26. Sally's Hotline: The Gifts Hidden Inside the Hard Stuff

25/12/2025 17 min Episodio 26
26. Sally's Hotline: The Gifts Hidden Inside the Hard Stuff

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Text me. I’d love to hear from you! Can you relate to anything we said? What do want to hear more about?In this special holiday Little Tip, host Sally Hed Dahlquist invites you to pause and reflect on the intangible gifts you’ve earned through your life experiences. These are the emotional strengths that build character, shape resilience, and carry you forward not just through the holidays, but all year long.Sally explores four powerful internal gifts that often go unnoticed and remain unclaimed: pride, letting go, honesty, and resilience and offers thoughtful questions to help you claim them fully.In this episode, Sally shares:What intangible gifts really are and why they matter more than material onesWhy accepting pride in your accomplishments is not arrogance, but ownershipHow letting go of perfection, guilt, or outdated dreams can free you to move forwardWhy honesty (with yourself and others) is essential for healing and growthHow resilience is built through challenge, not comfortPersonal stories from Sally’s journey through medical, financial, and professional adversityHow acknowledging your full story helps you become truly unstoppableThe Four Intangible Gifts1. PrideGiving yourself permission to be proud without minimizing, explaining, or deflecting. Accept the compliment. You earned it.Reflection: One accomplishment I am finally willing to be proud of is…2. Letting GoReleasing guilt, perfectionism, old expectations, or goals that no longer serve you and forgiving yourself for the past.Reflection: One thing I am willing to let go of is…3. HonestyFacing the truth of what happened, what it cost you, and how it shaped you without judgment or shame.Reflection: One story I want to stop hiding from myself is…4. ResilienceRecognizing the strength you’ve built by surviving, adapting, and continuing forward even when life didn’t go as planned.Reflection: A strength I have today because of my experiences is…A Holiday InvitationThese four gifts pride, letting go, honesty, and resilience are always available to you. Claiming them is an act of courage, compassion, and self-respect.You are allowed to be proud. You are allowed to forgive yourself. You are allowed to tell the truth about your story. You are allowed to recognize your strength.Support Life-Saving Medical ResearchIf this episode resonated with you, please consider extending the spirit of giving by supporting medical research that saves lives.With NIH budgets being cut, donations matter now more than ever.Donate at UnstoppableStoriesThatMove.comYour generosity helps fund research, support patients and families, and move us closer to better treatments and cures. May these gifts carry you through the holidays and beyond. Keep moving forward.