83. The Unfinished Version of You Deserves to Be Loved Now

<p>What if the pursuit of the thing is actually what&#39;s keeping you from having it? In this mini episode, I&#39;m sitting with a question I haven&#39;t been able to shake: can we ever really have something if we&#39;re purely in the pursuit of it? Can I feel at peace when peace itself is the thing I&#39;m chasing?</p><p>I get into the paradox of pursuit — how chasing a feeling can actually create the very distance you&#39;re trying to close — and why the unfinished, still-figuring-it-out version of you isn&#39;t the &quot;before&quot; photo waiting to be edited into something worth keeping. It&#39;s the version actually living your life right now, and it deserves to be loved today, not once everything finally clicks. I talk about what it looks like to hold wanting more and being at peace with where you are, at the exact same time.</p><p>This one&#39;s a shorter, more reflective episode for anyone who&#39;s been treating their current life like a waiting room for the one they&#39;re chasing.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>The paradox of pursuit: why chasing a feeling can push it further away</li><li>Can you feel regulated while you&#39;re busy trying to figure out how to get regulated?</li><li>Why the &quot;gap&quot; between where you are and where you&#39;re going doesn&#39;t have to feel like a problem to solve</li><li>The unfinished version of you isn&#39;t the rough draft — it&#39;s the version actually living your life</li><li>Reframing arrival in a creative career (spoiler: there isn&#39;t one)</li><li>How to hold pursuing growth and loving where you are, at the same time</li></ul><p><br></p><p>✨Connect with Maddie✨</p><p><a href="https://maddiemcguirecoaching.com/">Explore Maddie’s Website |</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/messywithmaddie/">@messywithmaddie</a></p>