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How to Share Your Story Before You Feel Ready
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Hey friends—this episode’s a little different. I went rogue and recorded it straight from my phone, just me sharing some raw, unfiltered thoughts on grief.
I talk about how grief isn’t just about big losses—it’s something we all feel, every single day. Even little things, like when dinner doesn’t turn out the way we hoped, can bring up that feeling. That’s why this podcast isn’t just for people going through major loss—it’s for everyone.
It’s wild to think it’s been over 5 years since I started this show. I’ve learned so much, and one big thing is this: if we wait until we feel “ready” to share our stories, we might miss the chance to help someone who needs to hear it right now. So I’m here to remind you—your gifts, your voice, your story? They matter. Don’t wait.
This episode is a gentle nudge that you’re not alone in what you’re feeling. I hope it helps you feel seen, and maybe inspires you to share your own story too. Grief is heavy, yes—but it doesn’t have to be depressing. There’s so much growth and connection that can come from it.
And hey—if you’re in the middle of a life transition and feel that little nudge to have someone walk alongside you as you figure out what this next chapter looks like, I’d be honored to connect. I offer a FREE discovery call to see if working together feels like the right fit. Just head over to my website to inquire and take that first step.
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Transcript
Inspiration and Influence
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Hey there, this is Kendra Rinaldi. I am so grateful you are tuning in today. i just got off of a training with Kathy Heller, someone that actually I've been following her podcast for a while. And she is one of the reasons I actually started a podcast.
00:00:35
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And um was because my brother suggested this training that she had done for podcasters. And this was a while back.
00:00:49
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Her original show was called Don't Keep Your Day Job. And I loved her show. I love, I mean, she now, her show is still on, but now it's the Kathy Heller show.
00:01:01
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Anyhow, i love her passion and love everything she teaches and her authenticity as well. And so i just tapped on another podcast and thought it might be more about growing an audience and so forth.
00:01:21
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And so I wanted to learn more because something that I want to make sure that I do is not only come on here to have these interviews and learn from my guests and share with you all the topics that we learn together, honestly, because as I'm interviewing people, i am learning as i am
Aims for the Podcast
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interviewing. So not only for that, but also because I want to make sure it reaches that feel
00:01:57
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that feel so How do I say? Not seen. I want to make sure that the podcast reaches people that feel that they are the only ones feeling the way they do.
00:02:12
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And so when I signed up for this ah other training that I just hopped on today, it was because I want to learn how to be able to have this greater reach.
Grief and Relatability
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I've had the podcast for over five years now. And i love that it's reached so many people across the world.
00:02:37
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But I know that it could reach so many more because I also know that every single one of us experiences grief. Every single one of us.
00:02:50
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Even if we've never had a death in our lives. As I keep on interviewing people about grief, it's the more that I realize that it is an emotion that is felt every single day.
00:03:10
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I truly believe that grief is something we feel every single day. At some moment in our day, we will experience grief. Why do I know that?
00:03:23
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Because i think that some of the ways that we, or emotions we think that we feel associated with, for example, disappointment with sadness of something that maybe didn't end up happening the way we thought.
00:03:46
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Let's say you made dinner, your children's and family, husband, Spouse sat at the dinner table. you made you You had invested an hour of your day making dinner, and they sit down and do not like the meal you made.
00:04:09
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Or even yourself, you may not even like the meal you just made. I experienced grief in that moment. There's a sadness.
00:04:20
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There's disappointment. There's a disappointment. there's a letdown from what I thought was going to be the end result and didn't happen.
00:04:31
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Something as simple as making a meal. So back to what I was saying is that we experience day every single grief every single day.
00:04:42
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So if that's the case, then my podcast, this podcast, I say my just because I created it, but it's really our podcast.
00:04:54
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This podcast should be something that is relatable to everyone.
00:05:02
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So I want to make sure that it gets the reach that it really deserves, not because the podcast deserves it, but because the audience deserves to have the knowledge that it's out there.
00:05:16
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So as I'm learning this, I realize that there are a lot of ways I could have started my podcast five years ago, quote unquote, the right way in order for it to get a wider reach back then.
Pandemic Launch and Reach
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But then at the same time, at
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the same time, if I would have waited, longer to launch
00:05:48
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if i would have waited more to really truly be ready that would have meant that the people that needed to hear it then would have probably not heard it people that were experiencing grief at that moment because without knowing this podcast ended up launching right in the middle of the pandemic when i didn't even know the pandemic was about to happen.
00:06:24
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So I was, oh god, don't know. I'm so emotional. I just realized how much emotion I have right now. It's not...
00:06:48
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Okay, so
00:06:53
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the thing I want to say is that for any of you hearing this, for any of you that have ever heard any episode, if it's ever resonated with you,
00:07:13
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Just know that it probably has would resonate with someone else that you know.
00:07:20
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And it may help them. It may not be the same episode you hear that ends up present that you hear that you find insightful for you. if Somebody might resonate with some other episode, another interview, another person.
00:07:36
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So please share. Please share the podcast. Again, this is not for again about is not about me or about the podcast. It's about the people that need to hear that they are not alone in their emotions.
00:07:55
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They need to feel seen.
Raw Emotions and Gratitude
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And something else that I'm thinking as I'm recording this, by the way, I'm actually holding my phone right now and recording on a voice memo as I'm doing this.
00:08:09
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It's the first time I'm launching an episode that's been recorded on a voice memo on my phone and not with my microphone and all the setup. Because ah just wanted to just express exactly how I was feeling right now.
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Because I'm just extremely, extremely grateful for everything I've learned in the five and a half years that I've been doing this. All the people I've met
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ah all the lives that have been touched and the person I've become.
00:08:47
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And if in any way you feel that there's something that you want to do, there's something that you've been waiting to do but have not done because you don't feel fully ready, don't wait.
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Don't wait.
00:09:17
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You have incredible gifts. We all do. These gifts are meant to be shared. Your talents are meant to be seen, are meant to be felt by others. The human emotion that comes from these connections that we make because of a song we may write,
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of a dance we may perform,
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of a poem we may write.
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ah If you're an entrepreneur, then the business you're going to launch and the lives that are going to be impacted and changed because of this product that you launched.
00:10:02
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If you're an inventor and you came up with a product, do that.
00:10:08
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Do not Do not hold back on being you and on sharing your amazing gifts with the world.
00:10:20
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And just remember that there is at least one other person out there that relates to exactly how you're feeling right now and that will connect with whatever it is you are willing to put out in the world.
00:10:52
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Thank you again for being the audience that you guys are and for being so patient. I haven't actually not launched episodes in the month of ato August.
00:11:05
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I have episodes that are recorded. i just I'm waiting to launch some of these episodes in the next few weeks. But i ah I just want to say how grateful again I am.
Engagement and Support
00:11:21
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If you, again, feel called to review or comment on the podcast, Apple Podcast what has the thing there where you can review it You can also you know give it a rating, whatever many stars you feel are right for the show.
00:11:43
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And the other thing too is that I want to invite you, if by chance there's something within you that is feeling kind of torn and you're in this midst of this transition in your own life, in a change in your own life, I would love, love, love to talk to you I would love to have a 15-minute discovery call and figure out if doing a coaching call with me or sessions with me would be the right fit for you.
00:12:16
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But let's figure that out in 15 minutes. Let's figure out if this transition that you may be in your life is one that you want to be having someone walk alongside the path with you.
00:12:34
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Sending you all so much love. And again, thank you, thank you, thank you for being the audience that you are and the community that you are.