What happens when the person behind the podcast steps in front of the camera?

With Drew out this week, Get Over It producer Venus joins Heidi for a conversation that goes pretty much everywhere… but somehow keeps coming back to the same question: What happens when life forces you to get uncomfortable?

It starts with Venus admitting that after years of inviting successful people to speak on panels, she found herself asking the exact question that drives her crazy when she hears it from other women: Are you sure I should be up there?

From there, Venus and Heidi get into self-doubt, feeling like you have to be overprepared before you deserve a seat at the table, and the expectations we put on ourselves as women, professionals, and leaders.

They also get personal about getting older, taking care of yourself differently as your body changes, setting boundaries, navigating grief, and learning that protecting yourself isn’t always the same thing as avoiding something.

Heidi opens up about rebuilding her life and career after the end of an 18-year relationship, including intentionally doing things that made her uncomfortable as she figured out who she wanted to become next. Now, finding herself in another rut, she realizes it might be time to do it all over again.

In This Episode, Heidi & Venus Discuss:

• Why successful women still question whether they deserve a seat at the table
• The pressure to be overprepared before putting yourself out there
• Fear of criticism and looking like you don’t know what you’re doing
• Getting older and realizing you definitely do not have everything figured out
• Paying more attention to your health as your body changes
• Setting boundaries when you’re used to taking care of everyone else
• The difference between avoiding something and protecting yourself
• Navigating grief and finding ways to keep moving forward
• Turning difficult experiences into empathy for someone else
• Looking for the lesson when things don’t go your way
• Starting over personally and professionally
• Why Heidi intentionally made herself uncomfortable when rebuilding her career
• Recognizing when you’re in a rut and need to shake things up

Growth doesn’t always look like having the answers.

Sometimes it looks like admitting you’re uncomfortable, doing the thing anyway, and figuring out who you are on the other side.

🎙️ Listen to the new episode of Get Over It wherever you get your podcasts.