When was the last time you made a decision nobody else influenced? Not your husband, your kids, your job, or your therapist...just you. This week, Jen shares the story behind a line that came out of nowhere on July 4th and cracked open something bigger: the difference between a permission question and a desire question, and why so many of us stopped noticing we'd handed our pen to someone else.
This isn't about losing yourself. It's about the thousand small, reasonable-sounding moments that add up to someone else authoring your story — and how to get the pen back.
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This week's challenge: Try the pen test. Before you make any decision — big or small — ask yourself if you'd still choose it with no one else's opinion in the room. Just notice. Don't change anything yet.
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