182: Living in the messy middle with Emily Richardson
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episode summary
In this episode we chat about:
Identity and how it is affected when we’re living in the messy middle
Over achieving and how hard we can be on ourselves
Emily’s approach to themed journalling
The parallels between self-improvement and language learning
Self expression and how to be you
about emily richardson:
Emily describes herself as a tiny and colourful polyglot, and she is the host of the Language Confidence Project, which is a daily podcast, and it is just simply brilliant!
During the pandemic, Emily lost her job, her home, and two very important people. But she also founded a business, learned Portuguese, and released a series of language journals. And we really dive into that today. Two years later, she's on the way to rebuilding a more colourful, creative and intentional life to help people realise they can learn a language and they can do it in a way that feels enjoyable and meaningful.
So during our conversation, we have a really good chat about what it means to live in the messy middle and what that means for our identity. Emily shares where she is right now, figuring things out, how she is finding her place in the world, and my goodness, does she bring so much magic and colour to the world? We also dive into overachieving, Emily shares how she does themed journaling, which I think you're going to absolutely love. And I'm just so excited to share our conversation, Emily's energy is so contagious, she genuinely lights up every room. And if you're feeling a bit uncertain and like you don't know where you're going at the moment, I think you're going to find both solace inspiration and a shitload of encouragement and get so much out of it.
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I’m Meg and I’m the host of The Daily Pep! and The Couragemakers Podcast and founder of The Rebel Rousers. I’m a coach, writer and all-round rebel-rouser for creative and multi-passionate women to do the things only they can do and build a wholehearted life.
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Letters of Rebellion to my wonderful Rebel Rousers community or hosting workshops/group programmes, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin.
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