If Everyone Likes You But You Don’t Like Yourself — That’s Not Peace
Unfiltered by Jamie
Pairs perfectly with: The No Apologies Journal or Back to Me
You’ve worked so hard to be liked. To be easy. Accommodating. Low-maintenance. To be the one everyone calls when they need something — and the last one they check on.
You’ve kept it together. You’ve smiled. You’ve said yes when your whole body was screaming no. You’ve made yourself likable, agreeable, digestible — and here you are… Liked by everyone — but disconnected from yourself.
Let me say this loud:
Being liked isn’t the same as being at peace. Peace doesn’t come from approval. It comes from alignment. From honoring your boundaries. From speaking the truth even when your voice shakes.
From no longer auditioning for love that should’ve been unconditional.
And the truth?
People-pleasing feels safe — until it doesn’t. Until you’re alone in your own life, wondering who the hell you are outside of who you’ve been for everyone else.
Maybe you were taught that being chosen mattered more than being yourself. Maybe your worth got tangled up in how needed you were.
Maybe you learned to stay silent just to avoid making things worse.
But you’re here now — and here’s what you already know in your gut:
You can’t keep abandoning yourself just to stay likable.
You are allowed to:
• Say no without a long explanation
• Have preferences, needs, opinions — and not apologize for them
• Take up emotional space
• Be misunderstood and still stay in integrity with yourself
Because peace isn’t found in being easy to love.
It’s found in loving yourself enough to stop performing.
That’s what The No Apologies Journal is here for.
To give you space to unlearn all the noise — and finally write what’s real. This time, for you.
❤️ Jamie
Truth-teller. Firestarter. Someone who fiercely believes in your healing.
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