The Cost of Should – Come Home to Your Truth

In this powerful and soul-nourishing episode of the Beautiful Soul Podcast, Michanda Lindsey explores the hidden emotional and spiritual cost of living under the weight of “shoulds.” From external expectations to internalized obligations, this episode offers a gentle yet awakening invitation to reclaim your presence, your peace, and your truth.

Through a guided breathwork practice and a heartfelt talk, Michanda reveals how chronic self-sacrifice and people-pleasing disconnect us from our inner wisdom. She calls us to pause, breathe, and realign with our “now truth”—the moment-by-moment authenticity that reconnects us to our deepest self.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – Welcome and opening message

01:12 – Guided meditation and breathwork practice

08:30 – Introducing today’s topic: The Cost of Should

10:45 – How “should” becomes internalized and toxic

14:52 – Reclaiming power through conscious choice

17:40 – The danger of living a life in response to others

21:55 – Seasons of life and the importance of presence

26:30 – Rebuilding self-integrity and returning to truth

30:12 – Permission to change, evolve, and choose again

34:40 – When others are disappointed by your truth

38:20 – The growing gap when we don’t honor ourselves

41:50 – Final encouragement to come back home to you

44:00 – Closing reflection and thank you

🧘🏽‍♀️ Key Topics:

Opening breathwork and guided presence meditation

The spiritual and emotional cost of living by "shoulds"

Replacing obligation with conscious choice and presence

Returning to self-trust, self-honor, and inner integrity

Releasing guilt and fear around disappointing others

The difference between external expectations and authentic truth

Creating space to know yourself again—like dating your own soul

Encouraging a gentler, more compassionate world by starting with ourselves

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