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Podcast: Chaos to Connection: Boundaries and Breakthroughs for Cycle-Breaking Women
Episode: 240. The Insatiable Thirst for Approval: And How You’ve Been Outsourcing Your Safety
Description: In this deeply personal episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on something that shaped so much of my inner world for years—the insatiable need for approval.This isn’t just about being a “people pleaser.”It’s about the invisible belief that approval equals safety—and that without it, love and belonging might be lost.When we live like approval is oxygen, we create inner chaos.We walk on eggshells, silence our truth, and exhaust ourselves trying to be what others want.In this episode, we explore: