This conversation was a turning point for me — realizing that losing my “high-functioning, hustle-at-all-costs” self didn’t mean I’d lost my ambition. It just meant ambition needed a new definition.

In this episode, I open up about:

💭 What it’s like to lose your “old self” to chronic illness

💊 The quiet shame of feeling dulled by meds and fatigue

🔥 How illness reroutes ambition from speed → survival

🌱 Why softness, slowness, and intention can be THE real success

If you’ve ever had to ask yourself, “Who am I without the hustle?” — this episode is for you. You my dear, are not behind. You’re becoming. 💛

Stay tuned next week for our one-year anniversary episode — but for now, I hope this re-release reminds you that ambition doesn’t disappear with illness. It just shifts into something softer, deeper, and just as worthy.

xx,

Alex 💛

💬 Comment: Do you feel like your ambition or drive has changed since getting sick? How have you redefined success?

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Calling In Sick

00:00:35 Life Update: Becoming a Procrastinator!!

00:02:58 Alex’s Picks of the Week: Hilma Supplements + DoBites

00:06:11 The Old Version of Me: Urgency, Output, Identity

00:08:25 Grief & the Unbecoming of the Old Alex

00:11:00 Discovering the New Me -- Freedom After Grief

00:17:30 Chronic Illness Management vs. Urgency

00:20:20 One Brain Cell Segment: Love on the Spectrum

00:23:59 THANK YOU!!!!

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