352. If Nothing Changes This Year, This Is What It Will Cost You!

House of Joy- Christian Life Coaching

Dr. Edie Wadsworth

Christianity, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Most women don’t experience a new year.They experience the same year… with a different number on the calendar. In this powerful start to 2026, Dr. Edie Wadsworth invites you into an honest conversation about something we rarely name out loud: the quiet cost of staying the same. This episode isn’t about goals, habits, or hustle. It’s about what slowly gets lost when we settle into comfort, delay change, and quietly abandon ourselves. You’ll hear: Why staying the same is not neutral—and what it’s actually costing you How emotional numbness, disconnection, and “Groundhog Day living” take root The hidden grief of unlived dreams, unused gifts, and unanswered callings Why comfort can dull desire—and how that impacts your sense of purpose What it really means to stop abandoning yourself and come fully alive again This is an invitation to wake up—not out of shame or pressure, but out of love for the life you’ve been given and the gifts you’re meant to share. Because the cost of staying the same isn’t just personal. It’s collective. When you don’t live fully, the world misses you. If you’ve felt the quiet ache that says, there has to be more than this, this episode is for you. ✨ Ready for support as you step into real change? Life Mentoring School is currently open. Learn more and join us here: 👉 ediewadsworthcoaching.com/enroll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.8	to learn more. Hello and welcome back to the podcast where you are invited for lighthearted
0:34.9	conversations about things that matter as you seek to live your most
0:38.5	meaningful, beautiful, and joyful life. I'm your host, Dr. Edie Wadsworth, and I hope you enjoy your stay here
0:44.8	at the House of Joy. Oh, hi dear ones. Happy New Year. Happy 2026. Welcome back to House of Joy. This is
0:53.0	episode 352, and I want to start this episode differently.
0:58.2	This is not about goals. Well, not exactly. Not about habits. Not about making it better plan for your life.
1:04.6	This is about something more uncomfortable than that. And maybe more important. This is about the quiet cost of staying the same. The quiet
1:14.7	cost of staying where you are. The cost most women never name out loud because it doesn't show up as a
1:19.6	crisis. But it does show up as numbness, as resentment, as judgment, as low grade sadness that you
1:26.5	can't quite name because on the outside your
1:31.8	life looks fine but if nothing changes this year it will cost you something and today I want to tell
1:38.6	you the truth about what that actually is so if this is your first time here welcome to house of joy
1:43.7	we have so many new
1:45.8	listeners going into the new year, you guys. And I want to remind you that we also do these podcasts
1:50.6	on YouTube. So if you come over and watch on YouTube, today I'm in my Western era. I've got my
1:57.1	favorite cozy sweater on. It's freezing outside today. And my Toccova's bandana and my Willie Nelson shirt.
2:03.8	So coming to you all cozy and fired up, you guys.
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