Please tell me you have listened to Thick & Thin podcast by Katy Bellotte: social media content creator, designer, calligrapher. Wow, I might have an unhealthy obsession with her. Nonetheless, there’s a plethora of good reasons as to why she’s my idol.
If you haven’t listened to Katy’s podcast, go give it a try, right now. I was never much of a podcast person until I started listening to hers… and it changed my life. It changed the perspective I had on my life. I was more optimistic, romantic, hopeful. I was more understanding of my mistakes and downfalls. I started to embrace the fact that human beings are messy, and that I am messy, too.
The content within her podcasts varies widely. One week, she may talk about female historical figures who shaped our ideas on fashion, men, beauty, etc. She discusses the impact that these women had on the communities around them, and how they built their reputations in the classy, badass way they did. My favorite episode about powerful historical women is most likely the one circling Zelda Fitzgerald. Katy’s perspective, research, and interpretations are absolutely fascinating. It was one of those episodes where I found myself clutching the steering wheel of my car a little harder, anticipating what was coming next.
Some of Katy’s most popular podcasts focus on the men she has met in her life, or her perspective of love. She often receives (unfounded) criticism to her optimistic, romantic outlook on life, but she addresses this and embraces that she still believes in true love. Hearing that, especially in today’s society, is so… hopeful. Encouraging. Relieving, maybe, to me, because suddenly I’m not the only one who also believes in true love, too.
Beyond her discussions of true love, she hits home with the reality of life. She talks about being ghosted, about her romantic fall-outs, about her disappointments in herself and her failures. One of her most anticipated podcasts centered around why she quit her 9-5 job, and she was open, honest about her unhappiness in the workforce. She felt that her creativity was stifled, and she felt like she was suffocating. She admitted she was fearful, tired, but overwhelmingly free.
Katy’s honesty about her life and experiences makes her podcasts so gut-wrenchingly relatable. It makes you feel like you’re talking to someone you’ve needed your whole life. And as she sips her classic red wine while she podcasts, she feels just as relieved to let her thoughts roam free. It feels very mutualistic, in a sense. The vastness of her podcast topics keeps your attention to what she’ll be talking about within the next week. I listen to her podcasts while I’m driving, running, walking to class, doing homework, etc.
I fully recommend giving her podcast a listen. Katy Bellotte is powerful, honest, vulnerable, and quite frankly, iconic.