Inner language with Ellis

How to move forward when you don’t have clarity yet.

In the last episode, I talked about the feeling of outgrowing an old identity. The moment when your life still looks “fine” from the outside… but inside, you know something no longer fits. This episode is about what came after that. How do you move forward when you have absolutely no idea what you want next? How do you rebuild yourself after feeling completely disconnected from your own life? In this episode, I talk about: * Why taking the pressure off yourself matters more than “having a plan” * How following small moments of joy helped me reconnect with myself * What I did to get more clarity * The boundaries I decided to set for my future * and the unexpected decision I made that helped me move forward again If you are in a phase where you just quit something that no longer works for you, and you wish you had more clarity, this episode is for you.  I'm so happy you're here!

The pressure to have it all figured out.

Why do we feel like we’re constantly running out of time? Like by a certain age we should already know who we are, what career we want, where we’re going, who we’ll end up with, and what our “plan” is? In this episode, I talk about the invisible timelines we grow up with, where this pressure actually comes from, and why uncertainty is not a failure, it’s part of being human. I share my own experience with feeling stuck between expectations and intuition, and how I learned to question the voices in my head: “Is this actually my belief… or one I adopted from someone else?” We’ll talk about: * age pressure and feeling “behind” *  career expectations and changing direction *  why people are afraid of uncertainty *  the pressure to always know your next step * making unconventional choices *  trusting your own voice over outside opinions This episode is for anyone who feels like they’re late, lost, or doing life “wrong.” Maybe you don’t need to have it all figured out. Maybe you just need permission to choose yourself. And if you’ve been waiting for a sign to go after the thing that feels scary, weird, or different… this is it. 🤍

How do you know if you take a decision out fear or intuition?

Before I made one of the biggest decisions of my life: leaving my job and my Instagram channel, I had to sit with a question most of us face at some point: Is this fear… or is this my intuition? Because they can feel confusingly similar. At some point, you notice something starts to feel off. Not wrong enough to quit immediately. But not right enough to ignore either. So you stay. You overthink. You go back and forth in your head a hundred times, and you convince yourself there is nothing different... but something doesn't feel right .. Is this a sign to move… or am I just scared? Because fear can sound convincing. And intuition isn't loud enough for you to know.   One of them fills your head with noise. The other keeps coming back in quiet moments. The question is… How can you tell the difference? In this episode I will tell you my story of being in this confusing phase, and how I found out the difference between the 2.

When you’ve outgrown a life… but you’re scared to leave

Have you ever felt like everything in your life looks fine on the outside… but deep down, it just doesn’t feel right anymore? In this first episode of Inner Language, I’m sharing my personal experience of outgrowing a life that once made sense: combining a full-time job with an Instagram account of almost 70K followers, and the moment I realized it no longer felt like me. We’ll talk about the fear of letting go, the weight of expectations, and what it really means to go through an identity shift. Because sometimes, the hardest part isn’t knowing what you want… It’s having the courage to leave behind what no longer fits. If you’ve ever felt stuck between safety and something unknown, this episode is for you. In this episode, you’ll learn * Why it’s so hard to let go of something that once defined you * How your identity can keep you stuck longer than you want * The hidden trap of “I’ve already invested so much” * Why fear of the unknown feels so overwhelming (and what it really means) * How to recognize when something no longer aligns with who you are * Why feeling lost might actually be a sign you’re moving in the right direction

Intro - Inner Language Podcast

In this introduction, I'll introduce myself, and I'll tell you a little bit about my mission and the reason I'm starting this podcast.