Often times we allow invalidation to prevent us from progressing towards our goals, but society does not dictate our capability. Our capacity to do should not come from those that don't define us. Our definition comes from within. Thusly, our capacity to do comes from the same.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://jdwizardly.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/can-i-or-cant-i/