This is Life
This Is Life—an introspective podcast about breaking free, one step at a time. Hosted by Borghild Bø, clinical psychologist, author, and lifelong adventurer. This show blends psychology, mindfulness, and the wisdom of nature to help you strengthen awareness and navigate change with calm, clarity, and confidence. If you’re moving through overwhelm, burnout, grief, or a major transition, you’ll find insightful and practical guidance you can apply in everyday life. Drawing on 35+ years of clinical experience and years of adventure, Borghild’s three-step self-awareness approach, Connect • Focus • Flow™ offers a practical rhythm for returning to yourself and finding freedom one ste...
Trusting the In-Bewteen: Navigating Uncertainty One Step at a Time
After we make a decision, or feel a chapter ending, there’s often a strange, wobbly space that opens up: the in-between. In this episode, I share why that feeling is normal, why uncertainty can feel overwhelming, and how to meet it without spiraling.
I’ll guide you through my simple self-awareness rhythm: Connect • Focus • Flow™ to help you come back to calm, clarity, and trust when doubt, fear, or guilt show up. Along the way, I weave in short stories from my life (Australia, Hawaii, Bergen—and my dad) to show how intuition often speaks in ordinary, grounded ways, and how to tell the difference between intuition and impulse.
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Answering the Call: Guilt, Fear & Self-Doubt
When we realise something has to change, guilt, fear, and self-doubt often show up. In this episode I share how I work with those reactions on the Camino and in everyday life. This is a simple self-awareness rhythm, I use with clients and myself called, Connect • Focus • Flow™.
You’ll leave with practical journaling prompts and one doable next step.
Key takeaways
Why change can stall even after the first yes.
The difference between caring for others and complying with an old role.
How fear, doubt, and guilt try to keep things familiar and what actually helps.
A quick reality check that...
Breaking Free: The Beginning of the Journey
Feeling stuck, like something needs to change, but the path isn’t clear yet?
Today, Borghild invites you into the heart of breaking free. Not as running away, but as walking toward what’s real, one step at a time. You’ll hear how small steps from the Camino to the Himalayas, became a practical rhythm for everyday life.
We talk about...
The moment of choice when everything in you says move and the mind answers, but I don’t know how.
What breaking free really means beyond j...
Begin Where You are: Start Here
Welcome to This Is Life: An introspective podcast about breaking free one step at a time. This short introduction shares why I created the show, who it’s for, and what to expect.
I blend psychology, reflection and lived adventure to help you meet life's turning points with more clarity, confidence and trust.
Next: Listen to Episode 1 — Breaking Free: The Beginning of the Journey.
Website: https://borghildbo.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/borghildbo
Note: This podcast is for education and personal growth; it is not therapy or a subs...
