Show Notes
If you’ve been feeling behind, stuck, or like your goals keep slipping through your fingers, this episode will reframe everything. Tori shares her original framework, The 7 Seasons of Becoming Human, to help you identify where you are right now and stop forcing strategies that don’t match your current season. Because growth isn’t linear. You don’t “graduate” into constant momentum. You cycle. You rebuild. You reorient. And when you learn to work with your season instead of fighting it, your life gets clearer and more easeful. Kyle joins as a student in the conversation, sharing real examples of moving through disruption, liminality, experimentation, devotion, and founding, and how seasons shape our ability to create goals that actually stick. At the end, Tori shares how to take the 7 Seasons quiz and where to go deeper with the Substack series. In this episode, we cover: - Why “linear growth” is a myth (and what’s actually true) - How to identify the season of life you’re in right now - Why you can be in different seasons across different areas (business, health, relationships, faith) The 7 Seasons breakdown: Comfort (belonging, structure, conformity) Disruption (initiation, rupture, awakening) Liminality (the in-between, surrender, identity dissolving) Discovery (curiosity, experimentation, aliveness) Decision/Devotion (choice, integrity, cutting off other paths) Founding (systems, discipline, sustainability) Stewardship (legacy, service, wisdom) - The question each season asks you (so you stop shaming yourself and start listening) - How to stop “swimming upstream” with your goals - Why your friends’ advice might be wrong for you (they’re often in a different season) - How to communicate your season to your partner, friends, and team for better support Resources mentioned: Take the 7 Seasons of Becoming Human Quiz: https://torigordon.com/seven-seasons Read the 7 Seasons Substack series: https://torigordon.substack.com Contact: [email protected] or [email protected] Sponsor: Anywhere Clinic Today’s episode is sponsored by Anywhere Clinic — a mental health clinic offering a holistic approach to well-being with psychiatric care, medication management, ketamine therapy, TMS, talk therapy, and peak performance coaching. Anywhere Clinic supports anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, insomnia, and more, with personalized care plans across multiple U.S. states. If you’re looking for support that blends modern clinical care with a whole-human approach, check out Anywhere Clinic and explore their services. Visit www.anywhereclinic.com/tori-gordon If this episode helped you, subscribe for new weekly episodes of How to Stay Human. Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or watch the full episode on YouTube. And if you take the quiz, share what season you’re in — it changes how you set goals in 2026.
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