And so we have to really kind of take a look of this need for approval because it is damaging.

It's damaging to us and it's damaging for our relationships.

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We all want approval, usually from specific people.

We don't necessarily need it from everyone, funnily enough. Some people

do. They are very attention seeking because they are really looking for approval from

anyone and everyone. That's not a good place to be because we tend to not have strong boundaries.

We don't always say no. We try and please everybody. We just want

approval. And so that's obviously not a good place to be. That's something that many people need to

work on. But we all, obviously, we all want approval, especially from the people we love. So parents,

our partner, family member,

even our boss, even coworkers. But some people have an unmet hunger inside, always needing

validation and approval. And obviously there's usually something from their past that

makes them that way. It's not something that we're born with. We're not born

really needing this approval, things that happen in our life, the way that we've been treated or

not treated. You know, my husband was adopted. He didn't get any affirmation from his adoptive

dad. And so he definitely, for many years, was looking looking for approval and he did it through many different

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