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The Encourage Over Everything Show
by Letitia Hopkins
In the midst of doing all the things, you can do all things and chase your dreams. Stay encouraged as we go on this journey called life tackling everything that comes our way while we shine our light despite any circumstance we may face. No more downplaying or dimming your light. Through the good bad and everything in between together we can Encourage Over Everything.
Episodes
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You Want It But Keep Talking Yourself Out Of It | EP 347
You’ll research the tickets, rearrange the schedule, and find a way for somebody you love. But something you want gets “No time. No money. Never mind”—before you even check what’s possible. Welp, that was a short meeting. 😂 If you keep talking yourself out of things you want, we're getting...
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Missing You And How to Feel Like Yourself Again | EP 346
An old song comes on, and there she is—the woman who danced, laughed with her whole body, and had something she was excited to do. You miss her. But do you really want the club days back—or just the freedom you felt? Friend, we can keep the dancing and retire the next-morning investigation. 😂😂…
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You’ve Earned It. Still Proving It Is the Problem. | EP 345
You’ve built a life you once prayed for—so why does it still feel like an audition? Friend, you can’t even enjoy the vacation without explaining how hard you worked to earn it. Every accomplishment comes with another assignment, and you’re preparing a defense for criticism nobody has even made....
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When You Need Somewhere To Put This | EP 344
Some things get heavy because you’ve been carrying them without telling anyone what’s really going on. You can handle business, laugh in the group chat and say “I’m good”—then feel the full weight of it all when the house gets quiet. Let’s make room for the version of you who hasn’t found the...
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Resting & Still Wrecked—Here’s Your Reset | EP 343
You can get eight hours of sleep, sit down, take the break—and still feel completely wrecked when your mind never actually clocks out. We’re getting into the mental load behind that exhaustion: the open tabs, overthinking, unfinished decisions, old conversations and tomorrow’s problems trying to...
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I Don’t Want to Have to Ask You to Care | EP 342
There’s a special kind of exhaustion in knowing everybody you love by heart while feeling like they need step-by-step instructions to know you. We’re talking about why “Just tell me what you need” can feel like one more thing to manage—and why receiving the care you’ve wanted can feel just as...
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Turn Around a Day That’s Getting the Best of You | EP 341
Ever have a day when every inconvenience starts feeling personal—and even the door handle is testing you? 😂 After back-to-back hard moments and hours of tech problems, I was at a solid 9. The frustration was real, but I knew letting it spill onto everyone around me wouldn’t make anything better....
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What Reading The Room Is Costing You | EP 340
You know everybody’s favorite meal, backup meal, shoe size, allergies, schedule—and exactly who will need a poster board at 9:47 p.m. But when somebody asks what you want? Cue the Jeopardy music. We’re talking about what reading the room can cost you when everybody else’s feelings, preferences…
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When Did Everything I Want Become Optional | EP 339
You handle the responsibilities. Keep the commitments. Consider everybody else's needs. But when it comes to something you want? Suddenly, everything is negotiable. We're talking about how easy it is to become optional in your own life—not because you stopped caring about yourself, but because...
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There Will Always a Reason to Put Yourself Off | EP 338
There will always be a perfectly reasonable reason to wait—more money, more time, less responsibility, the right relationship, or simply a season when life isn't quite so LIFE-Y. But when does waiting become a pattern of always putting yourself last? So, I'm taking you back to the solo trip that...
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You Can Love Them Without Carrying Them | EP 337
You can love somebody deeply without taking responsibility for their choices, emotions, healing, consequences, or growth. But when you’re the dependable one—the fixer, helper, problem-solver, and person everybody calls—it can be hard to know where supporting someone ends and carrying them begins....
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All I Know Is — This Ain’t It | EP 336
You know something doesn’t feel right anymore…but you have absolutely no idea what you’re supposed to do about it. And suddenly your mind wants answers to EVERYTHING. Okay, but then what is right? What are you going to do? What happens next? What if you regret it? Ma’am. 😂 In this episode, we’re...
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It’s Okay To Want Something Else | EP 335
What if nothing is terribly wrong with your life…and you still want something else? The job is fine. The relationship may be good. You’ve built things you once prayed for, worked for, and genuinely wanted. And yet something inside you keeps whispering: “Is there another menu?” 😂 Friend, wanting...
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You Already Know What You’re Going Back To | EP 334
Before you spin the block, friend…be honest about what you’re actually going back to. 😂 Because enough time can turn your memory into a highly skilled video editor—cutting out the arguments, loneliness, broken promises, and all the moments you knew something wasn’t right while playing a…
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Some People Won’t Like the Life You Choose | EP 333
What happens when you finally choose what feels right for you…and someone you love doesn’t like it? Maybe they’re disappointed. They question your decision. The relationship changes. And suddenly, the guilt, people-pleasing, and self-doubt kick in: Maybe they’re right. Maybe I’m being selfish....
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You’re Tired of Pretending It Doesn’t Bother You | EP 332
You keep saying it doesn’t bother you—but you’ve replayed the conversation, swallowed your feelings, and found another reason to excuse what happened. Sometimes keeping the peace only keeps everyone else comfortable while you quietly carry the hurt. We talk about what pretending does to your...
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You Already Know. You’re Just Afraid To Trust It | EP 331
Sometimes you’re not confused. You’re afraid of what knowing will require you to do. Because as long as you “don’t know,” you don’t have to make the decision, set the boundary, leave the relationship, change careers, admit you want more—or face what comes next. But friend, sometimes clarity shows...
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You Have No Idea What’s Still Coming | EP 330
What if where you are right now isn’t proof that your dream isn’t happening? When the career hasn’t moved, love is taking the scenic route, the plan falls apart, or you’ve been waiting longer than you ever expected, it’s easy to turn “it hasn’t happened yet” into “it’s never going to happen.”...
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Being Capable Doesn’t Mean It’s Yours To Carry | EP 329
Friend, I know you can handle it. That’s not the question. The question is: why are you? When you’ve spent years being the strong one, the dependable one, the responsible one, and the woman everybody calls when something goes wrong, it’s easy to confuse “I can handle this” with “this belongs to...
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Nobody Is Coming To Give You Permission | EP 328
What are you waiting for permission to do? Change your mind? Want something different? Choose yourself? Make the move before everybody understands it? Sometimes we think we’re gathering more information, getting another perspective, or seeking wise counsel when deep down, we already know—we’re…
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Stop Negotiating With Yourself | EP 327
Have you ever noticed that the promises you make to everybody else become appointments, but the promises you make to yourself somehow become suggestions? You’ll show up for the meeting. Get the kids where they need to go. Answer the emergency call. Handle the deadline. But when it comes to you?…
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Stop Outsourcing Your Life: The Self-Leadership Every Woman Needs | EP 326
You've Been Outsourcing Your Own Leadership If you've ever asked "What do you think I should do?" way more than you've asked yourself — texted your best friend, then your sister, then your coworker, then somehow ended up on TikTok taking advice from a complete stranger — friend, this episode is…
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The Anger You Swallow Comes Back For You | EP 325
You know that Yosemite Sam moment — face red, stomping around, hooting and hollering, wearing yourself completely out and never actually getting what you were aiming for? That's unprocessed anger. And if you've ever been tagged the angry one who goes zero to 100, or you're over here as the calm,...
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Overthinking But You’re the X Factor | EP 324
Overthinking But You’re the X Factor | Stop Overthinking and Trust Yourself Do you struggle with overthinking every decision, big or small? In this episode, we’re breaking down why overthinking isn’t really about finding the right answer — it’s about control. If you find yourself spiraling before...
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Forgiveness Is Freedom. Give It To Yourself | EP 323
You've been waiting for an apology that's never coming — and it was never going to come from anywhere but you. In this episode, Letitia gets real about the version of forgiveness nobody talks about enough: forgiving yourself. She shares the story of the hardest forgiveness she ever had to give...
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Before You Became Hard on Yourself | EP322
You know that moment right after you mess up, and before anyone else even opens their mouth, you're already dragging yourself harder than anyone else ever would? That voice isn't a personality trait, Friend. It's a trained reflex, and today we're finding out exactly who trained her. WE’RE…
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I Stopped Asking What's Wrong With Me | EP321
For years, every time another relationship ended, I asked the same question: what is wrong with me? Why does everyone else get the ring while I get another "it's not you, it's me" text? I figured the answer was out there somewhere, in the right man, the right timing, the right effort. Then I lost...
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Success and Secretly Falling Apart Becomes a Work of Art | EP 320
Have you ever had someone tell you "you are the strongest person I know," and smiled, said thank you, and let them walk away without ever telling them the truth? Friend, this episode is for the woman who looks completely fine on the outside while she's unraveling on the inside. I'm telling you...
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You've Outgrown the Version of You That Built This | EP 319
Have you ever sat in a room you worked so hard to get into and thought, something is wrong with me? Friend, that feeling almost never means what you think it means. I'm taking you back to my corporate leadership days, and the extra years I stayed in a role I had already outgrown because I...
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You Are Not What Happened to You — Here's What to Do With It | EP 318
According to history, my life wasn't supposed to amount to much. Divorced. Single mom raising two babies on my own. And then I lost my two anchors in this world. Any one of those things could have taken me completely out of the game — but what happened to me was never meant to be my whole story....
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You Are Not Who You Used To Be | EP 317
Friend, have you ever looked up in the middle of your life and felt like a stranger was living it? Like the woman you used to be is somewhere you cannot quite reach, and you have been quietly searching for her ever since — retracing your steps, looking in all the usual places, wondering if you…
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From Bracing for the Worst to Expecting the Best | EP 316
I went from being a single mom who handled every single thing alone for years — to being a married woman with a man who genuinely wanted to show up for me. And I almost could not let him. Not because he was not everything. Because I had been bracing for the worst for so long I forgot that good...
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She Stopped Performing Perfect and He Actually Stayed | EP 315
If you have ever performed the easygoing, low-maintenance, go-with-the-flow version of yourself for someone who was not even close to being your person — this episode is going to hit home. Identity Shift Coach Letitia Hopkins gets radically honest about a decade of dating, the situationships, the...
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You Tolerated So Much You Forgot What You Deserve | EP 314
Have you been making excuses for people and situations that had absolutely no business getting that level of grace from you? Friend, what you keep accepting is a direct reflection of what you believe you deserve. And that is an identity conversation we are having today — with love, laughter, and...
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You Are Allowed to Want More Than This | EP 313
You prayed for this life. You planned for it, sacrificed for it, stayed up late for it. And then you got it. And now there is a quiet ache underneath everything that keeps whispering — but is this it? Is there more? And instead of honoring that feeling, you have been making yourself feel guilty…
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Stop Being Flexible, You're Giving Yourself Away | EP 312
You love a good deal. We all do. But somewhere along the way you started negotiating the one thing that was never supposed to be on the table — your worth. It often does not feel like shrinking. It feels reasonable, easy to work with, not too much and that is exactly what makes it so dangerous…
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The Avoided Step Is Where It Pays Off | EP 311
You love a good plan. You want every step mapped out, color coded, and fully negotiated before you move. And that's exactly why God never gives you the full plan — because He already knows what you're going to do with it. The negotiations would begin immediately and He is not here for it. But...
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Preparation Is Positioning You To Win | EP 310
Are you in the messy middle and wondering if the dream is even worth it? That in-between season — where you're doing the work but the results aren't showing up the way you expected — has a name. It's not the stuck or forgotten season. It's the preparation season and it's positioning you for...
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Why Your Alignment Often Feels Like Loss | EP 309
The price of alignment is the person you used to be. If you've been feeling lost, quiet, or like something inside you has shifted but you can't quite name it — friend, you are not burned out. You are experiencing an identity shift, and the grief that comes with it is the part of personal growth...
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The Real Reason You Feel Behind | EP 308
Friend... do you ever feel like life forgot to send you the memo? Like everyone else is getting engaged, buying homes, building businesses, figuring out their purpose, or checking off life milestones while you're sitting there wondering, "Wait... am I behind?" In this episode, we're having a real...
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Why Wanting Got Expensive | EP 307
You did not lose your desire to want more by accident, friend. You shut her down — and maybe not even consciously. At some point, wanting started costing more than it returned. And every smart woman I know eventually made the same calculation: stop wanting equals safety. Less disappointment, less...
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How to Partner With Your Feelings Without Drowning | EP 306
What if you are not at the mercy of your feelings? What if the sadness, the empty, the heavy, all of it, you actually get to decide how long you feel her, how deep you feel her, and when you turn the page on her? I'm taking you back to one of the hardest seasons of my life. And the morning that...
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Almost There. So What’s in the Way. | EP 305
Friend — if you can see exactly where you want to go, you have done the work, built the foundation, and you are still standing at the edge wondering why you cannot make your next move — this episode is for you. Today we are talking about the Almost There Woman. The one who is closer than she…
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When Achieving Everything Still Feels Like Nothing | EP 304
Friend — have you ever stood in the middle of your own life — the career, the home, the friendships, the milestones — and thought, why does none of this feel like mine? Today we are naming the thing most women carry in silence because they are too afraid to say it out loud. Because saying it…
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You Didn't Disappear. You Got Quiet. | EP 303
Friend — there is a version of you that existed before the career took over, before the relationship defined you, before the responsibilities stacked so high the real you got quieter and quieter. Today we are going to talk about her. Not with grief — with intention. Because she didn't disappear....
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Why a Full Life Can Feel Empty | EP 302
Friend — have you ever stood in the middle of your own life — the career, the home, the friendships, the milestones — and thought, why does none of this feel like mine? Today we are naming the thing most women carry in silence because they are too afraid to say it out loud. Because saying it…
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How To Stop People Pleasing And Choose Yourself Instead | EP 301
Friend — people pleasing was never about being nice. It was about being afraid. In this episode I'm getting personal about my own people pleasing era — the decade of dating where I made myself small, easy and agreeable because I was terrified of rejection. And what I learned that finally changed...
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Encourage Over Everything — Including Yourself | EP 300
300 episodes. This one is different. This one is personal. This one is the reason everything else exists. In EP 300 I'm sharing the story I've never quite told like this before — why Encourage Over Everything™ exists, what encouragement actually saved me from, and why learning to clap for…
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The HOW Is Not Your Job — Here’s What Is | EP 299
I was staring at my vision board for what felt like the gazillionth time. Everything I wanted was right there staring back at me. And there was still this quiet ache of doubt sitting underneath all of it. Because I was gripping the HOW so tightly — I didn't realize it was the very thing keeping…
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You Haven’t Missed It — There’s Another Way | EP 298
I say this with so much love — stop saying you're trying. That trying energy is repelling the very thing you want. Your dreams can't land in clenched fists. They land in open hands. In this episode I'm coming in straight up no chaser — showing you exactly why all that trying has been working...
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In the midst of doing all the things, you can do all things and chase your dreams. Stay encouraged as we go on this journey called life tackling everything that comes our way while we shine our light despite any circumstance we may face. No more downplaying or dimming your light. Through the good bad and everything in between together we can Encourage Over Everything.
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