Your goal is not to be more disciplined. Your goal is to fulfill your dreams, pursue your goals.

And so free yourself of this narrative if it's not serving you.

Hi, this is Monica Packer and you're listening to About Progress, where we are about

progress made practical.

I think a lot of us have quietly believed this. If I were just more disciplined, then my life would be

so much better. Maybe I'd follow through more. I'd take better care of myself, I'd finally be the person I knew I could be.

But what happens if you've tried that approach, and you've tried and tried again?

And it still doesn't work.

What if discipline doesn't work for you?

Today's conversation is going to challenge that entire narrative that you are

undisciplined and therefore broken and you will never be able to change in the ways you so deeply

desire. Discipline is not the only way to make progress. And indeed, chasing discipline may be

one of the things that is keeping you stuck. In today's episode, I'm

speaking with Yashi Srivastawa about why the way we've been taught to think about discipline

can lead to cycles of self-blame, frustration, and burnout, especially for women navigating

full, complex lives. We talk about why discipline can feel like a magic pill

that doesn't actually work for a lot of people and how the way discipline is taught often ignores

your real life context, your capacity, and even your internal conflicts. We also discuss what

might be happening beneath a surface when you quote know what to do

unquote but you can't seem to follow through we're going to learn about a different approach

one that yes she calls inner alignment where instead of forcing action you learn how to understand

what's going on inside of you work with it and make progress in a way that

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