8 Years of Building The Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast: An AMA with Erin Holt | Ep 400

About this episode

Erin Holt reflects on eight years and 400 episodes of The Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast, discussing growth, challenges, and the importance of showing up despite imperfections.

It’s been EIGHT years of The Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast and 400 episodes of consistency. If you’re waiting to “feel ready”, certified enough, niche enough, confident enough, and your nervous system is fried from comparison and perfectionism… this solo AMA from Erin is for you. Erin is getting deep in the trenches about how the podcast started, the pivots along the way, identity shifts, primary parenting, what it’s really like to work alongside her husband, and the uncomfortable truths about building a values-driven business over time. This episode is jam-packed with reminders that perfection is not a prerequisite for growth. Keep showing up, put in the reps, and have the willingness to “go ugly” early. In this episode: The platform Erin not-so-secretly is launching as a “no-niche” space Why going “ugly early” builds clinical confidence faster than over-preparing ever will What actually changes when you move from solopreneur to leading a salaried team with benefits and 401Ks The behind-the-scenes tension of growing a podcast in a celebrity-dominated industry How Erin and her husband Scott navigated parenting and redefining who carries the financial load Resources mentioned: The…

People in this episode

Host: Erin Holt

Topics covered

• podcast journey
• business growth
• parenting
• confidence
• values-driven business

Keywords

• Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast
• AMA
• business growth
• confidence
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Funk’tional Nutrition Academy

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