Stop letting your ego convince you that you're not good enough

Mental Makeover

Lauren Curtis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The ego... It tends to shout when we need it to be quiet. It convinces us that we need to be more popular, more attractive, more successful, more stylish and more intelligent, in order to be liked by others. In order to be 'good enough' or worthy. If we try to ignore our ego it shouts even louder. "What do you MEAN all of those things don't matter?! If you don't listen to me I'll show you how wrong you are! Everyone will think you're ugly and unsuccessful and embarrassing and stupid. But if you listen to me, I'll keep you safe." It's like a toxic relationship that we can't seem to escape. Deep down we know it's not good for us, but it can feel scary leaving something familiar, so we stick with it. I had a huge ego flair up recently which is what inspired this episode. I talk through every little detail about what happened, how it made me feel and why, and how I got through it. It's important to note that I believe our egos are important, but only to a certain degree. It's important to receive feedback from outside, more objective sources every once in a while. The issue is that we now seem to rely mainly on what other people think of who we are and the decisions we make, and not enough on what we think of ourselves. We need balance, baby! If you enjoyed today's episode, please leave a rating and a review! It helps this podcast reach other people, which is really cool :) Thank you so much x

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the Mental Makeover podcast. I'm Lauren Curtis. You've probably heard the phrase the grass is always greener on the other side, but I believe it's greener where you water it. This podcast is here to provide you with meaningful advice from myself and others in order to give your little patch of grass the best chance to grow and flourish.
0:22.5	Hi guys, thanks for tuning in.
0:25.7	Just briefly, apologies for the inconsistent uploads.
0:29.0	I don't think that's actually going to change.
0:31.0	I don't want this podcast to become a place that is just filled with content for the sake of
0:36.5	maintaining a, you know, once a week upload.
0:40.3	I've never really been that way. A lot of people sometimes found that frustrating, especially with my YouTube videos.
0:45.3	I only want to create content when I feel inspired to do so, when I feel like something I have to say is constructive and might actually help someone.
0:52.3	I don't want to get sucked into the trap of
0:55.7	pumping content out there just to reach a quantity quota rather than actually being proud of
1:03.0	what I'm putting out and being really true to myself in what I'm sharing with others.
1:09.9	So just, yeah, a disclaimer.
1:13.2	But that's what brings us to today's podcast.
1:16.9	I was inspired, of course, by something.
1:20.4	And I've been thinking about it the past few days.
1:22.4	And I just wanted to share it so that someone else out there in the same headspace that I was in,
1:31.5	uh, can listen to my own experience and what helped me and just kind of regain focus on the
1:39.6	situation. Because I know, I know, I know so many people would feel the same way.
1:46.0	And I think we lose sight of that when we're in the moment.
1:50.0	We think, oh, I'm the only person that feels this way.
1:53.0	And that's what makes us spiral into these negative thoughts.
1:56.0	But it's not until someone actually shares it and is vulnerable about feeling that way that we start to realize,
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