Re-released: Why You Don't Trust Yourself

Episode 84 – Re-released: Why You Don't Trust Yourself I Am Self-ish Podcast Some conversations deserve another listen, especially when the pattern they explore keeps showing up. In this re-release of Episode 64, Will Wright returns to a conversation about gaslighting and the quiet way it can erode self-trust over time. Gaslighting is not always loud or obvious. Sometimes it looks like being told you are too sensitive. Sometimes your concern gets redirected into a conversation about your tone, your delivery, or your reaction. Over time, the original issue gets lost and your perception becomes the thing under question. Will explores how these patterns can begin early in life and continue into relationships, workplaces, faith communities, and family dynamics. The deepest damage is not always the argument itself. It is what happens afterward. You begin hesitating on decisions you already know how to make. You overexplain. You look outside yourself for confirmation. You start questioning what you felt, what you saw, and whether your experience was valid in the first place. That is where self-trust begins to disappear. The turning point is not necessarily confronting the person who hurt you. It is learning to pause when you feel something, name what happened, and stop abandoning your own experience simply because someone else disagrees with it. “Healing doesn't come from confronting the person who hurt you. It comes from choosing to stop outsourcing your reality.” This episode is being re-released because rebuilding self-trust remains at the center of so many conversations about boundaries, relationships, leadership, and personal growth. Recognition is not the end of the story. It can be the beginning of a different one. Produced and Edited by Will Wright William Wright Certified Master Practitioner Career & Leadership Coach 📧 [email protected] 📞 646-645-1509 🌐 www.iamself-ish.com Be bold. Be SELF-ISH. Less stress. More choice.