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Too many people confuse people-pleasing with being a good person.

They're not the same thing.

We're not here to live our lives chasing other people's approval.

But neither are we here to live only for ourselves.

We're here to live in harmony—with each other, with animals, with nature and with this extraordinary planet we all share.

You don't need to carry the weight of everyone else's expectations.

Just the responsibility to become the very best version of yourself.

The world needs more authentic people... not more people-pleasers.

“A person’s capacity to change their life is directly linked to how much truth they can face about themselves without running away.”

Many of us have spent years questioning the world.

Questioning governments.

Questioning the media.

Questioning what we’re told about health, food, education and freedom.

Great, once you have done that I want to know, honestly…

When was the last time you questioned yourself?

Not with guilt.

Not with shame.

But with a genuine desire to grow.

If we’re honest, it’s often easier to point out where everyone else is asleep than to recognise the subconscious patterns running our own lives.

One of the reasons I love working with animals is because they don’t play that game.

They don’t care about our stories, excuses or masks.

They simply reflect where we really are.

Our stress.

Our inconsistency.

Our confidence.

Our leadership.

Our emotional state.

Animals hold up a mirror that most humans spend a lifetime trying to avoid.

Real freedom doesn’t begin when the world changes.

It begins when we’re brave enough to look honestly at ourselves and ask:

What if the biggest thing keeping me stuck isn’t out there... what if it’s a pattern running inside me?”

That’s not about blame.

It’s about taking your power back.

You can’t change what you refuse to see. You can’t plan a journey if you don’t know your starting point.

And once you do see it...

everything changes. The world may be trying to programme you... but your subconscious is the programme you have the power to rewrite.

❤️ Catherine

I loved this podcast episode and in my Substack I also link how aniamls can always teach us so much - please do let me know in the video comments what you think - and share what your dog helps you to understand better https://substack.com/@catherineedwards/note/p-203723770?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=129pj9

Doctors rarely test your magnesium levels nor will they educate you about nutrition, lifestyle, avoiding toxins, organic food, and how to do hormonal bloodwork.

But they will prescribe you an antidepressant, a sleeping pill, or a painkiller in a heartbeat because they are incentivised to do so.

And here’s why that’s a huge problem.

Magnesium plays a role in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body.

It’s essential for:

– Nervous system regulation
– Mood stability and serotonin production
– Muscle relaxation and pain response
– Deep, restorative sleep cycles
– Blood sugar balance and energy metabolism

Yet up to 80% of people are magnesium deficient.
Why? Because modern life strips it from us:

• Chronic stress depletes magnesium fast
• Caffeine increases magnesium loss via the kidneys
• Soil depletion means our food contains far less magnesium than it once did
• Processed food contains almost none
• Most water sources are filtered and re-mineralized poorly, or not at all

So when someone walks into a doctor’s office with symptoms like low mood, brain fog, restlessness, anxiety, muscle cramps, insomnia, migraines, chronic fatigue.

They’re often handed a pill to treat the symptom rather than being asked what their overall levels look like.

What’s even worse? Many of the medications used to treat those symptoms (like SSRIs or sleeping pills) actually further deplete magnesium over time, making the root cause worsen whilst masking it.

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