✍️ Editor’s Note:
Zalman is my therapist—and my secret weapon.
When I was unraveling, he didn’t just offer support. He helped me see the patterns running my life and gave me language sharp enough to cut through them.
His insights show up everywhere in Permission to Be Powerful—because they changed me. Now I want them to reach you.
This is your introduction to Zalman, LCSW. You’ll be hearing more from him.
—Anton
Dear Permission to be Powerful Reader,
A common challenge people face comes from the reactions of the people around them.
As you start to grow and heal…
By working with your emotions…
And building up you sense of worth and validation…
Some are supportive of your changes…
And your expression of needs wants, and boundaries and they listen, hear, and adjust in kind.
It's the others the ones that oppose the changes and insist you continue to be as you were – no boundaries, suppressed, serving others, throwing themselves at others – that make it hard.
They can't connect with the emerging person you're evolving into.
That you're becoming more your true self…
Finding your voice…
Speaking up about your thoughts, feelings, needs, and wants…
Treating yourself with more respect and now expecting others to do so.
You don't have to cut them off.
Expect some pushback...
But, focus on pushing ahead.
Don’t let them stop you.
You’re allowed to let go of some relationships…
Or just not invest as much in them…
See who people are through their reactions to you.
— Zalman, LCSW
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