Episode 256: How to Stop Chasing Approval and Start Choosing Yourself
In this episode…
Approval can feel like safety… until the cost of earning it becomes too high.
If you’ve spent your life people-pleasing, shape-shifting, overachieving, or staying silent in order to be liked, accepted, or chosen, this episode invites you to examine the hidden bargains you may be making for approval. I explore how what once protected you can eventually begin to imprison you.
Together, we look at what becomes possible when self-respect matters more than being well received, and why freedom begins when you stop outsourcing your worth to other people’s opinions. Because while being misunderstood may feel uncomfortable, abandoning yourself is far more painful.
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What We Discuss & Highlights From Episode 256:
- Why approval-seeking is a survival strategy – not a character flaw
- How people pleasing, perfectionism, and overachieving become approval patterns
- The hidden cost of outsourcing your worth to others
- How to stop abandoning yourself for acceptance
- Why learning to tolerate being misunderstood is part of freedom
- What it means to choose truth over approval
Thanks so much for spending this time with me.
