Are You Being Selfish? Or Is Your Self-Interest Being Weaponized?

<p>Are You Being Selfish?  Or Is Your Self-Interest Being Weaponized?<br/><br/>&quot;You&apos;re selfish&quot; or &quot;Stop being so selfish&quot; or &quot;You have to share!&quot; <br/><br/>These are phrases I heard a lot in response to me saying no, to having a boundary, or wanting to keep something of mine, mine. <br/><br/>I was also raised to believe that sharing was the ideal and that having boundaries or saying no meant I was doing something &quot;selfish&quot; or mean because it &quot;deprived someone else of something they wanted&quot;.<br/><br/>This kind of treatment of our autonomy and boundaries taught us to feel shame and to discount and ignore our self-interest, boundaries, and desires.<br/><br/>Learn how to start freeing yourself from this trap of inverted power and begin to occupy your sovereign space and autonomy in today&apos;s episode!<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Seeking help in healing codependency? Join The Heal Your Codependency Community and get access to weekly experiments, practices, and support in your healing journey: https://community.freetheself.com<br/><br/>Submit questions for the YouTube Live Friday Question Sessions starting Friday, June 2nd, 2023.  Submit them here: https://ask.freetheself.com<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Connect with me on social media and via email, and learn more about how I heal codependency permanently even when therapy and self-help efforts have failed you: https://links.freetheself.com<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>[The Essential Codependency Healing Trainings Starts May 14, 2023]<br/><br/>This LIVE 8-week training is for codependents, people-pleasers, and perfectionists that:<br/><br/>- Feel like there&apos;s something crucial they&apos;re missing in their healing work<br/>- Are stuck in a circle of relapse and &quot;trying to not be codependent&quot;<br/>- Feel lost and frustrated not knowing what to do to get real peace and healing<br/><br/>There are 8 necessary factors that create lasting healing and freedom from codependency:<br/><br/>- Safety<br/>- Sanity<br/>-