Permission to be Powerful

Permission to be Powerful

Do You Keep Giving to People Who Don't Give Back?

Here's Why People Take Advantage of You—And How to Make It Stop Today

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Tony V.
Jan 27, 2025
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Dear Permission to be Powerful Reader,

I walked into my first therapy session with a sick feeling in my gut.

I wasn’t just in bad relationships—I was a liability to myself.

No matter what I did, I kept ending up in one-sided relationships. The pattern was too pronounced to ignore. If I stopped putting in the effort, the relationship would fall apart.

I was…

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