Welcome to The With Intention Podcast by Hannah Folau

Welcome to The With Intention Podcast! I am Hannah Folau, your host, and I am unbelievably excited and thankful that you took time out of your day to share this space with me and listen to me ramble.

I have craved creating a podcast/creative platform for at least 3 years now. 3 years ago I was in no place mentally or emotionally to be able to speak fluently or genuinely on these topics. I had a lot that I needed to work through privately and off screen before I spoke on some difficult topics such as mental health.

I am very happy that I waited to create this space until I was in the mindset to give it my all which is what The With Intention Podcast and you all deserve from me.

Once I acknowledged that I was ready to come from a productive, genuine, and intentional space I became apprehensive for two reasons. 1) I was worried I didn’t have the direction and scope of this podcast fully flushed out. 2) I was worried that I would proclaim my stances on topics publicly, but then rustled with the fear of “what if my opinions and values change?”.

I realized that I was putting both this podcast and myself in a box. I don’t want to have a defined scope dictating the limits of this podcast. Of course I have topics that I am very passionate about and that I have every intention of speaking to on this podcast, but I want this podcast to talk on any topic that seems right for myself and our community at any given time. To my second “worry” point, I noticed I was doing the same thing to myself. I hope that my stances on topics evolve because I REFUSE to stay stagnant in my growth and I don’t want fear of changing (which I actually hope that I do) to stop me from starting this podcast and creating this community.

This episode is an introduction to The With Intention Podcast and to myself. I am so eager to see where this takes us and how we learn and grow alongside one another. I have every intention of creating a safe and inclusive space and community in which all of us come as we are. We don’t have to agree, but we must have respect for one another. Please remember to take everything I say with a grain of salt and then some. Cheers to the beginning of whatever this is and becomes. And if you listen even for 10 seconds, I greatly appreciate you.

Peace and love,

Hannah Folau