The Wake-Up Call Every High Achiever Gets in Midlife

What happens when you finally hit the goals you spent years chasing, only to realize the feeling you hoped for isn’t there? In this episode of Midlife Remix, Steven Miyao sits down with award-winning creative director Larry Olson, whose journey spans Nike, Apple, Spike Lee, Al Gore, and decades inside the world of top-tier advertising.Larry opens up about the moment he stood in Times Square during a career-defining milestone and felt an unexpected emptiness. That moment sent him into a deep reevaluation of identity, ego, purpose, and what a meaningful life actually looks like in midlife.This conversation explores reinvention, shedding old identities, meditation, grief, intuition, family struggle, ambition, burnout, and the freedom that comes from aligning life with what matters.If you’re a high achiever navigating your own turning point, this will feel like someone finally said what you’ve been thinking.Chapters00:00 - Larry’s early ambitions and three big goals02:00 - Times Square success and sudden emptiness04:20 - Hitting a wall and questioning identity06:30 - The post-it note that shifted everything08:20 - Moving from ego to purpose10:40 - Creating without fear13:00 - Letting go of old identities15:10 - Meditation and inner work17:10 - MS, family struggle, loss, and rebuilding20:50 - Embracing change and loving the journey#MidlifeRemix #LarryOlson #StevenMiyao #MidlifeAwakening #CareerTransition #EgoToPurpose #Reinvention #MidlifeJourney #AuthenticLiving #CreativeLife #PersonalGrowth #Mindfulness #coachingmetta #spikelee #algore #nike #apple