Stop living by rules you never agreed to.
The podcast for founders, creatives, and leaders who did the therapy, read the books, and built the thing — and are ready to be more alive than their industry thinks is appropriate.
Each episode is a permission slip. New weekly. Episodes arrive October 6th — follow now
Hosted by clinical psychologist, entrepreneur, and circus artist Dr. Sherry Walling, Permission goes where most business podcasts won't — into meaning and burnout, identity, pleasure, grief, and the strange emptiness of getting everything you wanted and still feeling like something's missing. For anyone carrying the weight of the thing they built, and the people who love them. Every episode ends with a permission slip: one thing you didn't know you were allowed to do.
Episode 112: The Downside of a Few Good Things
Sherry and Rob talk about the downside of good things. Sherry uses the example of founders experiencing growth and success in their businesses but it also causing disruptions. They talk openly about the reality that even really good things can still cause stress and what to do, and how to prepare.
Episode 103: Responding to the Ugliness of the World
Sherry talks about the importance of appreciating what is good about life and to honor, protect, and love things that are beautiful in response to the ugliness that is going on in the world.
Episode 101: A Secret Sanity Superpower You Might Not Know About
In this episode Sherry talks about the science of touch. How it contributes to your mental well being and the well being of those around you. Also discussing the power of giving/receiving emotional comfort through touch.
Episode 91: Strategies for Solving BIG Problems
Rob and Sherry talk through some strategies for solving big, complex problems. Rob shares a situation in which he and his co-founder had to work together to solve a problem, which further sparks the idea of how to work well with others and the benefits.
Episode 79: Embrace the Chaos
Rob and Sherry talk about the process of getting settled into a new place. They speak from their own experiences, making points that can help people deal with all different types of traditions in life.
Episode 75: The Family Side of A Startup Acquisition: Part 1
Rob and Sherry talk about Rob's company Drip, being acquired by LeadPages, and the struggles they had to face during the process of the acquisition. Rob shares insights of the negotiation timeline and how if personally affected him, the stresses he had to deal with, and how it therefore affected the family. Sherry gives her side of the story and what she did to prepare for a possible move while not being able to make the news public.
Episode 72: Happy Place
Rob and Sherry talk about the significance of their beach apartment they own as a second home. They talk about how they use it as their "happy place" and make it a routine part of their lives to go there and escape the stresses of life. They discuss the importance of finding a place that makes you feel blissful and making it a regular part of your own life.
Episode 67: Becoming a Stress Ninja
Rob and Sherry talk about their favorite tactics for mastering stress.
Episode 46: Buying, Selling, and Moving On
Rob and Sherry discuss Rob's decision to sell his application HitTail and what his fears, thought process, and takeaways were. They also reveal some of the conversations that took place when making the decision with their family life in mind.