Hi everybody. Welcome to the women's dating and confidence podcast. My name is Amber, and today we're

going to be talking about how to stand up for yourself in friendships, work situations, and in dating.

So before we get into that, I wanted to let you know that I am creating an online course

right now called Freedom from Jealousies.

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as well as updates for when it actually does come out, check out the link in the show notes.

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away or acting flaky. That is an eight page guide for what to do and what to say when he's pulling

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talking about today. And if you want something even more specific, go ahead and check out that

link and get your free guide. So today's episode was actually inspired by three things. The first

is a conversation I had with a friend where they felt like I was rude

and we had a conversation about standing up and setting boundaries and things like that.

The second is a situation at work where I feel like somebody gave me some feedback that was

not really true and what I did in that

situation. And lastly, I got like 10 voice notes from one of you guys, one of the listeners

of this podcast explaining a situation with a guy where they feel like they should have

stood up for themselves more.

And so I feel like this comes up in every situation in life, in friendships, and work,

and dating. And so I wanted to give you guys a few tips for how you can stand up for yourself

more, set boundaries, and defend yourself, but not in a reactive way,

but in a way that actually makes the situation better.

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