{"podcast":{"title":"The Scenic Route with Victoria Steward","slug":"the-scenic-route-with-victoria-steward-7782802","podcast_index_feed_id":7782802,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/S6ZcgSiO.rss","website_url":"www.victoria-steward.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/951714c0-7b4d-4675-bd36-b3bd278f8546/logos/46260bbc-d587-4fc0-b414-b393efa55bf4.png","author":"Victoria Steward","episode_count":19,"summary":"What if the detour was never a wrong turn? We get handed one map early on: the superhighway. Pick the career, hit the milestones, stay in the fast lane somebody else drew for us. And one day a lot of us look up and realize it's been heading somewhere we never actually chose. This is a show about the people who got off it. I'm Victoria Steward. I spent 20 years as a federal civilian engineer/project manager before I left on a gut feeling and started taking my own scenic route. Every week I sit down with interesting people who made a change, sometimes sudden, sometimes so gradual they almost missed it, that sent their life somewhere they never saw coming. The kind of stories that inspire you to start dreaming into your own. If you've started to wonder whether there's a different road available to you, you're in exactly the right place. ✨ New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss one.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T22:19:55.428806+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-scenic-route-with-victoria-steward-7782802"},"episode":{"title":"Still Showing Up But Feeling Hollow: The First Thing That Actually Shifts It","slug":"still-showing-up-but-feeling-hollow-the-first-thing-that-actually-shifts-it","published_at":"2026-04-16T19:18:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-scenic-route-with-victoria-steward-7782802/still-showing-up-but-feeling-hollow-the-first-thing-that-actually-shifts-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-scenic-route-with-victoria-steward-7782802","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/f637c5944636fd7d7de5fa256d343aa4f074f26dada7bf5a6b11a7d5d3db5516/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI4MmIyNWM5Yy1hN2JhLTQ1NTktODFhOC1kOWUwMmJlYmVlZTciLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI5NTE3MTRjMC03YjRkLTQ2NzUtYmQzNi1iM2JkMjc4Zjg1NDYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTlmNjIyYzM1MDAxYzBlOWJlNGFlNGIiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllMTFmNGQ4MjE1YTQ4YmMxNjhlZjJlL3ZpY3Rvcmlhcy1zdHVkaW8tUGhZZDAtY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi00LTE2X18xOS00MS0zMy5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/f637c5944636fd7d7de5fa256d343aa4f074f26dada7bf5a6b11a7d5d3db5516/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI4MmIyNWM5Yy1hN2JhLTQ1NTktODFhOC1kOWUwMmJlYmVlZTciLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI5NTE3MTRjMC03YjRkLTQ2NzUtYmQzNi1iM2JkMjc4Zjg1NDYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTlmNjIyYzM1MDAxYzBlOWJlNGFlNGIiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllMTFmNGQ4MjE1YTQ4YmMxNjhlZjJlL3ZpY3Rvcmlhcy1zdHVkaW8tUGhZZDAtY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi00LTE2X18xOS00MS0zMy5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"The output still looks fine from the outside. She is still delivering, still the reliable one, still showing up. But inside, she is hollowing out. In this solo episode, Victoria Steward talks honestly about what that actually feels like: the Fridays that feel impossible to finish, the weekends that are just recovery, the exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. She went to the doctors. The labs came back normal. And somehow that was the most disorienting part of all. Because it's not a body problem. It's years of misalignment that only gets louder once you get still enough to hear it. And the first thing that actually shifts it isn't a system, a spreadsheet, or another certification. It's a practice for figuring out what you actually want... when you've spent so long doing what you were supposed to want that your own desire went quiet. Victoria walks you through an abbreviated version of the five-senses visualization of your post corporate future she uses with every coaching client, and explains why spending time in the life you're building is the first step to making it feel safe enough to move toward. If the version of you that keeps showing up is getting smaller... this one is for you. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR: The exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix... and why the labs coming back normal is the most disorienting part What it actually looks like when your output still looks fine on the outside, but inside you are hollowing out Why you keep delivering, keep showing up, keep being the reliable one... and why that makes it so hard to name what's wrong What happens when you've spent so long doing what you thought you were supposed to that your own desires have gone completely quiet Why spending time in the life you're building teaches your brain it safe to move toward it RESOURCES MENT…","meta_description":"The output still looks fine from the outside. She is still delivering, still the reliable one, still showing up. But inside, she is hollowing out. 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