Episode 171: I Have No Idea What I'm Doing But I'm Here Anyway

Medium Lady Talks: Burnout Recovery for Millennials and Mothers · Apr 13, 2026 · 31m

After three weeks away, Erin is back....but not because she has it figured out, but because showing up anyway is the whole point.

This episode is an honest check-in: on an OCD flare that was the most significant in years, on the creative paralysis that followed, and on what finally helped her find her way back. She traces the silence back to the AI series she announced in episode 169, which quickly began to feel like spacewalking without a tether, and the stakes felt high, the subject felt vast, and her nervous system did what nervous systems do.

What pulled her through? The Artemis II moon…