...tell me I’ve done something WRONG!!!!!!! GASP!

Welcome to the inner world of a fawner.

Dr. Ingrid Clayton is handing us the flashlight, the mirror, and the permission slip to stop abandoning ourselves in the name of survival. Whether you’re nodding along thinking, “Oh hell, that’s me,” or quietly wondering if this explains your patterns in parenting, work, or love—take a breath. No shame. Just truth, insight, and that sacred human capacity to choose differently... even 30 seconds after you didn’t.

Fawning is not weakness. It’s a genius survival strategy born from trauma. But as Dr. Clayton makes so damn clear—it doesn’t have to be your forever.

Ingrid, thank you for your transparency, your wisdom, your lived experience, and your voice. Thank you for turning what could feel clinical or distant into something profoundly relatable and actionable. You made us feel seen.

To everyone listening: if this conversation cracks something open, follow that curiosity. Pre-order the book. Share this episode. Talk about it. Reflect on it. This is how we heal—out loud. Together.

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And as always, stay curious, stay human, and don’t you dare dim your light to make others comfortable.

You’re not too much. You’re just waking up.

And you have permission to choose something different.

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