I Got Called High Maintenance—and I Took It As a Compliment

07/07/2025 9 min Episodio 10
I Got Called High Maintenance—and I Took It As a Compliment

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I Got Called High Maintenance—and I Took It As a ComplimentFor years, I tried to be the “cool girl”—easygoing, chill, low maintenance.I thought that would make me more lovable. But what it actually did was make me invisible.In this episode of Dichotomy with Shannon, I’m breaking down the lie that women should be easy to please, quiet, and low maintenance in order to be chosen—and the truth that high maintenance is just another word for self-respecting.You’ll hear:The moment I decided my needs were “too much”The slow soul-death of people-pleasingHow being high maintenance actually saved my life, my body, and my joyThis one is a reclamation. It’s a revolution. And it’s your permission slip to stop apologizing for who you are.🎧 Subscribe for more real talk about identity, nervous system healing, God, and the journey home to your True Self.✨ Come join us inside True Self Revolution:www.trueselfrevolution.comA sacred space for women done playing small. The high-maintenance ones. The too-much ones. The ones who are done settling.

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