{"podcast":{"title":"Get Messy with Maddie","slug":"get-messy-with-maddie-7067574","podcast_index_feed_id":7067574,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f2e24c24/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/getmessywithmaddie","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40649169/40649169-1724766562033-6dcd4fdeb5fac.jpg","author":"Maddie McGuire","episode_count":88,"summary":"Get Messy is the mindset podcast for creatives who want sustainable, successful careers — without losing their sanity. Hosted by Maddie McGuire, a performer of 10+ years and currently in grad school to become a therapist, each episode goes deep on the mental side of the creative grind: core beliefs, mindset blocks, facing obstacles, making a living as a creative, chasing dreams, and what it takes to stay in the game.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T22:19:19.788599+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-messy-with-maddie-7067574"},"episode":{"title":"72. 7 Things I Told You to Give Up in 2021 | Revisiting My Own Advice 5 Years Later","slug":"72-7-things-i-told-you-to-give-up-in-2021-revisiting-my-own-advice-5-years-later","published_at":"2026-07-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-messy-with-maddie-7067574/72-7-things-i-told-you-to-give-up-in-2021-revisiting-my-own-advice-5-years-later","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-messy-with-maddie-7067574","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/getmessywithmaddie/episodes/72--7-Things-I-Told-You-to-Give-Up-in-2021--Revisiting-My-Own-Advice-5-Years-Later-e3luese","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f2e24c24/podcast/play/122681678/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-11%2F427754330-44100-2-0cb392f0ddb4c.mp3","summary":"Today I'm doing something a little different — I'm going back to an article I wrote for Medium in 2021 called \"Seven Things to Give Up If You Want to Have a Healthier Mindset,\" and asking the question: does it still hold up five years later? What did I know then, and what have I actually had to learn the hard way since? I go through all seven — trusting your first thought, absolutes, disempowering people, timelines, over-compromising, wanting to look smart, and constantly pushing through — and I'm sharing what still rings true, what I'd reframe now, and the real-life lessons (some of them humbling) that I've picked up in the years since I first wrote this. This one's a little bit of time travel and a lot of honest reflection on what mindset work actually looks like when you're living it instead of just writing about it. In This Episode: Revisiting my 2021 Medium article, five years later Give up trusting your first thought — and why I still challenge mine every time Give up absolutes — and the nuance I've learned since Give up engaging with people who disempower you (and what to do when you can't just \"lose their number\") Give up living on a timeline — why I'm tattooing this one on my brain Give up compromising too much — and the deeper work of knowing my own values Give up wanting to look smart — lessons from grad school and my acting class days Give up constantly pushing through — rest vs. avoidance, and how to tell the difference Why mindset work isn't something you learn once — it's something you keep re-learning at new levels RESOURCES: My original 2021 Medium article: \"Seven Things to Give Up If You Want to Have a Healthier Mindset\" My mindset coach, Amy Austin ✨ Connect with Maddie ✨ **Explore Maddie's Website | @messywithmaddie **","meta_description":"Today I'm doing something a little different — I'm going back to an article I wrote for Medium in 2021 called \"Seven Things to Give Up If You Want to Have…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1162,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/get-messy-with-maddie-7067574/episodes/72-7-things-i-told-you-to-give-up-in-2021-revisiting-my-own-advice-5-years-later/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-messy-with-maddie-7067574/72-7-things-i-told-you-to-give-up-in-2021-revisiting-my-own-advice-5-years-later.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}