The Courageous Life A Revolutionary Remedy for Uncertainty - In Our 20's and Beyond | Dr. Meg Jay
Our 20’s are a unique season in our lives.
While often romanticized as a decade that should be a high point,
they are an age marked by uncertainty and major life transitions.
From leaving the familiar rhythms of school,
To (for many) entering the work force full time, for the first time.
To experiencing changes in meaningful relationships, friendships, and our community.
And as part of this there’s the big questions that begin to arise:
- What do you want to do with your life?
- Who do you want to be?
- Are you dating? Are you in love? Will you get married?
- Are you happy?
And sometimes it can feel like not only do we need to have the answers, but we need to have them quickly.
This episode is the first in a new mini-series that will shine a light on this unique decade of life, ideas for how to approach the big questions, the possibility of relaxing into uncertainty, and even thriving in the process.
Over the next 3 Wednesdays you’ll be exposed to powerful insights, practices, tools, and stories that hone in on:
- Navigating uncertainty
- Making major life transitions
- And answering some of the prickly existential questions that begin to surface in early adulthood.
Today, we are thrilled to kick these conversations off with one of the world's leading experts in this space, Dr. Meg Jay.
Meg is a therapist and bestselling author who a recent New York Times profile called “the patron saint of striving youth.”
Her TED talk “Why 30 Is Not the New 20” is among the most watched to-date.
And her books have changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties—and themselves.
During our time together Meg and I will explore:
- Some of the greatest lessons and insights she's gained from her work with thousands of clients and students
- Fascinating highlights from the latest science of the twentysomething years, including what we get wrong about the twenties, and the unique opportunities and challenges during this time.
- Powerful stories of behind-closed-doors therapy sessions with her twentysomething clients.
- The possibility of relaxing into uncertainty, and getting excited about positive possibilities.
- The importance of building skills and gaining experiences that give us "identity capital"
- The power of acceptance and curiosity in the face of change and transition
- Letting go of the need to find answers, and the practice of "living the questions"
- Tools and practices intended to help us make the most of our 20's - “The Defining Decade” of our lives.
I hope you enjoy the time with Meg as much as I did.
And if you know someone who might benefit from this conversation, please share!
More about Meg:
Meg Jay is a developmental clinical psychologist who specializes in twentysomethings. She is the author of The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age, the cult classic The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now and Supernormal: The Secret World of the Family Hero. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and on NPR, BBC and—maybe most important for her audience—TikTok. For more, check out megjay.com
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