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Let’s Get Curious
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- Jun 9, 2026
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- 1211
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Summary
What do you do when you are? In this solo episode, Julie makes a case for curiosity as the most reliable way through. Not pushing harder, not forcing clarity — but asking yourself better questions. The kind of questions that open doors instead of closing them. Drawing on Barbara Fredrickson’s Broaden-and-Build theory and her own coaching practice, Julie walks you through 18 self-coaching questions organized around three different flavors of stuck: not knowing what you want, knowing what you want but not being able to move, and the kind of stuck that’s really exhaustion in disguise. Think of this episode as a self-coaching session you can return to anytime you need it. In This Episode Why curiosity works (the science) Fredrickson’s Broaden-and-Build theory explains why stress narrows our thinking — and why curiosity opens it back up. Julie also explores the shift from self-judgment to self-inquiry, and why that shift alone can be transformative. There are 18 self-coaching questions in this episode, organized into three categories - here is a sample from each - When you don’t know what you want ❮❯ What would I do if I knew I couldn’t fail? And what would I do if I knew I might? ❮❯ What lights me up — and when did I last actually let myself do it? ❮❯ What’s something I keep returning to that I keep talking myself out of as “not realistic”? When you know what you want but can’t move ❮❯ What’s the story I’m telling myself about why this isn’t possible for me? ❮❯ What am I afraid will happen if I go for this? And then what? And then what after that? ❮❯ Who am I being when I stay here — and who am I becoming when I move? When the stuck is really exhaustion ❮❯ What do I need or want, that I keep waiting for permission to have? ❮❯ Where in my life do I feel most like myself? Wh…