Prickly and Blooming

Waking up from the sleepwalk | Megan Clayton

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When Megan Clayton was 22 years old, she found herself looking at a house she couldn’t afford with her then-husband, her parents and a realtor. It was a fixer-upper but a great house. As she listened to everyone talk about filling the rooms with kids, Megan realized she didn’t want any of it.

In this episode of Prickly and Blooming, Megan chats with host Jessie Browning about reevaluating her life in her early 20s after that moment and how yoga and therapy helped her through those hard growing pains.

Episode Timeline:

 

    • [00:03] Intro
  • [04:59] Meet Megan Clayton
  • [05:57] Megan’s wake-up call
  • [09:22] Not a “Say Yes to the Dress” wedding
  • [12:24] Looking at a potential house
  • [17:24] “I really wanted it to work.”
  • [21:01] Moved back with the parents
  • [23:27] Her healing process
  • [29:08] Dating now-husband
  • [33:55] Megan’s tools
  • [41:27] Knowing what you don’t want
  • [43:42] Hell of a four years
  • [49:44] What’s next for Megan?
  • [52:15] Jessie’s rapid fire questions
  • [1:03:32] Contacting Megan Clayton
    • [1:05:16] Outro

     

    Resources Mentioned:
    • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
  • Yoga With Adriene
  • Holotropic Breathwork
    • Standout Quotes:
    • “It was like a huge wake-up call just that the things that I was supposed to be wanting as a newlywed and as the good daughter and all of these things, I realized in an instant that I didn’t actually want those things. It was a really hard pill to swallow, because I was in this life already.” -Megan Clayton [08:30]
  • “I felt like I had been sleepwalking through my life and I realized like who tows all of these things for me, ‘cause it didn’t feel like it was a life that was my choice.” -Megan Clayton [13:17]
  • “Starting with what you don’t like and don’t want is really fucking valid.” -Jessie Browning [41:28]
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