{"podcast":{"title":"I'd Like To Thank Myself","slug":"i-d-like-to-thank-myself-7665047","podcast_index_feed_id":7665047,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/id-like-to-thank-myself","website_url":"https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/podcast","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/t0VqQWhLTIftLDM8Hrm01E9RBqqMb9gNVoCWyM1PfZE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80Nzdh/MTAzYzZjNmYyYTIx/ODYwZTgyMDFkZDdi/NDdmNy5qcGc.jpg","author":"Cynthia Garcia","episode_count":25,"summary":"We thank everyone else for our success... friends, team, mentors. But when’s the last time you thanked the only person who actually dragged you through hell and back? YourSELF. This show is my love letter to the version of you who doesn’t get enough credit. The you who kept going when it would’ve been easier to quit. I’m pulling back the curtain on what it actually looks like to be 48, building a skincare company, navigating perimenopause, raising a teenager, and refusing to become invisible. The stuff nobody talks about after 40. And how I’m rewriting all of it. Sometimes it’s just me. Sometimes it’s founders, creatives, and icons who’ve rewritten everything too. Always, it’s the raw truth. Nothing filtered. Nothing softened. Nothing for show. Just the truth... and a drink. Every episode ends the same way: we raise a glass and say the thing most people are too humble to admit: I’d like to thank mySELF.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:17:56.264217+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-d-like-to-thank-myself-7665047"},"episode":{"title":"I Built $100M From Nothing Then Walked Away. Now I’m Starting Over at 48.","slug":"i-built-100m-from-nothing-then-walked-away-now-i-m-starting-over-at-48","published_at":"2026-01-20T18:54:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-d-like-to-thank-myself-7665047/i-built-100m-from-nothing-then-walked-away-now-i-m-starting-over-at-48","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-d-like-to-thank-myself-7665047","url":"https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/episode01","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/7d4d6fad/1f134403.mp3","summary":"I grew up on food stamps in the Appalachian Mountains with no running water in our house until I was fifteen years old. I took baths in the creek down the road, used an actual outhouse, and dumpster dived for skincare and makeup because somewhere in my thirteen-year-old brain I decided that being pretty would save me from poverty. And then I built over $100M in businesses. My face ended up on a billboard in Times Square. I was on Dr. Phil - not as a guest with a problem, but as the expert. Newsweek put my book on the cover. I was living the dream that little girl in Appalachia couldn’t have even imagined. And at my absolute peak, when everyone thought I had finally made it, I disappeared on purpose. I took time for self reflection and self awareness. This motivational video is the first episode of I’d Like to Thank MySELF , and it’s the story I’ve never told publicly. I’m sharing why I walked away when everything was working, what almost broke me — twice — and why I’m back now, starting a completely new company at 48 years old in an industry where I have zero experience. It's the ultimate exercise in personal growth and self improvement. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why I walked away at the height of my success when most people would have doubled down The moment that almost ended everything — and what actually shifted in me that night How I built over $100M in businesses without having a massive social media following Why starting over at 48 feels like my biggest flex, not my biggest fear The real reason most entrepreneurs burn out chasing tactics and strategies that will never work — and how I finally stopped If you’ve ever felt like you’re running out of time, like maybe your window has closed, like the cost of success is too high and you’re not sure it’s worth it…","meta_description":"I grew up on food stamps in the Appalachian Mountains with no running water in our house until I was fifteen years old. I took baths in the creek down the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1839,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-d-like-to-thank-myself-7665047/episodes/i-built-100m-from-nothing-then-walked-away-now-i-m-starting-over-at-48/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-d-like-to-thank-myself-7665047/i-built-100m-from-nothing-then-walked-away-now-i-m-starting-over-at-48.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}