power points

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On a Friday night in 2017, with a glass of cabernet in her hand and her husband beside her on the couch, high-flying executive Erin Coupe found these words of anguish tumbling out of her about the pressures of her life:

“Why do we do this to ourselves? What’s the meaning of any of it?”

Her life seemed a masterclass in keeping everything together. She held an executive position, spent 10 hours a week commuting, managed her kids’ needs and schedules, maintained a spotless house and the endless projects of home ownership and engaged in strenuous workouts that matched the intensity of her overloaded nervous system. And yes, there was also that early ev

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