Ep 121: Season Finale

You ever wonder what success actually means?

How do you get it?

And how do you keep it?

We all want it yet sometimes it feels only some of us get to have it.

Can you put it in a box?

How can you get it?

Can people take it away? Or are you the one with the power?

Does it mean the same to all of us? Or are we the ones that create it?

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Oh, yes, you know, it's funny, because you and I are now like, We've weathered the storms. And this has been a very long season, you know, like Brene Brown or Oprah or like, a lot. Both people with podcasts have seasons. And they're not usually 121 episodes or two and a half years long, but we just kept going because we love this and the conversations have just been so amazing. And like Teresa said, like it's been a long season, but there's been a lot of storms been a lot of big, messy storms, you know, right when we decide we're going to do this, like, I had like a miscarriage and my father in law died and my mom died, my dad died and all these things, but we kept showing up and I'm not going to speak for what was going on in Teresa's life but like you know, also building a business and trying to like keep my head above water. I was found like this coming to this podcast was like coming home and showing up and something I still love doing. I love talking, you know, I came into the world blaring and I have a gift the gift of the gab. But Theresa and I right now we're really Looking at, like, how is this podcasts going to look in the future. And we're both looking at our schedules and how we want to spend our time because we're entrepreneurs, we don't want to work 24/7. You know, we want to have, you know, time freedom. And maybe that looks like Season Two starting in the fall and only 12 episodes, or it looks different. Or maybe you know, it's a completely different format, or it's just one of us, we don't know, we don't know what we're going to do. We don't know when we're going to come back. But we're going to take a break. So we can step away, reflect and see how we want to move forward. And like Theresa said, like, I'm going to she's going to be traveling, I'm going to be traveling. And you know, since starting this podcast, we each started our own other podcasts. So the global Resilience Project has a podcast called Radical resilience, and you can still catch me over there. And my sister Alanna joins me there to co host sometimes and we share stories of resilience. And I'm in this place of pivot where yes, I'm still doing publicity, marketing, you know, coaching, but I'm taking on a bigger role in the world of resilience and resilience, thought leadership. So this is a natural step for me. And for tea right now. And, you know, it's been one hell of a ride, you literally have come gone on our life journey with us. And, you know, if you're just discovering this podcast, go back, you have tons of content, you can dive into tons of content.

Totally, there's so so so, so, so many episodes. You know, the other day I was watching, when we recorded the first two episodes, a memory came up on Facebook, and she and I shared it and it was us recording the introduction. And you kept saying, The Theresa Lambert. And I was like, No, it's not the I know, laughing because my hand was Theresa Lambert coaching, but a lot of people read it as the Rissa th,

Its THE.

You know, maybe like as we wrap up, I just want to thank everyone for listening. Some of you have been listening since the beginning, some of you come in and out some of you type certain things into the search in podcasts, and you've discovered us. This is amazing. You know, Theresa and I are links are in the show notes, it's very easy to find me just google me and I'm everywhere. And we still have a lot of cool stuff going on, I'm still gonna be documenting my life, you're just not gonna be able to hear it right now on this podcast. And so I just want to acknowledge you for spending time with us. You know, dissecting success, we've had so many brilliant conversations in season one. And I think, Theresa, I don't know, why don't we both end the episode by sharing what success means to us now. So, Theresa, yeah. What does success mean to you?

Success means to me, to be able to be at complete peace, and joy, and fulfillment and in a state of abundance, even when externally, I don't have anything to hang on to that success to me to be on this journey and to be feeling peaceful and light and abundant and joyful. Regardless of the money in my bank account, my marriage status, my relationship status, where I live, how many things I own, I'm completely detached from results or the shitshow of life, and that sometimes evolves, but to be able to remain in that in that state of peace and to really embody that through and through and to love myself unconditionally through that and, and to be in that state.

Brilliant. That's so beautiful. That's That's

what does success mean to you, Blair?

yeah, means freedom. It's the freedom to do what I want, when I want how I want the freedom to spend money to make money. Basically, the freedom to make choices to have adventures to stay put to say, no. It's the permission that I give myself to be free. So freedom to me right now, is success and success is freedom. And I don't know if my answer would be the same if my parents were alive. But I went through some pretty crazy stuff. And watching my father in law, mum and dad all die in their 60s, just really reminded me about how short our life is. I don't want to be like tied to what we think society wants us to do. I want to have the freedom to make those choices and do what I want, when I want how I want.

I love that. Yeah, I would choose. And freedom is so important. And you know, I think this is another like, I think this is a really beautiful time to say that we are choosing and we get to choose freely when we wrap up a season of our podcasts, whether that's after 20 episodes, or whether it's oh seven, or 121. In our case, we have the freedom to say hey, we're gonna wrap up to this episode, and we're gonna see what happens and we do it in peace. So you know, one thing that's really beautiful is that we're doing it from a state of peace and abundance. And yeah, free from a place of really making this as a very free choice. Rather than, like, we have to take a break or we have to we don't have to do anything. But we have the freedom to choose it. So I love that our definitions of success actually beautifully tie in to saying, hey, let's take a little break and see what happens.

I love that Theresa, and it's been such a pleasure like doing this with you my business bestie and, you know, I think this podcast definitely brought us closer together. You know, velocity and momentum was born out of this podcast. Our goal this podcast was to dissect success. There was no other ties to it. It was a passion project that led to business that lead to community that really deepened our friendship. And you know, I want to say a big shout out to Michelle Abraham and amplify you and how do I know is that it? amble if you Yeah, I can't say that. And also our you know, the people who've helped produce our episodes over the, you know, person the first season, last two and a half years. We've had a lot of great people working behind the scenes and I just want I acknowledge that and you know that that picture you see on the cover art of me and Teresa, dissecting success looking through the magnifying glass, that just like really embodies who we are as people and you've watched us grow. And hopefully we've helped you grow and our guests have inspired you to think about what success is and up level. And we look forward to being in touch and showing you what's next for us. So, without further ado, thank you, everyone. Thank you, Terry.

You've LEDs been such a joy and I know our friendship is continued. You're gonna continue to grow and prosper and who knows what season two will bring?

All right, so let's do one final season one piece.

That's a wrap for another episode of dissecting success. enjoyed this episode. Make sure to subscribe to Blair Kaplan, Venables and Teresa Lambert's podcast dissecting success on the App Store.