or minimizing your lived experience. And as somebody who struggles with anxiety, I really do get it. But also, I have found having that line of the song repeating over and over in my brain as a fabulous earworm has just helped me get out of my head a little bit. A bit like the words Fuck it now. There are times when we are more or less able to impact our own overthinking, but one of the things that does help me make decisions, especially the little ones that I will let take days that don't really mean anything, is thinking about what I could be doing instead, and also thinking about all the minor things in life that I've spent hours worrying about, which turned out absolutely fine. I've shared before that if I'm buying a new fan, I can take hours deciding which one to buy. And I suddenly become really obsessed with all these features that I didn't even know existed before I started the search.

And the good girl in me and the perfectionist in me. I just want to make the right decision. But really, that is a colossal waste of really good brain energy. Because in that scenario it really doesn't matter that much as long as it makes me feel a bit cooler. So if you need a compassionate pep talk to stop overthinking, consider this your sign if you want to connect more with your intuition or your inner wisdom. I have two fabulous solo adventures slash mini retreats that really help you practically connect to that, and I've put more in the show notes, and if you want to put on some music that's just going to make you feel really good, I seriously recommend checking out Roya if you haven't heard of them already. So happy hump day. Here's to not overthinking the small stuff.

Here's to connecting with your intuition. And here's to going left or right. I'll see you tomorrow.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1605: It doesn't have to be epic

Today's episode is a reminder that not everything you do has to be epic, and a rallying cry for small, delightful projects!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Monday to you. So lately in my email community I've been sharing a really fun project I'm doing called Get it off the Fucking Hard Drive. I decided that I really wanted to use my time in Bulgaria to make things to prove to myself I can do it and to actually release and put into the world. Some of the great ideas I've had over the years are just sitting on my hard drive. Each week for 10 weeks I am releasing a different digital product. I'm currently heading into week seven and today I'm sharing with you the reminder that I've been needing to hear a lot lately about the fact that not everything has to be seriously epic and huge. The reason I started this project was to prove to myself that I could get things out of my head into the world without making them these gigantic things. I really wanted to experiment with kind of pocket projects at pocket money prices and every single week I have had to seriously reign myself in.

It seems that kind of one of my personal philosophies is go big or go home and I am really having to battle that part of me that tells me that unless it's epic, it's not worth it. Now one of the things that has been helping me is to remember that when it comes to epic stuff I own, it is often actually really overwhelming. And actually it ends up sitting on my hard drive because I always mean to make the time, but it never feels like I've got enough time. So I'm really trying to lean into that myself. But the really big lesson is about undoing this. Learning about what something has to be in order to be valuable. So in case you need to hear it today, I just want to remind you that small things can have a big impact. That our 100% is most people's 400% at least, if not 4,000%.

And just remember that your self worth is not on the line. If you are feeling creatively stuck, I really recommend a challenge like this, but ironically, maybe not so epic. I did make it quite a big one. And if you're curious about the six projects I've released so far, you can see them by going to therebelrousers.com/shop and I've also put a link to the blog post where I talk all about it, what inspired it and how it's working in the show notes. And finally if you're in my email community, you get an email every Friday telling you what the latest product is and you also get 50% off for the first 24 hours and it's become a really fun community thing. So if you do want to join in the fun there, head over to therebelrousers.com/letters and I can't wait to show you what I'm working on this week. So far there has been a Bristol store chart for getting shit done, there has been a Digital Cabinet of Curiosities journal and I'm just having so much fun. So to both of us, here's to remembering to have fun.

Here's to not making it epic to the point of being stressful or asking too much of yourself. And here's to remembering and realizing that even if we do things in a pocket way or a small way, they can still make a huge difference. I hope you have a fabulous start to your week. You find some unexpected joy. Maybe one of my fun projects might be a piece of unexpected joy and I can't wait to be back with you bright and early tomorrow morning. See you then.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1604: Find some creative joy

Today's episode is a two-fold permission slip, where I get slightly too excited about a pair of scissors!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. So I thought we'd wrap up this week on the Daily Pep with a bit of creative joy. So I'm currently in Varna in Bulgaria and one of the joys I have is that a friend of many years lives here. Since I've been here, we have taken up collage dates and they have been so fun. She brings with her what I call her magic backpack that has loads of collage supplies divided into backgrounds, text, big images, small images, and during our collage dates, we take over a table in a cafe overlooking the sea. And it is just pure creative joy. Yesterday, during our collage date, I used a different pair of her scissors. And let me tell you, I never knew it was possible to have a favourite pair of scissors in the world, but now I do.

She told me where she got them from a local bookshop. As soon as we finished, I went and got myself a pair. And now I can say I have a favourite pair of scissors, something I had never even thought about before yesterday. All of this is to say our creative joy is really important and it's also really fun. A bit like action begets action and courage begets courage. Creativity begets even more creativity. And even though I started the daily prep saying about how we don't need new notebooks, sometimes we do need a new toy to get ourselves feeling even more inspired to and to find that bit of joy. So you could take today's Daily Pep in many different ways.

You can take it as wholehearted permission to go get yourself some new art stuff. Take it as wholehearted permission to go and make some time for creativity and maybe even organize a creative date with a friend. Seriously, they are so fun. And if things are feeling a bit shit and a bit boring, take it as your reminder that as a multi passionate creative, this is. There are so many joys you have yet to discover and there are so many rabbit holes you are yet to go down. I hope you have a fabulous creative and joyful weekend. I am so looking forward to quality creative time with my new scissors and cutting things out. It makes me so happy and I hope you do something that makes your heart sing too.

Have a good one. And I look forward to being back with you bright and early here on Monday morning. Or if you're part of my email community in your inbox on Sunday. And if you've been meaning to sign up, you can do that right now, really quickly by going to therebelrousers.com/letters. And I'd love to see you there. Take care.

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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1603: Get it in the diary

This Thursday I have a piece of homework for you all around adding some joy back into our lives!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. Sometimes it is so easy to get lost in the minutiae of daily life, feel completely swamped by life admin and tiny fuckers and big fuckers and we just need to come up for air. So for today's Daily Pep, I have a piece of homework for you and it is to put something in your calendar to look forward to if you can make it within the next month. Make it something that you actually get joy out of and that you get a bit excited about. When you think about it, it does not have to cost money. It does not have to be some huge event. It may be just as simple as actually putting that thing you've wanted to do for a while in your calendar. Maybe that is taking your book to a coffee shop.

Maybe it's actually getting your art supplies out and playing with them. Or maybe it's scheduling a time with that friend who really makes you laugh, who you haven't seen in a while. There's that saying that time flies when you're having fun, and time also flies when you're busy as fuck and you look up and you wonder how the hell it's the end of May already. So. So take a minute. Plan something. Don't get all perfectionist about it. It can be simply something that brings you a little bit of joy or something to look forward to and get it in the diary or start making the arrangements for it to happen.

If time is going to fly anyway, we might as well have a bit of fucking fun. And a quick reminder in case you need to hear it, this might be a good place where we can really implement the yes and improv thing. What I mean by that is acknowledging that things can be shitty and also doing something nice. So, for example, your closest friend might be going through a really difficult time and you can also go for a walk and acknowledge how stunning the flowers look. So plan something for future you remember. Yes. And. And I hope you find some unexpected joy today. I'll see you tomorrow.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT.

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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