Episode 333: The Desire and Curiosity for What’s Next with Jennifer Louden

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Jennifer Louden is a pioneer in the life coaching industry and author of the upcoming book, Why Bother?. I don’t know about you, but I think the title and topic of her book are incredibly timely. As we watch world events unfold, many are probably thinking things like, “Why bother to do that project right now?” Or “Why bother speaking up about the things I believe in?” Why bother? Together, Jennifer and I discuss her new book and all of the implications of asking the question, “Why bother?” We talk about why it is essential to sit in the grey area of inquiry and curiosity, even when it’s incredibly uncomfortable. And, we explore the idea of desire and the importance of letting desire flow without knowing how it’s going to turn out. In this episode you’ll hear: How the writing of a failed memoir led Jennifer to write Why Bother? (10:00) One of the ways “Why bother?” comes visiting (18:18) As we face an unprecedented climate crisis, how asking, “why bother?” helps us address that (19:00) Jennifer shares her six-step process for turning to the bright side of “why bother?” (24:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	And so we think when we're asking, why bother who cares, what's the point? We've already
0:34.2	answered it. And what I discovered and what I'm saying in the book is, no, this is so
0:38.9	natural. It's so inevitable. It feels like a sign of death. It's actually a sign of life.
0:45.5	The other side of why bother is actually ask the friggin' question.
0:52.8	This is your kick-ass lie podcast, episode number 333 with guest, Jen Loudon.
1:00.4	This is the Your Kickass Life podcast with Andrea Owen, a no BS guide to self-help and
1:07.5	badassery.
1:08.8	Because ladies, let's face it, life's too short for it to not kick ass.
1:15.1	And here's your host, the girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy. Andrea Owen.
1:22.2	Hey there, ask kickers. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I am so glad that you are here.
1:29.6	How are you doing? That is a loaded question these days, isn't it? I am okay. Question mark. Maybe that's how a lot of you are feeling.
1:38.6	As I am recording this for you, it's April 15th, which means that it is my birthday. I'm having mixed feelings about
1:46.2	this particular birthday, partly because of shelter at home, which is a nice word for quarantine,
1:53.6	let's be honest. And also because I'm 45. And 45 feels like it still feels weird coming out of my mouth that that is my age because my
2:04.0	mind feels about 29. Also, I've been sort of reckoning with this particular age. I had a similar
2:13.3	experience when I turned 39, but it was different. This one feels like 40 was, I didn't really have that
2:21.0	hard of a time with 40. I was sort of excited about it coming into my 40s. I had heard so many great
2:25.9	things from other women about being in your 40s. So I was ready. I was ready for it. And we had
2:32.2	just bought a house. So it was super pumped. And now 45 feels like,
2:38.9	the way I was describing it to one of my girlfriends, I said, it kind of feels like when
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