🎙 Show Notes: Season 3, Episode 1 – Not Pretty But Still Worthy
The glow-up doesn’t always look like the highlight reel. Sometimes it’s messy. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it doesn’t look pretty at all. But it’s still worthy.
In this episode, Evelyn Michelle opens Season 3 of Power Through the Mess with raw honesty about her own journey—losing over 100 pounds, facing shame from family and relationships, and realizing that the real glow-up starts inside, not outside. She shares the “deep, dark secret” she’s been keeping (her quiet creative glow-up), and what stepping into this new chapter is requiring of her: discipline, organization, belief, and the courage to bet on herself.
If you’ve ever felt like your glow-up doesn’t measure up, this episode will remind you that the messy middle still counts.
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✨ In this episode you’ll hear:
    •    Why the glow-up isn’t about before-and-after photos.
    •    The moment Evelyn realized she had to change—for her kids and for herself.
    •    The shame she carried, where it came from, and how she’s releasing it.
    •    The “quiet glow-up” she’s stepping into now (yes, she’s creating music 🎶).
    •    Practical tools that are helping her in this season: schedule blocking, small disciplines, and the courage to believe in herself even when it looks crazy to others.
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🌹 Dive Deeper
    •    Explore the new offerings on The Unlearning Room (https://thesoftpowerjournal.com/%F0%9F%8C%80the-unlearning-room/).
    •    Read the raw letters + journal entries in Dear Former Me (https://thesoftpowerjournal.com/category/dear-former-me/).
    •    Support this work through Pour Into Purpose (https://buymeacoffee.com/softpowersociety) (if you feel called).
    •    Get a sneak peek of my new sounds on SoundCloud (https://on.soundcloud.com/jimwDXDeZ71cjJJbQ7).
    •    Or connect with everything in one place at my Linktree (https://linktr.ee/starlit3).
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✨ Whether you’re new here or have been walking with me since Season 1—thank you. You are proof that even in the middle of the mess, we are still glowing.
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