The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet

The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet

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The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet
The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet
Something Weird is Happening to Me.

Something Weird is Happening to Me.

It feels completely terrifying and also very needed.

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Mar 21, 2024
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The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet
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Something Weird is Happening to Me.
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I don’t know what’s happening to me lately,I don’t feel like the self I have known for so long.A part of me that has my driving force since I can first remember, has quietened down.Not exactly dormant, but softer than I’m used to, or comfortable with.

My drive to succeed is what I’m referring to, otherwise known as ambition or as was earlier known to me, as a true survival skill. It took me a while to work out what felt different. At first I thought it was just the aftermath of grief after the death of my Dad almost 2 years ago now. Then I thought it was perimenopause, or possibly burn out after running my company Girlgaze for 8 years and the agony of being a female founder.All of these things combined made sense that I am being drawn to Less. 

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Less chaos, 

Less struggle,

Less conflict, 

Less harshness,

Less asking for permission,

A…

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