1527: Let's turn the paper upside down
Today we're getting our metaphorical scissors out and looking at things from different perspectives, inspired by my love of collage!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you and a very happy hump day to you. We are over halfway through the week. So one of my own creative outlets is collage. There is something about cutting up bright colors and shapes and rearranging them on a page, that just makes me really happy. The bit that isn't necessarily my favorite is the gluing down stage, because suddenly it feels like ridiculously the stakes are high and I've got to make the right decision. And one of the things I often find can be really helpful is literally turning the page around and seeing where there are gaps, seeing what looks better where, and just seeing things from a different angle. And that is my invitation and encouragement for you today with whatever is kind of going around in your head, whatever problem you're trying to solve, or anything you've been noodling on where it feels like you're going around in circles or hitting a brick wall. Get curious about how you could do the kind of metaphorical turning the page around.
How could you come at it from a completely different angle? Now, that might look like asking somebody that you would never usually ask their opinion on, not necessarily because you're going to take their advice, but because it may solidify your way of thinking, or it might push you forward a little bit. It might look like reverse engineering the problem. It might look like taking some things away and adding them back in. Basically, what can you do to look at things a bit differently? If the situation was a collage, what are the main components, and how can you reorganize them? Now, this isn't about coming up with the perfect solution—that is very rarely a thing—but rather it's about inviting different interpretations to the table, even if all they do is validate what you were already thinking and show you that you were going in the right direction. So get your metaphorical scissors out, turn the page, and look for what you haven't been seeing, or try and hunt for a new perspective. This is where your curiosity and your creativity and problem-solving skills can really come in handy, so let's put them to good use. And if you haven't already found out your rebel archetype, That may also be a big part of the puzzle that could really help, and you can go find out yours by going to therebelrousers.com/quiz. It's a really quick, fun one, and it's also a great way of understanding yourself from a different lens.
Have a fabulous Wednesday. I'll see you tomorrow, and remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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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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1525: Firm instructions for a rainy week
Here in the UK it's been raining for weeks on end, so today's episode is a bossy challenge to add some more light to your life!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So I'm recording this from soggy, damp, wet, drizzly, and grey Bristol, and if you're in the UK Fucking hell, the weather has been just really, really grim lately. It has not stopped raining and it's just been looking quite bleak. So I want to kick off this week with very firm and very bossy instructions to find something that brings you some light, some joy, some sunshine, a bit of delight. Something to make this week a little bit brighter. It could look like treating yourself to something small. It could be returning to a book series that you absolutely love. It could be starting that craft project, or actually going through your Pinterest boards and picking a project and diving in.
Just choose something that will make the days feel a bit less gray. It might also look like using your best stuff. So use the candle that you've been saving, or that spice mix, or that tea blend that you usually save up. Sometimes the things that we save for special occasions need to be used during the rainy days to make the days feel a bit different, maybe to romanticize our lives a little bit., or to simply brighten your day up a bit. So those are my firm instructions for this week. There are definitely sunny days ahead of us. Keep hanging in there. Remember that your best is going to vary from day to day, and that you are worthy of your finest china and your best stuff.
Here's to adding some more joy into our days. Begging for some sun. And also, here's to just remembering that you're doing so much better than you think you are. 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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1524: You can only extract so much
To wrap up this week on The Daily Pep we’re diving into pouring into yourself, and how that isn’t a fluffy, indulgent thing, but something that is absolutely and strictly necessary.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. We have made it to the end of the week. The days are literally becoming longer. And as we enter into the weekend, I want to talk a bit about pouring into ourselves. So the whole idea of pouring into ourselves can sound like some ripe, fluffy bullshit. It can sound like really surface level self care. It can also feel like taking an entire weekend off from life and ignoring every single person and responsibility.
And it can often feel like something we simply do not have the time and energy to do. But today I'm here to remind you that you can literally only extract so much of yourself so much of the time. When we have to say no to things, we tell ourselves we're being a bitch. We might feel selfish, but sometimes we literally can't do the thing. And that absolutely sucks. There is some grief that comes with that, but also there is only so much of us to extract. And pouring into yourself does not have to look like pouring a bubble bath. It can be the uncomfortable work of looking a couple of weeks ahead and being as realistic and compassionate as possible about what actually can get done.
And it can very much look like putting your own oxygen mask on before somebody else's, but not necessarily for the primary aim of saving everybody else, but also for saving yourself. I speak for many of us around here that we never, ever feel like we're doing good enough and we think that we're lazy, and we tend to get caught up in all the things that we haven't done. And in that process, one of the things we can do is minimize just how much we are spent and how much we have extracted of ourselves. And instead we really cruelly double down on it and beat ourselves up for the sheer audacity of feeling exhausted. So, as uncomfortable and hard as it might be, here's to giving yourself back some of what you so easily give to other people. Here's to remembering that pouring into yourself does not have to be fluffy bullshit. And it is a very necessary part of the process, not a luxury. And here's to knowing that you might be feeling stretched, you might be feeling overwhelmed, you might be feeling stressed.
Not because you're not doing the things or you haven't done enough, but because you haven't stopped to look at just how much you're extracting from yourself. If you're in a particularly busy season, know that you don't need hours and hours or to escape to a cabin in the woods to pour into yourself. And you might be surprised by how much little things can make a big difference. Here's to finding a piece of you over the weekend, and I can't wait to be back with you for bright and early. Back here as always, on the daily Pep or in your inboxes if you are part of my lovely email community. And if you're curious about that, you can go join at therebelrousers.com/letters. And if you haven't already found out your rebel archetype, it can be a really helpful way of understanding yourself. And I know many of us like quizzes and assessments and archetypes around here and and you can go uncover whether you are a messy rebel, a joyful rebel, a gentle rebel, or an undercover rebel over at therebelrousers.com/quiz
Have a good one, and I can't wait to 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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1523: You don’t have to
I learned the hard way that making the most out of every single thing can sometimes backfire, so today’s pep talk is a permission slip to not have to maximise everything.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. So I have a question for you. What if you are actually way more capable than you think you are? I don't know about you, but I've definitely got periods in my life where I look back at things I've done and think, who the fuck was she? Like, I can see that I had serious courage, but I can also almost guarantee you that I didn't feel that in the moment. I think one of the things we do around here, and there are so many reasons why we do it, is that we seriously tend to underestimate ourselves. And what we can do is we can look at past versions of ourselves and borrow some of that confidence and borrow some of that courage, because it is still in us, whether we think it is or not. With hindsight, as well as looking back and thinking of the things that I did and how brave they were, I also do feel like I didn't take as many risks as I could. And I can sometimes feel really frustrated that I just didn't give some things a go. And I was so convinced I would fail, whereas I actually think I might have flown.
The truth is that we very rarely know what will happen, but for many of us, we do know that we will probably regret it if we don't try, even though it's fucking scary in the moment. So this Thursday, I want you to think about how can you borrow some courage from your past self, and in what ways are you underestimating yourself right now? Again, for if you need to hear it, you are so much more competent than you think you are. And if you can borrow courage from somewhere, I think you will really surprise yourself. Have a good one. Remember, today is the last day for the early bird, for The Spark. So if you've been meaning to join, now is a fabulous time. And until the end of the day, be sure to use the promo code sparklebitch. And you can find out more by going to therebelrousers.com/thespark or clicking the link in the show notes.
I'll see you tomorrow. And remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1522: Look for the signs of growth
Today we're looking for signs of spring, both literally and figuratively.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. Happy Hump Day. And for this hump day, I've got a bit of a challenge and a game for you, and it is to spot the signs of spring.
Now, at the time of recording this, we are near enough halfway through winter, and there are definitely some very early signs of springs happening. But this is also relevant, metaphorically, for whenever you're listening to this, look for the signs of growth, look for the seeds that you've planted that are starting to germinate, and look for those little signs of hope. I know for many of us around here, our brains can get stuck in a bit of an overthinking loop. And sometimes a really good thing to do is to give our brain something to focus on our brains are naturally creative. We are excellent problem solvers. And giving yourself the challenge or the game of looking for the early signs of spring and looking for pieces of hope can sometimes help push the bullshit out and also just be a really nice thing to do for yourself.
So today, start noticing a little bit more and also let yourself have a bit of fun with it. I guarantee that you are growing so much more than you think you are, and also remember that so much growth happens under the surface that we can't see, but it absolutely doesn't mean it's not happening. Think of all the bulbs that are waiting to sprout. Just because we can't see them doesn't mean they don't exist.
So here's to finding the seedlings here's to finding the hope here's to spotting growth, both in yourself and in nature and here's to being 20% kinder to yourself today. Have a good one, and I can't wait, as always, to be back with you tomorrow.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1520: Your flame is always there
Today we’re celebrating finally leaving another January behind, and tending to our spark.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So last week on the DailyPep, we were talking around getting your spark back. And for Friday's reprise, it was all about making your mark and how sometimes it feels like you're making your mark with a Sharpie and sometimes it's going to feel like making it with a really light pencil. And I think there is such a crossover there with your spark. Sometimes your creative life, your personal life, it will feel like it is roaring in a really good way and the flame will be really strong and other days it will be barely noticeable. And I think one of the most important things to remember is that this is actually really normal and is part of being a human. It's a part of going through the seasons both literally and internally. And even though I know it's not as easy as this, we would have such less of a hard time if we could give ourselves less of a hard time about it.
I know that's a bit meta. So as we kick off a new week and as we are finally out of January and as we're approaching late winter and some early signs of spring are arriving, I want to remind you that your flame is always there, even if it's on the lowest setting, and that it is never, ever selfish to tend to your own flame. And your spark may simply come back in a different way than maybe you expected. A bit like at this time of the year, we start noticing the signs for spring. Be curious in your own life of signs that your own spark is coming back. Remember that it is very rarely linear and that is part of the process. And sometimes a lot can come from small things. I know I've got this small pecan waffle pumpkin-y candle from Bath and Body Works.
It is small, but my goodness, if I light it for more than five minutes, it gives me a headache because it is that strong. So remember that small things can have a big impact. Your flame is always there, even if it is tiny. And if you have been curious about joining my latest program, the Spark, and you want to reconnect with yourself and your spark and come home to yourself without abandoning everybody you love, burning everything down and burning out. We get started tomorrow, so now is the time. You can find out more by going to therebelrousers.com/thespark and I would love to see you there. It's going to be really special. So here's to tending to your own flame and I'll see you tomorrow.
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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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1518: Borrow courage from your past self
Often we don’t realise how capable we are, and we can massively underestimate ourselves. So for today’s Daily Pep we’re giving ourselves a boost!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. So I have a question for you. What if you are actually way more capable than you think you are? I don't know about you, but I've definitely got periods in my life where I look back at things I've done and think, who the fuck was she? Like, I can see that I had serious courage, but I can also almost guarantee you that I didn't feel that in the moment. I think one of the things we do around here, and there are so many reasons why we do it, is that we seriously tend to underestimate ourselves. And what we can do is we can look at past versions of ourselves and borrow some of that confidence and borrow some of that courage, because it is still in us, whether we think it is or not. With hindsight, as well as looking back and thinking of the things that I did and how brave they were, I also do feel like I didn't take as many risks as I could. And I can sometimes feel really frustrated that I just didn't give some things a go. And I was so convinced I would fail, whereas I actually think I might have flown.
The truth is that we very rarely know what will happen, but for many of us, we do know that we will probably regret it if we don't try, even though it's fucking scary in the moment. So this Thursday, I want you to think about how can you borrow some courage from your past self, and in what ways are you underestimating yourself right now? Again, for if you need to hear it, you are so much more competent than you think you are. And if you can borrow courage from somewhere, I think you will really surprise yourself. Have a good one. Remember, today is the last day for the early bird, for The Spark. So if you've been meaning to join, now is a fabulous time. And until the end of the day, be sure to use the promo code sparklebitch. And you can find out more by going to therebelrousers.com/thespark or clicking the link in the show notes.
I'll see you tomorrow. And remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1517: F*ck it, let's choose ourselves
For today's episode we're getting honest about all the sh*t we have to do, and reclaiming some of our own time and energy for ourselves.
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday to you. Now, sometimes life just feels like one huge big fuck off size to do list. There is just so much shit that we need to get done. There are so many balls in the air, we are juggling so many plates and it can feel even more infuriating because the minute we've kind of dealt with one plate or one ball, it's like something magically and immediately grows back in its place. Now let's be honest, this is shitty on quite a few levels. One of the reasons it's quite shitty is because some people are great at making it look like it's all effortless. And we end up yet again thinking we're doing something wrong, which we're not. Also, the things that we actually want to do never make it anywhere near the top of our list.
And then we wonder why everything feels so frustrating and unsatisfying. And the third reason it's so shit. Well, there are many, many reasons, but we're just going to keep to three today is it's so fucking annoying. Yes, it's also really exhausting and also really unfair. I don't want to dismiss those things, but it's also just so fucking frustrating and it can make us so pissy and so angry. So for today's hump day, I say that we harness some of that frustration with a big hearty fuck it. And we admit that we're not going to get everything done and unless we choose ourselves, nobody else is going to. So fuck it.
Where can you actually do something you want to do? Now this isn't about kind of chucking every single commitment out of the window because for most of us we can't. But we also underestimate what a couple of no's can do and what some good hearty fuck its can do. Also, no shame here. Many of us easily lose quite a bit of time or time that could be otherwise spent to scrolling on social media. So perhaps as well as saying fuck it, we say a bit of a rebellious fuck you to all these platforms who are doing everything to get our attention and do everything in their power to make us glued to our damn phones. So here's to making your creative projects the things that you want to work on, the things that light you up. Here's to saying fuck it and making them the main course or a really hearty sandwich rather than the tiniest piece of chocolate that you eat at the very end of the day. Yes, that can be wonderful and yes, we can really savour it.
But and to completely mix metaphors, your own stuff gets to take centre stage as well and that is absolutely the inspiration between my latest program the Spark because our work matters, our dreams aren't frivolous and we also deserve to feel at home in our own lives and we don't have to burn everything to the ground and we don't have to take an Eat Pray Love style trips to get there. If you're curious, head over to therebelrousers.com/thespark and if nothing else I think what's there might give you some inspiration to reclaim some of your own time and fabulous energy. So here's to not being alone in the fact that life is overwhelming and we all have way too much shit to do. Here's to knowing that you are doing nothing wrong and here's to saying a rebellious fuck it and taking up space in your own life. You can do it. It might be scary but it is so fucking essential. I'll see you tomorrow.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1515: We’re more than brains on sticks
Today’s episode is a loving reminder that our glorious brains come equipped with bodies, and that they need checking in on too.
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Monday to you. So if you haven't noticed by now, I am a big fan of thinking. I love using my brain, I love thinking of ideas, I love learning, I'm curious, I'm pretty cerebral and I often forget that I'm not just a brain on a stick. I am really good at hyper focusing and also ignoring my body's needs. So to kick us off this week, I want us all to do a quick check in with our bodies because I know around here we are creative, we are multi passionate, we are curious. I'm not alone in loving using my brain and I feel like we could all do with checking in on our bodies so often. We start the week thinking about all the things that we have that we need to get done and we don't necessarily think about what our body needs and whether those things are even compatible in the first place. So I invite you to just steady yourself for a second, maybe take a nice couple of really deep breaths and just see how you feel in your body and see what your body needs this week.
I also want to acknowledge that many of us around here have chronic illnesses. So if you feel like you spend most of your life being really aware of what your body needs, I invite you instead to think about what could you do that would be really lovely for your body this week instead. So tune into yourself for a second, choose your own path and your own adventure. And here's to trying to listen and hear what your body is saying, even if that feels a bit weird and uncomfortable. Like many things, this is a muscle you can build and start in absolutely anywhere counts. I hope you and your body have a lovely day and I can't wait to be back with you again tomorrow.
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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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1514: What if it’s not about you?
Around here we tend to beat ourselves up a lot and find all the faults within ourselves. Today I'm sharing a powerful question that might help you look at things more fairly.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. And to wrap up this week on the Daily Pep, Sassy Meg is here. So there's been something I've been thinking about a lot lately and I have a feeling that a lot of us have too. And I want to share a reminder that might just be the thing you need to hear today. And it is this. Other people's perspectives of you, other people's judgments. The way some people question and try to invalidate your dreams says so much more about them than than it ever does about you in the moment. It can be so hard to remember that they may be simply projecting their own shit onto you and it's actually nothing about you.
Maybe there's something about what you're going to do or what you're planning that is holding up a mirror to a part of their lives that maybe they don't want to see. And it comes out as a bit of a criticism towards yourself when it is all about them. Now this is not me saying that that's okay. It is really shitty to be on the receiving end of that. And usually we tend to go internal pretty quickly and try and find all the ways that they are right or they're not right. And we tend to end up using it as something else to beat ourselves with. But what if it actually isn't a reflection on you, it's not a judgment on your character, but it says more about what's going on in their life and maybe what they're dealing with or not dealing with. Many of us are multi passionates, we're creatives, we are highly sensitive, we are empaths.
Some of us are neurospicy and we are used to being the square peg in the round hole. And we are very used to maybe struggling with our confidence or thinking that there's something wrong with us. But my dear, there is absolutely not. And I think this can be a really helpful reframe to see what else could be going on and take a pause before our dream chitter takes it and runs with it. So that is a question I invite you to take with you into your life and ask yourself in a really positive way, what if it isn't about you and what if it was never about you and it is simply somebody projecting their own shit. So that's a wrap for this week. I can't wait to be back with you next week. And I look forward to being in your lovely ears on Monday for the daily pep or in your inbox on Sunday if you're part of my fabulous email community and you can find out more about that and join by going to the rebelrousers.com letters and the link is in the show notes.
Have a good one. Try and be even 20% kinder to yourself and remember as always, 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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1511: Have a whatever the f*ck you need day
Today, inspired by many fabulous international days, we’re leaning into creating our own rituals, embracing the silliness as well as making it up as we go along.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So sometimes, as I'm sure you can imagine, I draw a bit of a blank on what to share for our daily pepper of the day. And I head on over and see what international days it is on the days that I'm recording. Now, I don't find that particularly helpful and I'm going to tell you why, but I think we can turn this around and create it into a rebellious thing that we can do for ourselves. So I did a quick Google and I found a website that tells you what national days it is.
So today, 21st January, are you ready for is National Cheesy Socks Day? Is National Hugging Day. Museum Selfie Day. International Play Date Day. National Squirrel Appreciation Day. International Sweatpants Day. National Granola Bar Day. National Bakers Crafters Makers Day. It is also one liners Day. And thank your mentor Day. And yes, just to confirm, that is all for today, January 21st. Now what I'm taking from this is that it is a have whatever the fuck it is you need day.
We get to create our own rituals, we get to have our own days for things and we can essentially make shit up as we go. Now, I have no idea how many of those national days are actual things. I'm not trying to shit on them, but instead I'm trying to use it as some inspiration for us to add some silliness to our lives and also to give ourselves what we need. So Happy Wednesday. Happy Hump Day. We are over halfway through the week and whatever day you choose to celebrate today, I hope you find some joy. I'll see you tomorrow.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1510: Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint
We’re firmly in the weeds of January, so today’s episode is an important reminder to give yourself credit for what you’re already doing.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So, surprise, surprise, we are still in January, and it is also a Monday. We are firmly in the weeds, and I'm here to remind you that you've already done more than you think you have. As I speak to my wonderful coaching clients and as I look around me to my peers and my loved ones, I'm amazed at how much we're already kicking ass this year. And I don't just mean, like, the tangible things that we're doing, but the fact that we continue to show up. I think we all collectively agreed that last year was a fucker of a year, and. And times that by five for the last five years. And we are tired, we are frustrated, we are overwhelmed, and we are exhausted, but we keep fucking showing up.
Yes, our best will look different on different days, and that is perfectly acceptable. But nothing can quite dim the fire that we have inside us, and I think that's a massive win. So whatever this week has to throw at you, give yourself credit for what you're already doing. No, you might not be exactly where you want to be, but my goodness, you are on the path. You've taken more steps than you think you have. And one of the problems about kind of wading through the weeds is that we can't actually see that we've made some serious progress until we're out of the weeds. So have faith, hang in there, keep doing your thing. Know that your best will fluctuate.
That is normal. And know that if you really aren't feeling January. I think January is a bit of a fake month in the first place. I think it's more of a practice month. So give yourself grace, give yourself some time, and know that this is absolutely a marathon, not a sprint. Happy Monday. I hope something unexpectedly delightful head to your way this week, and I'll be back with you tomorrow. 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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1509: Looking after our animal selves
Today we're taking inspiration from the furry friends in our lives, and wrapping up this week with some much needed reminders!
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. So if you are listening to this, chances are you are trying to build a life you love and live your best life. I've never hugely loved that term, but. But also I can't really think of anything that quite gets to it either. Now, when it comes to living our best lives and building the life we love, we can find so much inspiration around us and I think some of it can be under our noses completely. And I am thinking about our furry friends, whether that is our own pets or whether that's birds that we can see outside the window. Now, I have always thought there is a fuck ton we can learn from them. For a start, they don't negotiate with their basic needs.
They don't put off having a wee because they've got two more emails to send. They also don't give a shit about comparison. If you think of birds tweeting and saying goodnight to each other, you haven't got some that are silent because they don't think their tweets are quite in tune. They sleep for as much time as they need to, which I know is a luxury for many of us, but I know I can learn a lot from them when it comes to revenge, bedtime, procrastination, which I'm pretty sure they don't do, and also the ability to be in the moment. We humans live in a complicated ass world and so often we forget that we too are animals. And some of it comes down to the simple things. And humans have made a lot of life way too complex. And we've got this wonderful skill of overthinking everything.
So if you're feeling overwhelmed, if you need a reminder to tend to your basic needs, or if you need permission to just play a bit more and live in the moment, this is it. So cheers to all of our furry friends, past, present and future. May we love them, may we learn from them, and may we remember that we are soft animals too, deserving of the love we so easily give them. Have a fabulous weekend. I can't wait to be back with you in your inbox. If you are part of my email community and you can find out more and get in on that by going to the rebelrousers.com letters or back in your lovely ears on Monday. And in the meantime, as always, 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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1508: You are one resilient motherf*cker
All too often we forget just how strong we are, especially in hard times. Here's a reminder I think we both need to hear today.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. Now, our brains are capable of many fabulous things. It's fair to say that we do not struggle with coming up with ideas or finding fun things to try out. But our brains aren't necessarily the best at cheering us on. And they really aren't the best at reminding us of all the things that we have done and all the shit that we've got through. One of the things I find the most frustrating, and I know I'm definitely not alone in this, is that when hard times happen, I completely forget that I'm actually quite a resilient motherfucker. My brain goes into overtime times infinity. Of all the ways in that it might not work out or I can't do it.
And it is like I completely blank on all the times where my back was against the wall. And either I figured it out or it just worked out. I forget that I have had hard days. I have had hard times and I've got through them. We are very, very rarely prompted to think about just how much of a resilient motherfucker we actually are. So that is your invitation with today's daily pep. Now, you might look back and think that you could or should have done things different. And that is the power of hindsight.
And hindsight can be a real bitch. But also we can look back and trust that we were doing the best we could at the time with what we knew at the time. And if you look back at it through that lens, you've been through and survived and thrived after some really tough shit. And you are so much stronger than you give yourself credit for. If you've been around here a while, you'll have heard me say that we are often the most courageous when we feel the least courageous. And I think that is just something that just needs to be repeated all of the time. You have got your own back. You are one resilient motherfucker.
It is shit that we have to live in the world that we have to be so resilient. But you have so much evidence to rely on. So take your own inner strength with you as you go about your day to day and know that maybe you are a lot braver than you think you are. Have a good one and I'll see you tomorrow.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1507: Leave room for the unexpected
We're great at using our imaginations to use the worst case scenarios, so today I'm invent you to use it for good.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. It is Hump Day. We are in the 31,000 days of January, and I wanted to pop in with some inspiration that I feel you might need. Many of us are creative. We are also overthinkers. And sometimes we use our excellent problem solving skills to try and imagine every possible outcome. And I think many of us have had many a fabulous project idea gone to die, or never to see the page or whatever our metaphorical page would be, because we thought of all the different ways that it could go wrong. Like I imagine all of us.
I have had many nights that I've not slept because I'm mulling over a problem that I just can't seem to find the solution for, even though I look at it from every single angle. And often what ends up happening is something completely unexpected or. Or an option I hadn't even considered pops up or turns up or becomes obvious. And there is another path completely. So today's episode is about holding onto the hope and holding on to the faith that things may work out in the least expected way possible, but also in the best way possible. And this episode is also a rallying cry from for using our creativity for good. We spend so much time thinking about all the different ways things can go wrong and we have a hell of a good imagination. And we can also use that for the flip side too.
You might not have the answer, and you might not know the answer, but it might just come to you in the most unexpected form imaginable. And if we have the capacity to imagine the shittiest of shitty things, then maybe we can make a bit of space to imagine that as well. Happy Wednesday. Happy Hump Day. You've got this. See you tomorrow.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1505: On not pushing through
To kick off this week, we’re giving ourselves grace, meeting ourselves where we’re at, and not pushing through for the sake of it.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So, like I'm sure many of you have done, I have welcomed in the new year feeling pretty under the weather. I was so excited to get back with brand new episodes of the Daily Pep last week, but it just wasn't happening. And I really want to take that as inspiration to kick us off for this week, because if there's something I think we could all do with more of, it is more grace towards ourselves. Because there are so many things that are outside of our control, and rather than seeing it for what it is, we reverse engineer, we kind of time travel and figure out all the ways that we could have stopped it from happening, while all the time forgetting that as much as we wish we could have, we do not have magical powers.
So, as you start this week, I invite you to meet yourself wherever you are at, rather than where you wish you were at. And I get that that can be frustrating and it can take a shitload of courage, but I know that you do have a shitload of courage. Very often we can only work with what we've got in the moment, but don't let that put you off doing anything at all.
For me, it was tempting to come back to the Daily Pep when my voice is completely better and I feel completely recovered, but I'm doing what I can with what I have right now, and that's actually making me feel a bit better now. Just to be clear, this is not about pushing through regardless of the circumstance. For example, last week I could not talk and I couldn't do much more than lie down and rest, and any pushing through would have been absolutely detrimental. So be honest about where you are right now. Give yourself extra grace if it is simply not a time for pushing through, and know that the minimum that you have to give, well, it might just be enough. One of the superpowers that we do have as creatives is, is that we are flexible, is that we are adaptable, and we can think of many different outcomes and ways of doing things, and that might be just what you need right now. Planning for the perfect time often sets us up to fail, and doing what we can with what we have often gets us further than we think. So here's to grace, here's to flexibility, and here's to not pushing through to our own detriment.
And on that note, I'll wrap this up, look after my voice, and I can't wait to be back with you tomorrow.
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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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1500: 3 lessons from 1500 episodes!
To celebrate 1500 episodes of The Daily Pep! I’m sharing 3 helpful lessons I’ve found along the way!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Monday, a very happy episode 1500 and a very happy 2026. So to mark this occasion, I thought I would share with you the three most helpful things that I have found that have helped me stay consistent with the Daily pep with my daily practice that I think can be applicable and helpful to all of us, regardless of what we're working on. So the first thing I want to share with you is that you will never feel 100% ready. There will always be more research to do. There will always be something or many things you don't know. And if you wait for the perfect conditions, you're never going to start. If you've been around here a while, you're probably used to me saying this, but a reminder that you find out so much and you discover so much in the doing that you could have never known in the planning stages and you learn so many more answers in the doing. Number two is to keep it ridiculously simple and easy.
This is one that your current, your past and your future self will be incredibly grateful for. And it will also trip you up along the way. It is so easy to get caught up in what other people are doing and their processes and their methods. Especially if, like me, you're a complete nerd about those things anyway. But it's when I've tried to religiously implement other people's systems and veer away from what works for me, that's when it is felt the hardest and the most confusing. I know for me and the daily pep, I don't need a content calendar. I don't need some fancy database in notion that might work for other people. It doesn't work for me.
I need myself, a notebook, the microphone and a vague idea. And don't get me wrong, it has taken me a little while to get here. The first episodes, I absolutely wrote transcripts and read them out verbatim. But one of the joys that comes with consistency is that we also build trust up in ourselves. But in order to get that trust, we need to keep it simple in the first place. So make it easy. That's not being lazy, it's being really strategic. And number three, this is especially helpful if you're trying to create a habit or or create a daily practice of any kind.
Start with a container. Give yourself parameters. I know many of us around here really, really value freedom, myself included. But sometimes we can have the most freedom within some kind of container. So for me, the container is simple. Every Monday to Friday there needs to be an episode of the daily pep going out. It needs to be around three to four minutes long. And it is me, my laptop and my microphone.
This stretcher has allowed me to have a hell of a lot of freedom. I've recorded the daily pep all over Europe when we've been traveling. I've never missed a day. And a bonus number four, give yourself an option for off days. And this is another way you really build up that trust muscle when you're starting out. If you do it for long enough, it gets to the point that it just becomes something you do. You worry a lot less about how you're gonna stick at it and all of the reps you've done so far really do count. On days when I don't have anything to say, I'm having a hard mental health day or things just get really, really hectic.
I'm so grateful for pass me for showing up and I know I couldn't have done it without number one, starting before I was ready. Number two, keeping it ridiculously simple and number three, keeping it in a container. That gives me freedom. So whatever you are embarking on or whatever you're continuing, I really hope this helps. And if I can do this with a neuro spicy brain that still keeps a hell of a lot of things on pen and paper. I have no fancy systems. I sometimes have really wobbly days, I struggle to regularly brush my teeth and I've only recently got into the habit of taking my tablets every day regularly. Then you can absolutely do it too.
I hope you have a fabulous start to your week and you find some unexpected joy and you start the damn thing because the world will be a brighter place for it and I think you might also be brighter for it too. I'll see you tomorrow.
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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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1480: If you're looking for signs...
You'll always find reasons to not do the thing, but what if seeing the signs that way is your dreamshitter's way of stopping you from doing the scary things you actually want to do?
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. To kick off this week, I wanted to share a reminder that there is never a perfect time to do anything. I remember sharing this all the way back right at the beginning of the daily pep that if you're looking for signs, there will always be signs not to do the thing. I mean, my goodness, the amount of times that I've sat down to record and I've had tech issues, I've had roadwork, spontaneously starting the car alarm has gone off. All the things. If I took all of those, or even one of them as a sign not to do this, I would have stopped a long, long, long time ago. Now, there are also times when it is just not the time to start in terms of if we're at capacity or we're going through a particularly hard season. And that is really worth honoring.
And I think we can also tell the difference between when it genuinely isn't a good time to start versus our inner dream shitter clinging onto any tiny, tiny reason for us not to do the scary thing. And know that when I say start, I also mean continue. I also mean finish. And they don't have to look like huge, massive actions. We know that tiny progress builds on tiny progress, and steps that seem so insignificant are sometimes the ones we're most grateful we took. Things may feel hard and they may feel scary or intimidating. Simply because they are, it doesn't mean that you're not destined to do the thing. And it is not a sign to give up.
So take whatever you need from this today. And as we're coming into the home stretch of the year, know that this isn't necessarily the time to make the big, bold moves. It really is time for those teeny tiny steps to honour the fact that if we weren't operating in capitalism, we would probably be seriously slowing down and hibernating right now. And also being on the lookout for the glimmers and the sparkles. So happy Monday. Do what you can do, know that that is enough and I'll see you tomorrow.
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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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1478: You are definitely not alone
We are officially in the home stretch of this year, and if you're running on fumes, join the club (even if no one else is admitting to being in it!)
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily peppers and a very happy Thursday to you. So I thought I would pop in with a reminder today that you are not alone. If you feel like for the rest of 2025, you would just love to lie on the sofa, cuddle up with a blanket and a good TV show and a book. I know for the last five years we get to this time in December and it just feels like, God, what a fucker of a year. But for many of us, this one has really taken the biscuit, to put it mildly. In my work, I get to work with so many fabulous women and I can tell you that we're pretty much all feeling it, but we're not necessarily always aware of that. Some people do a great job of appearing like they have their shit together. We're officially in December, which can sometimes feel like boasting season and sometimes we can end up wondering if we're the only one who has no fucks left to give.
So I just wanted to pop in today to remind you and let you know if you didn't know that so many of us are relieved to be on the home stretch of this year. So many of us have absolutely no desire or energy to make the most of the rest of the year. Collectively, we're not feeling very productive. And most importantly, that's okay. Use your remaining fumes to get done the things that absolutely need to get done and make like you are the world's fussiest eater when it comes to what gets put on your plate. Now is not the time for adding commitments that you're going to regret later. And it might just be the time for some scary nos around here. We are deeply conscientious and paradoxically, we also probably worry more than most that we're lazy.
So please take this as your sign that you are allowed to do the bare minimum and know that your bare minimum is probably a lot better than many people's pretty good attempts. Now is not the time to prove anything to yourself. Remember that tired equals bullshit thoughts. And no matter what you did or didn't do this year, your dream shitter would always find a way to shit on you. There is no way of winning that game. So I say fuck the game and make up our own rules. We are on the home stretch. Everyone's feeling it.
You are absolutely not alone. And if you can find the time to lie on the sofa with a blanket, then grasp it with both hands, have a good one and remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
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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1477: Permission to tend to your own needs...
Instead of using them as yet something else to berate yourself for!
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So for this hump day I thought I would pop in with a gentle reminder, or a firm one if you need it, to quit berating yourself about how you feel and maybe just tend to that emotion instead. Around here we are curious. We love personal development. And I know I am definitely not alone in always needing to know the why behind something. But today I'm giving us permission to not know the reason. For example, today I feel absolutely fucking exhausted and the quickest place my head often goes to is is trying to justify that. I do a run through of the past couple of days and I almost pass moral judgment on myself as to whether I have done enough to be as tired as I feel.
And for both of us, I just want to say fuck that. What if I'm just really, really tired and the next logical step is to find ways to get more rest? What if you're grumpy because you just woke up grumpy? And maybe rather than berating yourself for it or trying to dig deep and find all the reasons, you find a way to have a less people y day. Maybe grump around for a bit or find something that makes you smile, whatever you feel like you need right now. Or maybe you just don't feel motivated to do anything and rather than trying to force yourself to feel something that you don't feel, or shitting on yourself because of it, or trying to find the deep, deep reason, maybe it's about saying, fuck it, I'm not feeling it. So I'm going to figure out what are the absolutely essential things I need to do, what is the bare minimum and just half ass those. Sometimes it can be really helpful to have the answers, but sometimes it can be more helpful to give ourselves what we need. And I really truly do know that is easier said than done. So if you want to put this into action today, have a think about how you feel and then how you can address that need.
See if you can try and skip over all the mental gymnastics that we do to figure out why we feel a certain way, which includes passing judgment on ourselves for feeling a certain way, and just think about what you need instead. Sometimes we spend our precious time and energy figuring out what's wrong with us, or trying to fix ourselves when that time and energy might have been much better spent, and finding a way to tend to that need instead, even if it is our minimum viable effort, because that absolutely counts. You are a human being. You are not a machine. You are doing so much better than you think you are. And you deserve the care and attention that you give to the loved ones in your life. So see if you can give yourself some of that today. I'll see you tomorrow.
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