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EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 21 MIN

Do You Actually Want It - or Were You Taught to Want It?

from The Weird Years · host Lydia Vornweg

What if the reason you're stuck isn't confusion, it's that the life you want feels socially unacceptable?We all grew up with society handing us a script for what a "good life" should look like: the love story, the career, the milestones, the version of womanhood that makes sense to everyone else. But what happens when you look at that script and realise... I don't actually know if I want it? And who will I be if I don't?When desire collides with identity, every decisions starts to feel huge.This episode explores why what we took in as kinds, might have a lot to answer for in our thirties.We're getting into:✨ Why the real struggle is sometimes not knowing what you want, but admitting it ✨ Why some choices feel so morally loaded ✨ Why we judge ourselves so hard for our own desires ✨ How you can know what would make you happier and still struggle to let yourself want it ✨ Practical tips to shut down the noise of the scripts we're told to readThe pressure to choose is loud, and so many of us feel torn between the life that look good on paper and the life that feels right in our bodies. So let's talk it over.Follow the show on your favourite platforms:Instagram - @theweirdyearspodcast Tiktok - @theweirdyears

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