Episode description:

For most of my adult life, self-trust wasn't something I built. It was something I outsourced to a man. My dad drove the money bus. Mike drove the next one. I just managed everything inbetween, and I thought that was normal, because that's what I watched growing up.

In this episode, I go back to the version of me who was skyrocketing blood pressure, a marriage on the rocks,and fully convinced that pushing through the pain was just what you did. I talk about the exact moment I realized I couldn't control Mike, his career, or the marriage, only myself. And how that turned into overnight oats, a retainer, and going to bed at 9pm - small, unsexy actions that, according to the psychologyof self-efficacy, are exactly what rebuild the belief that you're capable in the first place.

This one's for anyone raised to defer, perform, and put their head down and who's starting to wonder if that was ever actually required of them.

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