When a dog gets in a box or hides under the duvet or wears a funny hat, it is because he is desperately trying to impress you – longing for your validation and approval.
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This is not positivity, it's a deep-seated desire for validation & approval.
Clients seek validation, affection, approval, and release.
When you do things for validation and approval, failure can be devastating.
Shouldn't we just continue to live our lives on our own terms, without demanding validation and approval from others?
Although social media feels good to the part of us that constantly craves validation and approval from outside sources, unplugging is vital.
The trouble is that the sands of external validation and approval are always shifting, making it difficult if not impossible to maintain one's footing.
If we want to prove something to anyone (even if its an ideal), we're looking for validation and approval from another source.
We can only be pulled into this cycle when we're out of touch with ourselves, our feelings, and our needs, and we look for validation and approval from our environment.
Apologizing for who we are is often about us thinking or saying some version of, "I'm bad, it's my fault, or don't hate me," as if we're a child looking for validation or approval.
