EP1/S5 Back From Sabbatical: Rest, Doing vs. Being, and What's Coming in Season 5
From The Recalibration · 35:00
Show by Julie Holly
Season 5, Episode 1 (Episode 945)After 944 episodes and six years of daily content, Julie stepped away from the podcast for a sabbatical. In this reunion episode, she shares what that season of rest actually revealed, why doing and being are not the same thing, and what's ahead for Season 5, including how you can vote on the topics that matter most to you.What's the difference between a human being and a human doing?Being human means your worth isn't based on your output. It's based on who you're showing up as, not what you're producing. Doing is still allowed, it's just not what proves you belong.Julie unpacks this distinction through her own family of origin, where performance and productivity were the measure of worth, and connects it to why stepping away from a daily podcast schedule triggered an identity crisis before it revealed anything else. She uses two picture-clear metaphors, a dahlia seed that can't grow into an oak tree, and a chocolate cake that can't happen if you bake it with chili powder instead of cocoa, to show why what's rooted at the identity level always determines what grows above it.Is there really a mental health crisis?Julie doesn't answer this one in the abstract. She shares that 75% of her household has been navigating an ADHD journey this past year, including her son, and that recalibrating 20 to 30 year old assumptions about what ADHD actually is has become one of the most important things she's done recently, personally and as a parent. She's inviting her son onto the podcast to talk about ADHD and teenagers, and bringing Steve back on to talk about what it's like for adults to get diagnosed later in life.Inside this episodeWhy the sabbatical felt "incredibly foreign," and the identity loss Julie faced the first Monday she didn't sit down to createWhat actually happens when a high achiever's capacity opens up, and the temptation to fill it right back up with something elseLeaving the 4AM club and what that release revealed about rigor, restriction, and restThe root-level work: how success amplifies whatever is already at the identity level, for better or worseJulie's own recalibration around alcohol, and how healing at the identity level freed her from needing to prove she belongedDoing vs. being, and why this distinction lands differently depending on generation, especially for fellow Gen XersA look at the 15 topics Julie is considering for Season 5, and an invitation to vote on the ones you want coveredWhy Julie joined Rotary this summer, and what it revealed about the kind of community she'd been missingThe launch of Julie's new community, a lower-commitment space for people between the cohort and 1:1 coachingWhat's ahead: new episodes every Wednesday, with occasional bonus episodes featuring Steve, Julie's son, or her daughterVote on Season 5 topicsJulie's opening Season 5 up to you. Topics on the table include AI and your career, breaking generational patterns, life transitions, leadership, the high-performance life, money mindset, success, marriage, faith and spirituality, alcohol and addiction, and mental health and ADHD.CLICK HERE to take 90 seconds to vote for your top three to five topics.Join the communityJulie has opened a new community for listeners who want ongoing support and connection, without the full commitment of the cohort or 1:1 coaching. It's a year-long commitment, but you can join anytime.Sign up before November 1st and you're locked in as a founding member for life, at the founding rate, with these included:Two live trainings each month (recorded, so you can always catch the replay)A recurring book clubOne 1:1 session with JulieAnd moreCLICK HERE TO learn more and joinWork with JulieGet Curious: walk the recalibration pathway with your own changing condition through this free guided reflection, no sign-in or email required. Try it at julieholly.comRecalibration Conversation: a free conversation with Julie to talk through what’s shifting for you right now. Schedule at julieholly.coThe Recalibration Collective: Julie’s community for high-capacity humans, with two monthly trainings and a book club. Join here
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