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Podcast: Beyond the Crucible
Episode: Cathleen Merkel -- She Chased Success But Longed for Significance, and Found It When She Met the "Real Cathy" -- #23
Description: Growing up in Communist East Germany, Cathleen Merkel was taught her value came from doing what others expected of her, working hard, and not upsetting the established order of things. Then the Berlin Wall fell, and she grew from a girl into a woman with dreams and passions of living a free and successful life. There was just one problem: the goals she pursued professionally and personally dead-ended a couple of times and didn't really fulfill her even when they were going well. So she took a deep look at herself, asked close friends to help her see where she'd...