Episodes on Longevity
Staying strong enough to be there, and to be useful in your second chapter.
Staying strong enough to be there, and to be useful in your second chapter.
If you have ever told yourself you do not have a problem because you are not the one falling over, just the one who cannot quite explain why five o'clock keeps arriving earlier, this one is for you.
If you have ever dreaded the call that says a parent's time is running out, and dreaded not knowing what you would do, this one is about you.
If you’re stuck scratching your head over why you can’t just lose those extra kilos, this episode is for you.
If you have told yourself you are just tired, or watched a room of grown men compete over who is most fried, this one is about you.
If you've ever pushed through something you should have stopped for, or held a strong face while everything underneath felt unmanageable, this one's for you.
You are more tired than you used to be, more irritated at the people around you and at the world in general, and still waiting for the part where life gets easier.
If you have been telling yourself you are doing both, still in the job while quietly building the next thing, you know the feeling.
You know the setup: the same mates for twenty five years, but the lingering feeling that the relationship is surface level.
—Andrew May
—Jenifer Luman
—Dr Merran Cooper
(Her answer to what her 75-year-old self would ask of her now.)
—Thea O’Connor
If you've spent years being the one everyone leans on, with no one you lean on in return, you know this feeling.