Episode overview In this episode, we unpack why so many of us learn to play it small — not because we lack confidence or ambition, but because at some point it felt safer to do so. Following the huge response to our Don’t Hide Your Shine sanity check, we explore how hiding your shine shows up in everyday life, where it comes from, and why it’s so closely tied to self-worth. We talk about school, family systems, culture, gendered expectations, and nervous-system protection — and how, over tim...
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Episode overview In this episode, we unpack why so many of us learn to play it small — not because we lack confidence or ambition, but because at some point it felt safer to do so. Following the huge response to our Don’t Hide Your Shine sanity check, we explore how hiding your shine shows up in everyday life, where it comes from, and why it’s so closely tied to self-worth. We talk about school, family systems, culture, gendered expectations, and nervous-system protection — and how, over tim...
Mistakes, Shame & Self-Worth: Why Admitting “I Was Wrong” Is Powerful
You Keep Me Sane
26 minutes
3 months ago
Mistakes, Shame & Self-Worth: Why Admitting “I Was Wrong” Is Powerful
Episode overviewWe dig into our complicated relationship with mistakes - why being wrong can feel threatening, how that ties to self-worth, and what changes when we choose honesty over image. From tween apologies to boardroom dread, to the ways we over-apologise without really owning it, we explore how admitting fault builds trust, lightens the emotional load, and strengthens relationships (including with ourselves). Key discussion pointsWhy it’s hard to be wrong: perfection messages at schoo...
You Keep Me Sane
Episode overview In this episode, we unpack why so many of us learn to play it small — not because we lack confidence or ambition, but because at some point it felt safer to do so. Following the huge response to our Don’t Hide Your Shine sanity check, we explore how hiding your shine shows up in everyday life, where it comes from, and why it’s so closely tied to self-worth. We talk about school, family systems, culture, gendered expectations, and nervous-system protection — and how, over tim...
