The term “good girl” is based on someone else’s belief system - not yours

I have huge curiosity when people talk about what what the definition of a “good girl” is because it’s such an arbitrary, judge-y and controlling term. It’s something that someone else seems to decide. It’s pointed externally towards, and then gets internalized to the point of shame if the rules of whatever this random definition is are somewhat broken.

Hmmmm….. 🤔

The truth? There is no such thing as a good girl. Good girls don’t exist. Humans exist. And you are the only one who gets to chose and define yourself.

Let’s take the pressure off ourselves to be “good girls,” perfectionists and people-pleasers. We get to have compassion for ourselves. We get to live in our integrity and lean toward what we love. We get to be messy, beautiful humans. None of that is good or bad. It simply is.

Thanks for listening to my meta-TED talk.😉I’m feeling kind of salty because I see so many women out there (myself sometimes included)who feel they need to be something other than their amazing, wonderful selves to be accepted and loved - when we are ALL enough just as and where we are. Being “good” has nothing to do with it.

Schedule a coaching session with me if you’d like to be compassionately and whole-heartedly supported as you empower yourself to choose and define who you want to be. I’ll walk by you every step of the way.

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