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"I would think that on some level, we all kinda want the same thing and we can get it. There are more specific goals, but fundamentally, it's really just about how can you be happier more of the time?" While doing podcasts to promote her book last year, the idea for her own podcast materialized. "I had never done podcasts before ... and podcasts are really big. So I did them and I thought it was a cool platform… Coming off my racing career, I felt like I wanted an opportunity and a platform to still be able to inspire people, so a podcast became my new platform," says the 5 '2" brunette powerhouse. Her first guest was fellow athlete Alex Rodriguez, aka A-Rod. "I just want them all to be great," she says about her episodes. "I don't want any average conversations and I don't want to say or ask anything predictable." At the beginning of each podcast, Danica says, "I believe that each and every one of us has the power within ourselves to create the life that we really want…" Now that you're in this new phase, what do you really want out of life? "I would think that on some level, we all kinda want the same thing and we can get it. There are more specific goals, but fundamentally, it's really just about how can you be happier more of the time? How can you not let expectation levels affect your mood? How can you make sure that you don't take things personally? How can you look and think the best of everyone, including yourself? Self-talk, how you talk about yourself to yourself. I mean, for me, it's just a journey of how can I be happier more of the time, and there's so many different little areas to go into to make that happen." Here is a woman who is constantly working on her mind and body and wants to inspire others along the way, so it's fitting that Danica chose "growth" as her 2019 word of the year. With the year coming to an end, do you feel you achieved this? "The podcast has helped me grow a lot. The intention for the word is that, the things that I do, does it help me grow or does it not? And the thing is about growth, it never comes from your comfort zones, so, how far and how many times can I step outside my comfort zone to find growth?"