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Louise's avatar

Hi Shirley, this was so amazing to read! I read the post on your other publication and really enjoy that you give examples from your real life to communicate the act of listening to yourself in a deeper way. As a people-pleaser myself its so nice to hear your stories of success at overcoming this and helps me to visualise and hopefully put this in place in my own life :)

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Shirley's avatar

That means so much to me, Louise! 💛 Thank you for your heartwarming words! 🤗 Please also know that sometimes I succeed (and of course that's the time you write about 😬), but there are still many times that I don't - it depends on the challengingness of the situation as a whole.

All this to say, you can be really proud of yourself if you manage to stay (somewhat) connected to your wants and needs just once. It honestly deserves a moment of celebration each time you notice a little bit of improvement on the people-pleasing front.

I'm rooting for you! 💃🏻

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Eva Lydon 🌺's avatar

Loved this! Thank you 🙏🥰

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Shirley's avatar

Thank you, Eva!! 💛 Makes me really happy to hear that! 🥰

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