Ep 54: Stepping into the adult life you were meant to lead with Julie Lythcott-Haims

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast

Too many adults are living lives where they feel like passive participants rather than the creators of their destiny. In this eye-opening discussion with Julie Lythcott-Haims about her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, we discuss the challenges many individuals face as they attempt to step into their adult life, the actions that caused a generational shift in how we view adulting, and what is possible when we step into the adult life we were meant to lead.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How the fundamental capacities of agency and resilience are underdeveloped in young adults who were over-parented as children
• How fear and learned helplessness can result as an adult for those who aren’t given the opportunity to grow independently
• The questions we need to ask ourselves when trying to quiet the voice of what others think we should do and begin acting on what we want our path to be

About the Guest:

Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. Her TED Talk on the subject has more than 5 million views, and in 2020 she became a regular contributor with CBS This Morning on parenting. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. A third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, will be out in April 2021.

Julie is a former corporate lawyer and Stanford dean, and she holds a BA from Stanford, a JD from Harvard, and an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. She serves on the board of Common Sense Media, and on the advisory board of LeanIn.Org, and she is a former board member at Foundation for a College Education, Global Citizen Year, The Writers Grotto, and Challenge Success. She volunteers with the hospital program No One Dies Alone.

She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner of over thirty years, their young adults, and her mother.

Learn more about Julie’s work and her new book Your Turn: How to Be an Adult at:

Buy the book: https://bookshop.org/books/your-turn-how-to-be-an-adult/9781250137777

Julie’s website: julielythcotthaims.com

Facebook: facebook.com/jlythcotthaims

Twitter: twitter.com/jlythcotthaims

Instagram: instagram.com/jlythcotthaims

About the Host

Janice Scholl is passionate about illuminating the work-life struggle that causes working mothers to leave professional jobs to raise their families, with a special focus on helping mothers start businesses that allow them to be financially empowered and use their skills, while being fully present for their children. She is host of the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast and a frequent speaker on the topics of motherhood & money, career breaks, and business strategy. She is the founder of Strategic Sabbaticals, a program designed to amplify the growth and opportunity women find through a career break to ensure a successful a return to paid work.

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