In this episode of Unlearning the Good Girl on Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson talks about something that catches a lot of women off guard on the healing journey: grief. Not grief over losing someone, but grief over how long you carried too much, how long you ignored yourself, and how long you believed your worth depended on what you could do for everyone else.

Jen walks through why grief is part of the bridge to healing rather than a detour away from it, why so many women skip straight to fixing and stay stuck, and what it looks like to offer the old version of yourself compassion instead of criticism. Reflection prompts included.

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What if someone had told you years ago that rest is allowed before burnout, other people's emotions aren't your responsibility, and you don't have to abandon yourself to be loved?

In this episode of Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson and trauma therapist Kristen Burris share the life lessons they wish they had learned much earlier in life. Together, they explore people-pleasing, over-functioning, emotional responsibility, healing, self-trust, and why choosing yourself doesn't mean losing your compassion for others.

If you've ever felt emotionally exhausted from carrying everyone else's needs while ignoring your own, this conversation offers encouragement, practical insight, and the reminder that you're allowed to grow into a healthier version of yourself.

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In this episode of Unlearning the Good Girl on Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson digs into one of the most misunderstood concepts she works with: self-trust. Most women don't say "I don't trust myself." They say "I second-guess everything" or "I don't know what I want anymore." But underneath both of those is the same quiet erosion that happens every time you override what you already know.

Jen shares a personal example from the night before this episode, breaks down what self-trust actually means, and walks through journal prompts to help you identify where you've been abandoning your own voice in everyday moments.

Download the free reflection guide at www.thankfulheartscoaching.com/chooseyou.

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In this episode of Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson and trauma therapist Kristin Burris dig into something most of us experience but rarely examine: the way social media quietly shifts our mood, feeds comparison, and chips away at our confidence before we even realize it's happening. They talk about why the rabbit hole of despair starts so fast, what we're actually looking for when we reach for our phones, and what it looks like to build a healthier, more intentional relationship with the apps we use every day.

This is not a conversation about deleting everything and disappearing off the grid. It's about becoming aware enough to make choices that actually serve you.

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In this episode of Unlearning the Good Girl on Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson talks about one of the most quietly exhausting patterns she sees in women: spending so much energy filtering yourself through what other people can handle that you stop feeling safe being fully you. The fear of being too much keeps women holding back their truth, minimizing their needs, and packaging themselves into smaller, easier versions of who they really are.

Jen shares her own experience with this pattern, the hidden cost of living edited, and what it looks like to start interrupting the habit of shrinking. She also walks through honest journal prompts to help you identify where this is showing up in your own life.

Download the free reflection guide at www.thankfulheartscoaching.com/chooseyou.

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In this episode of Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson and trauma therapist Kristin Burris explore one of the most common patterns women experience: saying yes before they've even had a chance to think, and then feeling instant resentment once the words are out. They dig into why this happens at a nervous system level, what that resentment is actually pointing to, and what it looks like to start pausing before you commit.

Jen and Kristin share real client stories, break down the difference between guilt and shame, and offer practical tools including a simple back pocket script that gives you space to check in with yourself before you answer. If you've ever said yes and immediately wished you hadn't, this one is for you.

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Learn more about Kristen here: 

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Learn more about Jen here: 

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In this episode of Unlearning the Good Girl on Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson reframes decision fatigue as something most women never see coming: the slow erosion of self-trust that happens when you spend years checking everyone else's needs before your own. It shows up as frozen thinking, constant second-guessing, and needing reassurance for choices that should feel simple.

Jen shares personal stories and client moments that show exactly how this pattern builds, and what it actually takes to start trusting your own voice again, not by making perfect decisions, but by learning you can handle whatever comes next.

Download the free reflection guide at www.thankfulheartscoaching.com/chooseyou.

In this candid check-in episode of Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson gets real about what's been going on in her personal life, her husband's kidney disease and emergency hospitalization, and takes a moment to express genuine gratitude for her co-host Kristin Burris, who showed up for her in exactly the right way.

But more than that, Jen turns it back to you with a question worth sitting with: who in your life truly shows up for your best good? And are you telling them?

Reach Jen at [email protected] if you want support finding that kind of connection in your own life.

In this episode of Unlearning the Good Girl on Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson explains why saying no feels so physically uncomfortable for so many women, even when they know it's the healthy thing to do. It's not a confidence problem. It's a nervous system that learned, somewhere along the way, that no came with consequences.

Jen walks through how yes became a protection pattern, why self-trust is rebuilt in small moments rather than big dramatic ones, and the question that can reveal where your deepest fear around boundaries actually comes from. If saying no leaves you anxious for hours afterward even when nothing went wrong, this episode is for you.

Download the free reflection guide at www.thankfulheartscoaching.com/chooseyou.

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In this episode of Embrace Your Value, Jen Anderson and trauma therapist Kristin Burris dig into one of the deepest fears women carry: the fear of disappointing someone they love. It shows up as staying too long in friendships that have expired, saying yes to things that drain you for years, and shrinking yourself to keep the peace. And it has real psychological roots that go all the way back to how safety was wired into your nervous system as a child.

Jen and Kristin walk through the guilt hangover that follows a healthy boundary, what to do when people push back, the hidden cost of never letting anyone down, and three tools to start building the evidence your nervous system needs that you can disappoint someone and still be okay.

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Learn more about Kristen here: 

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Website       www.kristenburrus.com

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Learn more about Jen here: 

https://www.thankfulheartscoaching.com/

@thankfulheartscoaching on Facebook

@the.jennifer.anderson on Instagram

[email protected]