Gemma Speig
speaker
1,085 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 7 May
Gemma Speig’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Especially for dating, do you like them?
This first really requires interrogating your fears and anxieties a little bit about why their feelings and opinion – why does their opinion matter more than yours?
Where did that come from, firstly?
Where did that start, that your opinion is lower than possibly a complete stranger?
and link it back to what frightens you the most about somebody not liking you.
Is it that it reminds you of when you felt left out at school and you never wanted to be in that situation again?
Are you worried that you'll be lonely or that you'll die alone or that you'll be abandoned because of a past experience that's still showing up in your day-to-day life?
Can you think of the time or a time where this wound was first opened?
And then can you find a way to
to possibly imagine being okay if that situation were to occur if the worst case scenario of rejection being ostracized being hated were to occur can you picture yourself being still okay i think it's important to remind ourselves we are so much more capable and that our terrible feelings and terrible imaginations and hypotheticals never come true in the way we think they will
And you're going to be so much more fulfilled leaving a social situation if you have enjoyed yourself rather than if you have constantly curtailed your behavior so that you're enjoyable to others.
Because it was just easier.
It was lighter.
You can't feel embarrassed if you don't ask yourself the question of, did I do anything embarrassing?
Like,
Do you know what I mean?
Asking yourself instead questions of like, was I genuine?
Did I have my own approval?
Am I caring about what other people are saying?
Am I being truthful?
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