Episode 7: The Kind of Strong Nobody Talks About

Mondays from the Middle (formerly Monday Mindset Reset)

Episode summary

It has been a few weeks since you last heard from me here, and this episode starts there. I stepped back, and instead of treating that pause as failure, I listened to what it was telling me. What came out of it is a new name for this show and a clearer sense of what we are actually doing here every Monday.

This show was never about resetting yourself like something went wrong. It is about the middle of change: the stretch between who you were and who you are becoming, where capable people quietly decide they are failing when they are actually in transition without language or support.

In this episode, I talk about why a pause is not proof that you have quit, how to tell the difference between abandoning something and outgrowing its shape, and what it looks like to come back without shame.

In this episode

• Why I stepped away, and what the pause clarified
• The new name, and why it fits the work better now
• How to recognize when “failure” is really transition
• The difference between quitting and outgrowing
• How to return to something that matters without a long apology

Reflection questions for your week

1. Where in your life are you calling a pause a failure?
2. What might that pause be trying to tell you?
3. What have you outgrown that still deserves your care in a new form?
4. What would it look like to come back to it, honestly, without punishing yourself first?

Take the next step

Not sure where you are in your own change? Take the free Middle of Change quiz at nextacttherapy.com/quiz. You’ll get the Middle of Change Reset Guide to help you name where you are and see one honest next step.

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