Why Modern Women Feel More Lost Than Ever
Update: Modern Wisdom!
Hi everyone,
Just sharing my recent appearance on Modern Wisdom! Chris and I had such an interesting conversation about how therapy culture has become a new religion; Gen Z’s fear of abandonment and where it comes from; why young women might become emotionally detached as a defence mechanism; and how our phone-based world has redefined everything, from friendship to falling in love.
You can watch the full episode here:
Would love to know your thoughts!
- Freya x
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Put the Phone down.Go for a walk in nature and see beauty and grandeur.Do something for someone other than yourself and don’t tell anyone.Go to three church services and write down what you learn but share it only with yourself.Read a non self help book.Call someone in your family (the older the better) just to check on them and don’t talk about yourself.Do these simple things for a month and I dare say most would feel better personally.Stop living performing and just start living.
I'm a parent to a GenZer and one thing I noticed very early on when she was a baby- was the vast majority of parents carried their babies around in car seats without even picking the baby up-- from car to church to grocery store etc. These babies didn't cry but something seemed very off to me. They seemed disengaged, resigned to their lot. I always wondered how this would affect them later in life.