# E94: What 2025 has taught me - Solo episode with Caroline Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bump-to-business-owner-6455135/e94-what-2025-has-taught-me-solo-episode-with-caroline Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bump-to-business-owner-6455135/e94-what-2025-has-taught-me-solo-episode-with-caroline.md Podcast: [Bump to Business Owner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bump-to-business-owner-6455135) Published: 2025-11-27T05:48:00+00:00 Episode link: https://bumptobusinessowner.com/e94-learning Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/e65d9ad6-3141-4c15-a982-8df3373aa03f/E94_audio.mp3?dest-id=4060887 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bump-to-business-owner-6455135/episodes/e94-what-2025-has-taught-me-solo-episode-with-caroline Duration seconds: 1064 ## Resource Trigger Warning: there is a brief discussion of maternal mental health and suicide. 2025 has gone really fast, and it has been A Lot. There have been a lot of lessons, and I'm sharing 3 of mine in the hope that it will encourage you to reflect, celebrate how far you've come and recognise the challenges you've faced. Bonus lesson? Don't ask ChatGPT to tell you what you've learnt, before you ask yourself! I'll share the 3 tiered lessons AI told me I've learnt this year - and as with everything AI does, the answers were pretty bland, even when challenged. It's a bit of an emotional one from me this week, and Trigger Warning: there is a brief discussion of maternal mental health and suicide. Resources: Why I don't do New Year's Resolutions Anna Mathur episode Maternal Mental Health Alliance Takeaways: Why I don't do resolutions, I do reflections Results from AI are always bland, and need to be challenged An emotional visit to the Also Motherhood Maternal Mental Health Alliance exhibition My actual learnings from 2025, not AI Where I still have work to do The new wellbeing habit I'm sharing with my kids Chapters: 00:30 Introduction and Reflections on Recording at Night 02:37 Annual Check-In and Personal Insights 05:03 Exploring Learnings from AI and Personal Growth 07:32 Navigating Challenges and Support in Business 10:08 Emotional Reflections and Community Support 12:26 Personal Growth and Future Aspirations 15:19 Final Thoughts and Looking Ahead to 2026 Links: Website: https://www.bumptobusinessowner.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/bumptobusinessowner LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/carolinepooley Music by AudioCoffee: https://www.audiocoffee.net/ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bump-to-business-owner-6455135/episodes/e94-what-2025-has-taught-me-solo-episode-with-caroline/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bump-to-business-owner-6455135/e94-what-2025-has-taught-me-solo-episode-with-caroline.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.