'Life is good, life is hard, these two truths are unrelated.' In the middle of a global pandemic, my family decided to risk it all and follow our teenage son Ellis's passion for racing, leaving everything behind in the US and heading to Europe. This podcast is a series of audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media of what it's like to risk it all with the people you love the most & who drive you the craziest, all at once.
And there it is-- another beginning of an end of a beginning. A new year's entry that straddles the end of our 2023 race season and boots us into 2024 if we're ready or not. See you soon for Season Five! ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Explicitly American holidays like Thanksgiving are always a bit odd in Germany, but we make the best of it. It also always conjures up any remaining existential dread that's wandering about. Yay. Holidays. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
And there it is... always sneaking around a corner, a deep, existential questioning, taking you down. Well, here it is, post-race-season-life-questioning-moment, on the page for all to see. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Your kid only turns 18 once, and even when you try to do nice things, they don't always pan out. Cancelled races, visits to a legend's memorial, and endurance kart birthday parties, we made the best of it. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Back at the laundrymat, reflecting on the end of Ellis's NXT Gen Cup championship, and finally realizing how you could be disappointed with a top 3 finish, and the beautiful and crushing moment of bearing witness to your child evolving their interior self. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Once again outside the laundrymat, I'm wondering if I should write about 'what' or 'how and why,' and once again recognizing the parallel reality of existing in Germany or Hoboken, or anywhere else on the planet. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
It's clear in this entry I'm still working to regroup from the last few rounds of the NXT Gen Championship, make sense of what might be next, and attempt to set some boundaries on our time, energy and value. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Two back to back race weekends, no trophies. A series of mechanical failures made for some tough realities during this part of the season, and once again, my least favorite idiom--- 'That's racing!' launches me into a bit of a tirade on luck. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Laundry, again. Halfway through a 6 week blitz on the road, I'm reflecting on where we're at with the season, how Grandfather's passing has impacted the past few months, and of course, the nitty gritty logistics of living on the road and schlepping along. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Sandwiched between two race weekends, the moment arrived that we all knew was inevitable. Grandfather passed away on August 1st, 2023. We did exactly what he would have wanted and we headed directly to the next race weekend and made it count. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Value. Sponsors. Taking care of parents and worrying about, well, just about everything. And while the plate of life is full, Ellis finally gets his start of the NXT Gen Cup season and absolutely crushes it. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
I've often said that I feel like I have multiple existences, happening simultaneously, and this particular week felt this way in spades. I go on a bit of tangent here talking about life with Grandfather before we left on the Age of Light Tour, and some of my myriad multiverse of feelings about it. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
It's been a minute since I brought you a 'story and a half.' And if I'm being honest, this was an impromptu recording this morning because I ran out of episode uploads and missed my weekly Tuesday post. So, here you go. Me and Frankie chatting about where we're at, what's to come, what we think about how things have gone, and everything in between. And now I've just bought myself 6 days to record and upload new episodes! ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
'Preparation prevents piss poor performance.' Sometimes the preparation that your current reality allows space for is not ideal, and you still have to perform. Ellis absolutely crushes his game on and off the track in an exceptionally challenging and crazy busy few weeks in our season. Proud mom moment. Listen in. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
This business is hard. Exceptionally hard. And sometimes you're just tired of giving and making and doing with seemingly little return. From the outside, I'm sure it looks like our brand and our partners and our story is all buttoned up. That we're 'crushing it,' and just underneath the surface, there's a storm. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co
Things are gonna get a bit heavy here for a minute. On Mother's Day, after a few weeks of strangeness from my father in law (more strangeness than is normal for him)-- I find out that he's been in the hospital for weeks and didn't tell us, and that he's dying. What was supposed to be a break for me alone at home in Germany while the boys made a trip to the States becomes a massive turning point in our season, the year, and our lives. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
For better or worse, our lives are siloed into two buckets-- race days and non-race days. It's a binary system, and one that seems necessary at the moment. But will it actually pay off in some tangible way? ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
A play by play of what three weeks on the road with Team Spiezia looks like-- while it's still technically pre-season, we're not short on things to do or places to go. Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands, back to back for events, with some travel mishaps along the way. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
When you buy a second-hand washing machine and then it's a German bank holiday so you can't get the parts you need to hook it up, you find yourself staring into the spinning drum of the washer, thinking thoughts about your existence. Listen to what was on my mind. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Sometimes my entries are detailed stories recounting our experiences of life on the road, and sometimes they are meta reflections on what it all means. Some are existential crisis, and others just a real questioning of where we are, what the fuck we are doing, and if it's all going to work out in the end. This brief episode is a pre-season questioning of the alchemy at play. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
And the saga continues. Exactly two years after giving up our long-standing home in Hoboken, New Jersey, we're moving house again. Busted pipes, a comedy of errors, and the universe doing its work-- spoiler alert-- in the end we get exactly what we needed when it comes to a new place to call our own. But it wasn't easy. I'll tell you that much. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Anyone who's been listening long enough knows that we move. A lot. This episode is the start of a long and twisted tale about moving to a new apartment (again). A busted pipe, a change of plans, and a commitment to move out of a place with no doors and a dorm-sized fridge for something better-- check it out. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Our family definitely wears 99 hats and works tirelessly toward the goal of getting to the top in the shark tank we call motorsport. But often we question the impact of giving up 'normal' for Ellis as a teenager. Our life would certainly look very different if we hadn't pursued this path, and while we wouldn't give it up for the world, I empathize with Ellis for wanting more independence, daily routine, and friendships. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Here we go again my friends! We're back with Season 4 of The Whole Story-- covering the 2023 season, you'll hear my off the record thoughts about race life, family life and life on the road. In this opening episode, we're just getting the pre-season started, and I'm having a bit of a rant on social media culture and what it takes to have meaning in a content-omnivorous world. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
And that's a wrap on Season Three of The Whole Story podcast! Midflight on the way home to Germany, I'm sharing my thoughts on another year of the Age of Light, our 'special sauce' and the longtail journey about a kid we call the WonderBoy. Thanks for listening, and I can't wait to share Season Four with you. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
The Obligatory New Year's Eve entry. I thought this would be the last entry for season three, but guess what? There's one more amazing episode coming to wrap it all up. See how we spent Christmas and New year's to ring in 2023. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
We need a break. Maybe we don't need a break. Do we actually need a break? What is a break anyway? Pre-holiday musings on what the holiday break has meant over the past few seasons and what the plans are as 2022 comes to a close. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
The history of Shetangi and questioning the electric pathway. In this episode, I'm doing a bit of a deep dive on Ellis, reflecting on who he's becoming, and doing my duty of succumbing to temporary existential crisis and questioning our entire choice of life path for the past four years. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Birthday Halloween Anniversary feels. The end of October was always a special time for us at home in Hoboken, between our wedding anniversary, Halloween and Ellis's birthday. This year felt like the first time we celebrated in a way even close to what we used to do at home, in large thanks to the Nitro Racing team and good old Peter Bravo. Happy 17th birthday Ellis. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Let me tell you what it's like when it's a 'down month' for Team Ellysium. Take a ride with me through 4 weeks of mayhem, travel, racing and road trips and get a glimpse of what our kind of crazy really looks like. This is October in a nutshell. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
A pre-dawn thinking exercise on the Worst Case Scenario. It's always fun when your mind is on the treadmill before your eyes even open. Come along for the ride with me. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
'Home' is a topic that floats around us, always. With the holidays approaching and German residency drama in the mix, it's on the top of my mind. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Let me recap a mind-rattling 6 week stint, giving a peek into the organized chaos of this family road show, all in the name of racing. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
The Age of Light Tour has it's 2nd anniversary! It's exactly two years since we said FILDI, and ditched the States for our European adventure, and I've got lots of (competing) thoughts. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Hear my thoughts on my new most hated four letter word-- LUCK. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
In this episode I'm still on the road, solo. A visit to the kart track and seeing lots of people I know is a reminder of how many true friends you really have. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family's journey to follow Ellis's singular passion of electric racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. And remember— life is good, life is hard. These two truths are unrelated. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
In episode 53, I'm on the road! A week long trip to the UK means lots of time in the camper listening to the National, overthinking, and trying to make sense of our place in motorsport. ***************** This podcast is comprised of entries from the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Spoiler alert!! Join us for 30 minutes along the way of our 13 hour drive home from Sweden and the last round of the NXT Gen Cup. You'll get to fast forward from the current season episodes (currently in June of 2022) and hear how our championship wrapped up. ************************ This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
In a rare moment, our trio is dispersed and I'm on a plane, traveling back to Dusseldorf, solo. This episode is a bit of a mental recap for me of the entire journey so far, and a moment of quiet to consider how I'm going to get the mojo to keep pushing forward. ************************ This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
In this episode, I'm still home alone in Dusseldorf, eating bowls of corn flakes for dinner and trying to regroup. Finding perspective. Get inside my head here. ***************** This podcast is comprised of entries from the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
50th episode!! This definitely feels like an accomplishment. And the topic of this episode, the feeling that parenting is just the amalgam of a million tiny decisions that create a Spidey-verse of infinite possibility, seems appropriate. It all only makes sense connecting the dots in hindsight. ************************ This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
This episode mostly occurs inside my head in pre-dawn hours, and explores my obsessive approach to new information in the electric motorsport space. It also admits that my best writing disappears into a liminal space where, apparently, I can't manage to keep a pen and paper. ************************ This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Let me tell you about the time Ellis flew 140kph backward into a tire wall in an electric go kart, fracturing his fibula and tearing his ACL. Good times. ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Did you know that there is another whole WholeStory to be told? A prequel to the sequel. Seriously-- this entry is induced by a comment made by a good friend after listening to the first episodes of the podcast, and touches on a real and true existence lived wholly before the Age of Light. Someday I'll tell you all about it. ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
This episode which was written as a journal entry in May 2022, is after I've started publishing this podcast, and I have the realization that I'm now writing for an audience. That what goes in the journal ends up in these recorded episodes, and it's a real mind fuck. ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
If this episode had a title it would be called FreeFall, or Terminal Velocity or Shit Sandwich. This is the first time publishing an episode that I hesitated given the information I was revealing about our personal lives. ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Swimming upstream and racing in the snow-- literally. I didn't even get to the part in this episode where Frank burns down a hot tub at our Airbnb. That's gonna have to be a Story and a Half. ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
This episode is a meander of thoughts around the process of trying to get sponsors and investors on board with our crazy plan, and the inevitable frustration that goes along with it! ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
The start of 2022 definitely starts off with some speed bumps, including Ellis getting into his first big wreck in a kart and us finding out that our dog, Riley, was dying. Oof. ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
Welcome to Season 3! What started as a two week break from recording over the Christmas holiday turned into a 6 month recording hiatus. Eek! This episode kicks off the start of 2022, arriving home to New Jersey for a few months and getting settled in just in time for Christmas morning and all the existential dread that accompanies it in mid-life. ******************************* This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
For the final episode of Season Two, I brought my partner in crime and better half, Francesco, in for a Story and a Half! We talk about the Grand Finals in Bahrain (which I neglected to journal about at the time) and answer some questions submitted by our Ellysium Racing community. I'll be taking a few weeks off to move apartments (yes, again!) and get to Ellis's first race of the 2023 season. Then I'll be back with episodes covering our 2022 season. Stay tuned! **************************** This podcast is the audio recording of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media-- the shiny posts about racing, travel, and of course, eating, and sheds light on what it's really like to be a family taking risks and living life on the road. Follow us online to get early access to our content & the latest news! Instagram // @thewholestory & @ellysium_racing Sign up for our newsletter Facebook // Ellysium Racing LinkedIn // Michele & Ellis www.ellysium.co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewholestorypodcast/message
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