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Are you confusing effort with intimacy?
Published 5 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader , If you’re like many of the women I work with, you’ve probably tried.Really tried. You’ve read the books.You’ve had the hard conversations.You’ve pushed past your exhaustion, whispered affirmations, opened your heart, and said yes, when all you wanted was a little more time to feel. And yet… Something still feels missing. This is the second myth I want to gently untangle:That if you just try harder, intimacy will follow. …That you can effort your way into ease.…That connection is...
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