The Quiet Pain of Self-Loathing and Finding the Courage to Face It with Sarah Gormley

The relationship with yourself is the relationship that's most important, and it informs everything else, romantically, professionally, my siblings. Welcome to the One You Feed. Throughout time, great Thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think ring true, and yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter.

It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. On the surface, Sarah Gormley had it all. A thriving corporate career, success, admiration, but beneath was a quiet, relentless self loathing she couldn't shake. In her memoir, The Order of Things, Sarah shares the profound turning point at 40 when she finally asked, Is this how it's going to feel forever?

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