Picking up the microphone holds transformative powers. It can take you from someone who has something to say, to someone who is saying it to a potentially worldwide audience. This is freedom of speech, it is your right. You’re exercising control over your own voice. But here’s the catch: if you’re interviewing other people in your podcast, you also hold control over their voices.

So, you want to start your own podcast, but every time you think about it those little voices in your head join in a deafening symphony of “SERIOUSLY? WHO WOULD EVER WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU????”

Know that you are not alone.

Fear of failure is not only common but pervasive, rearing its pesky head whenever we entertain cutting a different path for ourselves, trying a new adventure, or dipping a toe out of our comfort zone.

And while that doesn’t mean you should listen to those voices - you might want to figure out where they come from.