The Pressure to Prove

The Pressure to Prove, or Improve. Who said you should?

What if the words we use every day are shaping decisions we think we're making freely?
In this episode of Life without Bookends, Raven explores two of the most loaded words in our cultural vocabulary: prove and improve. She unpacks the difference between improving your skills and improving your being, what it costs us in our bodies and our decisions to live as if we're not yet enough, and what becomes possible when we stop performing for approval and start trusting the path that was always ours.

This episode connects to Raven's card deck, Who Said You Should? Free Yourself from the Rules and Roles that Bind. Learn more at https://shedyourshoulds.com.