437: The Soft Life vs. The Hustle Culture
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The Art of Joyfully Hustling: Balancing Ambition and Ease
In today's fast-paced world, the tension between hustle culture and the soft life often leads individuals to feel they must choose one over the other. However, finding a balance between these two energies is essential for a fulfilling life. Both hustle and softness are necessary components that contribute to our growth and overall well-being.
Host Tonya Leigh delves into the intriguing balance between hustle culture and the soft life. She discusses how neither approach alone is sufficient for achieving the life we truly desire. Instead, the key lies in 'joyfully hustling,' which blends ambition with ease and structure with spaciousness. Tonya also shares her personal journey of transitioning to video podcasting and the importance of embracing growth in areas where we feel resistance.
Join her as she explores how to create a harmonious rhythm in pursuing big dreams while enjoying a beautiful life.
Talking Points:
00:22 - Balancing Big Dreams and a Soft Life
03:45 - Soft Life vs. Hustle Culture
05:09 - Defining the Soft Life
09:27 - Understanding Hustle Culture
13:19 - Toxic Hustle and Balance
17:04 - Physiological Need for Rhythm
19:02 - Masculine and Feminine Energies
22:04 - Reflective Questions for Balance
27:01 - Softening into Your Ideal Life
29:08 - The Curated Day Practice
32:08 - Daily Intentions and Energy
33:01 - Finding Your Rhythm
Quotes:
"The magic, it lives in the rhythm and the blend and what I call joyfully hustling."
"It's saying I don't have to hustle for my worth. I get to live well now, not someday."
"Your worth isn't measured by how exhausted you are."
"You become a woman who knows how to work with her own energy instead of against it, and that is powerful."
"Sometimes hustle sneaks in wearing the costume of ambition, but underneath it's just fear."
"A soft life isn't about zoning out, it's about zoning in, into pleasure, into presence, into what you really want your life to feel like."
"Intentionally creating your days leads to a life beyond your wildest dreams."
"Your life is not a problem to solve. It's a masterpiece to curate."
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What if you didn't have to choose between going after big dreams and living a soft, beautiful life? |
| 0:06.8 | What if you have both, the ambition and the ease, the structure, and the spaciousness? |
| 0:12.3 | In today's episode, we're exploring the contrast between hustle culture and the soft life, |
| 0:17.3 | and why neither one on its own is enough to create the life you truly crave because |
| 0:23.4 | the magic, it lives in the rhythm and the blend and what I call joyfully hustling. So let's dive in. |
| 0:32.6 | Welcome to the School of Self Image, where personal development meets style. Here's your hostess, |
| 0:38.9 | Master Life Coach, Tanya Lee. Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast, and hey, if it's your |
| 0:47.2 | first time tuning in, I am so glad that you have stumbled into my world where I talk about all |
| 0:53.4 | things self-image. the one thing that is |
| 0:57.1 | influencing every area of your life. And I'm excited about today's episode because I'm actually |
| 1:03.3 | recording this in my new studio where eventually I am going to be doing video podcast. So many of you have asked, why aren't you doing |
| 1:13.6 | these on video? And the reality is, I have taken the path of lease resistance. There's such |
| 1:22.7 | an ease to doing audio only. I can do it in my robe. I can record these when I'm on the road. Most recently, |
| 1:31.7 | I've been going back and forth to my parents a lot to be with my dad and to help my mom so I can |
| 1:37.1 | just pack up my laptop and my microphone and literally record these anywhere. And I also know that where I experience resistance |
| 1:47.8 | is also the area that is calling me to grow. And so very soon, once we get all of the equipment |
| 1:55.0 | set up, I am going to be doing at least most of these on video. So stay tuned for that. Now, I have to tell you something. |
| 2:04.6 | I am so proud of myself today. And here's why. I'm recording this on a Sunday. Typically, I don't |
| 2:12.6 | work on the weekends, but over the last few days, let's see, Thursday and Friday, I was doing a photo and video shoot. |
| 2:22.6 | And so it was two full days. |
| 2:24.9 | And then yesterday, me and my friend spent the day running around, taking care of some errands. |
| 2:30.5 | And so it's just been a lot over the last three days. |
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