How do we find beauty in endings and new beginnings? In this final episode of A Glimpse Inside, host Wendy Perrotti and Camp Reinvention Co-Creator Dana Hilmer talk about navigating that bittersweet space between the end of one thing and the beginning of another. Dana talks about letting go when starting a new chapter and giving yourself some space to acknowledge and appreciate what it is that you had that you are letting go of. Join Wendy and Dana in this final episode and discover how you can also see the good in endings and appreciate new beginnings.
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Welcome. You’re listening to A Glimpse Inside. I’m Wendy Perrotti. This is a really special episode of A Glimpse Inside because it’s the last. Fittingly, our topic today is goodbyes and new beginnings.
Before we dig in, I really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here with me this past year. It has felt like pure magic to have you.
In 2020, A Glimpse Inside was downloaded over 2 million times. I was floored when I heard that number. And for that, I thank you too. It’s so hard to say goodbye, which leads me to new beginnings.
You may recall that in 2020, the amazing Dana Hilmer and I teamed up, she’s been here on the show several times and created something that we call Camp Reinvention. It’s become our passion project to help women over 50 create lives that they’re excited about, that they’re wildly proud of, and that makes them happy. Every goodbye really is a new beginning and every new beginning is inextricably attached to goodbye.
For today’s episode, Dana is back here with me and we’re going to talk about how to navigate life’s bittersweet moments. Hello, my friend. I am so glad that you’re the one who’s doing this final episode with me.
Thank you so much, Wendy, for having me on, and also thank you to all of your wonderful listeners. You’ve created a beautiful community with A Glimpse Inside.
This is a new beginning for you too. We’re on this path together.
It’s been so exciting, so exciting. It’s interesting, I think, as you mentioned, every beginning is tied in some way to goodbye and even exciting beginnings. For us, Camp Reinvention is such an exciting beginning. Sometimes you’re saying goodbye to things that you don’t necessarily want to say goodbye to, or maybe it’s even just to habits that you had or people that you saw on a more regular basis. But no matter what, when you’re starting something new, there’s a letting go. I think in that letting go, you need to just kind of give yourself some space to just kind of acknowledge at least and appreciate what it is that you had that you’re letting go of.
I’m so glad you bring that up. I think that is an important thing for us to talk about today. This year, especially, so many of the new beginnings and the goodbyes and the struggles between those have been ideological, have been really, especially in the United States. Us challenging what we thought we thought, what we believed, what the people who we’re closest to believe or don’t believe. I think it’s created both a lot of division and a lot of opportunities to come together. Those two are beginnings and goodbyes.
No, you’re right. I guess nothing personifies that more than the fact that we had a huge new beginning here in the United States just a couple of weeks ago. With that, there’s a lot of new hope and I hope there is a bringing together, no matter what somebody’s background is, what their belief system is, who they voted for, doesn’t matter. Hopefully, there’s a letting go of what was and an embracing of what is, and in that embracing to come together with unity.
It’s hard when the thing that you’re saying goodbye to, there are some people in this country who are saying goodbye to something that they really believed in, a way of being that they really believed in. It’s hard to examine those moments and it’s hard to examine our own stand from a more objective space of what do we want moving forward. What’s the beginning that comes here?
It’s interesting, and I think a lot of, right now we’re talking about kind of societally, the country and new beginning. I think the question for each of us individually is how do I as an individual want to move forward? How can I as an individual make the positive impact that I want to make, grounded in whatever reality exists? You may be happy with the reality. But whatever it is, what can you individually do in your community, in your home, to make a difference, to make it be as positive of a transition as possible.
I love that. That is an absolutely perfect segue to our break. We’re going to take a really quick five-minute break. When we come back, we’ll dive into what are the things that you can do? That’s a great place to start when you’re in a transition between hello and goodbye. Before our break, for any of you, especially if you’re a woman over 50 who is wanting more from your life, who’s wanting to feel better about your life, who’s looking for a life that makes you happy, excited, and proud, look us up at campreinvention.com. There’s so much there. We have so many different programs and experiences and ways for you to grow along with us. We’d love to see you at campreinvention.com. Stay here. We’ll be right back to talk about goodbyes and new beginnings.
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