Since Elizabeth keeps referencing the Emperor’s New Clothes, the fairy tale that you may or may not be familiar with, she’s taking the opportunity in today’s episode to expand on it a bit. What if what you were taught to believe you needed to achieve to be “happy” were the wrong metrics? What if the most counter culture thing you could do is create your own metrics?
The Emperor's New Metrics
what a fairy tale can tell us about living our life on purpose
Mar 06, 2026
The Radiant Badass with Elizabeth Holmes
The Radiant Badass with Elizabeth Holmes is the podcast you need if you miss sitting around your best friend’s basement riffing on whatever comes to mind. Elizabeth’s perspective as a GenXer raised by pop culture and a curious person influences her view on the world whether she’s talking books, music or how to keep your sanity in a rapidly changing world – and she’s happy to talk about all of those subjects.
The Radiant Badass with Elizabeth Holmes is the podcast you need if you miss sitting around your best friend’s basement riffing on whatever comes to mind. Elizabeth’s perspective as a GenXer raised by pop culture and a curious person influences her view on the world whether she’s talking books, music or how to keep your sanity in a rapidly changing world – and she’s happy to talk about all of those subjects.Listen on
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