a post by Nicole Hind for the World of Psychology blog
Lucy was drawing to a close in her counseling work with me when she said, “You know, this isn’t how I thought I would feel.”
“What do you mean?” I asked her.
“When I started counseling,” she said, “I thought I’d have to become a completely different person in order to be happier. That I had to fix a deficiency in some way that seemed impossible and overwhelming. But it turns out that this feeling I have now – of lightness, of possibility, of more confidence and trust in myself – I just needed to lean into that more. Asking myself ‘in the moment’ if something is right for me is not selfish, but is actually kinder to others as well as me. I’m pleasantly surprised and so relieved that I didn’t need to transform into someone else to be more content.”
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