Things I no longer believe in
Things I no longer believe in:
Weighing myself
Denying myself
Criticizing the way I look or the person I am
Giving myself a guilt trip for my best efforts at parenting/adulting/business
Wearing a mask, modifying myself to try to fit in
Staying silent when I don't understand or agree
Apologising for taking up space
Pursuing people who don't make the same investment in our relationship
Worrying about what other people think of me
Feeling obligated to follow expectations
Letting others make important decisions or control my choices
Disempowerment around my own money & wellbeing
Following the conventional 'rules' of life and business
As a woman and a neurodivergent human, all the above were part of my makeup for years.
They felt like who I WAS.
But releasing the anxiety, emotional programming and identities I'd sleepwalked into over the years has brought SO much new clarity, perspective - and confidence.
And now I'm able to fully own what I do believe in - what I always believed in, but couldn't access with all that *stuff*, stress and guilt in the way.
Living for my joy and my authentic self.
Feeling good enough, worthy enough and wise enough to make informed choices.
Trusting myself to deal with whatever comes my way.
Having faith in myself, my power and my knowing.
And none of this makes me uncaring, unkind, arrogant or ignorant of others and their needs.
In fact it helps me to give without requiring validation, empowers others - and makes me a much nicer human to be around (just one that's less open to the will of narcissists and sociopaths!).
Confidence doesn't mean arrogance.
Standing in your own power doesn't mean taking or disrespecting anyone else's.
And you were meant to live by your own rulebook - no-one else's.
Just so you know ๐
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P.S. if you struggle with owning this and see it affecting your life, business or performance every day, know that itโs absolutely possible to get to a place where quiet confidence & peaceful self-expression is your way of being, too.
I'm a therapeutic life and business mentor and trauma specialist - and I'm borderline obsessive about helping ambitious people stop feeling like the imposter in their own lives.