A Year of Reclaiming
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Thank you.
When I first dreamed up this show, I wanted to have conversations that demonstrated just how elastic the idea of reclaiming can be. In every episode, I've asked the same question. What is something that you're working on reclaiming right now? Across our first 48 guests, the answers have taken us everywhere, and the episode you're about to hear includes reclaimings from all of them.
What inspired the concept of reclaiming in this podcast?
Sidebar, one of our guests even reclaimed her misaligned zodiac sign. Here's Savannah Guthrie, Malala, and Miley Cyrus to start. And if you're not driving, consider watching this episode and the full conversations on YouTube. The last question that I like to ask everybody is what's something that you're working on reclaiming? It could be a part of your identity, a thing, a place, whatever. Is there something? I loved that this question was going to be asked because it really made me think. But there is something that I am not currently reclaiming, but I intend to reclaim. And you are going to laugh. OK. But I used to love to sing. Oh. And in my 20s and 30s, I sang a lot and played the guitar. And I'm not saying I was Taylor Swift or Kelly Clarkson, but I had a decent singing voice.
And a lot of friends asked me to sing at their weddings, which I did. And I really loved writing music and singing. and playing my guitar. And it's something that I lost along the way with working so much and then having kids and being busy. And then also the fact that I am 53 and my voice is so scratchy now, I don't know what to do about it. So if I do start singing again, I'll sound like Stevie Nicks if I'm lucky. But I think having kind of the courage to pick up my guitar and try to figure it out and sing a little bit is something I'd very much like to reclaim I love that. It would only be for me. I'm not going on a coffee house tour, but something that I could do on my couch alone like I did so many, many years in my 20s and 30s.
That's amazing.
What are some unique things guests are reclaiming?
I did not play the guitar, but I used to sing too. So maybe we'll find one of those like local choir, you know, they do the group. Or just come over. I'll get the guitar. We'll sit on the porch and we'll just have our own little concert. I love it.
I want to reclaim more of my own autonomy and agency in how I want to live my life and less so the expectations, less so the noise out there. And it's really hard to separate both because what we hear, what we see, it affects us a lot. And I'm... as human as everybody else. I have those emotions too, but I want to ensure that I am listening to myself and I'm being true to myself. So this is what I want to reclaim.
Yeah. Your compass, your own compass. Yes. Are you in the process of reclaiming anything right now that is, it could be an idea, a thing, a person, it could be anything? You know me, that's like a tangent. So let me try to whittle it. Girl, I am here for your tangent. I'm the queen of, or give me a voice memo.
Oh, wow.
Yeah. I come in with like the four minute, 40 second. Oh, that's short for me. Yeah. Okay. So am I reclaiming anything at this moment? You know, this album for me, this is not in any way a retirement or a goodbye, but it is the last lap. I call it the last lap around the sun in this particular way. This album is my newborn and it's keeping me up all night and it's exhausting. And I am really grateful for this record. It's worth it for me to... put this much into this creation because by the way, I already have, I'm working on this album for two years. I've already put so much that this last little stretch, the album is beautiful, has its own legs. Now, um, I can set it free to become someone else's baby.
Yeah. You know, um, but in this particular way, the amount of commitment that I've put into this particular creative, uh, child I don't know when I'll be ready to put this much pressure on myself about something and one thing in particular again so I'm kind of reclaiming what music that dividing what is the music versus this part yeah the talking about it the promoting it the the fueling it you know I just kind of want to make it and release it next time
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:26
2
What inspired the concept of reclaiming in this podcast?
0:26–2:06
3
What are some unique things guests are reclaiming?
2:06–10:30
4
How does reclaiming relate to identity and agency?
10:30–19:45
5
What role does humor play in the process of reclaiming?
19:45–26:56
6
How do guests describe their ongoing reclaiming journeys?
26:56–34:29
7
What is the significance of reclaiming joy and happiness?
34:29–38:23
8
How do guests navigate reclaiming their health and well-being?
38:23–1:18:02