You're listening to She, with Jordan Lee Dooley, a personal development podcast for the

everyday woman.

Come invited, leave ignited.

Here's your host, Jordan Lee Dooley.

Today, I want to talk about our tendency as women to avoid being a woman who is not

being a burden at all costs.

At least that's something that I struggle with.

And sometimes my pride and my desire to avoid being a burden gets in the way of asking

for the help that I actually need.

And it also holds me back from just receiving the blessings that are in my day to day life

because I don't ever want to be a bother or a burden.

Maybe you can relate.

So today, that's what I want to talk about and I want to help you stop being a blessing

blocker.

So the other day, a friend of mine and I went to a women's event where the topic, there

was a panel of a few women and the topic was vulnerability.

And it was honestly one of the most healthy discussions and we really started to talk through

the reasons we don't open up or we hold back and kind of try to live behind these facades

and really the root issue there is pride.

And so we kind of started working through this issue of why do we not just say things

out loud?

What is the real root fear there?

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