This read as a really genuine piece. I’m with Joe Duncan on this. You took a difficult to talk about topic and explored it with gentle curiosity.

My question for you is… how much has external validation and support kept you from pursuing a life that seeks for internal validation?

I know some beautiful women who spent their early years focused on how the world “out there” dealt with them. But in later years, this shifted for them. More of their drive came from within.

It’s an interesting challenge, right?