Maxine’s Story - Naming What’s Really in the Way..🌹

Some stories aren’t just stories - they’re mirrors. Maxine’s might be one of them. If you’ve ever felt unseen, over-stretched, or frustrated with yourself for not speaking up…this is for you.❤️

✨ Maxine’s Story - Naming What’s Really in the Way

Maxine was the one everyone leaned on. At work, she was the dependable one - the woman who always said yes, who avoided asking for help, convinced it would make her look like she couldn’t cope, who picked up the slack without complaint. Her boss praised her reliability, but behind the smile, Maxine felt invisible. The more she gave, the less she was seen.😞

At home, it was no different. She stayed sensitive to everyone else’s moods, kept the peace, and carried the weight of their needs. It’s what she was used to, but it came at the cost of losing herself. She felt drained, resentful, and frustrated with herself for not speaking up.

She assumed she had a “boundaries problem.” She thought she just needed to be firmer, tougher, more disciplined. 

💡 What she finally named wasn’t a boundaries problem at all. It was a connection problem. For Maxine, connection meant safety. Belonging. Love. The belief she carried was this: “If I set a boundary, I’ll lose the connection. I’ll be seen as difficult. I’ll be left.” That fear shaped everything. It was why she said yes when she wanted to say no. Why she held back her words when her chest burned to speak. Why she worked herself to exhaustion, hoping approval would feel like love. And once she named it - everything shifted.

✅ At work, she stopped drowning in other people’s deadlines.

✅ At home, she stopped tiptoeing around everyone else’s needs.

✅ And inside herself, she carried a quiet certainty: she mattered - and so did her needs. 

She didn’t just learn to say no. She became a woman who could say no without apology - and mean it.

She discovered that true connection doesn’t vanish when you stand in your truth - it deepens.

She stopped apologising for existing.

She started showing up as herself - at work, at home, everywhere. In small ways at first - speaking up in meetings, asking for help, saying “I need a minute.”

At home, it looked like letting herself rest while others sorted dinner. Saying “not right now” without guilt.

Naming how she felt instead of pushing it down. 🔥🌹 

👉 This is why Step 1 of the Empowered Woman framework is called: Name What’s Really in the Way. Because until you name it, you can’t shift it. And once you do, you stop second-guessing yourself and start choosing what really works for you.

If you saw yourself in Maxine’s story - in her silence, her over-giving, her habit of holding back - then this is your invitation.

You don’t have to keep trying to work it out on your own. Let’s talk. Book a free discovery call and we’ll explore what’s really in the way - together. I’ll also share more about the Empowered Woman group journey, so you can feel into whether it’s the right next step for you.

🌹 (Book a discovery call here)

🌹 (Join the Empowered Woman Group journey here - we begin October 28^th )

If you feel the pull, trust it. This is your moment. Your future self is already thanking you for saying yes.

👉 Find out more and join us here: www.judescottintuitiveliving.com/empoweredwomancoaching.com 

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