I'm Tennessee, a Franco-American podcast host based in London. Growing up, I was never afraid of taking risks, but underneath that, I carried this feeling that what I had to say mattered less than how I looked.
Part of changing that was university. I studied psychology in Paris, and the need to understand things properly became bigger than the discomfort of talking. So I started asking lots of questions. Later, I created an internal podcast at a previous company, and I really enjoyed it: the research, the conversations, putting together the music, everything.
Moving to London was a fresh start in many ways, but I was still feeling stuck and disconnected from myself. I was sitting in that feeling, not really knowing how to move. Then a conversation with someone I love changed things. It made me realise I could do something about it.
So I started reading... A lot. Psychology, the body, emotions, how people change. Then writing, meditating, asking myself the same kinds of questions I'd been asking since university, but this time it was personal. And once I started, I couldn't stop!
Second Start is what came out of all of that.
I've figured some things out along the way. The rest is still unfolding, and Second Start is one of the ways I explore it.