7 Reasons You Don't Follow Through On What You Want and Need (And 4 Skills That Will Make This Easier)

If you're like most of the women I work with, you are already fairly self-aware. You've already done quite a bit of internal growth work or inquiry. You may have done a lot of therapy, you've read books, you've gotten degrees. You know how to work hard. You know how to do hard things. You know how to show up for people.But you don't show up for yourself. You devalue your own wants and needs and you don't really know what to do about this problem.You have inner wisdom calling you forward, towards something positive for your life. But you don't know how to get across that bridge. How to take that first step, or how to pick yourself right back up when you fall down. And you struggle with staying focused on what you want and need when other people want your attention, or they are unhappy with you, or the world is noisy.You get pulled off track or distracted very easily.So this episode is about why it is so important that you stop deprioritizing your own wants and needs. Why you need to learn how to not just have good intentions, but how to follow through when life is noisy or messy.I share 7 common reasons why you get so easily distracted from your own wants and needs. My guess is that you'll recognize yourself in more than one. And I mention 4 skills that you need to build in order to show up consistently to your own priorities, goals, or dreams.ResourcesEpisode 11, How and Why to Shore up Leaky Boundaries: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/shore-up-leaky-boundaries/Learn how we can work together: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/work-with-me/