This is the Shameless Mom Academy, episode 149. Show notes for this episode can be found by going

to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 149. Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your

host, Sarah Dean, and I'm here to give you and other passionate, dedicated moms the tools you

need to bridge the gap between motherhood and living the life of your dreams. I'm here to give you and other passionate, dedicated moms the tools you need to bridge the

gap between motherhood and living the life of your dreams. I'm also here to help you be a little

more shameless every day, because if you aren't building a life, you're extraordinarily proud of,

what kind of legacy are you building? So let's dive in. I'm kind of excited about this episode

today because it's something I wanted to talk about

for a while.

I might get a little fired up, which is kind of funny.

Like I might get really angry about apologies in this episode.

I might get a little hostile about the use of the words sorry.

So here's the reason. Women tend to over-apologize to the point that it is

ridiculous and laughable and completely inauthentic, and it has to be stopped. It has to be stopped

because every time you apologize inappropriately, you are minimizing yourself and you are shrinking,

it also has to be stopped because you're taking

away the power of a true apology. It also has to be stopped because you are teaching your children

to apologize for taking up space. You are modeling to your children that you should apologize

in order to make yourself look smaller and make yourself look unimportant. You're teaching your

children that an apology isn't really worth that much. And you're teaching your children that an apology isn't really worth that

much and you're teaching your children that they should apologize for things when they've really

done nothing wrong. That's not okay. So I'm pretty passionate about this issue. And I have to say,

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