What Your Younger Self Wants You to Know

“What if your younger self is the reminder you need today?”

In this episode of Business is Human, Rebecca Fleetwood Hession invites listeners into a heartfelt practice of visiting earlier versions of themselves with compassion, gratitude, and curiosity. Sparked by meaningful moments during a reunion with former Franklin Covey colleagues and a powerful conversation with her son, Rebecca explores how our past selves hold wisdom we often overlook.

Through neuroscience, storytelling, and faith, she explains how reflecting with gratitude calms the nervous system, rewrites emotional memories, and opens us to what God is doing right now. Rebecca offers a simple guided practice and thoughtful reflection questions that fit easily into the holiday season or the start of a new year. This is a natural time when many of us feel more tender, reflective, and ready for renewal.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
How revisiting earlier versions of yourself can calm your nervous system and shift your emotional state
Why gratitude helps update old memories and creates space for confidence and clarity
Why your past resilience holds clues about what you are capable of today

Things to listen for:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:45) Holiday reflections and memories
(02:28) Gratitude and personal growth
(03:45) Reflecting on past experiences
(07:32) The science and scripture of gratitude
(15:14) Guided reflection practice
(17:38) Reflection questions for the new year

Connect with Rebecca:
https://www.rebeccafleetwoodhession.com/