One of my favorite speakers, Jon Acuff, said something this week that stopped me cold: "We like labels because they offer an explanation for behavior we don't want to change." Ouch. I felt seen, called out, and set free all at the same time and I had to bring it straight to you. In this episode, I'm sharing the quote that changed the way I see every excuse I've ever made, why "I'm just not good at that" might be the most expensive sentence you ever speak over yourself, and what I finally realized after years of running on Karen Power and wondering why I kept hitting the wall. I'm also getting real about a pattern I see in myself and so many of the people I love, pre-apologizing for the very gifts that helped us survive. The affirmations I've been writing since I was ten years old, the ones that carried me through addiction in my home, heartbreak, and seasons with nothing left. I've been calling them "just a little affirmation book." Not anymore. our gifts were never meant to come with an apology.
Episode Highlights:[01:12] The labels we use as excuses not to change
[03:17] "I'm not talented and smart enough to be unprepared"
[06:24] What going to bed discouraged is really telling you
[13:32] Karen Power vs. plugging into the RIGHT source
[17:56] You can't change others — but you have 100% control over changing yourself
[19:41] When you stop saving people, they learn to save themselves
[25:37] I've been pre-apologizing for my own gifts — and I'm done!
[30:04] Anticipate the best — the Shore House story that got me good
[31:29] Closing affirmation & sendin' you off with a full heart
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