The lonely queers

#43 'Do you dare to expose yourself?'


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#43 DO YOU DARE TO EXPOSE YOUR SELF?

This episode is an inspiration for you too sense. To let go of the emotions of the past and the control of your life for a moment and sense into your natual powers.

There is a truth that many of us don't want to admit: We have a shadow side that's obsessed with control. And as women, we've often been conditioned to become masters of it - managing everyone's emotions and the future, orchestrating every detail, ensuring nothing falls apart on our watch and we are not a fan of the unknown and unforeseen.

We control our schedules down to the minute.
We control how we're perceived.
We control our environments, our relationships, our bodies.
We even try to control outcomes that were never ours to control in the first place.

What are we really controlling and do we know? or dare to expose?

This episode is an invitation to get uncomfortably honest with yourself. What if the very thing keeping you safe is also keeping you small? What if your need to control everything is actually preventing the magic, the flow, the beautiful surprises that life wants to bring you? Exposing yourself - truly seeing yourself and the crying inner child - takes immense courage. It means looking at the parts of you that aren't pretty or polished. It means asking difficult questions:
  • What am I really afraid will happen if I'm not in control?
  • What do I need?
  • What do I want?
When we dare to expose ourselves - to look inward with raw honesty - something miraculous happens. We discover that our needs are not weaknesses. Our longings are not shameful. Our vulnerability is not something to hide but something that connects us to our authentic power and to each other.
But once we turn inward and truly see ourselves - all of ourselves and the shadow side CONTROL - we can finally create lives that actually nourish us instead of depleting us. Lives where we can ask for help without feeling like failures. Lives where we honor what we need instead of constantly sacrificing ourselves on the altar of everyone else's comfort.

And here's the beautiful ripple effect: When you stop trying to control everything and everyone around you, you give your loved ones permission to be themselves too. You model what healthy boundaries look like. You show them that it's safe to be human, to be imperfect, to need support.
Your healing becomes their healing.
Your freedom becomes their freedom.

So I'm asking you again: Do you dare to expose yourself?

This episode will challenge you, trigger you, and hopefully set something free within you. We're going deep into the shadow side of control - not to shame you for it, but to help you understand where it comes from and how to transform it into something healthier, something that serves your highest good. And it takes awareness. And discernment.

The most powerful thing you can control is your relationship with yourself.
Thanks for listening.
//ASH 

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The lonely queersBy ASH