EP 22: Who Told You You’re Behind?

EP 22: Who Told You You’re Behind?

From Learned the Hard Way with Kier Gaines by iHeartPodcasts

August 27, 2026 · 1h 0m · Episode 22

About this episode

Kier Gaines discusses the impact of comparison and social media on personal timelines and success.

It’s hard to appreciate your own life when you’re constantly measuring it against somebody else’s. Their career is moving faster. They bought the house. They got married. Their business is growing. Their family looks perfect. And thanks to social media, somebody else’s wins are always close enough to make you question whether you’re falling behind. In this episode, Kier gets honest about comparison, social media, and the pressure to keep up with timelines that may have never belonged to us in the first place. He breaks down how comparison can turn someone else’s success into evidence of our own shortcomings—even when we don’t know the full story behind what we’re seeing. Kier also challenges the idea that comparison automatically means jealousy. Sometimes you can genuinely be happy for someone else while their success forces you to evaluate your own life: “I’m happy for you, but I’m sad for me.” The problem isn’t always having the thought; it’s what we allow that thought to make us believe about ourselves. Drawing from his own career, therapy work, and experiences as a creator, Kier explores…

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