June Check-In: Forget the Goals. How Are You, Really?

June Check-In: Forget the Goals. How Are You, Really?

June 13, 2026 · 12 min

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Sandy Swanson encourages listeners to prioritize self-reflection over goal measurement during the midyear check-in.

If you've ever felt exhausted despite doing all the "right" things, stuck between who you were in January and who you are now, or quietly haunted by a feeling you keep pushing aside — this episode is for you. In this episode of Beyond the Type, holistic life and leadership coach Sandy Swanson invites you to do something radical: stop measuring your progress and start checking in with yourself. And June is an excellent time to do just that. Sandy offers three powerful self-reflection questions to help you assess where your energy has actually been going, where you've felt most like yourself (and where you haven't), and what's been quietly asking for your attention that you keep putting off. In this episode: Why midyear is the most underrated moment for honest self-reflection The difference between healthy adaptation and chronic self-abandonment How "longing" is information — not indulgence Consider this your permission slip to pull over, take stock, and stop dragging around goals that no longer fit — so you can travel a little lighter into the second half of the year. ___ Beyond the Type Episode on True Self/False Self…

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