Balance and bold boundaries, with Naketa Ren Thigpen

<p>Do you say no? Can you set boundaries? </p> <p>In this episode, I'm talking to Naketa Ren Thigpen, about how setting boundaries helps us create balance in our lives. </p> <p>Naketa R. Thigpen, LCSW, regarded as the #1 Balance & Relationship Advisor in the World  has become the go-to for fast-scaling married women entrepreneurs and power couples seeking to balance love and success without dimming or apologizing for their spirited ambition.</p> <p>We talk about</p> <p>3:55 Being a recovering perfectionist 6:30 Naketa's life experience 8:39 Giving high striving people permission to slow down 10:30 The effects of the pandemic on high striving people 13:42 The connection between our relationships and our businesses 15:42 Community not competition 16:38 Creating balance 17:40 Shedding old expectations 21:41 The boundaries Naketa sets for herself 23:18 Friendship expectations 26:45 Sharing from personal experience 27:18 Writing the book 'Selfish' 29:08 Reclaiming the word selfish 34:45 Feminism 36:18 Talking from a scar, not an open wound 41:23 A message to Naketa's younger self 44:22 Being a woman of colour in business 51:21 Naketa's take away for you</p> <p> </p> <p>Naketa's website - <a href='https://thigpro.com/'>https://thigpro.com/</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selfish-Permission-Pause-Live-Laugh/dp/1732983801'>Find Selfish here </a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.thethomasconnection.co.uk/thelastingconnection'>Order my book, The Lasting Connection, here</a></p> <p>Find me at <a href='https://thethomasconnection.co.uk/'>www.thethomasconnection.co.uk</a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/the_thomas_connection/'>@the_thomas_connection</a></p> <p>Facebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/thethomasconnection/'>www.facebook.com/thethomasconnection</a></p> <p>Pause Purpose Play Facebook group: <a href='http://www.facebook.com/groups/pausepurposeplay'>www.facebook.com/groups/pausepurposeplay</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>This episode was ed