239 - Becoming Your Best Self Means Releasing Impatience and Entitlement Life Happens

With the New Year comes pressure to become the “best version” of yourself but true transformation starts with intention, patience, and compassion. 💫 In this week’s episode of Life Happens with Barb & Michelle, we’re digging into a modern epidemic fueled by entitlement, comparison, and our fast-paced culture: impatience. We explore why slowing down is not a weakness, but the pathway to confidence, alignment, and ease as we enter 2026. 💬 Barb shares why she chose patience as her intention word for 2026 and offers simple, grounded ways to cultivate patience in everyday life. 💬 Michelle opens up about her struggle with waiting for things to align and how trusting her timing—and herself—completely shifted her experience. ✨ What We Talk About • The entitlement epidemic: How instant gratification and individualism have shaped our expectations and how awareness helps us reconnect with compassion. • How impatience hurts us: Acting out of alignment, rushing decisions, and feeling hopeless when life isn’t moving fast enough. • Patience attains all things: Trusting your timing, embracing the “in-between,” and finding purpose in waiting seasons. • Building a relationship with yourself: Pausing, breathing, reconnecting, and beginning again, over and over. Remember: the day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit. Have patience. Your small shifts matter—and they are creating a better tomorrow. 📘 USA TODAY BESTSELLER — Dear Friend by Michelle Maros is out now! A powerful 365-day companion to help you cultivate self-love, clarity, presence, and inner peace. 👉 Order your copy: 💛 Episode Topics The consequences of impatience Why we’re more entitled than ever How patience attains all things Combatting hopelessness and stress Cultivating patience in our daily lives Mentioned in today's episode: 💛 Prayer of Saint Teresa of Avila: 💬 We’d love to hear from you! What insight or moment resonated most with you in this episode? Share in the comments—we truly read every one. 📅

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239 - Becoming Your Best Self Means Releasing Impatience and Entitlement Life Happens is an episode from Barb Knows Best by Michelle Maros & Barb Schmidt.

This episode is 00:53:33 long.

This episode was published on Jan 6, 2026.

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