Regrets Of The Living (Make These Changes Now)
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What are the common regrets of high-functioning women?
I've been counseling and coaching high-functioning men and women for 25 years. That means that I've spent thousands of hours in deeply raw, honest conversations, and I've heard it all, things that people do not dare to share with anyone in their real life. the fears, the insecurities, the shame, and yes, the regrets. We talk a lot about the regrets people have when they're dying.
How does self-abandonment manifest in relationships?
But what I hear every single day are the regrets of the living, micro regrets that they carry every single day. The ones that slowly eat away at their peace, their confidence, and their self-worth. So today I'm sharing the four most common regrets that I hear daily so that you can catch them now in your own life and make any necessary adjustments to how you're living. Because what we don't want is to get to the end of the line and look back with regret about how we lived our lives. Hi, it's Hillary. Welcome to the Thanks for tuning into the conversation today. If you haven't already, it would mean so much to me if you'd take a minute to just click that five-star rating on your podcast app, leave a review, and subscribe so you never miss one of my episodes.
And if you're enjoying this podcast, please consider sharing it with a friend because if you like it, they will probably like it too. So the first and most common regret I hear every day is all the many ways women have abandoned themselves. And there are two big ways that this happens. The first is allowing and tolerating.
Why do women struggle with being their best selves?
They tolerated being dismissed by a partner, disrespected by a teacher, criticized by a friend, or misunderstood by an in-law. Instead of speaking up, you stayed silent. Instead of walking away, you stayed. You let it happen. You exposed yourself to being treated unfairly or worse. It's not saying the thing or not doing the thing, not sticking up for yourself, standing up for yourself, speaking up for yourself. To set the record straight, to protect yourself and defend yourself and get your own back. Not because you didn't care, but because you froze. You didn't know what to say in those moments, or you didn't know what to do or how to handle it.
What are the consequences of ignoring your intuition?
Or maybe you didn't feel strong enough to say it or do it. You doubted yourself instead of trusting yourself, and you gave them the benefit of the doubt. You avoided conflict. You made excuses for their behavior, turned the other cheek, or were the bigger person. In these instances, the hardest part isn't what they did. It's what you didn't do for yourself. That is the biggest regret.
How can women stop being overly critical of themselves?
You weren't there for yourself when you needed you the most. That is abandonment of the worst kind because you did it to yourself. And it's what makes this the most regrettable. The second way that we self-abandon is when we leave ourselves behind. And what I mean by this is when you care so much about what other people think, you want to be liked, accepted, validated, or to belong, that you shapeshift, as I call it, which is editing, altering, or filtering yourself to be who you think you need to be to gain approval, to be palatable, or agreeable. And in doing that, you abandon your true self.
How can we learn from regrets without shame?
It's like you leave her standing there all alone, silenced, dismissed, ignored, neglected, not seen or represented. These are daily acts of self abandonment. It's quiet, it's invisible, but the toll is heavy because it adds up. Over time, It costs you the ability to trust yourself. It costs you your identity and your joy, not living in alignment and representing your true self in the world. And why this is so important to be talking about now, if this pattern of micro self-abandonment continues, it becomes the regret of the dying, which is, I didn't live a life that was true to myself. So you have an opportunity right now to right this wrong. Starting today, it begins by choosing yourself one small moment at a time.
The second most common regret I hear daily is, I regret how I showed up. I wasn't my best self. You were short-tempered, dismissive, snappy, judgmental, distracted. You missed the event. You skipped the bedtime story. You said something that you didn't mean. Not because you're a bad person, but because you were running on empty. You were overworked, overwhelmed, and overscheduled.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the common regrets of high-functioning women?
0:00–0:26
2
How does self-abandonment manifest in relationships?
0:26–1:39
3
Why do women struggle with being their best selves?
1:39–2:21
4
What are the consequences of ignoring your intuition?
2:21–2:47
5
How can women stop being overly critical of themselves?
2:47–3:27
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How can we learn from regrets without shame?
3:27–10:21
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