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This week, while I am away, I’m sharing a replay from the Recover Your Soul Bonus Podcast. Together, we explore one of the tender teachings from Al-Anon through the lens of Recover Your Soul, the quiet courage it takes to stop pretending you’re fine and to gently return to yourself.

Many of us learned to people-please as a way to stay safe. We tried to hold the family together, soften the edges for everyone else, and become whatever version of ourselves we thought was needed in the moment. And over time, that way of living can pull us farther and farther away from our own truth, our own voice, and even our own feelings.

In this episode, we reflect on a beautiful reading from In All Our Affairs about “the obligation to be myself.” We look at what it means to slowly release the façade, to feel what you feel without managing the emotions of everyone around you, and to begin discovering who you truly are and not who you learned to be.

Through my perspective in Recover Your Soul, we look at
• why authenticity is part of spiritual awakening
• how people-pleasing keeps us disconnected from our true selves
• why detachment creates space for everyone’s growth
• the difference between being “nice” and being whole
• how to honor your feelings without la

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