There is a quiet epidemic I've noticed in my life coaching clients and saw in my patients, particularly my patients with GI issues.

An epidemic of shame and guilt that keeps folks feeling small and from living into our truest power.

That epidemic is summed up in two words. I'm sorry. Yes, my loves, I want to talk to you about

apologies. What apologies are, why we need to apologize and get comfortable doing so, and some of the pitfalls that come from when we apologize out of habit as a knee jerk reaction to discomfort instead of apologizing from our truest

selves who can see pain or harm caused by our actions the impact of our behavior, our words, and seek to repair that harm with humility and love.

Does apologizing feel so cringy, so challenging and scary and uncomfortable, my love?

Is it something you do too easily?

I'm apologizing for having feelings, wants, or needs.

Wherever you land on that spectrum,

I know there's something helpful for you in this series.

So keep listening, my love. It's going to be a good one.

You're listening to Feminist Wellness, the only podcast that combines functional medicine, life coaching, and feminism

to teach smart women how to reclaim their power and restore their

health. Here's your host, nurse practitioner, functional medicine expert, herbalist and

life coach, Victoria Albina.

Hello, hello my love. I hope this finds you doing so well.

So I'm just going to dive right on in because this is a huge topic

particularly for my folks out there with cod dependent perfectionist and people-pleasing thought habits.

It can be so challenging.

And our topic today is apologizing. So it can be really challenging to give an apology, to hear one, or to not constantly

apologize.

It's a whole thing, and you know I love diving in deep on the things that keep

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