When Did You Stop Choosing Yourse...
When Did You Stop Choosing Yourself? — The Ways We Abandon Ourselves
The Grounded & Becoming Podcast by Maxine Adams
Aug 30, 2026
16:46
Episode notes

In this week’s episode, I’m talking about the ways we can slowly abandon ourselves without even realizing it — putting everyone else first, ignoring our own needs, saying yes when we mean no, suppressing our emotions, losing ourselves in motherhood, and making our own happiness feel optional.

We’ll talk about what self-abandonment really looks like, the difference between taking responsibility for ourselves and blaming ourselves for how others treat us, and what it looks like to start choosing yourself again.

Because sometimes coming back to yourself starts with simply asking: Where have I stopped choosing me?

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Keywords
Womanhood
Abandoning
Selflove
Reclaiming power
Goddess