On How to Ask for Help (When You Really Don't Want To - and It's Not What You Think!)

Join me as I discuss the process of how I went from my "stinking thinking" (I'm not good enough; people who consider me a friend treat me like sh*t; I am a disappointment to my "friends" so much so, they don't want to be associated with me; I have brought them shame; I have impacted their reputation) and let me just tell you, I was in a sh*tshow of my own making.

I kept thinking and feeling and feeling and thinking about people who say they love me and show me otherwise...and I am feeling bad about MYSELF!

And then, out of nowhere, while I was in my Sh*t, a close friend called me to ask me about my workshop last week, appropriately named (and immediately forgotten this week) "Cultivating Self-Compassion though Awareness, Acceptance, and Action."

When I answered her phone call, I was crying. And she held space for me. And she wanted to know what was really going on with me. And she offered me a couple of different perspectives.

First of all, in this reading - it was all about how I have a hard time asking for help and I was hurting and I was not going to let anyone know. But I needed to share it with someone safe. And this beautiful friend called me. What a gift.

But even more - she gave me something and reminded me that maybe I don't need to be hanging around unsafe people any longer and be with people who really love me. And she is totally right.
She reminded me of how I helped her through hard times. She reminded me that I was using other people to determine how I feel about myself....my stories are UNTRUE. And I took time to grieve, cry, and mourn the loss of the illusion of what I thought was - not seeing it as it is.

"What other people think of me is none of my business."

Sigh.

Thanks for joining me on my journey...and if you want to see the raw, unedited version of this video, lmk in the comment section below. Also - lmk if you want to see the original, unedited version of how I went through this! :-)

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