359 🦋 Reclaim Your Wonder in Midlife: Curiosity, Awe & Self-Empathy with Laura Munson, Bestselling Author of The Wild Why
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About
Were you ever told you ask too many questions, feel too much, or laugh too loud?
On this episode of The Midlife Makeover Show, Wendy Valentine sits down with New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson to talk about her book The Wild Why: Stories and Teachings to Uncover Your Wonder. Laura reads from her fourth-grade journal, introduces us to her inner critic (“Sheila”), and shares how she learned to love that scared voice quiet instead of fighting it.
She breaks down wonder as curiosity plus awe — and why awe is the piece most of us are missing — then shares a powerful riff on self-empathy: meeting yourself exactly where you are, without judgment. Plus, the three crossroads questions from her novel Willa’s Grove, and why “you don’t have to write good, you just have to write true.”
If you’ve lost your spark under everything on your shoulders, this conversation will help you find your way back to yourself.
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✨ What You’ll Learn
• Where your “wonder wound” comes from — and why your inner critic is a scared kid who needs love, not a fight
• Why awe (not just curiosity) is the missing piece of wonder — and how to make room for it in a busy life
• What self-empathy really is, and how swapping judgment for curiosity can lead you to self-love
• The three crossroads questions from Willa’s Grove: What was supposed to happen? What actually happened? Now what?
• Why “you don’t have to write good — you just have to write true” applies to how you live, not just how you write
👉 Connect with Laura Munson
https://www.instagram.com/lauramunsonauthor/