When Doing Everything Right Isn't Enough

In this episode, Juli Martin — The Love Lady — returns to a message she began earlier this week, that you are doing everything right, and turns now to its harder half: sometimes, even when you are doing everything right, it still does not work out. Juli names this honestly, because pretending otherwise helps no one. You do not control the weather, or other people, or the great human collective, and if you are a sensitive soul who feels the world's suffering as your own, some of what does not work out for you was never in your hands to begin with. She offers the reminder that, like weather, hardship can be moved through, that you have found your way before and can trust yourself to do it again, and that it matters more than ever to quiet the noise of technology until you can hear the soft, loving voice inside that says this is what is next, and you can trust it. She shares a vulnerable, hard-won caveat from her own life, that going all in on a dream three separate times left her bankrupt and homeless, that it did not mean she was doing it wrong, but that she did not have to suffer that much either, and that you can chase the dream while keeping your feet on the ground. And she closes with an invitation to take charge of your attention, to turn from the distractions, and to point yourself back toward what you love. A grounded, honest, deeply human companion piece to part one, for anyone doing everything right in a season when it still is not working out.