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July 11, 2025 - Having Trust Issues With Yourself? Understand Why & Learn How to Start
Acceptance is letting go of what was to make room for what could be.
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July 11, 2025
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Having Trust Issues With Yourself? Understand Why & Learn How to Start
Trust is undoubtedly a big part of any relationship. From an early age, we have people we trust and are comfortable enough to share anything with.
We can all agree that trust is the foundation of any good relationship. It gives us certainty and guarantees us that someone has our back no matter what.
We want to surround ourselves and spend time with and open up to people we trust. They make us feel good and help us get better, so why not?!
But, have you ever wondered the extent to which you trust yourself? Do you have trust issues with yourself?
You’re the person you spend the most time with; in an ideal world, you should be your biggest cheerleader. We often don’t pay enough attention to our relationship with ourselves, which is a pity because our relationships with others often mirror our relationship with ourselves.
We go above and beyond to ensure that others trust us, but do we trust ourselves?
Feeling Irritable All the Time? What it Means & 7 Ways You Can Change it
You get out of bed. And you’re in another “mood.”
Maybe you’re feeling grumpy, annoyed, irritable, impatient, angry, or simply a bit on edge. You lose it at a drop of a hat. The coffee wasn’t made right. That person meant to cut you off in traffic; how dare they! Everything gets under your skin. Is this normal?
The truth is no! You shouldn’t be feeling this way all the time. In fact, there are many reasons why you might be feeling more irritable than usual (and why it is potentially impacting your relationships and productivity!).
In fact, you should take feeling irritable as a sign that you need to make a change.
And yes, if you’re feeling irritable, you might roll your eyes at that.
But let’s be honest: Do you want to be irritable all the time?
Probably not. So, let’s dive in! What does being irritable all the time mean? How can you stop it?
What I’m Unlearning
That saying yes to everything means I'm a good person.
I spent years of my life believing that my worth was measured by how often I said yes.
Yes to extra projects
Yes to plans I didn't want to make
Yes to helping everyone who asked
I thought this made me a good person - reliable, generous, always going out of my way to help others.
What it actually made me was tired.
My breaking point came after I had been up late a few nights in a row, rewriting a friend’s resume. Feeling bad that they were having trouble finding work, I promised to use my writing skills to help them get a leg up. But in spending that time to be a ‘good’ friend, I missed my nephew’s hockey game and my husband and puppy were out training without me. Again. And that friend ended up not even listening to my advice or using the resume I’d worked so hard on. That was it for me.
So I’ve been unlearning. Because me saying yes to everything wasn’t just about kindness - it was also fear.
Fear that people won't like me if I'm not endlessly available.
Fear that I'm selfish if I prioritize my own needs.
Fear that my value comes from what I do for others, not who I am.
My goodness doesn’t come from agreeing to everything people ask of me. It comes from showing up authentically - which means saying no to some things so I can give my whole self to what matters most.
I'm still learning to sit with the discomfort of disappointing people. My chest still tightens when I have to say no. But the people who care about me don't want me to sacrifice my well-being to prove my goodness. They want me to take care of myself so I can show up as the person they actually love - not the exhausted, resentful version who says yes to everything.
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