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“When is it going to get better?”
This is the number one question I’ve been asked year after year.
And here’s the truth most people don’t want to hear:
Nothing changes until you do.
In this episode, I talk about suicidal empathy, the current political and collective climate, and how being chronically tapped into collective pain is destroying your nervous system - NOT making you a better human.
Virtue signaling. Collective martyrdom. Emotional over-identification with suffering.
None of it is helping you thrive in 2026.
If you’re waiting for the energy, the economy, the government, or the “timeline” to shift before you give yourself permission to feel better, rest, or build a life that actually works - you’re outsourcing your power.
This conversation is for the woman who feels everything, knows everything, absorbs everything… and is finally ready to stop sacrificing herself for a collective that isn’t keeping her safe.
This is your invitation to choose boundaries over burnout.
Regulation over reactivity.
Self-leadership over survival mode.
If this activates you - instead of offends you - you’re exactly who this episode is for 🎧
Grab a mini 2026 year ahead reading on my website 👇🏻
www.lipstickintuition.com
By Drea McGowan“When is it going to get better?”
This is the number one question I’ve been asked year after year.
And here’s the truth most people don’t want to hear:
Nothing changes until you do.
In this episode, I talk about suicidal empathy, the current political and collective climate, and how being chronically tapped into collective pain is destroying your nervous system - NOT making you a better human.
Virtue signaling. Collective martyrdom. Emotional over-identification with suffering.
None of it is helping you thrive in 2026.
If you’re waiting for the energy, the economy, the government, or the “timeline” to shift before you give yourself permission to feel better, rest, or build a life that actually works - you’re outsourcing your power.
This conversation is for the woman who feels everything, knows everything, absorbs everything… and is finally ready to stop sacrificing herself for a collective that isn’t keeping her safe.
This is your invitation to choose boundaries over burnout.
Regulation over reactivity.
Self-leadership over survival mode.
If this activates you - instead of offends you - you’re exactly who this episode is for 🎧
Grab a mini 2026 year ahead reading on my website 👇🏻
www.lipstickintuition.com