The Courageous Life Everything You Want is on the Other Side of Fear | Amy Dong
Our 20’s are a unique season in our lives.
While often romanticized as a decade that should be a high point
It’s a time often fraught with major life transitions
From leaving the familiar rhythms of school
Which so many of us have known since early childhood
To (for many of us) entering the work force full time, for the first time
To shifts in meaningful relationships, and our sense of community as we say goodbye to good friends, move to pursue jobs, and travel down different paths.
The variety of these transitions is connected by our shared underlying experience of uncertainty as we navigate uncharted territory.
This familiar experience brings up important questions:
- What does it mean to live well in our 20’s?
- And how might we do so practically?
Which are at the heart of our exploration in a new 3-episode mini series that shines a light on our 20’s and the possibility of making the most of this decade.
Each episode will invite you into an intimate and thought-provoking conversation with amazing guests who will offer up:
- Powerful insights
- Tool sand practices
- Research
- And some of their own stories about navigating uncertainty and answering some of the prickly existential questions that begin to surface in early adulthood.
Last week we kicked things off with 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 ever.
If you haven’t already I would encourage you to go back and tune in to that conversation as it complements this episode beautifully. You can find it here:
Today, Amy Dong is back on the show.
Amy is a talented therapist, and a breath work facilitator, who specializes in helping both individuals and couples to find steady footing through life’s inevitable twists & turns.
She’s also the author of a beautiful sub stack called The Softening.
Which she describes as a walk through our internal landscape, a journey with mental health and well-being in long form.
Amy's work is informed by her own depth of practice, and courageous experiments in living fully, as she embraces all aspects of what it means to be human.
And she’s in her 20’s and works with many clients in their 20’s so the perspective she brings is quite unique, and I think you’ll find it both interesting and valuable as she shares her own stories, as well as tools and practices that have helped the people and communities she serves.
In today's episode:
Amy and I will dive headfirst into the topic of uncertainty and the possibility of opening and softening as we learn to let go, surrender, and trust ourselves.
- We’ll talk about the power of embracing curiosity,
- The subtle and difficult art of slowing down,
- and why everything we want may be on the other side of fear.
This was a powerful conversation, and I hope you enjoy the time with Amy as much as I did.
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