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 I started The Stronger Stuff Show, I thought I 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.   I started paying attention.   Not to the numbers.   To myself.   And every time I thought I was learning something about podcasting...   I was actually learning something about me.   In this Season 1 finale, I look back on the conversations, stories, mistakes, surprises and realizations that shaped the first chapter of The Stronger Stuff Show.   And I share a huge revelation that is shaping Season 2 and my life going forward.   Somewhere along the way, I realized I'd become so busy building a podcast around a creative life that I wasn't leaving enough time to actually create my 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: My journey in what I call myself 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]   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 I started The Stronger Stuff Show for one reason:   My music.   That was the plan.   Meet interesting people.   Tell stories.   Build a creative life.   Make music.   Simple.   Then somewhere along the way I found myself 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 I'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 moreyourself.   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]   Disclaimer: The Stronger Stuff Show is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only.   © 2026 Minna Walker. All rights reserved.

Some People Prefer You Small

Have you ever left a conversation feeling smaller than when you walked into it?   Smaller than your dreams. Smaller than your ambitions. Smaller than the person you know you're capable of becoming.   If you've ever had someone make you doubt your ideas, dreams, or your next move, you're just like me and I made this Stronger Sunday Story for you. This week I'm talking about something I've noticed since launching The Stronger Stuff Show. I've had an incredibly supportive response to it so far, but...   The more creative I become. The more visible I become. The more I stop behaving properly and start being myself... ... the stranger a few people's reactions become.   Because not everyone celebrates your growth.   Some people love 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 honestly? That's been one of the most surprising parts of this whole journey.   In this episode I talk about: * launching something new when confidence feels fragile * the friends who build you up and the ones who quietly pull you down * self-doubt, visibility and putting yourself out there creatively * why one careless comment can derail a dream * protecting your energy when you're building something that matters to you * the voice in your own head that wants to keep you safe, small and invisible * and why becoming yourself is often far more confronting than staying stuck   I share the story of a friend who could make me feel terrible about myself in record time.   A recent guest call I almost talked myself out of taking.   The conversations, doubts and fears that have surfaced while launching this show.   And the lesson I keep coming back to: A toxic opinion can steal an afternoon. The wrong voice can steal years.   Because every new chapter starts out vulnerable. A business. A relationship. A creative project. A reinvention. And that's exactly when you need to protect it most.   Protect your confidence. Protect your creativity. Protect your Stronger Stuff.   Because the people who genuinely want to see you succeed exist too.   Those people are gold.   This is a story about ambition, friendship, creativity, self-expression and refusing to shrink yourself to make other people comfortable.   Because life is too short to spend it becoming less of yourself.   And maybe one of the most rebellious things you can do is refuse.   Refuse to dim yourself. Refuse to stay hidden. Refuse to choose smaller.   Raw, entertaining and emotionally honest conversations about the messy, chaotic, beautiful experience of being human and the Stronger Stuff that gets us through.   Hosted by musician, storyteller and creative force Minna.   #TheStrongerStuffShow #SelfExpression #CreativeConfidence #HumanBehaviour #PodcastRecommendations   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 here. ⁠⁠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?

When I realized that I’d started “behaving” in my own show something had to change. I'd become... More polished. More disciplined. More productive. More… behaved.   And honestly? It nearly made me disappear.   This week’s Stronger Sunday Story is about the moment I realized I’d drifted away from myself trying to follow everyone else’s rules for success.   Wake up at 5am. Ice baths. Intermittent fasting. No sugar. Track your sleep. Morning routines. Be calmer. Be better.   Apparently everyone successful wakes up before dawn and does it all.   And honestly? I tried it all.   Including waking up at 5am because Instagram told me successful people do that.   By Thursday I was exhausted, emotionally unstable and terrible to be around.   Because somewhere inside all the rules, routines and advice about how to succeed, I stopped paying attention to what actually felt right for me.   Not just in life. Inside my music. My creativity. My relationships. And eventually… inside my own podcast.   Before recording my first interviews for The Stronger Stuff Show, I suddenly panicked and realized I was turning it into some polished self-improvement version of itself.   More serious. More perfect. More respectable.   Like I’d forgotten why I wanted to create it in the first place.   At 4am I emailed my first guests, Maite Gomez-Rejon and Dr Erica Reid, apologizing and asking to postpone because I realized I was drifting away from the real spirit of the show.   The funny, messy, chaotic, emotionally honest version.   The version about trainwrecks, adventure, humor, reinvention, big feelings and the weird beautiful chaos of being human.   Instead of judging me, both women completely understood.   Erica wrote back: “We need uniqueness, we need people like you with the humor and the sass and the realness.” And honestly?   That line stopped me.   Because underneath all the optimization, perfectionism and rules for “success” was a much bigger question:   Do I actually trust myself?   This episode is about: * perfectionism * creativity * reinvention * identity * trusting your instincts * self-expression * social media * people pleasing * podcasting * music * fear and the freedom that happens when you stop trying to become somebody else.   It’s also about something bigger: Maybe we’re meant to evolve. Pivot. Take risks. Start over. Follow instincts. And become MORE ourselves instead of less.   The last six weeks of launching this show have felt like one giant exercise in breaking almost every rule I built around myself.   And weirdly… I’ve never felt more like myself. And I’ve launched the show.   #TheStrongerStuffShow #WhenDidIStartBehaving #Creativity #SelfExpression #Reinvention #PodcastLife #WomenInMusic #HumanBehaviour #SocietyAndCulture #Authenticity   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 here. ⁠⁠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.