Kindness Isn’t A Soft Skill, It’s A Power Move

About this episode

The episode explores how compassion and boundaries can lead to grounded confidence, featuring insights from guest Angie Hawkins.

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like you’re sprinting through life in the wrong shoes? We sat down with inner glow coach and author Angie Hawkins to unpack how compassion, boundaries, and vulnerable honesty can move you from chasing approval to living with grounded confidence. Angie’s memoir, Running in Slippers, becomes a vivid metaphor for growth: sometimes playful, sometimes painful, always real. She opens up about the childhood patterns that fuel people pleasing and perfectionism, then shares ...

People in this episode

Host: Mike

Guest: Angie Hawkins

Topics covered

• kindness
• self-improvement
• vulnerability
• confidence
• people pleasing
• perfectionism

Keywords

• kindness
• self-help
• Angie Hawkins
• vulnerability
• personal growth
• memoir
• people pleasing
• perfectionism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Running in Slippers

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