280 - Big Life Transition? How to Figure Out What's Next
The Marie Forleo Podcast
Marie Forleo
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Career changes. Graduation. Divorce. Kids leaving home. Retirement. When the dust settles after any big life transition, you'll inevitably ask yourself, "Now what?" Answering that question can be exciting or overwhelming depending on your approach. In this episode, I'll walk you through an unusual exercise that'll reveal your next right step in life, every time.
https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/decide-next-step-in-life
Now is the time for you to rediscover what's in your heart. @MarieForleo
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| 0:00.0 | What this exercise does is it starts activating your imagination. |
| 0:10.1 | It starts dusting off that ability you have to dream that I suspect may have been put |
| 0:15.5 | on the back burner for so many years because you've been focused on so many other people |
| 0:19.3 | because you're so responsible and you're so loving and you're such a good person. |
| 0:22.7 | But now my friend, Ellen, now is the time for you to rediscover what's in your heart. |
| 0:29.2 | Hey, it's Marie Forleo and you're tuning into the Marie Forleo podcast and Marie TV. |
| 0:38.9 | The place to be to create a business and life you love. |
| 0:41.7 | And this happens to be Q&A Tuesday and today's question comes from Ellen. |
| 0:46.7 | I'm Marie. |
| 0:49.7 | My name is Ellen. |
| 0:50.7 | I'm a Phoenix Arizona. |
| 0:52.5 | My son left home at a younger age and I was a single mom. |
| 0:57.4 | I'm having trouble finding purpose in life, new direction, where to go from here. |
| 1:02.7 | Always been a mom working hard. |
| 1:05.4 | I'm on disability. |
| 1:06.8 | Just need to know, what do I do now? |
| 1:09.4 | Sometimes I feel like I'm too old to keep moving forward. |
| 1:13.2 | And other times I'm like, no, I'm young. |
| 1:16.3 | I'm going to be 50 this year. |
| 1:17.9 | So where do I go from here? |
| 1:21.1 | Oh my goodness, Ellen. |
| 1:22.0 | I wish I could reach through the screen right now and give you such a big hug. |
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