Quitted
Holly Whitaker & Emily McDowell
Quitted is a podcast about quitting, hosted by Holly Whitaker and Emily McDowell.
What happens when you don't want to be who you are anymore?
For all of us, there comes a time when in order to thrive (or simply survive!), we have to walk away from something that represents a huge piece of our identity. This could be a career, a relationship, a religion, a long-held dream, a social norm, a gender–whatever it is, it’s a massive part of who we are, and letting it go comes at great personal cost. Quitting means disappointing all the people invested in our staying; it requires giving up the security of what we know, and stepping into a liminal space where we’re not sure who we are anymore.
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