The Jamie Kern Lima Show - “You're Not Crazy, You're Just First!” 1 Tool To Change Your Life Today and Help You Love Who You Are + Chapter 3 of WORTHY!
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Hi, it's Jamie Kern Lima. And today in this episode of the Jamie Kern Lima show,
I am so excited to share with you a tool you can apply to your life right now that I have found to be truly life-changing.
If you struggle with believing that you're enough, if you tell yourself lies like if you're the real
you, people won't like you as much. If you struggle with dimming your light or maybe you hide parts of
your authentic self and instead show up as your representative each day because
you think that's the role you need to play to get approval at home, at work, in your
friendships, your relationships, or in your family.
If you struggle with people pleasing, today's episode is for you.
I am so excited to share with you an exclusive chapter from my book, Worthy, just for you. I am so excited to share with you an exclusive chapter from my book,
Worthy, just for you. It's called, You're Not Crazy, You're Just First. And I'm so excited to
share the lessons in this chapter because when I started applying them to my life, I felt lighter,
worried less, I embraced authenticity more, and this one lesson has truly helped
me to step into alignment with my assignment.
So get cozy and lean in because I just feel in my heart that these words might be exactly
for you today.
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Chapter three of Worthy is called You're Not Crazy, You're Just First.
The world will ask you who you are and if you don't know, the world will tell you. Carl Jung.
Mom and dad, I have this product idea. It's a pet rock. I think I can sell these and make millions.
For those of you who are too young to remember, the pet rock came out in 1975 and was enormously
popular. The creator, Gary Dahl, became a millionaire. But can you imagine the conversations
he must have had when he came up with the idea. Can you imagine the doubt and
laughter that came his way? Or what about the moment witnesses gathered on the beach to watch
the Wright brothers make yet another attempt to fly a machine into the air after hundreds of
previous failures? Can you imagine the names they were called or how misunderstood their genius
likely was? Or the person who invented the shake weight, you know, that product commercial where
the guy holds that dumbbell-like weight in front of his abdomen and shakes it back and forth rapidly
to get a workout? Note, you should have seen my grandma's face the first time she
saw that commercial because, well, it can look like a lot of other things other than shaking
a weight. Who knew that invention would be such a huge climactic success? These innovative people
were probably all called words like crazy at some point along the way, but they
were just first.
And so are you.
Confession.
I have been called crazy most of my life.
Most often by people who loved me and used it as a term of endearment because they didn't
know what else to say.
I was the one who thought differently.
The one who always had the big wild ideas to challenge or fix the world's problems.
The one who dreamed of going to faraway places and was willing to work enough jobs to make it
happen. The one who never felt like I fit in, even when I tried desperately to. The one who believed that where I come from
doesn't have to determine where I'm going and challenged my family with questions like,
what's stopping people like us from having success like that? The one who got teased for being the
only person at my party not drinking alcohol on my 21st birthday because I was scared to
death of repeating the generational cycle of addiction.
After years of being called words like crazy, I couldn't help but to start wondering if
I was.
I began trying desperately to feel like I belonged and did whatever I could to feel
less alone and more enough.
I mastered dimming my own light to make people around me feel comfortable.
But I was left feeling empty and even more alone.
Then in my 20s, I swung the pendulum in an entire different direction
and spent a few decades overachieving,
confusing the world's approval and celebration with love.
But neither overperforming nor dimming filled the void of not-enoughness I felt inside.
When they called me words like crazy, I told myself it just meant I was misunderstood.
But I secretly wondered if they were right. In my 20s, following all the
rules the world told me to, I planned to get married before I was ready. Then I started having
panic attacks. I fell into depression. My adoption coupled with divorces in my family means I
actually have five families and no one in any of those families had ever gone to therapy
that I was aware of or had even spoken about mental health.
In the environment where I was raised, the solution was to avoid talking about hard things,
to bury them deep down inside until they went away, or just to ignore that they existed
altogether.
I was the first one in my family's and peer group to seek therapy.
Between the health insurance that my job gave me and my savings, I figured out how I could
afford to go, and I was in so much anguish that I couldn't afford not to.
The first appointment I had with my therapist changed the course of my life forever.
After explaining to her all the ways I felt different and like I didn't belong, I also
let her know I had big, bold dreams and wild ideas, and I felt like I had more potential
than the person I was allowing myself to be.
I told her that I felt like I was made to do different things from what I needed to do to belong
and that I was dimming my own light on my ambitions and even my personality
because I felt like something was wrong with me.
And now I was supposed to be marrying someone I loved, but I was scared.
How could I know if marriage was right for me when I'd seen it be wrong for so many
people in my family?
After my therapist diagnosed my panic attacks and depression, I point blank asked her, my
whole life I've been called crazy or different or too ambitious or strange or out there.
Am I crazy?
She replied, no, you're not crazy, but I'm really glad you're here.
And she proceeded to explain how when we're the first ones in our peer groups, family,
or community to challenge the status quo, it can feel very isolating.
When we're the first or only one to feel differently, we can feel othered.
When we don't morph who we truly are to fit in and we show up authentically, it can be worrisome to others who live in a comfort zone where fitting in is the path to acceptance. When we're the first to break the mold of our conditioned belief system,
it can come with loneliness, stress, and trauma.
She then explained how when we live out of alignment with who we truly are in order to fit in,
we actually live divided.
And that division also comes at great expense to our mental and physical health.
It all made so much sense.
And then it hit me.
Like a light bulb so instantly hot it burst.
I'm not crazy.
I'm just first.
I felt this aha moment in my soul, a truth that had just set me
free, like the weight of self-judgment had been just lifted off my shoulders for the first time
in my life. I'm not wrong. I'm just first. I'm not bad. I'm just first. I'm not broken. I'm just first. I'm not a mistake.
I'm just first. I'm not off course. I'm just first. I'm the first me and you are the first you. And if we bravely live as our authentic essence, we are first.
If you live your life authentically, you're automatically first because there is only
one of you in the entire universe.
So if you're wondering if you actually are first, you are.
Or at least you are every day in which you're true to your one-of-a-kind self.
Because there's only one of you in the entire universe, just one person in existence with
your thoughts, with your life experience, with your DNA, with your fingerprints, with
your unique heartbeat. Yep, we fingerprints, with your unique heartbeat.
Yep, we actually each have a unique heartbeat.
And even with your individual tongue print.
Yep, we each have unique tongue prints too.
Then every thought, decision, and action you choose for the rest of your life
is coming from someone who is first.
When you dare to live fully authentically as the first you, it can easily be confused
with feeling odd or misunderstood or awkward or lonely.
And definitely not enough.
And when we feel these things, the biggest temptation is to hide and change who we truly
are so that we feel like we fit in.
In fact, this is most people's strategy their entire lives because they don't realize
they're just first.
So they think they're inadequate and need to change who they are or show up as another version
of themselves to be loved.
But being first isn't what's wrong with you.
It's what's right with you.
What are the parts of you and your personality that aren't crazy?
They're just first because they're uniquely you. It takes courage to be the real you.
And it's also the only path you'll ever find to true freedom.
It takes risk to be the real you.
And it's also the only possibility of experiencing true purpose.
It takes vulnerability to be the real you.
And it's also the only place you'll experience
true love.
Showing up in this world as all of who you are tastes like freedom.
The people who dare to be first, who courageously embrace their innate firstness, are the ones
who can change the course of their families forever.
They're the ones who decide to stop people pleasing and actually say how they feel.
They're the ones who learn to stop doubting their own uniqueness and decide to embrace who they truly are.
They're the ones who might set different examples for their kids than their families
set for them.
The ones who might challenge injustices and liberate truth. They're the ones who might say,
I want more for myself, my family, and my world, and then dare to believe it's possible.
They're the ones who break addictions and generational cycles.
The ones who say, this doesn't make sense in my soul.
I'm challenging that belief system.
They're the ones who help heal others by first healing themselves.
They're the ones who courageously share their ideas and offerings,
no matter the criticism that might come.
They're the ones who change things in their families for generations to come.
They're the ones who change industries.
They're the ones who change the world.
When I realized this truth, it helped me change the meaning I attached to how I feel about who I was. It helped me reestablish my
own identity from one that was disempowered to one that was emboldened, from one that felt
ashamed of who I was to one that felt liberated for all that I am. Be authentic even if it means standing alone.
Maybe you're the first in your family or peer group to dream big, to vote or love differently,
to dare to take a risk or to break a generational cycle.
Maybe you're the first to want a life or belief system that's different from the one
you were raised around.
When you're the first, it can also be so tempting to feel like something's wrong with you or like
you were made defective. It becomes tempting and for so many people a habit to show up in rooms,
in your job, and even in relationships, dimming your light and hiding in plain sight.
To live your life as only part of who you are, but not as all of who you are.
To live your life as only part of who you are, but not as all of who you are.
We crave belonging and fear being alone, but we often don't realize that
standing all alone authentically is less lonely than standing with others who have no idea
who we truly are. How many times have you felt like you were desperately overworking to try and
feel enough? Showing up as the person you thought others wanted you to be to get their stamp of approval.
Showing up as your representative.
Thinking that this representative is who you need to become to be successful.
This is living in a divided state.
Divided from your true self.
And that can take a toll not only on your joy, but also your
physical and emotional health, as well as your connection with others and your personal and
professional relationships. In one study, 40% of people reported that they censor what they say
because they worry that voicing their opinions would create distance between
them and the people they care about. But voicing opinions when they're authentic creates connection.
Psychologist Serena Chen, who's the chair of the psychology department at UC Berkeley,
defines authenticity as when people feel like they can be their true self. The authentic person is comfortable in their own skin.
They're vulnerable.
They're not afraid to look silly or to admit mistakes.
Chen adds that authenticity is correlated with well-being and satisfaction with life.
Plus, when we're authentic, we don't alienate people.
On the contrary, it's good for bonding and generating closeness.
We need to stop hiding who we are from others and from ourselves.
If you're like me and you've spent most of your life only showing up as part of who
you are or showing up the way that you know others want you to in a situation, then
like me, you'll have a lot of unlearning to do.
There are so many lies that make hiding attractive and so many truths that make hiding feel justified.
And unfortunately, there are so many ways hiding hurts us in our lives.
There's so much more coming up in this episode.
You are not going to want to miss it. But first, I wanted to share this with you. In life, you don't
soar to the level of your hopes and dreams. You stay stuck at the level of your self-worth.
When you build your self-worth, you change your entire life. And that's exactly why I wrote my new book,
Worthy, how to believe you are enough and transform your life for you. If you have some
self-doubt to destroy and a destiny to fulfill, Worthy is for you. In Worthy, you'll learn proven
tools and simple steps that bring life-changing results, like how to get
unstuck from the things holding you back, build unshakable self-love, unlearn the lies that lead
to self-doubt, and embrace the truths that wake up worthiness, overcome limiting beliefs and
imposter syndrome, achieve your hopes and dreams by believing you are worthy of them, and so much more.
Are you ready to unleash your greatness and step into the person you were born to be?
Imagine a life with zero self-doubt and unshakable self-worth.
Get your copy of Worthy, plus some amazing thank you bonus gifts
for you at worthybook.com or the link in the show notes below. Imagine what you'd do if you fully
believed in you. It's time to find out with Worthy. Who you spend time around is so important as energy is contagious and so
is self-belief. And I'd love to hang out with you even more, especially if you could use an extra
dose of inspiration, which is exactly why I've created my free weekly newsletter that's also
a love letter to you delivered straight to your inbox each and every
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And now more of this conversation together. While we often learn that the things that make us different from everyone else are the
things we should fix or hide, the lesson I've learned firsthand so many times is that those
things that make you authentic and different are actually the things you should embrace
and expand the most.
I know this feels counter to what most of us have learned.
When we courageously take steps toward unlearning the lies and gaining awareness of the truths
and assessing the impact of living our lives in ways that are inauthentic, disconnected,
numb, people-pleasing, and out of alignment
with who we truly are, we begin our journey of going from unseen to seen, from invisible
to visible, from disconnected to connected, from doubting ourselves to trusting ourselves,
from craving love to realizing we already
are love.
My good friend Ed Milet, entrepreneur and bestselling author, shares an incredible business
and sales analogy that applies to life even if you aren't in sales.
He says, people don't have to believe in what you're actually selling.
They just have to believe that you believe in what you're selling.
Worthiness works the same way.
Here's what I mean.
People don't have to understand you or believe in you to connect with you.
They just have to believe you understand and you believe in you.
And if you know deep down inside that you're showing up as someone different from who you
are, then you will emit an energy that reveals that you don't believe in yourself because
you're not being you.
And this means you'll not be able to feel a true connection with someone else
because you know and they feel that you're not you. In other words, you have to be you and know
you're being the real you to have true human connection. You have to feel worthy of being
who you truly are. Otherwise, no matter how fancy or perfect or conformed you
show up, you'll always feel disconnected. And so will they. There's also the other extreme that
you see all over social media where people reveal extremely shocking or vulnerable things in a way that doesn't feel believable.
It's still a form of hiding who you truly are, but behind the confusing persona of someone
who overshares and quote reveals it all.
Showing up fully and revealing who you truly are with the intention of connection and love
is very different from confusing attention with love and trying to
reveal things in hopes of calling for attention.
Showing up authentically in hopes of true connection is very different from ploys to
get attention in hopes it will lead to a feeling of validation or significance.
People also sense your intention behind things.
You cannot fake that either. Sometimes you can in the short run, but never in the long run.
In relationships, in business, and in life, while authenticity alone doesn't automatically guarantee success. Inauthenticity guarantees failure.
When you show up in life as the authentic you, remembering that you're first can be a great tool.
It can also be a great definition of rejection. When I was building my first company and countless beauty retailers told me no one would buy makeup from images of real women, here is one way I would reframe every rejection in my mind.
Instead of, this no means I'm never going to make it, I told myself, my idea isn't bad, I'm just first. When after years of hearing no and we'd never make it on QVC or never
get a shot, we finally got one big shot to go on air on QVC and those expensive consultants told me
to do what most every other successful beauty brand was doing. Instead of taking a chance on
my unique vision, I reminded myself that it only felt risky
to them because I was first.
I eventually did over 1,000 live shows myself on QVC, and in that eight-year journey, I
saw that very, very few of the thousands of brands and on-air presenters ever hit the
sales numbers needed to make it past one show,
let alone be invited back. When I look at what it was that the very few who made it had in common,
it wasn't that they had the best product or the most adored, well-known, or well-funded brand.
It wasn't how good a deal or discount they were offering.
The only thing that the very few who made it over the years had in common was that they were authentic when they were selling on camera and they were the same on air while selling
on live TV as they were off air, behind the scenes, even while no one was watching. This was consistent no matter what
personality style they had or even how likable they were. You cannot fake authenticity. And
authenticity is truly the only way to form deep, true connections in person or through a screen
with friends and in business. Because at IT Cosmetics, we stayed the course.
We were authentic.
We were a novel.
We were first at what we were doing.
It meant we were misunderstood among the beauty industry insiders for many years until we
weren't.
It meant we were outsiders until we were celebrated. It meant we were considered
strange for many years until we were copied over and over. It meant we endured countless rejections
until we were all of a sudden courted. It meant we were broke and barely getting by until we were outselling everyone else.
It meant we were underestimated until we became unstoppable.
It meant we heard over and over, your idea is never going to work until we heard you're
number one in the beauty industry.
There's an until waiting for you too.
I've never been afraid to march to the beat of my own drum
and I'm starting to really like the sound of it.
Trent Shelton.
Reframe your individuality.
What if the thing you thought was odd or quirky or unique or
wrong with you is actually one of the greatest things that's right with you?
When you reframe your uniqueness as a great thing, a strength, an adventure, an exclusive
qualification, courageousness, a novel gift.
You start to reframe your own perception of it and start to associate your own identity
with those more empowering words.
It's a powerful tool to boost not only your belief in yourself, but also what you hold
to be true about your own identity and worth.
When you change the meaning you attach to the part of your uniqueness you previously may have been tempted to hide, you change your life.
If you're comfortable with yourself and know yourself,
you're going to shine and radiate and other people are going to be drawn to you.
Dolly Parton.
If you're like me, you've been called words like strange or odd or crazy or fill in the
blank.
And if you haven't yet, you might experience being called them when you start showing up
fully as who you are.
Try replacing these words with words like first or trailblazer or visionary or brave or unique or one of a kind because they actually begin to impact who you believe you are.
See, one of the strongest forces in our human nature and in our belief system is the need to remain consistent with
our own identity or how we identify ourselves.
This means that if you're believing something to be true about who you are, your brain scans
and highlights proof around you that reinforces that belief.
So when you label your uniqueness with words that are disempowering, you then live
out those words and that identity. If you label your uniqueness or firstness with words like
crazy, weird, strange, unlovable, outcast, broken, flawed, then you will hide that part of you at all costs. Or worse, will identify with those
words and believe that's who you are. You'll form a negative limiting belief around your uniqueness.
But when you reframe your uniqueness as a great thing, a strength, an adventure, an exclusive qualification, a celebration of your courage, a novel gift.
You reframe your own perception of it and start to associate your identity with those
more empowering words.
If you're lucky enough to be different, never change.
Taylor Swift. When we live our life hiding from our firstness and
uniqueness, believing it's a negative thing, dimming our light, underestimating our own abilities,
playing it small, confusing approval for love, or people pleasing our way off our path, we actually risk talking ourselves out of our own truth
and never becoming the person we're born to be.
I have two questions for you that only you can answer.
Who would you be if you lived your life embracing your firstness and all of who you authentically
are?
How freeing would it be if you decided to live the answer?
Take off your armor, dare to be vulnerable, dare to unwrap yourself, and dare yourself
to be yourself.
Maria Shriver. You, right now, exactly as you are,
are first. You are the only person in the entire universe who has your fingerprints,
your toe prints, your irises in your eyes. Yep, there is no one else like you with these.
And those are just a few of the characteristics on the outside.
Your unique characteristics on the inside and in your thoughts and emotions are infinite.
When you are authentic to who you truly are, you are first. And while it's tempting to hide, play it safe, be small,
dim your light, or show up like everyone else in hopes they'll love you, you can't experience
deeply connected true love unless you're truly you. Hiding your uniqueness might feel safe, but you won't ever be able to impact and serve the
world the way you're created to. There is only one of you and there will only ever be one best you. Be the most fully alive you.
The quirkiest you.
The most outspoken you.
The silliest you.
The bravest you.
The boldest you.
The fully loving you.
The most spectacular you there has ever been. Be the one, truly, only, be the one, true, only, ever you who is first.
I wrote a poem called You're Not Crazy, You're Just First from my soul to yours that I would
love to share with you.
You're not crazy.
You're just first.
Who do you think you are?
They say things like that aren't for people like us.
Why are you going around changing, planning to leave us in the dust?
Are you forgetting where you come from?
Are we not good enough anymore?
And just like that, the temptation to play life small feels more comfortable than before.
If you're doubting you're enough, your thoughts, their words have got you down.
It's time for your soul to tell your mind there's a new boss in town. See, there's no one else quite like you
in the entire universe. And what your soul knows is you're not crazy. You're just first.
The first to have your hopes and dreams. The first you there's ever been. So don't be surprised if they don't get you or try to shame you to fit in.
They call you odd, strange, different for having dreams bigger than they can see
because those dreams weren't given to them.
They see them through fear and anxiety.
And even the well-intentioned people who love you to the bone can see you pursuing your dreams as a reminder of them not fulfilling their own.
If people like people who are like them, hiding your true self's a comfort zone, calling unexpressed inside of you leaves you feeling anguished and alone, even inside of your
own home. They call you words like crazy and say we stick together for better or for worse, but
what your knowing knows is you're not crazy. You're just first. The first to launch the business, to dust your dreams off of the shelf.
The first to believe you're worthy of betting on yourself. The first to beat addiction,
to live life sober and awake. The first to end that generational cycle that you know you're born to break. The first to start healing.
The first to forgive so you'll be free. The first to love others for who they are,
not for who you wish they'd be. The first to be a visionary, to dream up the screenplay
that you'll write. The first to recognize your gifts
and stop hiding in plain sight. The first man in your family to say, I deal with self-doubt too.
The first mom to say, no, I'm not okay and I don't know what to do. The first in generations to love your body and celebrate it joyfully to prove it,
to know that it's a miracle in motion and what a gift it is to move it.
The first to risk rejection, to speak your truth with vigor,
knowing the opposition might be big, but your creator is bigger.
The first to cheer yourself on and truly believe it, not just fake it,
knowing that most people won't cheer for you until after you make it.
In class, they used to pick you last. And now they're at a loss.
Because instead of calling you employee, they now call you boss.
The first to stand up for the outcast and say, stop teasing.
I just won't.
You might be tempted to underestimate me, but let me save you some time.
Don't.
The first to say, you broke my heart.
You gave up on me for something else. And it took me a while to know I'm worthy of believing in myself. And what I know is, yeah, you hurt me, but I'm not rejected. See, God just hid my value from you because you're not
assigned to my destiny. The first to recognize your circle looks a lot more like a cage. The
first to say, dad, will you love me for me? And grandma, I was born this way. The first to turn your pain into purpose using the parts that were most rough
to help guide others on their journey of feeling less alone and more enough.
The first to say, let's agree to disagree.
We all have the right to free speech too.
Stop trying to cancel and hate on others just because you're
hurting too. The first to believe in your dreams even when others might not get you. Then one day
love them anyways when they're bragging to people how they met you. The first to unlearn the lie
you're not enough unless you keep striving and achieving. It is a lie that leads to
nowhere. And one, it's time to stop believing. The truth is accomplishments are great, but to know
you're worthy, you don't need them. And when we know something is true, it feels like joy and tastes like freedom.
You are not your successes.
You're not how many times you fail or fall.
You are how big you love.
And love is free for all.
See, when we fear we're not enough and we fear even more, we won't be loved.
It is so tempting to shrink in size and trade in our purpose for their hugs.
But when you're feeling like you don't fit in or that you never quite belong,
your uniqueness is your superpower.
Your truth is never wrong. So when they criticize to hold you back because your dreams aren't what they're used to and they're afraid that you'll outgrow them,
leave them behind, or that they'll lose you, stop asking for their advice if they've never
been there themselves. Because when you people please for others,
you end up betraying yourself.
And when doubt tempts you to dim your light,
always remember this verse.
Your soul knows you were made for more
with so much purpose it can burst.
You're born with greatness inside you.
And whether it's a blessing or a curse, the world won't be better until your greatness is dispersed.
See, there's only one of you in the entire universe.
And your knowing knows deep down you're not crazy. You're just first.
If you loved chapter three of Worthy, I can't wait for you to get your hands on the entire book.
There's over 20 tools in it on how to build unshakable self-worth in your life right now.
And if you do pick up a copy of the book or audio book, make sure you go to worthybook.com
to get some amazing gifts as a thank you from me to you.
And I have one more thing to share with you, but before I do, if you got value out of this
episode, my only ask is that you please share it.
Share it with another person in your life who could benefit from it.
Post it and share it with others online or in your community who just might need the
words and tools and lessons in this episode today.
You never know whose life you're meant to change today by sharing this episode.
And thank you so much for joining me today.
And before I go, I want to share some words that couldn't be more true.
You right now, exactly as you are, are enough and fully worthy.
You're worthy of your greatest hopes, your wildest dreams, and all the unconditional love in the world.
It is an honor to welcome you to each and every episode of the Jamie Kern Lima Show.
Here, I hope you'll come as you are.
Heal where you need.
Blossom what you choose.
Journey toward your calling and stay as long as you'd like because you belong here.
You are worthy. You are loved. You are love. I love you. And I cannot wait to join you on the
next episode of the Jamie Kern Lima Show. In life, you don't soar to the level of your hopes and dreams. You stay stuck at the
level of your self-worth. When you build your self-worth, you change your entire life. And
that's exactly why I wrote my new book, Worthy, how to believe you are enough and transform your
life for you. If you have some self-doubt to destroy and a destiny to fulfill, Worthy is for you.
In Worthy, you'll learn proven tools and simple steps that bring life-changing results,
like how to get unstuck from the things holding you back, build unshakable self-love,
unlearn the lies that lead to self-doubt and embrace the truths that wake up
worthiness. Overcome limiting beliefs and imposter syndrome. Achieve your hopes and dreams by
believing you are worthy of them and so much more. Are you ready to unleash your greatness and step into the person you were born to be? Imagine a life with
zero self-doubt and unshakable self-worth. Get your copy of Worthy plus some amazing thank you
bonus gifts for you at worthybook.com or the link in the show notes below. Imagine what you'd do if you fully believed in you. It's time to find out
with Worthy. Do you struggle with negative self-talk? Living with a constant mental narrative
that you're not good enough is exhausting. I know because I spent most of my life in that habit. The words you say to yourself
about yourself are so powerful. And when you learn to take control over your self-talk,
it's life-changing. And I wanted to give you a free resource that I created for you if this
is something that could benefit your life. It's called Five Ways to Overcome Negative Self-Talk and Build Self-Love.
And it's a free how-to guide to overcome that negative self-talk,
to build confidence and develop unshakable self-love
so that you can dream big and keep going in the pursuit of your goals.
Don't let self-sabotaging thoughts hinder your progress any longer. It's time to
rewrite the script of your life when filled with self-love, resilience, and unwavering belief.
If you're ready to take charge of your narrative, build unwavering confidence, and empower yourself
to persevere on the path to your dreams, you can grab your free guide to stop overthinking
and learn to trust yourself at jamiekernlima.com slash resources, or click the link in the show
notes below. This show is presented solely for entertainment purposes only. It's not intended
as a substitute for the advice of a physician, psychotherapist, professional
coach, or other qualified professional.
I hope you enjoyed this episode and conversation together, and I am so grateful to be on this
journey with you.
And did you know for every episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show, there are a set of special prompt questions just for you to help
you on your journey of aha moments and revelations in your own life from each episode. Make sure you
join my free email newsletter at jamiekernlima.com to get them sent to you each week. And each
episode is meant to be evergreen and packed with timeless life lessons.
So you can go back and listen to past episodes you perhaps haven't heard yet as we are going
on this incredible journey of building self-worth and living our best lives together.