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Aug 2021
11m 44s

56. Stop Giving Your Power Away

Amber Dalsin
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Stop Giving Your Power Away

How putting everyone’s needs ahead of your own could be sabotaging your relationship and your mental health.

Break free from overwhelm, feel supported, and take your power back.

In this episode, I share some of my story and how I learned to give my power away. I describe how I fluctuated between subjugating my needs to everyone else’s and how I tried to regain my control.

I talk about the first steps to getting your needs met.

There are suggestions about assertively getting your needs met.

Your needs are valid.

This show is for informational purposes only.

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