I Was Playing Small Inside My Own Dream

It’s not ‘til you start, that you realize what you’re actually building

Sixteen episodes.   Countless conversations.   A lot of coffee.   Several minor social media meltdowns.   One podcast.   And a huge revelation.   When Minna started The Stronger Stuff Show, she thought she was building a podcast.   Interview fascinating people. Tell stories. Share conversations. Put it out into the world.   Simple.   Except somewhere between recording episodes, posting clips, studying metrics, moving countries and trying to figure out what day it was, something else happened.   Minna started paying attention.   Not to the numbers.   To herself.   And every time she thought she was learning something about podcasting...   She was actually learning something about herself.   In this Season 1 finale, Minna looks back on the conversations, stories, mistakes, surprises and realizations that shaped the first chapter of The Stronger Stuff Show.   And she shares a huge revelation that is shaping Season 2 and her life going forward.   Somewhere along the way, Minna realized she'd become so busy building a podcast around a creative life that she wasn't leaving enough time to actually create her music.   Which is both hilarious and deeply annoying.   Along the way: * Sixteen episodes changed the plan * Fascinating guests changed the conversation * Stories revealed what mattered * Creativity refused to stay in the background * Music moved back to the center * And a whole new chapter began   This isn't really a story about finishing a season.   It's a story about recognizing the thing you've been building all along.   And having the courage to put it front and center.   Season 1 ends here.   And The Stronger Stuff Show will return soon with a new chapter: Minna's journey in what she calls herself as a music artist - Pixie Revolution.   More music. More stories. More fascinating people. More adventures.   And you have a front-row seat to what happens when an artist stops talking about the dream and starts living it.   #TheStrongerStuffShow #StrongerSundayStories #PixieRevolution #MusicLife #CreativeLife #Storytelling#Artists #Songwriting #ElectronicMusic #ComingAlive Stay Connected: Please follow us and share the show to keep the us going strong! It really does help.   Join the community and flex your Stronger Stuff @mystrongerstuff   Follow The Stronger Stuff Show: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654] LinkedIn: ⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/minna-walker-75130a138⁠⁠ [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_minna-2Dwalker-2D75130a138&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=Dn5UoD5x85WYaMo7HDMz42DBB37UV08HurYHUY8biVI&m=SsFCKRa22IzoxEzRwPZPQQLbSnYFDaZaqn-gvs5CYMytjitD1b9HVS4RWSIfTdYx&s=rl4r7KWlsKoMVDQUHhlRr01HpVx8RQSgbeH2HS6lI3c&e=]   Follow Minna the Artist Pixie Revolution: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719]   Music Credit: Music for The Stronger Stuff Show is written, performed and produced by Minna | Pixie Revolution. ASCAP. © 2026 Pixie Revolution. All rights reserved.    For Music and Licensing enquiries contact: ⁠info@pixierevolution.com⁠ [info@pixierevolution.com]   Get 10% off Abeeco with code THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠abeeco.com/THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠ One use by customer. Disclaimer: The Stronger Stuff Show is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only.   © 2026 Minna Walker. All rights reserved.

I'm Building My Dream Life. So Why Am I Avoiding The Best Part?

Eight weeks ago Minna started The Stronger Stuff Show for one reason:   Her music.   That was the plan.   Meet interesting people.   Tell stories.   Build a creative life.   Make music.   Simple.   Then somewhere along the way she found herself reading podcast newsletters, checking analytics, posting every day, thinking about algorithms and doing everything except the thing I originally set out to do.   Which was slightly awkward.   Because she'd already released an episode called F**K The Rules.   In this first solo Thursday episode, Minna shares what happened when she realized she was following everyone else's playbook instead of her own.   We talk about moving the show to video, feeling intimidated by people with bigger followings, getting directed by a brutally honest teenage son, and why doing fifteen takes of a promo video taught her more than any podcast marketing course ever could.   Along the way... * The podcast accidentally became the main character * The music staged a quiet rebellion * Leonardo became a director * "The Professional" made several unwanted appearances * A new keyboard arrived * London started feeling like home …And Minna finally remembered what she was actually building   This isn't a story about podcasting.   It's a story about what happens when the thing you're creating starts asking you to become more yourself.   Which is exciting.   And confronting as hell. #TheStrongerStuffShow #Creativity #MusicLife #PodcastLife #Artists #Storytelling #LondonLife#ComingAlive #PixieRevolution   Stay Connected: Please follow us and share the show to keep the us going strong! It really does help.   Join the community and flex your Stronger Stuff @mystrongerstuff   Follow The Stronger Stuff Show: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654] LinkedIn: ⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/minna-walker-75130a138⁠⁠ [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_minna-2Dwalker-2D75130a138&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=Dn5UoD5x85WYaMo7HDMz42DBB37UV08HurYHUY8biVI&m=SsFCKRa22IzoxEzRwPZPQQLbSnYFDaZaqn-gvs5CYMytjitD1b9HVS4RWSIfTdYx&s=rl4r7KWlsKoMVDQUHhlRr01HpVx8RQSgbeH2HS6lI3c&e=]   Follow Minna the Artist Pixie Revolution: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719]   Music Credit: Music for The Stronger Stuff Show is written, performed and produced by Minna | Pixie Revolution. ASCAP. © 2026 Pixie Revolution. All rights reserved.    For Music and Licensing enquiries contact: ⁠info@pixierevolution.com⁠ [info@pixierevolution.com] Get 10% off Abeeco with code THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠abeeco.com/THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠ [file:///Users/minnawalker/Dropbox/STRONGER%20STUFF/STRONGER%20STUFF%202025-2026/PODCAST/Ep%202%20-%20Erica%20&%20Marketing/abeeco.com/THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW] One use by customer. Disclaimer: The Stronger Stuff Show is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only.   © 2026 Minna Walker. All rights reserved.

Some People Prefer You Small

Some people prefer the version of you that doubts yourself.   The version that asks permission.   The version that plays safe.   The version that never makes them question what might be possible in their own life.   And the strange thing?   Sometimes those people aren't strangers. Sometimes they're friends.   In this Stronger Sunday Story, Minna talks about one of the most unexpected things she's discovered while launching The Stronger Stuff Show.   The more creative she became. The more self-expressed. The more herself.   The stranger some people's reactions became.   Sharper. Colder. More dismissive.   As though her expansion was somehow making them uncomfortable.   Along the way, Minna shares the story of a friend with a very special talent.   If she ever felt excited about something... Hopeful. Creative. Alive.   One phone call could fix that immediately.   Within minutes she'd feel ridiculous. Embarrassed. Delusional. Full of self-doubt.   As Minna puts it: "It was honestly like emotional food poisoning."   Along the way: * One friend could ruin an entire afternoon * A guest call almost didn't happen * Self-doubt tried to take over * Confidence proved surprisingly fragile * A podcast launch brought old fears back to life * And Minna discovered who actually belongs in her corner   This episode is about ambition, creativity, friendship and the voices we allow inside our heads.   The ones that make us feel bigger.   And the ones that make us want to disappear.   Because when you're building something new, one careless opinion can stay with you for years.   The right voice can change everything.   The wrong voice can too.   And sometimes the most important thing you can protect isn't your idea.   It's your belief that you're capable of doing it.   #TheStrongerStuffShow #StrongerSundayStories #Creativity #Friendship #Storytelling #Artists#CreativeLife #SelfExpression #PixieRevolution Stay Connected: Please follow us and share to keep the show going strong! It really does help.   Join the community and flex your Stronger Stuff @mystrongerstuff   Follow The Stronger Stuff Show: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654] LinkedIn: ⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/minna-walker-75130a138⁠⁠ [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_minna-2Dwalker-2D75130a138&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=Dn5UoD5x85WYaMo7HDMz42DBB37UV08HurYHUY8biVI&m=SsFCKRa22IzoxEzRwPZPQQLbSnYFDaZaqn-gvs5CYMytjitD1b9HVS4RWSIfTdYx&s=rl4r7KWlsKoMVDQUHhlRr01HpVx8RQSgbeH2HS6lI3c&e=]   Follow Minna | Artist Pixie Revolution: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719]   Music Credit: Music for The Stronger Stuff Show is written, performed and produced by Minna | Pixie Revolution. ASCAP. © 2026 Pixie Revolution. All rights reserved.    For Music and Licensing enquiries contact: ⁠info@pixierevolution.com⁠ [info@pixierevolution.com]   Get 10% off Abeeco with code THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠abeeco.com/THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠ One use by customer.   Disclaimer: The Stronger Stuff Show is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only.   © 2026 Minna Walker. All rights reserved.

What Else Needs To Happen For You To Wake Up? | Intuition, Chronic Fatigue, Burnout & Trusting Yourself with Andrea Solanki

Doctors told Andrea Solanki she had "yuppie flu."   They told her to take antidepressants.   Accept her fate.   And prepare for a future in a wheelchair.   She had other ideas.   These days Andrea spends her time helping people through grief, burnout, anxiety, fertility struggles, chronic illnesses, and major life transitions.   And occasionally talking to dead relatives.   Which wasn't exactly the career plan.   In this episode of The Stronger Stuff Show, Minna sits down with energy healer, intuitive herbalist and longtime friend Andrea Solanki for a conversation that moves from chronic fatigue and burnout to intuition, crystals, dead people, red knickers and the strange moments in life that refuse to be explained.   Andrea shares how severe chronic fatigue syndrome sent her searching for answers far beyond conventional medicine.   That search eventually led her to Reiki, energy healing, herbs, homeopathy, meditation and a completely different way of understanding herself.   But life wasn't finished with her yet.   While rushing into a London office one Saturday morning, Andrea became trapped beneath seven giant panes of reinforced glass.   Alone.   Bleeding.   Unable to move.   And lying there, she heard a voice ask: "What else needs to happen for you to wake up?"   That moment changed everything. We talk about intuition, panic attacks, overwhelm, people pleasing, grief, motherhood, fertility struggles, chronic illness, healing, and what happens when you start listening to the quiet voice you've spent your whole life ignoring.   We also talk about dead relatives.   Because for Andrea, they're often part of the conversation.   In This Episode * The diagnosis that was supposed to define the rest of her life * Why Andrea skipped school to sit in the woods with her dog * The London bus she never got on * Getting trapped beneath seven giant panes of glass * The voice that changed everything * Talking to dead relatives * Fertility struggles, grief and motherhood * Intuition versus fear * Why some people ignore their inner knowing for decades * The crystal that needed its own suitcase * Why her aromatherapy teacher told her to wear red knickers * What happens when you stop dismissing what you already know   This conversation won't answer every question.   But it might make you pay closer attention to the ones you've been ignoring.   #TheStrongerStuffShow #AndreaSolanki #Intuition #ChronicFatigue #MEAwareness #Burnout #EnergyHealing #Reiki #Grief #FertilityJourney #TrustYourself #Meditation #Storytelling #ComingAlive #PixieRevolution Stay Connected: If you loved this episode please follow us and share it to keep the show going strong!   Join the community and flex your Stronger Stuff @mystrongerstuff   Follow The Stronger Stuff Show: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654] LinkedIn: ⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/minna-walker-75130a138⁠⁠ [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_minna-2Dwalker-2D75130a138&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=Dn5UoD5x85WYaMo7HDMz42DBB37UV08HurYHUY8biVI&m=SsFCKRa22IzoxEzRwPZPQQLbSnYFDaZaqn-gvs5CYMytjitD1b9HVS4RWSIfTdYx&s=rl4r7KWlsKoMVDQUHhlRr01HpVx8RQSgbeH2HS6lI3c&e=]   Follow Minna |Artist Pixie Revolution: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719]   Andrea Solanki: https://www.andreasolankienergyhealer.com [https://www.andreasolankienergyhealer.com] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreasolanki/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/andreasolanki/?hl=en] Music Credit: Music is written, performed and produced by Minna | Pixie Revolution. © 2026 Pixie Revolution. All rights reserved.  ASCAP Publishing: 935619498 ASCAP Writing: 935619515   Music and Licensing enquiries contact: ⁠info@pixierevolution.com⁠ [info@pixierevolution.com]   Get 10% off Abeeco with code THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠abeeco.com/THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠ One use by customer.   © 2026 Minna Walker. All rights reserved.    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical or professional advice.

F**K the Rules - When Did I Start Behaving?

A few weeks before recording her first interviews for The Stronger Stuff Show, Minna woke up at 4am with a horrible realization.   She'd accidentally turned her own podcast into a show she didn't want to make.   More polished. More serious. More respectable. More like everybody else. ... And less like herself.   So at 4am she emailed her first guests, Maite Gómez-Rejón and Dr Erica Reid, and asked if they could postpone.   Not exactly the glamorous side of podcasting.   In this Stronger Sunday Story, Minna shares what happened when she realized she'd spent yearsfollowing everyone else's rules for success.   Wake up at 5am. Ice baths. Morning routines. Track your sleep. Optimize your life. Become a better version of yourself.   Apparently everybody successful is awake before sunrise doing something uncomfortable.   So naturally... Minna tried that too.   Including a period where she was waking up at 2am to write songs because she'd heard a famous writer worked that way.   The results were not spectacular.   Mostly because by Thursday she was exhausted, cranky and terrible company.   Along the way: * A podcast almost lost its personality * Instagram became a life coach * A 2am songwriting experiment went badly * Two guests helped save the show * One question changed everything * And Minna realized she'd been following everybody else's rules instead of her own This episode also includes two messages that arrived at exactly the right moment.   One from Maite.   One from Erica.   And both reminding Minna of the thing she'd almost forgotten.   The show was never supposed to be polished.   It was supposed to be human. Funny. Messy. Unexpected. And honest.   This isn't really a story about productivity.   It's a story about what happens when you spend so much time listening to experts, influencers and success gurus that you stop listening to yourself.   Because sometimes the most rebellious thing you can do isn't to break the rules.   It's to ask who made them in the first place.   #TheStrongerStuffShow #StrongerSundayStories #Creativity #MusicLife #Storytelling #Artists#PodcastLife #SelfExpression #PixieRevolution Stay Connected: Please follow us and share the show to keep the us going strong! It really does help.   Join the community and flex your Stronger Stuff @mystrongerstuff   Follow The Stronger Stuff Show: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/mystrongerstuff/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587590469654] LinkedIn: ⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/minna-walker-75130a138⁠⁠ [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_minna-2Dwalker-2D75130a138&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=Dn5UoD5x85WYaMo7HDMz42DBB37UV08HurYHUY8biVI&m=SsFCKRa22IzoxEzRwPZPQQLbSnYFDaZaqn-gvs5CYMytjitD1b9HVS4RWSIfTdYx&s=rl4r7KWlsKoMVDQUHhlRr01HpVx8RQSgbeH2HS6lI3c&e=]   Follow Minna the Artist Pixie Revolution: Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pixierevolution/] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/minna.walker.10] Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068923526719]   Music Credit: Music for The Stronger Stuff Show is written, performed and produced by Minna | Pixie Revolution. ASCAP. © 2026 Pixie Revolution. All rights reserved.    For Music and Licensing enquiries contact: ⁠info@pixierevolution.com⁠ [info@pixierevolution.com]   Get 10% off Abeeco with code THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠abeeco.com/THESTRONGERSTUFFSHOW ⁠⁠ One use by customer. Disclaimer: The Stronger Stuff Show is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only.   © 2026 Minna Walker. All rights reserved.