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We all know them. The people who relish in the silent treatment.
It needn’t be anything fight-worthy at all. They can go into the classic sulk state and drive you insane until you give in and beg them to tell you what they’re upset about. And it’s not like they’ll tell you the minute you ask. It’s often when you get this close to giving up that out pours their long and miserable saga of victimhood.
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I’ve been thinking of transitions lately, and what they mean for our lives. Perhaps it’s because of the unprecedented collective transition we’re living through. Perhaps it’s because transitions are integral to women’s lives—every so many years we find ourselves needing to redefine ourselves in new ways.
When you read the word celebration, what feeling does it evoke in you? I ask because for most women, celebration can bring up mixed feelings.
On the one hand, it can make us uncomfortable. Many of us grow up being told that celebrating ourselves or our achievements isn’t very lady-like, or that it would make others feel bad about themselves or their lives.
The Podcast
We’ll explore the concept of a good life, and whether our ideals are true to who we are, and even possible for the lives we live as women. Could they be the source of our stress and unhappiness? Can we set ideals that actually lift us up and make us feel good about ourselves?
In this episode, Homaira reflects on the experience of life, and what we can each do to live it fully. She shares what it means to live each day as your first and your last, and why it is important given life is challenging and uncertain.
When we think of our goals, we think of we’ll do to achieve them. But successful goal achievement is so much more than that, especially for long term goals. Discover how to set yourself up for success in ways that energize you, instead of depleting you to the point that you give up on your goals.