If you’ve been comparing yourself this week...

If you’ve been spending too much time in other people’s worlds this week…
Scrolling. Watching. Comparing.

If you’ve been wondering:

I want to offer you something softer — and maybe a little unsettling:

The judgments you receive — both the praise and the criticism — probably aren’t about you at all.

That voice in your head?
The one worrying what your peers think, what your partner thinks, what your parents think?

It’s working overtime trying to manage perception.
Trying to look like you’ve got it all together.
Trying to stay impressive, even when you feel like you’re falling apart.

But here’s the thing:

What we don’t like in others is often what we can’t accept in ourselves.
But the reverse is also true.

What people praise in you… is often just them seeing the part of themselves they wish they had more access to.

So if the criticism isn’t really about you…
And the compliments aren’t really about you either…

Then where does your confidence come from?

That’s the question.
That’s the work.

Because confidence built on approval will always crumble when the applause stops.

But confidence built on your own inevitable actions — on how you show up, even when it’s quiet — that’s the kind that lasts.

So if you’ve been comparing yourself this week… I get it.
But maybe this weekend, you come home to you.

📘 [Here’s the Guide if you need it]
🎧 [Or the Audio Series if you want to hear my voice instead]

You’re not behind. You’re building different.

With you,