More Like You with Angie Mizzell

E32: How to Spring Clean Your Life

The thing that keeps us stuck isn’t the nos—it’s the maybes we keep trying to force into a decision before we’re ready. In this episode, I’m sharing a lesson I stumbled onto while watching my husband clean out his closet in 15 minutes flat, and how it became the framework I use for everything from what stays on my calendar to what I’m actually saying yes to in this season of life. If you’re craving clarity about what deserves your full attention right now, this episode is for you. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE – Why decision fatigue almost never starts with the hard decisions (and where it actually begins) – What my husband’s 15-minute closet cleanout revealed about the way I make (and avoid) decisions – The problem with “if it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no” and when that rule can cost you something you actually wanted – How to tell the difference between a maybe, a not yet, and a not right now—and why it matters – Why sorting your yeses first is the thing that finally makes the maybes easier to see clearly – How this same framework applies to your calendar, your creative work, and the bigger questions you’re carrying – What it means to file something away for another season—and why that’s not the same as putting it off If this episode resonated, Hello Friday [https://angiemizzell.substack.com] is my weekly letter and the heart of my work. Subscribe to Hello Friday and get new podcast episodes delivered to your inbox. ANGIE’S BOOK: Girl in the Spotlight [https://angiemizzell.com/book] — available wherever books are sold [https://angiemizzell.com/book] ANGIE’S WEBSITE: angiemizzell.com [https://angiemizzell.com] CONNECT WITH ANGIE ON INSTAGRAM: @angiemizzell [https://instagram.com/angiemizzell] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com [https://angiemizzell.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

E31: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

We don't always have crystal clarity. In fact, most of the time we don't—and yet life keeps asking us to move forward anyway. The questions pile up: big ones, small ones, ones your brain keeps circling back to even after you've tried to release them. In this episode, I share a simple practice for getting those questions out of your head and into a place where they can actually rest, so you can be present for the life that's right in front of you. If you're in a season where more things feel uncertain than certain, this one is for you. Takeaways from this episode: -Why your brain keeps trying to solve problems that aren't ready to be solved — and what to do instead of fighting it -The difference between letting a question go and lightening the load — and why only one of them actually works -How writing down your open questions creates space for the ones that really deserve your attention -What it looks like to revisit those questions over time — and why so many of them were resolved in the living, not the forcing -Why "I don't know yet" is a complete answer, and what changes when you let it be one Links Mentioned Girl in the Spotlight audiobook — available at angiemizzell.com/book [http://angiemizzell.com/book] Subscribe to my weekly letter Hello Friday on Substack — angiemizzell.substack.com [https://angiemizzell.substack.com] More Like You is now on Substack—comment on this episode [https://angiemizzell.substack.com/what-to-do-when-you-dont-have-the-answers] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com [https://angiemizzell.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

E30: The Soundtrack of Your Life

When writing a eulogy feels impossible, the way in isn't through the grief—it's through a song. That's what I discovered after losing my mom fifteen months after my memoir, "Girl in the Spotlight" was published, a book in which our mother-daughter story was woven all the way through. I'm sharing her eulogy today because music does something that even a writer reaches for when words aren't enough, and I want to show you how it can help you connect to your own story too. Who this is for: You don't need to know my mom or read my book to feel this one. You just need to have songs—the ones that keep you connected to your own story. What We Talk About In This Episode: * Why good stories start and end with the same image — and how a Rod Stewart song became both the opening and the closing of a whole relationship * What it looks like to find your way into a piece of writing when the subject feels impossible to hold * A eulogy read aloud—a love letter to a woman who made every place feel like home and danced to beach music anywhere she stood * How music bypasses the places where words get stuck and what that means for the stories we tell * The moment I realized I wasn't just writing about my mom, I was living out the lyrics in real time * What the act of searching for the story actually reveals about storytelling itself * Three reflection questions to help you find your own way in to the piece of writing, the hard conversation, or the story you've been carrying * The playlist I made while writing Girl in the Spotlight and where to find it Songs from this episode: You're in My Heart — Rod Stewart  Me and Bobby McGee — Janis Joplin  PYT (Pretty Young Thing) — Michael Jackson  Silver Springs — Fleetwood Mac  I Love Beach Music — The Embers  Carolina Girls — General Johnson  Electric Slide — Marcia Griffiths  Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) — Silentó  Ain't No Mountain High Enough — Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  Three Little Birds — Bob Marley  You Are My Sunshine — traditional  Everything I Do (I Do It For You) — Bryan Adams  Calling All Angels — Train  Forever Young — Rod Stewart Fight Song — Rachel Platten  Angel — Sarah McLachlan Mentioned in this episode:  E27: Girl in the Spotlight Is Now an Audiobook (And Why the Story Still Matters) [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/episodes/18791882] I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! SEND ME TEXT FOR A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/support] Get Angie's Book: Girl in the Spotlight — available in print and audio [https://angiemizzell.com/book]  Subscribe to Angie's weekly letter Hello Friday [https://angiemizzell.substack.com] Instagram: @angiemizzell [https://instagram.com/angiemizzell] More Like You with Angie Mizzell s about the pivotal moments and perspective shifts that point us toward a life that feels true. New episodes every Thursday. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com [https://angiemizzell.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

E29: The Memoir Was the Beginning—Here's What Came After

You can do the inner work. You can read the books, see the therapist, write the memoir. And then you become a parent — and the work starts all over again, just with smaller people watching. This episode is a conversation with James Moffitt of the Parenting Adult Children podcast, and it's for anyone who thought healing was something you finished — and then discovered it's actually something you practice, relationship by relationship, season by season. What We Talk About In This Episode * Why leaving a rising career in TV news turned out to be the beginning of the real work, not the end of it * External validation: how the need to be seen can quietly become the thing running your life * What Angie noticed the moment she became a parent, and how quickly her own unfinished healing showed up * The idea of "emptying out" — why your kids (and your partner) can't really hear you until they feel heard first * How Angie's oldest son shifted when she told him the truth: I've never been the parent of someone your age before. I'm figuring this out too. * The tightrope of launching adult children—being a safe place without becoming a safety net * What losing her mom taught Angie about what she had needed from that relationship all along—and what she's trying to do differently with her own kids Guest Links ABCs of Parenting Adult Children podcast with James Moffitt: Website: https://www.parentingadultchildren.org/ [https://www.parentingadultchildren.org/] Instagram: @parentingadultchildren125 [https://www.instagram.com/parentingadultchildren125] I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! SEND ME TEXT FOR A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/support] Get Angie's Book: Girl in the Spotlight — available in print and audio [https://angiemizzell.com/book]  Subscribe to Angie's weekly letter Hello Friday [https://angiemizzell.substack.com] Instagram: @angiemizzell [https://instagram.com/angiemizzell] More Like You with Angie Mizzell s about the pivotal moments and perspective shifts that point us toward a life that feels true. New episodes every Thursday. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com [https://angiemizzell.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

E28: Behind the Scenes of Recording an Audiobook (And What Happened When I Read My Story Out Loud)

Recording your own memoir means reading the hard parts out loud. The grief. The loss. The moments you'd almost forgotten. In this episode I'm taking you behind the scenes of recording Girl in the Spotlight as an audiobook — from the bedroom closet recording studio I built out of blankets and pillows, to the moment I finally started sounding like myself. I'm also sharing my full conversation with Ian Levitt of Studio Americana, the producer who made it happen from Minneapolis while I recorded in Charleston. What We Talk About In This Episode * How I turned my bedroom closet into a recording studio — and why it worked better than a professional studio * Recording one hour at a time: why a slower pace made this one of the most meaningful creative experiences I've had * The moment I stopped feeling nervous and finally started sounding like myself * What it's like to read emotionally heavy parts of your own story out loud * Why I chose wide distribution over going exclusive with Audible * Ian Levitt: 20 years in radio, pivoting to podcasting, and why audiobooks are now his favorite work * What Ian said about listening to my story as the father of an eight-year-old — and why it reminded me exactly why this story matters LINKS: Angie's memoir Girl in the Spotlight now availabe in print and audio anywhere you buy books or listen to audiobooks. GET THE BOOK → [https://angiemizzell.com/book] Audiobook production by Ian Levitt at Studio Americana [https://www.studioamericana.com] Episode 27: Girl in the Spotlight Is Now an Audiobook (And Why This Story Still Matters) [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/episodes/18791882] I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! SEND ME TEXT FOR A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2403577/support] Get Angie's Book: Girl in the Spotlight — available in print and audio [https://angiemizzell.com/book]  Subscribe to Angie's weekly letter Hello Friday [https://angiemizzell.substack.com] Instagram: @angiemizzell [https://instagram.com/angiemizzell] More Like You with Angie Mizzell s about the pivotal moments and perspective shifts that point us toward a life that feels true. New episodes every Thursday. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com [https://angiemizzell.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]