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The Rest of Us with Dana Tenille Weekes
The Rest of Us podcast explores rest as self-liberation for advocates and professionals who are losing themselves to the demands of work, loved ones, friends, strangers, and this dizzying world. The Rest of Us cultivates a community through honest reflections, conversations, and laughter for people willing to embrace rest differently.
The Rest of Us with Dana Tenille Weekes
Ep 19: What Are You Chasing? Exploring a Life of Expectations vs. Being
In this important episode, host Dana Tenille Weekes questions the non-stop exhaustion that we call ambition: What are you chasing, and is it even meant for you?
Through thoughtful reflection, storytelling, and three main points, Dana unpacks why so many of us are trapped in the "chase" (striving, following, and supporting - yes, even supporting) that steals our agency to live a life of expectations ... a life that was never yours.
As a complement to the popular episode, Whose Mountain Are You Climbing? (Episode 5), this episode calls for you to stop running, settle in, and engage in radical self-honesty.
🔍 What You’ll Learn:
- Why chasing doesn't center you
- How many societal systems or practices make you think you've taken hold of your life when you haven't
- How chasing requires you to believe in your expectations, rather than your being
- How living a life of "should" is taking away your agency and causing unrest
- Why chasing begs the question: What are you really running from?
💭 Reflection Prompts:
- How much do you use chasing-like language in your life to pursue and prepare for blessings and real opportunities?
- How much of your life and decision-making is defined by systems or conditioning?
- If you keep chasing, what are you really running from?
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