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- This is London Real, I am Brian Rose.
My guest today is Sara Hart, recent graduate of our
Broadcast Yourself accelerator, welcome.
- Thank you Brian for having me.
- How are you?
And tell me a bit more about you, and what do you do?
- I'm doing good, yeah.
I'm from London, and I've been a chiropractor
for the last 10 years.
And I recently, about 18 months ago,
I sold up my London-based practise to go on a new journey.
And now have founded and am the host of
a podcast, Journey to Authenticity.
Thanks to your programme.
- (chuckles) And what was going on inside your head,
or in your life that made you want to pull the trigger
and finally start podcasting?
- Good question.
I had gone over it for awhile, thinking about the idea
of starting a podcast.
It's a platform and a medium that I've enjoyed myself.
I consume quite a lot of that content myself.
And, for a few months before starting the course,
I had been doing a lot of research into it.
And getting absorbed into it.
Made the decision I want to start a podcast.
I got absorbed in all the research
and got into a bit of overwhelm.
And then your course or webinar came up
in that perfect synchronicity.
It was the right time, right place, right message,
and I just thought I'll go for it.
- You said research with a bit of spite in your eyes.
(Sara laughs) Why?
- I think you just get absorbed into that,
it's another distraction and a way of avoiding
actually doing it.
So, yeah it was just another way to just get lost
in a process, without actually taking action, I think.
- Procrastination in disguise.
- Yeah, absolutely and that perfectionism
which is a little bit of a thing of mine, I suppose.
I got easily absorbed into that and waiting
for everything to be perfect and get completely
lost and caught up in that.
And then you, you know, months, years go by
and you haven't done anything,
so it was the perfect timing.
- And what about the people around you?
Did you have people that were encouraging you to do this,
or not encouraging you?
What was that peer group like?
- I mean I didn't really talk
to many people about it, really.
I'd mentioned it to a couple, and they said,
"Yeah, that's cool, go for it."
But, I didn't have anything particularly negative.
My partner supported me, always does.
But that's probably about it.
- Okay. - Yeah.
- And why London Real?
- As I said, I think it was just the perfect timing.
The message was, it was I was looking for.
I had been looking for different options
of some form of accountability, I suppose, or some guidance.
There are so many elements to releasing a podcast,
whether that's the tech side of things,
or thinking about your niche, or your message, et cetera.
And I hadn't found anything that was
the right package, I suppose.
Your webinar came up on my Facebook,
and hit all the right buttons, and going,
"Yep I would like to learn about those things,
so I thought I'd join and you answered all of it.
It seemed to be exactly what I was looking for.
The strategy side of things, the accountability,
the right sort of time frame.
And to help to gain clarity on the message, all of it.
It was perfect.
I didn't have any question or doubt about it,
I was like, yep I'm doing that.
- Okay. - Done. (laughs)
- All right, tell me about that first week
where I drop you in this Facebook group,
you got 150 people from around the world,
all doing their own thing.
You got two live calls with me a week, accountability doc,
I'm asking you to upload video.
What's that first two weeks like?
- Overwhelming, I'd say, is probably the primary word.
And also just, you think maybe I have an expectation,
it will be there, so it'll be pretty simple,
it's just gonna go through some basic strategy.
But actually, asking you to look inward into yourself
and thinking what do you really want?
What's the message that you want to put out?
This is gonna be part of your life,
what do you want that to look at?
So some of the bigger questions that's come up.
But it was great to be surrounded by so many
different people doing incredible things,
and all these inspiring ideas, and different walks of life.
And also different messages,
different professions, backgrounds.
And something that I hadn't really had much exposure to.
You know I'd been in the chiropractic world for a long time.
It blew my mind really, opened and expanded things
to new ideas, it was great!
But also a little overwhelming.
(both laugh)
- What did you struggle with the most on the whole course?
What was the hardest thing?
- I think that, I think just not allowing myself
to go into overwhelm of everything has to be perfect.
Just being okay, done is good enough.
I think that's probably the main thing.
Just pushing past my own inner critic.
I think that's really what it exposed for me.
Was something I thought I put at bay quite
a lot through my career, and having to work through that.
Starting something new, and expanding your comfort zone.
It really highlights to me that
that is still very much there.
And that little voice of self doubt
was running wild through the course.
That's been the biggest learning,
and the toughest part to overcome, to still keep going.
- Tell me about your podcast, and what were some of
the highlights of actually recording it, or publishing it?
- Well, it's called Journey to Authenticity,
so it's in the title.
It's about becoming more authentically who we are,
discovering more of who we are, and for myself.
The prime thing I wanted to do was to in a sense
document my own life.
It was like a journal for myself.
It's a lesson I feel I need to learn
to become more authentically who I am, discover who I am.
Peel away the layers, the fears, the mask, et cetera.
And through this process then I hope to inspire others
to discover more of themself.
To find more meaning and fulfilment in this urban world.
You know what it's like living in London,
we get caught up in so much material chaos.
So, yeah I wanted to be able to inspire others to do that.
So they can connect more deeply to themselves,
to other people, align with their purpose,
create a more deeper spiritual practise.
And I think then to be able to fully express
our full health potential, as well.
You know I've talked about four categories
within the podcast.
It's about helping people make aligned choices
in purpose, spirituality, relationships and body mind.
So yeah, and have great conversations with great people.
And what was the highlight for the course?
Was it one of those conversations?
Was it a breakthrough?
Was it launching your show, what was the big thing for you?
- There were so many things, actually.
One incredible thing was the group.
Just meeting some amazing people within our group,
within team rows, the people have been
so incredibly supportive and inspiring.
And I didn't expect to create connections
with these people that I think
I can now call friends, really.
And I hope that we stay in touch for a long time.
And to be able to witness their journey.
Yeah, that's been an amazing byproduct in a sense
that I didn't expect.
Of course launching it, now finally to get to the point
where you see your podcast in iTunes,
is an amazing moment.
That's something that you've been working out
for a long time, you don't think it's ever going to happen.
Yeah, to connect with some cool guests.
To learn something new from different people,
to have different types of conversations.
The conversations I've always really wanted to have.
And then be able to share that and broadcast it
to a wider audience.
It's been an amazing journey.
- [Brian] Yeah, it's very special.
- Very.
- It's really hard to engineer cool conversations.
Even if you live an incredible life.
Even if you live in the heart of London
and you're doing this.
A lot of times, still you miss
those really great conversations that you can engineer
on your own podcast.
- Yeah absolutely, I mean you've got it
in your title, London Real.
To be able to have something real, and raw conversation
with someone unfiltered and with no judgement .
To be able to really openly connect with that human
on a different level.
Yeah, to just expose I think the key thing for me
is to realise that we're not alone.
Is to realise that we have more in common
than we have different.
These conversations for me has opened that door.
To be able to share the fears, the deeper,
darker parts our ourself, expose that and to realise
other people feel just the same as you.
We all have the same emotions, we all have the same fears.
So it's been amazing to hear other people's stories in that
to make myself feel less alone.
- What does this show look like in one year's time?
- Well I hope just to continue to learn
to grow and expand really.
Consistently publish episodes for the next year,
to be able to push and expand my comfort zone even more,
to stretch to guests at different levels, different fields.
I hope to have created a tribe of people
that also are really wanting to discover more
of who they are.
That have seen changes in those areas in their life,
in purpose, spiritually, relationships
and their body and mind.
Yeah, just to create more connections with people,
that's really what it's about for me, so it's expanded.
- And how are you different?
If we walked out on the street and bumped into the Sara
that didn't take this course?
What's that woman like?
- I think more authentic. (laughs)
So already in this time, more authentic.
In essence, actually it's,
it's exposed more fear for me.
I think it's just shined a light on another layer
for me to work on.
To realise the next mask of the layer
that I need to peel away.
And that's great, that's great for me.
So I think more real, more able and open
to connect with someone on a real genuine level,
without so much of the false idea of who I am.
- So you're becoming more comfortable being
just you each time you broadcast.
- Yeah, more comfortable in my own skin.
And more confident and grounded in that.
And not confidence in the sense of a false identity
of confidence and bravado.
But really, to feel more confident in who I am.
And grounded in what I'm doing.
And that I'm the right path, and that feels great.
I've been filled with more purpose than before,
which is wonderful.
- [Brian] Broadcasting will do that to you.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, and that's why I always say it's like,
I think it's the Fountain of Youth.
And that's a weird way to describe it.
It allows you to connect more with yourself,
and to other people, and to become more real
kind of almost by definition.
- [Sara] Yeah.
- You're just letting the mics record
and having these conversations.
You put yourself out there, and it's a journey,
it's a process.
- Yeah, and I think to highlight also more
of the inauthenticities in that.
Because it exposes, it puts you in a situation
where you can't hide.
Especially with broadcasting, to listen to yourself back.
It's something that most people don't ever do,
and I'd never really done myself before.
You get a new perspective on yourself, I think.
Near highlighting my own inauthenticities,
and being challenged with different questions,
exposed to different ideas,
and trying to find my own truth in that.
It's been quite a fascinating process.
- (chuckles) If someone is thinking about taking
this course, but they're just not sure,
what would you tell them?
- If you want to broadcast then do it.
Because, if you're sitting in your own space
thinking that you're gonna do it off your own back,
it's not very likely.
Because the resistance, as you say the resistance is real.
It's there, and no matter who you are,
all of us experience it.
And it's very difficult I think in isolation
to over come it.
So I think that this course gives you everything you need
in terms of strategy and tools to be able to do it.
So I'd just go for it.
Eight weeks, just go all in, as Robert Reid says.
Go all in and just get it done.
Just stick to the accountability side of it,
connect with people and just go for it.
Because, life's short.
And if I hadn't have done it, then I would have
still been here now not broadcasting
potentially for another year, so go for it.
- Sara, it's been fun watching you on your journey.
I still remember our first call.
I remember (chuckles) looking at you on the Zoom call,
and I can almost see what's going on
in your brain sometimes.
I don't if other people tell you that.
- No. (laughs) - I can almost see it
on your face, and I can see you struggling with perfection
and just like these kind of things.
I always really like you, because you have a history
of getting things done, I know you can get the things done.
I'm like I'm gonna have to push her a little harder.
Because I know when you get these things done,
you're gonna go big, and you're gonna do great things,
and you're gonna peel these layers off
and just get to the next level.
And so I'm just really happy that you pushed
through that resistance.
The perfection and all that stuff and just got it done.
Pushed through the resistance of even some peer criticism.
And you're just like, you know what?
We're just going forward.
And if you keep regularly publishing
you will not recognise who you are in good way
in the next 12 months, and I can't wait.
- [Sara] Thank you.
- So, welcome to the family.
You now got this incredible group,
so stay accountable to them for the next 12 months.
We'll be watching you, I'll be watching you.
And as we say, it's about the journey,
and I wish you well on yours.
- Thank you very much.
- Thanks, Sara. - Thank you.
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