Whose Life is it Anyway? Reclaiming your life from other peoples’ expectations.

from Doing it Messy · host Ruth James

What happens when you stop making life decisions based on what everyone else expects, and start asking whose life this actually is? Ruth shares the personal story behind The VIP Mindset, why values like Freedom and Matatika reshaped her choices after burnout at 29, and announces a new interview series, On Her Own Terms, spotlighting women who've built values-led lives outside the expected script. A conversation about obligation versus intention, for anyone questioning burnout, midlife change, or what a values-led life actually looks like from Aotearoa New Zealand.

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