May today’s episode of the Somewhere Road podcast be your reminder that we don’t always know where to start but something beautiful can come from trusting your inner knowing & going with the flow.

In Episode 13, "Keeping Up With the Joneses: Living the 'American Dream' but at what cost?," Co-Hosts Meg Vitti & Nicole Danielle dive into the idea of the American Dream and discuss how the expectations of others can make us desire a life that’s not true to what makes YOU happy. Then later, a listener wrote in asking Nicole about her own journey with starting over & writing her book and Nicole addresses this question that focuses on “starting over, why to do it & when?”

Not knowing how today’s walk was going to start, Meg & Nicole just let it all flow and it evolved into a truly packed episode with lots of takeaways we hope will bring value to your life. The girls cover lots of topics on this walk, some including:

- Where would Meg live if she no longer lived in Jersey?

- The mortgage, the big house, the white picket fence… chasing the “American Dream” but at what cost?

- Is it really your dream or the expectation of following what everyone else is doing?

- Carving out your piece in this world

- Don’t leave this world without making your mark on it & imprint on those you meet

- Being unafraid to take chances promotes opportunity for growth

- The dangers of “expectations”

- Our ancestors didn’t have time to be afraid

- Are you just going to walk someone else’s path?

- The grass (seems) greener until it isn’t

- A big house full of STUFF does not define happiness

- “Adulting”

- How do YOU define success?

- No time is wasted time if you learn from the lesson

- New listener question for Nicole

- How powerful your intuition & gut is to your inner knowing

- Nicole dives deeper into finding the strength to write her book & why she did it

- What “starting over” is for Nicole

- Not looking back & regretting you didn’t take the chance

- The #1 thing that stops you from making progress forward in anything

- Relearning what you already knew

- Nicole shares one of the “darkest” stories from her book & why the ones who seem to be able to handle it all are actually the ones suffering inside

- And then, Meg flips the question onto the listener…

May this episode help you see that in every part of the darkness, there is beauty in the light.

And please keep those listener’s questions coming. So much of our incredible discussions along Somewhere Road are happening because of YOU.

Deep breaths, Friends. We got you. Time to go for a walk…

*Note that little 'E' icon if real, unfiltered voices are too triggering for you. We promised to always show up as ourselves. ;-)

Episode Resources:

Website:

www.somewhereroad.com

IG: @its_somewhere road

Co-Host, Nicole Danielle is a TV/Film Producer & author of the "Life thru Lyrics" book series.

Website: www.nicoledanielle.life

Website: www.lifethrulyricsbooks.com

IG: @its_nicoledanielle

Co-Host, Meghan Vitti is a strength & mobility specialist & the owner of RAW Strength & Mobility.

Website: https://rawstrengthandmobility.com

IG: @vtface