Gen-X Selfhood: Reinvent at 40 or Double Down?

Did we skip figuring out who we are because Gen-X was busy surviving? Lisa and Josh get real about when identity actually clicks, the difference between burnout and meaning, and why “helping everyone” can bury your own needs. Josh shares how dog training turned misfit energy into entrepreneurship, and Lisa talks boundaries, repair, and refilling your tank. We read a letter from “Searching” at 40, unpack why we ask kids about careers so early, and how to raise against-the-grain kids without crushing the spark. Then: Pop Culture Rewind to 1997 (Buffy, Titanic, Tamagotchis, chokers).

Chapters
0:00 Did Gen X Skip Selfhood
0:55 When Identity Starts To Click
2:40 Work, Reinvention, And Priorities
4:43 Finding Drive Through Dog Training
6:16 Misfit Energy And Entrepreneurship
7:15 Wanting To Help vs Self Focus
9:45 Burnout, Boundaries, And Refilling
12:15 Parenting With Empathy And Repair
15:05 Reinvention Or Doubling Down
18:04 Letter From “Searching” At 40
21:15 Why We Ask Kids About Careers
24:05 School, Structure, And The System
27:15 Kids’ Dreams Change And That’s Okay
30:20 Raising Against-The-Grain Kids
33:05 Pop Culture Rewind: 1997

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