231. How to Know When Emotional Difficulty Is Worth It

231. How to Know When Emotional Difficulty Is...

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464. Why You Never “Deserve” or “Don't Deserve” Anything, Ever

There’s a word many of us use to feel validated or justified that actually keeps us stuck in self-doubt. Whether it sounds like “I deserve this” or “maybe I don’t deserve that,” this way of thinking quietly turns your life into a moral evaluation instead of a place where you get ...  Show more

463. Coaching Hotline: Believing Your Body is Attractive & Learning to Identify Your Emotions

When you’ve spent most of your adult life believing your body has to look a certain way to be desirable, it can feel impossible to think anything different. In this Coaching Hotline episode, I answer a listener who feels stuck believing her body must change for men to be attracte ...  Show more

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