Not Content. Company.
I'm not trying to sell you the next thing. There are no ads in your ear, no launch waiting at the end. Just a conversation, the kind you'd want on a long walk.
Just Us. No Ads. No Agenda.
The Scenic Route.
Put your headphones on. Go for a walk. This is me, talking to you the way I'd talk to a friend — not a marketer, not a launch, not a pitch. Just someone a little further down the road, telling you what I wish someone had told me: wherever you are right now, you're exactly on your scenic route.
Season 1
Complete
Season 2
Recording Now
Ongoing
New Stops Added
Why I actually made this
I Wanted This When I Was Starting Out.
I would have given anything for someone a little further ahead to just talk to me — no marketing lens, no agenda, just real. So I made the thing I wish I'd had.
Recorded Wherever I Am
A lake in Michigan. A hockey rink. A cruise ship shower deck. Real life, running in the background, because that's where the real thoughts show up.
I Listen to Mine Too
I subscribe to a private podcast myself. Sometimes I replay the same episode five times because it's exactly what I needed that day. I made this hoping it can be that for you.
A few actual stops
What You'll Actually Hear
“If there's something you're not enjoying — find a way to eliminate it or minimize it. I minimize the fighting between my kids by dividing and conquering. I eliminated Microsoft from my business entirely. Design around the things that don't work with who you are.”
Eliminate It, Minimize It
“Once you decide something, it will often get much messier in the pursuit of taking action. It's going to get messier before it's clean — but it's getting messy because you know where you're headed.”
Messy Before Clean
“No one is an overnight success. No one is self-made. There are hundreds of thousands of people, places, things, and events that had to line up. I was the willing choreographer — but not self-made.”
My Taylor Moment
Just from Season 1
30+ Stops. Every One a Little Different.
Business. Parenting. A hockey rink. Disney. A cruise ship shower deck. No two stops sound alike — that's the point.
Welcome to the Scenic Route
Why this show exists, unpolished edges and all.
It Doesn't Need a Name Yet
Permission to build before you know what to call it.
Managing Expectations
Treating your tech like a team member having a rough week.
Plan for the Gut Punch
Deciding your recovery plan before the hit ever lands.
The Zero Sales Plan
A real plan for the launch that gets zero sales.
TEAM: Before You Automate
Why eliminating comes before automating anything.
We Have a Name
The exact moment “Scenic Route” clicked into place.
Frameworks Are Structured Flexibility
A good framework supports you, it doesn't box you in.
Just Be Scout
Staying focused while shiny new things bounce around you.
Pause Day and Monthly Themes
Anchoring each month around one word, one theme.
Find Your Seventeen and a Half
The increment between too easy and too much.
Inspiration vs. Implementation
Someone else's results came with facts and circumstances that aren't yours.
Vacationing Life
The philosophy behind the name of her own company.
Future You Is So Grateful for Today's You
Showing up today for who you're becoming.
Make It Up
If nobody's modeled it yet, you're allowed to invent it.
High/Low: Question the Label
Questioning the labels we let define our choices.
Hot Mess Is Not a Prerequisite
You don't have to burn it down to build something calm.
Peripheral Offers
What naturally travels alongside your main offer.
Where's the Powdered Sugar?
Reframing what looks like a mess as evidence people are engaging.
The Ice Rink, 1998
A full-circle morning back at her very first job.
The Luxury of Small Numbers
Small and “unscalable” can be exactly the right size.
The Container Question
How she actually chose the format for this very show.
The Messy Middle Is Part of the Equation
The mess isn't a detour — it's part of the math.
Look What You Already Have
Old work is often worth revisiting before making something new.
Turn Around
Permission to double back for something worth it.
Do It Alone
The parts of running a business you might not think to do solo.
Share It
Doing something alone and sharing it can both be true at once.
Get Your Containers Ready
Having something ready the moment opportunity shows up.
The Friction Project
Turning an ongoing irritation into the thing you're meant to build.
My Taylor Moment
The invisible 99% of work behind every visible win.
Make the Space
If you don't see the space you want, you build it yourself.
What Is a Third Grader?
The labels that sort us by age don't actually measure where we are.
Bonus Time
Pre-deciding what you'll do the moment unexpected time shows up.
Plus more stops added every week — Season 2 recording now.
One subscription
A Friend in Your Ear, Whenever You Need One.
The Scenic Route
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Top features
- Every stop, past and future — Season 1 complete, Season 2 recording now
- New stops added as they're recorded
- A private feed, just for us — listen anywhere you already listen
- Billed every 3 months, cancel anytime, no hard feelings
Questions
What's a “private podcast”, exactly?
It's a podcast feed that isn't public — it's just for us. Only subscribers get the link, and it shows up right in whatever app you already listen to podcasts in.
Is this business advice or something else?
Neither, really — and both. It's real talk on running a business and a life without losing yourself. Some stops are about offers and sales. Some are about a hockey rink, or Disney, or a decision made in a parking lot. No ads, no agenda — just me, talking to you like a friend.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, no hard feelings. It's billed every 3 months, and you can step away whenever it's no longer what you need.
No Wrong Turns.
Just the Scenic Route.
Wherever you are right now — you're exactly where you're supposed to be. Come take the walk with me.