How I Stopped Apologizing All The Time And Got My Power Back

I used to apologize incessantly, and not just for things that were my fault. I was chameleon-like, often subjugating my desires and needs for those of others. It wasn’t until I turned 50, got divorced and sober, and allowed myself to seek help for my life’s traumas, that I was able to accept myself and live a life authentic to me and my values. I stopped trying to get people to like me and focused on whether I liked myself. I realized that not everyone would like me and that trying to make it so would be an exercise in futility. The only person I can control is myself. I internalized the lesson of Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous quote: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

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