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Many Things with Steph Libby
A podcast for the multipassionate, the curious, and the chronically figuring-it-out crowd.
Hosted by Steph Libby — fiction writer, HR professional, and self-proclaimed doer of many things — this show explores what it actually looks like to build a life you love. I talk about career pivots, creative living, romanticizing the everyday, and showing up fully for yourself even when you're still figuring out what that means.
Let's talk about the messy, beautiful work of becoming who you actually want…
Episodes
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Money, Part 1: Getting Honest About the Numbers
This week’s word is money, and I’m getting honest about where I actually stand: my salary, my student loans, being house poor in a 1940s fixer-upper, and why…
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Curiosity Is a Compass
This week’s word is curious, and I’m getting into why I’ve always been the kid who tried everything; how a chaotic, random universe actually comforts me; how…
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Imposter
This week’s word is imposter, and I’m digging into the vague, ever-present feeling that I’m about to be found out, and why no amount of praise or proof seems…
Many Things with Steph LibbyRestore
I thought I’d beaten burnout last fall, but it turns out I’d just gotten really good at hiding it, so this week I’m working through my word of the week…
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Consistency (Yes, I See the Irony)
After some time away from the podcast, I'm back and getting back to basics, starting with a word of the week I clearly need: consistency. I talk about why…
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Turning Passions into Real Career Pathways
After months of career counseling, I'm sharing the assessments, exercises, and hard money math that helped me let go of a decades-old "dream job" fantasy and…
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Breaking the Summer Guilt Cycle
I'm taking a step back at the six-month mark of 2026 to reflect on my resolutions, my relationship with consistency, and how I'm finally breaking my old summer…
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It’s not a motivation problem
I'm holding myself back. What I've long thought was a motivation or discipline problem is actually a systems issue. In today's episode I talk about this…
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I Just Want to Soak Up the Sun
After a morning in the garden, I'm getting real about what it actually means to have my best summer ever — and it has nothing to do with productivity or a…
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I've Been Wrong About Myself for Over a Decade
What happens when you stumble across a piece of your past that completely rewrites the story you've been telling yourself? Have you ever been so convinced you…
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Dealing with career journey disappointments
What do you do when you feel like you're fumbling your way through your career? We all experience disappointment in work, but it hits harder when you're taking…
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How’s my life audit going so far?
I called 2026 my Year of Curiosity. I did a life audit to figure out my priorities. So....where has it gotten me? Pretty far, actually. In this episode I…
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Many Things and New Beginnings - Being Multipassionate
It's a new day! Formerly Solitary Creature, this podcast is getting a facelift. I'm shedding the skin that no longer fits me and embracing a new name, Many…
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Time for Kindness and Love?
When the world feels chaotic, overwhelming, dark, and adversarial, where does the practice of meeting people with love and kindness factor in? It's easy to…
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It’s OK to Quit
Quitting is a part of life and I think it should be embraced more. This episode I explore a "good" quit vs. a "bad" quit (hint: it involves fear) and how I'm…
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Cultivating Creativity
I'm hyper-focused on creativity lately so this week I'm gabbing about how I unlock creativity, shut down my inner critic, stay inspired, and how my…
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New Year, New Outlook on Old Resolutions
It's a wrap on 2025, a year filled with unprecedented highs and lows. Sure, New Year's resolutions are a bit cringey, but we still love them, right? I look…
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Life Audit: Designing an Intentional Life
I can't stop talking about my life audit. I went from emotionally burnt to a crisp to reinvigorated, positive, and ready to realign and reprioritize my focus…
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Asking myself the BIG questions
It's the end of the year, so I'm getting super reflective and looking ahead to the new year. This week I'm gabbing about the big questions I'm asking myself in…
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Burnt out and dead tired, but still showing up
This week I'm gabbing about burnout. At 28, my career feels like a cage. I feel anchored to a job and a lifestyle that doesn't fuel me or fill my soul, yet I…
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It could be worse (and why that's not helping)
Certain phrases spark unbridled anger. For me, that's "it could be worse." Instead of staying upset about it, I'm taking a deeper look at why this phrase gets…
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Body Image, Emotional Eating & Weight Loss
This week I'm gabbing about my long history with emotional eating, my relationship with food, struggles with eating disorders. How I'm making sense of all of…
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The Mind-Body Connection
This week I'm gabbing about struggles with confidence and getting out of my own head, how movement improves my focus and energy, and why I think my hip pain…
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Me, My Codependency, & I
This week I'm gabbing about some of my codependency origins and how they're haunting me in the present. Where do I think some of these self-destructive habits…
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Stress & Listening to Your Body
I'm gabbing about the struggles of listening to your body and finding work/life balance when the stress and chaos of the week doesn't really allow for it. And…
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Gratitude, Perspective, & Love for the Little Things
I'm gabbing about why I think I have such a hard time expressing gratitude and shifting my mindset around I do have vs. what I don't have. I also fangirl over…
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Focus, Charlie Sheen, & Accountability
This week I'm gabbing about me week of intense focus, ranting about Charlie Sheen - someone I never thought I would need to discuss in my life - and how…
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Boundaries, Focus, & Goal Setting
What's tougher than setting boundaries? Sticking to them. This week, I pat myself on the back about finally saying "no" and gab about my struggles with focus…
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Values, Dealbreakers, & My Materialists Rant
Let's talk values & relationship dealbreakers! These are foundational when thinking about past relationships, trauma, and your expectations for selecting…
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Why Am I Doing This to Myself?
Get to know me, your host and self-proclaimed Solitary Creature, in this first episode! I gab about the life changes that have prompted my healing journey and…
- Many Things with Steph Libby
Why Am I Doing This to Myself?
Get to know me, your host and self-proclaimed Solitary Creature, in this first episode! I gab about the life changes that have prompted my healing journey and…