If I’m not working all the time, then I’m not working hard enough

“If I’m not working all the time, then I’m not working hard enough”… 🙄

This is a story that caused me to self-sabotage in my life and business over and over again ever since I started entrepreneurship back in 2015. 🙃

I’d get stuck in the the “all work and no play” mentality. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I was “go, go, go” and “on” ALL the time.

I never slowed down… because slowing down felt like failing.

The worst part was that anytime my life and business felt “easy”…

I’d get a feeling like something was wrong. 😥

I had a pattern of overthinking EVERYTHING which made my life and business harder than it needed to be.

This led me to burnout…

Exhaustion…😰

Depression…

Anyone else resonate??

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I never understood WHY this kept happening until I came across #GenerationalTrauma work…

Then I learned that I was repeating the patterns and behaviours of not only my parents...

But also my grandparents…

And this is what Generational Trauma does to you…

Where you can inherit the trauma... the limiting beliefs, patterns, and behaviours of your parents, grandparents etc...

You can inherit limiting beliefs/stories about…

👉🏼 Money…

👉🏼 What success should look like…

👉🏼 What “working hard” looks like…

👉🏼 Worthiness…

And so forth.

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▪️ I’ve watched my parents grind their ENTIRE lives NEVER slowing down — my dad even ended up in the hospital last summer.

▪️ I’ve been told stories of what life was like for my family growing up poor in Communist Vietnam...

How they’d start working to help provide for the family as young as 13.

How my aunt travelled on a boat to North America for 2+ months at 14 years old just to immigrate the rest of the family over... so they could experience *freedom*.

The stories are endless...

So some of us are simply more affected by the Generational Trauma we inherit from our family than others. 🤷🏻‍♀️

But this is what makes your story UNIQUE and sets you apart from the rest.

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So take it from me… please slow down.

Turn inward. Heal from your wounds and trauma.

Question your beliefs and patterns.

Stop comparing yourself to others.

Because it’s only you vs. you.

And THIS is how we level TF up. 👊🏼

You ready?

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