ENCORE EPISODE: I Used to Hate Compliments
Why can a compliment feel uncomfortable—even when you secretly want to believe it?
In this Encore Episode, Kimberly Spencer reveals how self-doubt and the ego’s need to be right can block praise from landing. Discover how to stop deflecting appreciation, receive compliments with gratitude, and transform an outdated self-image into sovereign confidence.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- Why compliments can feel uncomfortable when they contradict your self-image
- How insecurity and low self-worth can prevent praise from truly landing
- Why deflecting a compliment may unintentionally devalue the person giving it
- How the word “but” can cancel appreciation and reinforce negative beliefs
- Why the ego clings to an outdated identity—even when that identity causes pain
- How to surrender the need to be right about who you think you are
- How curiosity can transform judgment, shame, and self-deprecation
- A simple practice for receiving compliments without minimizing or explaining them away
- How to train your brain to recognize progress, beauty, strength, and capability
- Why accepting praise with gratitude is an essential part of sovereign confidence
#compliments #confidence #selfesteem
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP YOU RECEIVE COMPLIMENTS
📚 The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman: https://amzn.to/2IKm92P
📚 As a Man Thinketh by James Allen: https://amzn.to/384rKxb
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📺 OTHER PODCAST EPISODES ON THIS TOPIC:
(#55) Need Validation? THIS is it: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-princess-and-the-b/id1452686389?i=1000452629694
(#115) Do NOT Be You: Best Self-Help Advice You’ll Ever Receive https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/115-do-not-be-you-best-self-help-advice-youll-ever/id1452686389?i=1000504305169
(#141) How to Get People to Respect You: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/141-how-to-get-people-to-respect-you/id1452686389?i=1000528605850
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