180. "Your 20s are NOT your best years" ft. Dr Meg Jay
Mar 22, 2024
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Discussions include navigating uncertainty, catastrophic thinking in your 20s, anxiety, self-discovery, self-identity, and making decisive choices. Dr. Meg Jay offers insights on overcoming fears and embracing change in this pivotal decade.
Embrace uncertainty to combat catastrophic thinking by shifting to a flexible and fact-based mindset.
Make intentional choices in relationships and career to avoid sliding into situations, emphasizing the importance of decisive action.
Life's defining moments occur beyond your 20s, highlighting the continuous nature of decision-making and growth throughout life.
Deep dives
Navigating the Uncertainty of Your 20s
In your 20s, the journey seems to present challenges, uncertainties, and pressures. Dr. Meg J addresses the challenges faced during this unique moment in life. She discusses how uncertainty can lead to catastrophic thinking and shares techniques to shift from fears to facts or flexibility.
The Art of Decision-Making in Your 20s
Dr. Meg J explores the concept of sliding versus deciding, emphasizing the importance of actively making intentional choices. She discusses the significance of approaching relationships, jobs, and life decisions with thoughtful consideration to avoid sliding into situations and highlights the value of embracing decisive action.
Embracing Life's Defining Moments
Life's defining moments often occur by age 35, emphasizing the importance of making impactful choices throughout one's 20s. Dr. Meg J encourages individuals to use small wins and choices to pave the way for positive defining moments, highlighting the continuous nature of decision-making in shaping one's life.
Shifting Perspectives and Letting Go of Expectations
Dr. Meg J challenges the expectation that one's 20s are meant to be the peak years of life. She underscores that life's journey involves ongoing growth and improvement well beyond one's 20s. By letting go of this expectation, individuals can embrace the evolving nature of life's defining moments and opportunities for better decisions.
Embracing Change and Pursuing Personal Growth
Embracing the reality of change and uncertainty in one's 20s can lead to personal growth and self-discovery. As individuals navigate through decisions and challenges, the key lies in taking active steps, seeking satisfaction and fulfillment, and understanding that life's journey unfolds through a series of choices, experiences, and defining moments.
In this episode we are joined by clinical psychologist and author of 'The Defining Decade' to talk about all the frustrations, stressors, misconceptions and hard moments of our 20s and why it's only going to get BETTER from here. We talk about:
Shifting from a 'what if' to a 'what is' or 'what else' mindset
Why we fear uncertainity
Milestone anxiety
Sliding versus deciding
Catastrophic thinking
Insecure and anxious attachment styles vs. insecure and anxious moments
And so much more
Listen now to hear all of Dr Meg's amazing advice and hear a bit about her new book, coming out next month.