Takeaways

• Confidence comes after you start, not before. Waiting to feel ready is the biggest reason new podcasters never launch.
• Your first episode is not a preview of your final product. Audiences expect some rough edges from anyone starting something new.
• Delaying a launch to keep recording and building confidence is a valid strategy, not a failure, as long as you keep showing up.

In this solo episode, Abbey Graves tackles the number one thing holding people back from starting a podcast: fear. Not fear of the tech, not fear of the schedule, but the fear of putting yourself out there before you feel ready. Abbey walks through why that fear shows up for almost everyone, including her, and why it never fully disappears even after years of experience.

Abbey shares the story of client Lindsey Salzburn, ow ...