156: Which Version of You Gets to Have It All? Toxic Grit with Amanda Goetz

Mari welcomes Amanda Goetz - two-time founder, four-time CMO, author of Toxic Grit, and creator of the Life's a Game newsletter - for a raw conversation about which version of you actually gets to have it all (spoiler: not the same one all the time). Amanda shares why she cried through her first therapy session before asking for divorce, how she builds "minimally viable days" when an A+ isn't possible (movement snacks count!), why she takes a "commute bath" to transition from assertive work mode to silly mom mode, and the dangerous trap of believing "if I just feel grateful enough, I shouldn't ask for more." Plus, the ketamine therapy that let her watch her life like a loving movie, why her parents aren't coming to her wedding, why she studies how mediocre white men make asks, and the permission slip we all need: intentional imbalance over work-life balance because some days you just need to be 80% mom to one kid and give the others 20%.

Connect with Amanda:

• Order Toxic Grit: toxicgrit.com
• Life's a Game newsletter: https://amandagoetz.kit.com/posts
• Website: https://www.amandagoetz.com/