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Befriend Yourself Workshop: Let Life Feel Lighter And Easier

Be kinder to yourself, struggle less, and feel braver and stronger, even when life is hard or uncertain.

You’ve spent decades taking care of everyone else’s needs (often ignoring your own). You want a full vibrant life but catch yourself dimming your light and hiding parts of yourself to keep the peace.

You know your old patterns of people-pleasing or over-giving are not harmless. They are harming you! And sometimes you worry that you’re missing your life being hard on yourself and never feeling enough. I invite you to join me for the Befriend Yourself Workshop.

Life is messy. But everything feels lighter and easier when you’re on your own side.

i need this!

In this free one-hour workshop you’ll learn:

  • Why believing you need to “fix” yourself or push harder never leads to freedom, and what does.
  • The ways you’ve been taught to look outside of yourself for your value and happiness and how this keeps you in a cycle of doing more and trying harder but never feeling good enough.
  • How to become someone you can trust, especially when life feels uncertain or heavy.
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Twenty years ago, I made a choice that changed my life

I’d just had my third child, and as I held her one day, I realized that for her sake and mine, I would no longer bully or berate myself. I stepped over a line that day.

This one-time decision and daily practice changed the trajectory of my life.

I started out as someone who loathed herself and lived with a vicious inner critic. But I became someone who loves, approves of, and embraces my whole messy and beautiful self. I became my own best friend.

The world needs you to reclaim your freedom, wholeness, and joy

I know there’s a lot on your plate or you may feel pulled in many directions already. But nobody else can do this work for you. If you keep waiting until life slows down enough and then you’ll take the time to get honest about how and why the ways you’ve been living are robbing you of joy and health and keeping you disempowered … that day isn’t coming.

Befriending yourself matters simply because YOU matter. That is a good enough reason to show up for yourself. But what’s also true, is that if you are walking in greater freedom and joy, this spills over into the world around you. It creates a better world for others including the women coming behind you. You make an impact just by being yourself.

This world is noisy and messy – it’s also scary in many ways. We need more women like you who are willing to take radical ownership for who and how you are being. To claim your value, use your gifting, and be your True (wise, powerful, compassionate) Self in the world.

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Join the Befriend Yourself Workshop if…..

  • You’ve wasted enough life and energy trying to “fix” and improve yourself (ugh!) and want to finally feel at home and joyful in your body and life.
  • You love the idea of letting your Wise Self lead your life instead of your Inner Critic or fear, but old patterns of criticism, comparison, and self-doubt keep pulling you back.
  • You want to be more rested and present so you can enjoy your daily life even when you struggle and life is messy and you can’t control everything and everyone.
  • You want to show up bravely for what matters to you and be less worried about what others think or feel about you and more conscious of what you think and feel about yourself.
  • You’re ready to stop devaluing yourself, over-giving, and over-functioning (in all sorts of sneaky ways) and learn what it means to actually be on your own side. Always. No matter what.
I’d love the free workshop
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The Details

Your relationship with yourself impacts every area of your life. And constantly judging, comparing, speaking to yourself unkindly… this is like walking around with a 200 pound backpack on your shoulders, all day, every day. It’s time to let this go!

In this class, you’ll learn why fixing, trying harder, and self-criticism never create the change you long for. And how befriending yourself helps you feel calmer, more at ease, and more capable of taking consistent action toward what you actually care about.

You’ll also walk away knowing that a kinder, gentler way of being in your body and life IS possible. One in which you feel supported by yourself, not fighting against yourself.

Cost: $49 This workshop is free!

Self-Paced: Enjoy the 60-minute replay when it works for you! Sign up below .

How would it feel to give yourself permission to be kind to yourself, proud of yourself, and to be on your own side – always, no matter what?

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