I didn’t even want to do this

For the longest time, I had no interest in starting a podcast. It wasn’t something I was chasing, and honestly, it wasn’t something I wanted to add to my plate. People kept telling me I should do it. They’d say I had a story, that I could help people, that it made sense for me. And every time, I pushed it off.

It wasn’t fear as much as it was resistance. I didn’t want to deal with the tech. I didn’t want to figure out editing. I didn’t want another thing that felt complicated sitting in front of me. So I kept putting it off and telling myself I’d get to it later.

At the time, I was focused on something else

The last few years of my life were spent working on my health. Not just physically, but mentally too. I had reached a point where something had to change, and I went all in on figuring that out. What I found along the way was that the things that actually worked weren’t extreme. They weren’t complicated. They were simple, repeatable, and sustainable.

That became the foundation for everything:

I stopped chasing perfection and started focusing on consistency. I stopped trying to overhaul everything at once and started making small changes that I could actually stick to. Over time, those small changes added up, and things started to shift.

Cindy saw it before I did

While I was still going back and forth on whether I should start creating content, Cindy had already made up her mind. She saw what I was doing, she saw the progress I was making, and she saw how it could help other people.

So she did something I wasn’t expecting. She bought me a basic setup off Amazon and told me to stop overthinking it and just try. Her mindset was simple. Worst case, I record one video about my book launch and that’s it. No pressure, no expectations, just start. Looking back, that moment mattered more than I realized at the time.

Then I did what everyone does

Once I actually started, I went straight into what I now know is the trap. I started researching everything. Platforms, software, workflows, cameras, editing tools. I tried different setups, different programs, and different ways of doing things. And the more I tried to learn, the more complicated it all felt.

It didn’t take long before the frustration started to build. Not because I couldn’t do it, but because it felt like there were too many moving pieces. Too many options and too many opinions. It stopped feeling simple, and it started feeling like work and I got really close to walking away from it all more than once.

The shift that changed everything

What finally pulled me out of that wasn’t a new tool or a better setup. It was a mindset shift. I started looking at content the same way I had learned to look at my health. Instead of asking, “What’s the best way to do this?” I started asking, “What’s the simplest way to do this consistently?”

That one change flipped everything:

I stopped chasing perfect and started building something that worked. Something repeatable. Something that didn’t rely on motivation or guesswork every time I sat down to record.

That’s when everything started to click

Around that time, I came across Riverside. And it wasn’t that Riverside magically solved everything for me. It was that it fit into the system I was already trying to build. It made things easier, cleaner and more reliable. It removed friction instead of adding to it. And for the first time, the process actually felt sustainable.

Why I do this now

At this point, I’m not trying to be everything to everyone. I’m not trying to build the most complex setups or teach every possible feature. I’m focused on helping people who are in the same spot I was in. The ones who are overthinking everything. The ones who are bouncing between tools. The ones who are getting frustrated before they even get momentum.

Because most people don’t fail at content because they aren’t capable. They stop because it feels harder than it should.

If I can help someone simplify that process, even a little, it can be the difference between them quitting and them finally getting started.

If you’re here, you’re probably feeling that too

If you’ve made it this far, there’s a good chance some of this sounds familiar. You might not need more tools or more tutorials. You might just need things to finally make sense. That’s the whole goal. And honestly… if you’ve read this far, you’re probably a little more invested than you expected to be.

If you want to see where this all started

This coaching page is just one piece of what I’m building. If you’re curious about the bigger picture, the health journey, the podcast, and everything that led up to this, that’s what Living95 is. That’s where it all began.