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“You don’t need to justify your existence with utility. Beauty is enough.” Eva Schubert

What if the key to a meaningful life isn’t success — but reinvention?

In this episode, jazz singer and creator Eva Schubert reveals how she’s rewritten her story again and again to live with passion, presence, and purpose.

🎙️ Meet Eva Schubert — jazz singer, podcast host, historian, and modern-day storyteller.

Eva defies labels. She’s the voice behind soul-stirring jazz albums and the creator of the Villains and Virgins Podcast, where history and myth collide. Whether through music, conversation, or reinvention, Eva shows us how to live a life of art, intellect, and unapologetic joy.

Eva Schubert is a college instructor and the creator of Villains and Virgins podcast on all things historical.  She is also a songwriter, with 4 albums to her credit, and a self-confessed fitness fanatic.
 

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Eva Schubert — Reinventing Life with Style

What if the most powerful thing you could do… is start over?

In this episode, jazz singer, historian & podcast host Eva Schubert shares how she’s reshaped her life through art, curiosity, and bold reinvention. 🎭✨

In this powerful conversation, jazz singer, historian & podcaster Eva Schubert shares how she rewrote her life after 30 — without permission, without a plan, just with curiosity and guts.

Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode:

🎭 Why you don’t need to be one thing — wear every hat that fits
🧨 How discomfort is a signal, not a stop sign
🎨 Why joy, beauty, and play are essential (not extra)
🧠 The myth of “usefulness” and how to live for more
🧬 How to rewrite your own story — at any stage

🧠 Why reinvention isn’t failure — it’s freedom
🎨 Why beauty matters more than productivity
💥 How to quiet the self-doubt & step into discomfort
🗺️ Why telling forgotten stories makes us more human
🔥 And why it’s never too late to begin again

Eva’s story will shift how you think about success, identity, and what it really means to live off-script.

📘 Summary of Key Areas Covered

Creative Reinvention: Eva shares how she’s reshaped her identity multiple times — from academic historian to jazz singer to podcast host — and why embracing change is essential for a fulfilling life.

Living Off-Script: A deep dive into resisting societal norms, escaping the 9-to-5 treadmill, and intentionally crafting a life that centers joy and curiosity.

Balancing Multiple Identities: Eva explores what it means to wear many hats — artist, thinker, rebel — and how to integrate these roles without losing your sense of self.

Philosophy on Art and Purpose: Discussion on the importance of beauty, storytelling, and the non-utilitarian aspects of life that give it soul.

Creating with Depth: Insights into her songwriting, the production of her music videos, and the inspiration behind her Villains and Virgins podcast.

The Role of Discomfort and Play: How creative growth often comes from discomfort, and why adult play — without an outcome — is crucial to staying alive inside.

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🌱 Guest Story — Eva Schubert’s Transformation

Eva Schubert’s journey is one of bold reinvention. Trained as a historian, she walked away from the academic world to follow a different calling — jazz. But even becoming a singer didn’t box her in. Eva kept evolving, creating poetic music videos, writing essays, and launching a podcast that blends myth, mystery, and meaning.

What drives her isn’t fame or approval — it’s a hunger for beauty, truth, and freedom. Through discomfort, uncertainty, and self-doubt, Eva has continually chosen the creative path, showing us that it’s never too late to start again and live life with intention.

Key Takeaways

🎭 Reinvent Yourself — Often:
Eva proves you don’t need permission to shift careers, roles, or creative identities. Reinvention isn’t failure — it’s freedom.

🧩 You’re Not One Label:
Artist. Historian. Podcaster. You can wear many hats — just don’t shrink to fit someone else’s idea of who you “should” be.

Design Your Life, Don’t Drift Through It:
Don’t just react to life — architect it. Make conscious decisions about how you want to live, work, and create.

🎨 Joy and Beauty Matter:
Not everything has to be productive. Beauty, art, and joy are valid pursuits — even if they don’t come with a paycheck or a plan.

🔥 Discomfort is a Clue, Not a Curse:
Growth and aliveness often live just beyond your comfort zone. Step into the unknown — it’s where the good stuff is.

🎧 Create What You Wish Existed:
Eva’s podcast and music were born from her curiosity and longing for deeper stories — not algorithms or trends.

🎯 Listener Challenges 

🛠️ 1. Pursue a “quirky” interest you’ve been ignoring.
Eva talks about how her brother created gladiator armor and later stunning jewelry by following his odd teenage passions.
👉 Challenge: This week, carve out 1 hour to explore a creative hobby or curiosity—no matter how “nerdy” or “pointless” it may seem. Document the process.

🎭 2. Put on a new “hat” in social situations.
Eva discusses presenting different sides of herself depending on who she meets—singer, writer, thinker.
👉 Challenge: Introduce yourself in a way that highlights a part of your identity you’ve been downplaying (e.g., “I’m a storyteller,” not “I work in marketing”).

🧒 3. Give yourself permission to play.
She says people grow old when they stop playing. Her tango adventures on tabletops are proof of living playfully.
👉 Challenge: Schedule a “play date” for yourself—a dance class, improv night, or something spontaneous that brings joy with no agenda.

🎨 4. Do something beautiful, not useful.
Eva believes beauty and art are powerful acts of rebellion against utilitarianism.
👉 Challenge: Create or experience something beautiful this week—write a poem, visit an art gallery, dress up for no reason. Let it be purely for pleasure.

📜 5. Rewrite your life’s “script.”
She rejects autopilot living and encourages crafting your own path.
👉 Challenge: Take 30 minutes to journal what “your script” has been so far. Then write one paragraph of a new chapter—what you want the next 6 months to look like.

🌱 6. Say “yes” to the thing that scares you.
Eva’s whole life is about bold reinvention.
👉 Challenge: Identify one area where fear is holding you back—starting a project, sharing your work, or quitting something draining. Take the first tiny step this week.

🎨 7. Do One Playful Thing — Just Because:
Pick an activity this week that brings you joy without a goal — painting, dancing, singing, or anything fun. No productivity allowed.

📝 8. Redefine Yourself on Paper:
List 3 identities you currently hold… then write 3 new ones you’d like to explore. What roles are you ready to step into?

📅 9. Design Your Day With Intention:
Look at your daily routine. Where can you build in more beauty, joy, or creativity? Schedule it like it matters — because it does.

🔥 10. Embrace One Discomfort Zone:
Choose something that scares or stretches you — a bold conversation, creative risk, or new experience. Step in and see what changes.

🎙️ 11. Share a Story That Matters to You:
Whether it’s through writing, a voice memo, or a conversation — tell a story from your life that feels raw and real. That’s how connection starts.

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🎯 Key Lesson

Your life isn’t a fixed identity — it’s a canvas.
Eva Schubert’s journey reminds us that we’re not meant to live one static story. Whether you’re a jazz singer, a thinker, or something entirely new tomorrow, the point is to live intentionally, playfully, and fully alive. Reinvention isn’t failure — it’s your birthright.


👉 Call to Action:
This week, choose one area of your life to rewrite. It doesn’t have to be big — even changing how you show up in one conversation, one morning routine, or one decision is a start. Don’t wait for permission. Begin your next chapter.

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About the Author
I’m a podcaster who interviews great examples of people to discuss and highlight the methods, hacks, tips and procedures you can use in your own life to help you develop and better your life. I would definitely not consider myself an expert, so to improve, I ask them and action it in my own life! My personal journey has been marked by awkwardness and awesomeness, OCD and ‘OMG’. I have suffered with depression, shyness, unhappiness and lack of focus and motivation so I know what’s it like to feel lost and hopeless. Back then, I wished I had a podcast to listen to and find actual fixes and concrete action steps and not just unobtainable suggestions and promotion of their products but couldn’t find it … so I made my own!

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