Ep 288: Restoring Belonging + Agency: A Check-in Reflection

A lot of people are feeling a loss of agency, as though their efforts aren’t translating into the outcomes they hoped for. Many are also experiencing a loss of belonging; feeling like the path everyone told them to follow is no longer the right one. Maybe you had a grand plan, but things aren’t playing out the way you imagined. We all have a drive for happiness, love, and connection; it’s just that the old routes are evolving. In some ways, they’re becoming quite retro, reminiscent of our grandparents’ approach to life.

Everything is being reinvented by technology, and in response we have to create routines that ground us and help us thrive amid the changes. This is an era of pivoting away from the race toward efficiency.

In this episode, I’m channeling The Flaming Lips’ song “Do You Realize?” because the truly meaningful moments in life are the ones in which we deeply affect one another—when we show up for others, and when they show up for us. Those are the moments we have to curate and deliberately create context for. Sending love!

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