EP 221 | The Freedom of Not Caring What People Think

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of filtering outside voices to maintain confidence and empathy, featuring a conversation with Stephanie Greene.

If you’ve ever replayed a conversation in your head at 2 a.m. wondering if you sounded “too much,” “too direct,” or “not nice enough,” this one is for you. I sit down with my dear friend Stephanie Greene, President of the Greater Michigan Construction Academy, to talk about the real work behind confidence: filtering outside voices without losing your empathy. We dig into how people-pleasing can slowly distort your identity and why approval can feel like safety even when it is costing you you...

People in this episode

Host: The Confident Podcast

Guest: Stephanie Greene

Topics covered

• confidence
• people-pleasing
• identity
• empathy
• approval
• self-worth

Keywords

• confidence
• people-pleasing
• identity
• empathy
• approval
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Greater Michigan Construction Academy

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