I felt ready for this chapter. I honoured the versions of me who carried me here . I stepped into this decade open, grounded, certain, and then grief quietly arrived.
In this deeply personal episode, I share the unexpected emotional landscape of entering a new decade, the tenderness that comes with seeing your parents age, wondering if the children you love are ready for the world, and realising even the companions who’ve walked beside you for years won’t be here forever.
I talk about the body changing in ways you can’t outwork or control.
The shift in ambition. The question that begins to surface when striving softens: now what?
This isn’t an episode about answers or silver linings. It’s an honest reflection on what happens when time stops feeling theoretical and starts feeling real. When love carries an ache. When life feels more precious and more fragile at the same time.
If you’ve felt a quiet grief you couldn’t quite name, if you’re moving through transition, ageing, or a change in identity, this conversation will likely meet you right where you are.
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