Becoming You with Suzy Welch
Episodes
You Probably Don't Know What You're Good At. That Has To Stop
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Career success, life success – you want them, but here’s the thing, they will remain ever elusive until you know your aptitudes. Don’t bolt! We ...
It’s Christmas. Please don’t ask me about Christmas. OK, ask me.
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas is supposed to be joyful. Magical. Simple. So why does Becoming You host Suzy Welch feel so…troubled…by Santa Claus?This week on the pod...
Am I a Good Mother-in-Law? And Other Questions That Save Families with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Becoming You, your host Suzy Welch does something few mothers-in-law would dare to do: she cold-calls her daughters-in-law ...
The One Value That Future-Proofs Your Relationship…and Two That Could Rock Its Core with Sam Feher and William Hayden
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a relationship truly work? Is it chemistry, shared interests, or something deeper – something that holds when life gets complicated? In t...
So Maybe Family Isn't Your #1 Value. Let's Talk About Why. (with Therapist Vienna Pharaon)
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Only 11% of Americans rank family as their #1 value.That's not a guess. It's data from nearly 100,000 respondents of The Values Bridge—the largest v...
Three Really Stupid Mistakes I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving. How About You?
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving, Becoming You community. This podcast exists to help you think deeply about your purpose—and today, our host Suzy Welch is doing ...
Sometimes Getting Unstuck Takes Getting Real First: A Mailbag Episode
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time once again for a mailbag episode of Becoming You, in which host Suzy Welch tackles three "I feel stuck" moments that couldn't be more differ...
Not getting a job? Ask yourself these five questions.
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, they’re painful. But so is being unemployed.First of all, surprise, this is a podcast that is, at its core, about ageism, a real and painful dy...
Twenty Hard Truths About Your Career… Or Maybe Not
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“You’ll be judged no matter what you do.”“No one is coming to save you.”“Most people secretly want you to fail.”We’ve all heard the so...
Two Boomers and a Zoomer Walk Into a Bar… And A Values Hoedown Ensues ft. "Excuse My Grandma"
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Becoming You Conversation with the Icons Behind Excuse My Grandma.This week on Becoming You, Suzy Welch welcomes one of social media’s most belove...
Can You Love Someone Without Losing Yourself? with Erin and Abe Lichy
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Special “Becoming Us” Episode with Erin and Abe LichyAt its heart, Becoming You asks one big question: What should I do with my life? But someti...
The Lies We Tell About Love with "We Met At Acme"'s Lindsey Metselaar
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It can’t always be about Taylor—but on Becoming You, sometimes it has to be. Especially when she sings, “When I said I don’t believe in marria...
How to Tell the Hard Truth…More Easily
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would you prefer to hear in life — a soft lie that makes you feel good but leaves you in the dark about something you’d be better off knowing...
Two Percent Is A Pretty Scary Number. Go Ahead, @ Me.
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two percent. For job-seekers and hiring managers alike, that’s the number. The line in the sand. All you have to do is decide whether you want to be...
You Achieve Your #LifeGoals… Then What? A Conversation With Special Guest Kate Bartlett
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if you’ve done it? You know, created the life of your dreams – fully living what you want to do, can do, and should do. It all sounds great (...
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Becoming You’s Version.
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody hates romantic love, but not everybody loves romantic love the same amount.That’s what makes romantic love a value. Because we get to choose ...
Career Confidential: Interviewing for Smarties
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Much of the time, Becoming You finds itself getting, well, a little existential, because what is existential if not the question, “What should I do ...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Bristol. Has it Ever Happened to You?
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re all supposed to love change. To embrace the journey. To lean into transformation. But what happens when we do? We grow, and with growth comes...
“What Are You Doing When You Lose Track of Time?” Four Questions to Break You Open (And Free).
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second—and final—part of Becoming You’s special series on the secret life of your life coach. Or, precisely, on what your life co...
To Be, or Not to Be… a Mother: That Is the Question
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Becoming You—the podcast that yearns to help you answer “What should I do with my life?”—a special mailbag episode tackles four l...
Whatever You Do, Don’t Just Trust Your Gut — Try This Instead
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, we make decisions—big, small, and everything in between, each one shaping our careers and relationships, and sometimes even the course of...
Four Questions To Turn Your Firing Into the Best Day of Your Life
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The demise of a job is rarely fun, whether it's by our own volition or not. Whether you've been fired or quit or somehow just eased out by mutual agre...
Career Confidential: A Job Interview Is a Conversation Between Two WHAT??
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a special “Career Confidential” episode of Becoming You! Listen in this week as host Suzy Welch, aided and abetted by her no-holds-bar...
Your Life Coach Has One Question for You. Do You Know the Answer?
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when 50 of the world's most experienced life coaches gather in one room? Well, in this case, at Becoming You’s request, each one reveal...
Becoming…Britney? Oops, Yes! And We’d Do It Again.
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does Britney Spears need Becoming You to figure out her purpose? In this week’s irreverent, laughter-filled episode, Britney’s #1 fan (yes, we’r...
The Danger of a B+ Life
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
[Repeat from March, 2025.] Buckle up, friends, because today we’re tackling one of life’s sneakiest traps—the B+ life. You get what that means...
The Becoming You Mailbag: Burning Questions Everywhere
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time once again for a mailbag version of the Becoming You podcast, in which our host Suzy Welch replies out loud to a sampling of the DMs she usu...
Becoming You: The Process Gets Real (Part 3) When All the Pieces Click into Place
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past two episodes, you’ve met Becoming You alumni Max and Kristen as they explored their values and aptitudes — the foundational work of ...
Becoming You: The Process Continues (Part 2) How Knowing What You’re Good At Changes Everything
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, we began exploring the Becoming You process by uncovering values — the truths that quietly shape our choices and help point us towards ou...
Becoming You: The Process Begins (Part 1) Inside the Values Deep Dive That Changes Everything
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard the phrase “Becoming You” — maybe in a friend’s recommendation, maybe in a moment when your own life felt off-track. But what d...
Can We Really Ever Write Our Own Stories?
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Becoming You was a methodology, a class, or a book — it was a question. A question that our host Suzy Welch grappled with for decades as she ...
Live from New York…It’s Becoming You! (Part Two)
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we return to questions from the Becoming You reunion in New York — and to the complicated truth of what can happen after you find your pu...
Live from New York...It's Becoming You
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, the Becoming You community gathered in person for a special event — and the questions were as big as ever.This episode features two Beco...
Becoming You 101: You Were Born To Do This
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Becoming You, we’re diving into the heart of it all: the methodology that’s changing lives, one purpose at a time. Whether you’re a...
Becoming You and…Becoming Me: The Untold Story, Until Now, Because, Well, Here It Is
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every book has a backstory, and Becoming You (published today, heck yeah!) is no exception. In this episode, we go behind the scenes — not just of t...
You Were Judged. You Judged Back. Now What?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one of the more painful human experiences: being judged not for what we’ve done, but for what we value. This episode examines why those momen...
Accidents Happen; You Just Don’t Want Your Life to be One
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re told to live intentionally — to take the reins, to choose boldly. But often, without realizing it, we drift. Titles accumulate, opportunitie...
The Three Indisputable Secrets To Success. No, Really.
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no way around it: success is hard. It’s prized, pursued, endlessly theorized — and yet, remains frustratingly rare. Still, behind many l...
The Killer Career Question We Never Ask Ourselves…But Must
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Come with us this week as our host Suzy Welch demonstrates how good she is at pottery! Wait, don’t. Because she’s terrible.Not for lack of trying....
So You Think "Altruism" is One of Your Values? Yeah, That's Complicated.
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of people want to help other people. In their jobs. In their lives. In fact, lots of people would tell you "helping" is one of their main values....
Are We Ever Really Real? A Podcast About The Happiness Value, With Special Guest Liz Moody
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to find your purpose or to have an authentic life? Are either of those goals actually attainable – really? In this episode of Beco...
The Danger of a B+ Life
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle up, friends, because today we’re tackling one of life’s sneakiest traps—the B+ life. You get what that means: Good job, decent relationsh...
Becoming You 101: You Were Born To Do This
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Becoming You, we’re diving into the heart of it all: the methodology that’s changing lives, one purpose at a time. Whether you’re a...
Me, My Career, and Anxiety: A Love Story, with Special Guest Chrissy Rutherford
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You don't have to read the news to know that anxiety is everywhere and anywhere these days, endemic across generations and cultures. But where Suzy co...
If You Knew Suzy...The Swan, That Is..
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's deeply personal episode of Becoming You, we revisit one of the podcast's most loved stories -- about Suzy's swan named, well, "Suzy" -...
Please Stop Taking the Dumbest Advice in the World
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, we make decisions—big, small, and everything in between, each one shaping our careers and relationships, and sometimes even the course of...
You’re Fine. You’re Good. You’re…Trapped?
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Becoming You method of purpose-discovery is based on the premise that there’s one wild and precious life that we’re each meant to live. But it...
You Love Your Family. You Love Your Work. You Hate How That Feels.
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when two forces, your home life and your work life —both central to your identity—need you with equal urgency at the exact same momen...
Four Questions To Turn Your Firing Into the Best Day of Your Life
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The demise of a job is rarely fun, whether it's by our own volition or not. Whether you've been fired or quit or somehow just eased out by mutual agre...
It’s OK To Do Scary Things in Life, Except One
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can want more in life. You can want less. You can choose to take a walk in dark and snowy woods with four crazy dogs, or you can choose to stay in...
Have You Already Found Your Purpose? There are Five Ways to Know
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Because we all so ardently want to find our purpose, it's not unusual for people to enter the Becoming You process with the question, "How will I know...
It's the end of the world, who cares about purpose anyway?
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's so bad out there, isn't it? There's war. Violence. Polarization. And sometimes, there's our own work too, weighing us down, because it's so m...
What if you had a new language to explain what’s important to you? Now you do
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It has just 15 words -- simple, clear, and powerful. And the minute you're fluent in it -- which is the exact point of this episode -- suddenly the wo...
All I Want for Christmas is the Truth About Me
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And that's what you'll get on Christmas, too -- if you look at your wishlist with new eyes. In this episode of Becoming You, Suzy suggests that your C...
You Probably Don't Know What You're Good At. That Has To Stop
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Career success, life success – you want them, but here’s the thing, they will remain ever elusive until you know your aptitudes. Don’t bolt! We ...
What If There Was a Magical Marriage Trick? There Just Might Be
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is not uncommon for people undertaking Becoming You’s self-discovery journey to notice that the process is, well, impacting their marriage, or ev...
What to do When a Good Life isn't Good Enough
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, we’re happy-ish and that’s fine. After all, we tell ourselves, no one is overjoyed about everything all the time! But other times, we’...
Your Pivot Might Feel Like a Disaster. You Have to do it Anyway. A conversation with LinkedIn's Dan Roth
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle up because this week the topic is change -- big change. Specifically, we're talking about career pivots, which are not only good for your perso...
The Four Leadership Traits No One Tells You About, But Should, featuring Dr. Ellen Gendler
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You could fill a library with all the books written about leadership, and Suzy's read most of them (and written a few herself.) But over the past seve...
Once Upon A Time in Utopia
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a week, hasn't it? No matter your political affiliation, or how you felt about the election, big and raw emotions were everywhere, and, wel...
It Was Supposed to be a Business Trip
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Suzy thought she was going to England for 48 rushed hours of work insanity, only to encounter four strangers — and four questions — that turned he...
If Suzy Welch Was Your Mother, Would You Just Automatically Become You? Let’s Find Out, Shall We
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s said the cobbler’s kids have squeaky shoes, so could it be life coaches have confused kids with crappy careers? This week’s guest, Suzy’s...
The Always and Forever Question
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it, even after we grow up, we still always wonder what we should do when we grow up? It's crazy -- or maybe it's not. In this episode, Suzy tel...
Four big hairy things get in the way of living authentically. What are they?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are the famous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which are not just big and hairy, but incredibly terrifying. Then, there are what Suzy calls "Th...
“I’m on My Way to Somewhere, I Swear”
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We laughed. We cried. We admitted we were idiots. We counted the ways. Then we said we’d do it all over again. Actually, that was only some of us. O...
Hate Is Not a Feeling. It Is a Piece of Data.
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you're human, you've hated someone. OK, maybe you're special, and you've only stooped to dislike someone, and, if so, good for you. But that's no...
Every Successful Person Is A Complete Failure (First) with Karissa Bodnar
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years ago, Suzy traveled to Seattle to film a Today Show segment about a young make-up entrepreneur who was doing business differently. For every ...
Denying Your Values is Like Hiding a Secret. Bad For Your Health.
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our topic this week is the value of fame – yes, fame is a value! – but why leave it there? In this episode, we also talk about how much we can lie...
Land Your Next Interview, Promise
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to getting a job – say, the job of your dreams – you have to get existential before you get tactical. But what’s really killer is ...
“But You Don’t Understand, She’s Special.”
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a little voice inside all of us telling us we were born to do something. You know it’s true. Sometimes, this voice translates into our “...
Change is bad.
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ok, not really! Change is good — usually. And really, these days, what choice do we have anyway? But sometimes, it’s worth the energy it takes to ...
Is it time to reinvent yourself? Ask the birds.
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Worried about Suzy the Swan? Yes, you and many other listeners too! In this episode, Suzy (the human, not the swan) gives an update on her missing spi...
Becoming You: Survivor’s Unit
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about Becoming You incessantly on the pod, but how about a first-hand account of the process in action? Heck yes, we got you! In this episode,...
Everyone Must Get…"Pwned"
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the ‘60s, Bob Dylan made an anthem out of the phrase, “Everybody must get stoned,” but it’s 2024, friends, and pwned is what you must ...
Guess What? Sometimes Guilt is a Choice.
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OK, not always. Sometimes we feel guilty because we should. But other times, guilt is just collateral of a war between our values and the world’s. H...
Thinking of Pursuing Your Passion as a Career? Please Think Again.
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doing something you love all day is the dream, right? Well, not if you’re not good at it. In this week’s episode, a cold, hard, realistic – and ...
The War on Kombucha, Oops, We Mean Dumb Bosses
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast, we recklessly make enemies with everyone who loves kombucha, but for a good cause, the routing out of bad bosses! That is, b...
When Smart People Do Dumb Things, Or Maybe Not
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Suzy takes a gander at the new essay questions for admission to Harvard Business School and reacts with a deeply flummoxed, ...
Everything I Learned in Life I Learned in 10th Grade English
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night realizing a problem can be understood, and perhaps even solved, by reflecting on the last line of ...
A Grammar Lesson You Might Just Love
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we ponder, “Are we all just one long list of commas, as we reinvent and reinvent and reinvent ourselves to stay current in...
Don’t Ask Me How I Did It, I Just Did It, It Was Hard
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we consider the annoying age-old question, “Why does everything good have to be so stinking hard?” And also, “Was Suzy...
All The Stuff Your Boss Wishes You Knew, But You Don’t
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What a strange and unnecessary thing it is that people enter the working world mostly clueless about the working world. For instance, school teaches y...
The One When Suzy Says Networking Doesn't Work
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are only two things that everyone agrees on in this world. That Dolly Parton is great, and that networking is awful. In this episode, Suzy focus...
What’s Worth Dying For? Well, A Little Yellow Doxie Apparently.
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You could jump into your pool fully clothed on a cool spring morning to save your dog from drowning, and come out saying, “Wow, that was close,” o...
Graduation Advice To Help You Get Arrested (We Mean Ahead)
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s graduation season, so advice is in the air. But if you want graduation advice that could seriously help you get ahead in life AND possibly get ...
Shoulda Lost My Mind. Didn’t Happen. What the Heck?
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every now and again, often out of the blue, we realize something kind of wild about ourselves. Like, we always want to be in Italy even though we live...
The Craziest Little Question Of All: What Should I Do With My Life?
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all have life goals, right? Right? Or sometimes we just see something – something amazing – and we think, “Oh yeah, that’s what I want. Tha...
Trailer: The Becoming You Podcast with Suzy Welch
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered, “What should I do with my life?” Or, “Should I stay or should I go?” Or, “Is there anyone out there who actually tel...