Aug 31, 2026 · 17 min · 7 segments
I stood in a parking lot completely falling apart. Convinced my creative life was over. And my friend looked at me and said, one day we are both going to laugh about this. I did not believe her. This…
Mollie CarmelHost
I was standing in this parking lot after a friend's book launch and just falling apart, convinced my life was over.

And my friend looked at me and she just said, you know, one day we're going to laugh about this.

And so if you are in the middle of something that feels like it's the end, this is the episode for you.

So I want to talk today about a And then months later, I realized it was actually a turning point.

And not because I fixed anything or figured anything out, quite the opposite, but just because sometimes time takes time and life is reorganizing itself.
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I was standing in this parking lot after a friend's book launch and just falling apart, convinced my life was over.

And my friend looked at me and she just said, you know, one day we're going to laugh about this.

And so if you are in the middle of something that feels like it's the end, this is the episode for you.

So I want to talk today about a And then months later, I realized it was actually a turning point.

And not because I fixed anything or figured anything out, quite the opposite, but just because sometimes time takes time and life is reorganizing itself.