The Real Work with Maggie Sterling 11 - How to Change Before You Hit Rock Bottom
Oct 27, 2025
Most people only consider change when desperation hits, but what if you could change from inspiration instead? The discussion dives into why waiting for a crisis makes transformation so much harder. Explore the balance between surface changes and deep inner work, and discover the importance of feeling your emotions rather than numbing them. Maggie emphasizes that modern comforts can weaken our resilience, urging listeners to embrace discomfort to foster growth. It's about making transformative choices before reaching that critical point of no return.
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Two Drivers Of Change
- Change happens from inspiration or desperation and those produce very different experiences.
- Maggie Sterling found deep internal change only arrived once desperation forced her to act.
Desperation Triggered Her Deep Work
- Maggie Sterling describes chronic pain and life-or-death feeling as the turning point that forced her to change.
- That desperation pushed her to sit with emotions and do the internal work she couldn't before.
Numbing Masks Emotional Work
- Many people use numbing behaviors because they want to avoid uncomfortable emotions, not because they lack knowledge.
- Desire alone often isn't a strong enough driver to stop those behaviors without building capacity to feel discomfort.
