Pep Talk: Being Strong Is NOT Hiding Your Weaknesses

The Root and Rise Podcast | Personal Growth, Breaking Cycles, & Healing Trauma

A quick pick-me-up pep talk for those bad days when you're not feeling strong - we are reframing our challenges and difficult emotions in a positive and empowering light because you truly are stronger than you know.
Whether you are feeling triggered, discouraged, or being hard on yourself for how you are feeling or acting during a challenging time, I got you. <3

We will discuss:

• The strength in vulnerability
• Advice and guidance for bad days
• Pretending we are fine
• Putting on masks to hide our emotions from others
• The impact of social media on mental health
• Pretending life is great on social media
• Putting on an act for others
• Striving for perfection
• Beating perfectionism
• Perfection doesn't exist
• Chasing after perfection
• Learning how to be vulnerable
• Radical acceptance
• What strength looks like
• Living authentically
• Living wholeheartedly
• Vulnerability is hard because it requires strength
• Learning how to ask for help
• Being comfortable with accepting help
• Building a support system
• The benefit of crying
• Crying is not weak
• You can't do it all
• You shouldn't have to do it all
• We all deserve help

Episodes mentioned:

• Overcoming Perfectionism

You can find today's show notes on Root and Rise Blog.

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