22: Feeling your feelings, exploring creativity, podcasting, and navigating difficult times with Katie Dalebout of Let It Out
This week’s guest is Katie Dalebout, author of the Amazon best-selling book 'Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling', host of the popular podcast 'Let It Out', creator of the 'Let a podcast Out' online DIY podcasting course, and curator of all things related to wellness, spirituality, creativity, relationships and more. Katie is a friend and we dive into a conversation about her journey with podcasting, her experience with and in the wellness space, creativity, feeling your feelings, dealing with depression and hard moments, and the full spectrum of human-ness.
In this episode, we discuss:
How Katie got started with podcasting
Navigating writing and podcasting about wellness amidst an eating disorder
What “normal eating” is
How to feel your feelings
What is double screening and why it detrimental
Her top lessons from chatting with over 300 people on her podcast
How she relates to creativity
The new project Katie is working on
How she sets goals
Katie’s advice for getting a creative project done
How Katie works through times that are challenging
Mentioned in this episode:
Letting Go by David Hawkins
Everything is a remix, TED Talk by Kirby Ferguson
The definition of normal eating by Ellyn Satter
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
Ira Glass on the gap between taste and talent
All the deets:
Check out Katie’s work.
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Say hi to Katie over on Instagram at @katiedalebout and her course @letapodcastout.
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