How & Why This Podcast Exists
Welcome Warriors!
Welcome to the Warrior Words podcast! I’m going to be completely honest with you here in this first episode: I never had any intention of podcasting; never, ever, ever.
One day I heard, I say heard, but, honestly, I don’t think it was a human voice. Something in my mind, okay, I know what you’re thinking. “I’m listening to this chick who says she’s hearing voices. Um, 911, we’ve got a live one here!”
But, seriously, it was more of a feeling than actual vocals. That’s the best way I can describe it. However you want to describe it, I was told that I was supposed to start a podcast and become a public speaker. Say what? Now it was my turn to question the sanity of that message. I mean, God had to have chosen the wrong girl and gotten me confused with someone else.
Oh, ye of little faith!
A Podcast Requires a Mic
You see, mics have always scared me. I was the kid in school who avoided reading out loud or standing up in front of the class at all costs. See that girl sinking down in her seat? Yep, that was me. But there’s a story in the Bible very similar to this. Gideon was visited by an Angel and was told that God had chosen him to lead an army and fight a battle. Now, I’m certainly not comparing myself to Gideon.
Oh wait, I actually am. I guess I have to listen to my own intro about fighting battles. But I digress…
Testing God’s Idea of a Podcast
In this story, Gideon thinks God has made a mistake in choosing him to lead this army and to fight this battle. He tests God multiple times. My testing was a little more subtle than Gideon’s, but I tested God in the form of dragging my feet, protesting, doubting, and questioning.
God was patient with me, and kept placing signs in my path for me to see. Ironically, I’ve also told God on numerous occasions that in order for me to get it – you can’t see it, but I’m making air quotes right now – but in order for me to truly understand what I am supposed to do, I need to be hit over the head by a 2×4 or see a neon sign.
They say hindsight is 20/20, and as I look back on the path that got me in front of this mic today, I see the signs, and a few of them are bright neon. But thankfully, I never got a headache from a 2×4.
Podcast Research
One of those signs came while doing research for a client. I ended up checking out Stephanie Gas’ show. In my research, I was reading through some of her episode descriptions. A few of the titles piqued my interest. So I left the tab open, and when I was done, I could come back.
The rest, they say, is history.
Learning to Podcast
I subscribed to her podcast, listened to a few episodes, and joined her Facebook group. Hooked! I started participating in the group, and not one, but two members of Stephanie’s team reached out to me about becoming an intern. What would I get for becoming an intern? Education on podcasting from Stephanie herself. What? How perfect was that? I could not have planned it any better.
Only God.
There were more signs along the way, especially those of confirmation that I was on the right path, doing what God wanted me to do, including an Amazon gift card for the cost of a decent microphone.
All along the way, He provided everything I needed.
Why I Podcast
That’s basically how I got here, but what about why? Other than God wants me to do this, why do I have a podcast? Why would God even care if I started a podcast? This is a real question I asked myself and asked God. I promise not to get preachy in every episode, but these faith pieces are part of my story, and I have to acknowledge them to give you a complete picture.
The answer to that question of why God would care if I started a podcast came in Mass one day. During the homily, the priest was talking about the readings, particularly the first reading from Isaiah 55: 8 & 9: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways, sayeth the Lord. For as the heavens are exalted above the Earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
That hit me like a ton of steel, right in the heart.
I don’t need to know exactly why God wants me to have a podcast. His ways are so far above mine that He can do what He wants! He can do what He needs as long as I do what He’s asked me to do.
Do I have a personal reason to have a podcast? Yes. I have a couple.
First, like the warrior I mentioned in my intro, Joan of Arc, I want to be obedient. I also want to fight for a cause close to my heart, helping other women fight their battles. Men too, but I want to focus on women, as that is my point of view.
Plus, I wrote a book, well, it’s still in manuscript form right now. It was when I finished the manuscript over a year ago that I heard this call to podcast. So, it’s my hope that you, dear listeners, will help me get that story published.
Concluding Thoughts
So, that’s why I am here, and that’s where I am.
I have a podcast, and I have reasons. So where do we go from here?
In the next episode, I’ll talk a little about the first battle of my adult life that turned me into a warrior, and episode three will be about the second major battle I encountered a little more recently.
From there, we will hear others’ stories with a few more of mine thrown in every now and again.
Fight the good fight.
Seek Beauty.
And make your words Warrior Words!
God bless!