# Don't Pre-Apologize for Your Amazing Life!

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Podcast: [Be Sweet Ya'll](https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-sweet-ya-ll-5673208)
Published: 2026-06-22T09:35:02+00:00
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## Resource

One of my favorite speakers, Jon Acuff, said something this week that stopped me cold: "We like labels because they offer an explanation for behavior we don't want to change." Ouch. I felt seen, called out, and set free all at the same time and I had to bring it straight to you. In this episode, I'm sharing the quote that changed the way I see every excuse I've ever made, why "I'm just not good at that" might be the most expensive sentence you ever speak over yourself, and what I finally realized after years of running on Karen Power and wondering why I kept hitting the wall. I'm also getting real about a pattern I see in myself and so many of the people I love, pre-apologizing for the very gifts that helped us survive. The affirmations I've been writing since I was ten years old, the ones that carried me through addiction in my home, heartbreak, and seasons with nothing left. I've been calling them "just a little affirmation book." Not anymore. our gifts were never meant to come with an apology. Episode Highlights: [01:12] The labels we use as excuses not to change [03:17] "I'm not talented and smart enough to be unprepared" [06:24] What going to bed discouraged is really telling you [13:32] Karen Power vs. plugging into the RIGHT source [17:56] You can't change others — but you have 100% control over changing yourself [19:41] When you stop saving people, they learn to save themselves [25:37] I've been pre-apologizing for my own gifts — and I'm done! [30:04] Anticipate the best — the Shore House story that got me good [31:29] Closing affirmation & sendin' you off with a full heart Special Thanks to Our Sponsors Buffalo Rock Pepsi : www.buffalorock.com Sumthin's Cookin': https://somethinscookin.com/home Holiday Beach Mechanical: https://www.holidaybeachmechanical.c…

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