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- 0:05Friend,
- 0:06now
- 0:06if
- 0:06you
- 0:07have
- 0:07ever
- 0:07stood
- 0:08in
- 0:08the
- 0:08middle
- 0:08of
- 0:08your
- 0:08own
- 0:09life,
- 0:09the
- 0:10career,
- 0:10the
- 0:10home,
- 0:11the
- 0:11friendships,
- 0:12the
- 0:12milestones,
- 0:13and
- 0:13thought,
- 0:14"Why
- 0:14does
- 0:14this
- 0:15not
- 0:15feel
- 0:15like
- 0:15mine?"
- 0:16This
- 0:17episode
- 0:17is
- 0:18for
- 0:18you.
- 0:18We
- 0:19are
- 0:19naming
- 0:19something
- 0:20today
- 0:20that
- 0:21some
- 0:21carry
- 0:21in
- 0:22silence
- 0:23because
- 0:23they're
- 0:24too
- 0:24afraid
- 0:25to
- 0:25say
- 0:25it
- 0:25out
- 0:25loud.
- 0:26Because
- 0:26to
- 0:26admit
- 0:27it
- 0:27means
- 0:28admitting
- 0:28that
- 0:28the
- 0:28life
- 0:29you
- 0:29worked
- 0:30so
- 0:30hard
- 0:31to
- 0:31build
- 0:31might
- 0:32not
- 0:32actually
- 0:33be
- 0:33the
- 0:33life
- 0:34you
- 0:34wanted,
- 0:35and
- 0:36it's
- 0:36terrifying,
- 0:37and
- 0:37as
- 0:38true
- 0:38as
- 0:39that
- 0:39may
- 0:39be,
- 0:40it's
- 0:40also
- 0:41the
- 0:41beginning
- 0:41of
- 0:42your
- 0:42next
- 0:42chapter.
- 0:43So
- 0:43let's
- 0:44get
- 0:44into
- 0:44it.
- 0:46Okay,
- 0:46real
- 0:46quick,
- 0:47if
- 0:47you
- 0:48are
- 0:48not
- 0:48yet
- 0:48subscribed
- 0:49to
- 0:49Confident
- 0:50and
- 0:50Empowered
- 0:50Women
- 0:50yet,
- 0:51what
- 0:51are
- 0:52we
- 0:52even
- 0:52doing,
- 0:53okay?
- 0:56We
- 0:56are
- 0:56here
- 0:57every
- 0:57single
- 0:57Tuesday
- 0:58and
- 0:58Thursday,
- 0:59and
- 0:59this
- 0:59is
- 0:59not
- 1:00just
- 1:00a
- 1:00podcast.
- 1:01This
- 1:02is
- 1:02a
- 1:02community
- 1:03of
- 1:03women
- 1:03who
- 1:03are
- 1:04done
- 1:04shrinking,
- 1:05settling,
- 1:06people-pleasing,
- 1:07performing,
- 1:07and
- 1:08putting
- 1:08herself
- 1:09last.
- 1:10This
- 1:10is
- 1:11where
- 1:11we
- 1:11come
- 1:11together
- 1:12to
- 1:12remember
- 1:13who
- 1:13we
- 1:13actually
- 1:14are
- 1:15and
- 1:15build
- 1:15the
- 1:15life
- 1:16that
- 1:16reflects
- 1:17her.
- 1:18We
- 1:18are
- 1:18becoming
- 1:19together,
- 1:19friend,
- 1:20and
- 1:20if
- 1:21you
- 1:21are
- 1:21not
- 1:21subscribed
- 1:22yet,
- 1:22today
- 1:23is
- 1:23the
- 1:23day.
- 1:26Hey,
- 1:27hey,
- 1:27hey
- 1:27friend.
- 1:28Listen,
- 1:29let's
- 1:29clap
- 1:30it
- 1:30up
- 1:30right
- 1:30quick
- 1:30because
- 1:31you
- 1:31did
- 1:31everything
- 1:32right.
- 1:33You
- 1:33outdid
- 1:34yourself
- 1:34even.
- 1:37I'm
- 1:37talking
- 1:38the
- 1:38degree,
- 1:39the
- 1:39career,
- 1:40the
- 1:40income,
- 1:41the
- 1:41apartment
- 1:42or
- 1:42home.
- 1:43A-and
- 1:43listen,
- 1:44it
- 1:44ain't
- 1:44just
- 1:44any
- 1:45apartment
- 1:45or
- 1:45home
- 1:46because
- 1:46it's
- 1:47fly.
- 1:50Shoot,
- 1:50maybe
- 1:51you
- 1:51even
- 1:51messed
- 1:51around
- 1:52and
- 1:53you
- 1:53been
- 1:53doing
- 1:53the
- 1:54dang
- 1:54gone
- 1:54thing
- 1:54because
- 1:55you
- 1:55got
- 1:55both.
- 1:59And
- 1:59the
- 1:59icing
- 1:59on
- 2:00the
- 2:00cake,
- 2:00the
- 2:01friendships,
- 2:02the
- 2:02trips,
- 2:03the
- 2:03body
- 2:03you
- 2:03worked
- 2:04for,
- 2:04the
- 2:04title
- 2:05that
- 2:05sounds
- 2:06impressive
- 2:06at
- 2:06dinner
- 2:07parties.
- 2:08You
- 2:08followed
- 2:08the
- 2:08plan.
- 2:09You
- 2:10executed
- 2:10the
- 2:10blueprint.
- 2:11You
- 2:11checked
- 2:12every
- 2:12single
- 2:12box
- 2:13on
- 2:13the
- 2:13list
- 2:13that
- 2:14somebody,
- 2:15your
- 2:15parents,
- 2:16your
- 2:16industry,
- 2:17society,
- 2:18your
- 2:18younger
- 2:19ambitious
- 2:20self
- 2:21handed
- 2:21you
- 2:21years
- 2:22ago,
- 2:22and
- 2:22you
- 2:23looked
- 2:23up
- 2:23one
- 2:23day
- 2:24in
- 2:24the
- 2:24middle
- 2:24of
- 2:25it
- 2:25all
- 2:25and
- 2:26thought,
- 2:27"Is
- 2:27this
- 2:27it?"
- 2:28Not
- 2:29in
- 2:29a
- 2:29waiting
- 2:29to
- 2:30excel,
- 2:30burn
- 2:30the
- 2:31car
- 2:31down
- 2:31kinda
- 2:32way,
- 2:35Just
- 2:36quietly
- 2:37like
- 2:37a
- 2:37song
- 2:37you've
- 2:37heard
- 2:38so
- 2:38many
- 2:38times,
- 2:39but
- 2:39the
- 2:39melody
- 2:40stopped
- 2:40moving
- 2:41you.
- 2:41You're
- 2:41still
- 2:42humming
- 2:42it.
- 2:43You
- 2:43just
- 2:43can't
- 2:43remember
- 2:44why
- 2:44it
- 2:44used
- 2:45to
- 2:45make
- 2:45you
- 2:45feel
- 2:46something.
- 2:47And
- 2:47worse,
- 2:48you
- 2:48can't
- 2:48explain
- 2:49it
- 2:49to
- 2:49anyone
- 2:50because
- 2:50from
- 2:50the
- 2:51outside
- 2:51you
- 2:52have
- 2:52it
- 2:52all,
- 2:53everything.
- 2:55And
- 2:55so
- 2:55you
- 2:56do
- 2:56what
- 2:56so
- 2:57many
- 2:57of
- 2:57us
- 2:58high-achieving
- 2:58women
- 2:59do.
- 2:59You
- 2:59push
- 3:00the
- 3:00feeling
- 3:01down.
- 3:02You
- 3:02add
- 3:02something
- 3:02else
- 3:03to
- 3:03the
- 3:03list.
- 3:04You
- 3:04book
- 3:04a
- 3:04new
- 3:04trip.
- 3:05You
- 3:05reorganize
- 3:06the
- 3:06pantry.
- 3:07You
- 3:07tell
- 3:07yourself
- 3:08you're
- 3:08just
- 3:08tired,
- 3:09you're
- 3:09stressed,
- 3:10or
- 3:11you're
- 3:11just
- 3:11going
- 3:11through
- 3:11a
- 3:12phase.
- 3:12You
- 3:13tell
- 3:13yourself
- 3:13that
- 3:14gratitude
- 3:14should
- 3:15be
- 3:15enough,
- 3:16and
- 3:16then
- 3:17the
- 3:17guilt
- 3:18sets
- 3:18in
- 3:19because
- 3:19you
- 3:19should
- 3:20be
- 3:20happy.
- 3:21This
- 3:21should
- 3:22be
- 3:23enough.
- 3:24And
- 3:24every
- 3:24single
- 3:25one
- 3:25of
- 3:25those
- 3:25shoulds
- 3:26piles
- 3:26up
- 3:26and
- 3:27makes
- 3:27you
- 3:27feel
- 3:27bad
- 3:27about
- 3:28yourself.
- 3:29And
- 3:29listen,
- 3:29the
- 3:29feeling
- 3:30has
- 3:30a
- 3:30name,
- 3:31and
- 3:31it's
- 3:31not
- 3:31burnout.
- 3:32I
- 3:32know,
- 3:33we've
- 3:33been
- 3:33calling
- 3:34it
- 3:34burnout
- 3:34for
- 3:35years,
- 3:36heavy
- 3:37on
- 3:37the
- 3:37years.
- 3:38And
- 3:38I
- 3:38love
- 3:39conversation
- 3:40about
- 3:40burnout
- 3:40Because
- 3:41rest
- 3:41is
- 3:42productive.
- 3:42Empty
- 3:43cups
- 3:43serve
- 3:43no
- 3:44one.
- 3:44All
- 3:44of
- 3:45that
- 3:45is
- 3:45true,
- 3:46and
- 3:46we're
- 3:46keeping
- 3:47it,
- 3:47by
- 3:47the
- 3:47way.
- 3:50But
- 3:50what
- 3:50you're
- 3:50feeling
- 3:51right
- 3:51now,
- 3:52that
- 3:53hollowness,
- 3:54the
- 3:54quiet
- 3:54disconnect,
- 3:56this
- 3:56I
- 3:56should
- 3:57be
- 3:57happy,
- 3:57but
- 3:57I'm
- 3:58not,
- 3:59that
- 3:59lives
- 3:59in
- 4:00your
- 4:00chest
- 4:00like
- 4:01an
- 4:01uninvited
- 4:02guest
- 4:02who
- 4:02isn't
- 4:03picking
- 4:03up
- 4:04on
- 4:04any
- 4:04of
- 4:04your
- 4:04not-so-subtle
- 4:06cues,
- 4:06who
- 4:06in
- 4:07fact
- 4:07just
- 4:07won't
- 4:08leave.
- 4:10And
- 4:10that
- 4:10is
- 4:10not
- 4:11burnout.
- 4:12Burnout
- 4:12is
- 4:13what
- 4:13happens
- 4:13when
- 4:14you're
- 4:14doing
- 4:14too
- 4:14much
- 4:15of
- 4:15something
- 4:15that's
- 4:15actually
- 4:16yours.
- 4:17Or
- 4:17even
- 4:17what
- 4:17you've
- 4:18assumed
- 4:18of
- 4:19others
- 4:19that
- 4:19has
- 4:20become
- 4:20yours.
- 4:21Burnout
- 4:22says
- 4:22you
- 4:22need
- 4:23a
- 4:23vacation.
- 4:24But
- 4:24what
- 4:24you're
- 4:25feeling
- 4:25says
- 4:26something
- 4:26different.
- 4:27The
- 4:27feeling
- 4:27says
- 4:28you
- 4:28need
- 4:28a
- 4:28reckoning,
- 4:29And
- 4:30those
- 4:30are
- 4:30two
- 4:31very
- 4:31different
- 4:31prescriptions,
- 4:32friend.
- 4:35You
- 4:35know
- 4:35how
- 4:36sometimes
- 4:36you're
- 4:37eating
- 4:37the
- 4:37food
- 4:38and
- 4:38it's
- 4:38fine.
- 4:39It's
- 4:39perfectly
- 4:40good
- 4:40food
- 4:41objectively,
- 4:42but
- 4:42you're
- 4:43not
- 4:43satisfied.
- 4:44It's
- 4:44just
- 4:45not
- 4:45hitting
- 4:46the
- 4:46way
- 4:46that
- 4:46you
- 4:46expected,
- 4:48and
- 4:48your
- 4:48taste
- 4:48buds
- 4:49are
- 4:49craving
- 4:49something
- 4:50more.
- 4:51And
- 4:51even
- 4:52when
- 4:52you
- 4:52go
- 4:52back
- 4:52in
- 4:52the
- 4:52kitchen
- 4:53looking
- 4:53for
- 4:54something,
- 4:54but
- 4:54you
- 4:55don't
- 4:55really
- 4:55know
- 4:55what,
- 4:56and
- 4:56no
- 4:57matter
- 4:57what
- 4:57you
- 4:57add,
- 4:58it
- 4:58still
- 4:59leaves
- 4:59you
- 4:59walking
- 5:00away
- 5:00like
- 5:00that's
- 5:01not
- 5:01it.
- 5:02That's
- 5:02the
- 5:02identity
- 5:03gap.
- 5:04You
- 5:04keep
- 5:04adding
- 5:05to
- 5:05the
- 5:05life,
- 5:06the
- 5:06new
- 5:06job,
- 5:07the
- 5:07new
- 5:07relationship,
- 5:08a
- 5:08new
- 5:08goal,
- 5:08the
- 5:08new
- 5:09apartment,
- 5:10But
- 5:10something
- 5:10ain't
- 5:11hitting
- 5:11because
- 5:12what's
- 5:12missing
- 5:13isn't
- 5:13on
- 5:14the
- 5:14menu
- 5:15you've
- 5:15been
- 5:15ordering
- 5:16from.
- 5:16The
- 5:16woman
- 5:17in
- 5:17the
- 5:17identity
- 5:18gap,
- 5:18she's
- 5:18still
- 5:19functioning,
- 5:19by
- 5:20the
- 5:20way.
- 5:20She's
- 5:21showing
- 5:21up.
- 5:22She's
- 5:22producing,
- 5:23maintaining.
- 5:24She's
- 5:24holding
- 5:24it
- 5:24down
- 5:25for
- 5:25everyone
- 5:26around
- 5:26her.
- 5:27But
- 5:27she
- 5:27is
- 5:28maintaining
- 5:28a
- 5:29version
- 5:29of
- 5:29herself
- 5:30that
- 5:31was
- 5:31built
- 5:31from
- 5:32somebody
- 5:32else's
- 5:33blueprint,
- 5:34her
- 5:34parents'
- 5:34blueprint,
- 5:35her
- 5:36industry's
- 5:36blueprint,
- 5:37her
- 5:37relationship's
- 5:39blueprint.
- 5:40And
- 5:40at
- 5:40some
- 5:40point,
- 5:41sometimes
- 5:42slowly
- 5:43or
- 5:43even
- 5:44all
- 5:44at
- 5:44once,
- 5:45the
- 5:45blueprint
- 5:46stopped
- 5:46matching
- 5:47the
- 5:47building.
- 5:48You
- 5:48didn't
- 5:48lose
- 5:49your
- 5:49mind,
- 5:49friend.
- 5:50You
- 5:50lost
- 5:50your
- 5:51map,
- 5:51and
- 5:51the
- 5:52map
- 5:52was
- 5:52never
- 5:53actually
- 5:53yours
- 5:54to
- 5:54begin
- 5:54with
- 5:55Okay,
- 5:56I
- 5:56need
- 5:56you
- 5:56to
- 5:56think
- 5:56back
- 5:57with
- 5:57me,
- 5:57and
- 5:58I
- 5:58mean
- 5:58really
- 5:59go
- 5:59back.
- 6:00Back,
- 6:00back
- 6:01into
- 6:01time.
- 6:05I
- 6:05want
- 6:05you
- 6:05to
- 6:06find
- 6:06a
- 6:06moment,
- 6:07a
- 6:07real
- 6:07one,
- 6:08when
- 6:08you
- 6:08made
- 6:09a
- 6:09decision
- 6:10that
- 6:10was
- 6:10entirely
- 6:11yours,
- 6:12not
- 6:13influenced
- 6:14by
- 6:14what
- 6:14made
- 6:14sense
- 6:15on
- 6:15paper,
- 6:16not
- 6:16shaped
- 6:16by
- 6:17what
- 6:17other
- 6:17people
- 6:18expected,
- 6:19not
- 6:19built
- 6:19around
- 6:20who
- 6:20you
- 6:20thought
- 6:21you
- 6:21should
- 6:22be
- 6:22by
- 6:22now.
- 6:23A
- 6:23decision
- 6:24that
- 6:24came
- 6:24purely
- 6:25from
- 6:25what
- 6:25you
- 6:26wanted,
- 6:27what
- 6:28lit
- 6:28you
- 6:29up,
- 6:29what
- 6:30felt
- 6:30like
- 6:30you.
- 6:31And
- 6:32listen,
- 6:32it's
- 6:32okay
- 6:33if
- 6:33that
- 6:33memory
- 6:34is
- 6:34harder
- 6:35to
- 6:35find
- 6:35than
- 6:36it
- 6:36should
- 6:36be,
- 6:37because
- 6:37here's
- 6:37what
- 6:37happens.
- 6:38You
- 6:39start
- 6:39out
- 6:39as
- 6:40the
- 6:40author.
- 6:40You've
- 6:41got
- 6:41the
- 6:41pen.
- 6:41You're
- 6:42writing
- 6:42the
- 6:42story.
- 6:43The
- 6:43little
- 6:43girl
- 6:44with
- 6:44the
- 6:44big
- 6:44dreams
- 6:45and
- 6:45the
- 6:45loud
- 6:46laugh
- 6:46and
- 6:46opinions,
- 6:47she
- 6:48stated
- 6:48without
- 6:48apologizing
- 6:49first.
- 6:51She
- 6:51knew
- 6:52what
- 6:52she
- 6:52wanted.
- 6:53She
- 6:53knew
- 6:54who
- 6:54she
- 6:54was,
- 6:55and
- 6:55she
- 6:55wasn't
- 6:56taking
- 6:56no
- 6:56questions
- 6:57at
- 6:57this
- 6:58time.
- 7:01and
- 7:01then
- 7:02she
- 7:02grew
- 7:02up.
- 7:03Life
- 7:03happens,
- 7:04and
- 7:04the
- 7:04expectations
- 7:06all
- 7:06come
- 7:06piling
- 7:07in,
- 7:08and
- 7:08the
- 7:08be
- 7:09realistic
- 7:09happens,
- 7:11and
- 7:11then
- 7:11the
- 7:11relationships
- 7:12happen.
- 7:12And
- 7:13somewhere
- 7:13between
- 7:14ambitious
- 7:15girl
- 7:15who
- 7:15had
- 7:15big
- 7:16dreams
- 7:17and
- 7:17accomplished
- 7:17woman
- 7:18who
- 7:18executed
- 7:19all
- 7:19the
- 7:19plans,
- 7:20she
- 7:20quietly
- 7:21moved
- 7:22from
- 7:22author
- 7:23to
- 7:23character.
- 7:24She
- 7:24stopped
- 7:25writing
- 7:26the
- 7:26story
- 7:26and
- 7:26started
- 7:27performing
- 7:28it.
- 7:28And
- 7:28here's
- 7:29what's
- 7:29wild
- 7:29about
- 7:30performing
- 7:30long
- 7:31enough,
- 7:31friend.
- 7:32You
- 7:32forget
- 7:33there
- 7:33was
- 7:33ever
- 7:34a
- 7:34script.
- 7:35The
- 7:35performance
- 7:36becomes
- 7:36the
- 7:37identity.
- 7:38The
- 7:38role
- 7:39becomes
- 7:40the
- 7:40woman.
- 7:41It's
- 7:41just
- 7:42like
- 7:42actors
- 7:43when
- 7:43you
- 7:43hear
- 7:43those
- 7:44stories
- 7:44about
- 7:45it
- 7:45taking
- 7:46time
- 7:46for
- 7:46them
- 7:47to
- 7:47wind
- 7:48down
- 7:49after
- 7:49playing
- 7:49a
- 7:49character,
- 7:50that
- 7:51sometimes
- 7:52they
- 7:52get
- 7:52so
- 7:53into
- 7:53character
- 7:54that
- 7:55they
- 7:55forget
- 7:56where
- 7:56the
- 7:56line
- 7:57is
- 7:57between
- 7:58the
- 7:58character
- 7:59and
- 7:59them
- 7:59And
- 8:00we
- 8:00do
- 8:00that
- 8:00too.
- 8:01We
- 8:01play
- 8:01the
- 8:01role
- 8:02so
- 8:02convincingly
- 8:04that
- 8:04we
- 8:04forget
- 8:05we
- 8:05auditioned
- 8:05for
- 8:06it
- 8:06in
- 8:06the
- 8:06first
- 8:06place.
- 8:07And
- 8:07when
- 8:07somebody
- 8:08asks
- 8:08you
- 8:09what
- 8:09you
- 8:10actually
- 8:10want,
- 8:11what
- 8:11actually
- 8:12lights
- 8:12you
- 8:12up,
- 8:13who
- 8:13you
- 8:13are
- 8:14underneath
- 8:14all
- 8:15the
- 8:15achieving,
- 8:16you
- 8:16go
- 8:16blank.
- 8:17Deep
- 8:17down,
- 8:18you
- 8:18know
- 8:18the
- 8:18answers,
- 8:19but
- 8:19you
- 8:19haven't
- 8:20been
- 8:20asked
- 8:21in
- 8:21so
- 8:21long.
- 8:22And
- 8:22worse,
- 8:23you
- 8:23stopped
- 8:23asking
- 8:24yourself.
- 8:25That
- 8:26hollowness
- 8:26you
- 8:27feel,
- 8:27that
- 8:28is
- 8:28authorship
- 8:29asking
- 8:30to
- 8:30be
- 8:30reclaimed.
- 8:31And
- 8:31I'm
- 8:32speaking
- 8:32from
- 8:32experience
- 8:33here,
- 8:33okay?
- 8:33So
- 8:34no
- 8:34shade,
- 8:34no
- 8:34shame,
- 8:35and
- 8:35no
- 8:35judgment.
- 8:36I
- 8:37felt
- 8:37this
- 8:37feeling
- 8:38after
- 8:38building
- 8:39a
- 8:39successful
- 8:40career
- 8:40in
- 8:40corporate
- 8:41America.
- 8:42With
- 8:4220-plus
- 8:43years
- 8:43of
- 8:44experience
- 8:44from
- 8:45building
- 8:45teams
- 8:46from
- 8:46scratch
- 8:47to
- 8:47taking
- 8:47over
- 8:48teams,
- 8:48and
- 8:49me
- 8:49being
- 8:49the
- 8:49only
- 8:50new
- 8:50person
- 8:50up
- 8:51in
- 8:51it,
- 8:51and
- 8:52everything
- 8:52in
- 8:52between,
- 8:53my
- 8:54next
- 8:54step
- 8:55would've
- 8:55been
- 8:55to
- 8:56keep
- 8:56climbing
- 8:57that
- 8:57senior
- 8:58leadership
- 8:58ladder.
- 8:59And
- 9:00when
- 9:00I
- 9:00looked
- 9:00around
- 9:01at
- 9:01my
- 9:01mentors,
- 9:02especially
- 9:03the
- 9:03one
- 9:03that
- 9:04I
- 9:04admired
- 9:04the
- 9:04most,
- 9:05I
- 9:05did
- 9:06not
- 9:06want
- 9:06to
- 9:06do
- 9:07what
- 9:07she
- 9:07was
- 9:08doing.
- 9:08Answering
- 9:09emails
- 9:10at
- 9:10all
- 9:10times
- 9:11of
- 9:11the
- 9:11night,
- 9:11always
- 9:12on,
- 9:13tethered
- 9:13to
- 9:13the
- 9:13laptop.
- 9:14I
- 9:14just
- 9:15didn't
- 9:15want
- 9:15that.
- 9:17And
- 9:17listen,
- 9:18this
- 9:18is
- 9:18not
- 9:18to
- 9:18downplay
- 9:19it,
- 9:19her,
- 9:20or
- 9:20anyone
- 9:20who
- 9:21loves
- 9:21it.
- 9:22It
- 9:22just
- 9:22wasn't
- 9:23for
- 9:23me.
- 9:24I
- 9:24didn't
- 9:25know
- 9:25what
- 9:25I
- 9:25wanted
- 9:26to
- 9:26do
- 9:26next,
- 9:27and
- 9:27I
- 9:27had
- 9:27to
- 9:27ask
- 9:28myself
- 9:28a
- 9:28lot
- 9:29of
- 9:29hard
- 9:29questions.
- 9:30When
- 9:30I
- 9:30looked
- 9:31around
- 9:31at
- 9:31what
- 9:32I
- 9:32loved
- 9:32within
- 9:33what
- 9:33I
- 9:33was
- 9:34already
- 9:34doing,
- 9:35coaching
- 9:36was
- 9:36my
- 9:36absolute
- 9:37favorite.
- 9:38Helping
- 9:38people
- 9:39navigate
- 9:39life
- 9:40and
- 9:40work,
- 9:41finding
- 9:41their
- 9:42own
- 9:42flow,
- 9:42and
- 9:43achieving
- 9:43all
- 9:43that
- 9:44they
- 9:44wanted
- 9:44within
- 9:45their
- 9:45career
- 9:46lit
- 9:46me
- 9:47up,
- 9:48and
- 9:48it
- 9:48led
- 9:48me
- 9:49here
- 9:49to
- 9:49you.
- 9:50And
- 9:50listen,
- 9:51I
- 9:51know
- 9:52this
- 9:52feeling
- 9:52doesn't
- 9:53feel
- 9:54like
- 9:54an
- 9:54invitation
- 9:55because
- 9:56it
- 9:56feels
- 9:56uncomfortable,
- 9:57inconvenient,
- 9:58and
- 9:58perhaps
- 9:59even
- 9:59rude.
- 10:03It
- 10:03feels
- 10:04like
- 10:04something
- 10:04you
- 10:05should
- 10:05be
- 10:05able
- 10:05to
- 10:05push
- 10:06through
- 10:06or
- 10:07positive
- 10:07think
- 10:08yourself
- 10:08out
- 10:09of.
- 10:09It
- 10:10feels
- 10:10like
- 10:10a
- 10:10problem
- 10:11to
- 10:11be
- 10:11solved.
- 10:12But
- 10:12friend,
- 10:13what
- 10:14if
- 10:14this
- 10:14feeling
- 10:15is
- 10:15the
- 10:15most
- 10:16important
- 10:16thing
- 10:17that's
- 10:17happened
- 10:17to
- 10:17you
- 10:18in
- 10:18years
- 10:19Iyanla
- 10:20Vanzant
- 10:21says,
- 10:21The
- 10:22breakdown
- 10:23is
- 10:23always
- 10:24before
- 10:24the
- 10:24breakthrough."
- 10:26Always.
- 10:27Not
- 10:27sometimes,
- 10:28but
- 10:28always.
- 10:29And
- 10:29I
- 10:29think
- 10:30about
- 10:30the
- 10:30women
- 10:31in
- 10:31the
- 10:31world
- 10:31who
- 10:31felt
- 10:32exactly
- 10:33what
- 10:33you're
- 10:33feeling
- 10:33right
- 10:33now,
- 10:34that
- 10:35quiet
- 10:35unsettling
- 10:36something
- 10:37is
- 10:37off,
- 10:38and
- 10:38I
- 10:38watch
- 10:39what
- 10:39happens
- 10:40when
- 10:40they
- 10:40stop
- 10:41running
- 10:41from
- 10:42it
- 10:42and
- 10:42get
- 10:43curious
- 10:43about
- 10:44it
- 10:44instead,
- 10:45because
- 10:46that
- 10:46is
- 10:46when
- 10:47everything
- 10:47shifts.
- 10:48And
- 10:48let
- 10:49me
- 10:49be
- 10:49clear
- 10:49about
- 10:49this,
- 10:50because
- 10:50here's
- 10:51where
- 10:51you
- 10:51start
- 10:51to
- 10:52give
- 10:52yourself
- 10:52a
- 10:52hard
- 10:53time.
- 10:55The
- 10:56feeling
- 10:56doesn't
- 10:57mean
- 10:57you
- 10:57made
- 10:58the
- 10:58wrong
- 10:58choices.
- 10:59It
- 11:00means
- 11:00that
- 11:00you
- 11:00have
- 11:01grown
- 11:01past
- 11:02the
- 11:02version
- 11:02of
- 11:03yourself
- 11:03who
- 11:03made
- 11:04them.
- 11:04You
- 11:05outgrew
- 11:05the
- 11:05blueprint.
- 11:06So
- 11:07please
- 11:07don't
- 11:07consider
- 11:08this
- 11:08a
- 11:08failure
- 11:09when
- 11:09it's
- 11:09just
- 11:10evidence
- 11:10of
- 11:11evolution.
- 11:12You
- 11:12know
- 11:12how
- 11:12a
- 11:12snake
- 11:13sheds
- 11:14its
- 11:14skin?
- 11:15It
- 11:15doesn't
- 11:15shed
- 11:16because
- 11:16something
- 11:16went
- 11:17wrong.
- 11:18It
- 11:18sheds
- 11:18because
- 11:19it
- 11:19grew.
- 11:20The
- 11:20old
- 11:21skin
- 11:21served
- 11:22its
- 11:22purpose,
- 11:23and
- 11:23now
- 11:23the
- 11:23snake
- 11:24literally
- 11:25cannot
- 11:25fit
- 11:26inside
- 11:26it
- 11:26anymore.
- 11:27The
- 11:27shedding
- 11:28is
- 11:28not
- 11:29the
- 11:29crisis
- 11:30or
- 11:30something
- 11:30to
- 11:30be
- 11:31ashamed
- 11:31of.
- 11:32The
- 11:32shedding
- 11:33is
- 11:33a
- 11:33sign.
- 11:34Friend,
- 11:35you
- 11:35have
- 11:35outgrown
- 11:36the
- 11:36skin,
- 11:37and
- 11:38your
- 11:38life
- 11:38is
- 11:39telling
- 11:39you
- 11:39it's
- 11:40your
- 11:40time
- 11:40to
- 11:40shed
- 11:41it.
- 11:41The
- 11:41invitation
- 11:42is
- 11:42this:
- 11:43Stop
- 11:44running
- 11:44from
- 11:44the
- 11:44feeling
- 11:45and
- 11:45get
- 11:46curious
- 11:46about
- 11:47it,
- 11:47because
- 11:48on
- 11:48the
- 11:48other
- 11:48side
- 11:48of
- 11:48that
- 11:49curiosity
- 11:50is
- 11:50the
- 11:50woman
- 11:50you've
- 11:51been
- 11:51becoming,
- 11:52and
- 11:52she
- 11:52has
- 11:52been
- 11:52waiting
- 11:53for
- 11:53you
- 11:53to
- 11:53slow
- 11:54down
- 11:55long
- 11:55enough
- 11:55to
- 11:56listen.
- 11:58Oof,
- 11:59friend.
- 11:59Okay,
- 12:00real
- 12:01talk
- 12:01for
- 12:01a
- 12:01second.
- 12:02If
- 12:02today's
- 12:03episode
- 12:04has
- 12:04you
- 12:04in
- 12:04your
- 12:04feelings,
- 12:05if
- 12:05it
- 12:06has
- 12:06you
- 12:06sitting
- 12:06here
- 12:06like,
- 12:07"Okay,
- 12:07she
- 12:07is
- 12:08talking
- 12:08directly
- 12:09to
- 12:09me,"
- 12:10then
- 12:10I
- 12:10really
- 12:11want
- 12:11you
- 12:11to
- 12:11grab
- 12:12the
- 12:12Main
- 12:12Character
- 12:13Energy
- 12:13Journal
- 12:13Prompts,
- 12:14because
- 12:14here's
- 12:15the
- 12:15thing.
- 12:15We
- 12:16can
- 12:16have
- 12:16all
- 12:17the
- 12:17awareness
- 12:17in
- 12:17the
- 12:17world,
- 12:18but
- 12:18if
- 12:18we
- 12:18don't
- 12:19actually
- 12:19do
- 12:20something
- 12:20with
- 12:21it,
- 12:21we
- 12:21just
- 12:22keep
- 12:22going
- 12:22in
- 12:23circles,
- 12:23friend,
- 12:24and
- 12:24I
- 12:24don't
- 12:24want
- 12:25that
- 12:25for
- 12:25you.
- 12:25These
- 12:26prompts
- 12:27are
- 12:27going
- 12:27to
- 12:27help
- 12:27you
- 12:28get
- 12:28honest
- 12:28with
- 12:29yourself
- 12:29in
- 12:29the
- 12:29most
- 12:30loving,
- 12:30grace-filled
- 12:32possible
- 12:32way.
- 12:33No
- 12:33tough
- 12:34love,
- 12:34no
- 12:34shame,
- 12:35and
- 12:35no
- 12:35shade.
- 12:36Just
- 12:36you,
- 12:37your
- 12:37journal,
- 12:38and
- 12:38some
- 12:38really,
- 12:39really
- 12:39good
- 12:39questions
- 12:41that
- 12:41are
- 12:41gonna
- 12:41help
- 12:41you
- 12:42figure
- 12:42out
- 12:42Where
- 12:43you
- 12:43are
- 12:43and
- 12:44what
- 12:44it
- 12:44looks
- 12:44like
- 12:44to
- 12:44move
- 12:45forward.
- 12:46Friend,
- 12:46I
- 12:46made
- 12:47these
- 12:47just
- 12:47for
- 12:47you,
- 12:48for
- 12:48this
- 12:48exact
- 12:49moment.
- 12:50For
- 12:50the
- 12:50woman
- 12:50who
- 12:51just
- 12:51heard
- 12:51something
- 12:52that
- 12:52cracked
- 12:52you
- 12:52open
- 12:53in
- 12:53a
- 12:53way,
- 12:54and
- 12:54now
- 12:55you
- 12:55need
- 12:55somewhere
- 12:56to
- 12:56go
- 12:56with
- 12:56it.
- 12:57The
- 12:57link
- 12:57is
- 12:57in
- 12:57the
- 12:57show
- 12:58notes,
- 12:58so
- 12:58Go
- 12:58grab
- 12:59it.
- 12:59You
- 12:59need
- 13:00this
- 13:00right
- 13:00now.
- 13:03Okay,
- 13:04friend,
- 13:04and
- 13:04now
- 13:05it's
- 13:05time
- 13:05for
- 13:05our
- 13:06favorite,
- 13:06our
- 13:07self-love
- 13:08two-step
- 13:08with
- 13:09the
- 13:09remix,
- 13:09okay?
- 13:12This
- 13:13is
- 13:13the
- 13:13name
- 13:14it
- 13:14two-step.
- 13:15Step
- 13:15one,
- 13:16I
- 13:16want
- 13:16you
- 13:16to
- 13:16name
- 13:17it
- 13:17without
- 13:18judgment.
- 13:19This
- 13:19week,
- 13:20sit
- 13:20with
- 13:20the
- 13:20feeling
- 13:21instead
- 13:22of
- 13:22fixing
- 13:22it.
- 13:23Just
- 13:23notice,
- 13:24where
- 13:25does
- 13:25it
- 13:25show
- 13:25up?
- 13:26In
- 13:26your
- 13:26career?
- 13:27Relationships?
- 13:29In
- 13:29those
- 13:29moments
- 13:30when
- 13:30nobody
- 13:30needs
- 13:31anything
- 13:31from
- 13:32you?
- 13:32Don't
- 13:33try
- 13:33to
- 13:33solve
- 13:33it,
- 13:34just
- 13:34name
- 13:35it.
- 13:35"I
- 13:35feel
- 13:36disconnected
- 13:37here."
- 13:38"I
- 13:38feel
- 13:39hollow
- 13:39when
- 13:39I
- 13:39do
- 13:40this."
- 13:41"This
- 13:41doesn't
- 13:41feel
- 13:42like
- 13:42mine."
- 13:43Just
- 13:43naming
- 13:44it
- 13:44is
- 13:44not
- 13:45overhauling
- 13:45your
- 13:45life.
- 13:46Naming
- 13:47it
- 13:47is
- 13:48just
- 13:48the
- 13:48beginning.
- 13:49Step
- 13:49two,
- 13:50after
- 13:51you've
- 13:51named
- 13:51it,
- 13:51ask
- 13:52yourself
- 13:52this
- 13:53question:
- 13:54If
- 13:54I
- 13:54wasn't
- 13:54afraid
- 13:55of
- 13:55disappointing
- 13:56anyone,
- 13:57what
- 13:57would
- 13:57I
- 13:57want
- 13:58instead?
- 13:59Don't
- 14:00answer
- 14:00it
- 14:00for
- 14:00anybody
- 14:01else.
- 14:02Don't
- 14:02edit
- 14:02it
- 14:03before
- 14:03it
- 14:03comes
- 14:03out.
- 14:04Just
- 14:05let
- 14:05the
- 14:05answer
- 14:06arrive.
- 14:07You
- 14:07don't
- 14:08have
- 14:08to
- 14:08act
- 14:08on
- 14:08it
- 14:08today.
- 14:09just
- 14:09be
- 14:10honest
- 14:10enough
- 14:11to
- 14:11hear
- 14:11it.
- 14:12And
- 14:12then
- 14:12step
- 14:13three
- 14:13is
- 14:14the
- 14:14you
- 14:15step.
- 14:15You
- 14:16get
- 14:16still,
- 14:17you
- 14:17get
- 14:17quiet,
- 14:18and
- 14:18you
- 14:18ask
- 14:18yourself,
- 14:19"What
- 14:20is
- 14:20my
- 14:20heart
- 14:20telling
- 14:21me
- 14:21to
- 14:22do
- 14:22next?"
- 14:23Because
- 14:23whatever
- 14:23comes
- 14:24up,
- 14:24that
- 14:25is
- 14:25your
- 14:26next
- 14:26right
- 14:26aligned
- 14:27step.
- 14:28Not
- 14:28the
- 14:28whole
- 14:28plan,
- 14:29just
- 14:30the
- 14:30next
- 14:30move.
- 14:31Trust
- 14:31her,
- 14:32friend.
- 14:32She
- 14:33already
- 14:33knows.
- 14:34Now,
- 14:35let
- 14:35me
- 14:35pour
- 14:35into
- 14:36you
- 14:36real
- 14:36quick.
- 14:37The
- 14:37life
- 14:38you
- 14:38built,
- 14:38everything
- 14:39you've
- 14:39achieved,
- 14:40the
- 14:40woman
- 14:41you
- 14:41are
- 14:41today,
- 14:42is
- 14:43a
- 14:43testament
- 14:44to
- 14:44you
- 14:44creating
- 14:45the
- 14:45life
- 14:45you
- 14:46wanted.
- 14:47I
- 14:47hope
- 14:47you
- 14:47are
- 14:47proud
- 14:48of
- 14:48what
- 14:49you've
- 14:49built
- 14:50and
- 14:50who
- 14:50you've
- 14:50become.
- 14:51Not
- 14:52everyone
- 14:52can
- 14:52say
- 14:53they
- 14:53did
- 14:53it,
- 14:53friend,
- 14:54but
- 14:54you
- 14:54can
- 14:55What
- 14:55you've
- 14:56done
- 14:56is
- 14:57amazing.
- 14:58I
- 14:58really
- 14:59hope
- 14:59you
- 14:59celebrate
- 15:00that.
- 15:00For
- 15:00as
- 15:01wonderful
- 15:02as
- 15:02it
- 15:02all
- 15:02is,
- 15:03now
- 15:04you're
- 15:04being
- 15:04called
- 15:05to
- 15:05create
- 15:05what's
- 15:06next
- 15:06for
- 15:06you.
- 15:07Allow
- 15:08what's
- 15:08next
- 15:08for
- 15:09you
- 15:10to
- 15:10be
- 15:10what's
- 15:10true
- 15:11for
- 15:11you.
- 15:12Let
- 15:13what's
- 15:13next
- 15:14be
- 15:15for
- 15:15you.
- 15:16Maybe
- 15:16what
- 15:16you
- 15:17built
- 15:17was
- 15:17for
- 15:17something
- 15:18else.
- 15:18Maybe
- 15:19it
- 15:19was
- 15:19a
- 15:19story
- 15:19you
- 15:20wanted
- 15:20to
- 15:20tell
- 15:21in
- 15:21honor
- 15:22of
- 15:22someone,
- 15:23And
- 15:23now
- 15:24it's
- 15:24your
- 15:24turn.
- 15:25You
- 15:25are
- 15:25being
- 15:26called
- 15:26forward.
- 15:27The
- 15:27restlessness
- 15:29that
- 15:29you
- 15:29feel,
- 15:30that
- 15:30quiet
- 15:31longing
- 15:31for
- 15:31something
- 15:32you
- 15:33haven't
- 15:33quite
- 15:33been
- 15:34able
- 15:34to
- 15:34put
- 15:34your
- 15:34finger
- 15:35on,
- 15:36is
- 15:36an
- 15:36invitation
- 15:37to
- 15:37connect
- 15:38back
- 15:38to
- 15:39the
- 15:39best
- 15:39of
- 15:39you
- 15:40so
- 15:40you
- 15:40can
- 15:41hear
- 15:41what's
- 15:41calling
- 15:42you
- 15:42next.
- 15:43And
- 15:43let's
- 15:43just
- 15:44normalize
- 15:45outgrowing
- 15:46things.
- 15:47Some
- 15:47things
- 15:48are
- 15:48only
- 15:48meant
- 15:48to
- 15:49live
- 15:49but
- 15:49a
- 15:50season
- 15:50and
- 15:51not
- 15:51several.
- 15:52Let's
- 15:52normalize
- 15:53building
- 15:54something
- 15:55and
- 15:55then
- 15:55wanting
- 15:56something
- 15:56else.
- 15:57Listen,
- 15:58we
- 15:58don't
- 15:58know
- 15:58what
- 15:59our
- 15:59experience
- 16:00will
- 16:00be
- 16:00when
- 16:00we
- 16:00get
- 16:01there.
- 16:01Everything
- 16:02looks
- 16:02different
- 16:02from
- 16:02the
- 16:03bottom
- 16:03of
- 16:03the
- 16:03mountain
- 16:04than
- 16:04when
- 16:04you're
- 16:04at
- 16:05the
- 16:05top
- 16:05of
- 16:05it.
- 16:06It
- 16:06is
- 16:06okay
- 16:07to
- 16:07change
- 16:08your
- 16:08mind,
- 16:09to
- 16:09pivot,
- 16:09To
- 16:10outgrow
- 16:10what
- 16:11once
- 16:11was
- 16:12in
- 16:13order
- 16:13to
- 16:13build
- 16:14what's
- 16:14meant
- 16:14to
- 16:14be.
- 16:15Life
- 16:16is
- 16:16a
- 16:16constant
- 16:17evolution,
- 16:18and
- 16:18yours
- 16:19is
- 16:19beautiful.
- 16:20So
- 16:21there's
- 16:21nothing
- 16:21wrong
- 16:22with
- 16:22you.
- 16:23There's
- 16:23nothing
- 16:24wrong
- 16:24with
- 16:24what
- 16:24you've
- 16:25built.
- 16:25You
- 16:26are
- 16:26just
- 16:26being
- 16:26called
- 16:27to
- 16:27what's
- 16:28next
- 16:28for
- 16:29you.
- 16:32Ooh,
- 16:32friend.
- 16:33Yes.
- 16:34I
- 16:35hope
- 16:35you
- 16:35loved
- 16:36today's
- 16:36episode.
- 16:37Drop
- 16:38it
- 16:38in
- 16:38the
- 16:38girls
- 16:38chat,
- 16:39and
- 16:39let's
- 16:40continue
- 16:40this
- 16:40conversation
- 16:41over
- 16:41on
- 16:42YouTube.
- 16:43I
- 16:43love
- 16:44you
- 16:44so
- 16:44much,
- 16:45and
- 16:45I
- 16:45hope
- 16:46that
- 16:46during
- 16:46this
- 16:47season
- 16:47of
- 16:47your
- 16:48life,
- 16:49instead
- 16:49of
- 16:49you
- 16:49labeling
- 16:50it
- 16:50as
- 16:50something
- 16:51being
- 16:51wrong
- 16:52with
- 16:52you
- 16:52or
- 16:53what
- 16:53you've
- 16:53built,
- 16:54look
- 16:54at
- 16:54it
- 16:55like
- 16:55a
- 16:55new
- 16:56opportunity
- 16:57to
- 16:57build
- 16:58what's
- 16:59next
- 17:00Because
- 17:00your
- 17:00next
- 17:01chapter
- 17:02awaits.
- 17:03Crown
- 17:03on,
- 17:04queen,
- 17:05because
- 17:05together
- 17:05we
- 17:05can
- 17:06encourage
- 17:07over
- 17:07everything.
- 17:09Big
- 17:09virtual
- 17:09hugs,
- 17:10friend,
- 17:10and
- 17:10I'll
- 17:10see
- 17:10you
- 17:11next
- 17:11episode