Needy. Let that word sit with you for a minute. What images, memories, connotations, and/or feelings does it bring up? Probably not great ones, amirite? Well, today’s guest, Mara Glatzel, is on a mission to help us reclaim neediness and empower us to start tending to our own needs through self-responsibility, self-trust, and self-love.

As Mara says, we live in a world that expects women to be perfectionists and people-pleasers. Starting with this conversation, let’s all take a significant step toward ending the pathologizing and demonizing of neediness, especially when it comes to women.