Years ago, when Oprah did her last episode of the Oprah Winfrey show, she said,

I've talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common.

They all wanted validation.

Every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire.

They want to know, do you see me?

Do you hear me?

Does what I say mean anything to you?

In this world, with so much going on, with information coming from so many social media

news channels, with things changing so quickly, with so many responsibilities each of us have,

these are often the questions running on tape in the back of our minds.

If we were able to turn down the volume on everything else around us, most of us would

hear our voices on repeat, asking these questions of the world, of our parents, of our partner,

our friends, or our employers or peers.

Do you see me?

Do you hear me?

Do I mean something to you?

We crave validation.

That's a given.

Today, we're talking about why we crave it and how to resolve that craving so that we do

feel seen, we do feel heard, and we know that who we are and what we're doing in this life has

meaning and worth.

When we look for validation, we're looking for recognition and reassurance that we matter

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