Stop Weaponizing Your Competence & Start Feeling Safe As You Are

Send Mara a quick text love note here!What are the things we do to feel safe that ultimately don’t serve our true selves?Today, I'm sharing my 2023 intention: It is safe to be who & how I am. And I’m reflecting on how often I’ve weaponized my competence to make myself indispensable to others. As well as how doing that disavows my own worth and reinforces the idea that I can make myself “safe” by earning my way into relationships.Tune in to hear more about...Weaponized incompetence & the things we pretend we can’t doWeaponized competence & the many ways we wield our strengths to earn social capitalThe illusion of earning “safety” by being goodThe experience that forced me to receive without givingHow our competence robs us of levity & joyThe “shoulds” that came up in my book writing processReleasing our fear that we’re not good enough as we areLearning to feel safe enough, even amidst discomfortLinks:Preorder my book Needy & claim your delicious bonusesLove Needy? Pretty please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a rating & review.Really love Needy? Join the Needy Podcast Inner Circle! Courses, discounts, quarterly Q&As and more for a one-time or monthly donation of any amount. Exclusively for folks who love the Needy podcast. THANK YOU.My BEST tools, matched to exactly what you need. Take the [free] needs quiz: needsquiz.com