Screw The Naysayers Podcast

In the summer of 2018, at the height of her career, Paula Faris stepped down from not one, but two dream jobs—her roles as co-anchor on the weekend edition of Good Morning America and co-host of The View. And for what? To find the answer to a question that haunted her: who was she apart from her job? Paula joined me to discuss her first book, Called Out: Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling.  Paula spoke about her rise to the top of broadcast journalism, the moment she knew she had to make a change, and how she stumbled upon the realization that her worth was not in her work. Weary from burnout—working insane hours, dealing with extreme sickness and fatigue...even facing public humiliation—Paula  found herself face-to-face with the president of ABC, worried the conversation that was about to unfold would result in the demise of her career. She expressed her frustrations and desires for change, and left the meeting as she had hoped—with two fewer jobs and one bigger question: Who was she out