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Another Shot at Life
I help high-functioning adults who've spent years being everything to everyone finally become someone to themselves.
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Another Shot at Life
Welcome to Another Shot at Life
Jul 8, 2024•Akanksha Priyadarshini
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The Single Most Important Trait That Matters In Emotionally Safe Relationships
John Gottman predicted divorce without it
Jun 9•Akanksha Priyadarshini
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Brené Brown on the Fear That Makes You Hide the Most Honest Parts of Yourself
And what it really takes to let yourself be seen.
Jun 13, 2025•Akanksha Priyadarshini
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As Someone Who Stopped Abandoning Herself, Here Are 10 Things I Don’t Do Now
The self-care shifts you’ll wish you made years ago
Feb 20•Akanksha Priyadarshini
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4 Signs You Were Emotionally Neglected as a Child (and How to Start Healing)
What happens when no one ever asked, “How Are You Really?”
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The Most Important Skill Nobody Taught You About Feeling Safe in Your Own Body
Confidence won't do it. Success won't do it. This will.
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Finally Putting Yourself First? Nobody Told Me These 6 Things
#2 Forgive yourself for not knowing. Then forgive yourself for staying once you did
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Why Holding It Together Is Keeping You Lonely
The more responsible you are, the less anyone actually knows you.
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The voice that sounds like yours was never actually yours
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Choose Yourself So Unapologetically That Even Your Friends and Family Stop Recognising You
People accuse you of changing as if it’s a crime.
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