{"podcast":{"title":"The Solo Grind","slug":"the-solo-grind-7041268","podcast_index_feed_id":7041268,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2431277.rss","website_url":"https://caffeinecreative.io/the-solo-grind-podcast/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/qd6s32n8k46os5ayov1ad89k9pw5?.jpg","author":"Teresa Schlup, The Original Caffeine Creative","episode_count":82,"summary":"Welcome to the solo grind. Your weekly coffee break with a fellow solo entrepreneur who's right there in it with you. I am Teresa Schlup the original caffeine creative and this is where real business meets real life. No hype just honest conversations about building a business on your own terms. We talk mindset, strategy, burnout, breakthroughs, and everything in between because going solo doesn't mean doing it alone. Grab a cup of coffee, find your favorite spot, and let's talk about what it really takes to do this thing solo.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-solo-grind-7041268"},"episode":{"title":"The Real Cost of Pretending","slug":"the-real-cost-of-pretending","published_at":"2026-04-28T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-solo-grind-7041268/the-real-cost-of-pretending","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-solo-grind-7041268","url":"https://caffeinecreative.io/real-cost-of-pretending/","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2431277/episodes/19084427-the-real-cost-of-pretending.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail Today I’m getting real about a piece of advice we hear all the time in business: \"fake it till you make it.\" Honestly? I hate that advice. After seeing a totally staged, AI-generated post on social media from an acquaintance, I started thinking about the high price we pay when we pretend to be someone we aren’t. In this episode, I’m sharing my own journey of tossing out the \"different hats\" I felt I had to wear in the corporate world and what happened when I finally started s...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail Today I’m getting real about a piece of advice we hear all the time in business: \"fake it till you make it.\" Honestly? I hate that advice…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1373,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-solo-grind-7041268/episodes/the-real-cost-of-pretending/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-solo-grind-7041268/the-real-cost-of-pretending.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}