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Saying YES to Your Authentic Self: Moving Beyond People-Pleasing and Over-Functioning with Kamini Wood


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Are you ready to say YES to yourself? The Say YES Sisterhood is your invitation to a vibrant community of women who are embracing their dreams, reclaiming their joy, and living life with intention. Join today!

In this heart-expanding episode, Wendy sits down with Kamini Wood, a certified life coach and author, to explore what it really means to reclaim your agency and say yes to yourself. Together, they dive into topics like people-pleasing, high-functioning codependency, reparenting the inner child, and navigating the discomfort of rest. Kamini shares practical tools for self-reflection and personal growth, from values-based decision making to Internal Family Systems and journaling as a path to healing. If you've ever felt stuck in over-functioning, this episode is your invitation to slow down, tune in, and remember who you really are beneath all the roles you play.

About Kamini:

Kamini Wood, an entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and certified life coach, specializes in helping high achievers—teens through adults—overcome anxiety, stress, perfectionism, ADHD, toxic relationships, and more. As the founder and CEO of Live Joy Your Way and the creator of the AuthenticMe® method, Kamini empowers individuals to break free fromlimiting beliefs, release trauma, and rediscover their authentic selves.

She is the author of the bestselling book Om: Life’s Gentle Reminders, a compilation of inspirational stories designed to help readers live a joyous and fulfilled life. Kamini’s coaching combines her deep understanding of patterns with certifications in life and wellness coaching, high-performance coaching, and teen life coaching. Her expertise includes breathwork, meditation, conscious uncoupling, and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. She also holds board certification from the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and is currently pursuing a Master’s in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Connect with Kamini:

KaminiWood.com

On Instagram @itsauthenticme

On Facebook

Referenced in this Episode:

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

Healing from Emotionally Immature Parents with Lindsay C. Gibson on the We Can Do Hard Things Podcast

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