Episode 154: How to Be the Caretaker of Your Own Radical Personal Empowerment and Self-Love with Amy E. Smith

<span style='font-weight: 400;'>How often are you apologizing, regardless if you hurt someone or if the situation truly necessitated an “I’m sorry”? </span> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>People-pleasing includes a</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>lot</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>of apologizing, and it doesn’t always express what we</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>really mean</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>which, sometimes, isn’t so much</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>I’m sorry</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>as it is</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>I’m so thankful</span></em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>I used to say I’m so sorry</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>all the time.</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>I’d apologize for everything—even when it’s not really what I meant. Here’s an example from my own life. When I published my book,</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>The Happier Approach,</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>some of my friends and family hosted book parties in their homes. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>One of my dear friends from high school, Renee Mattson who spoke on the podcast about how to avoid passing your anxiety onto your kids (here’s</span> <a href='https://live-happier.com/143-renee-mattson-part-1/'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>part one</span></a> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>and</span> <a href='https://live-happier.com/144-renee-mattson-part-2/'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>part two</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'>), hosted one of these events. She invited me to her house a little early so we could have lunch together. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>When I arrived, Renee realized she’d forgotten to think about lunch. As she was running around the kitchen, prepping leftovers, I started to feel bad. She went into all this trouble—hosting an event for me—and n