John R. Miles

Corinne, it was such an honor to have you today.

Thank you so much for joining us on Passion Struck.

That brings us to the end of today's conversation with Corinne Lowe.

What stood out most to me is this.

We often think we're overwhelmed because we're not managing our time well enough.

But what Corinne shows us is something much deeper.

We're not just managing time.

We're navigating time.

systems, expectations, and invisible agreements that are constantly shaping how we live.

And when those systems ask more than we can sustainably give, the result isn't just exhaustion, it's disconnection from our energy, from our priorities, and ultimately from what makes life feel meaningful.

What I found especially powerful is her idea of utility, not as happiness in the moment, but as the things you would look back on at the end of your life and say that mattered.

Because when you start living through that lens, you stop asking, what should I be doing?

And you start asking, what is actually worth my life?

That shift changes everything.

And that insight leads directly into our next conversation.

Because if Arthur Brooks helped us understand the inner foundations of meaning, and Corinne Lowe showed us how external systems shape our lives, then next week we take it one step further.

I'm joined by Dr. Claude Steele.

In his new book, Churn, Claude explores a powerful and often invisible force, the tension that arises between people of different identities in important moments.

He calls it churn.

It's the subtle discomfort, the self-consciousness, the unspoken pressure that shapes how we show up often without us even realizing it.