In this deeply vulnerable episode, Brenda opens up about a powerful and unexpected moment in her caregiving journey with her husband, who lives in memory care due to dementia. What began as shock and heartbreak became a profound awakening, revealing a pattern so many high-achieving, caring women carry quietly into adulthood: the Good Girl Syndrome.
Brenda explores how early conditioning to be “good” evolves into people-pleasing, over-functioning, emotional suppression, resentment, burnout, and the slow abandonment of our own needs. Through raw storytelling and compassionate reflection, she shares how this pattern showed up for her in real time and how it cracked her open to a deeper layer of grief, truth, and healing. This episode is an invitation to gently notice where you may be carrying too much, silencing yourself, or equating your worth with how much you do for others and to begin loosening those patterns with honesty, self-compassion, and courage.
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What You’ll Learn
- What the Good Girl Syndrome really is and how it quietly follows us into adulthood
- How people-pleasing and over-functioning disconnect us from our emotions and needs
- Why suppressed grief and resentment often show up through the body
- How to move through guilt, shame, and emotional overwhelm with compassion
- Practical, grounding steps to begin reclaiming your voice, honoring your limits, and caring for yourself in a more sustainable way
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