A Letter to the Woman Comparing Herself to Her Friends // Ginny Kochis
We all know the stereotypes around friendship with other women - gossip, catty remarks, back stabbing, vicious comments.
But you know what? I think that friendship - and I’m talking wholesome, holy, authentic, healthy friendship - with other women is something that is NECESSARY in our lives as women.
Friendship with other women isn’t something that’s good for some, not for all, or not worth the effort. I truly believe that we all need friendship with women in our lives - we learn how to be women from other women, whether that’s the women who are accompanying us as we all journey back to Christ’s Sacred Heart, or from the examples of women who have walked this path before us - the saints, and Our Lady.
I’m diving into this subject with a familiar voice to the podcast, Ginny Kochis. She came on the show to talk about raising twice exceptional children a few years back, and she’s back today to talk about comparison, impostor syndrome, and how to be authentic in our friendships.
If you’ve ever wondered compared your story, your body, your strengths, your gifts, your weaknesses or your life to other women, sister, this podcast episode is for you.
Topics we talked about in this episode:
Why we struggle with comparison as women and what that struggle has to do with receptivity
What impostor syndrome is and how it’s affected our lives as Catholic women
Retraining our brain and developing new patterns of thought
How to build community with women who build you up and don’t let you buy the lie of worthlessness
Avoiding the extremes of perfectionism and worthlessness
Resources you should check out after listening to this episode:
Find Ginny over on her website, Not So Formulaic, on Facebook, and on Instagram
Ginny first came on Letters to Women to talk about raising twice exceptional children. You can listen to that episode here!
Today’s episode was sponsored by Better Help. Letters to Women listeners get 10% off their first month of Better Help by visiting BetterHelp.com/LTW
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