Self-Respect Over Validation
Standing up for yourself is often misunderstood.
Imagine living every year over and over? Setting the same goals at the start of every year? Always starting your year feeling like a failure?

Imagine living every year over and over? Setting the same goals at the start of every year? Always starting your year feeling like a failure?
When we set goals out of envy and guilt, and we do not identify with those goals, we are setting ourselves up for failure. The biggest reason for this is because most people have no clear idea of what they want.
Stop listening to the advice that says: if you don't know what you want, at least know what you do not want. This will set you on a path directly heading towards what you want to avoid.
When we set sustainable and measurable goals, we are inspired to set even more goals and feel motivated to achieve them.
When we know what we want and we clear our mental path of limitations, we are empowering ourselves to be the success that we are.
Make this year count and let it become your benchmark. It is never too late to lay the cornerstone of your castle.
Sue Leppan is a life, transformation and holistic wellness coach based in Sandbaai, Hermanus. Providing therapy for a range of challenges, Sue specialises in targeting and dealing with emotional trauma, self-doubt, depression, stagnation and self-centring. Whether you need help with personal issues ...
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