Help Me Be Me Ep 251: A Midlife Reckoning - Reassessing Happiness
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Jun 3, 2025 Explore the challenges of midlife while reassessing happiness and personal fulfillment. Discover a three-part framework to navigate feelings of unfulfillment and realign with your authentic self. Learn practical tools like journaling and self-reflection to enhance well-being during transitions. Embrace small changes and gratitude to significantly boost your overall happiness. This engaging conversation encourages you to prioritize self-awareness and intentional life adjustments.
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Trapped by External Systems
- We often enter systems by chasing cultural definitions of success without questioning if they suit us.
- This can cause a numbing disconnection from self when the system no longer fits.
Juice Reduction for Boundaries
- Practice juice reduction: devote only the bare minimum effort required to your tasks.
- This preserves your energy without reducing output quality and reveals healthy boundaries.
Thank Your Inner Protectors
- Acknowledge internal protector parts that served you in past roles and thank them.
- Naming these parts helps separate your current self from old identities you’ve outgrown.