Ep. 313 | How to Find More Connection
About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of self-connection and the hidden costs of self-abandonment in pursuit of external approval and connection.
Somewhere along the way, many of us learned how to stay connected to everyone else while disconnecting from ourselves. You become who everyone else needs you to be. You say yes when you mean no. You stay quiet to avoid conflict. You overgive hoping people will finally see your value. And little by little, you stop recognizing yourself. The hard part is that this kind of self-abandonment is often praised. People call you dependable, selfless, strong, easygoing… while internally you feel exhausted, emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected, and unseen. In this episode, we're talking about the hidden cost of constantly overriding yourself just to maintain peace, approval, or connection. Because every time you repeatedly betray your own needs, your own feelings, your own boundaries, you slowly lose trust in yourself and your ability to show up for your own life. Real connection is never built through abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable. Your body was never meant to carry the weight of constantly disconnecting from who you are just to hold everything else together. This episode is a reminder that connection doesn't start with becoming more for everyone else. It starts…
People in this episode
Host: Shannan Christiansen
Topics covered
- self-connection
- self-abandonment
- emotional well-being
- personal boundaries
- real connection
More episodes of Creating Her Best Life
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- Ep. 320 | You Can't Become Her by Staying Who You've Always Been
- Ep. 319 | The Gift Hidden in the Waiting
- Ep. 318 | What Are You Saying No To?
- Ep. 317 | Why Are You Saving It?
- Ep. 316 | The Grief No One Talks About in Becoming Her
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