Carly Riordan: Happy To Be Here Podcast Show Notes

Carly Riordan has been an influencer since she was 19 years old, now at 32, she’s also an author (Business Minded: A Guide to Setting Up Your Mind, Body and Business for Success) and a mom of an almost one-year-old! Our conversation is a call for a pause to think about how you’re managing your health, what your career passions actually are, or how you’ve changed since the last time you checked in on yourself. We also talk about the internet as a culture and where it’s headed next.

THE EPISODE’S TOP QUOTES

“I can’t be pursuing success the way I’ve been pursuing it…my health is more important than success.”

“People having an issue with me is not my problem, actually. I used to think that people having an issue with me [meant] that I needed to make them feel more comfortable with who I am, well, no if they have an issue with me, that’s on them. I’m not going to change me for other people.”

You can listen to the full episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here.

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HERE’S OUR EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

1 — Meet Carly

3:40 — How a health scare changed her health POV

7:20 — Feeling sad for our early twenties selves

10 — How toxic/unhealthy behaviors (and perfectionism) can skew the definition of “success”

14:30 — The conveyer belt of college and career

18:30 — What came from her health scare

19:30 — Putting her health before success

23 — Struggling with motherhood transition

25 — Standing in front of closet feeling

30 — Setting boundaries on the internet

34 — Mother shaming , but fed is best

40 — Co-existing feelings are possible (and human)

47 — TW: Self-harm mention

49 — How to navigate the haters