Ruby Lola is a Podcaster and Host of The Personal Best Podcast.

What does personal best really mean? And why do men and women get such different messages about how to achieve it?

In this episode of Origin Story, I sit down with Ruby Lola — host of Personal Best — to unpack the surprising truth about ambition, gender, and the pressure to “be enough.”

Ruby opens up about:

• Growing up with an alcoholic parent and losing her dad in her early 20s

• The hidden cost of chasing your “best self”

• Why men are pushed towards discipline and women towards self-love

• How ambition looks (and feels) different for women

• The balance between grit and grace in achieving your goals

This is a raw and unfiltered conversation about self-improvement, grief, gender, and redefining success on your own terms.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 What “Personal Best” Really Means
4:12 Why Men & Women Get Different Self-Help Advice
10:18 Growing Up With an Alcoholic Parent
19:39 Losing Her Dad to Addiction
31:25 The Truth About Ambition for Women
42:00 Balancing Grit & Grace
50:15 Advice for Finding Your Personal Best