When a colleague or friend asks, “How are you?”…
How often do you reply with “I’m fine”…
But deep down – you don’t really feel fine.
Many midlife women, who’ve built the perfect lives from the outside, often struggle with feeling hollow on the inside.
Nothing is necessarily wrong with her life.
In fact, her life meets every definition of success by most people’s standards. But she often talks herself out of her own dissatisfaction by telling herself:
“My life is fine.”
“I shouldn’t complain.”
“I should feel grateful for what I have.”
But there’s a hidden dark side to convincing ourselves that we’re fine, and in turning to “I’m fine” as the catch-all response we tell others.
In today’s episode of The Nancy Levin Show, I’m peeling back the curtain on the true costs of continuing to hide behind the words “I’m fine” (when deep down, you’re not) and the first steps to begin reconnecting with your true desires and what lights you up in life.
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What We Discuss & Highlights From Episode 209:
- How the phrase “I’m fine” can become our prison with invisible bars
- The root cause behind why we feel hollow, despite a “perfect” life
- Why “I’m fine” can be detrimental to our physical and mental health
- How these two words numb us to our true desires in life
- A powerful question to begin freeing yourself from “I’m fine” and rediscovering hope, happiness and renewed purpose
