ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
This Is Nothing New™ is the podcast where Michelle Gruening drops the trends, gets back to the basics, and uncovers the lessons hiding in everyday life.
Through honest stories, grounded conversations, and practical takeaways, Michelle explores the timeless ideas that help us move forward — from confidence and leadership to goals, mindset, growth, and the real-life messes in between.
Because most of the time, we don’t need a brand-new answer. We need a better reminder of what already works.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
24 minutes
English
United States
21 episodes
since May 6, 2026
episodic
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When did play become something we had to grow out of?
In this conversation, Michelle sits down with Lara Galante, founder of Find Your Inner Parakeet, to talk about why play still matters in adulthood. They explore how perfectionism can shut down creativity and what we can learn from the way kids c…
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I talk a lot about how action creates clarity. Sometimes the only way to figure out what you want is to go do the thing and let the experience give you more information.
But what happens when you’ve been taking action and still can’t see what’s right in front of you?
In this episode, Michelle explo…
What if every new idea didn’t need a business plan, a long-term strategy, or a guaranteed payoff before you started?
In this short solo episode of This Is Nothing New™, Michelle shares the story behind creating her activity book, Stop Doom Scrolling, and what the process taught her about being a be…
In this conversation, Michelle sits down with yoga teacher Leslie Wright to talk about what it really means to quiet the outside noise and come back to yourself.
Leslie shares how yoga first became a healing practice after a great loss, why movement can help us get out of our heads, and how she lea…
Quitting gets a bad reputation.
We celebrate perseverance, resilience, and sticking it out, but sometimes continuing is exactly what keeps us stuck.
In this episode of This Is Nothing New™, Michelle explores the difference between quitting wisely and simply avoiding discomfort, why sunk cost can ke…
You don’t always get clarity before you act. Sometimes, the only way to know is to go.
In this episode of This Is Nothing New™, Michelle explores why waiting for certainty can keep us stuck, how action gives us information we can’t think our way into, and why trying something doesn’t mean committin…
What happens when a role, career, or version of yourself that once fit no longer does?
In this conversation, Michelle sits down with life and leadership coach Kim Byrne, founder of Seeds to Stories, to explore the “identity clutter” we carry from old roles, expectations, accomplishments, and defini…
What happens after something doesn’t go the way you wanted?
After months of looking forward to a camping weekend, Michelle made the responsible call to turn around when torrential rain, flooding, and dangerous conditions made continuing a bad idea. She knew it was the right decision. She was also p…
What if two things that seem contradictory can both be true at the same time?
In this episode of This Is Nothing New™, Michelle explores the tension between grief and joy, burnout and growth, discipline and rest, fear and courage, and knowing a decision was right while still grieving what you left …
What happens when the life you built no longer feels like your own?
In this conversation, Michelle sits down with mental health professional, author, and speaker Nic Collins to talk about leaving corporate America, rebuilding his identity, and learning to see vulnerability as a strength rather than…
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