What happens when success is no longer measured by achievement, but by peace, health, authenticity, and the freedom to create?

In this episode of Poetic Resurrection, Sonia Iris Lozada reflects on how her definition of success has changed over time—from the pursuit of financial security and recognition to something quieter: having enough, protecting her health, creating freely, and choosing how she spends her time.

Inspired in part by Carl Jung’s ideas about individuation and the second half of life, Sonia considers what happens when the question shifts from “What am I going to become?” to “Who am I beneath everything I became?”

She also reads her poem “Breeze” from Inspire Me: Awakening Dreams. Through the natural cycle of blossoming, releasing, and resting, the poem becomes a reflection on something we don’t always give ourselves permission to do: recognize when a season is complete.

From completing a year of The Still Point Minute to making room for psychological science-fiction stories, better health, creative freedom, and a changing home, this episode explores the space between doing and being—and the possibility that rest is not separate from growth, but part of its cycle.

Perhaps the second half of life isn’t asking us to become more successful. Perhaps it’s asking us to become more completely ourselves.

“Breeze” appears in Inspire Me: Awakening Dreams by Sonia Iris Lozada. Book information and purchase links are available below.

Psychological reference: Carl Jung’s work on individuation and psychological development in the second half of life.

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