Jul 11, 2026 · 20 min · 14 segments
You've been disappointing yourself for years to avoid disappointing other people. Shelly McClintock is here to say: that's not purpose. That's a pattern. And it has a name. Candy sits down with…
Shelly McClintockGuest
Candy MotzekHost
I think a life skill that I wish that I had learned a little earlier was just to give myself permission.
Too often and for too long in my life, we're waiting for someone else, whoever that is, to give us permission to live our life the way that we'd like to or to make a different choice or to be unpopular or to take some kind of risk that may not be the biggest suggestion that someone else might have.
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I think a life skill that I wish that I had learned a little earlier was just to give myself permission.
Too often and for too long in my life, we're waiting for someone else, whoever that is, to give us permission to live our life the way that we'd like to or to make a different choice or to be unpopular or to take some kind of risk that may not be the biggest suggestion that someone else might have.
