Show Up and Show Out with Jess Russ

What happens when you win the thing you've been working toward your whole life and it terrifies you? In this episode of GUTS, we sit down with Jess Russ, Grammy award-winning songwriter, creative, and athlete, who grew up in Alabama with Goodwill clothes and $5 to everyone else's hundred. She learned early how to show up and show out. But at 27, she's asking a harder question: what happens when showing up starts to cost you everything?In this episode: - Growing up Black in the South, showing up in rooms she was never handed access to - How winning a Grammy at 27 became a double-edged sword - Why her biggest failures have been relational, not professional - The fear of being considered but never chosen - What it really means to give yourself permission before anyone else does Listen to GUTS: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GSiahH3NYTiFKZ4mIGQnJ?si=fce013635cfa4947 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-under-the-skin/id1821276933 Follow GUTS: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/guts.podcast/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/topazadizes/ Subscribe for updates: topazadizes.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices