In this week’s episode of Choosing Her, Ciara invites you to pause, breathe, and take a hard look at the boxes you’ve been checking. You know…the ones the world told you define success: the degree, the marriage, the kids, the house, the hustle. But what if those boxes were never yours to begin with?

Ciara opens up about her own journey of realizing she built a life that looked right but didn’t feel right, and how she found the courage to stop living by someone else’s checklist and create her own.

If you’ve ever looked at your life and thought, “I did everything right… so why do I still feel unfulfilled?” this episode will meet you right where you are.

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In this episode, we explore:

✨ The invisible pressure to “do life right” and where those expectations come from

✨ Why checking every box can still leave you feeling empty

✨ How to know when you’re living by someone else’s checklist

✨ Practical steps to redefine what success, peace, and alignment mean to you

✨ Journal prompts to help you create boxes that actually belong to you

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Key Reflection Questions:

• Who handed you the boxes you’ve been checking?

• What boxes are you still chasing just to make others proud?

• What would your own boxes look like if nobody else got a say?

• What does peace feel like for you?

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Your challenge this week:

Ask yourself:

“Which boxes have I been checking that don’t belong to me and if I had the courage to create new ones, what would they be?”

Write it down. Say it out loud.

Because clarity plus action? That’s how you change your life.

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Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you tune in.

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