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Margaret Estelle's avatar

What a powerful read! Congratulations on putting your needs first. We can only be our best selves for others when we are our best selves for ourselves.

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Shirley's avatar

Thank you so much, Margaret! 💛 Yess!! 🙌

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Louise's avatar

Omg this is awesome! Totally love how you said no in these situations - following your intuition ✨ During your ‘No #2’ you mention that the reasons for saying yes are learned, that a lot of what we choose (especially as people pleasers) comes from external influences. Extremely relatable!

Learning to recognise what we REALLY want is part of our ongoing journey I think 🌟

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Shirley's avatar

Ah thank you so much, Louise!! 💛🤗 And I wholeheartedly agree - tuning in with our real wants and needs (and learning how to, authentically, get them met) will always be a challenge, and at the same time, it gets just 1% easier every time we do it.

You're on a very courageous journey and I am very much rooting for you! 😙

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Eva Lydon 🌺's avatar

Love this so much! 👏❤️✨

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Shirley's avatar

Ahh thank you Eva!! 🥰💖

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