You Are Not an Island: The Power of Letting Others Care for You (Part 9)

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of allowing others to care for you and the need for connection in life.

We are not meant to get through life alone. In this episode, I share my mom’s ninth lesson: the importance of letting others take care of you. Today's spoken word piece, one of my new favorites, is about how we aren't islands. Even if we don't recognize it, we don't live in a vacuum. We need connection; even when the world feels intrusive, and people are "too much to handle," we still need anchors in our lives. Those are the people we can really count on. The ones who truly care about o...

People in this episode

Host: Jill Hodge

Topics covered

• personal growth
• connection
• letting others care
• support
• community

Keywords

• personal growth
• support
• connection
• letting others care
• community
• spoken word
• life lessons

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