An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting!

An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting! This week, we’re talking about the big thing Emily couldn’t talk about until now: in April, Em & Friends—the brand she founded and infused with her name, personality and life experience—was acquired, and Emily didn’t go with it. What did it feel like to, finger-by-finger, let go of the future she thought she’d have? WTF is she gonna do now? We get into it all. Big themes include the idea of comfort vs. growth; the feeling of knowing it’s time to go, but deciding to hold on anyway because the unknown is terrifying and security is seductive; and the things we believe keep us safe. The intro ends, and the episode begins, at 00:10:45. About Emily McDowell: Emily is a writer, illustrator, keynote speaker, teacher, and entrepreneur who is fiercely committed to not doing all of those things at the same time. She’s best-known as founder of the stationery brand Em & Friends (formerly Emily McDowell Studio), which makes cards and gifts for the relationships people really have. She also co-authored and illustrated the book There Is No Good Card For This: What To Say and Do When Life Gets Scary, Awful, and Unfair To People You Love ; and she’s the co-host of this podcast. Find her at emilyonlife.com , and on Instagram @emilyonlife. Support us: Quitted is listener-supported, made possible by us and by you; you can support this podcast by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/quitted Music: Michael Blumenfeld, mikebloomstudio.com Sound engineering + edits: Adam Day, Producer: Cathleen Kisich Host: Holly Whitaker, Host: Emily McDowell, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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An Update Episode: Emily McDowell, Now With Even More Quitting! is an episode from Quitted by Holly Whitaker & Emily McDowell.

This episode is 45:49 long.

This episode was published on May 26, 2022.

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