Another Chance to Hear - Balance and Bold Boundaries, with Naketa Ren Thigpen

Do you say no? Can you set boundaries? 

This re-released episode is one of my most listened to, because setting boundaries to protect your energy is so difficult.

 

I talked to Naketa Ren Thigpen, about how setting boundaries helps us create balance in our lives. 

Naketa R. Thigpen, LCSW, is the go-to relationship advisor for fast-scaling married women entrepreneurs and power couples seeking to balance love and success without dimming or apologizing for their spirited ambition.

We talk about

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

 

Naketa's website - https://thigpro.com/

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