Tim Sweet welcomes Julie Freedman Smith back to the show. Julie, the creator and founder of Parent-Break online community, and Tim have a discussion about the feeling pervading people’s lives and work-lives today. They break down why there is a sense of malaise and where the fear stems from.
Julie has a perspective on how work and life have shifted in very recent years for children and young adults. She shares from the sense of what Covid concerns and access to world news in real time have done to satisfaction and a sense of meaning in their lives. Julie sees the changes as essentially optimistic in that the challenges presented are opportunities for growth, which is an opinion not everyone shares.
Tim Sweet and guest Julie Freedman Smith dissect the current inertia dragging at both the business world and individual lives. They talk about how low-level anxiety and depression have helped shift the feeling, why individual dissatisfaction and sense of meaning travels up into holding business back, and just why we are collectively holding our cards closer to our chest in terms of what we’re willing to give in these uncertain times. It’s an illuminating conversation about the dramatic shift we are all enduring.
About Julie Freedman Smith
Julie Freedman Smith is the creator/founder of Parent–Break, an online community providing time and space for parents to connect with themselves and each other, to offer guidance, and to acknowledge the parenting challenges while celebrating the successes.
Author, Blogger, Podcast Host and Parenting Expert, Julie Freedman Smith has been guiding parents across North America for 20+ years. Julie also enjoys practising and teaching Tai Chi and working as a professional choral singer and clinician.
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