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fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

How Would Your Life Change if You Didn't Seek Approval?

Living for others' approval prevents authentic living; confronting fear and stepping outside comfort zones enables reclaiming personal choices and wellbeing.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Key to Unshakable Safety When Speaking the Truth

That is, a way to speak your truth, even when it's unwanted, that allows you to honor our understandable fear, and also consider your actual reality. It doesn't mean ignoring the potential consequences, but at the same time, not letting the fear dictate your behavior, with no alternatives other than silence or inauthenticity. In other words, how to heal the dread associated with being displeasing and disapproved of that stems from your conditioning, generational history and experience.
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