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Published May 28, 2021

This LIFE ADVICE Will Change Your View On EVERYTHING! | Jen Hatmaker & Lewis Howes

Jen Hatmaker joins Lewis Howes to explore resilience through life's transitions, the journey of self-worth, leaving a meaningful legacy, and the evolving roles of women, offering empowering insights on personal growth and authenticity.
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  • Resilience

    Jen Hatmaker discusses the profound lessons learned from unexpected life transitions, such as the end of her long-term marriage and the COVID-19 pandemic. She emphasizes the importance of resilience and the strength found within oneself and one's community. reflects on his own emotional journey, describing it as an 'emotional boot camp' that has led to deeper self-awareness and vulnerability 1 2.

    Everything I profess to believe about the human spirit, about what it looks like to have healthy community, about what integrity means, is true. It's true. You can put it to the most fiery test, and it'll hang on. It'll hang on. It's almost shocking. But here we are.

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    Jen's experiences highlight the necessity of facing challenges head-on and finding strength in adversity.

       

    Ownership

    Taking ownership of one's actions and feelings is crucial for personal growth, according to Jen Hatmaker. She shares her journey of stepping into full responsibility for her life after her divorce, emphasizing that this work was always hers to do, inside or outside of a marriage. Jen also talks about the challenges of 'adulting' and learning financial responsibility after years of relying on her partner 3 4.

    This narrative that any given relationship... would be different if only that person would fix A, B, and C, I would be happy then, right? That's not true. Because really, it's still on us, what we're going to allow and how we're going to respond.

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    Her insights underscore the importance of self-reliance and personal accountability in all aspects of life.

       

    Discomfort

    Jen Hatmaker explores the necessity of embracing discomfort for personal growth and healing. She admits to struggling with judgmental attitudes towards herself and her emotions, preferring stability and equilibrium over facing hard truths. shares his own journey of learning to trust his instincts and the importance of living authentically, even if it causes relational disruption 5 6.

    Sitting in the discomfort and not judging the discomfort, but rather asking it... You're here for something? Are you trying to protect me? Are you trying to show me something? Are you trying to keep me safe? Are you a warning sign?

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    Both emphasize that true growth often comes from facing and understanding discomfort rather than avoiding it.

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