The Rich Life Experiment

Some people come into your life for a reason, some for a season, and some for a lifetime. But how do you know which is which? This week Lisa explains the Gate 6 friction transit (your chart is the landscape, transits are the weather), and we each get honest about friction and boundaries: Paulina's journey from fortress walls to no walls and back to healthy boundaries, Lisa on why friction is really just a "discussion", and Bhavna (B), who avoids friction altogether, shares her secret to not caring so much: control what you can, and zoom out. Will this matter in 3, 6 or 12 months? We also get into overthinking, having an honest sounding board, and why routine might be the thing your chaotic life needs. 

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What happens when three very different women bring their energy together?

This week, Paulina asks Lisa to unpack the Penta, a human design idea about what happens when three to five people come together, whether that’s a family, a business team or three friends starting a podcast. Our combined chart explains a lot, including why we’re brilliant at deep conversations and terrible at sticking to a structure. 

We also talk about choosing business partners by design, whether compatibility matters in love, finding your purpose, Paulina’s honest reflection on why she chose not to have children, and Lisa on finally asking “what do I want?” at 55.

Our takeaway: ask yourself the big questions now, not in 20 years. You don’t need the answers yet. Neither do we.

Timestamps
 
01:08 Welcome back: what is a Penta?
03:42 Our combined chart, and why we’re so disorganised
07:19 Human design in business: finding complementary partners
08:09 Does compatibility matter in love?
10:20 The practical one and the emotional one
12:15 How do you find your life’s purpose?
15:43 Why it’s so hard to answer “what brings me joy?”
16:44 Paulina: why I chose not to have children
19:11 Lisa: kids at 24 and freedom at 55
21:17 Our takeaway: embrace your weirdness
 

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What does a rich life actually mean to you, and when did you last stop to ask?

In our first episode, the three of us answer that question for ourselves, from three different decades and three very different starting points.

Bhavna shares the moment everything shifted for her: handing her baby over at preschool and thinking, “Is this how it’s done?” Lisa reflects on growing up Gen X, following every rule, and asking “who am I now?” once the kids have left home and the business is no longer her life. Paulina takes us back to being a 27-year-old general manager with 130 staff, going through a divorce, and the life coach who asked her one question that changed everything: what does a happy life look like?

We also get into:

• Why so many people can’t answer “what brings you joy?”
• Programming vs conditioning, and why we live the way we do
• Who decided a day should look like this anyway?

We leave you with three questions: What brings you joy? What does a rich life look like to you? And are we living in a simulation?

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