Self growth without the self obsession
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When was the last time you cancelled plans and called it protecting your peace? When did you stop asking for help because it felt easier not to bother anyone? When did "boundaries" become the reason you didn't show up?
As millennial women, Caitlin and Chantelle have lived the full arc of the self-improvement and convenience era; the body checking apps, the therapy speak, the Instagram wisdom, the delivery apps. And they've watched something slowly shift. The tools designed to help us know ourselves better have started to build walls where they were supposed to build bridges.
In this first full episode of Existential Thread, they get into what self growth without the self obsession actually means; the conditions that created it, the price we're paying in real relationships and real community, and what it looks like to recentre something bigger than the self without abandoning it entirely.
If anything in this episode stirs something big, please bring it to a friend, a therapist, or someone who loves you.
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You just heard us pull apart what happens when self growth turns into self obsession. This workbook is where you get to unpack it further specific to you and your life.
Nine questions across three layers, ME, WE, and US, built to help you notice where growth has quietly become an excuse to avoid people rather than a way to show up for them. Think of it less like homework and more like the conversation you would have with a good friend over coffee.
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ALSO: This is the resource mentioned to help you when having hard conversations: https://positivepsychology.com/non-violent-communication/