Episode 4

What Would Change If You Let It Go?

It's Sunday evening.

There's a stack of papers on the table you've meant to sort for weeks.

You put it all back in the drawer and tell yourself you'll deal with it later.
But it was never about the papers.
It's about the weight.

In this episode I share what I held onto far too long: a career that drained me and the need to prove myself.
And what opened up when I let it go.


In this episode

  • Why holding on makes things heavier, not safer
  • Why letting go feels like failure
  • My own story of holding on to the wrong things
  • Letting go as making space

Walkthrough

00:00The stack on the table
01:46Holding on doesn't make it lighter
02:23Your hands are still full of yesterday
02:56Why we believe letting go is weakness
04:02My story: no degree, a factory career and no plan of my own
06:22Letting go of the need to prove myself
06:54Relief, and a strange sadness
07:40Letting go is making space
08:53What are you holding onto?
09:58This week's invitation
11:52You are allowed to outgrow things

Worth keeping
"Letting go doesn't mean it didn't matter.
It just means you are finally making space for what does matter."
This week's invitation

Think of one thing you're holding onto that still has its hooks in you.
Ask: "What would open up if I let this go?"
You don't have to let it all go today.
Just open your hands a little.

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