246. How to Stop Feeling Like a Burden and Allow Yourself to "Inconvenience" Others
About this episode
Alissa Boyer discusses how highly sensitive people can overcome the belief that having needs makes them a burden.
In this solo episode, Alissa explores one of the most deeply ingrained patterns she sees in highly sensitive people: the belief that having needs makes you a burden. For HSPs, this is a story that gets built early, when your emotional reactions were “too big”, when your needs felt different from everyone else's, and when the people around you responded with frustration instead of understanding. That story then follows you into adulthood, into relationships, and even into restaurants where you over-apologize to the waitress for ordering plain chicken. You’ll Learn: Why HSPs are especially vulnerable to good girl conditioning and how it shows up in relationships, work, and health Ways you may be getting something out of being the over-apologizing, people pleaser that ends up keeping you stuck. How your triggers in moments of self-advocacy are actually your best opportunities to build self-worth What it means to expand your tolerance for discomfort so other people's reactions stop running the show Why letting people help you, and asking for what you need, is a signal of openness, not weakness Uncover your sneaky internal belief that’s stopping you from being your most confident self…
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