Where We Place Ourselves | Identity, Life Stories & Personal Growth
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Podcast Overview
<p><i>Where We Place Ourselves</i> is a reflective podcast about identity, personal growth, and how we understand our lives over time.</p><p></p><p>Through slow, thoughtful conversations, each episode revisits a moment, a feeling, or a shift in perspective. We explore memory, relationships, and self-awareness.</p><p></p><p>If you're interested in psychology, life stories, and personal reflection, this podcast creates space to think more deeply about who you are and how you’ve changed.</p>
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2/24/2026
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Recent Episodes
June 26, 2026
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze
<p>In this episode of <i>Where We Place Ourselves</i>, Archana sits down with coach and therapist-in-training Alice Thompson-Boyd to explore what happens when external success no longer feels like home.</p><p></p><p>Together they unpack Alice's journey from co-founding one of Scotland's most celebrated social enterprises to stepping away from a life that looked successful on paper but felt increasingly disconnected from who she was becoming.</p><p></p><p>Their conversation explores purpose, burnout, identity, leadership, internal versus external validation, and the question that sits beneath so many of our decisions. <b>Is the juice worth the squeeze?</b></p><p></p><p>Along the way they discuss why transformation happens in the fire rather than after it, why placement may matter as much as purpose, and how learning to become the CEO of our own lives changes everything.</p><p>This is a conversation about letting go, finding alignment, and discovering that the place we belong may have been waiting for us all along.</p><p></p><p>Links to Alice's work: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.alice-thompson.com/" target="_blank">Alice Thompson Coaching</a></p><p></p>
May 25, 2026
Finding placement: On podcasting, pleasing, rejection, and making something true
<p>In this reflective solo episode of <i>Where We Place Ourselves</i>, Archana explores the emotional backstory behind making a podcast and the quiet struggle of creating something public.</p><p></p><p>Beginning with Mira Nair’s words, “You cannot be an artist if you strive to please,” this episode asks whether that is as true in life as it is in art.</p><p></p><p>Archana reflects on the desire to be taken seriously, the pull towards polish and credibility, the disappointment of rejection, and the moment when striving becomes visible enough to question. What begins as a reflection on podcasting becomes a wider meditation on creativity, belonging, visibility, and the difference between being well known and being truly known.</p><p></p><p>This episode is about the mess behind the making, the people worth knowing, and the question that sits at the heart of the series. Where do you place yourself when things feel unresolved?</p>
May 3, 2026
The sound that stays: on music, memory and understanding
<p>In this episode of <i>Where We Place Ourselves</i>, I explore how music, attention, and reflection shape the way we think and communicate.</p><p></p><p>What looks like distraction may actually support deeper thinking. Drawing on a simple moment from everyday life, this episode reflects on listening, focus, and how we show up in conversations at work and beyond.</p><p></p><p>Topics include:</p><ul><li>listening and communication</li><li>focus and deep thinking</li><li>music and memory</li><li>leadership and presence</li><li>reflection and self-awareness</li></ul>
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- What is Where We Place Ourselves | Identity, Life Stories & Personal Growth?
<p><i>Where We Place Ourselves</i> is a reflective podcast about identity, personal growth, and how we understand our lives over time.</p><p></p><p>Through slow, thoughtful conversations, each episode revisits a moment, a feeling, or a shift in perspective. We explore memory, relationships, and self-awareness.</p><p></p><p>If you're interested in psychology, life stories, and personal reflection, this podcast creates space to think more deeply about who you are and how you’ve changed.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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