New Season, New Baby, New Co-Host: Hustle and Grace is back

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We’re ba-ack! It has been quite the hiatus and I am so excited to be back at it with a fresh season of all-star guests who’ve been willing to dive deep.

Since our last episode, it’s been a very full year and half. I had a baby! I also made some career changes. HSL Digital looks and feels much different than it did when we last spoke. And I even made my first hire. You’ll get to meet my new associate, Rachel Day Hughes in this first episode because she has come on board as the second chair co-host for Hustle and Grace.

In this episode, Rachel and I took a good long look at the idea of “flourishing” in our own lives and careers. What has that looked like? How has it changed? And what major leaps of faith have we made in an effort to flourish further? Something that emerged was actually a little bit cringey for me. That is the word “hustle” itself. The “hustle culture” backlash is real. I myself have been challenged about this idea: is it necessary? Is it right? Does it impede self-care? I took a good long look at the word and its connotations and after several rounds of brainstorming new title ideas for my own podcast, I had an “aha” moment that gave me to grit to stick to my guns.

From episode 1 to episode 62 this show has has always been about hustle AND grace. In fact, I’d venture to say it’s been more about grace than hustle. It’s been about balance, rhythm, duality. And in this season we are focusing more than ever on the idea of grace. Grace that fuels our “hustle.” Graces (like my sweet new baby) that give us the drive to hustle (like leveling up my business.) Grace has always been the reason why. And today I’m feeling the truth of this more strongly than ever before.

Links of note in this episode:
My interview with Shannon Miles, Co-Founder of Belay, NoFoBrewCo, & Own Not Run
The Snoo
I Heard the Bells (film)