So on gratitude, Ms. Melody Beatty says, gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have

into enough and more. Really take this in. In the West, we have such a consumerist culture and

society. More, more, more. Never good enough. Interestingly,

never good enough is also one of the narcissistic dynamics, isn't it? And if we've grown up

underneath it, if we've nursed some of that dysfunction that brings us to an emotional disturbance

of never feeling good enough for like what we have is enough. This is the muscle

we can flex. To bring more peace, as she says, gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. I don't want my

life to feel thin, depleted, fragile, precarious. I want it to feel full of life. If gratitude can do that for me,

why the hell wouldn't I practice it every which way I can? Hello, welcome to the show.

This is Emotional Badass where a Moxie meets Mindful. I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower,

life coach and psychotherapist.

And on today's episode, I'm discussing highly sensitive people, people pleasing, and we are

honoring Melody Beatty. All right, y'all, a little housekeeping before we get into it.

If you have been on my waiting list, please check your emails, check your spam folders.

Every year, if I open to new clients, we get emails after I'm full saying, oh my goodness, I've been on your waiting list.

Do you ever open it and they've just missed the email?

So if you're interested in working with me, now is the time.

Come to Emotionalbadass.com slash coaching. Housekeeping item number two, our book by book club is open.

If you're interested in hanging out with some other highly sensitive people, end with me. Come find that at

Emotionalbadass.com slash book club. All right, on to the show.

Melody Beatty is the woman that I think of as the mother of codependency. Her book,

Codependent No More, was written in 1986 when I was six years old. It's amazing how applicable

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