My Business Backstory: How I Became an Author and a Podcaster — with Stephanie May Wilson & Mariko Clark

Hey friends! Welcome to Girls’ Night!

At the moment we’re in between seasons here on the show. But while we’re waiting for our next official season to begin, we thought this would be a great time to pull some of our favorite episodes out of the Girls Night archive. This is the perfect time to catch up on episodes you might have missed, or listen again to old favorites.

Several months ago I got to catch up with a woman in our girls night community who has just graduated from college. She was in the thick of it, trying to answer the question we all find ourselves wrestling at one point or another — “What am I supposed to do with my life? (Or at least with the next few years)”

She was holding her newly-minted degree in one hand, a few different opportunities in the other hand, and she had no idea what to do. 

This moment felt like such a pivotal one — and she was absolutely feeling the pressure. 

She reached out to me specifically because several of the things she was weighing — her specific degree, the specific opportunities she was considering — were crazily similar to the ones I was weighing when I first graduated from college.

So we hopped on the phone and talked through it together. I shared with her some of the things I learned as I was taking my first steps into my career, away from my degree, into a job that paid next to nothing and made absolutely no sense. But also, it did make sense, and it led directly to everything I’m doing today. (Okay, not directly — there were several twists and turns and falls along the way as well).

But as I was sharing that story with her, I realized that I’m not totally sure I’ve shared this story with you guys.

And so that’s what we’re doing here today.

I’ve brought my dear friend Marri back on the show to take over the host chair, and she’s going to help me walk back through my own personal career story — where I started, and how I got to where I am today and all that I learned along the way.

Whether you’re just graduating college, or you’re in a different life stage completely, I know there are so many women in our community who are trying to make some big decisions right now, or waiting for something, longing for something or hoping for something in their careers, but it just hasn’t happened yet.

I also know there are so many women who have a general idea of what they want to be doing in their careers but they have no clue how to actually get there.

I also know there are so many of us who have no clue what we want to be doing, but we know for a FACT that it’s not what we’re doing today.

This episode is for you. It’s the story of where I started, where I am today, and all of the twists and turns that happened in the middle.

I cannot wait to share this with you. 

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