Feeling Like You’ve Fallen Behind in Your Own Life? This’ll Help.
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In this collection of intimate essays, we explore what happens when we prioritize genuine presence over performance, deep connection over financial success, and authentic expression over social expectations.
Through personal stories and practical insights, learn how small shifts in how we show up, communicate, and measure success can transform our relationships and creative impact. Whether you're feeling behind in life, seeking more meaningful conversations, or yearning to express yourself more freely, these reflections offer both comfort and actionable wisdom for living with greater authenticity and purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | So what would love tell you if it were being honest? How can sharing your creative work |
| 0:08.3 | maybe boomerang back into your life in the most unexpected ways? And why do we sometimes |
| 0:13.0 | hide behind putting on a show to keep from being seen and judged not realizing the |
| 0:18.5 | disconnection and the suffering is causing? What if we focused more on being present |
| 0:22.8 | than on being wealthy? How might that change how our lives unfold? Why do we always equate |
| 0:27.8 | being paid to do something with it being meaningful? And what happens when we value stifling |
| 0:34.1 | propriety over full expression? And how can we surrender more to moments of true |
| 0:38.8 | artistry and joy? These are some of the questions I have been exploring over the last few months |
| 0:43.2 | in my awake-at-the-wheel newsletter. It's where I write a few times a month, in a much more |
| 0:48.3 | personal, long-form way with the intention of helping us all feel just more alive and less alone. |
| 0:53.3 | And as I've been doing for the last |
| 0:54.9 | really year and a half or so every few months, I curate a handful of my most popular written |
| 1:00.3 | word pieces and share them as spoken word roundups here on the podcast. And today I am doing my fourth |
| 1:07.2 | Awake at the Wheel roundup with all new spoken word essays, all of which led to some |
| 1:11.8 | pretty passionate conversations in the comments in the original newsletter. My hope is that they'll |
| 1:17.1 | maybe do the same here. If you're moved by what you hear, you'd love to spend more time with them. |
| 1:21.4 | You can read these essays, linger on them, share them with friends, let them inspire conversations. |
| 1:26.4 | Just head on over to Awake at the Wheel. You'll find a link in the show notes. So excited to share these offerings with you. I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project. |
| 1:42.2 | Hey there, it's Zoe and Georgia from Made by Mama's the podcast and this week we're sponsored by Cynch. |
| 1:47.4 | And if you know us, you'll know we love finding those time-saving hacks when it comes to being mum. |
| 1:52.1 | And we love finding that balance between choosing things we love personally versus the reality of family life. |
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