• An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting!

  • May 26 2022
  • Length: 46 mins
  • Podcast

An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting!

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  • An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting!


    This week, we’re talking about the big thing Emily couldn’t talk about until now: in April, Em & Friends—the brand she founded and infused with her name, personality and life experience—was acquired, and Emily didn’t go with it. What did it feel like to, finger-by-finger, let go of the future she thought she’d have? WTF is she gonna do now? We get into it all. Big themes include the idea of comfort vs. growth; the feeling of knowing it’s time to go, but deciding to hold on anyway because the unknown is terrifying and security is seductive; and the things we believe keep us safe. 


    The intro ends, and the episode begins, at 00:10:45.


    About Emily McDowell: 

    Emily is a writer, illustrator, keynote speaker, teacher, and entrepreneur who is fiercely committed to not doing all of those things at the same time. She’s best-known as founder of the stationery brand Em & Friends (formerly Emily McDowell Studio), which makes cards and gifts for the relationships people really have. She also co-authored and illustrated the book There Is No Good Card For This: What To Say and Do When Life Gets Scary, Awful, and Unfair To People You Love; and she’s the co-host of this podcast. Find her at emilyonlife.com, and on Instagram @emilyonlife.


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    Music: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com

    Sound engineering + edits: Adam Day, https://www.adamdayphotography.com/

    Producer: Cathleen Kisich

    Host: Holly Whitaker, https://hollywhitaker.substack.com/

    Host: Emily McDowell, https://emilyonlife.com

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