How to Stop Seeking Approval and Start Trusting Yourself

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Maybe you have spent years trying to become someone that no one has any reason to dislike.

You’re agreeable, considerate, and very good at reading the room. You anticipate people’s needs. You’re careful with your words and avoid almost all forms of confrontation.

When people tell you how kind and easy to get along with you are, you secretly take pride in it. But deep down, there is a nagging feeling that you have just suffocated someone inside you.

After all, you have witnessed the whirlwind within your mind.

How you replay conversations, analyze shifts in someone’s tone, and worry when someone you care about seems distant. Even a minor disagreement can leave you questioning whether you’ve done something wrong.

You might say you are being considerate.

But you know very well there’s a difference between caring about people and constantly adjusting yourself to keep them comfortable.

Maybe you are slowly realizing that you are growing tired of basing your sense of worth on how others…