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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement
3368: When Did You Stop Asking for What You Want? by Dr. Kelly Flanagan on Uncovering Joy & Love
Oct 26, 2024
Discover how societal norms stifle our ability to ask for what we truly want. A heartwarming exploration reveals that children’s innocent desires highlight the beauty of expressing our needs. Reconnecting with these desires can lead to deeper love and joy. Self-advocacy is crucial for a fulfilling life, yet guilt often holds us back. Embracing our wants helps cultivate meaningful relationships and a more authentic existence. It’s time to reclaim the joy of asking!
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- Reconnecting with our ability to ask for what we want is crucial for uncovering deeper joy and love in our lives.
- Societal conditioning often leads adults to suppress their authentic desires, hindering meaningful connections and personal fulfillment.
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The Freedom to Want
Children often experience joy from the freedom to express their wants and asks, which can be seen during festive seasons like Christmas. This episode highlights how adults, having been conditioned to suppress their desires from a young age, tend to feel guilt when asking for what they want, whether it be simple favors or larger needs, like support in the workplace. The speaker emphasizes that societal structures, such as schools, are organized to minimize expression and promote conformity, teaching children that their desires can be burdensome. As a result, adults often bury their authentic wants under feelings of shame and guilt, losing touch with the joy that asking can bring.
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