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286. Stop Seeking Validation From People Who Don’t Live Your Reality

In this episode, Diane Gilman discusses why it becomes easier with age to stop seeking validation from people who do not understand your life, your work, or your goals. She explains how social pressure, family dynamics, and the expectations placed on women can push people to shrink themselves, and why she now chooses firmness, clarity, and self-definition instead.

Diane reflects on her early sense of being different, her decades in fashion and television, and the way social media has intensified comparison and validation-seeking. She also shares how she learned to recognize when a…

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