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Radio Headspace

There’s No Such Thing as Solo Failure

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Rosie remembers growing up surrounded by stories of failure that didn’t just belong to one person, but rippled through entire families and communities. Today she explores how we’ve been taught to see failure as a personal flaw rather than a shared human experience shaped by context, support, and circumstance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey friends, it's Dora here. Let's be real. Bedtime can feel like a constant battle.

0:09.5

The tantrums, the stalling, the screen fatigue, it's a lot. That's why we created Wiggle to Wind Down,

0:15.7

a brand new kid's sleep podcast from Headspace and Cocoa Mellon.

0:26.8

Each episode helps your little one move, breathe, and settle into a soothing bedtime story so they can relax and you can finally exhale.

0:31.8

Search for Wiggle to Wind Down wherever you get your podcast and make bedtime a little easier

0:37.4

for everyone.

0:38.2

Hey, Space Studio.

0:53.5

Hey friends, it's Rosie. Welcome back to Radio Headspace. When I was a kid, I saw failure up close.

1:04.5

I saw uncles lose jobs, miss opportunities, or get swallowed by choices that felt bigger than them. One of my uncles had a

1:13.1

promising career as a truck driver with the big company, steady pay, security, something our family

1:20.6

celebrated. But then he started running with the wrong crowd. One bad decision led to another, and then he got arrested.

1:31.3

And from there, it was downhill. The career evaporated. His reputation shifted and the ripple effects

1:39.4

were spread. Growing up in Estelle, I saw this pattern often. When someone stumbled, the weight

1:48.9

didn't just land on them. It landed on their parents, their kids, their cousins. The shame,

1:57.2

the disappointment, the what could have been stories, those became dinner conversations,

2:03.9

whispered lessons, reminders of what not to do.

2:08.6

And yet, I also saw the other side.

2:12.3

Families gathering, pitching in, helping raise kids, making sure rent was paid. I saw community function as both

2:21.9

witness and a safety net. Failure rarely belongs to one person. It belongs to a family, to a community.

2:32.6

And when he fell, we all felt it.

2:36.0

That's when I began to understand that there's no such thing as a solo failure.

2:43.0

But here's the paradox.

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