Do you often find yourself rejecting or downplaying compliments given, but receiving and retaining negative comments? Well, you are not alone if the answer is "yes." We all do it, so why?

My guest today is author and speaker Dawna Hetzler, who joins me to answer that question and more on this topic. Drawing on personal experiences and observations, she explains some of the factors contributing to our unwillingness to see ourselves as valued, valuable and worthy of the good life has to offer. 

We discussed her latest book, releasing in September 2022, "Free to Receive: Become Your True Self by Knowing What to Accept and What to Release." In this work, she encourages us to notice the patterns in our lives that may need to be changed in order to accept ourselves and live our best life. She also says that many of these patterns are formed from the wrong messages we received in the past and may be affecting our self-image now. She calls these childhood giants. 

She shares tips, from her own journey, that can help us identify, examine and maybe unpack the unhealthy and untrue messages we carry on our journey.

This book, along with her first one, "Walls of a Warrior," are available on Amazon.com by searching for the titles or for Dawna Hetzler. The release date is September 9, 2022. It will be available by the time this airs. 

 
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