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Jennifer Stanley

Novelist

Jul 23, 2026

12:55
Keep me present.
12:56
Yeah, to keep you present.
12:58
I mean, when you just become aware of the blind spots or the things that are going to trip you up, it's like awareness is an enormous thing.
13:09
help and people sometimes think well it's not enough to just be aware but honestly awareness shifts your brain into a different mode and it really it really does a lot of good and then of course if you're combining that with some intentional practices having a coach or a therapist you know you're you're gonna just make so much progress forward but yeah i like the enneagram because i feel like it meets people where they are and it says hey i see you i get you And there's a map here for how you can become the best version of you.
13:41
Not somebody else.
13:43
Not who, you know, your best friend who you think is amazing.
13:47
Not her map.

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22:09
who you are it's so good yeah and it's back to awareness and so many times that has come up you said early on in our conversation like that's where it's at he's like paying attention how am i feeling in this situation and choosing course of action that gets you to where you want to be and how you want to feel so this this show is being at work there are a lot of women in this phase working inside of organizations how can organizations and leaders support midlife women
4:40
And what does an employer who's on top of it have in place that others miss?
4:50
That's a unicorn.
4:51
There's not an employer on top of this.
4:54
They're all missing it.
4:56
And it's unfortunately the No Surprises Act.
5:00
So in 2020, December 2020, you had the CAA of 2021.
5:06
And that had kind of this like bifurcated type or two titles of impacting our world.

5 MINS LATER

10:20
So what would be your advice, especially for employers in this situation? How should they go about it from here?

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