Inner Authority: hello fellow recovering people pleasers.
Hello, over-functioning and over-empathic leaders.
All these things work until they donโtโฆ and now here you are realizing so much of what made you successful was behavioral patterns born out of childhood trauma, emotional neglectโฆ. And the entire effing world and systems and media and religion and school and everything that conditioned you to give your authority away!!!
Did I mention religion? You know, the kind that, in 3rd grade, threatened to leave you behind if you didnโt fall in lineโฆ.
And so even though you are successful, maybe you find yourself doing the next course, or high-end mastermind, or upgrading your branding or whatever the thing is you think will get you to that nebulous โthere.โ
Even after all the success and stability- you still get flooded with doubt, overbook your calendar out of obligation, neglect the things that nourish you even though you thrive better if you do themโฆ. And then you spiral into shame because you โarenโt doing it right.โ
well, here weโre are. And you are totally doing it right. But donโt take it on my authorityโฆ.
Slow down and check deep down in your own body, your own heart, in the place deeper and truer than all the voicesโฆ.
What does that part of you say? Remember who you BE. And that you are the decider. You CAN trust yourself to BE YOU, do things your way, slow downโฆ. Build certainty in your own authority.
AC