My Journey in Podcasting

Podcasting…Wait, Am I really speaking in a microphone? By the way there is no one there to respond!  What how can this even be for real?

I am not even sure I remember when or who introduced me to the first podcast.  The topic was possibly self-development, or I was perhaps listening to an NPR segment.  I don’t now but I grew a love for podcasts because I realized I could learn while in the car.  I began to listen and fell in love with the idea that I could always replay it.  This took me back to my childhood and popping in a tape and rewinding it to hear it again in the cassette player.

I definitely think technology has helped grow my love of podcasting. Now, I could just hit the icon for apps on the iPhone and discover a whole new world.  I was amazed there were infinite categories and I could search for a speaker by name or by topic. I was blown away!  I felt that this was full of resources.  I continued to listen for a long time and even my sons in the car would want to search topics they were interested in.  I sent some recommendations to my husband and friends. I found it similar to sharing movie recommendations, with the exception that you could be driving while listening to the podcast without risking safety.

Fast forward to now and I am starting to record my own podcast this feels scary.  I am stepping in an area that I am not fluent in. Yet, I will apply my life skills and calm down reminding myself that there have always been things I did not know how to do. Yet, one way or another I found a way to grow and learn.

In the podcast, I will share ideas and tips I have learned in my life as a Latina educator, mother, and wife. Along the way I have learned to practice what I preach!! I tell my students and my own boys that a growth mindset is important, and well I am on this new journey learning how to share these roles with others in front of a microphone. I am stepping out of my comfort zone.  I feel this journey will be very educational not only for myself and those friends and family surrounding me. There will be some episodes where I will be extremely vulnerable and share not only things that have worked but share the times that I have failed, and the lessons learned.  At that point I might think it is a good idea that the only thing in front of me is a microphone and not someone staring at me.

Please follow along this new journey called Podcasting.

Analilia