In this episode cousins Steph and Lu get real and talk about the notion of if you wanted to you would. We begin with the quote, “We can’t repair in the absence of responsibility,” and then discuss our commitments to ourselves and others and explore the importance of setting boundaries. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 @𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭.

In this episode cousins Steph and Lu dive deeper and get real by answering questions with one word descriptions and then elaborating. We use five questions to drive the conversation and reflect on the quote, “You find your voice by using it. “ 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 @𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭.

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚞 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚞𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 @𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭.

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚞 𝚘𝚗 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝟹 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎: 𝟷. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝟸. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐝? 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞? 𝟹. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎?

𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚜 𝚊 𝙳𝙼 𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍! 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

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