Do you struggle to say no? Hide your true feelings? Shrink yourself to make other people comfortable?

In this episode, I talk about self-abandonment, people-pleasing, and the hidden cost of constantly seeking acceptance.

I share my own experiences with adapting, suppressing parts of myself, and learning very early that being liked felt safer than fully being myself.

We explore:

• people pleasing
• self-abandonment
• fear of rejection
• authenticity and belonging
• self-worth and identity
• burnout and disconnection
• nervous system conditioning
• healing and returning to yourself

Maybe feeling lost isn’t because you don’t know who you are.

Maybe it’s because you’ve spent years becoming who you needed to be to feel accepted.

Welcome to Journey Back Home. ...