[Repeat from March, 2025.] Buckle up, friends, because today we’re tackling one of life’s sneakiest traps—the B+ life. You get what that means: Good job, decent relationships, maybe even some great days. But most of the time? It’s just… fine. And fine is the enemy of flourishing. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, "What do I do with my life?" or feeling stuck in the search for an authentic life while you live in a good-enough version of the present, you’re not alone.

In this episode of Becoming You, we’re diving deep into why so many of us settle for “pretty good” when an A+ life is possible. Suzy will introduce you to one of her favorite, wildly effective exercises—the question that rips the veil off mediocrity, a real values revealer: What would make you cry from regret on your 85th birthday? Learn how this is a powerful tool for self discovery and can help you find your purpose in ways you never expected.

Along the way, we talk to Paige—a wonderful, successful woman stuck in a B+ life who’s got dreams of something still more wonderful and successful. She knows she’s meant for more, but fear, expectations, and the fear of "being seen" are holding her back. Can you relate? If so, listen in as we dig into how she can break free—and how you can, too.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re coasting when you should be soaring, this episode is for you. Let’s get you out of that "velvet coffin" and into the authentic life you were meant to live. Finding purpose starts here.

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It's time once again for a mailbag version of the Becoming You podcast, in which our host Suzy Welch replies out loud to a sampling of the DMs she usually answers in the time between when her dogs wake her every morning and it's safe to start emailing normal people.

As usual, Becoming You's mailbag is a MIXED bag. One listener's question deals with retirement -- as in, "Why should I if I really don't want to?" Another needs help thinking through her internal debate over helping people as a way of life. She was raised to think that was all she should do...but maybe it's not? Also in the pod this week, a listener pushes back on Suzy's contention that first jobs don't matter. He has a tough story to share -- and Suzy has some tough love to share back. Finally, Suzy answers one of Becoming You's most common questions, about values and how often they change. Her answer may surprise you.

Tune in to find that out -- and so much more.

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Over the past two episodes, you’ve met Becoming You alumni Max and Kristen as they explored their values and aptitudes — the foundational work of figuring out who they are, and what their purpose should be.

Now, in the final part of this special three-part series, it all comes together.

This week, Suzy guides Max and Kristen through the final element of the Becoming You method: Economically Viable Interests (or “EVIs”). Not just what you love, but what the world will pay you to do — without asking you to betray yourself in the process.

What happens next is the most powerful moment yet. Kristen makes a bold, life-changing move to align her values and calling. Max discovers that the life he always thought he wanted might not be the one he needs — and finds joy, purpose, and surprise (omelet-making included) in a place he never expected.

This is where the process both concludes…and starts all over again. Not at a perfect answer — but at a new kind of clarity. If you’ve ever wondered what it actually looks like to ask, “What should I do with my life?” — and then do something about it — this is what real change looks like.

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Last week, we began exploring the Becoming You process by uncovering values — the truths that quietly shape our choices and help point us towards our purpose. This week, we go deeper.

In Part 2 of this three-part series, Suzy sits down again with alumni Max and Kristen to explore aptitudes — not the skills you’ve learned, but the ones you’re wired with.

With some messy realness and a few surprises, Max and Kristen discover how their natural strengths explain not just what they’re good at — but why some roles never felt right.

If you’ve ever been good at something but not fulfilled by it — or found yourself asking, “What should I do with my life?” — this episode may change how you see your strengths, your path, and what’s been missing.

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You’ve heard the phrase “Becoming You” — maybe in a friend’s recommendation, maybe in a moment when your own life felt off-track. But what does it really mean to “become” yourself?

In this powerful first episode of a special three-part series, Suzy Welch — professor, career expert, and the host of Becoming You — takes you inside the very first and most foundational part of the process: the excavation of your core values.

This isn’t about personality types or feel-good labels. It’s about uncovering the truths that quietly drive your choices — and figuring out why your life may not feel quite right, even when it looks good on paper.

You’ll meet Kristen and Max, two people with wildly different backgrounds and stories, both of whom bravely open their lives to the Becoming You method. Kristen had everything she thought she wanted — the career, the family, the checklist complete — but something wasn’t clicking. Max had the dream job and the admiration of his peers, but also a deep, persistent misalignment he couldn’t explain. What happens when they begin to name the values they’ve been living by — and the ones they’ve been ignoring?

Honest, funny, and deeply moving, this episode gives you a front-row seat to the moment where change begins. If you’ve ever wondered whether Becoming You could work for you — this is where you’ll find out.

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Before Becoming You was a methodology, a class, or a book — it was a question. A question that our host Suzy Welch grappled with for decades as she sought to make her way in the world, as a wife, journalist, mother, and professor. Is it ever really possible to write the story of our own lives, or are we fated to edit the script handed to us by our family, culture, and circumstances?

In time, Suzy came to realize that her answer was…yes. And it wasn’t just her answer, she believed, it was all of ours.

In this intimate and thoughtful episode, Suzy sits down with her daughter Sophia to explore two of the books that helped her reach that conclusion, and thus shape the entire Becoming You Methodology. They are The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen and Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. What begins as a conversation about literature quickly turns inward — becoming a candid reflection on generational patterns, personal reinvention, and the question that sits at the center of Suzy’s work and the Becoming You journey for all who take it.

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This week, we return to questions from the Becoming You reunion in New York — and to the complicated truth of what can happen after you find your purpose.

First, you’ll meet Molly, who lands a job that aligns with her values — only to discover it comes with layoffs and instability. Then there’s Tim, an alum from the very first Becoming You cohort, who wonders whether we get to become ourselves more than once.

What follows is a real conversation about the trade-offs of living your values, the unexpected upside of getting fired, and what it actually takes to keep evolving with purpose.

If you’ve ever asked, “What should I do with my life?” — and then asked it again six months later — you’ll feel right at home.

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Recently, the Becoming You community gathered in person for a special event — and the questions were as big as ever.

This episode features two Becoming You alumni facing different versions of the same dilemma: how do you move toward your purpose when it’s either far away… or still a little fuzzy? McKenna is a sustainability consultant by day and aspiring Broadway producer by night. Cole is a filmmaker-turned-professor whose values test with everything in the middle — leaving him unsure how to sharpen the path forward.

Hear their questions — and the answers they receive — with candor, joy, and, yes, a well-earned rant about the one part of the methodology people tend to avoid (and shouldn’t).

If you’ve ever asked yourself “What should I do with my life?” — and then wondered how fast to run toward the answer — this one’s for you.

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