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✨ This Season is Dedicated to Mí Amiga, Rachel Luna
In honor of my dear friend Rachel Luna, this season is dedicated to her fearless legacy. Please support her work by grabbing a copy of Permission to Offend and, if you feel led, contributing to her family’s GoFundMe.
🎙️ Episode Summary This week’s episode is a loving and powerful nudge for every woman who’s ever whispered, “I should be grateful,” while quietly grieving the dream she hasn’t dared to pursue.
Patrice shares a vulnerable and liberating look into her own journey of motherhood, ambition, and alignment—revealing how risking your reputation might be the key to finally living in your truth.
Rooted in Chapter 7 of Rachel Luna’s Permission to Offend, this episode unpacks how the pressure to protect our reputation is the number one dream killer. Whether it's the reputation of being the “good mom,” “loyal wife,” “model employee,” or “humble servant,” we risk abandoning ourselves trying to maintain someone else’s image of us.
But what if your true identity isn’t who they say you are—but who you know yourself to be?
This is your permission slip to surrender the shoulds, release the labels, and reclaim your freedom.
💡Questions to Reflect on as You Listen: 💭 Where in your life are you protecting a reputation instead of honoring your identity? 💭 What “shoulds” are exhausting your soul and ready to be surrendered? 💭 If you were radically honest, what would you be doing differently right now?
💭 What freedom or joy might open up if you let go of what others think?
Resources Mentioned:
- Permission to Offend | https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/permission-to-offend-rachel-luna/1141654795?ean=9780063112988
- Rachel Luna’s Go Fund Me | https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-rachel-help-her-legacy-live-on
- Episode 420: Ready for Greatness with My Daughter, Reagan Washington | https://www.youtube.com/live/ptJcapOlNSQ?si=t0dstI56JseFarrJ
- RedefiningWealth.app
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