About this episode

Judi Cohen discusses how to approach life's lessons with joy rather than frustration.

My general reaction to those little life lessons, the AFOGs, has not been delight. Instead, I’ve often felt affronted or like I’ve messed up or failed. I’m starting to see how to meet those lessons a little differently, though: with joy. Which means I have to laugh at myself, and at the ancient, cement-like, internal structures that feel like they kept me safe…and are no longer useful. Which isn’t easy, but is at least more and more possible. Because no matter how hard the lesson ...

People in this episode

Host: Judi Cohen

Topics covered

• life lessons
• self-reflection
• personal growth
• joy
• failure
• internal structures

Keywords

• life lessons
• joy
• self-reflection
• personal growth
• failure
• internal structures

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