156: Which Version of You Gets to Have It All? Toxic Grit with Amanda Goetz
About this episode
Mari Wuellner interviews Amanda Goetz about personal growth, therapy, and the concept of having it all.
Mari welcomes Amanda Goetz - two-time founder, four-time CMO, author of Toxic Grit, and creator of the Life's a Game newsletter - for a raw conversation about which version of you actually gets to have it all (spoiler: not the same one all the time). Amanda shares why she cried through her first therapy session before asking for divorce, how she builds "minimally viable days" when an A+ isn't possible (movement snacks count!), why she takes a "commute bath" to transition from assertive work mode to silly mom mode, and the dangerous trap of believing "if I just feel grateful enough, I shouldn't ask for more." Plus, the ketamine therapy that let her watch her life like a loving movie, why her parents aren't coming to her wedding, why she studies how mediocre white men make asks, and the permission slip we all need: intentional imbalance over work-life balance because some days you just need to be 80% mom to one kid and give the others 20%. Connect with Amanda: Order Toxic Grit: toxicgrit.com Life's a Game newsletter: https://amandagoetz.kit.com/posts Website: https://www.amandagoetz.com/
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