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Author of Mistaken Identity | I was once a victim of childhood abuse. It haunted me for 50 years until I made it out. I’m here to show others how to break free.

Joined March 2009
You are NOT your results. They're a signpost-not a judgment.
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If what you're doing isn't working...stop doing more of it. Sometimes the answer isn't trying harder. It's stepping back. What is you need a break-not a breakthrough?
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What if frustation isn't the problem...but your expectations are? Bob Proctor said it in one sentence: "Your expections aren't being met." Change the expectations. Change everything.
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They lied about goal setting. You can't just "think positive" and have anything you want. If you don't believe you're capable or deserving, your own beliefs can sabotage the goal. Maybe the goal isn't the problem. Maybe it's who you believe you are.
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You were never broken. You were taught to believe you were. Healing starts when you realize it wasn't your fault. What happened to you didn't happen because of you.
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What if your "confidence" is just a mask? You were never broken.
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Nothing is wrong with you. You were treated wrong and learned to blame yourself. You were never broken.
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You don't need everyone to understand you to be okay. Stop explaining. Stop proving. Stop chasing validation. Stop trying to be understood. Start being free.
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You don't lack amition. You may be living from a false identity you learned as a child. Change how you see yourself-and your future can change with it.
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You never were the problem. You just learned to believe you were. And you've spent years trying to fix something that was never broken. There is nothing wrong with you. There never was. Comment: "THIS IS ME" if this hit home.
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You don't need to win every argument. You need to be FREE. Free from proving. Free from defending. Free from the childhood wounds that made being wrong feel like being worthless. If you're ready to stop fighting and start living: Comment: I WANT TO BE FREE.
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Maybe you don't need to FIND your purpose...maybe you need to unlearn who you were taught to be.
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You were never broken. You just believed the lie that you were. Let go of who you were told to be. Peace begins when you finally let yourself be YOU!
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You're not broken. You adapted to what happened to you. You can unlearn what no longer serves you.
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The people who trigger you the most may be showing you what still needs healing. Family knows exactly where your buttons are...but freedom begins when they push one and you no longer react.
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You can have problems without believing you are the problem. The real goal? To stop turning on yourself.
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You can't affirm your way out of a false identity.
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What if you don't have to heal your family's trauma-you just have to stop pretending to be someone you're not?
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What if you're not broken-just living from a false belief about who you are?
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What if the way you see yourself isn't actually who you are?
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