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45: GUEST | Parenting, Pain, and Progress: Rewriting the Rules with Leslie Lindsey Davis
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SHIFT Talking™ by Davina Hehn

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This one’s a mic-drop moment from start to finish.

In this soul-stretching conversation, I sit down with Leslie Lindsey Davis—a truth-teller, author, and certified breaker of generational patterns. Together, we talk perfectionism, people-pleasing, imposter syndrome, addiction, emotional literacy, parenting, marriage, and why self-forgiveness isn’t weakness—it’s necessary.

We go deep into the practice of written self-conversations, how to build self-trust when the old you wants to run the show, and how to shift without shame—even when the change feels terrifying. Leslie shares the real reason many of us feel stuck, how to respond to emotional discomfort with curiosity (not control), and what it looks like to raise children differently when you weren’t raised with that ... 

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