No. 46 Getting older, doing less + learning to chill
On the other side of a birthday, I’m reflecting on what it means to grow older—not in a “milestone checklist” way, but in the subtle shifts that change how we move through life. In this episode, I talk about the doing less, feeling more grounded, and the beauty of letting a few things fall through the cracks.
We explore:
How brain capacity, emotional regulation, and self-trust deepen with age
The relief of not struggling against yourself so much
Letting go of urgency and redefining what a meaningful life looks like
Temporality is empowering: nothing is permanent, and that’s liberating
Why it’s okay to veer off course—and how you can always come back
Finding healing not just in pain, but in ease, joy, and connection
Let me know your thoughts and reflections on your current stage of life!
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Your prescription for living well, dose for this week: Healing work, of course, includes shadow work but it can also include a lot of love, light, care + gratitude. Doing healing work does not mean something is wrong with you or that you need to be “fixed.” Embrace the beauty of letting some things fall through the cracks. You can handle it. Most of the time, nothing bad will happen. Everything will be ok. Let’s be aware of — are we wasting our one wild and precious life? You get to be the guide of the path you are making for your own life. 🏞️🍃
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Mary Oliver made poetry accessible. She opened up the world of poetry to many of us by writing with exquisitely descriptive language about nature and life. She wrote in ways that make sense, touch hearts and ignite the imagination. Her work was both simple and mystical. Reading her poems you feel that you are right there with her on her walks through the woods and you experience, as she did so profoundly, the sanctity of this earth. And as she muses about life in her writing, as the reader it is as if you are having an intimate conversation with a very wise friend.
One of her very famous lines: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” is from her poem, A Summer Day. It is a study in mindfulness and a challenge to every reader to awaken to the preciousness of life and the need for intentionality in our endeavor to achieve a fully lived life.
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