S2 E25 - How to get your PDF up for sale on Shopify | Past trauma around sexuality | Pushing past the PDD’s

[Audio Diary 9.15.25] In this entrepreneurial breakthrough episode of Glitter Mouth Season 2, I'm struggling through the painful process of setting up digital PDFs on Shopify using Claude AI for descriptions while battling massive self-doubt from close friend questioning my direction, processing sexual fetish comments triggering past trauma around consent and objectification, then experiencing unexpected triumph when the entire storefront gets built in 90 minutes with "The One That Glitters Social Media Domination Worksheet" and circle charts now available for purchase at discount launch pricing.

Perfect for creators launching digital products while managing imposter syndrome, anyone dealing with unwanted sexualization of their work, and listeners learning to push through resistance and complete projects despite overwhelming self-doubt.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Shopify setup pain documentation: Using Claude AI for product descriptions, planning to strip website down to simple landing page because "AI will give people rundowns, web pages only good for purchasing"

• AI collaboration workflow: Word vomiting ideas, getting Claude synopsis, then editing - "I don't post things directly from it, but for managerial stuff that no one reads"

• Product description evolution: From AI's "trite garbage" to final version focusing on "deep self-discovery plus clear vision plus strategic action equals content that connects”

• Authenticity definition struggle: "That word authenticity is so hard for me because I was so lost in motherhood and being who I thought everyone else wanted me to be"

• Close friend doubt trigger: Receiving questioning text about direction causing people-pleaser panic - "having so many people close to me doubting and questioning is really hard"

• Sexual fetish comment trauma: Pulling down content due to unwanted sexualization - "I have a problem with feeling like I'm used as a sexual object when I don't consent to it"

• Post-Dinner Doubts (PDDs) attack: Evening resistance and self-doubt spiral with "why bother, who cares, no one's going to buy them" internal dialogue

• Philosophy breakthrough moment: Realizing "philosophers don't give answers, they ask the right questions" - validating PDF approach of providing questions rather than answers

• Unexpected launch success: Completing entire Shopify setup in 90 minutes after expecting it to take much longer - testing purchase process and email automation

• Subscription model rejection: Preferring one-time donations over monthly subscriptions because "subscriptions stay as open tabs in my brain and I hate it"