Are You Avoiding Something By Working More?
from Life in Transition Podcast Hosted by Art Blanchford
We are really excited to have a new sponsor: Verity Wealth Partners. Please check them out at http://verity.nm.com/lifeintransition The Life in Transition Podcast, hosted by Art Blanchford focuses on making the most of the changes we’re given every week. Art has been through hundreds of transitions in his life. Many have been difficult, but all have led to a depth and richness he could never have imagined. On the podcast Art explores how to create more love and joy in life, no matter what transitions we go through. Art is married to his lifelong partner, a proud father of three and a long-time adventurer and global business executive. He is the founder and leader of the Midlife Transition Mastery Community. Learn more about the MLTM Community here: www.lifeintransition.online. Resources: Life in Transition: https://lifeintransitionpodcast.com/ Join Our Community: https://www.lifeintransition.online/ My new book PURPOSEFUL LIVING is out now. Order it now: https://www.amazon.com/PURPOSEFUL-LIVING-Wisdom-Coming-Complex/dp/1963913922 Our Sponsor: Verity Partners. Please check them out at http://verity.nm.com/lifeintransition The views and opinions expressed on the Life In Transition podcast are solely those of the author and guests and should not be attributed to any other individual or entity. This podcast is an independent production of Life In Transition Podcast, and the podcast production is an original work of the author. All rights of ownership and reproduction are retained. Copyright 2026. #lifeintransition #midlife #midlifegrowth
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Join Our Community Here: https://www.lifeintransition.online/ Most men hear "discipline is not the answer" and immediately push back. Because discipline is what got them here. The early mornings, the hard decisions, the consistency over decades — all of it required discipline, and all of it worked. Art isn't arguing with that. He's saying the season has changed. In this solo episode, recorded fresh off two weeks hiking the Appalachian Trail, Art makes a case that most high-performing men in midlife are using discipline the way an addict uses a substance — not to grow, but to avoid. The three-hour bike ride instead of two. The 5am routine that fills the space before anything uncomfortable can creep in. The office, again, on a Saturday. Discipline as noise. Discipline as a way to never have to sit with what's actually going on. The second half of life doesn't call for more crushing it. It calls for something harder — grace, space, and the willingness to sit in the discomfort of not knowing long enough for something new to come through.
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