Thinking about quitting, but not sure if you'll regret it? This episode will help you work out whether it's time to leave, or if there's still something worth holding onto.

We've all been there: lying awake at night, weighing the costs of staying against the risks of walking away. Do you push through and hope it gets better, or cut your losses before you waste more time?

In this episode, I've brought together Ash Ambirge, Julia Keller, Simone Stolzoff and Monique Ross to help you figure it out.

We'll explore the hidden traps that keep us stuck, the real benefits of quitting, and the surprising strategies that can make staying a lot better than it feels right now. Plus at the end, I'll give you five questions that can bring your answer into focus, fast.

💡 You'll learn:

• When grit and perseverance become harmful

• Why the sunk cost fallacy makes quitting so hard

• How to spot your own version of a "good enough job"

• Simple shifts to make your current role work better

• Why sometimes the smartest move isn't quitting or sticking — but something in between

📖 Chapters
00:00 – Should I quit my job?
03:40 – Ash Ambirge: quitting as growth
11:20 – Julia Keller: rebranding quitting
20:00 – The sunk cost fallacy
26:30 – Simone Stolzoff: the "good enough job"
34:10 – Monique Ross on job crafting
40:00 – The secret third option: quasi-quitting
42:00 – Five questions to guide your decision

🔗 Helpful Links

• Confused Math Lady Meme

• Ash Ambirge's The Middle Finger Project

• Julia Keller's Quitting: A Life Strategy

• Simone Stolzoff's The Good Enough Job

• Monique Ross' This Working Life

📬 Get in touch
Email me at: biglifequestions @ edstott.com

What if that "can't stop eating" feeling isn't about willpower, but design?

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Michael Moss has spent years inside the boardrooms, factories and labs where our food is being engineered, and what he's discovered will change the way you think about food.

In this full conversation, we dig into how processed food is crafted to override your appetite, what food giants don't want you to know about nutrition "research," and why breaking free from these cravings is harder than you think.

💡 What you'll learn in this episode:

• How the food industry deliberately designs products to be irresistible

• The tricks companies use to shift blame for overeating onto you

• Why "health halos" and marketing slogans keep us confused

• The science behind food addiction and whether we can break it

• What Moss believes has to change for us to eat more freely

🎧 Featuring:
📚 Michael Moss, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter and New York Times bestselling author of Salt, Sugar, Fat and Hooked → mossbooks.us

If you've ever felt like you can't stop eating certain foods, or you've wondered why your willpower never seems enough, this episode will change the way you think about what's on your plate.

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From grandma's kitchen to Ozempic - how eating got so complicated.

This condensed version of the full-length documentary unpacks the surprising history behind food confusion, the tricks used by the diet and processed food industries, and what GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic really mean for the way we eat.

💡 In this quick listen, you'll learn:

• The surprising moment eating stopped being simple

• How "healthy" food marketing rewired your appetite

• The one thing food companies can't sell you (and why it's the answer)

📖 Chapter Timestamps:
00:00 Why food feels confusing now
02:00 The moment diet culture took over family meals
06:00 How processed food became addictive by design
11:00 The wellness halo and misleading "healthy" marketing
14:30 The Ozempic question
17:00 Why listening to your body is the radical act food companies can't monetise

🎧 Featuring:

🔬 Prof Marion Nestle on how food companies shape what we believe about health → foodpolitics.com

📚 Michael Moss, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Salt Sugar Fat & Hooked

🧠 Christy Harrison, dietitian and journalist behind Anti-Diet & The Wellness Trap

💉 Dr Nick Fuller from Interval Weight Loss on how GLP-1s like Ozempic actually work

📖 Dr Lauren Samuelsson, food historian, on how The Women's Weekly shaped modern diet culture → UOW profile

If you've ever felt confused about food, struggled to trust your appetite, or wondered why eating feels so fraught, this one's for you.

💌 Related episodes:

• Ditch Food Guilt with Dr Emma Beckett

• Raising Kids with a Healthy Relationship with Food (even if you don't have one) with Leslie Schilling

• The Secret to Motivation & Exercise with Leah Barron

• Ditch the Diet & Become the Healthiest You EVER
  
  
• How to Empower Your Kids with Body Neutrality with Taryn Brumfitt

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