My energy is giving me WAY more information than my to-do lists ever did.

What happens when I stop forcing decisions and start collecting clues? I’m back from a 3-city trip and we’re covering it all: networking, my unexpected obsession at the Tampa RV Show, and a realization about commitment that caught me off guard.

There’s a clear thread in this episode: paying attention to what lights me up, what drains me, and what my body and mindset are trying to tell me.

In This Episode:

• Why I’m not forcing outcomes and focusing instead on patterns, surprises, and signals
• A simple, but powerful language shift from an Entrepreneur Success Series event that felt like a gut punch
• How walking 20,000 steps a day in San Francisco revealed some of my own self-imposed limits

Resources:

Noovo Vans

Entrepreneur Success Series - if you’re local to San Diego, check out Jaymie and Jess’s monthly events for founders

Let's Connect:

Want more real talk? Let’s be friends on Instagram: @alisonkinsey

I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives.

I hate to admit this, but being on my phone is literally a part-time job. And I didn’t realize how much it was costing me until I looked at the data. (And yes, I’m sharing my REAL screen time stats in this episode that make me CRINGE).

You'll hear what I’m experimenting with, what I haven’t figured out yet, and why this feels like a pivotal moment in my career break.

In This Episode:

• The unexpected question my therapist asked that made me realize I’m not living my ideal “normal” day
• My real screen-time stats, including how often I pick up my phone
• How nighttime scrolling is sabotaging my mornings, routines, and self-trust
• The idea of “putting your phone to bed” and the intriguing tool I’m considering buying

Resources:

Learn more about the Brick (I’m really thinking about getting one!)

Let's Connect:

Want more real talk? Let’s be friends on Instagram: @alisonkinsey

I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives.

We’re talking MONEY, baby! Today I’m walking you line by line through all the expenses I cut out of my budget to afford my new life on a creative career break, and the moment I realized that wanting to panic-sell my house wasn’t really about the house at all.

This solo episode is all about what happens when your sense of safety gets shaken, your identity cracks open, and your nervous system starts looking for control anywhere it can find it.

In This Episode:

• The lightbulb moment that stopped me from blowing up my life, and what it taught me about uncertainty
• Exactly how I cut over $1,500 a month from my budget, including the expenses that used to make me feel “successful”
• Why stretching my severance (and paying myself monthly from it) is giving me nervous-system safety
• A pep talk for anyone experiencing an “in between” phase, a career pivot, or ANY unknowns

Resources & Links:

Episode 1: I Lost My $200K+ Tech Job… and Everything I Thought I Wanted

Save $$ with Mint Mobile - this is my refer-a-friend link

Let's Connect:

Want more real talk? Let’s be friends on Instagram: @alisonkinsey

I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives.

I thought I had “made it.” Five years into a dream sales career in tech, earning over $200K a year without a college degree, it felt like my life checked all the boxes. But then I got laid off.

And instead of freaking out and applying to 100 jobs, I decided to treat this as an invitation to start a full-blown creative career break.

In this first episode, I’m walking you through the emotional unraveling, and the surprising shifts in my body, stress, and creativity that have unfolded in just five months.

If you’ve ever wondered what a career break can do to your identity, ambition, and sense of possibility, this is the raw, real, behind-the-scenes starting point of my story.

In This Episode:

• What it was like to be a high-earning breadwinner, the lifestyle upgrades I loved, and the downsides that it cost me
• My pattern of shelving my own ideas to work behind the scenes for 7-figure creators
• The expensive coping ritual I created to escape stress multiple nights a week after work
• The surprising changes that unfolded after my layoff (both mental + physical), and how wildly different my life feels, 5 months in

Let's Connect:

Want more real talk? Let’s be friends on Instagram: @alisonkinsey

I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives.

I spent years chasing success, money, and shelving my creative dreams. I was a lifestyle blogger, a secret weapon inside of a 7-figure creator business, and a high earner in tech. Then I got laid off, and EVERYTHING changed.

Real Time Creator is my unfiltered, voice note style diary of what it's like to be in your late 30's, reinventing your entire life and business.

Every week, you'll catch me nerding out over money transparency, identity shifts, entrepreneurship, the zig-zag of living your life online and building in public, and the messy middle.

Start with episode 1 for my full story.

Let's Connect:

Want more real talk? Let’s be friends on Instagram: @alisonkinsey

I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives.