In the past 100 episodes of the Kathy Sullivan Explores podcast, I’ve explored rich and diverse life lessons from people of varying ages, ethnic backgrounds, and fields of endeavor. It has truly been a joy to explore people's lives—from their childhoods and journeys to where they are now—through genuine conversations. After over 100 chats with you through solo episodes or with our brilliant guests, I thought it would be a great time to reflect on this enterprise by returning to how it all started.

In this episode, I explore the conception of the idea that became the Kathy Sullivan Explores podcast. You’ll hear how my desire to write a book became a podcast idea and how my colleagues and friends—including rock radio Hall of Fame inductee Dayna Steele—helped me get started. I also underscore the joy of exploring with brilliant people via genuine conversations and share what I’ve learned so far in 100 podcast conversations.

“Everybody steps out of things in life. We step out of relationships, jobs, somebody’s shadow, or ruts. Other times, we step onto something like on a stage—and those are significant and fraught transitions.” - Kathy Sullivan

This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:

• Stepping out and how the Kathy Sullivan Explores podcast came about
• How Dayna Steele and other friends and colleagues supported the idea of creating a podcast
• The challenge of taking the first step to start a podcast
• Jim Tooney and the art of “going before you really know”
• The “Doorstep Mile” and my motives behind starting the Kathy Sullivan Explores podcast
• The common challenges we all face in life

Our Favorite Quotes:

• “Like in all other things, the hardest part is starting: to sit down and write that list of people you’d love to talk to; to jot those emails and get in touch; and to sit down and jot down ideas for the solo episodes.” - Kathy Sullivan
• “This kind of conversation—about their early life, when they first sensed the pathway to where they are now, and how they got there—is far more interesting to me than the usual cocktail party chatter.” - Kathy Sullivan

Related Content:

• 089 | Family Afloat: Life Lessons of Two-year Sailing Adventure with Jim Toomey
• 017 | Kathy Sullivan Explores… Life's Fabulous Lessons with Dayna Steele

Spaceship Not Required

I’m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.

I’m an explorer, and that doesn’t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.

In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required.

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