In this quick mid-week bonus episode, Sharla answers two listener questions from our current series on Real Self Esteem and the distortions of shame and grandiosity.

We explore:

• Why you can feel confident and know your worth, yet still hear harsh critical voices from your parents
• How to pursue excellence and high performance without falling into grandiosity or one-up-ness
• The different “parts” of us (healthy adult vs. adaptive child) and why this matters

These short bonus episodes are our new way of answering your questions in a more casual format between full episodes.

Have a question? Send it to [email protected] — we may feature it next week!

Stay tuned for next week’s full episode where we’ll go deeper into practical tools for this work.