Becoming You with Suzy Welch
Hosted by NYU Stern Professor Suzy Welch, this podcast explores questions about life, career, and purpose. Welch, a business journalist and New York Times best-selling author, brings her expertise in decision-making and authentic purpose to each episode. Topics range from parenting and marriage to career mistakes and under-appreciated TV shows, all discussed with irreverence and humor. The show aims to help listeners navigate life's ups and downs while getting closer to becoming their true selves.
Episodes
Your Values Aren’t What You Think They Are
This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch takes a step back to answer a question that is central to the podcast and the Becoming You methodology: what even are values? Values are one of the three core data sets at the heart of the Becoming You methodology, alongside interests and aptitudes, but Suzy's research shows that only 17% of people actually understand what values are — and just 7% kn
The Insult That Changed My Life Could Change Yours — and Probably Should. (Part 3)
This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch delivers the finale of one of the most personal series she has ever shared on this podcast. Part 3 has it all: the last three aptitude tools, the twist she wasn't sure she'd tell, and the moment the whole story finally makes sense.For anyone just arriving: go back. Don't worry, we'll wait! Parts 1 and 2 are there for you, and this ending lands so muc
The Insult That Changed My Life Could Change Yours — and Probably Should. (Part 2)
Last week, Suzy Welch got publicly humiliated at Harvard Business School. This week? Revenge.In Part 2 of this three-part series, Suzy picks up where the insult left off — tracing what happened in the immediate aftermath of the incident, the fire it lit inside her, and the very Sicilian response she chose: becoming a Baker Scholar, joining Bain, and making sure no one ever had to guess what her br
The Insult That Changed My Life Could Change Yours — and Probably Should. (Part 1)
This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch opens a three-part series with a confession: she is, apparently, obsessed with insults. Creative ones. Clever ones. The kind that hit so precisely they feel almost prophetic. And there's a reason for that — because once, a long time ago, one insult hit her so hard and so publicly that it changed the entire trajectory of her life. And it just might ch
No One Can Get a Job Right Now. So Now What?
Jannah had a spreadsheet with 340 job applications — organized by posting date, job type, and application portal — because it was the only thing that made her feel like she had any control. Kevin applied to hundreds of jobs, got so beaten down by rejection that he stopped entirely, then made himself start again. Both went to elite universities. Both did everything right. Both will tell you: it was
Can You Heal a Wound Your Father Never Knew He Left? with Vienna Pharaon, MFT
As the poem goes, “They f-you up, your mom and dad. They may not mean to, but they do.” If Father's Day has ever felt more like something you just get through than something you celebrate, this episode is for you.This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch sits down with Vienna Pharaon — licensed marriage and family therapist and author of The Origins of You — for a conversation they were both
What If a Yellow Dress, in the Pages of Vogue, Told the Story of Your Life? Part 2
Francesca Pilato did not do what she was told. Not once. Not ever. And in 1929 Rochester, New York, that came with consequences no one in her family would talk about for generations.This week, your host Suzy Welch finishes the 123-year story of her grandmother — a Sicilian immigrant who survived the unthinkable, built something extraordinary, and left behind a yellow dress that sat untouched on a
What If a Yellow Dress, in the Pages of Vogue, Told the Story of Your Life? Part 1
A photo in Vogue. A 98-year-old mother's scream of joy. And a 123-year story that begins in a sulfur mine in Sicily and ends — somehow — at New York City's most glamorous luncheon.This week, your host Suzy Welch starts at the end: a yellow dress, handknit from silk ribbon by her immigrant grandmother, photographed at the Hat Luncheon and published in Vogue. But to understand why that moment meant
What If You Could Blow Up Your Life and Start Again?
What if blowing up your life isn't reckless, but actually the most rational thing you've ever done?
This week, your host Suzy Welch sits down with two women who actually did just that. Cassie is a Forbes Top 200 CPA who walked away from 22 years of accolades, corner offices, and everything she was "supposed" to be. Marilyn Dollar is a certified Becoming You coach who helped her do it, and who has
My Ouchy Advice to Parents of New Graduates. Please Take It.
It's graduation season. And you, mom and dad, are about to make some very big, very loving, very misguided mistakes.
This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch — professor, author, parent of four, and someone who got the post-graduation parenting thing spectacularly wrong at least twice before she got it right — delivers the advice nobody is giving at the graduation party.
Here's the ouchy t
Introducing Family Lore
Family Lore is a weekly narrative podcast that celebrates and investigates ancestral mystique. Each episode begins with a guest sharing a fascinating family legend, followed by a historical deep-dive to uncover the truth and meaning behind the tale. Available now.
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My Only Regret: I'd Do It All Faster ft. Danielle Robay
It started with a question from a student that stopped Suzy cold: "When you look back on your life, is there anything you regret? Anything you would do differently?"
Without hesitation, Suzy's answer was: Yes. I would have done everything faster.
This week on Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch sits down with the Queen of Questions herself, Danielle Robay — journalist, host of Question Everything a
I Raised Four Perfect Children. You Will Hate How I Did It. You’re Welcome.
OK, first of all, they are not actually perfect. But they are perfectly happy and healthy. They have lives they love, partners they adore, and jobs that light them up. And perhaps most importantly for our purposes today: they think their mother is the greatest thing since Krispy Creme Donuts. So. Don’t believe it? Tune in to hear right from them.
In this Mother's Day episode, your host Suzy Welch
Sixteen Words That Will Change How You See Yourself…and the People Around You (Part 3)
What if the reason we so often talk past each other in relationships, at work, across dinner tables, isn't stubbornness or selfishness, but simply that we don't share a common language for what we actually want?
In the third and final installment of this series, your host Suzy Welch, creator of the scientifically validated values-discovery assessment tool The Values Bridge, draws on a story as old
Sixteen Words That Give You Permission…to Admit What You Want (Part 2)
Is it shallow to want fame? Greedy to want money? Wrong to rank work above family? This episode is about the values nobody wants to admit they have.
In Part II of this special three-part series, your host, NYU Stern Professor Dr. Suzy Welch, continues doing something she has never done publicly before: ranking all 16 of her personal values, in order. She uses the lexicon found within The Values Br
Sixteen Words that Will Set You Free…To Be You (Part I)
What if 16 words could unlock everything — who you are, why you're happy (or not), and what you should actually be doing with your life?
In this episode, Suzy Welch introduces the language of values: the 16 words at the heart of the Welch-Bristol Values Inventory, developed through her doctoral research at the University of Bristol and taught at NYU's Stern School of Business.
To bring each of th
FAQs: You Know What You Want. So Why Can't You Get There?
At some point in the journey of becoming…you, questions are inevitable. Questions about who you are, how you got here, and what it really takes to build a life that feels authentic.
You've done the work. You've taken the tests. You've started asking the hard questions about who you are and what you actually want. And now you're left with a whole new set of questions.
In this FAQ episode, your host
Two Truths and a Lie About Becoming You
Whether you're brand new to this podcast or have been here from the beginning, this episode is your official welcome—or welcome back—to Becoming You.
In this episode, Suzy revisits the origins of a methodology that has quietly changed the way tens of thousands of people think about their lives and careers. She does it the only way that felt right: with everyone's favorite parlor game. Two truths,
Be Not Afraid (Part III): “Who Am I Without the Life I Had?”
Fear of change is powerful. But the deepest fear of all may be this: the fear of stepping into a life that is fully our own. In the final episode of the three-part Be Not Afraid series, your host Suzy Welch shares a deeply personal story about loss, identity, and the moment when fear gives way to decision.
The episode revisits one of the podcast’s most intimate stories — one that longtime listener
Be Not Afraid (Part II): “I’m Scared to Find Out Who I Really Am.”
Fear of the unknown gets plenty of attention. But an even deeper fear lurks beneath it: the fear of what might happen if we truly understood ourselves. In Part II of the Be Not Afraid series, your host Suzy Welch explores why self-knowledge can feel so threatening — and why so many people instinctively avoid it.
The episode begins with a revealing experiment: Suzy once asked her colleagues to ano
Be Not Afraid (Part I): “I Took a Sabbatical. Should I Hide That From Employers?”
Fear of the unknown gets a lot of attention. But the deeper fear — the one that quietly shapes our careers and lives — is something else entirely. The fear of knowing ourselves.
In this first episode of a three-part series on fear and self-discovery, your host Suzy Welch explores why so many people avoid looking closely at who they really are — and what they truly want. Drawing inspiration from th
Turns Out, You’re Not Oversharing. You’re Undersharing with Harvard Professor Leslie John
What if the real risk isn’t oversharing…but undersharing?
We spend so much energy worrying about saying too much – about TMI, about revealing something we might later regret. But in the process, many of us end up living with more unsaid than said, and with more authentic moments missed than taken.
On this counterintuitive (and hilarious) episode of Becoming You, host Suzy Welch speaks with Harvard
Forget Your “Why.” There Are Three Better Questions To Unlock Your Life.
You’ve heard it a thousand times: What’s your why? Your purpose, your North Star, where your best life is hiding. But what if the “why” question isn’t the one that actually gets you unstuck?
In this special episode, your host Suzy Welch hears from the global community of certified Becoming You coaches about the questions they use to jumpstart purpose-seeking clients. Their answers are nothing shor
Career Confidential: What the Heck is Happening with Careers?
If you’ve read even one headline about careers lately – who hasn’t – you may be feeling a familiar cocktail of emotions: fear, dread… and total confusion.Mass layoffs. AI everywhere. Ageism creeping younger and younger. Trade jobs suddenly looking more secure than white-collar work. Remote work still the most controversial topic in modern professional life. You might be left wondering, “What the h
How To Never See Anything The Same Again: Part 3
What if the thing you’ve been told your whole life, that you work too much, that you don’t relax enough, that you should “just enjoy yourself” isn’t something you need to “fix”…but a value?In the third and final episode of this travel series, your host Suzy Welch takes us to Paris. Not for romance, not for nostalgia, not even for the croissants (though, obviously, yes). She goes for something much
How To Never See Anything The Same Again: Part 2
What if the stories you inherited about where you come from were all a lie?In part two of a three-episode Becoming You series about the places you travel and the self-discoveries that arise, your host Suzy Welch voyages to Sicily. Not for sun-drenched escapism or waterfront glamour (hello White Lotus), but to confront the whispered mythology that shaped her childhood and, without her knowing it, h
How To Never See Anything The Same Again: Part 1
What if the places you travel don’t take you far away… but bring you closer to who you actually are?In this deeply personal and openly vulnerable episode of Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch launches a rare three-part storytelling series about travel—not as escape or travelogue, but as excavation. On this first trip, you will land in Agra, India, at the foot of the Taj Mahal. What unfolds there i
Three Words That Can Change Your Life. Say Them Today.
Ordinarily, Becoming You is a podcast about the information we have to excavate, the decisions we need to make, and the actions we have to take, in order to live by design, not default. This week, in an unusually intimate episode, our host Suzy Welch talks about the words you need to say, three to be exact, to the same end. The only hitch is, you need to say them before it’s too late.Suzy almost m
Career Confidential: The Secret Life of A Boss About to Fire You
Before you're fired, you're a ghost. You just don't know it yet.Suzy Welch calls this phenomenon "dead man walking"—that strange purgatory when your boss has mentally let you go but hasn't said the words yet. You're still showing up, still sending emails, still thinking you have a job. But something has already ended.In this special "Career Confidential" episode of Becoming You, Suzy and her NYU S
Your New Year Resolutions Have Never Worked. There’s a Way To Fix That. Guaranteed.
Every year, we make New Year’s resolutions. And every year…we break them. But why?In this episode of Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch takes on one of the most universal – and quietly painful – rituals of the calendar year, and explains why New Year’s resolutions almost never work…unless you understand what’s really driving them.In the Becoming You methodology, that’s called the Authenticity Gap:
You Probably Don't Know What You're Good At. That Has To Stop
Career success, life success – you want them, but here’s the thing, they will remain ever elusive until you know your aptitudes. Don’t bolt! We know that word sounds like jargon. Or like pure academic BS. But aptitudes are real, and you have very specific ones, and knowing what they are can and will change your life. Take it from Suzy, who in this week’s gasp-worthy pod (yes, just wait and see) te
It’s Christmas. Please don’t ask me about Christmas. OK, ask me.
Christmas is supposed to be joyful. Magical. Simple. So why does Becoming You host Suzy Welch feel so…troubled…by Santa Claus?This week on the podcast, Becoming You is celebrating Christmas with a conversation about one of the most misunderstood of the 16 values in Becoming You’s Values Bridge system: Cosmos. Cosmos represents religion or spirituality—not any specific religion, but the degree to w
Am I a Good Mother-in-Law? And Other Questions That Save Families with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
In this special episode of Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch does something few mothers-in-law would dare to do: she cold-calls her daughters-in-law and asks that question – Am I a good mother in law?Suzy is joined by clinical psychologist and relationship expert Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, author of You, Your Husband & His Mother, for an honest, deeply human conversation about values and family. To
The One Value That Future-Proofs Your Relationship…and Two That Could Rock Its Core with Sam Feher and William Hayden
What makes a relationship truly work? Is it chemistry, shared interests, or something deeper – something that holds when life gets complicated? In this special installment of Becoming Us, where host Suzy Welch applies the Becoming You values methodology to couples, Suzy sits down with media and reality TV personality Sam Feher and her boyfriend William Hayden, co-founder of the startup Bags. Toget
So Maybe Family Isn't Your #1 Value. Let's Talk About Why. (with Therapist Vienna Pharaon)
Only 11% of Americans rank family as their #1 value.That's not a guess. It's data from nearly 100,000 respondents of The Values Bridge—the largest values data set ever compiled.On this episode of Becoming You, host Suzy Welch breaks down the research from Becoming You Labs behind her widely discussed Wall Street Journal op-ed, "For Americans, Family Comes First—Or Does It?" And she's brought in th
Three Really Stupid Mistakes I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving. How About You?
Happy Thanksgiving, Becoming You community. This podcast exists to help you think deeply about your purpose—and today, our host Suzy Welch is doing exactly that in one of her most reflective episodes yet.Before turning to the four things she's happily thankful for right here and now, Suzy examines three significant mistakes she's only grown grateful for over time. A highly specialized (and utterly
Sometimes Getting Unstuck Takes Getting Real First: A Mailbag Episode
It's time once again for a mailbag episode of Becoming You, in which host Suzy Welch tackles three "I feel stuck" moments that couldn't be more different—except they all demand the kind of honesty that stings a little before it sets you free.First up: a stay-at-home mom who adores her kids but has completely lost herself in the process. Suzy unpacks the deep, painful ironies of motherhood and what
Not getting a job? Ask yourself these five questions.
Yes, they’re painful. But so is being unemployed.First of all, surprise, this is a podcast that is, at its core, about ageism, a real and painful dynamic faced by way too many people in today’s hyper-fierce workforce. But in the course of coming up with solutions for fighting ageism, our host Suzy Welch realized her advice was something that applied to everyone. Because the five questions she want
Twenty Hard Truths About Your Career… Or Maybe Not
“You’ll be judged no matter what you do.”“No one is coming to save you.”“Most people secretly want you to fail.”We’ve all heard the so-called hard truths about success—but are they actually true?In this special Career Confidential edition of the Becoming You podcast, host Suzy Welch and her inimitable, sometimes-cohost Dustin Liu—associate director of the Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing—put
Two Boomers and a Zoomer Walk Into a Bar… And A Values Hoedown Ensues ft. "Excuse My Grandma"
A Becoming You Conversation with the Icons Behind Excuse My Grandma.This week on Becoming You, Suzy Welch welcomes one of social media’s most beloved cross-generational duos: Kim Murstein and her grandmother, Gail Rudnick — the stars behind Excuse My Grandma. Their humorous and heartfelt take on dating, modern life, and generational differences has captured millions of fans, and now they’re bringi
Can You Love Someone Without Losing Yourself? with Erin and Abe Lichy
A Special “Becoming Us” Episode with Erin and Abe LichyAt its heart, Becoming You asks one big question: What should I do with my life? But sometimes that life is bound up with another’s — a marriage, a family, a partnership that tests where “you” end and “we” begin.In this special “Becoming Us” episode, Real Housewives of New York star Erin Lichy and her husband, Abe, join Suzy Welch for a reveal
The Lies We Tell About Love with "We Met At Acme"'s Lindsey Metselaar
It can’t always be about Taylor—but on Becoming You, sometimes it has to be. Especially when she sings, “When I said I don’t believe in marriage, that was a lie.”Because what other lies do we tell about love? And what do they reveal about how we live, decide, and grow?In this week’s episode, host Suzy Welch tackles the ever-complicated terrain of dating, marriage, and divorce with cultural icon Li
How to Tell the Hard Truth…More Easily
What would you prefer to hear in life — a soft lie that makes you feel good but leaves you in the dark about something you’d be better off knowing, or straight-up honesty that may sting at first, but ultimately sets you straight? Let’s be real; it’s not even a choice. Everyone wants to know.And yet…so many of us struggle with how to tell the truth. Like, really tell it, no fudging around the edges
Two Percent Is A Pretty Scary Number. Go Ahead, @ Me.
Two percent. For job-seekers and hiring managers alike, that’s the number. The line in the sand. All you have to do is decide whether you want to be in it, or not. The consequences for your career, or your company, couldn’t be bigger.On this week’s podcast, your host Suzy Welch dives into the research behind that number, reported in her Wall Street Journal op-ed and gathered at Becoming You Labs.
You Achieve Your #LifeGoals… Then What? A Conversation With Special Guest Kate Bartlett
What if you’ve done it? You know, created the life of your dreams – fully living what you want to do, can do, and should do. It all sounds great (because, well, living your purpose tends to be that), but then what? How do you push beyond your dream life? In this special episode of Becoming You, host Suzy Welch sits down with the one and only Kate Bartlett – content creator extraordinaire and now N
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Becoming You’s Version.
Nobody hates romantic love, but not everybody loves romantic love the same amount.That’s what makes romantic love a value. Because we get to choose how much of a role it plays in our life. For some of us, it drives all of our actions and decisions, from where we work to where we live to what we do every weekend. For others of us, being in a relationship is a “nice to have” not a “need to have” thi
Career Confidential: Interviewing for Smarties
Much of the time, Becoming You finds itself getting, well, a little existential, because what is existential if not the question, “What should I do with my life?” But eventually, you have to take your answer to that question – or your vague idea of one – and get an actual day job with it. And thus, today’s episode of the pod is about the blocking and tackling of interviewing well. So well, in fact
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Bristol. Has it Ever Happened to You?
We’re all supposed to love change. To embrace the journey. To lean into transformation. But what happens when we do? We grow, and with growth comes all sorts of a-ha moments, some wonderful, yes, but others that bring us to our knees before they bring us to our senses.In this deeply personal solo episode of Becoming You, our host Suzy Welch recounts the four powerful lessons she learned on the roa
“What Are You Doing When You Lose Track of Time?” Four Questions to Break You Open (And Free).
Welcome to the second—and final—part of Becoming You’s special series on the secret life of your life coach. Or, precisely, on what your life coach is thinking, info that’s integral to Becoming You’s purpose to be the podcast that helps you think more deeply about yours.In Episode 64: Your Life Coach Has One Question for You. Do You Know the Answer?, our host Dr. Suzy Welch—professor of management
To Be, or Not to Be… a Mother: That Is the Question
This week on Becoming You—the podcast that yearns to help you answer “What should I do with my life?”—a special mailbag episode tackles four listener questions, but looms the largest: “Life is already so hard,” it goes, “and careers are so complicated and relentless—why would anyone choose to have a child these days?”Typically, Becoming You’s host Suzy Welch is all about helping you hear your own
Whatever You Do, Don’t Just Trust Your Gut — Try This Instead
Every day, we make decisions—big, small, and everything in between, each one shaping our careers and relationships, and sometimes even the course of our entire lives. And yet, most of us were never taught how to actually make a decision. Instead, we accept the conventional wisdom: "Just trust your gut." Too bad that advice is only right half the time. Yep, research shows that gut has a 50% hit rat
Four Questions To Turn Your Firing Into the Best Day of Your Life
The demise of a job is rarely fun, whether it's by our own volition or not. Whether you've been fired or quit or somehow just eased out by mutual agreement and angst, every company separation is a little bit of a public death, and sometimes a personal one too. That's why it's OK to mourn, it's OK to rage -- for only a bit. After that, the work has to start. The inner work. In this podcast, Suzy sh
Career Confidential: A Job Interview Is a Conversation Between Two WHAT??
Welcome to a special “Career Confidential” episode of Becoming You! Listen in this week as host Suzy Welch, aided and abetted by her no-holds-barred colleague and mentee, Dustin Liu, turns the pod’s spotlight on job success—particularly, winning the interview game. But that’s not all. Dustin reveals his secret list of career lessons he has learned from Suzy over the past year, and runs them by her
Your Life Coach Has One Question for You. Do You Know the Answer?
What happens when 50 of the world's most experienced life coaches gather in one room? Well, in this case, at Becoming You’s request, each one revealed the one “killer” question they need to know about you – that is, in order to take your life to the place it needs and wants to be. To explain: Just recently, the Becoming You methodology launched its first certification program at NYU Stern’s Initia
Becoming…Britney? Oops, Yes! And We’d Do It Again.
Does Britney Spears need Becoming You to figure out her purpose? In this week’s irreverent, laughter-filled episode, Britney’s #1 fan (yes, we’re talking about Suzy) puts that question to the test, exploring Britney’s search for meaning and personhood through the lens of values and the Becoming You methodology. But that’s not all. Because why not analyze more celebrities while you’re on a values-e
The Danger of a B+ Life
[Repeat from March, 2025.] Buckle up, friends, because today we’re tackling one of life’s sneakiest traps—the B+ life. You get what that means: Good job, decent relationships, maybe even some great days. But most of the time? It’s just… fine. And fine is the enemy of flourishing. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, "What do I do with my life?" or feeling stuck in the search for an authentic
The Becoming You Mailbag: Burning Questions Everywhere
It's time once again for a mailbag version of the Becoming You podcast, in which our host Suzy Welch replies out loud to a sampling of the DMs she usually answers in the time between when her dogs wake her every morning and it's safe to start emailing normal people. As usual, Becoming You's mailbag is a MIXED bag. One listener's question deals with retirement -- as in, "Why should I if I really do
Becoming You: The Process Gets Real (Part 3) When All the Pieces Click into Place
Over the past two episodes, you’ve met Becoming You alumni Max and Kristen as they explored their values and aptitudes — the foundational work of figuring out who they are, and what their purpose should be.Now, in the final part of this special three-part series, it all comes together.This week, Suzy guides Max and Kristen through the final element of the Becoming You method: Economically Viable I
Becoming You: The Process Continues (Part 2) How Knowing What You’re Good At Changes Everything
Last week, we began exploring the Becoming You process by uncovering values — the truths that quietly shape our choices and help point us towards our purpose. This week, we go deeper.In Part 2 of this three-part series, Suzy sits down again with alumni Max and Kristen to explore aptitudes — not the skills you’ve learned, but the ones you’re wired with.With some messy realness and a few surprises,
Becoming You: The Process Begins (Part 1) Inside the Values Deep Dive That Changes Everything
You’ve heard the phrase “Becoming You” — maybe in a friend’s recommendation, maybe in a moment when your own life felt off-track. But what does it really mean to “become” yourself?In this powerful first episode of a special three-part series, Suzy Welch — professor, career expert, and the host of Becoming You — takes you inside the very first and most foundational part of the process: the excavati
Can We Really Ever Write Our Own Stories?
Before Becoming You was a methodology, a class, or a book — it was a question. A question that our host Suzy Welch grappled with for decades as she sought to make her way in the world, as a wife, journalist, mother, and professor. Is it ever really possible to write the story of our own lives, or are we fated to edit the script handed to us by our family, culture, and circumstances? In time, Suzy
Live from New York…It’s Becoming You! (Part Two)
This week, we return to questions from the Becoming You reunion in New York — and to the complicated truth of what can happen after you find your purpose.First, you’ll meet Molly, who lands a job that aligns with her values — only to discover it comes with layoffs and instability. Then there’s Tim, an alum from the very first Becoming You cohort, who wonders whether we get to become ourselves more
Live from New York...It's Becoming You
Recently, the Becoming You community gathered in person for a special event — and the questions were as big as ever.This episode features two Becoming You alumni facing different versions of the same dilemma: how do you move toward your purpose when it’s either far away… or still a little fuzzy? McKenna is a sustainability consultant by day and aspiring Broadway producer by night. Cole is a filmm
Becoming You 101: You Were Born To Do This
This week on Becoming You, we’re diving into the heart of it all: the methodology that’s changing lives, one purpose at a time. Whether you’re a first-time listener or a longtime fan (love you, by the way), this episode is your ultimate guide to answering the question that occupies us all heart, mind, and soul: What should I do with my life? In this foundational episode, Suzy takes you on a no-hol
Becoming You and…Becoming Me: The Untold Story, Until Now, Because, Well, Here It Is
Every book has a backstory, and Becoming You (published today, heck yeah!) is no exception. In this episode, we go behind the scenes — not just of the writing of the book, but of the emotional excavation and journey of reinvention it required. Told Rashomon-style, this funny, poignant, and intimate episode features the voices of the people who lived the story alongside Suzy: her children, best fri
You Were Judged. You Judged Back. Now What?
It’s one of the more painful human experiences: being judged not for what we’ve done, but for what we value. This episode examines why those moments leave such a lasting mark — and why, so often, we end up doing the same to others. Listeners share stories of judgment given and received, and the consequences of not finding the right words when it mattered most. Alongside them, a provocative remedy:
Accidents Happen; You Just Don’t Want Your Life to be One
We’re told to live intentionally — to take the reins, to choose boldly. But often, without realizing it, we drift. Titles accumulate, opportunities knock, life happens. And suddenly, the path we’re on isn’t one we meant to choose.In this episode, two listeners — separated by decades — unknowingly echo the same story: ambition deferred, then redefined. Alongside them, four saboteurs of intentional
The Three Indisputable Secrets To Success. No, Really.
There’s no way around it: success is hard. It’s prized, pursued, endlessly theorized — and yet, remains frustratingly rare. Still, behind many lasting success stories lies a shared set of conditions.This episode explores one such framework: the PIE theory — a framework for understanding what actually endures. Disarmingly simple, quietly complex, and deeply revealing, it offers a lens into the mech
The Killer Career Question We Never Ask Ourselves…But Must
Come with us this week as our host Suzy Welch demonstrates how good she is at pottery! Wait, don’t. Because she’s terrible.Not for lack of trying. She’s tried her entire life. And not for lack of love. It’s her favorite thing.And that’s pretty much the point of this week’s episode of Becoming You, the podcast devoted to answering the question, “What do I do with my life?”It’s about the things we w
So You Think "Altruism" is One of Your Values? Yeah, That's Complicated.
Lots of people want to help other people. In their jobs. In their lives. In fact, lots of people would tell you "helping" is one of their main values. They only wish they could do it more. How wonderful that is in theory...and how complicated that can be in real life.Every week, Becoming You -- the podcast that aims to answer the question, "What do I do with my life?" -- explores what it actually
Are We Ever Really Real? A Podcast About The Happiness Value, With Special Guest Liz Moody
What does it mean to find your purpose or to have an authentic life? Are either of those goals actually attainable – really? In this episode of Becoming You, Suzy sits down with bestselling author and top podcast host Liz Moody for an insightful—and at times surprising—conversation about Eudemonia, the often-misunderstood “happiness value” that can make or break your relationships, career, and sen
The Danger of a B+ Life
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This week on Becoming You, we’re diving into the heart of it all: the methodology that’s changing lives, one purpose at a time. Whether you’re a first-time listener or a longtime fan (love you, by the way), this episode is your ultimate guide to answering the question that occupies us all heart, mind, and soul: What should I do with my life?In this foundational episode, Suzy takes you on a no-hold
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If You Knew Suzy...The Swan, That Is..
In this week's deeply personal episode of Becoming You, we revisit one of the podcast's most loved stories -- about Suzy's swan named, well, "Suzy" -- and bring it up-to-date with an ending that might surprise you, because it certainly surprised Suzy herself. But don't get the idea that this episode is about bird life (although it is...a little)...it's more about human life, and the universal stru
Please Stop Taking the Dumbest Advice in the World
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You’re Fine. You’re Good. You’re…Trapped?
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You Love Your Family. You Love Your Work. You Hate How That Feels.
What happens when two forces, your home life and your work life —both central to your identity—need you with equal urgency at the exact same moment? Well, chaos happens. Or guilt. Or angst. Or sheer, utter exhaustion. Or...all of the above.
In this episode, Suzy gets into a heart-to-heart with Jennifer, a woman who finds herself caught in a battle between two of her deepest values: her unwavering
Four Questions To Turn Your Firing Into the Best Day of Your Life
The demise of a job is rarely fun, whether it's by our own volition or not. Whether you've been fired or quit or somehow just eased out by mutual agreement and angst, every company separation is a little bit of a public death, and sometimes a personal one too. That's why it's OK to mourn, it's OK to rage -- for only a bit. After that, the work has to start. The inner work. In this podcast, Suzy sh
It’s OK To Do Scary Things in Life, Except One
You can want more in life. You can want less. You can choose to take a walk in dark and snowy woods with four crazy dogs, or you can choose to stay inside by the fire reading Jane Eyre. How edgy, wild, and exciting your life is, or how contained, chill, and peaceful it is – that choice is on you. The answer depends on your value of Scope. And the truth is, all values choices are on you. Except the
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