Today Is My Birthday! How Do You Celebrate Yourself? |With Melissa Crook

**Become a Paid Subscriber and help us continue creating conversations, resources, and community that remind women they are valuable because of who they are, not what they do. -**⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast . ⁠⁠In this birthday edition of **Empowerment Tuesday on The FEEL Podcast**, Melissa Crook explores what it means to celebrate yourself; not because of an accomplishment, milestone, or someone else's recognition, but because **your life has value.** Melissa shares why her birthday philosophy has become simple: *What do I want to do for my birthday this year?* And then, as much as possible, she chooses it. Some years that's traveling to Ireland. Other years it's favorite foods and floating in the pool. Neither is a better celebration if both are what she genuinely wanted. But this conversation goes deeper than birthdays. Melissa shares how she had to recognize times when she expected other people to celebrate her in a particular way **without communicating what she wanted**. That realization required accountability, and led to an even bigger one: **You can communicate how you want others to show up for you AND take responsibility for celebrating yourself.** This episode explores self-worth, self-care, unspoken expectations, communication, self-trust, knowing what you want, allowing yourself to receive, and celebrating the **human being, not only the human doing.** ***Ways To Engage**:* **1.** What do you appreciate about who you are, not what you do or accomplish? **2.** What actually makes you feel celebrated, and have you communicated that? **3.** What's one way you can celebrate yourself without waiting for somebody else to do it for you? Because you don't have to accomplish something extraordinary to be worth celebrating. **You're valuable because of who you are, not what you do. And you get to choose what celebrating that looks like. 💛** **Topics:** Self-Worth for Women • Self-Care • Celebrating Yourself • Communicating Your Needs • Self-Trust • Personal Growth • Women’s Empowerment • Birthday Reflection • FEEL **✨ Free Download: Embracing a FEEL Fueled Life Sample Freebie ✨-** ⁠⁠⁠https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:02ce6c2f-90ed-4741-bdab-e62e20c2e7ad⁠⁠⁠ *In this empowering bonus resource, we’re giving you a free sneak peek into the Embracing a F.E.E.L Fueled Life course! This downloadable PDF guides you through reconnecting with who you truly are—beyond your roles, responsibilities, and expectations.* ***For more Support reach out to Melissa here -*** ⁠⁠⁠*https://www.embracinglayers.com/contact*