One of the deepest struggles we face as women is coming to terms with our true self. From a very young age, we can be bombarded with images and societal pressure to be something that we are not. And in order to fit in, we can fall into the trap of taking on a false version of who truly are. When you add that to childhood trauma, it can be a difficult web to untangle. My friend Amanda sat down with me and graciously agreed to let me coach her for the podcast. Now, this is not the first session we have had together, but it was the first time she knew that others would be listening in to our conversation. I have to applaud her courage to step out and to be seen when one of the biggest struggles she has had in her life is being known and seen by those she loves most. In this very first recorded coaching conversation, Amanda opens up about the pain she has experienced trying to prove not only to herself but to others that she is enough. And although she desperately wants to be seen as the truest version of herself she struggles to dismantle the walls of protection she has built around her. As Amanda wrestles with her feelings of 'not being enough' by assimilating to those around her and trying to become what she perceives others need her to be. We dive deep into the fear that holds causes her to shrink back.

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