How can I accept that I would have chosen differently in the past if I knew what I know now?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode I meet with Lianne and answer the question, “How can I accept that I would have chosen differently in the past if I knew what I know now?” Lianne is getting ready to re-enter the workforce now that her youngest is in daycare, and she wishes that she had gotten her master’s degree before becoming a full-time mom.I advise Lianne to find compassion for the young woman she was when she made the decision to not pursue her master’s degree. I also invite her to grieve. It’s okay to w...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your fate. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.6	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:43.0	with tools to find healing.
0:45.3	I'm so happy to welcome Leanne to the podcast today. Welcome, Leanne.
0:50.1	Hi. Thanks for having me, Dr. Hanks. I appreciate it.
0:52.9	Well, thanks for taking the time to talk with me.
0:55.7	What is your question for me today?
0:58.5	It's a question.
1:01.8	How to accept that I would have chosen differently in the past if I had access to my current knowledge and experience.
1:11.1	Okay.
1:11.9	Do you want to get a little more specific for me?
1:14.7	Yeah, yeah.
1:15.4	So essentially I finished my bachelor's when my husband was also going to
1:23.7	optometry school.
1:25.0	It was kind of like a trickier balance because we are from Canada, but we
1:28.7	went to the U.S. so he could go to school. And so I had to do the last years of my degree
1:34.7	online through BYU, Idaho. So it was kind of like not my ideal situation, but I was very grateful.
1:40.6	I loved my degree, actually, like at the end of of the story like I was actually very grateful for
1:45.6	that experience but then as a result of you know doing all of that stuff I you know also had my
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