Maybe you're not doing too much because you're ambitious. Maybe you're doing too much because you're afraid of what it means if you stop.

In this episode of Trusting Her Journey, we’re getting real about the pressure to prove yourself.

So many women feel pressure to prove you're strong, smart, capable, healed, mature, faithful, productive… enough. Whether it’s showing up at work when you're running on fumes, overexplaining your choices, or saying yes when you want to say no, this pressure often comes from silent scripts we picked up along the way; scripts that tell us we have to earn love, rest, and belonging.

But what if you didn’t have to prove anything to be worthy of peace?

We’re unpacking:

• The hidden roots of performance and overgiving
• How pressure shows up in rest, relationships, and responsibilities
• Why perfectionism and people-pleasing are often trauma responses
• Gentle ways to rewrite your internal script and let rest feel safe again

This conversation is your permission slip:
You don’t have to hustle your way into being enough. You already are.

✨️ Fuel for the Road Ahead:
You don’t have to prove that you’ve healed to be loved. You don’t have to overdeliver to be valuable. Lay the pressure down.

📝 Reflection Question:
Where in my life am I performing when I could be present?

💡 Take one small step:
Choose one thing to do this week without overexplaining, overprepping, or overthinking it. Let it be gentle. Let it be enough.

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