About this episode

The episode explores the pressure of feeling like one should be further in life, discussing inherited timelines and societal comparisons.

Send us Fan Mail “I should be further by now…” It’s a thought so many people carry — quietly, constantly, and with more weight than they realize. In this episode, we start unpacking the pressure behind that statement… the timelines we inherit, the comparisons we don’t question, and the shame that creeps in when life doesn’t look the way we expected. As licensed marriage and family therapists, we’re opening the door to a deeper conversation — one that challenges what it really means to be “beh...

People in this episode

Hosts: Gabrielle Williams, Charice Calloway

Topics covered

• pressure
• timelines
• comparisons
• shame
• mental health
• expectations

Keywords

• pressure
• timelines
• mental health
• expectations
• shame
• comparisons

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