Why Chasing Achievement Won't Make You Happy — And How to Redefine Success for Real
If you've ever hit the big goal, celebrated for a week, and then quietly wondered "is this it?" — fair warning, this episode is going to feel personal.
Unbehaved* host Meghan French Dunbar opens with a scene from 1992 Bergen Elementary: an 8-year-old version of herself in metaphorical war paint dominating field day, then heading home to add her blue ribbons to a Scrooge McDuck-style pile under her bed.
That childhood conditioning — achievement = worthy = loved — kept working for 30 years, right up until it didn't. When COVID took away every external marker she'd used to prove her worth, she…
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