
Episode #165
Follow Your Whimsy: Therapy & the Grief of Healing, Burnout & Perfectionism, Killing Your Ego, Letting Go of Control, & Learning to Trust The Unfolding of Your Life | Christina Kirkman
#165: On today's episode, Han is joined by actress, comedian, creator, and the podcast host of Life's A Joke , Christina Kirkman, for a conversation about therapy, burnout, perfectionism, killing your ego, letting go of control, and learning to trust the unfolding of your life. Christina opens up about how she entered the entertainment industry, and how her relationship with expressing herself started, evolved, and has grown. She and Han talk about starting therapy, and the grief that can come with healing. They also get into using work, creativity, and humor to cope, what happens when burnout catches up with even the most driven people, and why sometimes the biggest shift comes from loosening your grip on the life you thought you were supposed to have. Christina shares how she reached a point where the version of success she had been chasing stopped working, forcing her to kill her ego, start showing up online, and allow her creativity to evolve into something she never originally planned for. The girls get into: Growing up in entertainment and Christina’s early start on All That How our relationship with self-expression changes as we get older Starting therapy, and the grief that can come with healing Why therapy can hurt before it starts to feel freeing Perfectionism, ambition, and the inability to admit defeat Why burnout eventually catches up with even the most driven people Using work and creativity to cope with what’s happening underneath Humor as both a coping mechanism and survival tactic Why you can’t outrun your triggers or your own mind Killing your ego and surrendering the version of success you thought you were supposed to have Letting go of control and allowing life to unfold differently than you planned What happened when Christina stopped trying to be the version of herself Hollywood wanted Building an influencing and creator career she never originally planned for Following life’s calling instead of gripping onto your own definition of success Why violating your authenticity eventually shows up in your body, mind, and spirit Reconciling with the fact that you may not get to do everything you dreamed of Following your whimsy and trusting where it leads This episode is for you if: You’ve always been driven, ambitious, or deeply attached to a certain version of what your life and success were supposed to look like. If you’re navigating burnout, learning how to loosen your grip on control, grieving old versions of yourself, or realizing that the path you planned may not actually be the one meant for you, this conversation is for you. CONNECT BELOW: Follow Christina here Follow Life's A Joke here Listen to Life's A Joke here CONNECT with HAN: Follow Han here Follow HOW I SEE IT here Follow Han on Substack here Watch HOW I SEE IT on YouTube here Shop the podcast merch here Work with Han: howhanseesit@gmail.com


