How to Reclaim Ease, Sanity & Success | Emma Gannon

如何恢复轻松、理智和成功 | 艾玛·甘农

Good Life Project

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2024-07-01

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When award-winning author Emma Gannon burned out writing a book redefining success, she took a radical year away from nearly all work. Hear her raw journey barely able to function, winding down her podcast, and stripping life's essentials. But one project remained: her Substack newsletter—a lifeline for creative rebirth. Emma shares the profound freedom of letting go, reclaiming her voice through solitude, and emerging with a "smaller but better" life of true integrity and ease. If you've ever felt disillusioned by society's idea of "making it," Emma's courageous reinvention is a bold masterclass in choosing yourself. You can find Emma at: The Hyphen Substack | Instagram | Episode Transcript If you LOVED this episode you’ll also love the conversations we had with Cleo Wade on words for tender times. Check out our offerings & partners:  Join My New Writing Project: Awake at the WheelVisit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount Codes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • And I actually felt almost a bit ashamed of it all because, you know, family and friends were worried about me because I was really in a bad place.

  • And I kept saying to myself, like, no one's died.

  • And then I was like, oh, but actually someone maybe did die, like me, essentially.

  • Like, something is dying here.

  • And I don't think we give ourselves that time, that grace to say, I'm going into a new chapter.

  • It made me think, you know, this is not the only time this is going to happen to me.

  • I hope it's not as extreme, but, you know, we're always changing.

  • This is life.

  • Life is full of these little griefs.

  • And, like, when you actually look at them, you know, you can get through them.

  • Hey there.

  • So have you ever wondered if we've just gotten success all wrong?

  • We chase after all the things we're told it's supposed to be money, status, accomplishments, fame, stuff.

  • And even if we get all of it, or much of it, we end up giving up so much of our humanity that we find ourselves empty inside.

  • We've got the trappings of success, yet we end up feeling trapped.

  • Well, that was the experience of my guest today, Sunday Times bestselling and award winning author Emma Gannon, who, ironically, was pushed to a breaking point while writing what would eventually become a best selling book on how we've gotten success all wrong.

  • In late 2022, just after turning in the manuscript for her book the Success Myth, which redefines societal notions of achievement, Emma found herself barely able to get out of bed.

  • Normally vibrant and social and excited, she no longer recognized that person staring back at her in the mirror.

  • And she ended up taking the entirety of the next year to reimagine and reclaim not just her work, but her life.

  • Twelve months that she ended up calling her year of nothing.