A Grown Up's Gap Year
How to Runaway, Seek Joy, & other Handy Mid Life Hints.
A Grown Up's Gap Year
For The Busy Woman: How To Find Space To Go Explore
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The final piece of your SPACE Prescription is here: Explore. The part where you remember you used to just try things — before every decision required three people’s approval.
In this episode:
- why life satisfaction follows a U-shaped curve through your forties and fifties (and why the curve rises again)
- the Novelty Rule from neuroscientist Dr David Eagleman that literally changes how your brain perceives time
- why running away is not frivolous
- and the 52 Yes List, one new thing a week for a year
Plus what readers told me about where they escape when they need a moment, and a Dear Blokes note for the men who love us.
Season 3 wraps after this. Season 4 is coming — and it’s going somewhere new.
Additional Resources:
- Your SPACE Prescription - Anti Guilt Calculator
- Free Weekly Newsletter
- Dear Blokes Downloadable
- Setting Boundaries That Stick - checklist
- 52 Ideas for YOUR Version of A Grown Up's Gap Year
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