Pittsburgh is its own world. Moving to this place myself, after living my life on the east coast, has required a whole lot of learning and adapting. That's the thing about what you're used to. Sometimes you're not even aware of what you call normal until you leave.

Meghan Greenwood is a scientist, dance company owner, and mother of two who discovered a much bigger world when she left the rural community on the outskirts of Pittsburgh where she grew up.

We talk about finding an outlet beyond your career, building friendships and community as an adult, and making decisions that are right for your family even when they mean giving up parts of a life you loved. It's a conversation about how our surroundings influence us, the trade-offs we make, and finding ways to feel like ourselves wherever we land.

MENTIONS & LINKS

• Connect with Meghan on LinkedIn
• BAM Choreography LLC
• Pgh Dreamer Productions

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• Visit Kim's website
• Purchase The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma book

I wrote a book about the messy middle and I'm still deeply in it. The messy middle, that is.

Two years of writing, rewriting, second-guessing, and figuring things out, and suddenly, my first book is about to be in people's hands.

I decided to document the final days before publishing The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma through a series of unfiltered voice memos on my morning walks. What I captured surprised me: the strange emotions of watching preorder numbers, the fear of what people will think, unexpected support, publishing mishaps, and the uncomfortable realization that I'm releasing a book about career uncertainty while navigating plenty of my own.

Consider this a real-time look at what happens in the days leading up to a milestone you've spent years working toward.

In this episode you'll hear about:

• Why reaching a goal doesn't always feel the way you imagined it would
• The vulnerability of asking people to support something you've created
• What surprised me about the people who showed up
• The fears that surface when your work finally leaves your hands
• The unexpected career questions I'm facing days before becoming a published author

MENTIONS + LINKS

• Get your copy of The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma
• Download a free chapter

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• Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn
• Subscribe to the 10,000 Tabs Newsletter

Sloan Door spent much of her twenties moving—across states, across the country, overseas, and back again. She describes herself as someone who was always searching, with no grand plan for where any of it was leading.

Then, within a matter of months, a woman who had barely ever signed a lease owned a house, was helping raise a child, and bought the coffee shop where she worked. Suddenly she had debt, employees, people depending on her—and one overwhelming realization: “I can’t leave.”

Sloan and Kim talk about the life she built from there, why it took years to really see herself as a business owner, the parts of herself she once worried made her too different, and what she's learning about wanting, belonging, and choosing a life without knowing exactly where it will lead.

Nine years later, Sloan has lived in the same place longer than she has anywhere else in her life. So what made this place different?

MENTIONS + LINKS

• Sloan's Shop: Dead River Coffee Roasters
• Sloan Dorr on LinkedIn
• Pre-Order now available for The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma

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• Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn
• Subscribe to the 10,000 Tabs Newsletter