You’re the reliable one. If something needs to get done, you’re the to do it. Which not only means there’s no space for you, or your dreams -it unwittingly stifles the people around you.
If you’ve ever watched someone struggle and thought, “Let me just do it for you,” you already know this tension that lives at the heart of leadership. It can feel unbearable because our culture equates busyness with worth
This week’s podcast starts with a deceptively simple story from Zorba the Greek that addresses this leadership issue head on: a boy watches a butterfly struggle to break free of its cocoon, can't bear the discomfort of watching it struggle, and “helps” it out early… only to watch it die because its wings never fully formed.
If you've ever rescued someone too soon — or rescued yourself out of your own growth — this episode will change how you think about rest, struggle, and what it actually means to hold space.
In a culture built on ‘go, do, and succeed’ and busyness equals worth, giving someone (including ourselves) the space feels unbearable. Sharing a strategic insight, Stephanie and Maren go deeply into something that we often feel the need to push though – the true success rhythm: struggle and rest.
Today you’ll find:
- Why rescuing people too early actually robs them of their own strength
- Why you are (literally, atomically) mostly space — and why that matters for your life
- Why scrolling, cleaning, and “staying busy” are NOT rest
- Why 20 minutes of true stillness can equal 4 hours of sleep
- A simple practice to catch yourself before you disengage from your own growth
REFERENCES:
01:08 The Boy and the Cocoon, and it's from Zorba the Greek.
26:50 Inner Mastery
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