The Gen X/Z Exchange
You might be wondering why you aren’t happier, where your career is going, or feeling adrift without a clear sense of direction. You’re asking, “How do I figure out what I’m even supposed to be doing?”
If you feel that familiar knot of confusion, dissatisfaction, or just plain stuckness, you've just found your kindred spirits.
This is The Gen X/Z Exchange. Where a Gen X dad and his Gen Z daughter bridge the generational divide to tackle modern life’s biggest headaches.
These aren't just your problems, they're the unspoken struggles of an entire generation - or two!
You're not alone in battling the quiet anxieties of a life that feels off-kilter. Happiness can be hard to find. Perhaps concerns about your mental and physical wellbeing are always bubbling away. Your most important relationships might feel strained, or the relentless demands of your career and finances are leaving you exhausted. These are the universal whispers that, surprisingly, span generations. We can help you untangle all this.
Chris has navigated layoffs, career pivots and found happiness after the infamous midlife slump, while Lily is figuring out her career after changing her degree path and reflecting on her early choices in the world of work. Our different generational viewpoints bring new ideas to tackling the big issues we’re both grappling with.
We chat about all this with honesty, realism and the openness a father-daughter relationship brings.
Our candid conversations will help you realise that you’re not alone in feeling this way too. You’ll gain fresh perspectives, practical insights, and the comforting realisation that many of your worries are universal – and solvable.
We’ll get to the heart of your frustrations, offering solutions we figure out together that you won't find anywhere else.
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The Gen X/Z Exchange
Am I having a midlife/quarterlife crisis?
Are you freaking out about what’s going on in your life? You may well be experiencing a very common transition in life. But don’t worry, it’s almost certainly not a crisis.
In this episode, you’ll get a better understanding of why you’re feeling this way.
If you’re Gen X, we unpick some of the myths about the stereotypical ‘midlife crisis’ and, if you’re Gen Z, we’ll look at the newer ‘quarterlife’ crisis.
You’ll learn:
- How the idea of the midlife crisis started and why it took off, even though there wasn’t much clinical evidence for it
- Two models for the quarterlife crisis and which type you might be experiencing
- Why it’s unlikely you’re experiencing a full-blown crisis
- What you can do about the way you’re feeling
You might be surprised by some of our conclusions - like the fact that, statistically, Gen Z are more likely to experience a crisis than Gen X. And it’s not just a human phenomenon: chimps and orangutans can have a ‘midlife crisis’ too!
We talk about our own experiences of coming to terms with feeling lost or dissatisfied and what we’ve found helpful in getting through it.
So if you’re confused about how you’re feeling, listen in and learn how you can make sense of it.
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3.30 Introduction to the quarterlife crisis
5.30 Introduction to the midlife crisis
9.25 Origins of the midlife crisis
11.20 The quarterlife crisis
13.00 Model 1 for the quarterlife crisis
15.30 Model 2 for the quarterlife crisis
21.00 The midlife crisis: myth or reality?
24.00 The midlife crisis - the biological or evolutionary reason
26.20 Why you might feel so empty and hollow in midlife
28.20 What might cause the quarterlife crisis
29.15 What might be changing about quarterlife/midlife patterns
30.30 What you can do to combat the quarterlife/midlife crisis
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisperkins172/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-perkins-8446a82bb/
