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Starting from The Messy Middle · Get It Got It Girl: Midlife Rebuild

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Today isn't about perfection, it's about presence.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: This is the moment I stop waiting to feel ready and start speaking from exactly where I am.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tina.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: I help people rebuild their lives from the inside out.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_00: Not with perfection, but with truth.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: And right now we're working on the messy middle.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're just tuning in, welcome.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: If you're a return listener, welcome back.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: It's good to be back.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: I wanted to start out by talking about the last three weeks that I went quiet quiet because they shook me to my core.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: There were days I generally wondered if my mission was over.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: Days I didn't even want to get up.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Nights where I was awake until the sun came up, not because I was inspired, but because my mind wouldn't stop spinning.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: My body changed, my vision blurred, my energy disappeared.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: And the wildest part is even in the middle of all that, all I could think about was helping other people, getting my message out, making sure that women who needed me didn't feel alone.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: But my body said, Not yet.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_00: My spirit said sit down.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: And I had to face the version of myself that wasn't performing strength anymore.
• 1:28
  SPEAKER_00: Those three weeks forced me to slow down, to listen, to rebuild from the inside out, and that's why I'm here now.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: Not as someone who has it all together, but as someone who survived a season that tried to silence me.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't plan to record today.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't feel ready, and my confidence has been pretty quiet, and my energy has been unpredictable lately.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: But I realized something.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: If I keep waiting for the perfect moment, I'll never begin again.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: And I don't want to build a life or a brand that requires me to hide the parts of me that are still healing.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm starting here in the middle, in the fog, in the truth, because becoming isn't a before and after story.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: It's a right now story.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: This podcast isn't about pretending.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: I have all the answers.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: It's not about giving you a five-step plan to fix your life.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: It's about walking with you through the moments that don't make make it to the Instagram.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Well, some of mine do make it.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: I I do put myself out there when I'm vulnerable.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_00: The days when you're exhausted, but you're still trying, like today, I I it was very hard to get up and get ready, but I had the desire to get to the studio was just bigger than anything, any little obstacle or obstacle that I had to conquer.
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I love the word conquer.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: The days when you're rebuilding your identity piece by piece, the days when you're not sure who you're becoming, but you know you can't go back.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: I cannot go back.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: I don't want to go back.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: I couldn't even go back if I wanted to.
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_00: That person is gone.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: That version of me is just gone.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: I want you to feel like this space is like you're sitting with a friend, someone who gets it, someone who doesn't judge your pace or your process or your pauses.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_00: Every episode is going to be short and honest and grounded.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_00: Not advice from a pedestal, but reflections from the trenches, because boy, am I in the trenches.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_00: Coming back to the mic today just feels like reclaiming a part of myself that I thought I lost.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_00: Not the version of me who pushed through everything.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_00: Not the version who performs strength, but the version who tells the truth.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_00: The truth is I'm still healing and I'm still tired.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: I'm still trying to figure out how to live a life that honors my limits without shrinking my purpose.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe you're in that place too, where you're rebuilding your life in real time without a map.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_00: If so, this space is for you.
• 4:03
  SPEAKER_00: This this podcast is for you.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: This podcast is for us.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: I want to pause and speak directly to you.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_00: If you're listening to this, you're probably carrying something heavy.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're trying to start over.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're trying to hold yourself together.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're trying to believe that your story isn't over.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_00: I want you to know something.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to be fully healed to move forward.
• 4:32
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to be confident to take the next step.
• 4:36
  SPEAKER_00: You just have to be willing to show up as you are.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_00: And that's enough.
• 4:41
  SPEAKER_00: You're enough.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: In the series, I'm going to bring you into the real-time becoming of my life: the shifts and the setbacks and the breakthroughs and the quiet moments of clarity.
• 4:53
  SPEAKER_00: Some episodes will be raw, some will be reflective, others will be practical.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: But all of them will be honest, all of them will meet you where you are, and all of them will honor the messy middle.
• 5:06
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for being here for the very first episode of the real-time becoming.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_00: If this resonates with you, please stay with me.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: We're going to walk through the messy middle together, slowly, honestly, and without pretending.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, keep becoming.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for tuning to get it got it girl, and look for episode two.
• 5:30
  SPEAKER_00: I will be having episodes every Monday.
• 5:33
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for listening.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: Go ahead and check out my podcast, and I have a website, www.getit got it girl.com.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you.